Using satellite observations from 2001–2024, we assessed how vegetation greening relates to N deposition alongside climate change, fire and human land-use change. Across most major climate zones and ecosystem types, nitrogen deposition showed the strongest association with greening. (2/5)

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

Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.

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New @econovoau.bsky.social study led by @jonastrepel.bsky.social: Global analysis shows that #vegetation in semi-natural areas greened (densified) faster w/ higher #Ndeposition - #nitrogen pollution may be an underestimated driver of global vegetation change🌿 doi.org/10.1002/ecog... #globalgreening

Global analysis suggests nitrogen deposition as an underestimated driver of vegetation greening

The local effects of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on plants are well established, yet a global empirical analysis of nitrogen deposition effects on vegetation dynamics is missing. Here, we assess ...

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There is ample evidence that climate change is altering ecosystems into novel configurations. Chuffed to have been part of this new paper on how climate change induces ecological novelty, and how we can possibly adapt and mitigate the impacts. www.nature.com/articles/s41558-026-02697-8

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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Your plots and figures deserve some sea slug style! The nudibranch colour palette package is up on CRAN! 🎨 Can now be found and installed without even needing to tab away from R Studio. cran.r-project.org/web/packages... #rstats #nudibranch #dataviz 🦑🐙🧪 #marinelife #invertebrates

Great to see a spatial assessment of bottom trawling in Ghana’s using vessel monitoring system data. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... A quick calculation suggests a maximum swept-area-ratio of about 0.16 y-1, which is very low relative to many other areas (maximum in Europe is 74 y-1).

We regret that our event on Extreme Heat: Improving governance and strengthening action around the world has been cancelled due to the red extreme heat warning issued by the UK Met Office. Our apologies to everyone who was planning to attend the event.

National Museums Northern Ireland are hiring a curator of vertebrates!! Details here - deadline soon!! ce0568li.webitrent.com/ce0568li_web...

Was really cool to be part of data collection effort of this study - which involved a huge effort and authors from all continents. Really important results for moving forward with open science too - read for details and advice! And thanks @nhcooper123.bsky.social for leading us all with patience 🙏🏼

Natalie Cooper@nhcooper123.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Excited to share our new paper in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social on data and code archiving at @britishecologicalsociety.org journals. TL;DR: Data archiving rates are high, code archiving rates are low, documentation needs to be improved! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.....

After 5 years, hundreds of interviews & workshops, many open access papers (& more on the way), an App, the 1st global symposium on #novelecosystems & lots of deep research, the @noveleco.bsky.social project finishes today. Thanks to so many people, especially my super team and the @erc.europa.eu.

Reptiles with longer Wikipedia pages tend to be bigger. The relationship is a power law with exponent = 0.85. I guess humans really like writing about big lizards? The longest article is the Komodo Dragon.

A nice opportunity in Nothern Ireland: @savebutterflies.bsky.social Limestone Grassland Project Manager. Deadline for applying is 8 June. More information here: butterflyconservation.livevacancies.co.uk#/job/details... #NatureRecovery #GenerationRestoration

Come join us! We have a one-year, part-time, education-focussed Assistant Professor post in Palaeobiology. Deadline for applications is 2nd June 2026. Please see more at the below link: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Assistant Professor (Education) in Palaeobiology - School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences - 107465 - Grade 8

You will contribute to a range of education-related activities. In addition you will be expected to demonstrate academic citizenship, developing and maintaining mutually respectful and supportive work...

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We’re hiring! We are recruiting for a Lectureship in Global History of Science to join our Department from September 2026. For more info and to apply, please visit: https://bit.ly/3R94V58 Closing Date: 9th June 2026 #WeAreSTS #Science #Historyofscience #Globalscience

Important new paper out today led by @jonastrepel.bsky.social that explains how common approaches to quantifying the impacts of #introduced #herbivores are fundamentally flawed, including those used by the #IUCN. #Rewilding doi.org/10.1111/cobi...

This has been a really fun collaboration with a wonderful team: @mattkerr.bsky.social, Rob Buitenwerf, @kristymferraro.bsky.social, Liza le Roux, Erick Lundgren, @maitner.bsky.social, @tanyadoesscience.bsky.social and @jcsvenning.bsky.social @econovoau.bsky.social. Thanks everyone!

Check out our new letter in Conservation Biology where we argue that (re-)introduced large herbivores are often wrongly framed as harmful because herbivory is automatically equated with ecological damage - overlooking their potential to restore biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.

Matt Kerr@mattkerr.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Herbivory is a fundamental ecological process; treating it as harm (like recent work has suggested) misinforms conservation decisions about introduced herbivores. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Herbivory is a fundamental ecological process; treating it as harm (like recent work has suggested) misinforms conservation decisions about introduced herbivores. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Reevaluating introduced herbivores in conservation

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And when you point this out the response is usually “leave people alone” or “mind your own business,” as though an industry explicitly designed to shape aesthetics doesn’t impact people. Extreme thinness is framed as an individual choice and not something that shapes, or is shaped by, pop culture.

Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Hollywood has developed a collective eating disorder based around a particular set of medications that almost no one in Hollywood needs, and the result is that a lot of beautiful people now look like they're dying, and culturally, this is going to be so phenomenally destructive, esp for young ppl.

Open #PhD #position on “Projecting the #human #impact on #biodiversity” (fully funded 4 years position) in my group @University Zurich & @eawag.bsky.social 🌐 🌍 📈 🦀 🐟 🌳 All #details & application instructions 🎯: apply.refline.ch/673277/1356/... ❗Thx for spreading the word / apply now!

I’m super happy to share that we’re looking for a PhD student to join us! It’s an exciting project and a great opportunity to work together on big questions about biodiversity and human impacts. Come work with us! and please share with people who might be interested 👉 m.refline.ch/673277/1356/...

Florian Altermatt@florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Open #PhD #position on “Projecting the #human #impact on #biodiversity” (fully funded 4 years position) in my group @University Zurich & @eawag.bsky.social 🌐 🌍 📈 🦀 🐟 🌳 All #details & application instructions 🎯: apply.refline.ch/673277/1356/... ❗Thx for spreading the word / apply now!

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.

Biogeography of intertidal invertebrates is influenced by latitude along the west coast of Australia vist.ly/4zwgv #Invertebrates #MarineEcology #SDM

What do I think about the giant Cretaceous octopuses? - First that I'm delighted people are asking me 😁 - Second that WOW! Scientists used an amazing technique to discover HUGE fossil cephalopod beaks! 🤩 - Third that OH BOY do I have questions...🧵🧪🐙 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Earliest octopuses were giant top predators in Cretaceous oceans

Top predators drive changes in ecosystem structure. For the last ~370 million years, large-sized vertebrates have dominated the apex of the marine food chain, while invertebrates have served as smalle...

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Names matter: the word ‘citizen’ carries legal, political, and cultural meanings that are not neutral, say @britishecologicalsociety.org. Instead, consider using the term ‘community science’.

It seems every week a new citation-based metric appears, claiming to fix a big problem with the old ones. Our new preprint discusses how adding new metrics would only serve to exacerbate privilege gaps in academia - worsening existing biases and introducing new ones. doi.org/10.32942/X2R...

Environmental and anthropogenic impacts on key Mediterranean Sea fishes and molluscs from the late Pleistocene until the Industrial Revolution academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti... @imares-group.bsky.social @maria-bas.bsky.social @martacoll.bsky.social @icmcsic.bsky.social

Environmental and anthropogenic impacts on key Mediterranean Sea fishes and molluscs from the late Pleistocene until the Industrial Revolution

Abstract. Historical baselines are essential for evaluating the cumulative impacts on modern marine ecosystems, particularly in regions such as the Mediter

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Vote for Mollusc of the Year 2026. The winner will have its complete genome sequenced. There are some cool species in the running this year! www.unitasmalacologica.org/mollusc-of-t...

Mollusc of the Year 2026

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Ecological Solutions and Evidence is accepting proposals for their latest Special Feature! They invite scientists and practitioners to share experiences from management projects that didn't turn out as expected, but still provided important insights into how best to manage ecosystems and species 🌱