Here is a SharedIT link for our new review article, “Ecological novelty induced by climate change” published Wednesday in Nature Climate Change. rdcu.be/fu8ch
Eric Higgs
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Professor in the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria. Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Royal Canadian Geographic Society, Author of Nature By Design and director of the Mountain Legacy Project.
In a recent study in Nature Climate Change, lead author and #uvic @uvicenvi.bsky.social PhD student Claire Wright and co-author Dr. Eric Higgs examines how #climatechange is driving the emergence of ecological conditions with no precedent. #ecology #environment #climate www.uvic.ca/socialscienc...
Ecological novelty - Social Sciences - University of Victoria
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Very pleased to announce a new article “Ecological novelty induced by climate change” in Nature Climate Change. Lead author is Claire Wright, one of our remarkable PhD students in @uvicenvi.bsky.social. Thanks to a great international author team—a pleasure! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ecological novelty induced by climate change - Nature Climate Change
The authors review ecological novelty—ecological situations with no precedent—arising from climate change. They discuss ecological novelty due to direct and indirect effects of climate change, and due...
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Great working with Tina Heger, Marcus Collier, Rosine Kelz and Jasper Montana. www.nature.com/articles/s41558-026-02672-3
New paper! Dr.Eric Higgs #uvic School of Environmental Studies. Climate change is creating ‘novel ecosystems’ that disrupt food, culture, and local identities. New social strategies are needed to adapt and accept these irreversible changes in nature. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Wonderful to share the stage with Mountain Voices authors Ian MacLaren, Kristen Walsh, Jill Delaney, and Alison Criscitiello at @cangeo.bsky.social CanGeo Talks at the Alex Trebeck theatre in Ottawa on June 17. @mountainlegacy.bsky.social
Welcome to the new @uvic.ca president, Dr. Rhonda McEwen. It was a privilege over the last 8 months to serve alongside colleagues, staff and students on a comprehensive search committee. news.uvic.ca/2026/new-uvi...
New UVic president offers inspiring vision - UVic News
Dr. Rhonda McEwen appointed next president and vice-chancellor of the University of Victoria.
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Excited for the upcoming launch of Mountain Voices being hosted by Canadian Geographic in Ottawa on June 17. If you’re in the area please join us! secure.qgiv.com/for/cangeota...
Can Geo Talks presents: Mountain Voices
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Back home after an excellent trip to the Netherlands and Denmark. Thanks to the amazing @lauralgovers.bsky.social for hosting. Great to reconnect with colleagues from my 2017-18 visit to @gelifes.bsky.social at University of Groningen, including @hanolff.bsky.social.
They did not resurrect the dire wolf. They cannot resurrect the mammoth. And none of this will rewild or restore ecosystems. - Signed, a restoration ecologist who is also the EIC of the global journal of the same and has seen this sort of hype too many times before
Rolling Stone@rollingstone.com · 3mo agoThe science start-up Colossal is making sci-fi real! After resurrecting the dire wolf in 2025 using 72k-year-old DNA, they're eyeing the woolly mammoth for 2028. The goal: "rewilding" to restore and stabilize modern ecosystems. Read: bit.ly/4tIXAqo
Great to share the podium with @lauralgovers.bsky.social at the University of Aarhus speaking about emerging novelty with the ECONOVO group. Thanks @anordonez1.bsky.social, @matt and @jcsvenning.bsky.social for hosting.
Bid adieu at Rotterdam Centrall to three remarkable ecological designers and PhD students in the CEDaR project @uvicenvi.bsky.social: Emilia Hurd, Alia Johnson, and Shima Tajarloo. See you back in Victoria!
A brilliant week with Steffen Nijhuis at TU-Delft with our @uvic.ca @uvicenvi.bsky.social CEDaR research group working on integrated landscape planning for the Gelderlandse Vallei. It was a great model of collaboration and practical ideas powered by new insights.
The Arctic is getting louder, and it’s a wake-up call for marine conservation. Learn how researchers are establishing a baseline to help set evidence-based acoustic limits for fragile marine ecosystems. @oceannetworks.ca 🔗 news.uvic.ca/2026/shrinki...
Shrinking Arctic ice raises noise levels for marine life - UVic News
As Arctic ice shrinks and human marine activity increases, sound-sensitive marine life face a noisier environment.
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The whole thread of papers (core ones per @noguesbravo.bsky.social below) is a really interesting and useful set of insights into the promises and perils of rewilding. I introduced discussion on the series in my rewilding class - next year, I'm doing a whole class on just this set of papers.
David Nogués Bravo@noguesbravo.bsky.social · 4mo agoWe publish two papers on the inadequacy to introduce the European Bison in the Iberian Peninsula. Lack of evidence of previous presence, wrong habitat/climate conditions, legal aspects...and much more conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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NiCHE Canada@nichecanada.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe recording of our Mountain Voices: Memory, Story, and Permanence roundtable, co-hosted with @ucalgarypress.bsky.social, is now available! Absolutely wonderful 1.5 hour reflection & discussion between the volume's editors and a few contributors. niche-canada.org/2026/04/02/r... #envhist
Excited to be sharing the hybrid/virtual stage with artist, Desirée Patterson, and curator Kelley Tialiou at the Capture Photo Festival on April 2, 2026 (1:00-2:30 p.m. Pacific). capturephotofest.com/events/the-l...
Panel Discussion | The Long View: Repeat Photography in Science and Art
ADMISSION Free This is a hybrid event taking place in-person and streaming live on YouTube. The Mountain Legacy Project (MLP) is an archive and research project that produces and analyzes repeat pho...
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TOMORROW! Join us for our Mountain Voices: Memory, Story, and Permanence virtual event! @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @ehiggs.bsky.social @peterastevens.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/03/05/v...
Virtual Event - Mountain Voices: Memory, Story, and Permanence
20 March 2026 - In celebration of World Day for Glaciers, join the editors of Mountain Voices for a roundtable reflection on the art, science, and history of capturing images and stories of these ever...
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Looking forward to joining my co-editors for this conversation. Please consider joining us. Thanks @nichecanada.bsky.social and Jessica Dewitt.
UCalgary Press@ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 5mo agoNext Friday! A fascinating online round-table with the editors of Mountain Voices. Discover the history, art, and science of the mountain landscape. Learn more: https://ow.ly/n0Zb50YpVfy
🔥📢 Call for Papers on Wildfires in a Changing #Climate: Impacts, #Adaptation, & Policy. This Special Issue seeks submissions that examine the economic & welfare consequences of #wildfires & smoke & evaluate policy responses. ⏰ Deadline 30 Sept 2026 🔗 tinyurl.com/ryn3epjd #OurChangingMountains
New podcast! Talking with @peterhhansen.bsky.social sky.social about how #mountaineering & #modernity emerged together & how the idea of the 'summit position' came to encompass concepts of sovereignty and empire from the #Alps to #Everest shorturl.at/oI5fh #EnvHist #EnvHums @nichecanada.bsky.social
Summit Positions
Jason König and Jonathan Westaway interview Peter Hansen about his research on the Alps and Himalayas.
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NASA Image of the Day about the earthquake in December 2025, w/ comments from @ericfielding.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy. @geocron.bsky.social see here 🧪⚒️❄️🛰️ science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
Landslide and Avalanche Debris Litter Hubbard Glacier - NASA Science
Satellite-based radar images show where a powerful earthquake in the Yukon, Canada, sent rock, snow, and ice spilling across the frozen landscapes of the St. Elias Mountains.
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What is Indigenous political ecology — and who defines the “political” and the “ecological”? Join Dr. Hunt as she shares relational principles shaping this field, the central role of Indigenous leadership, and why Indigenous political ecology matters for environmental studies. #UVicENVI
Glass, to the rescue (again). @mountainlegacy.bsky.social depends on a remarkable and very large collection of historic photographic negatives, most of which are on glass plates, not film. Looks like glass might be the answer again. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Laser-written glass tablets can preserve data for millennia
An archive system that encodes information in modified optical properties of glass could be a fast, efficient way to store huge quantities of data.
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New study: “Investigating Collaboration Needs in Ecological restoration.” Led by @timalamenciak.bsky.social with several @uvicenvi.bsky.social co-authors, we report on the importance of bridging the science-practice gap in restoration. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Identifying practitioner and researcher collaboration needs to improve ecosystem restoration in Canada - Socio-Ecological Practice Research
Ecological restoration practitioners should have access to relevant science on which to base their plans, and restoration researchers should ground their science in real-world needs — but the gap betw...
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Our new paper presents a framework for analysing the processes that generate novel ecosystems, discussing different conceptual and practical approaches across ecological disciplines. You can read it, open access, in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The making of novel ecosystems: A process‐based framework for measurement, analysis and application
Ecological novelty is emerging rapidly due to global change drivers such as climate shifts, species introductions, defaunation, and land-use transformation. These changes challenge how we assess, ...
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A new Nature #ClimateChange Focus Issue on #OurChangingMountains brings together research on: ❄️ Accelerating #GlacierLoss ⛰️ Changing slope vegetation dynamics 💧 #WaterSecurity for billions ⛷️ Tourism & cultural transformation Read more 📖 bit.ly/4aeccHV #MountainsMatter #MountainResearch
Looking forward to next Thursday’s (Feb 12, 7 p.m.) event with Kula: Library Futures Academy @uvic.ca to celebrate Mountain Voices, a collection of essays and photographs from @mountainlegacy.bsky.social. @uvicenvi.bsky.social Please register—seating limited.
"Feeding, Fuelling, and Building the Foundations of Toronto: Sources for Exploring Historic Urban Metabolism" by Andrew Watson is the 8th and final post in our Urban and Environmental Dialogues series, published in collaboration with @urbanhistorya.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/01/29/f...
Feeding, Fuelling, and Building the Foundations of Toronto: Sources for Exploring Historic Urban Metabolism
Using harbour ledgers, the "Assembling a City" project reconstructs Toronto’s nineteenth-century urban metabolism, tracing fruit, coal, and stone flows linking city and hinterlands.
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