Lindsey Atkinson
@ljatkinson.bsky.social
Plant environmental physiologist interested in understanding plant responses to climate change. Senior Honorary Fellow at University of Hull.
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Want to #BringScienceToPolitics?
Scientists can support the National Emergency Briefing on Climate & Nature by signing this Open Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Scientists can support the National Emergency Briefing on Climate & Nature by signing this Open Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
We're delighted that tireless advocate for the natural world, @chrisgpackham.bsky.social CBE, will be opening the National Emergency Briefing in Westminster Central Hall on 27th November.
Chris speaking with @bbclaurak.bsky.social earlier👇
Please make sure your MP is attending: nebriefing.org
#NEB
Chris speaking with @bbclaurak.bsky.social earlier👇
Please make sure your MP is attending: nebriefing.org
#NEB
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Want to #BringScienceToPolitics?
Scientists can support the National Emergency Briefing on Climate & Nature by signing this Open Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Scientists can support the National Emergency Briefing on Climate & Nature by signing this Open Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Sea aster providing a spot of colour by the Humber #StillFlowering #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Sea aster providing a spot of colour by the Humber #StillFlowering #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Black nightshade #StillFlowering #PavementPlants in East Yorkshire #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Black nightshade #StillFlowering #PavementPlants in East Yorkshire #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Tansy, ragwort, rosebay willow herb and gorse #StillFlowering in Inverness #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Tansy, ragwort, rosebay willow herb and gorse #StillFlowering in Inverness #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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Want to learn how to help tackle the climate crisis and contribute to a sustainable, just world via impactful climate solutions (which begin by using your voice to call for change)? This 4-week course by @universityofleeds.bsky.social is free! Sign up now ⬇️
www.futurelearn.com/courses/clim...
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May 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Want to learn how to help tackle the climate crisis and contribute to a sustainable, just world via impactful climate solutions (which begin by using your voice to call for change)? This 4-week course by @universityofleeds.bsky.social is free! Sign up now ⬇️
www.futurelearn.com/courses/clim...
www.futurelearn.com/courses/clim...
Going for a walk in one of my favourite places AND taking photos of plants AND being able to contribute towards the PeatPic project all at the same time - what's not to like?! Thanks @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com for leading
The Conversation article that @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social and I wrote about the PeatPic Project and the power of harnessing people, community science and the importance of research networks is now online too
theconversation.com/harnessing-t...
#Peatlands #PeatColour
theconversation.com/harnessing-t...
#Peatlands #PeatColour
October 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Going for a walk in one of my favourite places AND taking photos of plants AND being able to contribute towards the PeatPic project all at the same time - what's not to like?! Thanks @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com for leading
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Harnessing technology and global collaboration to understand peatlands
Harnessing technology and global collaboration to understand peatlands
The PeatPic Project used over 3,700 smartphone photographs from 27 peatlands in 10 countries to gather data about how climate change is impacting them.
theconversation.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Harnessing technology and global collaboration to understand peatlands
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The Conversation article that @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social and I wrote about the PeatPic Project and the power of harnessing people, community science and the importance of research networks is now online too
theconversation.com/harnessing-t...
#Peatlands #PeatColour
theconversation.com/harnessing-t...
#Peatlands #PeatColour
October 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The Conversation article that @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social and I wrote about the PeatPic Project and the power of harnessing people, community science and the importance of research networks is now online too
theconversation.com/harnessing-t...
#Peatlands #PeatColour
theconversation.com/harnessing-t...
#Peatlands #PeatColour
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🚨New Paper 🚨
The PeatPic Project: Predicting plot-scale green leaf #phenology across #peatlands
So happy to see this paper online — one of my favourite projects!
We explored how to capture how peatlands change colour using smartphones and community science!
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
The PeatPic Project: Predicting plot-scale green leaf #phenology across #peatlands
So happy to see this paper online — one of my favourite projects!
We explored how to capture how peatlands change colour using smartphones and community science!
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
October 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
🚨New Paper 🚨
The PeatPic Project: Predicting plot-scale green leaf #phenology across #peatlands
So happy to see this paper online — one of my favourite projects!
We explored how to capture how peatlands change colour using smartphones and community science!
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
The PeatPic Project: Predicting plot-scale green leaf #phenology across #peatlands
So happy to see this paper online — one of my favourite projects!
We explored how to capture how peatlands change colour using smartphones and community science!
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
White deadnettle, yarrow and bramble #StillFlowering in East Yorkshire for #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
White deadnettle, yarrow and bramble #StillFlowering in East Yorkshire for #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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Does anyone have any good resources (or their own examples) for how to make a good scientific poster to share with students.
Please RT!
Please RT!
September 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Does anyone have any good resources (or their own examples) for how to make a good scientific poster to share with students.
Please RT!
Please RT!
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Our annual membership special offer opens today!
Join us this month & you'll enjoy 15 months of membership benefits for the price of 12.
Those benefits are so numerous & fabulous you'll have to head over here to see them all:
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Then join us! bsbi.org/join-us
Join us this month & you'll enjoy 15 months of membership benefits for the price of 12.
Those benefits are so numerous & fabulous you'll have to head over here to see them all:
bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/10/bsbi...
Then join us! bsbi.org/join-us
October 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Our annual membership special offer opens today!
Join us this month & you'll enjoy 15 months of membership benefits for the price of 12.
Those benefits are so numerous & fabulous you'll have to head over here to see them all:
bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/10/bsbi...
Then join us! bsbi.org/join-us
Join us this month & you'll enjoy 15 months of membership benefits for the price of 12.
Those benefits are so numerous & fabulous you'll have to head over here to see them all:
bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/10/bsbi...
Then join us! bsbi.org/join-us
RIP Jane Goodall - Inspiration to many a young aspiring ecologist
October 2, 2025 at 10:47 AM
RIP Jane Goodall - Inspiration to many a young aspiring ecologist
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Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it.
Yes, they might.
And he should wear it as a badge of honour.
Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet.
Where's the hazard in that?
Yes, they might.
And he should wear it as a badge of honour.
Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet.
Where's the hazard in that?
September 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it.
Yes, they might.
And he should wear it as a badge of honour.
Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet.
Where's the hazard in that?
Yes, they might.
And he should wear it as a badge of honour.
Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet.
Where's the hazard in that?
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VACANCY: Trainee Lichenologist @n-t-s.bsky.social
Not seen one of these advertised before!
www.asva.co.uk/jobs/trainee...
Not seen one of these advertised before!
www.asva.co.uk/jobs/trainee...
Trainee Lichenologist
www.asva.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
VACANCY: Trainee Lichenologist @n-t-s.bsky.social
Not seen one of these advertised before!
www.asva.co.uk/jobs/trainee...
Not seen one of these advertised before!
www.asva.co.uk/jobs/trainee...
Some berries for #WildFlowerHour dogwood, rosehips, sloe and hawthorn @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Some berries for #WildFlowerHour dogwood, rosehips, sloe and hawthorn @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Marestail (Hippuris vulgaris)- a flowering plant unlike the similar looking horsetails. Plus, bog pimpernel taken at a stretch while trying not to fall into a ditch! #BSBI local field meeting in North Yorkshire #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Marestail (Hippuris vulgaris)- a flowering plant unlike the similar looking horsetails. Plus, bog pimpernel taken at a stretch while trying not to fall into a ditch! #BSBI local field meeting in North Yorkshire #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Borage, meadow cranesbill and field bindweed in East Yorkshire #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Borage, meadow cranesbill and field bindweed in East Yorkshire #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
White Bryony #HairyPlants and member of the cucumber family, found in London so also #UrbanPlants #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
White Bryony #HairyPlants and member of the cucumber family, found in London so also #UrbanPlants #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Just two of the hundreds of pyramidal orchids plus a broad-leaved evergreen pea on the Yorkshire Wolds #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
June 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Just two of the hundreds of pyramidal orchids plus a broad-leaved evergreen pea on the Yorkshire Wolds #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Late again for #WildFlowerHour! Common water crowfoot in unseasonably dry wet pasture and river water-dropwort from recent local group @bsbibotany.bsky.social field meeting for #AquaticPlants @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Late again for #WildFlowerHour! Common water crowfoot in unseasonably dry wet pasture and river water-dropwort from recent local group @bsbibotany.bsky.social field meeting for #AquaticPlants @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Slightly late for #WildFlowerHour! Bee orchid for #UrbanPlants One plant appeared in the lawn last year. This year four plants, three survived and two flowering 🙂
June 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Slightly late for #WildFlowerHour! Bee orchid for #UrbanPlants One plant appeared in the lawn last year. This year four plants, three survived and two flowering 🙂
Three yellow #PeaFamily members - birdsfoot trefoil, gorse and broom in the #Cairngorms National Park #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @cairngormsnews.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Three yellow #PeaFamily members - birdsfoot trefoil, gorse and broom in the #Cairngorms National Park #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @cairngormsnews.bsky.social