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Nick Isaac

@drnickisaac.bsky.social
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Ecologist at UKCEH

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Claire Carvell @clairecarvell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Super proud to have worked on this key paper from @pomscheme.bsky.social It navigates some complex modelling challenges but always a pleasure to collaborate with everyone involved 😊 @francescamancini.bsky.social @drnickisaac.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social @kitenet.bsky.social
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Francesca Mancini @francescamancini.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Another milestone for @pomscheme.bsky.social ! This recently published paper describes the methodology behind the official stats on pollinating insects we released in June. Thanks to all the coauthors and especially to @clairecarvell.bsky.social and @drnickisaac.bsky.social.
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Nick Isaac @drnickisaac.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This paper has been a real labour of love - many years in the making and a huge team effort.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 17/03/2026
A new PNAS Perspective from the 2025 US–UK Scientific Forum proposes a global Biodiversity Monitoring Standards Framework to make data more consistent and actionable for policy. Read the Perspective: ow.ly/fj2A50Yvic4 Learn more about the forum: ow.ly/LqV550Yvic5
PNAS – From data to decisions: Toward a Biodiversity Monitoring Standards Framework by Andrew Gonzalez, Tom August, Sallie Bailey, et al. Read now!
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Nick Isaac @drnickisaac.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
It was a real privilege to work on this paper - some important messages for the world here. Thanks @pnas.org @billsutherland.bsky.social
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Zero Hour: the campaign for climate and nature @zero-hour.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
🐝 The @biggive.bsky.social’s #ChristmasChallenge is LIVE! 🌎 This #GivingTuesday, donate once to Zero Hour and make twice the impact. 🎁 From 2-9 December, every £ you donate to help build our urgent climate and nature campaign will be DOUBLED! 💚 Donate here 👉 donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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Francesca Mancini @francescamancini.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
#PhDOpportunity #Ecology #Conservation #Pollinators #Biodiversity #CitizenScience #DataScience #EnvironmentalScience #PhDLife @drnickisaac.bsky.social @clairecarvell.bsky.social
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Dr Orly Razgour @orlyrazgour.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Come to do a PhD with me, @bfraser.bsky.social and @batconservation.bsky.social at the University of Exeter on using genomics to understand bat population declines under global environmental change 🦇🧬🌍🌐🧪 Application deadline 8 January 2026 ⚠️⚠️⚠️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Applying genomic approaches to understand bat population declines. NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry at University of Exeter on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Applying genomic approaches to understand bat population declines. NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2026 Entry at University of Exeter, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Nick Isaac @drnickisaac.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
An exciting new era at UKCEH
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Macroecology lab @unipotsdam @zurelllab.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Without forward-looking models, biodiversity policy risks missing the road to recovery. Our new PNAS article calls for predictive tools and a World Biodiversity Research Programme to guide global action. 👉 doi.org/10.1073/pnas... #Biodiversity #Conservation #PredictiveModels #PNAS
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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 11/09/2025
How do we measure life on Earth? 🌍🌱 The new summary report from the 2025 US-UK Forum on Measuring Biodiversity, hosted by the NAS and @royalsociety.org, explores tools, challenges, and solutions for tackling the #biodiversity crisis. Read here: bit.ly/460RB7R
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UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme @pomscheme.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
The latest PoMS e-news went out yesterday, with updates on FIT Counts in 2025; news of a new UK butterfly; research on plants for pollinators; PoMS local projects; & some great forthcoming events. If you missed it you can read it at mailchi.mp/e73193cb8054... & subscribe at ukpoms.org.uk/subscribe
Screenshots of parts of the PoMS e-newsletter, with examples of charts and images of bees on Ivy
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Afropean @afropean.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Non euro-centric maps. We can but hope ... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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African Union joins calls to end use of Mercator map that shrinks continent’s size
Member states back Correct the Map campaign that urges governments and organisations to use more accurate map
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Nick Isaac @drnickisaac.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Attending the @britishecologicalsociety Annual Meeting? If so, consider also attending the 2nd National Environmental Monitoring Conference (same venue, different day) www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/nati...
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National Environmental Monitoring Conference - British Ecological Society
The NEMC returns for its second year focusing on: From insight to impact: building the UK environmental monitoring community
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Nick Isaac @drnickisaac.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
A rare bit of good news: The remarkable rise of “greenhushing” www.economist.com/business/202...
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The remarkable rise of “greenhushing”
Businesses once trumpeted their climate goals. Now they are quietly plugging away
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Nick Isaac @drnickisaac.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Dont be a badger when wasps come visiting theconversation.com/what-to-do-w...
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What to do when wasps crash your picnic – a scientist’s guide to dining safely with these insects
Did you know wasps switch from ham to jam foraging during the late summer?
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Nick Isaac @drnickisaac.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Last month I was privileged to attend a meeting of @nasonline.org about biodiversity monitoring. The proceedings are now online for all to view: www.nasonline.org/event/us-uk-...
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US-UK Scientific Forum on Measuring Biodiversity for Addressing the Global Biodiversity Crisis – NAS
May 21-22, 2025 Washington, DC Forum Program Assessing biodiversity is fundamental to understanding the distribution of biodiversity, the changes that are occurring and, crucially, the effectiveness o...
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Nick Isaac @drnickisaac.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Yesterday I spent a fantastic day hiking through the forests, meadows and swamps of southern Maryland. So much wildlife! I moved very slowly all day, inspired by @yutoriwalking.bsky.social
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Pat Walshe - Privacy Matters 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇪🇺 @privacymatters.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
We should be talking about the environmental costs of AI being shoved into every aspect of our online lives www.teenvogue.com/story/chatgp...
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ChatGPT Is Everywhere — Why Aren't We Talking About Its Environmental Costs?
One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Britain's universities were pushed - forced, really - to make themselves completely dependent on international students. Now they are about to have the rug finally pulled from under them. There is not a single word British central government could say that I would ever trust again.
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 08/05/2025
Choose Science. Choose Europe. A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open. With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond. Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF
A graphic for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), showing a historical portrait of Marie Skłodowska-Curie overlaid with an image of four young researchers walking down a hallway. The European Commission logo is in the top left. Text reads: "Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – €404.3 million to support postdoctoral researchers”
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Nick Isaac @drnickisaac.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Sitting quietly with a glass of rum and an LP I've not heard for 20 years 👌 #friday
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Nick Isaac @drnickisaac.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
I am excited to announce that I am taking up the position of Head of Biodiversity Monitoring and Analysis here at @ukceh.bsky.social. I look forward to supporting this impressive group of scientists create the highest quality data and information products to address the biodiversity crisis.
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Spring reminder, as people start to think about gardening: NEVER buy compost with peat it in (inexplicably still on sale). If it does not say "peat free" in big letters, do not buy it. Peat is incredibly valuable in peat bogs, for rare biodiversity and as a carbon store. Don't put it on your garden!
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Nick Isaac @drnickisaac.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
How do we increase nature literacy among society? Some thoughts from @waspwoman.bsky.social theconversation.com/heres-how-to...
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Here’s how to create a more nature-literate society
Nature literacy has inspired creativity and innovation for thousands of years.
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Nick Isaac @drnickisaac.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
I'm thrilled to share our new review paper with the world.
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
NEWS: Despite fears about insect declines, we know very little about 99% of species globally 🌍📉. Scientists are proposing a new approach to get a more complete picture of insect populations and analyse how they are responding to threats. Read more: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/some-i... 🧪 🧵 1/
Clockwise from top left: Tenthredo sawfly, mantid, cockroaches, dragonfly
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Nick Isaac @drnickisaac.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
@britishecologicalsociety.org currently has vacancies for Policy Committee and chair Macroecology SIG. Both were fantastic learning experiences that really helped my career - please consider applying! (There have other great opportunities too) www.britishecologicalsociety.org/topic/career...
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Career development - British Ecological Society
Career development - BES is the largest scientific society for ecologists in Europe. We're working towards a world in which nature and people thrive.
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Nick Isaac @drnickisaac.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Just came across this brilliant review of the plans for nature of 22 governments. Will be even better when it has been updated: now 50 NBSAPs have been updated @wwf.eu @wwf.org.uk wwf.panda.org/act/nbsap_tr...
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NBSAP tracker: Check your country's nature progress
NBSAP tracker: Check your country's nature progress
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UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme @pomscheme.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
The new FIT Count season is nearly here 🎉🎆👏 From 1st April onwards, when weather is good, enjoy spending 10 minutes counting the insects that visit flowers - wherever you can find flowers, and as often as you wish, to help monitor #pollinators. Full details on our website ukpoms.org.uk/fit-counts
Poster: Ten steps to carry out a FIT Count
1. A FIT Count requires 10–15 minutes to enjoy watching and counting insects!
2. Take part on any day with good weather from 1 April to 30 September.
3. "Good weather" is dry, and with temperature at least 13°C in sunny conditions, or at least 15°C when cloudy.
4. Choose just one type of flower as your target flower – use a FIT Count target flower if you can, or choose any other flower as the target.
5. Mark out a 50 × 50 cm patch containing your target.
6. Count how many individual target flowers are in your patch.
7. Set a timer for 10 minutes, and count all insects that touch (land or are already sitting) the target flowers.
8. Identify the insects into their broad groups (bumblebees, hoverflies etc.) – any that you don't recognise should be counted as "other insects".
9. Answer some simple habitat and weather questions.
10. Don't forget to send in your results via our FIT Count app or website recording form (even if your result is zero insects!).

Full details on the POMS website and FIT Count app.
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CASCADE @cascade-hei.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Join us for the second CASCADE webinar on Friday 4th April! We will be joined by @slpbenbow.bsky.social (Fauna & Flora International) and Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood (@uniofstandrews.bsky.social) to discuss big questions in ocean governance 🌊 Register here 👉 forms.office.com/e/fxLXph2feK
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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
“The net zero sector is growing three times faster than the overall UK economy, analysis has found, providing high-wage jobs across the country while cutting climate-heating emissions and increasing energy security.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says
Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security
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Nick Isaac @drnickisaac.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Prophetic words from @phillipspobrien.bsky.social (written in December) substack.com/redirect/3e6...
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Nick Isaac @drnickisaac.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
So much excellent science on display, so many excellent conversations at this Nature Positive symposium at Univ Tokyo. Such an honour for me to be invited.
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Inês Martins @inesismartins.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Did you miss #BES2024 and are you interested in #BiodiversityFutures? check the recording of this great session led by @drnickisaac.bsky.social, featuring talks by Damaris Zurell, Anita Lazurko, Andy Purvis, James Bullock, Greta Bocedi, Jennifer Border and myself. youtu.be/FkbS6Klzbdg?...
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BES2024 Thematic Session - Biodiversity Futures: harnessing the power of scenarios and models
YouTube video by British Ecological Society
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Nick Isaac @drnickisaac.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Surreal experience today: at a Turkish barber I realised the music was opera in BBC Radio 3. Unexpected.
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Katie Matthews, PhD @katieocean.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
JOB: Chief Scientist at NatureServe 🌏🧪 thinkingahead.com/wp-content/u...
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Morgan Tingley @mwtingley.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this
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Andy Purvis @andypurvisnhm.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Here's the introduction to the 16 papers, each owing an intellectual debt to Georgina. We outline how they all move us closer to answering the central question: How should we bend the curve of biodiversity loss to build a just and sustainable future?https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2023.0205
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How should we bend the curve of biodiversity loss to build a just and sustainable future? | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Current rates of habitat and biodiversity loss, and the threat they pose to ecological and economic productivity, would be considered a global emergency even if they were not occurring during a period of rapid anthropogenic climate change. Diversity at ...
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Nick Isaac @drnickisaac.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Still time to apply for this PhD position with me and @dzchilds.bsky.social - deadline tomorrow!
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Francesca Mancini @francescamancini.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Looking for a #PhDposition? Passionate about #pollinators and #citizenscience? Come do a PhD at @ukceh.bsky.social on developing indicators for pollinating insects using data from UK PoMS. The project includes a placement at JNCC. To apply tinyurl.com/3ve5szrh @drnickisaac.bsky.social
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CR2025_21: Developing metrics of change for pollinating insects in the UK at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - CR2025_21: Developing metrics of change for pollinating insects in the UK at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Nick Isaac @drnickisaac.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
The winter aconites are flowering already in Oxfordshire. A welcome reminder that cold grey winter will not last forever.
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Nick Isaac @drnickisaac.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
This is new (for me): - Christmas Eve: Invitation to review - Christmas Day: Reminder - Today (30th December): "We have decided to proceed without your input" My congratulations to the journal, if they have truly managed to recruit qualified reviewers on this timetable. 🤨
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Natalie Cooper @nhcooper123.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
We've now got the green light to revamp this booklet and we're looking for volunteers to write/peer review sections. Express your interest here: forms.gle/ZYFLPaC3k2RF.... We want to feature diverse ECR writers from across the world. Women of colour are especially encouraged!
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BES Guide to Reproducible Code Refresh!
In the simpler days of 2015/16 we wrote the BES Guide to Reproducible Code. It’s time for a refresh! Would you like to help? We're looking for early career researchers (PhDs/postdocs) to contribute, e...
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Nick Isaac @drnickisaac.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Protecting thinking time is a constant battle, one that I have been losing in recent weeks
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Nick Isaac @drnickisaac.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Very clear article summarising the IPBES Nexus assessment by @carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org/ipbes-nexus-...
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IPBES nexus report: Five takeaways for biodiversity, food, water, health and climate - Carbon Brief
“Fragmented governance” between biodiversity, climate change, food, water and health is putting all of those...
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Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
The IPBES Nexus Report was published today. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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IPBES report sees climate, nature and food challenges interlinked
A new approach is needed to tackle the interlinked crises afflicting the planet, scientists warn.
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Macroecology lab @unipotsdam @zurelllab.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Had an exciting week at #BES2024 in Liverpool. Among my highlights: workshop on #scenario development by @drnickisaac.bsky.social @alazurko.bsky.social and thematic session on #biodiversity futures. And of course crazy Xmas jumper day - thanks to my team who made sure I have a Xmas jumper with me 🎄
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Greta Bocedi @gretabocedi.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Thank you @drnickisaac.bsky.social and James Pearce-Higgins for organise such an inspiring session on Biodiversity Futures! We’ve got so much to do!
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