Of course I'm fascinated by how this will turn out. But imagine investing the time, effort, funding and brain power into reducing extinction risk, rather than creating facsimiles of species that have been lost.

Quote: 'Silent Spring did not use photographs and Carson obviously had no social media presence or access to podcasts. Just powerful writing that moved people to change the world.' forbes.com/sites/jeffoppe…

theguardian.com/australia-news…

#Budget2024 💰 makes the largest investment in 20+ years for grad students & postdocs! It will support financial needs, boost mental well-being, allow focus on research, & promote diversity by easing barriers for underrepresented groups. 🎉💪🏽 #SOSBudget2024

Neil Gaiman’s story about imposter syndrome rewired my brain.

Are cane toads the worst failure in the history of ecology? 🐸

Catch our amazing Professor Nathalie Pettorelli on the latest episode of Fascinating Fails from PBS Digital Studios discussing how her remote sensing work helps monitor invasive species Nathalie Pettorelli
youtu.be/Q4VIa5a8FqQ?si…

cnn.com/2024/02/25/ame…

Siberian squill (Scilla siberica). It blooms on parts of the McGill campus every spring. blogto.com/city/2024/04/i…

Worth posting again. nytimes.com/2023/09/04/cli…

I like the slide.

I've just given the last class of my course 'Ecology of Species Invasions' for 2024. Over 500 students have taken the course since I began teaching it in 2003. Some were kind enough to later tell me how the course inspired them to pursue graduate degrees or careers in the field!

Canada needs to make a major investment in graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in #Budget2024 . It is no longer affordable for Canada's young talent to pursue research. Justin Trudeau Chrystia Freeland the success of Canada needs you to #SupportOurScience theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Quote: 'Human pressures, such as dam construction, large-scale irrigation and global warming, have altered freshwater resources to such an extent that their capacity to regulate vital ecological and climatic processes is at risk.'
phys.org/news/2024-03-a…

thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/…

Quote: 'A mysterious parasite from Asia [lungworm] is infecting snakes over most of Florida, and researchers believe it was likely brought here by invasive Burmese pythons.' sun-sentinel.com/2024/04/02/mys…

Some historical ecology...
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brazilian.report/society/2024/0…

Quote: “Plant extinction (caused by invasion) is an agonizingly slow process. However, red flags are evident in numerous locations around the world — species that now exist in fragmented populations, with radically reduced opportunities to reproduce.” therevelator.org/six-degrees-pl…

neobiota.pensoft.net/article/116392/ :-) new paper in NeoBiota from our projects comparing impacts of native and alien plants. thanks to Alessandra Kortz martin hejda, petr pysek et al.

science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…