Applied ecologist working on the ecological emergency
Studying ecosystem restoration, rewilding, dispersal, spatial ecology, ecosystem services, agro-ecology, global change. Views are my own & personal/unofficial
Focusing on ecological processes offers an adaptive approach to conservation at a time of rapid environmental change
But how do we measure & conserve these processes?
This PhD will explore the use of species traits to assess ecosystem condition
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
you are abdicating your role as a scientist
Our greatest skill is to assess evidence & to put it together to create new understanding and ideas
Net migration to the UK fell by more than two-thirds to a post-pandemic low in the year ending June 2025, but 67% of the people polled thought it had increased
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
- climate breakdown
- ecological collapse
- warmongering
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Net migration to the UK fell by more than two-thirds to a post-pandemic low in the year ending June 2025, but 67% of the people polled thought it had increased
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Thursday 15 Jan
7-9pm
New Rd Baptist Church
ALL WELCOME! 🍪☕️
Help plan our next climate & social justice actions.
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I’ll be attending each screening in person for a discussion afterwards about community, what might be drawing people towards Reform, and sharing ideas about what to do next.
Trailer and tickets: fires-and-fascism.co.uk
But in this part of the world, nature is has been hugely modified & simplified
A wilder nature would be more edgy & even have dangers
Still restorative to be in, but less sanitised
The Royal Society continues to be happy to be associated with, indeed honour Elon Musk with fellowship, despite the Grok scandal.
I will never understand this.
4-month, full-time roles from late April to early September.
Field sites in Yorkshire, Devon, Warwickshire, Kent/Sussex, Lincolnshire/Cambridge, Essex/Suffolk.
Apply now: ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca... 🧪
But as this is my first non-working day, Lila suggests I don’t push too hard, just yet
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‘We were not demonstrating against farmers, who have crucial task of feeding us.
But we oppose a food system that for sake of profits contributes massively to climate & biodiversity crises, undermines health, and increases social inequality’
IPBES remains committed to its mandate to provide the most credible science and evidence about biodiversity to all decision makers and actors.
— @davidobura.bsky.social , @ipbes.net Chair
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IPBES remains committed to its mandate to provide the most credible science and evidence about biodiversity to all decision makers and actors.
— @davidobura.bsky.social , @ipbes.net Chair
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Fascism rises, the #climate agenda is under attack, & political representation is urgent.
🧵A longish thread on why we must unite behind @zackpolanski.bsky.social & the @greenparty.org.uk 💚
I agree to focus on function, but let’s focus on important functions rather than talking up our favourite species
are such loose terms, used vaguely & too broadly, that we should shelve them?
including 24,603 beavers, whose dams are blamed for flooding
18,916 double-crested cormorants, whose eating habits are ostensibly pressuring fisheries
& 68,562 coyotes [to protect] farm animals”
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Not hard to attribute the cause
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conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Oh well done, you lot. Brexit again. Falling for the con and risking it all, cos that’ll teach them.
It won’t. It’ll just ruin life for everyone. Your children most of all.
(Sunday Times)
Not least because the US’s own Drug Enforcement Agency shows that zero fentanyl arrives to the US via Venezuela
But it doesn’t matter - even the pretence of legality in this new era is no longer necessary”
newint.org/war-and-peac...
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
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Not only terrifying pets - they cause huge disturbance to wild animals
This paper found 1000 times more birds in flight on NYE than on other nights
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Everyone is welcome. You don’t need to stand out in front wearing a pink hazmat, many roles are available
#extinctionrebellion
#wimborne #XRWimborne
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That’s why we need more people to step up, speak out, act together.
👉 Join us. Be part of changing the story and forcing real action.