Join us for our #LapworthLecture "How did Large Igneous Provinces change global #climate so rapidly?" part of the VMSG 60th anniversary seminar series. 📅 Mon 14 Oct, 17:30 📍 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block Uni of Birmingham 🎙️ Speakers: Dr Steve Jones, Dr Manfredo Capriolo (UoB)

The 2024 State of the Climate report, written by top climate scientists, begins: "We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled." Clear enough? academic.oup.com/bioscience/adv…

☠️Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N5, 'bird flu') found in 20 released pheasants in Worcestershire. The most serious outbreak reported this year but no disease control zones put in place 'cos these pheasants currently considered 'wild'! Details 👇 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/10/16/hig…

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Happy #FossilFriday! For this week, we’re highlighting another “monstrous” Paleozoic critter, Diplocaulus. Known from the Permian of the US and Africa, Diplocaulus is a strange amphibian with a boomerang shaped head, the function of which is unknown.

Please share - PhD with me, @BAS colleagues and Dr. Lauren Nadler University of Southampton - Fish metabolism across latitudes - lovely team, cool science and great fish! Please contact me, details: tinyurl.com/mhfp8f2h

‘In conclusion, we show that the release of non-native pheasants for recreational shooting is associated with almost 2.5 times greater odds of ticks carrying Borrelia sp., the causative agent of Lyme disease’. Paper undergoing peer review. authorea.com/users/846585/a…

cattle egret, snipe, spoonbill and white fronted goose from today Slimbridge Sightings WWT Slimbridge Mike King🦉🐺 Glos Bird News The British Nature Guide #BirdsSeenIn2024

🚨Red List Update🚨 Migratory shorebird populations are plummeting globally. ⚠️ 📉 16 species have been reclassified to higher threat categories, with potential causes including habitat loss and degradation, disturbance, hunting and climate change. 🌊 🌎 Travelling the world

Are you a movie buff? Geography genius? Pop culture enthusiast? Then our #QuizNight is for you! Join us next Weds 6th Nov for a fun night of #trivia in a venue like no other - you'll have the glorious view of our #Allosaurus Roary! Book your tickets here: ow.ly/H4F750TWZyu

“Here’s how I used plagiarised work, a ****load of precious natural resources and f**k all ability to turn my 2AM dream into 90 seconds of incoherent garbage. Look upon my works ye mighty and despair.”

ruff, wood sandpiper, black tailed godwit and curlew from today RSPB Frampton Marsh 🌍 #BirdsSeenIn2024 RSPB Wader Quest getting ready for #WCWW24

black tailed godwit, long billed dowitcher, incoming golden plovers Wader Quest #WCWW24 marsh harrier and female kingfisher from today @ Cley Norfolk Wildlife Trust #BirdsSeenIn2024 RSPB

glorious golden plovers RSPB Titchwell Marsh today Wader Quest #WCWW24 #BirdsSeenIn2024 RSPB

redshank and grey plover Wader Quest #WCWW24 and snow buntings today RSPB Titchwell Marsh RSPB #Birdseenin2024

The only mention of university staff in any of the media coverage i have heard/seen/read about today's announced increase in tuition fees implied we're shortchanging students, so just putting it out there that we've been doing much, much more for much, much less for last 15 years

Things change… Megalosaurus then and now. Photograph credit: Joe Cai Illustration by me, created for the exhibition Bringing dinosaurs back to life: 200 years of research - now open at Lapworth Museum.

after a seriously crap week a quick trip out to Draycote Water to clock the knot, fudge duck and scaup (and a sneaky goosander) Draycotebirding #BirdsSeenIn2024 Wader Quest and then my camera failed 😬