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Dr Anna Cresswell
@annacresswell.bsky.social
Quantitative coral reef ecologist 🪸 (sometimes distracted by birds): ecological modelling // demography // macroecology // resilience // climate impacts // disturbance dynamics.
Views my own. #StopTheGenocideInGaza
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New interview with Greta Thunberg in Barcelona yesterday by Middle East Eye.

The climate activist and arguably the leading humanitarian voice of our age is about to set sail along with dozens of ships from dozens of nations to bring urgent food and medical aid to millions of people in Gaza
August 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
“It could have been my kids being blown up while Australia is silent.

“If I were in that situation I’d hope that people would speak up for me. So I’m speaking up.”

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Pro-Palestine protesters fill the streets in cities and towns across Australia after Gaza famine declaration
‘The difference between my kids and those kids in Palestine is geography,’ one attendee says, as thousands turn out for marches
www.theguardian.com
August 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Opportunity at the Australian Institute of Marine Science using decision support and ecological modelling to predict reef futures and inform restoration:

www.seek.com.au/job/85158879...
July 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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A powerful, persuasive, emotional & evidence-based rebuttal to Wallach & Lundgren’s claims, from Professor John Woinarski.

My own view, it’s essential for science to challenge dogma, but if this is not done in a robust way, using weight of evidence, it is reckless & potentially harmful. #ICCB2025
June 19, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Thanks Kevin! 😊 @ecolology.bsky.social
@annacresswell.bsky.social Presented an incredible and detailed view of her coral modelling and outputs from her model called CScape at #ICCB2025 modelling fine-scale within-reef area responses to future climate projections for 6 different growth forms, all informed by fine-scale reef photogrammetry
June 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Plenary @iccb2025.bsky.social : Ricky Archer, Director of Nat’l Parks (based in Northern Territory). “Dept.s come and go, but Traditional Owners remain the same: looking after Country into the future.” #ICCB2025
June 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Insects are having a moment ...

"The declines witnessed by Janzen – and described by others around the world – are part of what some ecologists call a 'new era' of ecological collapse, where rapid extinctions occur in regions that have little direct contact with people."
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Global sea-surface temperatures continue their unrelenting pace towards new record highs, now at 20.846°C:
April 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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We’ve spoken to the penguins on Heard and McDonald Islands, and while they declined to comment at this time, rest assured they’re taking the matter very seriously.

#penguin #birds #birdlifeoz #birdlifeaustralia
April 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Australian governments are failing to conserve biodiversity, meaning their extraordinary values are being lost and global conservation targets will likely fail. The next federal government must do better.

My letter with @biodiversityguy.bsky.social in @science.org.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Addressing Australia’s biodiversity crisis
www.science.org
February 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today: troll-free!

"Scientists say the current period is likely to be the warmest the planet has been in 125,000 years."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Hottest January on record mystifies climate scientists
EU monitor says global temperatures were 1.75C above preindustrial levels, extending run of unprecedented highs
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Amazing first #PhD paper from @mollymaebaker.bsky.social 👏

When corals reproduce, tiny larvae drift around the reef.
What determines where they will make their home?
This new model helps us investigate 🪸
New #coral research!🪸

Our new #simulation #model shows how #interactions among multiple reef factors can sometimes lead to unexpected patterns of coral #settlement and could influence the results obtained from common field sampling methods🧐

🔗 tinyurl.com/555x7ktm

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February 7, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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New #coral research!🪸

Our new #simulation #model shows how #interactions among multiple reef factors can sometimes lead to unexpected patterns of coral #settlement and could influence the results obtained from common field sampling methods🧐

🔗 tinyurl.com/555x7ktm

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February 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Worth a read:
Bluetorial-A dream and a bit of a nightmare

Serving as Editor-in-Chief at Science was fascinating. I greatly enjoyed working with talented and committed editorial, news, graphics, and production staff. But the inside look into scientific publishing and AAAS was also deeply disillusioning.
a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
media.tenor.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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WA is in the midst of its 2nd worst marine heatwave, with no end in sight.

A reminder that action for Real Zero is needed now if we are serious about protecting marine biodiversity for the future.

It is not too late!
In 2010, an enormous marine heatwave devastated ocean life in Western Australia. Now another big one is taking hold – and heading towards Ningaloo.
A marine heatwave in northwest Australia is killing huge numbers of fish. It’s heading south
theconversation.com
January 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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I wrote an article for @theconversation.com with Marissa Parrott about coping with ecological grief. It's a shared experience for many of us in ecology and conservation—an inescapable part of our work. I hope you find it both relatable and uplifting.

theconversation.com/in-2025-lets...
In 2025, let’s make it game on – not game over – for our precious natural world
Amidst habitat destruction and ecological grief, let’s make a New Year’s resolution for nature — to care for beetles and butterflies, rainforests and reefs, ourselves, and future generations.
theconversation.com
December 30, 2024 at 8:38 PM
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I have a new article in @theconversation.com today.

In it, I detail some observations I made (during my honours research 9 years ago 😳) of young-adult male koalas engaging in affiliative behaviours.

Check it out. There's a cute little video too

theconversation.com/i-was-shocke...
‘I was shocked’: a scientist tracking koalas films startling behaviour between young males
Everyone thought koalas were solitary creatures. But a new paper reveals there is more to the social lives of koalas than previously thought.
theconversation.com
January 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM