Vicky Temperton
@7toucans.bsky.social
Professor of plant ecology, lover of biodiversity and ecological restoration, especially in open landscapes; cosmopolitan.🏳️🌈🇬🇧🇩🇪
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Yesterday evening I left the EU Parliament at 19:30, after a very long day.
Good news is that members of 4 parties are unhappy about the CAP proposal, so there's a potential openness for discussion.
The bad news is that the overall spirit on environment is rather 'slash-and-burn'. Quite alarming.
Good news is that members of 4 parties are unhappy about the CAP proposal, so there's a potential openness for discussion.
The bad news is that the overall spirit on environment is rather 'slash-and-burn'. Quite alarming.
November 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Yesterday evening I left the EU Parliament at 19:30, after a very long day.
Good news is that members of 4 parties are unhappy about the CAP proposal, so there's a potential openness for discussion.
The bad news is that the overall spirit on environment is rather 'slash-and-burn'. Quite alarming.
Good news is that members of 4 parties are unhappy about the CAP proposal, so there's a potential openness for discussion.
The bad news is that the overall spirit on environment is rather 'slash-and-burn'. Quite alarming.
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The world has focused on Zohran Mamdani, for VERY good reason. 🙌🏼
But don’t forget- he’s not the only one.👊🏼
Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago is on 🔥….
Much like Mamdani, he is focused on the right thing- affordability.
And fighting ICE.
We love him 💙 &
@jbpritzker.bsky.social
& @katmabu.bsky.social
But don’t forget- he’s not the only one.👊🏼
Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago is on 🔥….
Much like Mamdani, he is focused on the right thing- affordability.
And fighting ICE.
We love him 💙 &
@jbpritzker.bsky.social
& @katmabu.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The world has focused on Zohran Mamdani, for VERY good reason. 🙌🏼
But don’t forget- he’s not the only one.👊🏼
Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago is on 🔥….
Much like Mamdani, he is focused on the right thing- affordability.
And fighting ICE.
We love him 💙 &
@jbpritzker.bsky.social
& @katmabu.bsky.social
But don’t forget- he’s not the only one.👊🏼
Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago is on 🔥….
Much like Mamdani, he is focused on the right thing- affordability.
And fighting ICE.
We love him 💙 &
@jbpritzker.bsky.social
& @katmabu.bsky.social
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A very eloquent analysis by Monbiot. Make sure you read this. Being ultra wealthy does seem to create billionaire brains that are unable to imagine life from any other perspective but their own. #Montbiot
A very eloquent analysis by Monbiot. Make sure you read this. Being ultra wealthy does seem to create billionaire brains that are unable to imagine life from any other perspective but their own. #Montbiot
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
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November 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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A very eloquent analysis by Monbiot. Make sure you read this. Being ultra wealthy does seem to create billionaire brains that are unable to imagine life from any other perspective but their own. #Montbiot
A very eloquent analysis by Monbiot. Make sure you read this. Being ultra wealthy does seem to create billionaire brains that are unable to imagine life from any other perspective but their own. #Montbiot
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A really well written blog post about the values people hold in relation to #grassland restoration. A key outcome of our Grassworks project, asking what leads to success in grassland restoration.
A really well written blog post about the values people hold in relation to #grassland restoration. A key outcome of our Grassworks project, asking what leads to success in grassland restoration.
New Blog Post
THREE WAYS OF LIVING WITH GRASSLANDS: WHAT A GERMAN “REAL-WORLD LAB” TEACHES US ABOUT RESTORATION
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November 7, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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A really well written blog post about the values people hold in relation to #grassland restoration. A key outcome of our Grassworks project, asking what leads to success in grassland restoration.
A really well written blog post about the values people hold in relation to #grassland restoration. A key outcome of our Grassworks project, asking what leads to success in grassland restoration.
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Spot the difference: John the Baptist from the Hours of Joanna I of Castile and our Community Engagement Officer remembering how many emails he has to respond to
September 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Spot the difference: John the Baptist from the Hours of Joanna I of Castile and our Community Engagement Officer remembering how many emails he has to respond to
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Together we can do way more. Some positive stories amidst the insanity of today's world.
Together we can do way more. Some positive stories amidst the insanity of today's world.
Natural England hails recovery of 150 struggling species
Chair Tony Juniper celebrates successes but says ‘collective endeavour’ needed to halt country’s decline in nature
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August 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Together we can do way more. Some positive stories amidst the insanity of today's world.
Together we can do way more. Some positive stories amidst the insanity of today's world.
Are you a scientist? If so, make sure you read this.
Today, our article "The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly" is finally published in PNAS. I hope that it proves to be a wake-up-call for the whole scientific community.
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A do-or-die moment for the scientific enterprise
Reflecting on our paper “The entities enabling scientific fraud at scale are large, resilient, and growing rapidly”
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August 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Are you a scientist? If so, make sure you read this.
Fully agree @james bullock.
While I disagree with this simplistic argument about the perils of a falling population
I also disagree with simplistic arguments that ‘overpopulation’ is the problem
It is overexploitation - especially by the privileged in the global north - that is the problem
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
I also disagree with simplistic arguments that ‘overpopulation’ is the problem
It is overexploitation - especially by the privileged in the global north - that is the problem
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
After the Spike by Dean Spears and Michael Geruso review – the truth about population
We shouldn’t celebrate a falling population, according to this persuasive debunking of demographic myths
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August 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Fully agree @james bullock.
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137 of us share our concerns with policymakers in an open letter: "There are more than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored" nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social
@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social
Open letter: There are more than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored
Click on the article title to read more.
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January 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
137 of us share our concerns with policymakers in an open letter: "There are more than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored" nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social
@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social
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New paper alert! @lars-brudvig.bsky.social, @nashturley.bsky.social and I reveal key context-dependent impacts of seed mix design decisions on restored prairie community structure!🌾 🧪 #PlantScience #EcologicalRestoration #ecosystem
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January 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
New paper alert! @lars-brudvig.bsky.social, @nashturley.bsky.social and I reveal key context-dependent impacts of seed mix design decisions on restored prairie community structure!🌾 🧪 #PlantScience #EcologicalRestoration #ecosystem
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This is a smooth story. Of the paralell channels, we seem to be all living in, in today's world. Nature stampede back through the crack in the door. Let's keep opening that door. Nature is our ally in the current fight with our own selves, with our ape nature.
This is a smooth story. Of the paralell channels, we seem to be all living in, in today's world. Nature stampede back through the crack in the door. Let's keep opening that door. Nature is our ally in the current fight with our own selves, with our ape nature.
This summer brought an abundance of butterflies and birds. Nature is ready to spring back – if we let it | Patrick Barkham
The recent hopeful surge of some wildlife isn’t down to us. But in an era of climatic decline, it shows the resilience of our fellow species, says Guardian nature writer Patrick Barkham
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August 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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This is a smooth story. Of the paralell channels, we seem to be all living in, in today's world. Nature stampede back through the crack in the door. Let's keep opening that door. Nature is our ally in the current fight with our own selves, with our ape nature.
This is a smooth story. Of the paralell channels, we seem to be all living in, in today's world. Nature stampede back through the crack in the door. Let's keep opening that door. Nature is our ally in the current fight with our own selves, with our ape nature.
Did you rather despair of the ecological restoration potential models of Bastin et al. Science 2019? Them check out our more inclusive and realistic global model. It's not perfect, but it's better, and the implications are important. Am going to buy an e car faster than I had thought.
August 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Did you rather despair of the ecological restoration potential models of Bastin et al. Science 2019? Them check out our more inclusive and realistic global model. It's not perfect, but it's better, and the implications are important. Am going to buy an e car faster than I had thought.
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We see here a self-styled "honest broker" with decades of experience in downplaying climate change presenting an age-old climate denial trope: using *annual* rainfall data as argument against an increase in *extreme* rainfall.
Does he *really* not know better? Or assume his readers won't?
🧵1/5
Does he *really* not know better? Or assume his readers won't?
🧵1/5
July 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We see here a self-styled "honest broker" with decades of experience in downplaying climate change presenting an age-old climate denial trope: using *annual* rainfall data as argument against an increase in *extreme* rainfall.
Does he *really* not know better? Or assume his readers won't?
🧵1/5
Does he *really* not know better? Or assume his readers won't?
🧵1/5
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Diese und weiter Ausreden werden in diesem Thread entlarvt.
10 Arten wie Politiker:innen, Medien und Menschen auf die Klimakrise reagieren und damit lediglich ablenken oder mangelndes Problembewusstsein zeigen.
Hier kurz debunkt. 🧵
Hier kurz debunkt. 🧵
July 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Diese und weiter Ausreden werden in diesem Thread entlarvt.
Einfach diesen genialen Artikel lesen. Die Riege der weissen älteren Herren, die absolut gar keine Verantwortung, für ihr und unser Verhalten annehmen wollen, wächst Tag für Tag. Stellen Sie sich vor, wir würden unseren eigenen Haushalt, unser zu Hause so behandeln. Wie sähe das aus?
Das »nur zwei Prozent der globalen CO2-Emissionen«-Argument reflektiert nicht nur Verantwortungslosigkeit, Rücksichtslosigkeit und Ignoranz, sondern auch eine extreme Kurzsichtigkeit.
Wer die Gründe dafür noch nicht verstanden hat: Bitte den Artikel lesen! ⬇️
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Wer die Gründe dafür noch nicht verstanden hat: Bitte den Artikel lesen! ⬇️
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Meinung: Friedrich Merz’ Bundestagsrede: Ein Zechpreller als Bundeskanzler – Kolumne
Friedrich Merz findet, Deutschland müsse erst einmal nicht mehr so viel für die Zukunft der Menschheit tun: Unser Anteil an den Emissionen sei doch so klein. Das ist ein sehr schlechtes Argument.
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July 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Einfach diesen genialen Artikel lesen. Die Riege der weissen älteren Herren, die absolut gar keine Verantwortung, für ihr und unser Verhalten annehmen wollen, wächst Tag für Tag. Stellen Sie sich vor, wir würden unseren eigenen Haushalt, unser zu Hause so behandeln. Wie sähe das aus?
Taylor’s law predicts unprecedented pulses of forest disturbance under global change | Nature Communications share.google/tGonDK25Iymd...
The epitome of an innovative idea: applying Taylor's Law to understanding the variability of disturbance events in forests. Important paper!
The epitome of an innovative idea: applying Taylor's Law to understanding the variability of disturbance events in forests. Important paper!
Taylor’s law predicts unprecedented pulses of forest disturbance under global change - Nature Communications
Large pulses of disturbance have been observed globally in response to climate change. Using Taylor’s Law, the authors show that those pulses were not unpredictable but expected given a strong scaling...
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July 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Taylor’s law predicts unprecedented pulses of forest disturbance under global change | Nature Communications share.google/tGonDK25Iymd...
The epitome of an innovative idea: applying Taylor's Law to understanding the variability of disturbance events in forests. Important paper!
The epitome of an innovative idea: applying Taylor's Law to understanding the variability of disturbance events in forests. Important paper!
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Lesser Butterfly-orchid, Platathera bifolia. Typically up to 30cm. Ridged stem. 5-25 white flowers per spike. Lower flower lip usually points downwards rather than curving backwards. Pollinia are close together and parallel to each other.
July 6, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Lesser Butterfly-orchid, Platathera bifolia. Typically up to 30cm. Ridged stem. 5-25 white flowers per spike. Lower flower lip usually points downwards rather than curving backwards. Pollinia are close together and parallel to each other.
This is so true. I saw a BBC documentary some years ago, showing that parts of the brain associated with empathy are triggered by reading books (much more than scrolling). Reading Shakespeare activates more sparks in our brains than other writers. Isn't this fabulous? Read books, read Shakespeare!
July 6, 2025 at 5:34 AM
This is so true. I saw a BBC documentary some years ago, showing that parts of the brain associated with empathy are triggered by reading books (much more than scrolling). Reading Shakespeare activates more sparks in our brains than other writers. Isn't this fabulous? Read books, read Shakespeare!
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5 July 1779: birth of Elizabeth Philpot at Red Lion Square, London. She and two of her sisters settled in Lyme Regis, collected fossils and befriended #MaryAnning. Their collection is now @morethanadodo.bsky.social. Contrary to what’s online, there are no known portraits of Elizabeth Philpot.
July 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
5 July 1779: birth of Elizabeth Philpot at Red Lion Square, London. She and two of her sisters settled in Lyme Regis, collected fossils and befriended #MaryAnning. Their collection is now @morethanadodo.bsky.social. Contrary to what’s online, there are no known portraits of Elizabeth Philpot.
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Nice.
It’s National Meadows Day today. To mark the occasion, as well as our 5th year of BMS project, it would be great if our followers could take a look at their local grassland patch and send us a list of species. You don’t need to be an expert. All records are valuable. Thank you 👍
July 6, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Nice.