Beth Kaplin
@bakaplin.bsky.social
Tropical Forest dynamics, Primate ecology, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem restoration, biodiversity information systems
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I am SO EXCITED about this!
Many folks want to take personal action on climate change, but many resources treat people like monoliths.
Enter SHIFT -- a collaboration between Dr. Kim Nicholas and Project Drawdown -- that tailors advice for YOU, using your climate superpowers.
jointheshift.earth
Many folks want to take personal action on climate change, but many resources treat people like monoliths.
Enter SHIFT -- a collaboration between Dr. Kim Nicholas and Project Drawdown -- that tailors advice for YOU, using your climate superpowers.
jointheshift.earth
SHIFT
jointheshift.earth
September 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I am SO EXCITED about this!
Many folks want to take personal action on climate change, but many resources treat people like monoliths.
Enter SHIFT -- a collaboration between Dr. Kim Nicholas and Project Drawdown -- that tailors advice for YOU, using your climate superpowers.
jointheshift.earth
Many folks want to take personal action on climate change, but many resources treat people like monoliths.
Enter SHIFT -- a collaboration between Dr. Kim Nicholas and Project Drawdown -- that tailors advice for YOU, using your climate superpowers.
jointheshift.earth
Great story of positive change -
1/x 🧵 🔌💡 #Greensky. Hey climate peeps! Here’s a local victory to celebrate, and some lessons from it. Last night, the Town of Poughkeepsie, NY, voted to overturn its 18-month moratorium (6 months, renewed twice) on grid-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS).
September 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Great story of positive change -
Nominate an organization or inst for best practices in sust forest prod & protection DEADLINE 31 May www.fao.org/forestry/hom... Nominations invited that highlight achievements in forest mgmt, policy, innovation, comm org, restoration or related area.
Global forestry recognition
2025 marks FAO’s 80th anniversary, celebrating eight decades of contributing to global food security and sustainable development. To commemorate FAO@80 and ...
www.fao.org
May 23, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Nominate an organization or inst for best practices in sust forest prod & protection DEADLINE 31 May www.fao.org/forestry/hom... Nominations invited that highlight achievements in forest mgmt, policy, innovation, comm org, restoration or related area.
For some plant happiness: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/t...
The 25 Gardens You Must See
www.nytimes.com
May 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
For some plant happiness: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/t...
I suspect this is not just South Africa - we really need leadership to prepare our communities, cities, children, elderly, etc. theconversation.com/heat-extreme...
Heat extremes in southern Africa might continue even if net-zero emissions are achieved
Cutting carbon dioxide emissions to zero by 2050 will reduce global warming, but climate modelling shows that some regions may still experience extreme heat.
theconversation.com
May 17, 2025 at 6:40 AM
I suspect this is not just South Africa - we really need leadership to prepare our communities, cities, children, elderly, etc. theconversation.com/heat-extreme...
Mainstreaming AI literacy into our classes across disciplines and courses to ensure AI does not take over student learning. Instructors may need help to develop such content. I think this is a critical step to ensure we do not produce dumbed down graduates. theconversation.com/ai-can-be-a-...
AI can be a danger to students – 3 things universities must do
Universities should teach AI literacy, emphasise why developing knowledge is important and teach students why being an expert matters.
theconversation.com
May 17, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Mainstreaming AI literacy into our classes across disciplines and courses to ensure AI does not take over student learning. Instructors may need help to develop such content. I think this is a critical step to ensure we do not produce dumbed down graduates. theconversation.com/ai-can-be-a-...
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Want to learn how to help tackle the climate crisis and contribute to a sustainable, just world via impactful climate solutions (which begin by using your voice to call for change)? This 4-week course by @universityofleeds.bsky.social is free! Sign up now ⬇️
www.futurelearn.com/courses/clim...
www.futurelearn.com/courses/clim...
May 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Want to learn how to help tackle the climate crisis and contribute to a sustainable, just world via impactful climate solutions (which begin by using your voice to call for change)? This 4-week course by @universityofleeds.bsky.social is free! Sign up now ⬇️
www.futurelearn.com/courses/clim...
www.futurelearn.com/courses/clim...
I just came across this today -stories and games for kid-friendly travel, and its an interesting collaboration that is creating this. Will be interesting to see if it can have some positive impacts on understanding climate change, maybe others know more about it? #climatechange dodo4kids.com
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May 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I just came across this today -stories and games for kid-friendly travel, and its an interesting collaboration that is creating this. Will be interesting to see if it can have some positive impacts on understanding climate change, maybe others know more about it? #climatechange dodo4kids.com
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Farmers Sued Over Deleted Climate Data. So the Government Will Put It Back.
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This should be a wake up call, but I fear many people won't take it seriously; people who can make policy chge to reduce emissions, innovative alts to energy & emissions, invest in res & interventions to make a difference. We can't keep saying this is not happening. Our children depend on us.
Time for adults to finally act like adults on climate change
A report detailing how climate inaction will consign people born today to a lifetime of weather extremes must awaken a sense of responsibility.
www.nature.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This should be a wake up call, but I fear many people won't take it seriously; people who can make policy chge to reduce emissions, innovative alts to energy & emissions, invest in res & interventions to make a difference. We can't keep saying this is not happening. Our children depend on us.
Great pointers for talking about climate change from Katherine Hayhoe www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP2D...
Dr.Katharine Hayhoe - How to Talk About Climate Change
YouTube video by Halton Environmental Network
www.youtube.com
April 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Great pointers for talking about climate change from Katherine Hayhoe www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP2D...
This is always great to listen to, it is from 2019 but of course remains relevant - why we need to talk about climate change www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bvc...
The most important thing you can do to fight climate change: talk about it | Katharine Hayhoe
YouTube video by TED
www.youtube.com
April 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This is always great to listen to, it is from 2019 but of course remains relevant - why we need to talk about climate change www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bvc...
I am grateful for people with integrity.
Marriott’s CEO said it straight: “We welcome all… we create opportunities for all… that’s who we are as a company.”
He went back to his hotel to find 40K emails from Marriott associates worldwide saying “thank you.”
Plenty of CEOs talk. Capuano showed up.
Marriott still has my business.
He went back to his hotel to find 40K emails from Marriott associates worldwide saying “thank you.”
Plenty of CEOs talk. Capuano showed up.
Marriott still has my business.
April 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I am grateful for people with integrity.
This is a good reframing of the climate change crisis - its about us humans and the crisis we are in with our relationship to nature, to our Earth news.mongabay.com/podcast/2025...
Rethinking carbon: The climate movement needs to be a human one, says Paul Hawken
Celebrated author, thinker and entrepreneur Paul Hawken joins Mongabay’s podcast to discuss his new book, Carbon: The Book of Life, and argues that the jargon and fear-based terms broadly used by the ...
news.mongabay.com
April 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This is a good reframing of the climate change crisis - its about us humans and the crisis we are in with our relationship to nature, to our Earth news.mongabay.com/podcast/2025...
If you are feeling down about things, let nature bring you up: w/ a little techn, look at the wave of migratory birds as they move up north w/ spring, then go outside & try to see birds coming back after winter to our beautiful landscapes www.allaboutbirds.org/news/when-wi...
When Will Spring Bird Migration Hit Its Peak? BirdCast Has Answers
Spring migration timing varies across the U.S. and even within regions, according to radar data analyzed by BirdCast.
www.allaboutbirds.org
April 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
If you are feeling down about things, let nature bring you up: w/ a little techn, look at the wave of migratory birds as they move up north w/ spring, then go outside & try to see birds coming back after winter to our beautiful landscapes www.allaboutbirds.org/news/when-wi...
I great essay about the importance of forests as climate warms: forestsnews.cifor.org/91559/cool-f...
Cool forests: Nature’s air conditioning system - CIFOR-ICRAF Forests News
As we confront the sobering reality that 2024 marked the first year global temperatures exceeded the 1.5 °C threshold established by the Paris Agreement, recognizing the vital role of forests and tree...
forestsnews.cifor.org
April 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I great essay about the importance of forests as climate warms: forestsnews.cifor.org/91559/cool-f...
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It’s a fire sale…
April 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
It’s a fire sale…
We have a cool research prjct in the Center of Exc in Biodiv & NRM Rwanda w/ colleagues @ Leuphana Universität Lüneburg & other German unis to study social-ecol restoration in Rwanda: what farmers want in restoration, native spp use & this living labs model ecosystemrestoration.net/2025/03/26/k...
Kick-off of the Living Lab in Rutsiro, Rwanda, February 2025 – Ecosystem Restoration in Rwanda
ecosystemrestoration.net
April 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We have a cool research prjct in the Center of Exc in Biodiv & NRM Rwanda w/ colleagues @ Leuphana Universität Lüneburg & other German unis to study social-ecol restoration in Rwanda: what farmers want in restoration, native spp use & this living labs model ecosystemrestoration.net/2025/03/26/k...
Very happy to read this article - we have started a study in tropical montane forest on this topic, which is a high ligtening strike area. Still much to learn about tropical forest dynamics!This tropical tree thrives after being struck by lightning | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Shocker: This tropical tree thrives after being struck by lightning
The almendro withstands thunderbolts that blast away parasitic vines
www.science.org
April 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Very happy to read this article - we have started a study in tropical montane forest on this topic, which is a high ligtening strike area. Still much to learn about tropical forest dynamics!This tropical tree thrives after being struck by lightning | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
A new category in @biotropica.bsky.social for synthesis papers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... They can be solicited by invitation, referral, or self-referral & will be "deep in time and site-specific, celebrating the insights that emerge from local, place-based ecology..."
Editorial: Biotropica Announces a New Paper Category: Synthesis
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM
A new category in @biotropica.bsky.social for synthesis papers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... They can be solicited by invitation, referral, or self-referral & will be "deep in time and site-specific, celebrating the insights that emerge from local, place-based ecology..."
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New study | Peatlands store more carbon than all the world’s forests—but they’re dangerously underprotected.
Despite covering just 3% of land, their destruction is releasing CO₂ at levels that could make them the 4th largest emitter globally. @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Despite covering just 3% of land, their destruction is releasing CO₂ at levels that could make them the 4th largest emitter globally. @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study
Bogs and swamps are a colossal carbon store but their continued destruction would blow climate change targets
www.theguardian.com
March 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
New study | Peatlands store more carbon than all the world’s forests—but they’re dangerously underprotected.
Despite covering just 3% of land, their destruction is releasing CO₂ at levels that could make them the 4th largest emitter globally. @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Despite covering just 3% of land, their destruction is releasing CO₂ at levels that could make them the 4th largest emitter globally. @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Dana Fisher on LinkedIn:
How climate shocks lead to a change in opinions+political positions for conservatives. New paper, based on data from Florida, documents how Republican positions change…🧵
Full article here: lnkd.in/eutBxHQz
How climate shocks lead to a change in opinions+political positions for conservatives. New paper, based on data from Florida, documents how Republican positions change…🧵
Full article here: lnkd.in/eutBxHQz
March 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Dana Fisher on LinkedIn:
How climate shocks lead to a change in opinions+political positions for conservatives. New paper, based on data from Florida, documents how Republican positions change…🧵
Full article here: lnkd.in/eutBxHQz
How climate shocks lead to a change in opinions+political positions for conservatives. New paper, based on data from Florida, documents how Republican positions change…🧵
Full article here: lnkd.in/eutBxHQz
This is an interesting article, using existing census data sets. It shows African elephant popns in a dramatic decline for 50 yrs and suggests what can be done. Bldg capacity to protect eles is one of them theconversation.com/africas-elep...
Africa’s elephants have been in dramatic decline for 50 years. What can be done to save them – new study
Maintaining current elephant numbers, let alone reversing declines, requires new thinking and conservation innovation.
theconversation.com
March 3, 2025 at 4:48 AM
This is an interesting article, using existing census data sets. It shows African elephant popns in a dramatic decline for 50 yrs and suggests what can be done. Bldg capacity to protect eles is one of them theconversation.com/africas-elep...
I just remembered I have some free eprints for this article my PhD student did, for those of you interested in freshwater ecosystems and monitoring using biological indicators www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ZG8F2...
Perceptions and knowledge about the use of biological indicators in freshwater ecosystem monitoring in Rwanda
The use of biological monitoring (biomonitoring) to assess water quality is recognised alongside the use of chemical and physicochemical parameters due to its ability and efficiency in providing in...
www.tandfonline.com
February 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I just remembered I have some free eprints for this article my PhD student did, for those of you interested in freshwater ecosystems and monitoring using biological indicators www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ZG8F2...