Huge congratulations to @rob-marchant.bsky.social & team, including LCAB Director Lindsey Gillson & Fellow @christophlyon.bsky.social, on their new ERC-funded project examining how East African mountain ecosystems & the communities who rely on them interact & evolve. www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...

Time to rethink nature conservation? Ecologists call for an ecosystem approach to halt UK wildlife decline and protect the vital services nature provides us in our new report with @nationaltrust.org.uk  @pettorelli.bsky.social

🎉 Hard to believe it’s already been a month since I passed my PhD viva! Still feeling very grateful, proud, and a little bit in disbelief that I am #PhDone!

📢🦋Paper: butterfly trends over the past 166 years Rather than systematic declines, @tiff-ki.bsky.social & others found evidence of reshuffling in butterfly community composition; some species becoming more common, others staying stable & some declining. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Differing approaches to National Park management in the UK & Brazil provided grounds for a lively discussion at our recent panel event, co-hosted with @yesiuoy.bsky.social & including visitors from Paraná State in Brazil who are interested in the Campos Gerais NP. www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...

Across southern Europe & North Africa, landscapes that once supported thriving agricultural communities are increasingly under threat. @tomtimberlake.bsky.social gives an overview of his work on the TERRASAFE project to empower communities to combat desertification. www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...

Thought provoking day @anthropocenebio.bsky.social exploring how participatory scenarios can be used to maximising the benefits from protected areas for nature, for people and the for wider environment @uoyenvironment.bsky.social @yesiuoy.bsky.social

A review led by @anthropocenebio.bsky.social @biologyatyork.bsky.social concludes that we have not reached the threshold of 'mass extinction', but could do so if biodiversity loss continues to increase #openaccess manuscript via White Rose Research Online eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/23... 🔓 📄

Contextualising anthropogenic extinctions. Jack Hatfield discusses his recent article resulting from a series of LCAB funded workshops bringing together paleobiologists and ecologists to discuss the evidence around how current extinctions compare to the fossil record. www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...

Loved roaming Yorkshire Arboretum & Bog Hall last week for the LCAB field trip. Mushroom season is in full swing! @anthropocenebio.bsky.social

Thanks to @green-goddess.bsky.social from the Yorkshire Arboretum & Guy Thallon from @castlehowardestate.bsky.social for hosting a visit for us yesterday. A fantastic day hearing about both the challenges & opportunities of our changing landscapes.

Hot from the @consletters.bsky.social press: "Now What? The Conundrum of Successful Recovery of Wolves and Other Species for European Conservation", where Erica Von Essen and I discuss future trajectories of species recovery and management in Europe. Here summarised by @sthlmresilience.bsky.social.

📢🐺New paper: Now What? The Conundrum of Successful Recovery of Wolves & Other Species for European Conservation Given their ongoing recovery, decision-makers need to plan for future scenarios of large carnivores in human-dominated landscapes. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

What do we mean when we say that carnivores and other wildlife are "habituating" to people? Who actually habituates to whom? Is this bad or god? Who decides? All of this and more in our new paper, expertly led by @ethanddoney.bsky.social, out now in @peopleandnature.bsky.social.

Huge congratulations to @janehillyork.bsky.social on being recognised in the first round of @britishecologicalsociety.org Fellows, awarded to those making outstanding contributions to ecology across research and teaching.

In our new article just out we examine the current extinction event in the context of the longer fossil record. We conclude it is likely the greatest event in the last 66 million years doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

A lively and light hearted moth vs butterfly discussion on The Infinite Monkey Cage with @janehillyork.bsky.social, @chrisjiggins.bsky.social, Katy Brand, @profbriancox.bsky.social & Robin Ince. Are you team butterfly or team moth 🦋💡? Listen to the episode in full: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

🌾What can today’s policymakers + food innovators learn from Britain’s postwar Agricultural Revolution? Join us for a workshop exploring lessons from farming rapid transformation after 1940 + it's relevance for the future of food. 🔗 buff.ly/Vx6JWBE @shamilto.bsky.social @sabineclarke.bsky.social

Inga Jackson reflects on her recent visit to the @britishlibrary.bsky.social Unearthed: The Power of Gardening exhibition which reinterprets the classic & most well-known narratives of garden history as well as interweaving voices that have been more marginalised. ➡️ www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...

🆕 Publication alert! I’m excited to share a new paper I co-authored, just published in a special issue of Conservation Science and Practice: 👉 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

This #BogDay seems apt to announce that I am starting a PhD @york.ac.uk in September with @anthropocenebio.bsky.social and the Department of Archaeology. I will be researching the past ecology of the North Yorks Moors and using this evidence to explore views about the future landscape #MoorViews 🪧

🎓🎉Huge congratulations to all our graduates! A fantastic achievement and a lovely day celebrating all your hard work with family and friends.

A new Ecological Management Plan is being developed, with the aim of delivering a nature-positive campus for all. The @york.ac.uk campus includes parkland, grassland, meadows, lakes, ponds, wetlands, reedbeds & landscaped gardens. Tell us what you'd like to see: york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Earlier this year @charlielem.bsky.social undertook a 3 month @britishecologicalsociety.org POST Fellowship at the Houses of Parliament where she worked as a Committee Specialist for the Environmental Audit Committee. Find out about her experience & what she learnt: www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...

Can Nature & People Thrive Together? 🌍🧑‍🌾🌽🌎🌴🐬🌏🚵‍♀️🍄🌐👍 An Aspirational Approach to Planetary Futures @nature.com.web.brid.gy www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We are seeking an enthusiastic Postdoctoral Research Associate with analytical skills and knowledge of biodiversity to plan and lead research on how biodiversity change is unfolding in the Anthropocene. Find out more and apply by 10 August jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...

Congratulations @hannalp.bsky.social who has been awarded the @society4conbio.bsky.social Europe Early Career Conservation Award 2025 for significant contributions in the field of human–carnivore coexistence and the design of effective coexistence programmes. ➡️Read more: conbio.org/groups/secti...

Listen to Dr Felicia Liu from our dept on this brill new podcast - exploring art and activism - or artivism - a creative, collaborative approach to reimagining our environmental future 👇🌍 www.bfm.my/content/podc... #artivism #conservation

Congratulations to our Associate Director @proflinds.bsky.social on being recognised in the King's Birthday Honours! Lindsay's research aims to understand relationships between people & the environment including land use, climate change, biodiversity & livelihoods. www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

An dive into the work going on across the African Research Network @uoylibrary.bsky.social Thought- provoking discussions on #environment, #health, #culture, #ethics and #sustainability of universities across #Africa. @uoyenvironment.bsky.social @yesiuoy.bsky.social @anthropocenebio.bsky.social

SGI-UK recently held the Seeds of Hope & Action exhibition at the @york.ac.uk. It focussed on the interconnectedness of individuals & their environment & the power of each person to initiate positive change. The event included: • 40 volunteers • 400 attendees • 66 'tree of ideas' pledges

Had huge fun talking about about Fieldwork, my eco-sitcom, at Uni of York last week. Even better was plotting w @anaspene.bsky.social about how we're going to develop the project, then visiting the Galton & Simpson archive w @garybrannan.bsky.social fieldworkpodcast.substack.com/p/abc-art-bi...

🌳 Re-root, reconnect, and regrow 🌱 Join us on Weds 18 June at the stunning Yorkshire Arboretum to help shape the future of the InTREEgue network 🌿 🗓️ Planning, poetry, tree talk + lunch + coach travel 🔗 Book (staff + PGRs): ow.ly/4KM250W68Au Let’s grow something new together 🍃 #Trees #NatureWalks

Thought-provoking conversations about how #participatory research can be best conducted to answer the right questions, for the right reasons for the most desirable outcomes. Focusing on #land management across the uk but with global impact @anthropocenebio.bsky.social @uoyenvironment.bsky.social

Really looking forward to hosting ABC: Art, biodiversity & collaboration tonight, with @artatyork.bsky.social @helenacoxcurator.bsky.social @richardacarter.bsky.social @suw.bsky.social, Veronica Ongaro & Paul Shields. Still some space to sign up if you have a free evening… #YorkIdeas

Thanks to everyone who participated in and attended our events with Kathy Willis. A fantastic couple of days discussing health, wellbeing and biodiversity from a range of different disciplinary perspectives as well as with the brilliant @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social audience.

Looking forward to contributing to the conversation tomorrow, on human-nonhuman relations and links to wellbeing. Please join us if you're free and in York

Join the conversation as artists & scientists discuss the importance of collaboration as part of @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social. The expert panel will discuss how art and collaboration can provide new perspectives on biodiversity change. 4 June, 18:30 - 20:00 ➡️Book now www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...

To continue the watery theme, it was a real treat to have @amyjanebeer.bsky.social visit @anthropocenebio.bsky.social last week to share her wisdom 🔮 on writing well and on engaging with audiences beyond the specialist. Unsurprisingly this was very well received by our research group!

Powerful evening with @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social & @amyjanebeer.bsky.social in Leeds, on the urgent need to remember that life is lived in relation, and to reimagine rivers as life sources rather than resources. 'Our fate flows with that of rivers and always has' 🌊

Excited to be hosting Kathy Willis as part of @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social on 31 May at 10am Join Kathy as she takes a science-based look at how, by bringing nature into urban spaces, we can reduce healthcare costs & create a better, happier & healthier environment. www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...

A fantastic day & great to be a part of the Valuing Voices initiative to support best practice in research & research culture. Our project aims to bring together University of York researchers with local communities to create shared visions of their future landscapes. www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...

The world's largest biodiversity time-series database has had a new release. The BioTIME database offers insight into how biodiversity is changing through time across the globe. 708 data sources 11+ million records 150 years 56,400 taxa 550,000 locations biotime.st-andrews.ac.uk #BiodiversityDay

Huge congratulations to @janehillyork.bsky.social on being elected a @royalsociety.org Fellow in recognition of her achievements in ecology.🎉 Jane studies the impact of changes in habitat, climate & forest fragmentation on species in tropical & temperate ecosystems. www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Join us for a panel discussion on biodiversity, health & wellbeing on Fri 30 May, 15:00 - 16:30. We'll discuss how biodiversity conservation & nature connectedness can contribute to health & wellbeing. Open to @york.ac.uk staff & students. Find out more & register: www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...

Our new seminar series Anthropocene Biopolitics starts on 3 June with a session on microbes. We’ll think about how microbial imaginaries necessitate a reimagining of how the human relates to the biodiversity that criss-crosses its boundaries. Learn more & register: www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...

Great to see @charles-cunningham.bsky.social's paper out on the impacts of woodland connectivity on the presence of woodland species in the UK. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Although ecologists talk about connectivity being important to maintain, the evidence that this is true is weak. 1/

I’m really looking forward to hosting this @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social event with @anthropocenebio.bsky.social on 4 June, showcasing & discussing ways to make art & science together. yorkfestivalofideas.com/2025/calenda... #YorkIdeas

Very much looking forward to being part of this event for @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social on 4 June, discussing how art and collaboration can provide new perspectives on biodiversity change - if you're in York, sign up here! yorkfestivalofideas.com/2025/calenda... @hrcyork.bsky.social

BioTime v2 is out!!🚨 - Explore the largest #database of #biodiversity time-series studies in the world. Now with more studies🗄️🔍👩‍💻, more species 🌱🦎🦇🐟🌳🐜🐚🪸🐀, more locations 🌐…just more! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Free to download, free to use! #BioTime #Macroecology #GlobalChange