BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special The new Private Eye is out now.

Happy to be listed as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher again this year (Each researcher selected has authored multiple Highly Cited Papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for their field and publication year in the Web of Science Collection)

Happy to be listed as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher again this year (Each researcher selected has authored multiple Highly Cited Papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for their field and publication year in the Web of Science Collection)

I’ve emailed my MP to urge them to attend the National Emergency Briefing The climate & nature crises should be at the top of all MP’s priorities All MPs need to attend All MPs need to work together to combat these joint emergencies

if you’re wondering what TV & radio would look like without the bbc if the right had its way, picture the state of our privatised rivers & seas, but instead it’s raw sewage pumped into your telly & speakers

Let's stop pretending that the billionaire media, endlessly attacking the BBC, has the slightest interest in balance, impartiality and accuracy. They won't be happy until the BBC is more rightwing than Vlad the Impaler. And then it still won't be enough.

The popularity of Kingdom on the BBC makes me wonder if the British would accept that large predators are key components of our ecosystems or is the opinion that they are simply nice to watch - in another part of the world

The NERC review process makes its ‘no resubmissions’ policy particularly egregious If a grant scores low, it is rejected with no opportunity to address reviews We’ve just had that; the reviews would have been easy to address As a result, we can’t submit a revised version to any research council 😢

SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten. "I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA

Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it. We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.

Marcus wins appeal!!

🚨 BREAKING: MARCUS WINS DEPORTATION APPEAL Marcus Decker, who was facing deportation after being handed a prison sentence over 2 years for climbing the QEII Bridge in 2022 with Morgan Trowland, has won his appeal against the deportation order.

After journeying for weeks from a glacier in the Andes to Brazil’s tropical coast, a boat carrying dozens of Indigenous leaders docked in Belem to attend the COP30 climate summit.

The Collins Word of the Year 2025 is ‘confected outrage’ Title of the first chapter in the right wing playbook www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

We're delighted that tireless advocate for the natural world, @chrisgpackham.bsky.social CBE, will be opening the National Emergency Briefing in Westminster Central Hall on 27th November. Chris speaking with @bbclaurak.bsky.social earlier👇 Please make sure your MP is attending: nebriefing.org #NEB

If you engage with the public about the climate & biodiversity crises It becomes clear that much of the denial is not because people do not believe these things are happening But because they don’t want to face the terrifying truth

I’ve just announced I’ll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , it’s vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all . @nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧

If you engage with the public about the climate & biodiversity crises It becomes clear that much of the denial is not because people do not believe these things are happening But because they don’t want to face the terrifying truth

Is YOUR bank using YOUR money to fund climate chaos, genocide, nuclear arms? Check bankbetter.uk/about/bank-f... Is so easy to change to an ethical bank. #FossilBanksNoThanks #DivestFromFossilFuels

Today in Wimborne our Panto Bad Banker tried to persuade people to help him fund climate chaos, genocide & nuclear arms. But we showed people how to bank better & to ensure their money is used ethically. /contd

While governments consider proposals to protect forests, UK banks continue to fund their destruction. UK banks have provided over £1 billion to "forest-risk" companies since the COP26 agreement to end deforestation. #Deforestation #COP30 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Scientific breakthroughs are rarely unique; someone else would’ve made them soon enough. But when prominent scientists cause harm, that harm isn’t inevitable; the world might simply have been better had the harm not been inflicted. liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...

Dialogue around #netzero is one of ordinary people being unable to afford it. The reality is that 'investing' in net zero yields returns of £37bn a year and growing. We need a National Emergency Briefing to reset the climate conversation #neb2025 #nationalemergencybriefing

In 2021, the Gov warned we “could lose control of our climate for good” beyond 1.5°C. Now, the CCC says “prepare for 2°C by 2050” This huge shift in just 4 years calls for a new plan. MPs can only make sound decisions to protect us if they’re briefed. Is your MP attending? www.nebriefing.org

There are still many who confuse rewilding with the special case of trophic rewilding Rewilding is not just about (re)introducing large animals & the assumption of top-down control of ecosystems

“Too many corporations are making record profits from climate devastation, with billions spent on lobbying, deceiving the public and obstructing progress.”

Did you know? 🤔 UK Government pours billions into subsidies for fossil fuels - £17.5 billion every year, money that could be invested in renewables and boosting the green economy. How outraged are you? #COP30 #StopFossilSubsidies #EndFossilFuelSubsidies www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Banks are bankrolling climate chaos, genocide, nuclear arms - using *YOUR* cash and savings. Time to call it out. Time to move your money. Check your bank: bankbetter.uk/about/bank-f... See you tomorrow in Wimborne: eepurl.com/jrkXlU #FossilBanksNoThanks #greenwashing #DivestFromFossilFuels

I remember the bonfire nights of my youth - absolutely freezing As the warmest bonfire night on record hit the UK, the BBC managed to report it without mentioning climate change! www.bbc.com/weather/arti...

Having finished watching Celebrity Traitors, I’m reminded again of the parallels with academia Where certain people you thought were your colleagues End up screwing you over

Taxonomy & classification - of species, communities, ecosystems, etc - is the underpinning of ecology & conservation Yet can be a weakness - seeing nature in terms of fixed entities Rather than of flows, processes and variability The latter are the basis of functioning & resilience

Earlier this year we published this paper calling for the redirection of conservation attention toward processes at the heart of ecosystem function, including adaptation, gene flow, dispersal, and trophic interactions. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

My predictions for COP30 1. Several days of promising that 1.5C is not dead 2. Huge panic when discovered there is nothing new to announce 3. Final communique - 2 days late - full of nebulous promises, and maybe a vague pledge to eventually transition away from fossil fuels

Earlier this year we published this paper calling for the redirection of conservation attention toward processes at the heart of ecosystem function, including adaptation, gene flow, dispersal, and trophic interactions. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

There are many things the BBC could do investigations of: eg, banks funding fossil fuel expansion, companies greenwashing, billionaires eroding workers’ rights Instead they are focusing on migrants If you play from the far right’s songbook, they’ll soon be calling the tune

There are many things the BBC could do investigations of: eg, banks funding fossil fuel expansion, companies greenwashing, billionaires eroding workers’ rights Instead they are focusing on migrants If you play from the far right’s songbook, they’ll soon be calling the tune

If we focus on restoring ecosystem processes rather than a reference species assemblage Can we derive general rules? Here we find plant-pollinator networks in grasslands & plant-herbivore ones in woodlands both become more complex with restoration age & area www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

If we focus on restoring ecosystem processes rather than a reference species assemblage Can we derive general rules? Here we find plant-pollinator networks in grasslands & plant-herbivore ones in woodlands both become more complex with restoration age & area www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Fancy coming to POLLEN in Barcelona and joining our panel on "Political Ecologies of Restoration: Reintroduction, Assisted Migration, and Rewilding"? Then submit an abstract via the link below! pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/...

🌍 Reducing scientific travel cuts CO2 emissions but fragments the scientific networks. With Tommaso Alberti on the @egu.eu Nonlinear Processes blog, we move from carbon accounting to carbon investment: travel less, but travel with purpose to keep science connected. 👉 blogs.egu.eu/divisions/np...

📢 40+ NGOs have written to the PM urging him to uphold the Aarhus Convention – the cornerstone of environmental justice The Convention protects your right to: ✅ Access environmental information ✅ Have a say in decisions that affect nature ✅ Seek environmental justice affordably

😢 "Perhaps the most striking findings is that the British public vastly overestimates the cost getting to net zero by almost 14,000%, fueling scepticism & a reluctance to pay. On average, they estimate it will need 28% of GDP by 2050, compared to @thecccuk.bsky.social forecast of just 0.2%"

Too much out there repeating vague notions that nature protection & restoration will combat climate change It really depends on what is protected & restored, & what the comparison is We need to massively reduce emissions, not wave the magic wand of ‘nature’ as the solution

While some like to suggest academic freedom is about allowing people to say unpleasant things about others this worrying example illustrates the need to protect valid research against interference from vested, financial interests www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Partly because so many formerly leftwing parties have turned to the right, there's a lot of confusion about what right and left mean in politics. I hope this helps: The right defends economic power. The left resists economic power.

While some like to suggest academic freedom is about allowing people to say unpleasant things about others this worrying example illustrates the need to protect valid research against interference from vested, financial interests www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Too much out there repeating vague notions that nature protection & restoration will combat climate change It really depends on what is protected & restored, & what the comparison is We need to massively reduce emissions, not wave the magic wand of ‘nature’ as the solution

Yet again seen a paper in a high impact journal which does not cite highly relevant literature This shows that any paper is a work created by the authors whose findings must be assessed alongside the rest of the literature and that no single paper alone should be used to support an argument

“Universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically.”