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Higher temperatures expose humans to greater risk of fungal infection
The age of fungi
Climate breakdown, fungal disease, and the Brazilian hospital on the frontline of a heating world.
theecologist.org
January 13, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Higher temperatures expose humans to greater risk of fungal infection
Labour has doubled down on the crackdown on dissent
Labour's 'deeply alarming' attack on protest rights
Britain is becoming a police state, just as protest becomes vital.
theecologist.org
January 13, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Labour has doubled down on the crackdown on dissent
Kidnapping Maduro was the desperate act of an oil-hungry empire
'Venezuela has oil'
The kidnapping of the Venezuelan president and attempt to seize the country's oil is act of desperation from the US hegemon.
theecologist.org
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Kidnapping Maduro was the desperate act of an oil-hungry empire
Animal welfare regulations mean little if they're not not enforced
Animal rights and legal wrongs
Why animal welfare failures threaten the rule of law.
theecologist.org
January 13, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Animal welfare regulations mean little if they're not not enforced
Fungi are adapting to survive in warmer environments. That includes the cosy 37°C environment of the human body.
The age of fungi
Climate breakdown, fungal disease, and the Brazilian hospital on the frontline of a heating world.
theecologist.org
January 13, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Fungi are adapting to survive in warmer environments. That includes the cosy 37°C environment of the human body.
Human Rights Watch raises the alarm about increasing authoritarianism in the UK.
Labour's 'deeply alarming' attack on protest rights
Britain is becoming a police state, just as protest becomes vital.
theecologist.org
January 13, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Human Rights Watch raises the alarm about increasing authoritarianism in the UK.
Dubai greets you with a wall of heat, ozone and concrete dust denuded of birdsong or insect-song.
'A hubristic, colossal wreck'
How tolerant will Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Turkey will be towards activists during COP31 next year?
theecologist.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Dubai greets you with a wall of heat, ozone and concrete dust denuded of birdsong or insect-song.
Kshamenk’s body remained institutionally useful long after the conditions required for a dignified existence had been stripped away
Kshamenk has died
'Kshamenk did not die too soon. He lived far too long in a situation he had no means of escaping.'
theecologist.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Kshamenk’s body remained institutionally useful long after the conditions required for a dignified existence had been stripped away
Fossil fuel corporations can sue governments that take action on climate breakdown in secret courts potentially costing taxpayers billions of pounds
Trade secrecy fuels climate crisis
Westminster system leaves British trade policy 'hopelessly captured' by climate polluters.
theecologist.org
January 9, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Fossil fuel corporations can sue governments that take action on climate breakdown in secret courts potentially costing taxpayers billions of pounds
The Venezuela operation looks less like the carefully-planned action of a mighty “oil empire”, able to project its power across the world, and more like the slightly desperate gamble of a wounded giant.
'Venezuela has oil'
The kidnapping of the Venezuelan president and attempt to seize the country's oil is act of desperation from the US hegemony.
theecologist.org
January 9, 2026 at 9:11 AM
The Venezuela operation looks less like the carefully-planned action of a mighty “oil empire”, able to project its power across the world, and more like the slightly desperate gamble of a wounded giant.
Climate change doesn’t create fungal disease from nothing. It reshapes the conditions in which fungi live, spread and persist.
The age of fungi
Climate breakdown, fungal disease, and the Brazilian hospital on the frontline of a heating world.
theecologist.org
January 9, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Climate change doesn’t create fungal disease from nothing. It reshapes the conditions in which fungi live, spread and persist.
A proposed plan by researchers at the Manchester Breast Centre could transform the future of lobular breast cancer.
The breast cancer blind spot
Wes Streeting, the secretary for Health and Social Care, must find funding for research Into invasive lobular breast cancer - to save lives and end an injustice towards women.
theecologist.org
January 8, 2026 at 5:31 PM
A proposed plan by researchers at the Manchester Breast Centre could transform the future of lobular breast cancer.
“These efforts aren’t just adaptation. They’re acts of resistance a refusal to let our land and culture disappear."
"We can’t wait for solutions to come from above.”
"We can’t wait for solutions to come from above.”
Resistance is a river
Corruption, illegal mining, and lack of action threaten Peru’s mountain communities as glaciers disappear.
theecologist.org
January 8, 2026 at 5:04 PM
“These efforts aren’t just adaptation. They’re acts of resistance a refusal to let our land and culture disappear."
"We can’t wait for solutions to come from above.”
"We can’t wait for solutions to come from above.”
Oil in the wheels of justice?
Trade secrecy fuels climate crisis
Westminster system leaves British trade policy 'hopelessly captured' by climate polluters.
theecologist.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Oil in the wheels of justice?
Fungal infections are a warning sign of a catastrophically warming world
The age of fungi
Climate breakdown, fungal disease, and the Brazilian hospital on the frontline of a heating world.
theecologist.org
January 8, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Fungal infections are a warning sign of a catastrophically warming world
The kidnapping of the Venezuelan president and attempt to seize the country's oil is act of desperation from the US hegemony.
'Venezuela has oil'
The kidnapping of the Venezuelan president and attempt to seize the country's oil is act of desperation from the US hegemony.
theecologist.org
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 AM
The kidnapping of the Venezuelan president and attempt to seize the country's oil is act of desperation from the US hegemony.
US imperialism's fossil fuel ambitions
'Venezuela has oil'
The kidnapping of the Venezuelan president and attempt to seize the country's oil is act of desperation from the US hegemony.
theecologist.org
January 7, 2026 at 5:31 PM
US imperialism's fossil fuel ambitions
Dust Bowl-era politics has much to teach us about an age of social and environmental breakdown
People getting mad in similar ways
Migration and mutual aid in The Grapes of Wrath.
theecologist.org
January 7, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Dust Bowl-era politics has much to teach us about an age of social and environmental breakdown
A democratic deficit leaves British trade policy in the hands of big business.
Trade secrecy fuels climate crisis
Westminster system leaves British trade policy 'hopelessly captured' by climate polluters.
theecologist.org
January 7, 2026 at 5:07 PM
A democratic deficit leaves British trade policy in the hands of big business.
Maduro's kidnapping shows: the new resource wars have arrived
'Venezuela has oil'
The kidnapping of the Venezuelan president and attempt to seize the country's oil is act of desperation from the US hegemony.
theecologist.org
January 7, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Maduro's kidnapping shows: the new resource wars have arrived
“When things get this existential, I immediately felt, it goes beyond aesthetics or politics.”
'A hubristic, colossal wreck'
How tolerant will Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Turkey will be towards activists during COP31 next year?
theecologist.org
January 7, 2026 at 1:25 PM
“When things get this existential, I immediately felt, it goes beyond aesthetics or politics.”
Scientists estimate there may be between 1.5 and 3.8 million fungal species and fewer than 10 per cent have been formally described. Even fewer are studied for their impact on human health.
The age of fungi
Climate breakdown, fungal disease, and the Brazilian hospital on the frontline of a heating world.
theecologist.org
January 7, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Scientists estimate there may be between 1.5 and 3.8 million fungal species and fewer than 10 per cent have been formally described. Even fewer are studied for their impact on human health.
The possibility of any future intervention—relocation, rehabilitation, sanctuary—has closed.
Kshamenk has died
'Kshamenk did not die too soon. He lived far too long in a situation he had no means of escaping.'
theecologist.org
January 7, 2026 at 12:24 PM
The possibility of any future intervention—relocation, rehabilitation, sanctuary—has closed.
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Today in the #HouseofLords about 4.30 I'll be speaking about the nitrogen crisis, on which I wrote for @theecologist.org back in 2021.
The "bomb" is now even larger than it was then
#PlanetaryBoundaries #Nitrogen #Pollution
theecologist.org/2021/jul/22/...
The "bomb" is now even larger than it was then
#PlanetaryBoundaries #Nitrogen #Pollution
theecologist.org/2021/jul/22/...
The global nitrogen time bomb
The world’s mismanagement of the nitrogen cycle is 'our forgotten environmental crisis'.
theecologist.org
January 6, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Today in the #HouseofLords about 4.30 I'll be speaking about the nitrogen crisis, on which I wrote for @theecologist.org back in 2021.
The "bomb" is now even larger than it was then
#PlanetaryBoundaries #Nitrogen #Pollution
theecologist.org/2021/jul/22/...
The "bomb" is now even larger than it was then
#PlanetaryBoundaries #Nitrogen #Pollution
theecologist.org/2021/jul/22/...
“Mr Streeting, you’re the health secretary, you’re responsible for the health of the people. When it comes to lobular breast cancer, you’re failing.”
The breast cancer blind spot
Wes Streeting, the secretary for Health and Social Care, must find funding for research Into invasive lobular breast cancer - to save lives and end an injustice towards women.
theecologist.org
January 7, 2026 at 9:57 AM
“Mr Streeting, you’re the health secretary, you’re responsible for the health of the people. When it comes to lobular breast cancer, you’re failing.”