Nature and atmospheric carbon are both parts of the same global carbon cycle Therefore any 'climate solution' that destroys nature is not, in fact, a climate solution

Friday afternoon in the herbarium ID'ing specimens from a fire experiment in central Zambia while listening to Massive Attack. Joy! Here is the delightful Clematis villosa, a geoxyle, with a wild seedhead. Now realising I saw this species in central Madagascar last November.

1/New Open Access paper in PNAS with an outstanding team of collaborators: Tree rings reveal persistent Western Apache (Ndee) fire stewardship and niche construction in the American Southwest. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

"if we plan restoration targets to match future climatic conditions and consider state transitions of currently natural ecosystems due to climate change, the potential for natural climate solutions related to ecosystem restoration is close to zero." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Limited carbon sequestration potential from global ecosystem restoration - our paper was born of collective frustration around continual conflation of restoration + reforestation, invariably misrepresenting open ecosystems in global models of ecosystem C storage potential.

We can't rely on nature to fix climate change because ecosystems will collapse as heating worsens The only way out is to eliminate fossil fuels at double speed ... and protect and restore nature for a gazillion other reasons

We should come to terms with the fact that forest, shrubland, grassland, and wetland ecosystems cannot offset fossil fuel CO₂ emissions. But we should still protect and restore them for biodiversity and other ecosystem benefits.

⚠️ Call for Special Feature @journalofecology.bsky.social Functional traits in primary producers: recent advances and future directions. Topics include: - Approaches in understanding, measuring and predicting traits - Scaling from traits to ecosystem processes. Submit here: shorturl.at/sP5LC

A phenomenal review about Edinburgh University and it's role in slavery + colonialism. The more discussion and action this brings the better. Huge thanks to the staff who gave their energy, intellect and time to developing this. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Just coz... Chrysopogon fallax in flower. So hard to get good pics of grasses in flower. This was just over a month ago near Alice Springs.

A community-owned island has announced a full boycott of Israel amid its genocide in Gaza

If you want to know what's in the UN Group of Experts latest (damning) report on eastern DRC, this is a long and excellent summary from Al Jazeera. But why on earth hasn't the UN published it? It's now been repeatedly leaked. Just put it out. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...

Maybe because they are largely junk - Auditors can’t save carbon offsets | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

📣 Upcoming short course 📣 We are excited to offer the "Resilience science and climate change" short course with the Resilience Alliance. 🎓 Masters & PhD students and post-doctoral researchers 🗓️ 27-31 October 2025 📍 Online 📋 Apply by 5 September 2025 ℹ️ Learn more: tinyurl.com/2p9mbkax

NEW: Getting to net-zero will be much cheaper than thought for the UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly, says OBR Quick piece / thread with 4 key charts showing, yet again, why climate action is far less costly than inaction 🧵 www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/6

📝 Ecology and Society is seeking Subject Editors 📝 The leading SES journal and flagship journal for SocSES is seeking to appoint new Subject Editors to join their team. ℹ️ How to apply: tinyurl.com/4hsrkjvz 🌱 Help shape the SES field and learn more about the editorial and publishing processes!

While scientific evidence is often seen as objective, the process of collecting, interpreting, and applying evidence is heavily influenced by political considerations, power dynamics, and the specific context in which it is used. academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

Write to your MP and support the #RareCancersBill. Call for: More research Rare cancer champions in all UK nations Better incentives for orphan drugs Let’s push for better care, faster diagnoses & more hope. #CancerAwareness #HealthEquity #cholangiocarcinoma #CCA #AMMF

📢📢🔥🔥🔥 I am so excited to announce our book about Fire in the South American Ecosystems! It has 14 Chapters led mostly by south american authors. Thanks to all authors for their valuable contribution! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Hello Bluesky! 👋 We’re The Welcoming Association, a charity supporting New Scots in Edinburgh with free English classes, social groups, job support and more. We’ll be sharing updates from our community, celebrating New Scots’ voices, and standing for dignity, inclusion and connection in our city.

A few months ago, Nature published how-to guide for using ChatGPT to write your peer reviews in 30 minutes. This is, of course, a horrible idea. Here’s my response with @jbakcoleman.bsky.social .

Ethical scientific journals and where to find them....here is DAFNEE, a #database of non-profit journals in #Ecology and #Evolution #EvoBio, to choose an ethical place where to publish your next articles! (1/2) dafnee.isem-evolution.fr 🧪 #science

Butterflies- not just beautiful, but essential! 🦋 Sadly, they are declining in many areas of the world...🌍 Protecting pollinators safeguards #biodiversity. Learn more: @ipbes.net #PollinationAssessment www.ipbes.net/assessment-r... Design by Eleanor Lutz🧪

Out in the heaths of Western Australia - stunning. Might not be peak season but wow. The floral diversity but also the truly crazy variation in leaf form.

Now might be a time to read Question 7 - a beautiful book about choices and all the seen and unseen connections that flow around them. And, a reminder to tread our world with empathy and kindness. www.theguardian.com/books/2023/n...

So @fossilrob.bsky.social & I have a new podcast: The Fossil Files. Each week, we discuss a recently published paper on fossils. It's kind of like journal club, but with only mine and Rob's opinions. You can listen on our website or on Spotify: fossils.libsyn.com or open.spotify.com/show/2jWWagt...

Doesn't get better than the desert in bloom, with a weekend walking and talking about plants, megafauna and prehistoric Australia.

Cancer Research UK today published a report which highlights changes in cancer survival rates over the last 50 years. Many headlines (like this one from the Guardian) have chosen to report the ‘doubling of cancer survival rates’ since the 1970s. But that's misleading... 1/18

❔Are you an immigrant at home in Scotland? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Now would be just the time to participate in my current research survey! It does not relate directly to events of this week, but it will help inform immigration debates. This survey is also open to other groups 🧵 hass.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

As a reminder - Scotland’s integration strategy is multilingual, intercultural, rights-based, refugee-led, trauma-sensitive and restorative. It’s perfectly straightforward to ditch the xenophobia and see electoral gains as a result www.gov.scot/publications...

One of the great pleasures of my job - walking through the garden after closing on a spring evening.

Been staring at my "neglected bin of cold dalek compost" pondering much of this wonderful piece by @frasermacdonald.bsky.social while communing with the family of voles living in it.

Doing, researching or just interested in Rewilding? Join us at this event on Exploring the Science of Rewilding Hosted by the Rewilding group of the BES Registration deadline is soon! www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/expl...

Great thread of posts on species associated with Cuckoo Flower

Interesting study on African attitudes to personal and government responsibility for climate action. "Those with secondary or post-secondary education are significantly more likely to attribute responsibility to rich countries" h/t @carbonbrief.org www.nature.com/articles/s43...

87% of new homes are STILL built with a gas boiler, and so will have to be retrofitted This is the easy bit of the energy transition ffs

Report:Nearly 1,000 Israeli Air Force reservists sign letter opposing Gaza War - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/reportnearly-1000-israeli-air-force-reservists-sign-letter-opposing-gaza

Amidst all the world crazy, time in the sunny (!) Highlands with our delightfully enthusiastic 2nd year Geography class is quite the antidote. 😎☀️😎☀️

Putting aside the question of whether Colassal's gene engineered pups are actually dire wolves, the big Q that feels unanswered was originally posed by Deborah Bird Rose in Vox: "What sense does it make to dream of returning the thylacine when we cannot even ask people to make room for dingoes?"

Sarobidy Rakotonarivo (University of Antananarivo) giving excellent Georgina Mace Plenary Lecture at Student Conference for Conservation Science.

Til next time Tana

When you come downstairs to hit the road at 6.45 to find an integral element missing... one can only hope the wheel returns soon.🤞🤷🍀

Special few days camped in gallery forest in Central Madagascar. Cynorkis purpurea flowering along the creeks, Sifaka leaping through trees and all microclimate sensors across forest-grassland boundaries still there! 🌍

Rural Madagascar at its finest today. Vistas of rice paddies, marble outcrops covered in aloes and storm clouds rising. 🌍

Wonderfully fun afternoon with botanists and ecologists debating classifications of Madagascars ecosystems. We are getting closer to standardising our understanding. Such a wonderful way to see how disciplines inform and support each other.

Fantastic FunkyBio presentations from @anyacourtenay.bsky.social @wieczor.bsky.social @adamdevenish.bsky.social @s-eshelman.bsky.social @jess-rickenback.bsky.social at the Savanna Science Network Meeting. Thanks to SANParks for always hosting a brilliantly collegiate conference. Till 2026!

After a wonderful two weeks in Kruger, crouched among the grasses on the experimental burn plots and incredible experiences watching + listening to the animals, I can say with certainty my capacity to capture those moments remains limited 😂😂😂 from graceful giraffe 🦒 to bugs mimicing a burnt leaf.

Great opportunity for postdoc fellowships!

How do you say The Onion in Portuguese?