As the science base improves, all businesses will be able to take action. A combination of methods or metrics, which may include scientific, Indigenous and local knowledge, is often needed. 📚 Read the #BizBiodiversity Asssessment https://ow.ly/U5ZW50ZqLgB

A vote for National, NZFirst, or ACT is a vote to keep older kiwis in poverty, and to make their poverty worse. This coalition government has actively passed policies that have made things tougher for everyone who isn't in the wealthy donor class. It will only get worse if they are voted back in.

RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · 19h ago

Older Kiwis choosing between 'starving or heating' as price increases bite

Stanford University is searching for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the field of Climate Science 🌎 ✨ Broad search, department may be any within the Doerr School of Sustainability, including Oceans! 🌊 Apply by Nov. 1. Please share! facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant Professor in Climate Science - Stanford University, California, United States

Stanford University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the field of Climate Science. The home department may be any of the seven departments in the Stanford Doerr School of...

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Hope everyone in the Northern Hemisphere is enjoying summer amongst the heatwaves, fires and smoke but sharing a reminder that the seasons do not coincide across the globe. Check out @melissatraveler.bsky.social's excellent piece on this - www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Season’s mis-greetings: why timing matters in global academia

Stop using ‘summer’, ‘winter’ and the rest when inviting researchers to events — it’s a small step, but it’s necessary and inclusive.

nature.com

A Raybon of National Significance, as it were: among the smartest and funniest of gentlefolk❤️ I vividly remember his deft ripostes (disguised as jokes) to racist stirring in the 1990s by politicians who should’ve known better. Unbelievable we’re still here 30 years later, same cast of characters 😫

Patrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland@patrickreynolds.bsky.social · 20h ago

Raybon is a national treasure, perhaps even a New Zealand first treasure: www.nzherald.co.nz/business/ive...

It's publication day! The 3rd edition of "The Scientist's Guide to Writing" is available TODAY. It's expanded and it's as up-to-date as I can make it. If you've been using this book - thank you. If you haven't: today is a great time to start! scientistseessquirre... 🧪🌍

It’s publication day! “The Scientist’s Guide to Writing”, 3rd edition

Some things don’t ever get old, and I can tell you that publication day for one of your books is one of those things. Today is that day: the new 3rd edition of The Scientist’s Guide to Writing is o…

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It's not just the US cutting science budgets - Canada is doing the same, only more quietly. evidencefordemocracy.ca/canada-is-cu...

Canada is cutting public science. The risks will not be invisible forever. - Evidence For Democracy

Since Prime Minister Mark Carney was sworn in on March 14, 2025, the federal government has launched a major spending […]

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🔥SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS❄️ #AJB and #AppsPlantSci are accepting proposals for joint special issues focusing on how temperature shapes & constrains plant biology. Proposal deadline: 30 Sep 2026 More info: bit.ly/4fmMhPu @seemasheth.bsky.social #botany #climatechange #ecology #Botany2026

Are Australia's endangered plant species more likely to go extinct from climate change? Here is a Plant ecophysiology PhD opportunity in sunny South Australia, open to both domestic and international applicants. Contact @ilainematos.bsky.social (ilaine.matos@adelaide.edu.au) for further details.

Do any of my NZ pocket friends like to make entomology-related art/merch & would like to sell their crafts at our upcoming NZ Entomological Society conference 1st week September? If so, please get in touch. 🪲 🐞 🪱 🪰 🕷

As this paper shows, 🔥🔥🔥 weather is getting worse in Aotearoa. "We find that wildfire weather conditions will increase on average, both in wildfire season length and in the intensity of fires that may take hold..." agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Aotearoa New Zealand's 21st‐Century Wildfire Climate

In the 21st-century, the emergence of a new—more severe wildfire climate will occur We discover that “very-extreme” wildfire weather conditions are possible in regions formerly unaffected While ...

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Cate Macinnis-Ng@loraxcate.bsky.social · 2d ago

This is terrible news for Aotearoa. If the super El Niño plays out, forests are going to be very dry and pine plantations are especially flammable. We need to be building capacity, not eroding it because homes, towns and infrastructure are also at risk. #NZPol www.odt.co.nz/news/nationa...

Looking for an Associate Prof position? Interested in behavioural ecology & cultural evolution? Come join us at the Dpt of Ecology and Evolution in Lausanne🇨🇭 @dee-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social! Great department & great place to live. Pls RP. Apply here: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...

📢 PhD opportunity at the University of Helsinki! Join the ANEW project to study ecological networks, seed dispersal and biodiversity conservation under global change. Apply by 31 Aug 2026. 🔗 jobs.helsinki.fi/job/31_8_202... #PhD #Ecology #Conservation #AcademicJobs

Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) in Ecological Networks and Biodiversity Conservation

Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) in Ecological Networks and Biodiversity Conservation

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This is terrible news for Aotearoa. If the super El Niño plays out, forests are going to be very dry and pine plantations are especially flammable. We need to be building capacity, not eroding it because homes, towns and infrastructure are also at risk. #NZPol www.odt.co.nz/news/nationa...

Fire protections drop in NZ as wildfires rage overseas

Fire protections drop in NZ as wildfires rage overseas

odt.co.nz

Another cracker from @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It’s the debate of the century! Two climate ‘denialists’ battle it out to see who agrees the most denialistly | First Dog on the Moon

What a vibrant marketplace of ideas

theguardian.com

In times like these, it’s important to pay attention to the grand unifying narratives ideas are hooking on to. Like that children are there to be controlled by adults, like babies and birth are commodities to be controlled by the state, like citizenship is a state more valuable than non-citizenship.

This is excellent, you should read it.

Byron C Clark@byroncclark.bsky.social · 4d ago

"30 years ago, Winston Peters and New Zealand First were campaigning against the “Asian Invasion” in the 1996 elections. That same year, my family and I moved to Aotearoa. According to him, my family were part of this invasion." e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-... Crossposted with @openvibe.social

The majority of these kids have disabilities, are non speaking, developmentally delayed, etc. Neither schools nor parents are getting the funding they need for adequate interventions, training, or support. Fining parents exacerbates the financial strain. Manhandling kids leads to abuse. #nzpol

Cam Bennett@cambennett.bsky.social · 4d ago

Always punitive with the right. They haven’t met a problem that can’t be solved by simply adding more punishment. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

Pretty galling to see Paul Goldsmith in attendance at the opening of the NZ International Film Festival on Wednesday. He may be Minister for the Arts but he's no patron of the arts. thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/...

Has the arts sector ever done it this hard?

We asked arts industry representatives what funding cuts and political indifference is doing to the arts. The answer? 'This is really fucked.'

thespinoff.co.nz

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.

More than 80 dead and sick birds seen on rocks off the South Australian coast are suspected to be the first mass mortality event from the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, only six weeks after the disease arrived in Australia.

First Australian mass mortality event suspected as deadly bird flu virus rapidly escalates among native birds

Helicopter surveillance finds dead and dying greater crested terns on inlets off South Australian coast as H5 virus spreads

theguardian.com

Forest thinning allows remaining trees to grow larger and these bigger trees are more likely to survive fire and provide important habitat features like hollows for nesting 🌳🌳🌳 theconversation.com/we-revisited...

We revisited a forest experiment that lay forgotten for 30 years. What we found was astounding

There is no silver bullet for managing forests, but this study answers some historic questions.

theconversation.com

Lecturer position in soil science opportunity (equivalent to Assistant Prof. Looking forward to seeing some great applicants. elhs.fa.ap1.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Love how @brigidwd.bsky.social has captured Sydney in this piece. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Sydney, you were a dream of warmth and ease. When I returned to wintry Melbourne, time collapsed – and the city was still romantic

A few years after graduating, I moved north and got lucky. It was like riding a smooth, perfect wave that would never hit the shore …

theguardian.com

“The kick-arse business he ‘built’ ‘like an adult’ exists because the state bailed it out, one of the largest corporate rescues in this country’s history.” So many quotable lines in this analysis of a Prime Minister’s dismissive address to a room full of people paying for his breakfast… #nzpol

Musical Chairs@musicalchairs.bsky.social · 5d ago

Lovely work @andrewdickson13.bsky.social... andrewdicksonnz.substack.com/p/luxons-wea...

As far as I can tell, the business case for NZ data centres is still entirely dependent on projections for compute and storage that are based on nothing more than extremely optimistic vibes. Our existing local centres aren't at capacity and won't be for a while.

We have endless examples of AI datacenters causing pollution, using excess power, using drinking water etc We as yet dont have a single piece of evidence they would bring in substantial jobs or revenue for NZ They would however increase electricity bills 100% support the greens here #nzpol

henry cooke@henrycooke.bsky.social · 5d ago

Column today on the Green Party's decision to be the party of "no" once more: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

Next time you visit National Redwood and State Parks, your trip may begin with a journey through ‘O Rew Redwoods Gateway, on the Yurok Tribe's land: www.latimes.com/california/s... via @alex-wigglesworth.bsky.social

California redwoods gateway is returned to Indigenous tribe. 'That's healing our people too'

'O Rew Redwoods Gateway, a Yurok-owned and -operated area with trails leading to Redwood National and State Parks, opens to the public Saturday.

latimes.com

I’ve actually felt quite sick with the fact that Peters has got away with his racist bullshit AGAIN! This shit cuts deep, right across the Asian diaspora here. Why the fuck would we recommend our Asian whānau to invest in New Zealand when the government sees this as acceptable behaviour?? #nzpol

Tze Ming Mok 莫志明@tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 5d ago