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BES Climate Change @besclimate.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Last few days to register for our annual meeting! The climate change ecology and rewilding community will present their work and discuss impacts of climate change on ecosystem dynamics and how we can address them. Register at: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/clim...
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BES Climate Change @besclimate.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
📢LAST CALL for abstracts! Friday 31 July - deadline for abstract submission for our annual meeting Climate Change and Ecosystem Dynamics. Don't miss this chance to present your research in a friendly, supportive environment! More information: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/clim...
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
With recent heatwaves a reminder that our planet is changing, a new report by the RSPB and @btobirds.bsky.social explores how the climate crisis is already affecting the UK’s birds, and why restoring nature is key to their future, as well as ours. 🌍🌡️ www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
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BES Climate Change @besclimate.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
THREE WEEKS LEFT to submit an abstract and present at our annual meeting conference in Plymouth. Abstract submissions via email to Climatechange@britishecologicalsociety.org. More information at www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/clim... #climatechange #conference #BES #rewildling
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BES Climate Change @besclimate.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
📢 Join us for this year's annual meeting - Climate Change & Ecosystem Dynamics! 📍 University of Plymouth (and online) 📅 10–11 September 2026 Registration and abstract submission now open! 🔗 www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/clim... #Ecology #ClimateChange #Rewilding #CallForAbstracts
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BES Climate Change @besclimate.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Today is the World Environment Day 🌍🌱 Research shows that the more time you spend in nature, the more you are likely to protect it. Therefore we would like to encourage everyone to go out and reconnect with nature! Some interesting research here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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BES Climate Change @besclimate.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
June ECR coffee morning next week Informal session | climate change, peatlands, wetlands Last month, we heard about the challenges and misconceptions surrounding peatlands, so join us for another informal session where we discuss the topic further. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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BES Climate Change @besclimate.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
On 8th May, our coffee morning is in collaboration with @bes-peatlandsgroup.bsky.social group! Get excited about learning how peatlands and wetlands are affected and how they can help fight climate change! When and where: 10-11 am GMT 8th May on Zoom Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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BES Climate Change @besclimate.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
🌊Happy World Aquatic Animal Day🌊 Aquatic animals are often hidden from us, which could mean we forget about them. But climate change impacts all of us, even the hidden creatures under water. Today is the day to research some facts about the animals living in the water! #worldaquaticanimalday
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BES Climate Change @besclimate.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
🌷Happy International Women's Day!🌷 Today, we celebrate the phenomenal women of our Climate Change Special Interest Group. We are truly proud to have so many women on board. Thank you for all your hard work! #womeninscience
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BES Climate Change @besclimate.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Today our ECR coffee morning met and discussed the interactions of rewilding and climate science, with conversation sparked around land management, complexities of nature-based solutions, and how to move towards a rewilding career path for those soon graduating! 📆 Next ECR coffee morning: 1st May!
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BES Climate Change @besclimate.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Another month, another ECR coffee morning! ☕ This week we will be continuing the discussion from last month about climate change and rewilding. So come and join us! When: Friday 6th March at 10-11am GMT. Where: Zoom (register with the link bellow) Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Journal of Avian Biology @avianbiology.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
New paper: House sparrows from native ranges and stable climates show higher expression levels of key DNA methylation enzymes across tissues, suggesting these enzymes may help birds adjust traits during range expansions. ➡️ vist.ly/4t5yq #ornithology #birds #epigenetics #expansion
House sparrow. Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, Wkimedia commons.Fig. 2 from the article: Factors that predict DNMT1 (A), DNMT3 (B) and TET2 (C) gene expression in house sparrows from across the globe. Visual summary of intercepts and fixed-effects estimates from model selection results.
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BES Climate Change @besclimate.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
💥New blog announcement💥 “Ten years on from the Paris Agreement” Last week's 10th anniversary of the 2015 Paris Agreement is a great opportunity to look back and reflect on how climate policy changed in the past ten years. Read it on our website: besclimatechange.wordpress.com/2025/12/17/t...
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Ten Years On from the Paris Agreement
Author: Simon Buckle1 Last week marked the 10th anniversary of the 2015 Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Firmly grounded in a world …
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BES Climate Change @besclimate.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
If you’re at #BES2025, join us for an evening of darts and informal networking at the Climate Change Ecology SIG social this evening! 🎯 Find us beforehand at the Meet the SIGs session, 6-7pm.
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BES Climate Change @besclimate.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
📆Coffee mornings with us this Friday!📆 Come join us and present or listen to some of the amazing research that is happening out there! #climatechange So grab a hot drink and we will see you on Friday ☕ Link to register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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BES Climate Change @besclimate.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
A fantastic first ERC coffee morning!☕💬 • Great to hear about everyone's research • Informative overview of COP • Huge thanks to the organisers: @rkolzenburg.bsky.social, @emofthewoods.bsky.social, & @wongibe.bsky.social See you in December for the next one! 📆🙏 #climatechange #earlycareer
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BES Climate Change @besclimate.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Join us for our ECR coffee morning this Friday! ☕️ Come along to network and chat all things #climatechange with students and researchers alike. 🌍 We’re also looking for people to present, so drop Emily or Wongibe an email if you’re interested! Link to register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Caroline Bailey-Rothschild @naturecaroline.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Travelling down to attend the BES Climate Change SIG Conference this morning and looking forward to taking inspiration from speakers & attendees 🌎🦋
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Amber Cowans (she/her) @ambercowans.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
📝 Are you using multispecies occupancy models to investigate interactions in species occupancy (i.e. co-occurrence)? 🦁🦓 Check out our new paper for advice on the number of sites you need to reliably detect interactions under different scenarios ⬇️
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Sample size considerations for species co‐occurrence models
Multispecies occupancy models are widely applied to infer interactions in the occurrence of different species, but convergence and estimation issues under realistic sample sizes are common. We conduc...
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BES Climate Change @besclimate.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Only two more days to get your abstracts in! Sign up via the link in the post below! 👇
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Dr. Sabine Reinsch @climchangesoil.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Extended deadline to submit an abstract to the annual meeting of the BES Climate Change SIG **15th July**
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BES Climate Change @besclimate.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
🚨 DEADLINE EXTENSION 🚨 We are now accepting abstracts until July 15th, so get one in while there is still time! Sign up below 👇
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Ana Benítez @anabenlop.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Great post by PhD student @laura-paltrinieri.bsky.social on our last study looking at the influence of temperature and rainfall on the body size of bats across Europe. @mncn-csic.bsky.social @mncn-bgcg.bsky.social
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BES Climate Change @besclimate.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Read our latest blog post by @laura-paltrinieri.bsky.social‬, whose research reveals how temperature and rainfall affect the body size of European bats. 🦇 Laura offers insights into their resilience, vulnerability, and what it means for conservation in a warming world. 🌍 bit.ly/3GsQunp
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How is bat size affected by climate?
Author: Laura Paltrinieri, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid Global environmental change is one of the greatest challenges facing biodiversity. Rising temperatures, shifting rainfall patt…
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BES Climate Change @besclimate.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
New opportunity | Postgraduate Researcher Representative 📆Deadline: 31 July Are you passionate about climate change and ecology? We are looking for two PGR/PhD student reps to join our committee. It’s a chance to shape events, support early career researchers, and contribute to the community!
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Dr Orly Razgour @orlyrazgour.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Researching impacts of climate change on biodiversity? Submit an abstract and register to join the British Ecological Society Climate Change Group hybrid meeting on 18th Sep 2025. Abstract submission deadline 7th July 🌍
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BES Climate Change @besclimate.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
We’re accepting abstracts for our annual meeting at @britishecologicalsociety.org HQ until July 7th! Sign up below 👇🌱
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Sarah Rehman @sarahrehman.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Join us @britishecologicalsociety.org HQ in September! Abstract submissions are open until July 7th! ⬇️ forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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BES Climate Change @besclimate.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
🌿 Calling all friends in climate and biodiversity 🌿 We’re hosting a meeting at the @britishecologicalsociety.org HQ on 18 September 2025! Come along to network, hear about current research and policy challenges. Abstract submissions + sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-ch... 👀 🫵 🔜
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Climate Change and Biodiversity: BES Climate Change SIG Annual Meeting 2025
The first in-person annual meeting of the British Ecological Society Climate Change Ecology Group.
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Gina @rkolzenburg.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
📢 Great opportunity for *free* facility access to world-leading mesocosms and other experimental facilities! Drop me a message for more information and any questions. catalog.isia.cnrs.fr/catalog/20/i... #IRISCC #ClimateResearch #HorizonEurope #ClimateRisk #OpenCall
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Dr Orly Razgour @orlyrazgour.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Call for abstracts now open for the British Ecological Society Climate Change group annual meeting on #ClimateChange and Biodiversity - 1 day hybrid event on 18th Sep. Come and join us for talks, policy panel, discussions and networking ⬇️
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Zack Steel 🪶🦇🌲🔥 @zacksteel.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Vertebrate hotspots are expected to see increased climate extremes in the coming decades; often in places where animals may be most naive to such events. New research out of my lab led by Dr. van den Bosch in @globalchangebio.bsky.social 🧪🌐🌏 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Projected Increases in Climate Extremes Across Global Vertebrate Diversity Hotspots
We identified overlap between areas of high vertebrate diversity and regions predicted to be exposed to increases in extreme drought, heat, and precipitation. Tropical regions, which host the highest...
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BES Climate Change @besclimate.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
🚨 Abstracts open! 🚨 Join the BES Climate Change Ecology Group Annual Meeting on 18 Sept! 📍 Hybrid event (London + online) 🌍 Current research developments, policy challenges, and networking. 📆 Deadline: 7 July Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-ch... Or scan to submit an abstract!
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 01/06/2025
Tune in tomorrow afternoon for the final hour of @wclivestream.bsky.social as I chat about Arctic change and the importance of supporting science (wclivestream.com/schedule/). And lots of data viz of course (zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...) 🤗
Screenshot of opening presentation slides that is titled: science in retreat - the consequences for the Arctic and our planet.
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Jens-Christian Svenning @jcsvenning.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
🚨Postdoc opportunity @econovoau.bsky.social 🌍 Help forecast how rising ecological novelty reshapes #biodiversity & #vegetation 🌿 Work at the interface of species distribution models & dynamic global vegetation models 🌐🍃♨️- based in Aarhus, Denmark shorturl.at/t45JT #ecology #ecologyjob #macroecology
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2-yr postdoc on Forecasting Biosphere-Scale Effects of Ecological Novelty Using Species Distribution and Vegetation Models - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Biology - Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Aarhus University
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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 24/04/2025
. Traditional ecological knowledge can inspire students to take climate action Read on: www.timeshighereducation.co... #ClimateAction
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Traditional ecological knowledge can inspire students to take climate action
Combining ancient wisdom with modern knowledge does not just broaden perspectives, it can also prompt climate action. Discover more benefits, and read advice on how to integrate traditional ecological knowledge into curricula
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
It's hard to get your head around the scale of the environmental vandalism the Labour government is hoping to unleash. The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is up there with Trump's executive orders. And the reason is the same: corporate power. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Greenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · 15/04/2025
"The only parts of Europe that aren’t being boiled dry are being washed away in floods. The EU must urgently update its climate targets to reflect the scientific reality, and put a stop to new fossil fuel projects as a first step to a full phase-out." – @tomgelin.bsky.social
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Deadly floods and storms affected more than 400,000 people in Europe in 2024
European State of the Climate report ‘lays bare’ impact of fossil fuels on continent during its hottest 12 months on record
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The Nature Conservancy @nature.org · 14/04/2025
"What we need to fix this thing is rational hope." - Katharine Hayhoe Our chief climate scientist, @katharinehayhoe.com, inspires us to stay hopeful and take action against climate change. Discover her optimistic approach and how we can all contribute to a sustainable future.
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Despite the increasingly gloomy news about climate change, scientist Katharine Hayhoe offers skeptics a sunny attitude
Texas Tech scientist Katharine Hayhoe has spent the last 20 years grappling with the question of how to convince skeptics that global temperatures are rising and that climate change poses a threat to ...
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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Photographs of #ScotlandsRainforest are more than just pretty pictures: they help to transport people deep into the heart of these mystical, but often remote woodlands. Last year, we asked photographer John MacPherson to capture some new images for us. This is his story: buff.ly/MPNMYNG
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A photographer's trip to Scotland's rainforest — Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforest
John MacPherson is one of Scotland's most respected wildlife and landscape photographers. He takes a trip to photograph the rainforest woodlands around Loch Sunart, and ends up taking a second trip…
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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 08/03/2025
Happy International Women's Day!  To celebrate, we've brought together a collection of blog posts from our amazing journal editors, showcasing their work as inspiring women in the ecological community. #IWD2025 🌍🧪 www.britishecologicalsociety.org/in…
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Alexis Licht @alexislicht.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Dear US colleagues, In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France. There are several M$ in the budget. www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
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Safe Place For Science: Aix Marseille Université ready to welcome American scientists | Aix Marseille Université
In a context where some scientists in the United States may feel threatened or hindered in their research, our university is announcing the launch of the Safe Place For Science program, dedicated to w...
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University of Bristol Biological Sciences @bristolbiosci.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Job alert! We seek to appoint a new Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology in the School of Biological Sciences, find out more at the link below! www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Job alert! Lectuter in Evolutionary Biology out now
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Matt Rockman @wormsrock.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Late-stage PhD students: We want to bring you to NYU Biology to meet peers and make connections with potential postdoctoral mentors. Apply to be part of our Emerging Scholars Symposium!
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Emerging Scholars Symposium 2025
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 04/02/2025
Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today: Our Faustian bargain is coming due. “A shocking rise of warming has been exposed by, ironically, a reduction of pollutants, but we now have a new baseline and trajectory for where we are.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’, says renowned climate scientist
Prof James Hansen says pace of global heating has been significantly underestimated, though other scientists disagree
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World Weather Attribution @wwattribution.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Climate change made the weather conditions that drove the LA wildfires 35% more likely. The city will continue to get hotter, drier and more flammable with continued fossil fuel burning. Our rapid attribution analysis was published this week 🧵 📷: CAL Fire
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BES Climate Change @besclimate.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Wildfires are a growing threat to biodiversity, ecosystems, and air quality.🧯🌱 Discover the impact of human-induced fires and how climate change worsens the crisis in Charlotte Ndiribe’s insightful blog: besclimatechange.wordpress.com/2025/01/17/w...
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Wildfires: The Smoke and the Fog
Author: Charlotte Ndiribe, University of Lagos Wildfires are one of the world’s leading causes of biodiversity loss, environmental destruction, and air pollution. They originate from both natural a…
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Dr Orly Razgour @orlyrazgour.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
🚨 Last opportunity to apply for a PhD with me, @bfraser.bsky.social and @batconservation.bsky.social on the genomics of #bat population declines 🦇🧬. Deadline 13th Jan‼️
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Dr Orly Razgour @orlyrazgour.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Calling on the #ClimateChange ecology community: what sort of events would you like to see? Complete our survey below and help shape the activities of the @britishecolsoc.bsky.social Climate Change group ⬇️
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