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Dr Suresh Singh @palaeosingh.bsky.social · 6d

Its discovery shed new light on the evolution of hyper-specialised, megapredatory tyrannosaurids 🦖 Lythronax captures the early evolution of the Tyrannosaurus-style predatory ecology ~20 million years before T. rex.

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 11d

German media seems to be taking more seriously than ours the fact a leading light in the party UK press keeps saying will be next government took bribes from Russia to spout their lies. Maybe it’s because they put NEWS ahead of propaganda

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Neil R. Edwards @neil-r-edwards.bsky.social · 27d

Huge congratulations @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social keep up the great work

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Neil R. Edwards @neil-r-edwards.bsky.social · 28d

Black and British already in 7th century - get over it theconversation.com/two-seventh-...

Two seventh-century people found with west African ancestry – a story of diversity and integration in early Anglo-Saxon society

We should not be surprised that there are west Africans in early medieval Britain, the clues were there.

theconversation.com

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Neil R. Edwards @neil-r-edwards.bsky.social · Sep 3

New paper from @climatesamwell.bsky.social on #paleoclimate modelling and niche #evolution across the end Cretaceous mass extinction doi.org/10.1017/pab....

Global climate model comparisons of niche evolution in turritelline gastropods across the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core

Global climate model comparisons of niche evolution in turritelline gastropods across the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction

doi.org

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Neil R. Edwards @neil-r-edwards.bsky.social · Sep 1

Most votes in UK have zero effect. Hard to overstate the gravity of the threat to #society and #civilisation + by extension, #climate #environment #biodiversity posed by crumbling global #democracy and hence importance of this initiative to create real democracy and political engagement in UK

Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · Sep 1

🚨 NEW: Cross-party MPs publish ‘ready to go’ blueprint for electoral reform commission

— FPTP “threatens to undermine the resilience and stability of our democratic system”, @appgfairelections.bsky.social MPs say
— The group is calling on ministers to greenlight its plan

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Cross-party MPs publish ‘ready to go’ blueprint for electoral reform commission - Politics.co.uk

A group of cross-party MPs have set out a “ready to go” blueprint for an independent review of the UK’s first past the post (FPTP) electoral system. The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for fair e...

www.politics.co.uk

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Neil R. Edwards @neil-r-edwards.bsky.social · Aug 21

Not to be missed - great start on our @leverhulme.ac.uk funded SABER project at @openuniversity.bsky.social by @palaeosingh.bsky.social if you like old crocs and #fossils you'll love this @drtlstubbs.bsky.social

Dr Suresh Singh @palaeosingh.bsky.social · Aug 19

Excited to present some of my new research since joining @openuniversity.bsky.social at this year’s meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology!

Stop by if you’re interested in the ecology & #macroevolution of #crocodilians in South America during the #Cenozoic 🐊

#2025SVP #Paleontology

Abstract acceptance for an oral presentation at this year’s annual meeting of the society of vertebrate paleontology in Birmingham, UK.

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Neil R. Edwards @neil-r-edwards.bsky.social · Aug 21

Important message on effect of record #fossil-fuel profits on #inequality not via cost-of-living but excessively unequal 'redistribution' of profits to shareholders. Thanks @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social and friends at @openuniversity.bsky.social & elsewhere www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Best of times, worst of times: record fossil-fuel profits, inflation and inequality

The 2022 oil and gas crisis resulted in record fossil-fuel profits globally that rehabilitated the oil and gas industry, obstructed the energy transit…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Neil R. Edwards @neil-r-edwards.bsky.social · Aug 5

One to three species of invertebrates going extinct in Australia per week according to new paper - nice talk here in Cambridge PRISMS series: cassyni.com/s/cambridge-...

Cassyni | Science starts with a seminar

Seamlessly organise, run and publish academic research seminars. Get started in minutes.

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Neil R. Edwards @neil-r-edwards.bsky.social · Jul 30

Fascinating and important development in green #computing and #ai from consortium including @ethz.ch ai.ethz.ch

Homepage

As ETH's central hub for artificial intelligence, we bring together researchers of AI foundations, applications, and implications across all departments. We foster research excellence, industry innova...

ai.ethz.ch

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Neil R. Edwards @neil-r-edwards.bsky.social · Jul 24

Fossils found in 1930s push origins of feathers back to middle Triassic c 247 Ma
theconversation.com/mysterious-f...

Mysterious fossil may rewrite story of skin and feather evolution in reptiles

The fossil creature has outgrowths on its back that are neither hair nor feathers.

theconversation.com

Neil R. Edwards @neil-r-edwards.bsky.social · Jul 18

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🦋 Did you know butterflies can tell us a lot about the health of our local environments - and that you can help them thrive right from your own home? | The Open University

🦋 Did you know butterflies can tell us a lot about the health of our local environments - and that you can help them thrive right from your own home? OU Postgraduate Researcher and Associate Lecturer...

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Neil R. Edwards @neil-r-edwards.bsky.social · Jul 14

A shout for our paper modelling ancient climates with @sabinzahirovic.bsky.social and a big HELLO to @bryonyblades.bsky.social started today working with me, @palaeosingh.bsky.social and team on our @leverhulme.ac.uk funded Amazon #biodiversity modelling project SABER www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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Neil R. Edwards @neil-r-edwards.bsky.social · Jul 14

Really nice new paper closely connected to our SABER project focused on origins of Amazon #biodiversity with @palaeosingh.bsky.social and NB just started today @bryonyblades.bsky.social funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk

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Neil R. Edwards @neil-r-edwards.bsky.social · Jun 11

Nice paper shows two major shifts in ecosystem structure over last 60 Ma based on big fossil database www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Two major ecological shifts shaped 60 million years of ungulate faunal evolution - Nature Communications

Here, the authors analyze a fossil dataset spanning 60 million years to investigate ecological stability. Their network analysis identifies prolonged stability interrupted by two major functional tran...

www.nature.com

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Neil R. Edwards @neil-r-edwards.bsky.social · May 22

Maximising the effectiveness of conservation - seminar this evening

Doctoral Training Partnership in Environmental Research @oxfordenvres.bsky.social · May 19

This week's Grand Challenge Seminar on Thursday 22nd looks at how we can maximise the effectiveness of conservation efforts. Join us at Jesus College Conference Centre. Registration is free envres.web.ox.ac.uk/what-makes-e...

What makes effective conservation? Overcoming barriers to conservation success in the 21st century

envres.web.ox.ac.uk

Neil R. Edwards @neil-r-edwards.bsky.social · Apr 30

Great day today at at OU Open Societal Challenges Sustainability Research Fest hearing about some amazing OSC research from villages in Guyana to green roofs in Milton Keynes with @richard-holliman.bsky.social @palaeosingh.bsky.social

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Neil R. Edwards @neil-r-edwards.bsky.social · Apr 29

Great to see this fantastic @ou-eees.bsky.social Open Societal Challenge green roof research project getting some exposure today (not to mention the sunshine it’s getting) bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx25xq6wxldo

Green roof studied on Milton Keynes Open University building

The Open University is the latest building in Milton Keynes to get a green roof.

bbc.co.uk

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Neil R. Edwards @neil-r-edwards.bsky.social · Apr 2

If ‘Moments like this require us to be more creative or more imaginative, or just more persistent and dogged and determined’ then it doesn’t get more determined than a 25 hour speech - awesome:
theconversation.com/us-senator-c...

US Senator Cory Booker just spoke for 25 hours in Congress. What was he trying to achieve?

US senators engage in lengthy speeches when they are losing. This is clearly what motivated Cory Booker’s 25-hour speech: a sense the Democrats are losing to Trump.

theconversation.com

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Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences @ou-eees.bsky.social · Mar 27

This is a new social media account for the School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences at the @openuniversity.bsky.social.

We're looking forward to sharing work from the school, & hearing about positive actions that respond to the climate emergency.

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Neil R. Edwards @neil-r-edwards.bsky.social · Mar 31

Tropical #biodiversity not easily explained - even with 5m years of PALEO-PGEM climate data
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Classic Hypotheses of Area, Time, and Climatic Stability Fall Short in Explaining High Tropical Species Richness

Aim Tropical biodiversity overshadows the number of species inhabiting other regions. Age, area, and stability constitute three classical ideas used to explain the higher richness in these warm and ...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Neil R. Edwards @neil-r-edwards.bsky.social · Mar 4

Great day yesterday @palaeosingh.bsky.social delighted to have you on the team and really looking forward to working together on Amazonian #biodiversity #evolution with @drtlstubbs.bsky.social and the team @openuniversity.bsky.social

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Neil R. Edwards @neil-r-edwards.bsky.social · Feb 24

Major new super-detailed analysis of #CO2 removal by enhanced weathering in USA. We find potential for 160-300 MtCO2/yr by 20250 www.nature.com/articles/s41... (how to sell to future policy makers is another story)

Transforming US agriculture for carbon removal with enhanced weathering - Nature

A state-level analysis of the impact of enhanced weathering deployment on carbon sequestration on agricultural land suggests that enhanced weathering could help the USA meet net-zero 2050 goals.

www.nature.com

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Dan Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · Feb 21

Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"

Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’

A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world

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Neil R. Edwards @neil-r-edwards.bsky.social · Feb 20

Doesn’t seem right to ‘like’ this so reposting instead. Incredible to think the Alpine glaciers have lost ~40% this century already

Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · Feb 19

World's glaciers melting faster than ever recorded

since the turn of the century, they have lost more than 6,500 billion tonnes – or 5% – of their ice.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Climate change: World's glaciers melting faster than ever recorded - BBC News

The planet's glaciers have lost 5% of their ice in little over 20 years, according to a major study.

www.bbc.co.uk