Opportunity to nominate a woman supporting STEM: communities.springernature.com/videos/appli...

Nice pce highlighting that we need to understand how the extreme heat events are affecting our planet: "With 2026 forecast to be one of the hottest years on record globally, the time is now for such urgent initiatives." communities.springernature.com/posts/widesp...

PhD opportunity: michelelbarnes.com/2026/03/05/p...

Amazing to spend ~6 days in Ethiopia learning abt coffee landscapes there=big native trees in ag landscapes, coffee is grown w/ native trees. Coffee qual is hi in farms shaded by trees w/ insects, birds, colobus. Thx to Univ Leuphana Germany & south-south exchge w/ Rwanda in soc-ecol restoration.

Young Forest Champions Initiative: youth 18-30 yrs in Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Peru, Uganda & Zambia. Aims to empower young leaders to drive transformative forest conser thru mentorship, capacity dev & use of advanced techns like remote sensing. Apply by 21 Mar 2026. www.fao.org/in-action/ai...

The SCB Africa Region is excited to announce the Call for Proposals for Symposia, Workshops, Training Courses, and Round Table Discussions for the 2026 Africa Congress for Conservation Biology, scheduled for August 31- September 4 2026 in Lagos, Nigeria. Get your submissions in by March 31st! 🌍🪸🦑🐘

"In the tropics, glaciers are melting at an alarming rate–transforming landscapes, disrupting lives, erasing cultural memory. Voices of Glaciers is a powerful new book...that shares personal reflections of 35 indivs...who are witnessing this firsthand." mountainresearchinitiative.org/news/the-voi...

Botany 2026- BSA Travel Awards 🗓 March 15 Deadline: Developing Nations Travel Awards Prof Travel Awards Students & PostDocs Travel Awards 🗓 April 1 Deadline: Sectional Student Travel Awards Applicants must be current BSA members presenting at conference. More info: botany.org/home/awards....

I am SO EXCITED about this! Many folks want to take personal action on climate change, but many resources treat people like monoliths. Enter SHIFT -- a collaboration between Dr. Kim Nicholas and Project Drawdown -- that tailors advice for YOU, using your climate superpowers. jointheshift.earth

Great story of positive change -

Nominate an organization or inst for best practices in sust forest prod & protection DEADLINE 31 May www.fao.org/forestry/hom... Nominations invited that highlight achievements in forest mgmt, policy, innovation, comm org, restoration or related area.

For some plant happiness: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/t...

I suspect this is not just South Africa - we really need leadership to prepare our communities, cities, children, elderly, etc. theconversation.com/heat-extreme...

Mainstreaming AI literacy into our classes across disciplines and courses to ensure AI does not take over student learning. Instructors may need help to develop such content. I think this is a critical step to ensure we do not produce dumbed down graduates. theconversation.com/ai-can-be-a-...

Want to learn how to help tackle the climate crisis and contribute to a sustainable, just world via impactful climate solutions (which begin by using your voice to call for change)? This 4-week course by @universityofleeds.bsky.social is free! Sign up now ⬇️ www.futurelearn.com/courses/clim...

I just came across this today -stories and games for kid-friendly travel, and its an interesting collaboration that is creating this. Will be interesting to see if it can have some positive impacts on understanding climate change, maybe others know more about it? #climatechange dodo4kids.com

Good to have farmers on the side of science and data! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/c...

This should be a wake up call, but I fear many people won't take it seriously; people who can make policy chge to reduce emissions, innovative alts to energy & emissions, invest in res & interventions to make a difference. We can't keep saying this is not happening. Our children depend on us.

Great pointers for talking about climate change from Katherine Hayhoe www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP2D...

This is always great to listen to, it is from 2019 but of course remains relevant - why we need to talk about climate change www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bvc...

I am grateful for people with integrity.

This is a good reframing of the climate change crisis - its about us humans and the crisis we are in with our relationship to nature, to our Earth news.mongabay.com/podcast/2025...

If you are feeling down about things, let nature bring you up: w/ a little techn, look at the wave of migratory birds as they move up north w/ spring, then go outside & try to see birds coming back after winter to our beautiful landscapes www.allaboutbirds.org/news/when-wi...

I great essay about the importance of forests as climate warms: forestsnews.cifor.org/91559/cool-f...

It’s a fire sale…

We have a cool research prjct in the Center of Exc in Biodiv & NRM Rwanda w/ colleagues @ Leuphana Universität Lüneburg & other German unis to study social-ecol restoration in Rwanda: what farmers want in restoration, native spp use & this living labs model ecosystemrestoration.net/2025/03/26/k...

Very happy to read this article - we have started a study in tropical montane forest on this topic, which is a high ligtening strike area. Still much to learn about tropical forest dynamics!This tropical tree thrives after being struck by lightning | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

A new category in @biotropica.bsky.social for synthesis papers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... They can be solicited by invitation, referral, or self-referral & will be "deep in time and site-specific, celebrating the insights that emerge from local, place-based ecology..."

New study | Peatlands store more carbon than all the world’s forests—but they’re dangerously underprotected. Despite covering just 3% of land, their destruction is releasing CO₂ at levels that could make them the 4th largest emitter globally. @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Dana Fisher on LinkedIn: How climate shocks lead to a change in opinions+political positions for conservatives. New paper, based on data from Florida, documents how Republican positions change…🧵 Full article here: lnkd.in/eutBxHQz

This is an interesting article, using existing census data sets. It shows African elephant popns in a dramatic decline for 50 yrs and suggests what can be done. Bldg capacity to protect eles is one of them theconversation.com/africas-elep...

I just remembered I have some free eprints for this article my PhD student did, for those of you interested in freshwater ecosystems and monitoring using biological indicators www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ZG8F2...