Evan Walker
@ecologicalev.bsky.social
Environmental conservation & sustainability at WWF 🐼. Enjoyer of books, music, movies, and skateboarding, often in Ohio
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"I look at the resilience of the American scientific enterprise, of the scientists in that enterprise, the graduate students and postdocs, and I see it working its way up into the legislation," says @aaas.org CEO Sudip Parikh.
One Year Into Trump’s Term, Where Does Science Funding Stand?
The CEO of AAAS is cautiously optimistic about federal funding for science, even as uncertainty makes research challenging.
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January 19, 2026 at 12:37 AM
"I look at the resilience of the American scientific enterprise, of the scientists in that enterprise, the graduate students and postdocs, and I see it working its way up into the legislation," says @aaas.org CEO Sudip Parikh.
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Fascinating analysis of eBird checklists to determine what draws visitors to the birdiest countries in the world. www.audubon.org/magazine/do-...
Do Nations With the Most Birds Attract the Most Bird Tourists?
Bird-rich Colombia has seen explosive bird tourism growth, according to a new study that sifted through eBird data. But not all tropical nations are fulfilling their bird tourism potential.
www.audubon.org
January 16, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Fascinating analysis of eBird checklists to determine what draws visitors to the birdiest countries in the world. www.audubon.org/magazine/do-...
“Encouraging elephants to migrate can help relieve overpopulation in some areas, but any corridor invariably intersects with human communities, making it both vital ecological infrastructure and a social challenge.”
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Corridors, not culls, offer solution to Southern Africa’s growing elephant population
Since being collared in Zambia two years ago, a young bull elephant known to researchers as Z16 has walked nearly 12,000 kilometers, or 7,500 miles — three times the distance between New York and Los ...
news.mongabay.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:15 PM
“Encouraging elephants to migrate can help relieve overpopulation in some areas, but any corridor invariably intersects with human communities, making it both vital ecological infrastructure and a social challenge.”
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Having diverse trees in playgrounds helps young children feel good https://relationalthinkingblog.com/2025/12/10/plain-language-summary-having-diverse-trees-in-playgrounds-helps-young-children-feel-good/
Read the full paper here https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70227
Read the full paper here https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70227
relationalthinkingblog.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Having diverse trees in playgrounds helps young children feel good https://relationalthinkingblog.com/2025/12/10/plain-language-summary-having-diverse-trees-in-playgrounds-helps-young-children-feel-good/
Read the full paper here https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70227
Read the full paper here https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70227
“major changes to rivers, caused by hydropower dams, could destabilize vulnerable floodplain forests, increasing the probability of large-scale changes in vegetation that would undermine the forest’s ability to retain carbon – or even to remain forest” - @jjopperman.bsky.social
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The Amazon: Both Forest And River Are Critical To Climate Solutions
The health of the Amazon forest and river are intertwined. By storing carbon, the forest can be a key part of climate solutions but plans for expanding hydropower could undermine that climate solution...
www.forbes.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:44 PM
“major changes to rivers, caused by hydropower dams, could destabilize vulnerable floodplain forests, increasing the probability of large-scale changes in vegetation that would undermine the forest’s ability to retain carbon – or even to remain forest” - @jjopperman.bsky.social
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The more I've learned about #airpollution, the madder I've gotten about the gap between what researchers know and what most people--including most #health care workers--know.
healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/01... 🧪🌎
#publichealth #medicine
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#publichealth #medicine
January 8, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The more I've learned about #airpollution, the madder I've gotten about the gap between what researchers know and what most people--including most #health care workers--know.
healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/01... 🧪🌎
#publichealth #medicine
healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/01... 🧪🌎
#publichealth #medicine
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This article strikes a chord with me. With mobile laser scanners and GNSS receivers I can now collect as much data in a few days as used to take weeks. Great! Except that's less time spent in the forest really looking at the trees. 🧪🌏🌲🌳 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘I rarely get outside’: scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI
In the race to embrace new technologies, some ecologists fear their field is losing touch with nature.
www.nature.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:16 PM
This article strikes a chord with me. With mobile laser scanners and GNSS receivers I can now collect as much data in a few days as used to take weeks. Great! Except that's less time spent in the forest really looking at the trees. 🧪🌏🌲🌳 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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“As urban centers around the globe rethink their futures, one message is clear: if you want happier people, give them space to ride safely.” momentummag.com/the-happiest...
The Happiest Cities in the World are Also the Most Bicycle Friendly
The 2025 Happy City Index is in and the world's happiest cities are also some of the best places to ride a bike.
momentummag.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:18 AM
“As urban centers around the globe rethink their futures, one message is clear: if you want happier people, give them space to ride safely.” momentummag.com/the-happiest...
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Whales Are in Danger in N.Y. Waterways: ‘Like Deer Crossing the Road’ www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/n... 🧪🦑🌎
Whales Are in Danger in N.Y. Waterways: ‘Like Deer Crossing the Road’
As conservation efforts make the waters in the New York region more inviting for whales, increasing traffic from ships and boats has contributed to a climbing number of strandings.
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Whales Are in Danger in N.Y. Waterways: ‘Like Deer Crossing the Road’ www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/n... 🧪🦑🌎
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Solar events have been at a high since activity on the sun’s surface reached a “solar maximum” in October 2024.
First Northern Lights Forecast Of 2026: 18 States Could See Aurora Borealis This Week
Solar events have been at a high since activity on the sun’s surface reached a “solar maximum” in October 2024.
www.forbes.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Solar events have been at a high since activity on the sun’s surface reached a “solar maximum” in October 2024.
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The U.S. is forecast to add a lot less power from renewables than analysts previously expected. The potential slowdown comes as electricity demand is rising faster than it has in decades. n.pr/4jnupWw
Clean energy is surging despite political attacks. But a slowdown may be looming
The U.S. is forecast to add a lot less power from renewables than analysts previously expected. The potential slowdown comes as electricity demand is rising faster than it has in decades.
n.pr
December 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The U.S. is forecast to add a lot less power from renewables than analysts previously expected. The potential slowdown comes as electricity demand is rising faster than it has in decades. n.pr/4jnupWw
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Flat-headed cats are among the world's most threatened wild felines, with the International Union for Conservation of Nature estimating that just 2,500 adults exist in the wild.
The rare animals are about the size of a domestic cat and have distinctive, round, close-set eyes.
The rare animals are about the size of a domestic cat and have distinctive, round, close-set eyes.
Elusive, endangered wild cat seen in Thailand for the first time in 30 years
Flat-headed cats are among the world's most threatened wild felines.
cbsn.ws
December 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Flat-headed cats are among the world's most threatened wild felines, with the International Union for Conservation of Nature estimating that just 2,500 adults exist in the wild.
The rare animals are about the size of a domestic cat and have distinctive, round, close-set eyes.
The rare animals are about the size of a domestic cat and have distinctive, round, close-set eyes.
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I was on the BBC World Service News Hour today (aired on a lot of @npr.org stations in the US) to talk about this sighting of an Amur tigress with ***five cubs*** in northeast China. Link to interview here, my bit starts ~30:52: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
www.chinadailyasia.com/hk/article/6... 🌍
www.chinadailyasia.com/hk/article/6... 🌍
First-ever footage of wild Amur tigress taking care of five cubs caught on camera
A camera trap in the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park has recorded the country's first-ever footage of a wild Amur tigress nurturing five cubs, providing powerful evidence of progress i...
www.chinadailyasia.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I was on the BBC World Service News Hour today (aired on a lot of @npr.org stations in the US) to talk about this sighting of an Amur tigress with ***five cubs*** in northeast China. Link to interview here, my bit starts ~30:52: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
www.chinadailyasia.com/hk/article/6... 🌍
www.chinadailyasia.com/hk/article/6... 🌍
“That’s a pretty daunting, challenging reality when half of our water isn’t necessarily going to be reliable for the future”
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A drying-up Rio Grande basin threatens water security on both sides of the border
Researchers have completed a full accounting of water uses and losses in the Rio Grande-Bravo basin as it faces severe shortages throughout its range in the United States and Mexico.
apnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
“That’s a pretty daunting, challenging reality when half of our water isn’t necessarily going to be reliable for the future”
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🌎 apnews.com/article/rio-...
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Winter solstice in Edinburgh.
December 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Winter solstice in Edinburgh.
There are some interesting examples of how to connect sports mascots to nature conservation.
WWF led an effort working with teams to temporarily remove animal logos to highlight threats on World Wildlife Day: www.skysports.com/football/new... 🌎
WWF led an effort working with teams to temporarily remove animal logos to highlight threats on World Wildlife Day: www.skysports.com/football/new... 🌎
December 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
There are some interesting examples of how to connect sports mascots to nature conservation.
WWF led an effort working with teams to temporarily remove animal logos to highlight threats on World Wildlife Day: www.skysports.com/football/new... 🌎
WWF led an effort working with teams to temporarily remove animal logos to highlight threats on World Wildlife Day: www.skysports.com/football/new... 🌎
"NCAR delivers data around severe weather events like fires and floods that help our country save lives and property and prevent devastation for families.”
🌎 www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...
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Trump administration moves to dismantle national climate research lab in Colorado
The research lab, which houses the largest federal research program on climate change, supports research to predict, prepare for and respond to severe weather and other natural disasters.
www.pbs.org
December 19, 2025 at 3:50 AM
"NCAR delivers data around severe weather events like fires and floods that help our country save lives and property and prevent devastation for families.”
🌎 www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...
🌎 www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...
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Conservationists are urging the public to comment on a set of proposed regulatory changes that would gut the way one of the nation's strongest environmental laws is enforced. One of the key changes would allow officials to consider economic factors when deciding if a species should be protected. 🌎
Protecting Threatened and Endangered Species Could Get a Lot Harder
Proposed changes to Endangered Species Act regulations would defang our best defense against extinctions
www.sierraclub.org
December 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Conservationists are urging the public to comment on a set of proposed regulatory changes that would gut the way one of the nation's strongest environmental laws is enforced. One of the key changes would allow officials to consider economic factors when deciding if a species should be protected. 🌎
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"At least five new ... data centers are planned in [PA], most of which will power themselves by producing electricity by burning natural gas on site." Predicted need for "hundreds or even thousands of new gas wells to fuel the centers’ power demands."
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To Feed Data Centers, Pennsylvania Faces a New Fracking Boom
A rash of data centers planned for western Pennsylvania has residents and environmentalists on edge. The sprawling complexes will be powered by plants that burn fracked natural gas, whose production h...
e360.yale.edu
December 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"At least five new ... data centers are planned in [PA], most of which will power themselves by producing electricity by burning natural gas on site." Predicted need for "hundreds or even thousands of new gas wells to fuel the centers’ power demands."
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“We didn’t have the agriculture skills before, so people would go into the forest for charcoal,” Lalao said that morning. “But now they are working here.”
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The world’s lemurs are going extinct. This is the only way to save them.
To protect Madagascar’s iconic animals, wildlife groups need to think beyond wildlife.
www.vox.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
“We didn’t have the agriculture skills before, so people would go into the forest for charcoal,” Lalao said that morning. “But now they are working here.”
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Today is #WildlifeConservationDay and it comes as #CITESCoP20 is nearing a close in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. There, we have seen exciting gains for species in protections from international trade. Get the latest: wcs.org/cites 🌏
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Today is #WildlifeConservationDay and it comes as #CITESCoP20 is nearing a close in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. There, we have seen exciting gains for species in protections from international trade. Get the latest: wcs.org/cites 🌏
“It’s meant to reward countries for maintaining standing forests, and the measurement is only meant to be of forest cover”
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Brazil Proposes a New Type of Fund to Protect Tropical Forests
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“It’s meant to reward countries for maintaining standing forests, and the measurement is only meant to be of forest cover”
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Denver recorded its second latest first-snow date on record this year, more than a month past normal.
A Colorado hydrologist explains what's behind the slow western snow season and the dangers to the West’s water supply. buff.ly/uPW4Sjz 🌎
A Colorado hydrologist explains what's behind the slow western snow season and the dangers to the West’s water supply. buff.ly/uPW4Sjz 🌎
Winter storms blanket the East, while the U.S. West is wondering: Where’s the snow?
Here’s what snow forecasters are watching, and why skiers and other snow lovers shouldn’t lose hope.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Denver recorded its second latest first-snow date on record this year, more than a month past normal.
A Colorado hydrologist explains what's behind the slow western snow season and the dangers to the West’s water supply. buff.ly/uPW4Sjz 🌎
A Colorado hydrologist explains what's behind the slow western snow season and the dangers to the West’s water supply. buff.ly/uPW4Sjz 🌎