Forecasting is hard, but it is much better to do it with friends 🤗 👇Come meet some new ones, or reconnect with some old ones, at the EFI 2026 Conference in Toronto (Aug 4–7, 2026) 📢 Abstract submissions and travel scholarships are open until April 15

Ecological Forecasting Initiative@ecoforecast.bsky.social · 4mo ago

15 days left! Submit abstracts and travel scholarship requests by April 15 for the EFI2026 Conference. Join EFI in Toronto on August 4-7 to share cutting-edge research in ecological forecasting, to network, and to build capacity through working groups and workshops. Find details at bit.ly/efi2026.

All of this AND food systems are the #1 driver of pandemic risk! www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Pathogens and planetary change - Nature Reviews Biodiversity

This Review explores the relationship between emerging infectious diseases and biodiversity loss, and how both are connected to global environmental changes in the Anthropocene.

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Richard Waite@waiterich.bsky.social · last yr.

What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? Food systems are the #2 contributor to climate change, the #1 driver of deforestation, the #1 driver of biodiversity loss on land, and the #1 user of freshwater. (It follows that food systems contain many solutions to these problems.)

Your 'moment of doom' for June 18, 2025 ~ Seal of disapproval. "For once, we’re not just predicting how wildlife might respond to shrinking sea ice and environmental shifts, we’ve had the rare opportunity to confirm it, using solid, long-term data. The emerging picture is deeply concerning."

Antarctic seal numbers falling drastically due to melting sea ice, research shows

British Antarctic Survey finds one breed of seal has declined by 54% since 1977

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The world you grew up in no longer exists Its hot in Alaska as Alaska releases its first heat warming ever as temperatures nearing 90 F (32 C )degrees grist.org/extreme-heat...

Alaska just hit a climate milestone — its first-ever heat advisory

The heat bearing down on central Alaska "could feel like 110" in a state where the sun shines 20 hours a day.

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Registration is now open for the EFI2025 Conference on May 19-22 in Blacksburg, VA at bit.ly/efi2025! Find the draft schedule, workshops & working group details, and the Conference Handbook with info about the venue, travel recommendations, and more on the website.

Ecological Forecasting Initiative 2025 Conference, May 19th

This 3.5-day in-person international Ecological Forecasting Initiative (EFI) Conference meeting will bring together participants from academia, government agencies, industry, and the non-profit sector...

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