In his new book The Great Holocene Transformation, Peter Turchin shows that inequality and class conflict dilute social cohesion and increase societies’ vulnerability to external threat. Doesn't sound great for the UK now, does it...

The oceans are dying as humans warm the planet and plunder the ocean polluting and depleting the ocean of marine life World’s oceans fail key health check as acidity crosses critical threshold for marine life www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global analysis indicates that phosphorus limitation on terrestrial primary productivity has become stronger and is increasing more rapidly than nitrogen limitation. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I'll be speaking at the Stop Trump demo in Parliament Square today. A fascist autocratic clearly itching to declare martial law is not welcome here. share.google/sWEe8YGl3euj...

Bck at work after a month off and catching up on the world: this was an interesting read - by Dolors Armenteras - about the continued lack of equity between global north and south in science www.nature.com/articles/d41... #science #equity #globalsouth @

Human-made global heating caused two in every three heat deaths in Europe during this year’s scorching summer, an early analysis of mortality in 854 big cities has found I think the UK is higher up this chart than most people would expect www.theguardian.com/environment/...

One of the best examples of a mature, temperate forest garden is under threat - please sign the Agroforestry Research Trust's petition to try and save it.

Fascinating article about deep sea prospecting.

Noteworthy speech by von der Leyen at the #EU Ambassadors conference 2025 ec.europa.eu/commission/p... "The #phase-out of Russian #fossilfuels must continue." #climate #energy

It must be like living in an alternative reality for #scientists in the #US right now….

National Wildlife Federation urges senators to ensure nominees will respect the rule of law and focus on securing a bipartisan funding agreement. Read our press release for more 📲: ow.ly/WynI50USLvS

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Various animals have achieved fame as 'endlings’ - the last individuals of their species. Can their tragic stories help to protect other threatened species? To unpack this, we talk to @alexanderlees.bsky.social & @joannalilley.bsky.social on #NatureInsight. bit.ly/3Ow0Wef

Interesting-looking talk tomorrow on links between nature and human health.

🌳🌱🦋 If global politics is depressing you right now, here's some positive news to read instead! #EducationNaturePark

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New post on The Climate Brink from Zeke @hausfath.bsky.social about our climate future. With current policies, we’re on track for a bit less than 3C, with 2030 NDCs we’re on track for about 2.5C, and with net zero pledges we’re on track for a bit less than 2C. www.theclimatebrink.com/p/moving-awa...

Interesting and frustrating insight into doing science!

Just finished reading this fab new paper by @andypurvisnhm.bsky.social Bending the curve of #biodiversity loss requires a 'satnav' for nature royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... The satnav analogy helps to focus on forward-looking course corrections to our conservation policy + actions

Fully funded PhD scholarships available for Black British Students Opportunities available within: 🧪 Data Science ⛰️ Earth and Environmental Science 🦤 Ecology and Conservation 🛠️ Engineering 🌍 Geography 🤝 Business School Apply: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... 📆 Deadline: 28th Feb #ExeterGSES

Women are more likely to drop out of science than men. From my experience, the postdoc system works against those who can't be flexible about working hours or job location, and who need predictable finances. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (Thank you #NatureBriefing for flagging this article!)

It's confirmed - Earth has breached the 1.5 °C climate limit 😭. No great surprise, but still awful to have it confirmed. What will life be like outside of the #safezone? We've had decades of climate inaction and now people are starting to suffer... www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Seddon proposes that the next step from Mace (2014) should be People As Nature, recognising that nature *is* culture #BES2024 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Did you catch our CEO Hazel Norman on BBC Radio Merseyside this morning? Catch up with today's breakfast show to hear Hazel talk about #BES2024 and some of the exciting research on show! 📻 (1:23:00) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 🌍🧪

Please help us to spread the news about this episode of the @ipbes.bsky.social podcast - it is a great resource to help explain and understand the new #NexusAssessment - with some very concrete, remarkable examples and featuring @pammcelwee.bsky.social and Paula Harrison

Great to see two inspirational women opening #BES2024 to a packed auditorium.

Neanderthals and us - separation, speciation, when and why? Patterns of evolution and separation from Homo sapiens explored by @andrameneganzin.bsky.social & @chrisbstringer.bsky.social #NaturalHistoryMuseumLondon doi.org/10.1093/evol...

49 thousand Pink-feet geese leave their roost at dawn on the North Norfolk coast This is 50% of Norfolk’s overwintering population

Exciting PhD opportunity on large-scale insect monitoring using AI ⚡ Based at #ZSL Institute of Zoology with @charlieouthwaite.bsky.social, co-supervised by me, Tom Breeze at #UoR and Tom August at #UKCEH. tinyurl.com/s4sspf26.

The #Ukrainewar is having not only a huge human impact, but a devastating environmental impact too, both incidental and intentional -> see this article from my talented cousin @lukeharding1968.bsky.social‬ and colleagues👇

We must mainstream nature. Economy, security, & health depend on nature but current policy development often overlooks nature's critical roles. Siloed approaches are insufficient-integrated policies that consider the interconnections among policy domains are needed www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

📢 #Agroforestry Show 2025 calling for session proposals! www.agroforestryshow.com/propose-a-se... Some priority topics: • Species/Design • Ecosystem Services • Silvo-arable/-horti /-pasture systems • Policy, Markets, Financial Models • Restoring/Reconnecting Landscapes

Here's a good news blog from Defra on England's National Education Nature Park 🌱🙌 🪲

Hello BlueSky! I'm new here & looking to reconnect with others who've just moved across... I'm a researcher at the Natural History Museum, London, working on #biodiversity, #foodsecurity, #ecosystemservices, #agroecology, #agroforestry. Current project: www.educationnaturepark.org.uk

Another one bites the dust... 😭

UN warns of ‘economic carnage’ if G20 leaders cannot agree on climate finance for poor countries #Climate

18.11.24, 11-12 am: online lecture given by Prof. Josef #Settele about Why #Biodiversity is Critical for our Future. In English. Join in! #UFZ, #DKFZ, #BiodiversityLoss, #RestoreNature, #SpeciesExtinction, #IPBES

🌱Announcing TREES! 🌍The Training, Research & Equity in Environmental Sciences Doctoral Award led by UCL will train future environmental scientists with a focus on sustainability, EDI, and interdisciplinary research. Learn more at www.trees-dla.ac.uk #TREES #EnvironmentalScience #Sustainability #EDI