Since AI slop is again all over Scientific Reports, a thread on the economics of grey-zone publishing. Why does slop keep getting published? What does it mean for science? How can we stop this? Background readings: Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy

This week’s IBioS member article highlight: @nramankutty.bsky.social Dr. Navin Ramankutty and colleagues dissect how “Dietary GHG emissions from 2.7 billion people already exceed the personal carbon footprint needed to achieve the 2 °C climate goal.” Read: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Big question Has there ever been a more important court ruling than last week's advisory opinion on climate change from the International Court of Justice? Facing an existential threat, the ICJ ruled that all States are obligated to protect the climate system by decarbonizing ASAP or polluters pay $

My colleague, Patrick Meyfroidt, has 3 PhD positions and 2 Postdoc positions as part of a new ERC grant on 'land use, sustainability, and democratic backsliding'. Hoping to reach Canadian candidates through this post. landsystems-lab.earth/news/25-07-3... landsystems-lab.earth/news/25-07-3...

Trump ended the first-ever National Nature Assessment, which was trying to reveal how nature loss influences climate change and impacts humanity, but the researchers are trying to publish it anyway.

Calling all early career research scientists! Our Early Career Network is hosting a webinar on knowledge sharing. Date: 20 January 2025 Time: 4-5 pm Central European Time glp.earth/news-events/...

We have been working in stealth mode for a long time now, but we are soon launching the all-new Drawdown Explorer! A thread...

Just days after the end of the International Court of Justice hearings on the climate crisis, Tropical Cyclone Chido smashed into Mayotte, a French territory off the east coast of Africa. A cyclone intensified by climate change! www.euronews.com/green/2024/1...

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