Wilder grazing is not only about herbivory - it is also about soil disturbance And that is a good thing - facilitating regeneration and diversity Pig rootling & bull pits at Purbeck NNR today

We demand a citizens’ assembly on climate and ecological justice #ClimateEmergency #UpgradeDemocracy

Conversations with people from 3 different universities yesterday All complaining about the increase in middle management in universities Is this a general problem? #AcademicTwitter

The new UK Parliament POSTnote on Biodiversity Net Gain includes our argument for an ‘ecological permission’ system - a mechanism for representing the needs of local species’ populations and assessing effects on ecological functioning doi.org/10.58248/PN728

Many journals show a strong difference between their stated scope & the subject matter of some the papers they publish Which can be especially irritating if editors use their interpretation of the scope to reject papers

When someone says their sustainability/conservation/rewilding project has increased carbon stocks And they have not actually measured anything - just relied on models or look-up tables I wouldn’t place much credence on the claims

Uncomfortable with ‘trial by Twitter’ of peer reviewed papers If people have strong criticisms that stand up to scrutiny, why not submit a response to peer review?

Just wondering what aspects of their life styles funded by making up stuff about the climate & nature loss that environmental sci academics like best? Few jobs, long work hours, heavy teaching loads, endless admin, poor relative pay, or the terrible funding for applied research?

Apparently today is Plastic Overshoot Day, the day when annual plastic production exceeds global capacity to manage it Sounds like nonsense to me Our planet's capacity to manage plastic is zero. Plastic overshoot day is January 1st

I don't know if any of my followers bank with Citi but this is a bank that would rather call the cops on climate scientists and watch them thrown in jail than stop investing in fossil fuels You might feel more comfortable with your money being somewhere else

One thing I always say about rewilding is that it is never about trying to recreate the past It is about trying to create a viable future for nature & people

NYPD arrests scientist Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 at Citibank: “I’m a biologist, I’ve been studying climate change since 1982 and no one is listening to the data. So today they’re going to have to listen to my body blocking the doors of the world’s largest funder of new fossil fuel

“Climate denialism renders communities unprepared to take steps to increase resilience Social media companies (e.g., X, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok) should flag accounts that spread falsehoods about climate change & collaborate on educational campaigns” nature.com/articles/s4159…

Prison bags packed, I just bought a 1-way ticket 2 Basildon 4 my sentencing The Times and The Sunday Times Lawyer of the Week Hodge Jones & Allen solicitor Raj Chada says I may get 2-3 years 4 peaceful protest! Outraged? Then RT & sign the #WholeTruthFive petition defendourjuries.org/wtf/

Just some of the 1,150 scientists calling for UK Gov to pass the 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 & 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹 to drive the science-led action needed to protect us from environmental collapse. Hard to see why any MP wouldn't support it. zerohour.uk/climate-and-na… #CANBill Zero Hour

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James Bullock juli g pausas ESA Frontiers ScientistsForXR Scientist Rebellion Reflecting along similar lines with Tristram 💙 #BLM We're losing our NHS, fight now & Dr Charlie Gardner: "If scientists want to be more than chroniclers of a preventable tragedy & to see science-informed policies enacted, we therefore need to seriously reexamine our theories of change" 2/3 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Giving 2 invited conference talks next week - on chalk downland & on lowland heaths Let’s hear it for open habitats!