Looking for a #phdlife? Sapienza Università di Roma is offering 29 PhD fellowship, including our course in Environmental & Evolutionary Biology. Application deadline 30 May. Happy to discuss with potential candidates interested in #biodiversity and #globalchange. uniroma1.it/en/pagina/phd-…

A thread on designing visually appealing slides. There are lots of great books/websites/videos about making slide presentations—this thread will focus on quick visual design tips that are easy to employ. Compiled by Matt Carter . 🧵1/25

We're celebrating 75 years of #OurImperial @Silwood_Park campus! 🐞🌲🐛🍃 A variety of #Silwood75 events and activities are planned over the coming months to celebrate the unique history, culture and achievements of the campus. Find out more 👇 ow.ly/ST3f50Jql7V

US and Europe are behind majority of global ecological damage, reported in the Guardian theguardian.com/environment/20…

Yesterday was my last day of working at Google. Perhaps this comes as surprise to you twitter folks, as I haven't widely announced that I left academia to try something new. Here's what I learned in 9 months as a Data Analyst who (temporarily) left Astronomy for Big Tech. 1/n

Super graphic, important analysis by ICCS Mike Clark & colleagues. Shame about the #cheese score, though pizza just about passes muster.

New paper in nature: a new system for classifying any ecosystem on Earth. It fills a big gap and aims to support efforts by Red List of Ecosystems, UN Biodiversity, ipbes and to assess the status of the world's ecosystems. nature.com/articles/s4158…

Today, we’ve set out our commitments for a greener, cleaner country through the #EnvironmentalImprovementPlan which covers: 🦋 Nature recovery 💧 Water efficiency and quality 🍃 Air quality ♻️ Waste reduction 🌳 Green jobs and more.

England's new Environmental Improvement Plan has just been published, with a target to halve residual waste by 2042 and interim targets to reduce different types of waste, including plastic, glass, metal, paper, and food, which my team developed! gov.uk/government/new…

Really useful and interesting thread on how evidence informs UK policy which I agree with! Sorry we didn’t get the chance to meet at Defra @NikiRust

MAJOR UPDATE: All planetary boundaries are assessed, and six are crossed. For the first time ever, scientists have quantified all nine planetary boundaries. Six of them are already transgressed and we are increasing pressure on the others. Read more: buff.ly/45Ps1QG

It was very interesting to be at #LondonPackagingWeek on 21st - 22nd Sept, joining colleagues in discussing Collection and Packaging reforms, gaining feedback on proposals for increased fees for less recyclable packaging. Nice to present in the #ExcelCentre again after 10 yrs!

Now open access: Our paper describes the 1,000+ species we found in our urban Brisbane home & yard. Trees, shrubs, & weeds (instead of lawn) provided habitat for a shocking amount of wildlife on a 430sqm urban block of land doi.org/10.1002/ecy.42…… in Ecology

NEW PAPER: Ever wondered why insects fly in all sorts of crazy patterns around lights at night? So did we! We set about recording flying insects to work out what's going on. I'll summarise what we found in this 🧵. Spoiler: We don't think they confuse lights with the moon.

Really interesting article on how to find meaning in your science career - academic and non-academic! nature.com/articles/d4158…

Are you travelling by Southern this weekend? My friend Lucie desperately needs your help. She has spent nine months hand making this beautiful quilt out of disused kimono silk for her oldest friend's brand new baby:

Great to see the new indicators of #species #abundance for England to measure progress towards UK's target to halt species decline by 2030 gov.uk/government/sta…

Nice to get reminded about the dataset I did my PhD on 👍🏻