Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.

Ragged robin, common heath orchid, common butterwort, wild thyme, fragrant orchid on the Isle of Eigg back in late June. #wildflowerhour

How to see out a heat wave. A week off grid in the Hebrides with the cool Atlantic air.

Another continent, another savanna fire experiment! This time Australia. Fire effects on trees + grasses are relatively well sorted but not for the multitude + diversity of savanna plant species. globalgrassygroup.github.io/2026/04/30/d... @anyacourtenay.bsky.social @wieczor.bsky.social

Joyful to see Cynthia Fan blooming (couldn't help it) with her beautiful writing about plants, family, life and art @goldenharebooks.bsky.social with her new book Among Willows. Love seeing life for Cynthia post @thebotanics.bsky.social Phd.

Love that moment when the Himalayan poppies bloom.

Rural communities in Madagascar have long been blamed for destroying their forests. But our new 73-year study of the native woodland mosaic ecosystems highlights the enduring legacy of colonial-era thinking 🧵 (1/5) doi.org/10.1002/pan3...

If a climate solution destroys nature, then is it really a climate solution? conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Edinburgh has officially* transitioned from rainbow season to blossom season. Four seasons is too restrictive!Although, I missed my favourite Kazakh pear tree in full blossom by a day and a wind gust. 🌈 🌸 *endorsed by 9/10 ecologists.

Do you work on Scottish open ecosystems, whether that’s species-level, habitat-specific or whole landscapes? 🌿🦋🐦🐑 Join us for the Scottish Open Ecosystems Research Day🌾Hosted by CSFL, @n-t-s.bsky.social and @thebotanics.bsky.social 📅 11 May 2026 10:00–17:00 📍 ECCI (Edinburgh) 💻Register by 30 April

New from me: Why funders shouldn’t withdraw money from open access publishing www.samuelmoore.org/2026/04/14/w...

Why funders shouldn’t withdraw money from open access publishing

Cancer Research UK’s decision to stop funding article processing charges marks a significant shift in how they approach open access. In its April 1st announcement (not an April Fool), the org…

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A 1200+ year climate record is at risk. Do you know know anyone in Japan who could help? See below.

The continuous creative act of holding on and letting go – 10 beautiful minds on the arts of growing older www.themarginalian.org/2025/12/29/g...

The Continuous Creative Act of Holding on and Letting Go: 10 Beautiful Minds on the Art of Growing Older

A great paradox of being alive in this civilization is that we have come to dread and devalue the triumph of having lived, forgetting that to grow old is not a punishment but a privilege — th…

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🌍️ Stability in tapia woodlands amid non-native expansion: Integrating traditional ecological knowledge and remote sensing to track 73 years of tree cover in Madagascar 📖 Read the full paper here! ➡️ buff.ly/AwZCke4

It's only worth going back to the Moon if it makes us look properly again at Earth, and appreciate how beautiful, precious and fragile what we have here is. The most famous images from Apollo aren't about the Moon - they're pictures of Earth. We need to stop taking our home for granted.

Join us April 28 for the first in a two-part series providing an in-depth review of wildfire dynamics in savanna ecosystems. Speakers: @dramalamujer.bsky.social Dr. Abigail Croker, Dr. Sally Archibald, Amos Chege Muthiuru and Dr. Caroline Lehmann globalwildfirecollective.org/event/wildfi...

8 am update for you. The UK grid is currently close to fossil fuel free. Wind and solar 70%, nuclear 13%, gas… 4%. grid.iamkate.com

Gregory Norminton@gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Wind & solar are currently producing 65% of Britain's electricity. Meanwhile, renewables now offer 30,000 more UK jobs than oil and gas. Meanwhile, we're in a climate emergency. Meanwhile, we're in a fossil fuel supply crisis. Meanwhile, the Tories and Reform want to scrap Net Zero. grid.iamkate.com

A recent enquiry made us fall in love/awe with Elizabeth Gray (1831-1924) all over again These photographs of Mrs Gray, an intrepid Scottish fossil collector, were taken around her 90th birthday in 1922-23. Happy International Women’s Day!

"Two charismatic marsupial species that had been thought extinct for 6,000 years are alive in rainforest in remote West Papua." Oh yeah this is super cool as both the pygmy long-fingered possum and ring-tailed glider were previously only known from fossils 🤯🧪🐀 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Marsupials previously thought extinct for millennia discovered in New Guinea

The chances of finding one mammal species thought to be lost was ‘almost zero’ and finding two is ‘unprecedented’, biologist Tim Flannery says

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“Protecting & restoring ecosystems is easier, cheaper & more reliable” The Government’s Nature Security report has been criticised, but this conclusion about the way ahead makes all the right noises www.gov.uk/government/p...

Nature security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security

This strategic assessment explores how global biodiversity loss and the collapse of critical ecosystems could affect the UK’s resilience, security and prosperity.

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🌱 Eurasian Grassland Conference 2026 Sofia, Bulgaria | 19–23 July Connect science & conservation for grassland sustainability 🔬🌾 More: edgg.org/egc2026 #EGC2026 #IAVS

Eurasian Grassland Conference 2026 | EDGG

Sofia, 19-23 July 2026

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‪Tell me the truth...I'm ready. New IPBES report finds that $220 billion were directed to conservation & restoration of biodiversity in 2023... yet $7.3 trillion flowed toward subsidies that directly harm nature. IPBES Business & Biodiversity Assessment www.ipbes.net/business-imp... @ipbes.net

🌱 Apply now for the iDiv Summer School: “Passion for Collecting – Collection-Based Research in Plant Ecology” Participants will learn how to work with living collections, seed banks, and herbaria to unlock ecological insights. 📅 24–28 Aug 2026 🗓️ Apply by 31 Mar 2026 🔗 www.idiv.de/events/summe...

🐑🌱 What drives functional change in grazed grasslands? Eshelman et al. report that increased grazing favours avoidance, resistance, and tolerance traits, with most trait shifts arising from intraspecific variation rather than species turnover.

Very excited to share that my first first-author paper is out in the Journal of Vegetation Science! 🌱🥳 Our paper used a 20-year grazing experiment in the Scottish uplands to assess how grass community traits shift in response to grazing. 📖 Paper here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Science funding needs fixing - but not through chaotic reforms.

Science funding needs fixing — but not through chaotic reforms

The changes announced by a major UK science funder are putting scientists — and the future of research — in a difficult position.

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“Scientists should stop trying to be neutral and instead embrace their values,”says a group of top climate scientists, including @katharinehayhoe.com. The neutrality myth is harming the reputation of science right when we need it most.” #ClimateCrisis Science isn’t neutral. It’s science.

Prominent climate scientist argues it's time to ditch the 'myth of neutrality' | CBC Radio

Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe talks to Bob McDonald about the polarization of science and why she thinks scientists should stop pretending to be neutral when it's our planet at risk.

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Open call for Bothy Project self-directed residencies 2026-27 – at Sweeney’s bothy. A subsidised and truly magical off-grid space to engage with the natural world and your practice. Last there we had phenomenal evening vistas as far as Mingulay. www.bothyproject.com/opportunitie...

Self-Directed Residencies 2026-27 – Sweeney’s Bothy - Bothy Project

Bothy Project is delighted to announce its latest open call for Self-Directed Residencies at Sweeney’s Bothy, a simple off-grid building in unique surroundings on the Isle of Eigg, on Scotland's west ...

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Taxonomist post at the Herbarium, Singapore Botanic Gardens. www.careers.hrp.gov.sg/sap/bc/ui5_u...