Crispin Holloway
@crispinhollway.bsky.social
Technician, Life Sciences, University of Sussex.
Old Twitter account: https://x.com/CTRH?t=EBuuvj96ffsMe7z-dHrezw&s=09
Old Twitter account: https://x.com/CTRH?t=EBuuvj96ffsMe7z-dHrezw&s=09
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I was lucky enough to see some of these frogs last month. Rights of Nature are still alive and kicking in Ecuador, despite government efforts to undermine them. 🌎🦤🐸
January 8, 2026 at 8:47 AM
I was lucky enough to see some of these frogs last month. Rights of Nature are still alive and kicking in Ecuador, despite government efforts to undermine them. 🌎🦤🐸
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Essentially every country in the world in a party to the UN Convention on Climate Change. Including autocracies, coal and oil producers
All except one, now
Hard to have better evidence that the USA has become a rogue state
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
All except one, now
Hard to have better evidence that the USA has become a rogue state
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump withdraws US from key climate treaty and dozens of other groups
The White House says the decision was taken because those entities
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Essentially every country in the world in a party to the UN Convention on Climate Change. Including autocracies, coal and oil producers
All except one, now
Hard to have better evidence that the USA has become a rogue state
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
All except one, now
Hard to have better evidence that the USA has become a rogue state
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Butterfly numbers booming in St Albans! Managing meadows with low mow techniques and sowing wildflower seeds have resulted in a big increase in butterfly number. Congratulations to St Albans Council @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
The butterfly population at our summer meadows has increased by 350% in just three years thanks to a major wilding project.
Forty key grassland sites across the District were seeded with wildflowers and mowed only once to boost biodiversity.
More info: www.stalbans.gov.uk/news/butterf...
Forty key grassland sites across the District were seeded with wildflowers and mowed only once to boost biodiversity.
More info: www.stalbans.gov.uk/news/butterf...
December 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Butterfly numbers booming in St Albans! Managing meadows with low mow techniques and sowing wildflower seeds have resulted in a big increase in butterfly number. Congratulations to St Albans Council @bc-hertsmiddx.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
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Was thinking of taking out an Economist digital subscription until I realised I already had one through my local, tax-funded public library. Sometimes you forget how great these things are #publiclibrariesFTW
December 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Was thinking of taking out an Economist digital subscription until I realised I already had one through my local, tax-funded public library. Sometimes you forget how great these things are #publiclibrariesFTW
December 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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People sharing on social media made the petition impossible to ignore. Through shares and reposts, the call for an inquiry into Russian influence became a national demand.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Russian influence petition surges past 100,000 signatures
A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has passed 100,000 signatures
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
People sharing on social media made the petition impossible to ignore. Through shares and reposts, the call for an inquiry into Russian influence became a national demand.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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Congratulations to Professors Dave Goulson, Felix Creutzig, Florian Kern, Ian
Scoones and Benjamin Sovacool for being named in the Clarivate Analytics Highly
Cited Researchers List 2025. Find out more here: https://ow.ly/KfXF50Xu5SC
Scoones and Benjamin Sovacool for being named in the Clarivate Analytics Highly
Cited Researchers List 2025. Find out more here: https://ow.ly/KfXF50Xu5SC
List of world’s most highly cited researchers features Sussex academics
This year’s Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list included four Sussex academics plus one from the Institute of Development Studies
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November 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Congratulations to Professors Dave Goulson, Felix Creutzig, Florian Kern, Ian
Scoones and Benjamin Sovacool for being named in the Clarivate Analytics Highly
Cited Researchers List 2025. Find out more here: https://ow.ly/KfXF50Xu5SC
Scoones and Benjamin Sovacool for being named in the Clarivate Analytics Highly
Cited Researchers List 2025. Find out more here: https://ow.ly/KfXF50Xu5SC
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Why don’t apes talk?
Professor Gillian Forrester looks beyond speech to gesture, tools and cognition, and what this reveals about the origins of human language.
Read more: https://ow.ly/CmWs50Xtnj1
#WednesdayWisdom
Professor Gillian Forrester looks beyond speech to gesture, tools and cognition, and what this reveals about the origins of human language.
Read more: https://ow.ly/CmWs50Xtnj1
#WednesdayWisdom
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Why don’t apes talk?
Professor Gillian Forrester looks beyond speech to gesture, tools and cognition, and what this reveals about the origins of human language.
Read more: https://ow.ly/CmWs50Xtnj1
#WednesdayWisdom
Professor Gillian Forrester looks beyond speech to gesture, tools and cognition, and what this reveals about the origins of human language.
Read more: https://ow.ly/CmWs50Xtnj1
#WednesdayWisdom
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We’ve been ranked joint first in the world in ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2025 for research impact in Physics.
Four other academic subjects - Business Administration, Sociology, Economics, and Political Sciences - also feature in the global top 100.
Four other academic subjects - Business Administration, Sociology, Economics, and Political Sciences - also feature in the global top 100.
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We’ve been ranked joint first in the world in ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2025 for research impact in Physics.
Four other academic subjects - Business Administration, Sociology, Economics, and Political Sciences - also feature in the global top 100.
Four other academic subjects - Business Administration, Sociology, Economics, and Political Sciences - also feature in the global top 100.
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University of Sussex scientists have begun a research project to measure the amount of carbon captured by different natural landscapes. Read more about the Nature Sense initiative: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr43yzq62rgo
Chris Sandom Caroline Lucas
Chris Sandom Caroline Lucas
University of Sussex project to measure carbon capture levels in soil
The number of species of earthworms is being measured as part of the research, the university says.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
University of Sussex scientists have begun a research project to measure the amount of carbon captured by different natural landscapes. Read more about the Nature Sense initiative: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr43yzq62rgo
Chris Sandom Caroline Lucas
Chris Sandom Caroline Lucas
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Just a few of the microplastics we've been finding in the beetles and bugs eaten by hedgehogs. Great to be joined by almost 200 people for this morning's webinar about our research @emilyzoologist1.bsky.social @ptes-org.bsky.social @biologicalrecording.co.uk 🦔🌍 #plasticpollution #hedgehogs
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Just a few of the microplastics we've been finding in the beetles and bugs eaten by hedgehogs. Great to be joined by almost 200 people for this morning's webinar about our research @emilyzoologist1.bsky.social @ptes-org.bsky.social @biologicalrecording.co.uk 🦔🌍 #plasticpollution #hedgehogs
Loads of Hawthorn berries this year, but I why are there fewer Hawthorn in Cornwall compared to Sussex, Hampshire, Dorset Somerset....?
Soil type?
Soil type?
November 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Loads of Hawthorn berries this year, but I why are there fewer Hawthorn in Cornwall compared to Sussex, Hampshire, Dorset Somerset....?
Soil type?
Soil type?
November 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Indeed. Yet one of the problems is that carbon markets, biodiversity credits, and many other funding streams specifically exclude conservation of existing forest.
Have seen a lot of focus and press about the high potential for tropical reforestation. All well and good, but *primary tropical forests* continue to be felled at astronomical rates almost everywhere. Safeguarding these is where the focus needs to be. 🌎 www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Satellite imagery identifies strange phenomenon occurring in forests around the world — here's what scientists are saying
"The people who live there should be in charge of what happens there."
www.yahoo.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Indeed. Yet one of the problems is that carbon markets, biodiversity credits, and many other funding streams specifically exclude conservation of existing forest.
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Have seen a lot of focus and press about the high potential for tropical reforestation. All well and good, but *primary tropical forests* continue to be felled at astronomical rates almost everywhere. Safeguarding these is where the focus needs to be. 🌎 www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Satellite imagery identifies strange phenomenon occurring in forests around the world — here's what scientists are saying
"The people who live there should be in charge of what happens there."
www.yahoo.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Have seen a lot of focus and press about the high potential for tropical reforestation. All well and good, but *primary tropical forests* continue to be felled at astronomical rates almost everywhere. Safeguarding these is where the focus needs to be. 🌎 www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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America is responsible for the largest volume of carbon dioxide currently sitting in the atmosphere, trapping heat and causing disasters and death
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
America is responsible for the largest volume of carbon dioxide currently sitting in the atmosphere, trapping heat and causing disasters and death
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/
robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/
Four years after the European Union banned neonicotinoid use in fields, researchers observed that France’s population of insect-eating birds had increased by 2%-3%
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Four years after the European Union banned neonicotinoid use in fields, researchers observed that France’s population of insect-eating birds had increased by 2%-3%
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The eyes of the world should be on Ecuador tomorrow. The Trump-backed government is holding a referendum to permit US military bases in the Galapagos, and allow changes to the country's unique constitution to facilitate mining, threatening the rights of nature and indigenous people. Disastrous! 🦤🐢🌎
November 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The eyes of the world should be on Ecuador tomorrow. The Trump-backed government is holding a referendum to permit US military bases in the Galapagos, and allow changes to the country's unique constitution to facilitate mining, threatening the rights of nature and indigenous people. Disastrous! 🦤🐢🌎
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How wonderful that our thermal stress research from the University of Sussex is having such fantastic reach around the world with this latest piece for kids in The Week Junior 😃 #kidsinstem #stemeducation #biology #stress #wellbeing
October 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
How wonderful that our thermal stress research from the University of Sussex is having such fantastic reach around the world with this latest piece for kids in The Week Junior 😃 #kidsinstem #stemeducation #biology #stress #wellbeing
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Broadcaster @claudiahammond.bsky.social takes us on a tour of the Psychology of Laughter, Lies and Gambling with psychologists Tom Ormerod, Bryan Singer and me 😃 to reveal why we laugh, what happens in the brain when we gamble and how to spot a liar
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Think Again- Laughter, Lies & Gambling
Broadcaster Claudia Hammond hosts THINK AGAIN!
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August 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Broadcaster @claudiahammond.bsky.social takes us on a tour of the Psychology of Laughter, Lies and Gambling with psychologists Tom Ormerod, Bryan Singer and me 😃 to reveal why we laugh, what happens in the brain when we gamble and how to spot a liar
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/think-agai...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/think-agai...
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My friend Penny Green has started a new podcast over the last few months, I recorded this with her back in July and it's just been released. I was surveying the arable margins for invertebrates on the Wiston Estate. It's a great listen.
Marginal Gains - The Wandering Ecologist Podcast
Episode 5 takes us on top of the South Downs at the Wiston Estate where I join awesome entomologist, Graeme Lyons, on some invertebrate surveys. We’re looking at the benefits of having wildflower stri...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
My friend Penny Green has started a new podcast over the last few months, I recorded this with her back in July and it's just been released. I was surveying the arable margins for invertebrates on the Wiston Estate. It's a great listen.
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My book has got a great endorsement from Chris Packham: "This clever and immensely resourceful book is an overdue gem". There's also a few pages up on the website too! It's up for pre-order here with publication set for January pelagicpublishing.com/products/pan...
October 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
My book has got a great endorsement from Chris Packham: "This clever and immensely resourceful book is an overdue gem". There's also a few pages up on the website too! It's up for pre-order here with publication set for January pelagicpublishing.com/products/pan...
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Crop yields in England 2nd lowest on record as climate chaos kicks in - exactly as scientists have been predicting for years
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
England sees second worst harvest on record, analysis shows
Provisional Government data suggests a much worse harvest than experts had so far predicted.
www.independent.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Crop yields in England 2nd lowest on record as climate chaos kicks in - exactly as scientists have been predicting for years
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
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Excellent new video from PBS Terra about the long term climate change impact on the probability of death across the USA:
Did Scientists Just Figure Out Why People Die A DECADE Earlier in the Southeast US?
YouTube video by PBS Terra
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September 20, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Excellent new video from PBS Terra about the long term climate change impact on the probability of death across the USA:
Thousands of hoverfly on migration and taking a rest on oil rigs. Clearly migrating more than 500km
theconversation.com/thousands-of...
theconversation.com/thousands-of...
Thousands of flies keep landing on North Sea oil rigs then taking off a few hours later – here’s why
Birds aren’t the only creatures that fly south for the winter.
theconversation.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Thousands of hoverfly on migration and taking a rest on oil rigs. Clearly migrating more than 500km
theconversation.com/thousands-of...
theconversation.com/thousands-of...