John Griffin
@jngriffy.bsky.social
Associate Prof. in Coastal Ecology & Biodiversity @Swansea University. Topics: Biodiversity change; Ecosystem functions & services; Trait-based ecology. Systems: Rocky shores, Salt marshes, Coastal dunes.
Reposted by John Griffin
Awesome PhD opportunity, deadline in one week! Please re-post.
PhD studentship on antimicrobial resistance in wild baboons! Fully-funded by @swbiodtp.bsky.social Application deadline: Wed 3 Dec 2025. More details: bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo.... Apply here: www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/ho...
@inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @xavh.bsky.social
@inesfuertbauer.bsky.social @xavh.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Awesome PhD opportunity, deadline in one week! Please re-post.
Reposted by John Griffin
🚨 Job alert 🚨 Postdoc position in ecological forecasting 📈 as part of the Horizon Europe OSCARS call. The postdoc will be based in lovely Sevilla (fantastic place to live) and will include working closely with several European forecasting projects. Apply by Dec 11! 🌎🧪 globalchangeeco.com/jobs
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
🚨 Job alert 🚨 Postdoc position in ecological forecasting 📈 as part of the Horizon Europe OSCARS call. The postdoc will be based in lovely Sevilla (fantastic place to live) and will include working closely with several European forecasting projects. Apply by Dec 11! 🌎🧪 globalchangeeco.com/jobs
![EU’s von der Leyen hails COP28 as 'beginning of post-fossil era'
EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen hailed on Wednesday (13 December) the deal struck at the COP28 climate summit as the dawn of a new world with no need for coal or oil.
Energy, Environment & Transport
Frédéric Simon
Euractiv.com
VDL COP28
"Today's agreement marks the beginning of the post-fossil era," the president of the European Commission said in a social media post. [<a href="https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/photo/P-062452~2F00-15" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Photo credit: European Union, 2023. Source: EC - Audiovisual Service.</a>]
EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen hailed on Wednesday (13 December) the deal struck at the COP28 climate summit as the dawn of a new world with no need for coal or oil.
The final text, agreed on Wednesday morning (13 December), calls on UNFCCC parties to triple renewable energy capacity globally and double the annual rate of energy efficiency improvements by 2030.
“Today’s agreement marks the beginning of the post-fossil era,” the president of the European Commission said in a social media post.
It also calls on countries to “Transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems” by 2050 in accordance with the science.
“A crucial part of this historic deal is truly made in Europe,” von der Leyen rejoiced. “The whole world endorsed our 2030 targets: to triple renewable energy and to double energy efficiency, both by 2030.”
EU climate chief Wopke Hoekstra also spoke of a historic decision, saying it will set in motion an “irreversible” transition away from fossil fuels.
“With that, we have achieved what we set out to do: keep 1.5 within reach and mark the beginning of the end of fossil fuels,” he said on social media platform X.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xujiomimpwqvef6ikglhrdla/bafkreid4rm25blxdgas7tv77dbnfgyuotbgbqkoifanqdm2uivvfojtgua@jpeg)
![The EU is not fighting fossil fuels, only emissions, Von der Leyen says ahead of G20
Her comments to reporters in South Africa may impact global climate talks wrapping up in Brazil
Energy, Environment & Transport
Stefano Porciello
Euractiv
[Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images]
The EU isn’t fighting fossil fuels themselves, but the emissions they produce that fuel climate change, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at a press conference in South Africa ahead of the G20 leaders’ meeting on Friday.
The distinction is likely to send shock waves all the way to Brazil, where the United Nations’ climate change conference, COP30, is about to wrap up.
In Brazil, negotiators are discussing whether to establish a roadmap to meet the pledge countries made two years ago to transition away from fossil fuels. That decision was seen as a major achievement for the European Union’s international climate diplomacy.
Any perceived weakening of Brussels’ position on fossil fuels could undermine the chances of ensuring bold global commitments to end their use. A draft COP30 deal, published Friday, dropped the proposal, mentioned in a previous draft, to convene a conference to help world governments set up roadmaps to end their dependence on fossil fuels.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xujiomimpwqvef6ikglhrdla/bafkreihyofpuzynpw5y3b3f7iyj657dzjb6l7kdqlg4usj4dj4osig56bq@jpeg)
Reposted by John Griffin
Check out our review in @annualreviews.bsky.social on the intricate interplay between the evolutionary adaptations that enabled some marine animals to reach gigantism, the their environmental context & the ecological consequences in marine habitats #oceangiants
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Ocean Giants Through Time: Evolution and Ecology Intertwined
Throughout geological time, an intertwined relationship between ecology and evolution has enabled distant clades to attain gigantism. By synthesizing fossil and modern data, we identify key tipping po...
www.annualreviews.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Check out our review in @annualreviews.bsky.social on the intricate interplay between the evolutionary adaptations that enabled some marine animals to reach gigantism, the their environmental context & the ecological consequences in marine habitats #oceangiants
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Reposted by John Griffin
1 of 2 days fieldwork (the ☀️ day!) in Brittany for the #befscale fucoid disturbance-resilience biogeographic study - aka Ruby’s PhD! More and more #sabellaria 🍯 🪱 + 100’s of by-the-wind sailors brought by hurricane Melissa
@rubygeorge.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social
@rubygeorge.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
1 of 2 days fieldwork (the ☀️ day!) in Brittany for the #befscale fucoid disturbance-resilience biogeographic study - aka Ruby’s PhD! More and more #sabellaria 🍯 🪱 + 100’s of by-the-wind sailors brought by hurricane Melissa
@rubygeorge.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social
@rubygeorge.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social
Reposted by John Griffin
🧪🦤🌐
This study examines macrobenthic communities in eight deep sub-Arctic fjord basins of northern Norway, using taxonomic and biological trait data to characterize basin-specific ecological patterns and assess processes underlying community assembly.
bit.ly/meps_772_61
This study examines macrobenthic communities in eight deep sub-Arctic fjord basins of northern Norway, using taxonomic and biological trait data to characterize basin-specific ecological patterns and assess processes underlying community assembly.
bit.ly/meps_772_61
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
🧪🦤🌐
This study examines macrobenthic communities in eight deep sub-Arctic fjord basins of northern Norway, using taxonomic and biological trait data to characterize basin-specific ecological patterns and assess processes underlying community assembly.
bit.ly/meps_772_61
This study examines macrobenthic communities in eight deep sub-Arctic fjord basins of northern Norway, using taxonomic and biological trait data to characterize basin-specific ecological patterns and assess processes underlying community assembly.
bit.ly/meps_772_61
Reposted by John Griffin
3 year postdoc funded by @ukri.org NERC on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins is now live - please share widely 🙏 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
University of Bristol Beacon House Queens Road Bristol, BS8 1QU, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 9000 Contact us
www.bristol.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
3 year postdoc funded by @ukri.org NERC on between-group cooperation in the Shark Bay dolphins is now live - please share widely 🙏 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Reposted by John Griffin
Opportunity!
Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)
Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Opportunity!
Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)
Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)
Reposted by John Griffin
My former student Dr. Christine Ewers has started a biodiversity analysis consulting business, she has experience with the breadth of genomic data and a fabulous person to work with :) www.drchristineewers.org/biodiversity...
dr. christine ewers - Biodiversity genomics
My qualifications for genetic and genomic analyses
I have been conducting genetic work since my diploma thesis in 2008.
I have been analyzing genomic data and publishing scientific papers for 12 years...
www.drchristineewers.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
My former student Dr. Christine Ewers has started a biodiversity analysis consulting business, she has experience with the breadth of genomic data and a fabulous person to work with :) www.drchristineewers.org/biodiversity...
Reposted by John Griffin
🌿🌱 We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor (potentially open rank) at the Institute of Plant Sciences
@unibe.ch in Plant Population Ecology 🌻🌳
Be our colleague and join us in beautiful Bern, Switzerland
Apply by Jan 23 2026 👉 ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
@unibe.ch in Plant Population Ecology 🌻🌳
Be our colleague and join us in beautiful Bern, Switzerland
Apply by Jan 23 2026 👉 ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
October 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🌿🌱 We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor (potentially open rank) at the Institute of Plant Sciences
@unibe.ch in Plant Population Ecology 🌻🌳
Be our colleague and join us in beautiful Bern, Switzerland
Apply by Jan 23 2026 👉 ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
@unibe.ch in Plant Population Ecology 🌻🌳
Be our colleague and join us in beautiful Bern, Switzerland
Apply by Jan 23 2026 👉 ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
Reposted by John Griffin
As a primatologist, Jane Goodall was a huge inspiration to me. I admired the way she describes chimpanzee behavior with such detail and empathy, and she’s inspired so many people and advocated for chimpanzee conservation and welfare.
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
October 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
As a primatologist, Jane Goodall was a huge inspiration to me. I admired the way she describes chimpanzee behavior with such detail and empathy, and she’s inspired so many people and advocated for chimpanzee conservation and welfare.
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
Reposted by John Griffin
🚨 NEW PAPER: eDNA in the Intertidal 🧬
We explored how eDNA reveals marine biodiversity across UK rocky shores from local patterns to national trends 🌊
Read it in Journal of Environmental DNA 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#eDNA #Intertidal #Biodiversity #PhDlife
We explored how eDNA reveals marine biodiversity across UK rocky shores from local patterns to national trends 🌊
Read it in Journal of Environmental DNA 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#eDNA #Intertidal #Biodiversity #PhDlife
Characterizing Rocky Intertidal Biodiversity Using Environmental DNA Metabarcoding From Local to National Scales
We assess the resolution of eDNA metabarcoding for detecting rocky intertidal taxa across three spatial scales—national, regional, and local. Distinct eDNA signals were observed at each scale, with c...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:21 AM
🚨 NEW PAPER: eDNA in the Intertidal 🧬
We explored how eDNA reveals marine biodiversity across UK rocky shores from local patterns to national trends 🌊
Read it in Journal of Environmental DNA 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#eDNA #Intertidal #Biodiversity #PhDlife
We explored how eDNA reveals marine biodiversity across UK rocky shores from local patterns to national trends 🌊
Read it in Journal of Environmental DNA 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#eDNA #Intertidal #Biodiversity #PhDlife
Reposted by John Griffin
Does body size predict abundance the same way in all environments, as predicted by the Metabolic theory of Ecology? Our new study challenges this assumption. Read it here: 📄 doi.org/10.1111/ele....
Biodiversity modulates the cross‐community scaling relationship in changing environments
Organismal abundance typically declines with increasing body size, with metabolic theory predicting a universal size–abundance slope of –0.75. Using protist microcosms across gradients of species ric...
doi.org
October 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Does body size predict abundance the same way in all environments, as predicted by the Metabolic theory of Ecology? Our new study challenges this assumption. Read it here: 📄 doi.org/10.1111/ele....
Reposted by John Griffin
Still plenty of time to submit papers to the Annals of Botany special issue on #Macroalgae and #EcosystemServices. Deadline for submissions is Nov 30th! #Kelp #Fucoid #seaweed #CCA @annbot.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @jebyrnes.bsky.social @twernberg.bsky.social @chrisecornwall.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Still plenty of time to submit papers to the Annals of Botany special issue on #Macroalgae and #EcosystemServices. Deadline for submissions is Nov 30th! #Kelp #Fucoid #seaweed #CCA @annbot.bsky.social @pippajmoore.bsky.social @jebyrnes.bsky.social @twernberg.bsky.social @chrisecornwall.bsky.social
Reposted by John Griffin
“We studied more than 70 different elections that took place in 12 western European countries over several decades, and found that when mainstream parties take more anti-immigration positions, it leads to more support for the radical right, not less.”
For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Our research makes it clear: by capitulating to the right, Labour is driving voters to Reform UK | Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte
Mimicking Farage on immigration is senseless. Labour voters feel betrayed; anti-immigration voters see through the ruse, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
“We studied more than 70 different elections that took place in 12 western European countries over several decades, and found that when mainstream parties take more anti-immigration positions, it leads to more support for the radical right, not less.”
Reposted by John Griffin
📢🦋 Our paper ‘Global selection on insect antipredator coloration’ is out and featured on the cover of @science.org
We ran a huge experiment to find out how ecological context favours camouflage and warning colouration as antipredator strategies. 1/6
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We ran a huge experiment to find out how ecological context favours camouflage and warning colouration as antipredator strategies. 1/6
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
September 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
📢🦋 Our paper ‘Global selection on insect antipredator coloration’ is out and featured on the cover of @science.org
We ran a huge experiment to find out how ecological context favours camouflage and warning colouration as antipredator strategies. 1/6
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We ran a huge experiment to find out how ecological context favours camouflage and warning colouration as antipredator strategies. 1/6
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by John Griffin
Still time to apply! Deadline tomorrow for postdoc on #NbS in salt marshes with fantastic Jim van Belzen & Tjeerd Bouma. Going to be fun project & team! 🤩 @jimvanbelzen.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social @melaniejbishop.bsky.social @jebyrnes.bsky.social @aec13.bsky.social @stonelivinglab.bsky.social
Come join us as a #Postdoc on BLUESHORES 🇪🇺 project at the NIOZ to test novel #NaturebasedSolutions to coastal defence 🌊 on saltmarshes 🌱.
workingat.nioz.nl/o/postdoc-po...
workingat.nioz.nl/o/postdoc-po...
September 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Still time to apply! Deadline tomorrow for postdoc on #NbS in salt marshes with fantastic Jim van Belzen & Tjeerd Bouma. Going to be fun project & team! 🤩 @jimvanbelzen.bsky.social @jngriffy.bsky.social @melaniejbishop.bsky.social @jebyrnes.bsky.social @aec13.bsky.social @stonelivinglab.bsky.social
Reposted by John Griffin
Just 1 week left to apply to a 3yr Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in Landscape Multifunctionality here in beautiful Bergen (deadline Oct 1st) www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... The postion is part of the Agroecology Partnership project SAFER www.agroecologypartnership.eu/safer Please repost!
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Just 1 week left to apply to a 3yr Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in Landscape Multifunctionality here in beautiful Bergen (deadline Oct 1st) www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... The postion is part of the Agroecology Partnership project SAFER www.agroecologypartnership.eu/safer Please repost!
Reposted by John Griffin
We continue with the process of #participatoryresearch in the #Amazon, #Colombia, in all its stages from beginning to dissemination. Seeking to create bridges between #knowledgesystems. Big 🙏 to @snsf.ch for support and to the Isaza Lab 🇨🇴 and the Cacua Indigenous People 🍃
September 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
We continue with the process of #participatoryresearch in the #Amazon, #Colombia, in all its stages from beginning to dissemination. Seeking to create bridges between #knowledgesystems. Big 🙏 to @snsf.ch for support and to the Isaza Lab 🇨🇴 and the Cacua Indigenous People 🍃
Reposted by John Griffin
Five trains and 1200 km later it is the final leg of journeying from Innsbruck to York - lots of work done, seats sat on, sandwiches eaten and 44 kg of #carbon emitted vs the 72kg of carbon by coach or 175 kg by air @uoyenvironment.bsky.social
@rolandgehrels.bsky.social
@rolandgehrels.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Five trains and 1200 km later it is the final leg of journeying from Innsbruck to York - lots of work done, seats sat on, sandwiches eaten and 44 kg of #carbon emitted vs the 72kg of carbon by coach or 175 kg by air @uoyenvironment.bsky.social
@rolandgehrels.bsky.social
@rolandgehrels.bsky.social
Reposted by John Griffin
Postdoc opportunity at University College Cork Ireland 🇮🇪. Interdisciplinary approaches to urban coastlines & multispecies relations. 🚶♀️🐚👨⚕️🦀👩🔬🪸👤🐟 Open to EU & non-EU applicants 🌎 Deadline 3rd Oct. Interviews 9th & 10th Oct. #LivingSeawall #EcoEngineering #Sustainability my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...
September 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Postdoc opportunity at University College Cork Ireland 🇮🇪. Interdisciplinary approaches to urban coastlines & multispecies relations. 🚶♀️🐚👨⚕️🦀👩🔬🪸👤🐟 Open to EU & non-EU applicants 🌎 Deadline 3rd Oct. Interviews 9th & 10th Oct. #LivingSeawall #EcoEngineering #Sustainability my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...
Reposted by John Griffin
We’re hiring (again)! 🌊🐟
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (≈ US Assistant Prof) in marine biology/marine ecology @ Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, NZ.
NZ lifestyle, fantastic temperate reefs, a marine lab by the sea, & great colleagues 🌊
Apply here 👉 tinyurl.com/366jnm5d
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (≈ US Assistant Prof) in marine biology/marine ecology @ Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, NZ.
NZ lifestyle, fantastic temperate reefs, a marine lab by the sea, & great colleagues 🌊
Apply here 👉 tinyurl.com/366jnm5d
September 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
We’re hiring (again)! 🌊🐟
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (≈ US Assistant Prof) in marine biology/marine ecology @ Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, NZ.
NZ lifestyle, fantastic temperate reefs, a marine lab by the sea, & great colleagues 🌊
Apply here 👉 tinyurl.com/366jnm5d
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (≈ US Assistant Prof) in marine biology/marine ecology @ Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, NZ.
NZ lifestyle, fantastic temperate reefs, a marine lab by the sea, & great colleagues 🌊
Apply here 👉 tinyurl.com/366jnm5d
Reposted by John Griffin
Well done to Franz Bauer for collecting the 2 year dataset on the biodiversity colonising the Living Seawalls in Plymouth. Fucoid algae continues to dominate. 🤎 Many new species moving in..🦀🐌🪸
September 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Well done to Franz Bauer for collecting the 2 year dataset on the biodiversity colonising the Living Seawalls in Plymouth. Fucoid algae continues to dominate. 🤎 Many new species moving in..🦀🐌🪸
Reposted by John Griffin
What are the interconnections between livelihoods, biodiversity, and the services that connect the two?
Maria J. Santos (University of Zurich) will address this question at our Biodiversity Seminar today.
Join us in-person or online!
10 Sep at 11 am CEST
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...
Maria J. Santos (University of Zurich) will address this question at our Biodiversity Seminar today.
Join us in-person or online!
10 Sep at 11 am CEST
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...
September 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
What are the interconnections between livelihoods, biodiversity, and the services that connect the two?
Maria J. Santos (University of Zurich) will address this question at our Biodiversity Seminar today.
Join us in-person or online!
10 Sep at 11 am CEST
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...
Maria J. Santos (University of Zurich) will address this question at our Biodiversity Seminar today.
Join us in-person or online!
10 Sep at 11 am CEST
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...
Reposted by John Griffin
📢 New in Ecology Letters: heterogeneity ≠ stability.
🌊🪨 3-yr rocky-shore experiment: 4 cascades canceled the classic heterogeneity–stability link.
📄 doi.org/10.1111/ele.70158
With @thefairchild.bsky.social , @MatthewPerkins, @JamesBull & @jngriffy.bsky.social — thanks to @NERC & @SwanseaUniversity.
🌊🪨 3-yr rocky-shore experiment: 4 cascades canceled the classic heterogeneity–stability link.
📄 doi.org/10.1111/ele.70158
With @thefairchild.bsky.social , @MatthewPerkins, @JamesBull & @jngriffy.bsky.social — thanks to @NERC & @SwanseaUniversity.
September 1, 2025 at 5:49 AM
📢 New in Ecology Letters: heterogeneity ≠ stability.
🌊🪨 3-yr rocky-shore experiment: 4 cascades canceled the classic heterogeneity–stability link.
📄 doi.org/10.1111/ele.70158
With @thefairchild.bsky.social , @MatthewPerkins, @JamesBull & @jngriffy.bsky.social — thanks to @NERC & @SwanseaUniversity.
🌊🪨 3-yr rocky-shore experiment: 4 cascades canceled the classic heterogeneity–stability link.
📄 doi.org/10.1111/ele.70158
With @thefairchild.bsky.social , @MatthewPerkins, @JamesBull & @jngriffy.bsky.social — thanks to @NERC & @SwanseaUniversity.