Dr Assal Rad— "Israel systematically killed Palestinian journalists and their family members to suppress coverage of Gaza. "Imagine the coverage if it was Russia. But when it’s Israel, a story like this generates zero headlines in Western media."
Adj. A/Prof. Philip Zylstra
@philzyl.bsky.social
Fire scientist and forest ecologist learning how to cooperate with country. My work, thoughts and funding are independent, but I'm associated with Curtin University and ANU.
The Jewish Council of Australia want to unite with the broader community to combat antisemitism as part of racism overall. Please read their proposal and sign here: petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/fr... @getup.org.au
ADD YOUR NAME ✍️ We will not be divided after Bondi
On Sunday at Bondi we witnessed the appalling consequences of hatred and how it breeds radicalisation and violence. But as the Jewish community and the whole country grieved, some politicians went on ...
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Our new study out today is all good news. Climate change is powerful, but forests have defended sensitive species from fire since Gondwana. If we join their resistance, we can end the fire apocalypse in some places. theconversation.com/in-1939-a-ro...
In 1939, a Royal Commission found burning forests leads to more bushfires. But this cycle of destruction can be stopped
After devastating fires in 1939, authorities began burning forests to reduce fuel load. But we now know this creates conditions for even worse fires.
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Our new paper in PNAS summarises why the push to 'salvage' log dead trees won't reduce the risk of fast wildfires as has been claimed. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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A top 10 cited article in the journal Functional Ecology! Our work on ecological control theory shows how forests can suppress fire if left undisturbed.
Adj. A/Prof. Philip Zylstra@philzyl.bsky.social · 2y agoOur work shows how forests have naturally reduced fire risk over millions of years, and how we can work with them to counter the impacts of climate change. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
If you're on the NSW north coast and care about forests, come join us in Bellingen this Sunday.
Trump telling Zelenski "you're gambling with WWIII" is about the clearest threat we could have asked for. Look what you're going to do if you don't give me what I want.
Will Australia distance itself from the convicted felon proposing ethnic cleansing to turn their land into a "Riviera"? edition.cnn.com/2025/02/04/p...
Trump says US will ‘take over’ Gaza Strip and doesn’t rule out using American troops | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States “will take over” the Gaza Strip — possibly with the help of American troops — while the Palestinians who live there should leave, a stunning pr...
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"Elon Musk could throw a nazi salute in the white house and media outlets would still try to rationalise it as an accident" feels like something I would tweet in 2019 and 30 guys named Andrew would tell me off for being hyperbolic
If you own shares in a company but work for the Government, is it ok to get the Government to buy up shares of that company so that the value of your shares goes through the roof? 🤔
Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2y agoThey’re planning a heist in plain sight.
Australians all let us rejoice For we are young and free...
David Pocock@davidpocock.bsky.social · 2y agoLabor and Liberal governments have passed 49 anti-protest laws across the country over the last two decades. It is damning (& history will judge us harshly) but no surprise that 🇦🇺 leads the world on climate protest arrests. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
I met one of the guardians of the last unburnt snow gums.
Happy to be giving a keynote at ESA this year. 'Forests of refuge' explores the ways that Forests have built safe places since Gondwana, how we can side with them to rebuild, and how First Nations knew this long before us. esa2024.org.au/keynote-spea...
Keynote Speakers – ESA 2024
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Collective punishment directed at Jewish-Australian places of worship, leading to the destruction of a building, is fundamentally wrong. Israel collectively punishing the people of Palestine, leading to the deaths of tens of thousands of people, including thousands of children, is also wrong.
PM and senior minister say Melbourne synagogue firebombing appears to be terrorism
Anthony Albanese and Murray Watt made the comments in the wake of the attack on Adass Israel but security agencies are yet to determine the motive
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This is Takayna, one of the last remnants of Gondwana, hidden in the northwest of Lutruwita (Tasmania). Sustainable Forests Tasmania are clearing parts of it to replace the thousand year old Nothofagus with these eucalypts.
Every single one should be charged with assisting a terrorist organisation. I’d strip citizenship as well. You chose who to fight for.
Michael West@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 2y ago"The Israeli war machine is in hyperdrive". Inside the IDF's recruitment program for young Australians. Yaakov Aharon reports #lonesoldiers #auspol michaelwest.com.au/lone-soldier...
This is a bit of a must watch. What even is journalism? www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/e...
Ep 41 - Amsterdam riots - Media Watch
What really happened in Amsterdam’s soccer riots between supporters of Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel Aviv? We look at how the truth got lost in the rush to judgement.
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Just horrendous. Between them, Trump and Netanyahu seem determined to wipe the Palestinians off the face of the Earth. It was terrible under Biden. It'll be even worse now. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
Rightwing settlers in Israel welcome ‘dream team’ of Trump and his hardline appointments
Palestinian groups shocked by US president-elect’s favouring of outspoken supporters of far-right activists in the region
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Today's new publication led by @dadriscoll.bsky.social lays out the hard facts. Losses were 87–93% larger where fire has been frequent, regardless of the severity. Poor science led to frequent fire and caused massive mortality. www.abc.net.au/news/science...
Prescribed burns are used to reduce bushfire risk. A new study suggests it has the opposite effect
Areas that had multiple fires prior to 2019–20 had greater biodiversity losses when Black Summer fires hit compared to areas that had burnt once or not at all beforehand.
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Government records in SW Western Australia show that the safest forests from wildfire are the ones they haven't burned for hazard reduction for decades. Government said our work was flawed, we addressed their criticisms, it made our case stronger. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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A low intensity prescribed burn nearly annihilated a population of a critically endangered species. I analysed what happened to find out why, and how bad science can lead to exactly the worst decisions in fire management. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Quantifying the direct fire threat to a critically endangered arboreal marsupial using biophysical, mechanistic modelling
Traditional metrics such as fuel load and fire intensity are poor predictors of direct bushfire impacts on fauna. This study presents a comprehensive mechanistic approach to model fire effects on fau....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Our work shows how forests have naturally reduced fire risk over millions of years, and how we can work with them to counter the impacts of climate change. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Mechanisms by which growth and succession limit the impact of fire in a south‐western Australian forested ecosystem
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
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Our review early this year shows that forests very often naturally limit fire unless they are disturbed, such as by logging or fire. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Identifying and managing disturbance‐stimulated flammability in woody ecosystems
Many forest types globally have been subject to an increase in the frequency of, and area burnt by, high-severity wildfire. Here we explore the role that previous disturbance has played in increasing...
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Many Australian forests had open understoreys when British invaders first saw them, but our study shows that some like the tall Mountain Ash were dense and felt impenetrable to many. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...