Since the closure of USAID an estimated 834,000 people lost their lives as a result of the loss of health assistance. USAID was also one of the largest contributors to conservation ($400m annually). This week on the podcast, Michelle Nijhuis @biographic.bsky.social details the situation a year on.

...vor 31 Jahren: @wbgu.bsky.social Warnung vor #Klimakatastrophe #EndFossilFuels

🌍 #DYK that biodiversity loss is a systemic risk to the global economy? From pollinators to wetlands, nature supports countless industries. The 🏡 IPBES #BizBiodiversity report shows why nature matters for business. 🧪 More from Will Allen: https://ow.ly/lvEy50YrKm0

Nicht die Energiewende ist teuer, sondern unsere fossile Abhängigkeit. Claudia Kemfert zur energiepolitischen Lage. Wer über den Kauf von Gasheizung oder Verbrenner nachdenkt: erst lesen! perspective-daily.de/article/4307...

Super-important study! Higher carbon storage in primary than secondary boreal forests in Sweden | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Very nice research highlight by Jérémy Froidevaux & Laura Touzot on our recent European bison habitat use paper 👉 "High habitat‐use plasticity in European bison (Bison bonasus) across spatial scales and seasons" besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Very interesting study challenging previous estimates of the magnitude of C storage difference between boreal primary forests and managed secondary forests in Europe.

Cultural evolution accelerated human range expansion by more than two orders of magnitude | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Protecting nature shouldn’t cost rangers their mental health. Our new study highlights the urgent need for mental health support for them worldwide. New paper by Mahmood Soofi & colleges out now in Conservation Letters! @tkuemmerle.bsky.social @arashghoddousi.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/con4...

Eemian straight-tusked elephants in N Germany migrated 300 km and were frequently hunted by Neanderthals. P.S.: Beech (Fagus sylvatica) was rather uncommon then. Any idea why? Anyway, all our present-day species had to deal with them. www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....

In a sea of opinions about the role of LLMs in academics I offer my own. Apart from being harmful, exploitive plagiarism machines, LLMs rob us of the opportunity to experience the gift of friction in writing, which changes how we think. We must not give away that gift. doi.org/10.1002/fee....

Paul Ehrlich has died. Most will remember him for "The Population Bomb." But for many of us, Ehrlich and Raven 1964 was a foundational read that influenced our careers. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Dr. Paul Ehrlich, founder of the field of population biology, Stanford professor, prolific author of books on butterflies, birds, & human ecology, world-class environmentalist, outspoken scientist, and a personal friend, has passed away. A giant in the field of ecology. youtu.be/vW1z4n4Dusk?...

Because in countries like #Germany, the average time to obtain a permanent academic position (full professorship) can be 10–12 years after the PhD. In contrast, in #Argentina ’s public research system (outside unis), it is possible to obtain a permanent research position after a ~3-year postdoc.

.. and while we are at it: CONICET is being severely defunded. At the moment, over 4,000 scientists have left the sector, salaries have plummeted, and research funding has halted under extreme budget cuts. #Argentina www.nature.com/articles/d41...

For decades biologists assumed ravens follow wolves to their kills. Our paper @science.org shows something different: ravens rarely follow wolves far. Instead they remember areas where wolf kills are common and return to them—sometimes from >150 km away. doi.org/10.1126/science.adz9467 📷Dan Stahler

Open access makes the rich get richer #science #publishing #academia 🧪🗺️ nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Agriculture already produces enough calories to feed the world. Yet, hunger persists, writes PIK scientist Christoph Müller in @science.org Editorial: Food insecurity is primarily a problem of poverty and unequal access not agricultural production.👇 www.science.org/eprint/WG6TN...

Important piece by Christoph Müller - time to move beyond the “productionist trap”! Releasing agriculture from the food security mandate | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Excited to share about: 🌱 Gaps in Germany’s next forest generation Regeneration maps from National Forest Inventory data show: • 14% low regeneration density • 30% low species richness • 15% of Bavaria lacking climate adapted regeneration besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

“My first thought when I saw Einstein was ‘game over’.” How a short-lived #AI tool for students is causing a reckoning over the use of technology in the classroom. By @scattercushion.bsky.social in @nature.com, feat @jacquelyngill.bsky.social 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

New paper in Ecology! In which we clarify the distinction between range and occurrence distributions for quantifying animal movement patterns esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Our package estar for quantifying ecological stability is out: MEE @britishecologicalsociety.org! Provides 11 stability metrics for measuring stability at different levels of organization, from individuals to populations, communities + ecosystems. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

news.mongabay.com/2026/03/clim... @humboldtuni.bsky.social

The future of Europe’s forest disturbance regimes– a thread. Tl, dr: Disturbances from wildfire, bark beetles & wind will continue to increase in the coming decades. Under unabated climate change disturbances could more than double by 2100. New paper out in @science.org doi.org/10.1126/scie...

2026. A code of ethics for peer reviewers. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Beef: time to stop horsing around… or time to start? 🐎 Horsemeat could be a more sustainable and nutritious alternative to beef and other red meats. Lower emissions, less land & water use, and nutrient-rich. doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...

Thrilled to share our new paper out in @science.org, led by François Leroy and Petr Keil! Using the Breeding Bird Survey, we document not only a continent-wide decline in bird abundance since the 1980s — but, crucially, the acceleration of these declines over time. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Overlooked and overexploited: Extensive conversion of grasslands and wetlands driven by global food, feed, and bioenergy demand @pnas.org 🌐 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

🧵 New Perspective in People and Nature “Strengthening responsibilities to face global crises: A call to ecologists, environmental scientists and their societies” Excited to share our latest paper! @peopleandnature.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org

@sjmelchor.bsky.social writes for @nature.com about how to spot dubious papers, interviewing @elisabethbik.bsky.social, @abalkina.bsky.social, @jabyrnesci.bsky.social, myself and and my fellow @cosig.net maintainers @solalpirelli.bsky.social and Yagmur Ozturk! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Schrödingers Wolf.... Gleichzeitig schuld an zu vielen und zu wenigen Mouflons! www.bauernzeitung.de/regional/thu...

Very happy to finally share a paper that has been in my mind for a long time 🌍 🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Over the past 40 years, 42% of tropical and subtropical ecosystems have experienced an increase in plant reliance on past precipitation, consistent with greening during the late growing season in drylands and drying during the wet-to-dry period in non-drylands 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Brazil endangers global climate and health | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Edge effects from deforestation in the Chaco! -> New paper out in @globalchangebio.bsky.social with Seba Torrella & @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social Marie Pratzer @aguiarse86.bsky.social @mariapiquerr.bsky.social Ruben Ginzburg Gregorio Gavier Pizarro @tkuemmerle.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2nh7kjkj

X's algorithm is in fact doing what you think it's doing. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Commodity frontiers expand more slowly into tropical forests where forest smallholders are present – new paper out in PNAS led by Marie Pratzer www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @tkuemmerle.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social @pnas.org

This 👉 "Doch wer über Altersgrenzen streitet, verliert aus dem Blick, wer hier eigentlich reguliert gehört: die Konzerne, nicht die Jugend." www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/socia...

Experten warnen vor Rückschritten beim Naturschutz#Umweltschutz#Naturschutz

[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social] A Biotropica study suggests king cobras may be hitching rides on trains in Goa. Several were found near rail hubs in unsuitable habitat — raising the possibility that freight trains are unintentionally moving the world’s longest venomous snake.

Anyone, anywhere can take part in this weekend's bird-watching extravaganza for science! 🧪 🪶 www.scientificamerican.com/article/join...

Where smallholders are present, agribusinesses expand more slowly into forests. New study showing this for the Gran Chaco and Chiquitano Forest, both global deforestation hotspots - led by Marie Pratzer. Out now in @pnas.org @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu 👉 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Revive Brazil’s soy moratorium "Ending the moratorium is irresponsible. Brazil should instead strengthen conservation efforts by adjusting the soy agreement to close loopholes." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Agriculture-driven edge effects in a deforestation hotspot 👉new paper in Global Change Biology, led by Sebastian Torella doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70737 @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu #SystemShift