Staggering, dangerous stupidity from the Telegraph here. A great thread from @leohickman.carbonbrief.org

Leo Hickman@leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 7d ago

The Daily Telegraph has raced through all five stages of climate denial this week. But this is, perhaps, the most ridiculous column so far: "Without minimising the severe downsides…especially on some poorer nations, many in Britain would enjoy the kind of warmer climate predicted by modellers..."

Do you like our new project artwork & website? Here @ldunning.bsky.social explains how we developed the visuals for #MultispeciesMutualisms wuth local artist Lisa O’Hara & web designers Ink & Water multispeciesmutualisms.org/developing-o...

Something to bring pure joy, #BarnOwls are the theme of the Stoney Middleton #WellDressing. It’s the result of hours of collective volunteer labour to create these designs using petals, leaves & feathers.

📆 interested in #AnimalPolitics & #mutualisms? Check out this exciting conference in Sheffield 8-9 Sept - with a really fascinating set of papers ⬇️ multispeciesmutualisms.org/event-social...

MAJOR WIN FOR OCTOPUSES 🐙🎉 Nueva Pescanova has abandoned plans for the world’s first octopus farm in Gran Canaria, Spain! This victory follows 5 years of campaigning: 🔎 3 major research reports ✉️ 43,000+ supporter emails ✍️ 130+ NGO & scientist signatures. 🧵⬇️

1/2 Fewer European Storm Petrels are being caught on migration off Portugal. It is unclear why. UK breeding Storm Petrels are predicted to decline hugely as a result of climate change (see post two in thread for more info).

RSPB Science@rspbscience.bsky.social · 2w ago

New research reveals a substantial decline in the number of European Storm-petrels caught by researchers over the course of a 27-year study Read on for a summary Full paper: doi.org/10.1080/0006... @one-cardiffuni.bsky.social @robthomasbirds.bsky.social @kirstyfranklin.bsky.social #seabird 🪶🧪

My term as Secretary for the AGWG is up! Really proud to see how this group has grown and flourished in the 3 years since Katie Oliver, Jamie Arathoon and I co-founded the group. Time for some fresh ideas and voices to join :) We are looking for a new Chair, secretary and ECR rep (UK based)

RGS Animal Geographies @rgs-agwg.bsky.social · 2w ago

We have some exciting committee positions opening up - come and join us! We're looking for a new Chair, Secretary and an ECR Rep. More info and how to apply here: www.rgsanimalgeographies.uk/the-blog/joi...

Great write-up by @pgreenfielduk.bsky.social on our paper in @natecoevo.nature.com www.theguardian.com/environment/... on the impact of generative AI on biological recording #Ornithology #UKBirding 🪶🌍 1/2

AI-altered images on birdwatching forums putting research at risk

Experts warn increase in enhanced photos on birding platforms creating fake sightings, threatening credibility of tool used by scientists

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Alexander Lees@alexanderlees.bsky.social · 3w ago

Our new commentary rdcu.be/ftx6h in @natecoevo.nature.com written with folks from @inaturalist.bsky.social and @cornellbirds.bsky.social shows that use of AI to manipulate existing or create new wildlife images undermines the huge value of vast citizen science databases. 🌍🪰🪶 #Ornithology 🧵 1/10

Here is a little write up of what I was doing at #POLLEN26 for our new Multispecies Mutualisms project multispeciesmutualisms.org/rosaleen-duf...

Rosaleen Duffy@rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · last mo.

And that’s a wrap! On my way home now for some rest after a very busy week at #POLLEN26 capped off with a closing party. Bye Barcelona & thanks to the @pollenetwork.bsky.social team for hosting

It’s 25 years since we lost Douglas Adams. I am happy to have been able to get a reference to him into this piece in the FT about why the humanities are essential www.ft.com/content/fbde...

My department is hiring a lecturer or senior lecturer in philosophy. It's an open call in terms of research specialization, but we're keen to hire someone whose teaching/research speaks to PPE in some way. This is a great job in a great department. Please help me spread the word!

Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History@irph.bsky.social · 3w ago

JOB KLAXON! We're looking to hire a lecturer or senior lecturer in philosophy. This is a permanent, full-time teaching-and-research position. The deadline for applications is 26 August. Further details below. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSG697/l...

On my way home now after an excellent workshop by Fauna & Flora ‘Repairing Harm, Restoring Nature’; it explored how to use #RestorativeJustice approaches in #conservation. Lots of really engaging & open discussion, including a public panel

😡 Incredible that Discovery awards will not continue to operate on an island of Ireland basis - read this excellent open letter ⬇️

Des Fitzgerald@desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 3w ago

A few weeks ago, @wellcometrust.bsky.social announced that scholars in the republic of Ireland would no longer be eligible to lead bids to the flagship discovery research scheme. We think this decision is badly flawed, and are asking them to rethink: www.irishhumanities.ie/assets/PDFs/...

Excellent reporting from @dpcarrington.bsky.social - we are in our 3rd UK heatwave and this latest one just keeps going. This was an avoidable scandal ⬇️

Damian Carrington@dpcarrington.bsky.social · 3w ago

‘National scandal’: June heatwave killed 440 people a day in England and Wales at peak, analysis indicates - May and June heatwaves led to 2700 lost livesm starkly illustrating the danger of the #climatecrisis @wwattribution.bsky.social Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

While Manchester is engulfed by the smoke from the raging moor fires outside the city centre, I do wonder if the 'three leading academics' have been paid to write the report, and whether the lack of transparency over who funds Policy Exchange should matter for the universities involved

Paolo Sandro@paolosandro.bsky.social · 4w ago

Well, three self-avowed 'leading legal academics' have just written for Policy Exchange that it was 'directly against our own national interests' for the UK to endorse at the UN GA the ICJ's advisory opinion on climate change The report has come out during the second, record-shattering, heatwave

📣 Multispecies Mutualisms project news: We went to the excellent Albatross Lecture @sustainableuom.bsky.social featuring Mya Rose Craig, aka Birdgirl 🐦‍⬛ here is our write up by @ldunning.bsky.social ⬇️ multispeciesmutualisms.org/albatross-le...

Are you - or one of your students - a PhD researcher attending the RGS-IBG conference for the first time? I'm excited to speak at tomorrow's webinar (7th July, 1pm-2pm) on how to make the most of attending the society's annual conference. Tune in! www.rgs.org/events/upcom... @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social

Taking part in the Society's Annual International Conference

Webinar for postgraduate geography students who want to make the most of attending the Society’s Annual International Conference.

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And that’s a wrap! On my way home now for some rest after a very busy week at #POLLEN26 capped off with a closing party. Bye Barcelona & thanks to the @pollenetwork.bsky.social team for hosting

Final speaking duty at #POLLEN26 DONE - we had a lovely panel w/ @georgeiorda.bsky.social @danbrockington.bsky.social Gregg Mittman & Ines Pio on applying for @erc.europa.eu grants to develop team-based research. Thank you for all the engaged questions & discussions - please think about applying!

This was a terrific & very fitting final plenary with themes of struggle, resistance, collaboration, hope and love. But it’s not over yet- one more day of panels and a closing party to go 😀

ICTA-UAB@icta-uab.bsky.social · last mo.

🚨Don't miss out this afternoon our 3rd plenary session of the #POLLEN2026 Conference at Museu Marítim de Barcelona! With ⬇️ @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social Farhana Sultana Christos Zografos Elia Apostolopoulou Felipe Milanez

What’s up with 4 Czech men getting arrested in Brazil for allegedly smuggling hundreds of endemic cacti? And what can it teach us about responses to illegal wildlife trade more broadly?- a little explainer for @theconversation.com here: theconversation.com/the-strange-...

The strange history of Czech cactus hunters – and why some see themselves as Robin Hood figures

Some collectors believe breaking the law can help save endangered plants.

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New book 🎉Time to celebrate. Robert McKay has just published Anthropofugal Fictions - more on the book here ⬇️ multispeciesmutualisms.org/celebrating-...

I'm super happy to see this SI on Transnational Plant Studies out; I can't speak highly enough of Sushmita and Banu as editors and their introduction is such a valuable provocation - a must-read for anyone interested in the plant turn, plant studies, and/or the environmental humanities more broadly!

Duke University Press@dukepress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"Transnational Plant Studies," a special issue of Cultural Politics edited by Sushmita Chatterjee and Banu Subramaniam, is now available. View the TOC and read the editor's introduction, made freely available: buff.ly/EhEbaJG

Day 1 of @pollenetwork.bsky.social 2026 done, and it was brilliant: catching up with old friends, meeting new people, smoothly organised, nice cool seminar rooms, lovely drinks and an engaging double panel organised by @georgeiorda.bsky.social & @eleofanari.bsky.social on GreenFrontiers.

Decolonize Conservation: “UBC researchers reviewed 111 studies and found Indigenous-managed lands match or outperform government protected areas on forests, biodiversity and carbon storage — yet remain under-resourced and under-recognized.”

UBC researchers find Indigenous lands can outperform protected areas on conservation - UBC News

UBC researchers reviewed 111 studies and found Indigenous-managed lands match or outperform government protected areas on forests, biodiversity and carbon storage — yet remain under-resourced and unde...

news.ubc.ca

Panagiota Kotsila, lead investigator of the IMBRACE project, shares her perspectives on urban climate justice and previews her group's participation in the POLLEN (Political Ecology Network) Conference, taking place in Barcelona from June 29 to July 3, 2026. #pollen2026

IMBRACE@imbrace-erc.bsky.social · last mo.

🌡️☔Next week is @pollenetwork.bsky.social #POLLEN2026! Here @pkotsila.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social from @bcnuej.bsky.social talks about the upcoming panel "Living with the Weather," which looks at heat, flooding, who the city protects, and who it doesn't.⁠ Full video ⬇️ youtu.be/MpcFoAPunXM

Totally 👏 Why not have done with it and just issue everyone with 1sts when they pay the last instalment of their fees? I mean they are ‘customers’ now not students, have bought and paid for their degrees. We are months away from being listed on ComparetheMarket.Com

Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · last mo.

This is one of the dumbest and saddest things I've ever seen. We should not think of universities in this way, and if we do that'll destroy everything that is both useful and good about them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fantastic opportunities here for scholars based in Latin America - check it out ⬇️

POLLEN - Political Ecology Network@pollenetwork.bsky.social · last mo.

📢 Call for applications: Research Scholar in Abundance, Freedom, and Limits. An opportunity to explore how abundance, constraints, technology, ecology, and human flourishing intersect in shaping contemporary societies. Applications now open. igvi.org/opportunitie...

More terrible news, this time from Exeter www.change.org/p/stop-redun...

Sign the Petition

Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

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Simon Rushton@simonrushton.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Government policies don’t help of course, but VCs across the country continue to actively pursue the complete destruction of arts and humanities in UK universities. A catastrophic failure of individual and collective leadership.

It’s brutally hot 🔥 but I had a wonderful day in Manchester at the Albatross lecture - organised by Sustainable Futures at Manchester University. The topic was Nature, Climate Justice and Access: Reimagining Who Environmentalism Is For. And Dr Mya-Rose Craig gave the really compelling keynote