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Anthony Ricciardi
@ecoinvasions.bsky.social
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Ecologist (invasive species, freshwater biodiversity, bioinvasions, aquatic ecosystems) | Professor of Biology, McGill University | Director of the Bieler School of Environment | My lab account: @ricciardilab.bsky.social

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 3d
The 2023 IPBES report, authored by 86 international experts, is the most comprehensive assessment of invasive alien species ever conducted.

It offers clear & undeniable evidence of the growing global threat of biological invasions to ecosystems, economies, and human well being. #bioinvasions

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 3d
"We find that the principal drive for global warming acceleration began in about 2015, which implies that 2°C global warming is likely to be reached in the 2030s, not at midcentury" - James Hansen et al.

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 3d
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Why Scientists Worry About Breaking News About Life in Space
The public could be frightened or skeptical. A lot depends on how scientists announce it—if they ever find life in space.
time.com

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 3d
Honeybees have never been in danger of extinction. But scientists are finding that they can accelerate the demise of native bee populations.

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Column | Good news: We saved the bees. Bad news: We saved the wrong ones.
Honeybees have never been in danger of extinction. But scientists are finding that they can accelerate the demise of native bee populations.
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Julie Lockwood @lockwoodlab.bsky.social · 4d
The audio version of my Very Short Introduction on Invasive Species is out. This is a quick read that provides a comprehensive overview of invasion science! rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...
RBmedia | Invasive Species
Listen to the audiobook Invasive Species, written by Julie Lockwood;Dustin J. Welbourne, narrated by Wendy Tremont King.
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Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · 5d
Alien range size, habitat breadth, origin location, and domestication of alien species matter to their impact risks 🌎🌐🧪 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Alien range size, habitat breadth, origin location, and domestication of alien species matter to their impact risks
We collected information on 1071 established alien terrestrial vertebrate species (mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians) and created a comprehensive database of 108 alien species to assess their ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 5d
The significance of this is that pigs act as "mixing vessels" for genetic exchange & re-assortment of viral genomes, which facilitates the potential emergence of novel flu strains that cause epidemics/pandemics among humans.
www.producer.com/livestock/av...
Avian flu outbreak reaches Alberta’s wild boar population | The Western Producer
A new study has discovered that the H5N1 avian influenza virus has reached wild pig (wild boar) populations in Alberta.
www.producer.com

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 5d
Most people are worried about climate change - but most don't hear or talk about regularly.

That's why I started my free newsletter Talking Climate. Every week I share good news, not so good news, and what people can do.

If you aren't a reader yet, see below. I have 6 different ways to subscribe!
A global map showing that most people don't talk about or hear about climate change regularly (except in Scandinavia - I believe this is the Greta Effect!). Source: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. A global map showing that most people are worried about climate change. Source: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.

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Nature @nature.com · 5d
Biodiversity loss is continuing at an unprecedented rate, with species becoming extinct at between 100 and 1,000 times the average pre-human, or ‘background’, rate

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Biodiversity conservation has an evidence problem — it’s time to fix it
Globally, more than one million species are threatened with extinction, but often interventions intended to protect biodiversity are not rooted in robust research. The field has an opportunity to change that.
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Alex Steffen @alexsteffen.bsky.social · 6d
Discontinuity is here. Climate and ecological disruptions are having unprecedented impacts in the lives of every person on Earth.

And, yes, that has profound security implications.

"Nature is a foundation of national security" is exactly right.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on risks from biodiversity collapse: warnings must be heeded before it’s too late | Editorial
Editorial: Inadequate food supplies and collapsing rainforests must be recognised as national security threats – not pigeonholed as green issues
www.theguardian.com

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 7d
It is not an exaggerration to state that biodiversity loss should be recognized as a national security issue for every country. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on risks from biodiversity collapse: warnings must be heeded before it’s too late | Editorial
Editorial: Inadequate food supplies and collapsing rainforests must be recognised as national security threats – not pigeonholed as green issues
www.theguardian.com

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 8d
The false promise of de-extinction gives people (& governments) permission to act less concerned about biodiversity loss.

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Sally Fryar 🍄💧 🇦🇺 🧬 🔬 @sally-mycology.bsky.social · 8d
A great explanation on how to define a species. It’s complicated… www.scienceofbirds.com/blog/how-do-...
How Do We Define Bird ‘Species?’
The Science of Birds - What exactly is a species? The answer isn’t as simple as you might think.
www.scienceofbirds.com

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Chris Lean @chleansaidlane.bsky.social · 8d
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Some companies claim they can ‘resurrect’ species. Does that make people more comfortable with extinction?
If de-extinction tech can bring back species, are people more comfortable with them going extinct? A new study tests this idea.
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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 9d
Quote: "Muntjac deer were imported into Britain by Herbrand Russell, the 11th Duke of Bedford, during the late Victorian period for his private collection.

The 11th Duke also helped to introduce grey squirrels, which have devastated the red squirrel population."
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Turtle doves threatened with extinction as invading deer destroy hedgerows
Rise in number of 20-inch tall animal is fuelling decline of bird species, report warns
www.telegraph.co.uk

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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 10d
Island land snails have experienced dramatic extinction rates, particularly in the Pacific, with habitat loss and invasive species driving declines; conservation efforts are underway to protect remaining diversity. doi.org/hbmw8n
The devastation of island land snails: Pacific leads global wave of extinctions, researchers find
A comprehensive new review paper reveals the staggering loss of biodiversity among island land snails globally. Lead author Robert Cowie of the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) and co-authors note that "devastation" is not a hyperbolic term, pointing out that extinction rates on high volcanic islands commonly range from 30% to as high as 80%.
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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 11d
Support for both the diversity-resistance and diversity-productivity hypotheses.

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Nature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 12d
A global synthesis of >600 studies finds that across agro-ecosystems, grasslands and forests in temperate and tropical zones, increasing plant diversity has a consistently positive effect on plant performance and the suppression of antagonists 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Global evidence that plant diversity suppresses pests and promotes plant performance and crop production - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A global synthesis of >600 studies finds that across agro-ecosystems, grasslands and forests in temperate and tropical zones, increasing plant diversity has a consistently positive effect on plant ...
www.nature.com

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 13d
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Disappearing walrus, new invasive species: Inuit discuss impacts of Arctic shipping
Updated Jan. 15 at 11:50 a.m. ET Some Inuit are calling for the collection of baseline data to get a better sense of how Arctic shipping affects marine mammals.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 13d
There is a cost to science denial.

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 13d
From the UK govt: national security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse & national security, showing how "environmental degradation can disrupt food, water, health and supply chains, and trigger wider geopolitical instability." assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0e...

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 13d
Quote: “Ecosystem degradation is occurring across all regions. Every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse."
carolinelucas.bsky.social Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 13d
Writing with @rupertread.bsky.social about just how devastating the Government- suppressed security report is, particularly its conclusions about our food insecurity. Ministers should be helping to build our resilience to these threats, not burying the report that contains them 👇
It's ecological breakdown that should put us on a war-footing: official
Admissions of extreme, eco-caused national security threats foreground importance of climate adaptation to bring much needed urgency and agency.
www.resilience.org

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 13d
Very glad to have a copy of Dan Simberloff's latest book - his magnum opus.

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 13d
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Global Study Finds Invasive Species Are Helping Drive Sharp Insect Losses
A recent global analysis shows that invasive alien species are linked to significant declines in insect populations and diversity worldwide.
thedebrief.org

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 13d
Writing with @rupertread.bsky.social about just how devastating the Government- suppressed security report is, particularly its conclusions about our food insecurity. Ministers should be helping to build our resilience to these threats, not burying the report that contains them 👇
It's ecological breakdown that should put us on a war-footing: official
Admissions of extreme, eco-caused national security threats foreground importance of climate adaptation to bring much needed urgency and agency.
www.resilience.org

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 13d
Batesian mimicry.

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DrZP @zarahpattison.bsky.social · 15d
Global evidence that plant diversity suppresses pests and promotes plant performance and crop production | Nature Ecology & Evolution share.google/cvA7CqS1EB1z...
Global evidence that plant diversity suppresses pests and promotes plant performance and crop production - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A global synthesis of >600 studies finds that across agro-ecosystems, grasslands and forests in temperate and tropical zones, increasing plant diversity has a consistently positive effect on plant ...
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Ng Ting Hui @siputairtawar.bsky.social · 15d
David Dudgeon & Jia Huan Liew (2026) Welcome to the Homogenocene? Trajectories of change in global #freshwater #fish biodiversity during the Anthropocene: evidence from tropical East Asia
🔓 via Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci @royalsocietypublishing.org doi.org/10.1098/rstb... #BioInvasions 🧪🌏🐟
Welcome to the Homogenocene? Trajectories of change in global freshwater fish biodiversity during the Anthropocene: evidence from tropical East Asia
Abstract. Interactions between climate change and anthropogenic stressors such as poor water quality and habitat degradation have had deleterious consequen
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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 15d
Same here. I strongly discourage any student/early career scientist from publishing in journals like MDPI and FrontiersIn. It will only taint their CV.
marcofesta.bsky.social Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 15d
True, very true. That is why I will have nothing to do with MDPI, Frontiers and Hindawi. Quote: "Now, even the most mediocre researchers receive a flood of invitations to edit one of these countless special issues, which have become a multi-million dollar business" 🧪
elisabethbik.bsky.social Elisabeth Bik @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 15d
Thousands of scientists inflate their CVs with self-published studies that cost millions of dollars of public money
1 in 8 'special issues' is filled with articles written by the editor, particularly at the publisher MDPI
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Marco Festa-Bianchet 🇨🇦 @marcofesta.bsky.social · 15d
True, very true. That is why I will have nothing to do with MDPI, Frontiers and Hindawi. Quote: "Now, even the most mediocre researchers receive a flood of invitations to edit one of these countless special issues, which have become a multi-million dollar business" 🧪