Leslie Mabon
@ljmabon.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Environmental Systems, Faculty of STEM, Open University, UK. Sustainability science for resilient and just coastal places. Scotland - Japan - Taiwan. Future Earth Coasts Fellow. Big Raith Rovers fan.
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Senior Lecturer in Environmental Systems, Faculty of STEM, Open University, UK. Sustainability science for resilient and just coastal places. Scotland - Japan - Taiwan. Future Earth Coasts Fellow. Big Raith Rovers fan.
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Leslie Mabon
@ljmabon.bsky.social
· Jun 25
New paper on relationships and responsibility in Fukushima coastal fisheries, and treated water releases from the Daiichi nuclear plant. We share interviews from before and during releases with fishers, managers, sellers +more working on the Fukushima coast.
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
It was, I believe. A bit yoghurt-y, but ok!
Since school bus discourse is going on: The highlight of my own school bus years was when my bus crashed into another bus of the same company on an otherwise empty road - neither driver wanted to make space for the other so they just did a massive side swipe. Good times!
Since school bus discourse is going on: I remember one day everyone who travelled on a specific bus got pulled out of class and marched to the hall, because someone threw a yoghurt out the window from the top deck and it hit a horse, and they needed to find out who did it.
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Since school bus discourse is going on: The highlight of my own school bus years was when my bus crashed into another bus of the same company on an otherwise empty road - neither driver wanted to make space for the other so they just did a massive side swipe. Good times!
It did not rain for the first time in nearly a fortnight today, so I took the day off at very short notice and cycled from Kilmartin to Tayvallich and back over the Crinan Canal. This turned out to be a very good idea.
Big shout out to whichever school or department on the OU campus was having the music round of their Christmas quiz with the window open as I walked past yesterday with my coffee - you eliminated me from #Whamageddon 😒 Other than that, you're all fantastic folk to work with! 🙂
Temperate coastal forests: contributions and evidence requirements for resilient coastal societies - Anthropocene Coasts
Temperate coastal forests can support the resilience of coastal societies by reducing climate-related impacts and supporting people’s wellbeing and connectivity. The ecological diversity within temper...
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New paper on temperate coastal forests, the values they bring to people, and how environmental management can support these forests in a changing climate. Enabled by @royalsociety.org International Exchanges grant w/@openuniversity.bsky.social + Klaipeda University.
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Fueling or burning the game? Football clubs, fans and energy companies ft. Leslie Mabon - The FootPol Podcast
In the latest FootPol Podcast episode, Leslie Mabon, senior lecturer in environmental systems at The Open University discusses how football’s deep ties to industry reveal a bigger story about climate ...
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I recently appeared on @footpolpodcast.bsky.social to discuss football, industry, place identity and a just transition - with a healthy dose of examples including Iwaki FC, Airdrie keeper John Martin, and the offshore wind supply chain permeating Raith Rovers:
www.buzzsprout.com/2253650/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2253650/epis...
Leslie Mabon
@ljmabon.bsky.social
· Dec 2
The fall of a prolific science journal exposes the billion-dollar profits of scientific publishing
One of the 15 publications that put out the most studies globally has been expelled from the indexing system for irregularities. Its publisher, Elsevier, has a 38% profit margin that reached $1.5 bill...
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Science of the Total Environment delisted. Any time a story like this breaks, I have a great deal of sympathy for other authors who have published their research in the journal in good faith, and for the reviewers and editors who have done their job properly.
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Leslie Mabon
@ljmabon.bsky.social
· Dec 2
This is going to sound a bit salty, but - if you claim an author has not read widely enough, and then provide a list of 'key texts' written exclusively by white men at prestigious Western universities to make your point, then I would argue YOU have also not read widely enough.