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Mark Harrison

@drmarkharrison.bsky.social
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Ecology & people. Striving for healthy relationships with a healthy environment. Univ. Exeter & Borneo Nature Foundation International. #peat #forest #fire #Borneo | Views own | Repost ≠ endorse

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Mark Harrison @drmarkharrison.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🔥 BBC News running live updates today on the major wildfires currently raging in Indonesia, highlighting just how serious the situation is right now. Forests, wildlife, local economies & public health all at risk. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq...
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Indonesia wildfire live updates: Toxic haze spreads to Malaysia and Philippines
Some fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo, have been burning for weeks.
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Mark Harrison @drmarkharrison.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
#Fire season is hotting up in #Indonesia, intensified by current strong El Niño. Large burned area and spike in emergency room admissions for respiratory ailments already being seen - esp. concerning as likely still 2+ months until wet season rains. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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‘Like smoking a cigarette’: Indonesia chokes on haze as blazes intensify amid super ‘El Niño’
In Indonesia’s Kalimantan, fires have ravaged tens of thousands of acres, with suffocating smoke reaching Malaysia and putting Singapore on alert
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Mark Harrison @drmarkharrison.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Very upset that this is happening at Exeter now as well. Please do consider signing and help spread the word.
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Mark Harrison @drmarkharrison.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Excited to share this paper on impacts of wildfire and haze on primates globally (TLDR: generally not great!), and to work with such a great team on it! 🔥🐒 with 👥 A. C. de Andrade, @emmalokuciejewski.bsky.social, @georgiaallen.bsky.social & M. A. Imron 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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David Roberts @drdavidlroberts.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
🚨FUNDED PHD🚨'Economic carrying capacity & the future of rhinos in privately governed OECMs' @dice-kent.bsky.social, UK & International applications welcome - closing date 14th May🦏 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Male White rhinoceros walking in the Kalahari Desert of Namibia Photo by Giles Laurent
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Dr Ella Gilbert @drgilbz.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
📣 Climate scientists! The UK is talking about North Sea oil & gas again. Obviously, that's a dumb idea if we want a liveable planet. I've written an open letter to UK party leaders, here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... To sign it, fill this out: forms.gle/mFcbhueTJusN... Please share! 🙏
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Climate scientists' open letter: Extracting North Sea fossil fuels will threaten lives and livelihoods
Complete this form to have your name added to the Open letter. Please fill out this form if you consider yourself a climate scientist (broadly defined) and share with others in your professional netw...
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Mark Harrison @drmarkharrison.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
New mini-review with A. de Andrade & K. McConkey, exploring ecological impacts of wildfire smoke. TLDR: there's a lot! Limited lit., so true impacts likely ⬆️. More research, effective fire regime stewardship & enhancing ecosystem fire resilience needed! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Going up in smoke: Hazardous ecological consequences of wildfire emissions
Wildfire smoke may trigger major adverse changes in global ecosystems, affecting the planet’s life support systems. However, while fire has been ident…
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Mark Harrison @drmarkharrison.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Interesting new study on the impacts of ecological #monitoring on local research teams in #Indonesia. Reports ⬆️ income, capacity development, fulfilment, awareness and knowledge, with +ve shift towards nature and the environment. It's not just about the data! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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How does biodiversity monitoring impact those who conduct it? Reported outcomes and perspectives of a field team in Lore Lindu National Park, Indonesia
Biodiversity monitoring enhances our understanding of the natural environment, provides insights into ecological trends, and evaluates the effectivene…
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Mark Harrison @drmarkharrison.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
The pie is big enough, we just need to slice it more fairly... "Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity" www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
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Mark Harrison @drmarkharrison.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Delighted to see this research - so brilliantly led by Ennia - published! Headline: increasing distance from natural habitat does not seem to reduce pollination in tropical smallholder farms. Dig into this release and check the full OA paper to learn more! Paper link: lnkd.in/eQmxpg27
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Jenny Pickerill @jennypickerill.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
SAVE GEOGRAPHY at Leicester University (UK) - We call on the University of Leicester to urgently reconsider the proposal to dissolve Geography. This is direct attack on the discipline of Geography at Leicester with likely loss of Geography staff. Please sign + share www.change.org/p/save-geogr...
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Sign the Petition
Save Geography at the University of Leicester
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Mark Harrison @drmarkharrison.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Horrible news... AEWA Exec Sec: "2/3 of bird species are in decline and the Slender-billed Curlew’s extinction serves as a poignant reminder that conservation frameworks must be implemented swiftly, backed by adequate science, resources and sustained political will". www.cms.int/news/slender...
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Mark Harrison @drmarkharrison.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Very happy to see this! "The Isles of Scilly is a semi or near pristine environment which can be an example of how our waters could look if we give them space and time to recover" @uniexecec.bsky.social @owenexeter.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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Underwater cameras reveal 'pristine sea-life' off Isles of Scilly
Experts say the footage shows
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Mark Harrison @drmarkharrison.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Nuts... Is this really the best way to maximise the use of & impact from scientific resources, constantly spending huge amounts of time on applications with such low rates of success? Or just more 💰 needed?! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The grant lottery: award rates at UK national funding agency fall below 20%
Application volume is outpacing available funding, intensifying competition and worsening pressure on the peer-review system. But those who win grants are now getting more.
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Mark Harrison @drmarkharrison.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Good! Because of their wet nature, regular #fire is not a natural occurrence on #peat anywhere, so this English ban should be great news for people, wildlife and climate (albeit still with some weaknesses that need to be addressed).
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 11/09/2025
Around 354 million people in North America and Europe are likely to have been affected by fine particulate matter pollution from the 2023 Canadian wildfire season, a paper published in Nature suggests. go.nature.com/42iffKC ⚒️ 🧪
This is figure 1, which shows global and regional PM2.5 pollution from the 2023 Canadian wildfires.
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Sarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
#Primates 🦧
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Be it feast or famine, orangutans adapt with flexible diets
Humans could learn a thing or two from orangutans when it comes to maintaining a balanced, protein-filled diet. Great apes native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia, orangutans are marvels o...
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Mark Harrison @drmarkharrison.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Potentially devastating reversal of a highly successful policy: "One of the key agreements for Amazon rainforest protection – the soy moratorium – has been suspended by Brazilian authorities, potentially opening up an area the size of Portugal to destruction" www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Brazil authorities suspend key Amazon rainforest protection measure
Suspension of Soy moratorium could open up area of rainforest the size of Portugal to destruction
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Mark Harrison @drmarkharrison.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
1/ Nice article just published summarising our recent paper exploring the distribution, ecology and #conservation of #kerangas #forest in Kalimantan 🌳. Under-appreciated but incredible forests, with important conservation potential and much still to learn! Paper OA and linked 👇
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Matt Struebig @mattstruebig.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Southeast Asia covers multiple global biodiversity hotspots — but is experiencing a biodiversity crisis. Our new article in Nature Reviews Biodiversity asks: What’s really driving the losses, and what can we do about it? 👉 rdcu.be/expy6 1/7
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Drivers and solutions to Southeast Asia’s biodiversity crisis
Nature Reviews Biodiversity - The terrestrial ecosystems of Southeast Asia are both globally important reservoirs of biodiversity, and a provider of resources and livelihoods for millions of people...
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Mark Harrison @drmarkharrison.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Shocking. "Plastics are a “grave, growing and under-recognised danger” to human and planetary health... which is causing disease and death from infancy to old age and is responsible for at least $1.5tn (£1.1tn) a year in health-related damages." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns
Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the Lancet
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
For thousands of years, we have been parasitised, exploited and destroyed by elites. Our survival depends on overthrowing them. Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
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Mark Harrison @drmarkharrison.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
G'day folks!👋 I'm new here, so please be kind and feel free to connect if you're also intrigued by all things (tropical) ecology, wildlife, conservation, restoration, forests and peat 🙂
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