David Roberts (@droxburgh) 's Twitter Profile
David Roberts

@droxburgh

Dad, cyclist, runner, orienteer, R-coder, ecologist, Meat Loaf fan, he/him.

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Ishwariya Venkatesh (@ishwariya13) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I remember breaking down to my Ph.D. advisor about how stupid I felt while troubleshooting a problem in my project when she handed me this paper. Years later it is still relevant to young students starting off in Science. It's ok to feel stupid, we all do on a regular basis.

I remember breaking down to my Ph.D. advisor about how stupid I felt while troubleshooting a problem in my project when she handed me this paper. Years later it is still relevant to young students starting off in Science. It's ok to feel stupid, we all do on a regular basis.
Orla Chennaoui (@sportsorla) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A thought on the the Tour de France Femmes and how you can do your bit to grow womens cycling. It’s simple. Watch. Shout about the coverage. Consume news coverage. Feed the algorithms, add to the data. Show the demand is there. This is our time.

Jose Lahoz-Monfort (@jj_lahoz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Experienced in #SoundscapeEcology analysis for ecosystem monitoring? Interested in a postdoc in Jaca (Spain) developing acoustic methods for detecting ecosystem change in amazing Ordesa & Monte Perdido national park? DM me for more details! #tech4wildlife #ecoacoustics #audiomoth

Experienced in #SoundscapeEcology analysis for ecosystem monitoring? Interested in a postdoc in Jaca (Spain) developing acoustic methods for detecting ecosystem change in amazing Ordesa & Monte Perdido national park? DM me for more details! #tech4wildlife #ecoacoustics #audiomoth
WIRED (@wired) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The world record for the farthest flight of a paper aircraft was broken in Daegu, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea in April of this year. But here's how to fold the airplane that had held the record for 10 years:

Henrique Pereira (@hmlfpereira) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How to interpret the Living Planet Index ⁦WWF⁩ ⁦ZSL⁩ and what does it mean for ⁦UN Biodiversity⁩ negotiations? Great article by ⁦Catrin Einhorn⁩ ⁦The New York Times⁩. Really glad to have been interviewed for this piece. nytimes.com/2022/10/12/cli…

Katy Madgwick (@writebikerepeat) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What do cycling sponsors actually DO? Inspired by Benji Naesen, take part in Arrière du peloton - Tom's poll - I have to admit I knew less than half of these. If in doubt, insurance, was my policy 😂

Ecological Society (@esa_org) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The White House has released the Fifth National Climate Assessment draft – now open to a 12-week public comment period, and it needs your review! Learn more at our webinar TOMORROW (11/30) at 12pm ET w/ @allisoncrimmins White House Office of Science & Technology Policy U.S. Global Change Research Program esa.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Mark R. Yzaguirre (@markyzaguirre) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Maybe our ideals were not so out-of-date. Maybe our institutions were not so broken. Maybe the people the Ukrainians needed us to be, maybe those were the people we could be again.” David Frum on Ukraine, America, and how both need one another now. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

UCI Cyclocross (@uci_cx) 's Twitter Profile Photo

She’s done it! 🔥 Isabella Holmgren 🇨🇦 is your 2023 UCI Cyclo-cross Women Junior World Champion! 👏 #Hoogerheide2023

The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Have you ever noticed that the save icon is a floppy disk, even though they became obsolete twenty years ago? That's called a "skeuomorph" - when something new takes on the appearance of what it replaced. And once you start to look, they're everywhere...

Have you ever noticed that the save icon is a floppy disk, even though they became obsolete twenty years ago?

That's called a "skeuomorph" - when something new takes on the appearance of what it replaced.

And once you start to look, they're everywhere...
Ajit Niranjan (@niranjanajit) 's Twitter Profile Photo

the most powerful climate report of the decade was published on monday, after 195 governments fought over the words in its summary for policymakers, and the only media allowed in the room just published its account of who lobbied for what 1/

Prof. Franciska de Vries 🦠🍄🪱🌱🍂🌍 (@frantecol) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"A lot of men are happy to support and mentor a woman who is in a junior, less-powerful position. Yet, in our experience, willingness to support and advocate generally diminishes for women as they achieve parity or seniority." nature.com/articles/d4158…

ABMI (@abbiodiversity) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📣New Data Release: Human Footprint Inventory (HFI) 2021 #DYK over 30% of the land surface in #Alberta has had anthropogenic disturbances?! We use #satelliteimagery to monitor these changes from year to year in our HFI: ow.ly/Gclq50PBAmb

📣New Data Release: Human Footprint Inventory (HFI) 2021
#DYK over 30% of the land surface in #Alberta has had anthropogenic disturbances?! We use #satelliteimagery to monitor these changes from year to year in our HFI:  ow.ly/Gclq50PBAmb
David Roberts (@droxburgh) 's Twitter Profile Photo

An interesting article on some of the cool work being done in the ABMI Geospatial Centre. Also a cool #CitizenScience collaboration. cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…