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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 1d

This week, we lost one of the world’s greatest advocates for people and nature. Even in her final days, Dr. Jane Goodall was urging us not to give up, and now her legacy lives on through the countless voices she inspired.

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Jane Goodall's final lesson

Honoring Jane Goodall's life, Pope Leo's first climate address, and finding hope in action

www.talkingclimate.ca

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Winnifred Louis @winnifredlouis.bsky.social · 3d

Sorry to see the website doesn't seem to ship to Australia! :)

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Winnifred Louis @winnifredlouis.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks Mark! How thrilling that it's available! ❤️❤️❤️

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 6d

My favourite Jane Goodall quotes....so many, so to the point, so wise. How different the world would be if enough people listened to her.

"People think hope is wishful thinking, and actually hope is about action." Quote from the Wiser Than Me podcast with Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

"Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together in harmony can we achieve our true potential." Graphic by the Jane Goodall Institute of South Africa.

"You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." Graphic by Ariana Huffington on Instagram.

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Jarren Nylund @jarrennylund.bsky.social · 17d

Thrilled to share my first publication in a Nature journal!

Our new article in Nature Climate Change (@natclimate.nature.com) explores whether conversations with generative AI tools like ChatGPT may help shift climate scepticism.

A mock-up of what the first page of “The promise and limitations of using GenAI to reduce climate scepticism” (Hornsey et al., 2025) article would look like printed.

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · Aug 26

The start of the algal bloom off the South Australian coast began like a horror film and only grew worse from there. I took a direct look at the role of climate change in making this disaster in my home state for @drilledmedia.bsky.social.

“There Was So Much Death.” A Toxic Algal Bloom Is Ravaging Australia’s Southern Coast—Warming Waters Are to Blame.

Three ingredients are required for an algal bloom to get going – temperature, the right conditions and food. South Australia had all the preconditions necessary, thanks to climate change.

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · Aug 28

Positive tipping points for climate, like the UK phasing out coal, show how big steps toward a low-carbon future can suddenly become unstoppable.

Can we identify where the next tipping points could happen, and figure out how to help trigger them?

These researchers say YES.

Read more:

A method to identify positive tipping points to accelerate low-carbon transitions and actions to trigger them - Sustainability Science

Meeting the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to “well below 2 °C” requires a radical acceleration of action, as the global economy is decarbonising at least five times too slowly. Tipping point...

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · Aug 10

"We used to consume fossil fuels
to make ourselves power
But now we just look to the sun
for each kilowatt hour"

This is the cutest and most encouraging video I've seen all week. Give it a watch - and share if you agree!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MgK...

Running on Sunshine - Rockway Mennonite Collegiate 2025

YouTube video by Rockway Mennonite Collegiate

www.youtube.com

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · Nov 15

Crowds & Identities -- a starter pack.

Please share.

bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · Jul 22

“If the world is to be healed through human efforts, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people whose love for this life is even greater than their fear.” - Joanna Macy (1929-2025)

Remembering Joanna Macy, author, Buddhist teacher, environmental activist

Joanna Macy’s work addressed the psychological and spiritual issues of ecological awareness in the nuclear age.

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · Jul 20

The Relationship Between Social Identification and System Justification: A Meta-Analytic Test of Relevant Moderators

New from @markrubin.bsky.social and colleagues

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · Jul 18

🌡️ Hotter, wetter weather linked to more violent crime

In South Africa, violent crime rises with heat, rain, and pollution. especially in warmer months. Researchers found climate factors now drive 60% of homicide-related social costs.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SciComm #ClimateCrisis 🧪

The impact of weather patterns on increasing violent crime and social cost in South Africa - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - The impact of weather patterns on increasing violent crime and social cost in South Africa

www.nature.com

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Convention on Wetlands @ramsar.org · Jul 15

#NewReport: The Global Wetland Outlook 2025 is now live!

Dive into the latest global data on wetland extent, loss and restoration and discover the solutions we need to secure the future of these vital ecosystems.

global-wetland-outlook.ramsar.org

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Jarren Nylund @jarrennylund.bsky.social · May 11

Why do people fight for or against climate action?

Led by Prof. Matthew J. Hornsey, our new review article published in Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences delves into the moral arguments of collective climate action—on both sides of the debate: doi.org/10.1016/j.co...

Moral cases for collective action supporting and opposing mitigation efforts

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Matthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · Jul 14

Schools are increasingly vulnerable to climate change & vital to advancing solutions.

Our synthesis illustrates why efforts to create more resilient schools & a more sustainable future need to be a central focus of education research, policy & practice.

edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1238

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Paul Djupe @pauldjupe.bsky.social · Jul 7

Delighted to help put this together - there’s excellent work in this collection that makes a big jump forward in religion + politics in American congregations.

Sociological Focus @socfocus.bsky.social · Jul 7

Introducing the Sociological Focus Special Issue: Religion and Politics in American Congregations!

Original articles from notable scholars. Thanks to our editor in chief Khari Brown and our guest editors @pauldjupe.bsky.social and Jacob Neiheisel.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Introduction to the Special Issue: Religion and Politics in American Congregations

Published in Sociological Focus (Ahead of Print, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com

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Earth Commission @theearthcommission.bsky.social · Jun 30

Today kicks off the Global Tipping Points Conference at Exeter Climate Forum! Several Earth Commission members are there attending, speaking, and convening.

Co-hosted by @exeter.ac.uk, @pik-potsdam.bsky.social, and @maxplanck.de of Geoanthropology.
#TippingPoints

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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · Jul 1

Scientists once thought Antarctica might hold onto its sea ice as the world warmed. No longer.

‘Completely unexpected’: Antarctic sea ice may be in terminal decline due to rising Southern Ocean salinity

Scientists once thought Antarctica might hold onto its sea ice as the world warmed. No longer.

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · Jun 28

At a moment of rapid demand growth and a growing electricity affordability crisis, the Republican's One Big Horrible Bill will RAISE TAXES on wind & solar—the only new sources of electricity we are able to rapidly add to the US grid—in four different ways.

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NodeXL Academy @nodexlacademy.bsky.social · Jun 26

Explore social media insights at our 5-day Summer School, happening from 28 July to 1 August
🎯 One step closer to mastery
Register Here: nuel.ink/a681yk
#PhdChat #AcademicChatter

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Biodiversity Council @biodivcouncil.bsky.social · Jun 26

Many of Australia’s invertebrates, which include insects and other animals without backbones, are doing it tough. You can help by taking simple actions, like planting local native flowers, leaving part of your garden ‘wild’, or switching off outdoor lights 🐝

#invertebrates #insects

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · Jun 23

🧠 Parenthood in academia affects mental health – but not equally

Academic mothers face a much higher risk of depression than fathers or non-mothers. Risk is greatest for those without support, or who are Black or have disabled children.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SciComm #AcademicSky 🧪

The impact of parenthood on mental health within the academic community: highlighting vulnerabilities and identifying high-risk groups - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - The impact of parenthood on mental health within the academic community: highlighting vulnerabilities and identifying high-risk groups

www.nature.com

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Kitty Wooley @kwooleyy.bsky.social · Jun 23

Interested in key dimensions of integration in #interdisciplinary teams? Check out the helpful framework developed by Colleen Cuddy in this week’s i2Insights at i2insights.org/2025/06/24/t... #AcademicSky

A framework for creating effective team integration in interdisciplinary research

By Colleen Cuddy. What kinds of integration are required in interdisciplinary teams to truly synthesize diverse knowledge and perspectives, creating meaningful outcomes? What are the key facilitato…

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Joseph M. Forte @drjmf.bsky.social · Jun 22

Some of the most important projects of the Enlightenment are still very much works in progress: 1. One man’s whims can still throw entire nations into turmoil w/o having his power sufficiently checked. …

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · Jun 22

Final day of the SASP-SPSSI “Peacebuilding through Conflict Transformation” conference...

Tjitske de Groot from @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social reviews the different effects of intergroup contact interventions on minority and majority groups.

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