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Graeme Cumming
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Ecologist of the frontiers... Prof at University of Western Australia & posting on ecology, conservation, academic life.

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Reposted by Graeme S. Cumming, David N. Thomas

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Ambio - A Journal of Environment and Society @ambio-journal.bsky.social · 3d
New publication:
The gendered costs of human–wildlife conflict: A global systematic review

Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The gendered costs of human–wildlife conflict: A global systematic review - Ambio
Human–wildlife conflict is a pressing worldwide issue with consequences that are experienced differently across groups of people. Societal expectations and gender norms ensure that the consequences of...
link.springer.com

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Graeme Cumming @gscumming.bsky.social · 4d
Adventurous dragonflies!
consbiog.bsky.social Diversity and Distributions @consbiog.bsky.social · 4d
🌐Geographic isolation doesn’t limit #dragonflies and damselflies in the #Alps. Local #habitat, not distance, shapes communities, suggesting odonates disperse freely across mountain landscapes. ⛰️

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....

Reposted by Graeme S. Cumming, Daniel Hering

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Diversity and Distributions @consbiog.bsky.social · 4d
🌐Geographic isolation doesn’t limit #dragonflies and damselflies in the #Alps. Local #habitat, not distance, shapes communities, suggesting odonates disperse freely across mountain landscapes. ⛰️

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....

Reposted by Graeme S. Cumming, Paul Caplat

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Elina Mäntylä @elinamantyla.bsky.social · 4d
Granger et al. Multispecies sensory networks and social foraging strategies: Implications for population decline in procellariiform seabirds www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #ornithology #seabirds
Multispecies sensory networks and social foraging strategies: Implications for population decline in procellariiform seabirds | PNAS
Multispecies sensory networks, where different species prioritize different sensory modalities and then use heterospecific information in a likely ...
www.pnas.org

Reposted by Graeme S. Cumming

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Amanda Daria Stoltz, PhD @sciencebarbie.bsky.social · 5d
GUYS! IT'S FINALLY HERE! My first dissertation chapter has been published in Climatic Change!!! We read 194 papers on environmental justice on the coast and our findings are free for the public 🌊🌎🧪

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
No coastal justice without environmental justice: a systematic literature review of climate and coasts - Climatic Change
As the ocean warms, sea levels rise, and coastlines change, there has been a growing interest in environmental justice and climate justice on the coast. Here we conduct a systematic literature review ...
link.springer.com

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Graeme Cumming @gscumming.bsky.social · 8d
Yes! And I assume also some selectivity by discipline

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Graeme Cumming @gscumming.bsky.social · 8d
I’ve been wondering what the drop in funding and expertise in the US will mean for journals and citation numbers/rates. Am guessing a global decline in citations, IFs, (etc) due to reduced publications, possibly some shifts based on location (e.g., British society-run journals more robust than US?).
gregggonsalves.bsky.social Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 8d
Some charts for those who don't know the extent of the US public (and private) investment in research (particularly in biomedical research) compared to other countries and institutions. The destruction of the US' scientific institutions has global implications.

Reposted by Graeme S. Cumming

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Prof Alessandro Tagliabue @altagliabue.bsky.social · 8d
Western Indian subantarctic phytoplankton blooms fertilized by iron-enriched Agulhas water 🌊

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Western Indian subantarctic phytoplankton blooms fertilized by iron-enriched Agulhas water
Nature Geoscience - Recurrent phytoplankton blooms in the western Indian Subantarctic Zone are largely supported by iron-rich water transported into the region by the Agulhas Current, according to...
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Reposted by Graeme S. Cumming, Karen R. Lips, Evelyne de Leeuw , and 10 more

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 8d
Some charts for those who don't know the extent of the US public (and private) investment in research (particularly in biomedical research) compared to other countries and institutions. The destruction of the US' scientific institutions has global implications.

Reposted by Garry Peterson

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Graeme Cumming @gscumming.bsky.social · 12d
Intriguing overview of changing ecosystem function at a continental scale.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Energy flows reveal declining ecosystem functions by animals across Africa - Nature
An ecosystem energetics approach, quantifying trophic energy flows across species, offers a unified framework for linking animal biodiversity loss to changes in ecosystem function and Earth system pro...
www.nature.com

Reposted by Graeme S. Cumming, Joaquín Hortal, Julie L. Lockwood , and 1 more

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Chuliang Song @clsong.com · 14d
Ecology faces an accumulation of models but not an accumulation of confidence. Our new paper w/ Jonathan Levine www.nature.com/articles/s41... in @natecoevo.nature.com introduces a rigorous test rooted in queueing theory to falsify inadequate models and build confidence in useful ones.
Rigorous validation of ecological models against empirical time series - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Validating theoretical models against empirical data presents challenges. Here the authors present an assumption-light method to validate ecological models against time series data, along with a dedic...
www.nature.com

Reposted by Graeme S. Cumming

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 15d
🧪 🌊 🦑 🌎 #geogsky
katharinehayhoe.com Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 15d
Yes, solutions for nature are also solutions for health!

This new analysis finds urban greening is "associated with a wide range of positive health outcomes including improved physical and mental health, increased physical activity, improved childhood development, and reduced exposure to harms."
Will biodiversity actions yield healthy places? A systematic review of human health outcomes associated with biodiversity‐focused urban greening
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Reposted by Graeme S. Cumming

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Patrick Waeber @powaeber.bsky.social · 18d
🌿 When trees die and rot, they release stored carbon. Australia’s rainforests now emit more CO2 than they absorb. A sign of rising heat & drought stress. Once sinks, now turning into sources. Similar patterns appear in parts of the Amazon 🌎

#Climate
#Forests
#TropicalRainforests
#Australia
#Amazon
Australian Rainforests Become the First to Emit More Carbon Than They Absorb
A new analysis finds tropical forests in Australia are not taking in enough carbon dioxide to keep up with the emissions from their decaying trunks, holding possible implications for global ecosystems
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Reposted by Graeme S. Cumming, Julie L. Lockwood

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Meg Daly @megdaly.bsky.social · 18d
This is an INCREDIBLE advance in our understanding of coral diversification. 🪸🎉 Fantastic new work led by @claudiavaga.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A global coral phylogeny reveals resilience and vulnerability through deep time - Nature
The most recent common ancestor of the stony coral Scleractinia dates to about 460 million years ago and was probably a solitary, heterotrophic and free-living organism.
www.nature.com

Reposted by Oliver L. Phillips, Graeme S. Cumming, Aníbal Pauchard , and 3 more

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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 18d
Widespread #MountainEcosystem loss (2000-2020) is driven by human expansion ( #agriculture approx. 89% and #NaturalDisasters approx 11%)

Over half (approx 56%) occurred in #ProtectedAreas or #biodiversity hotspots, demanding urgent #conservation action 🌍

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Global loss of mountain vegetated landscapes and its impact on biodiversity conservation - Nature Communications
This study reports widespread loss of mountain vegetation worldwide from 2000 to 2020, with ∼89% attributable to human expansion, primarily agriculture. Over half of this loss occurred within protecte...
www.nature.com

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Graeme Cumming @gscumming.bsky.social · 20d
What a ridiculously un-nuanced statement from a former colonial power. Do you know, for example, that King Shaka created a protected area at Hluhluwe-Imfolosi *before* British colonisation? Do your homework on South Africa's Biodiversity Economy and then take a long look in the mirror.

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Graeme Cumming @gscumming.bsky.social · 24d
But you work where you live, right? If you were still in RSA you wouldn’t be doing projects on the US NE coast, or only tangentially as a collaborator.

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Graeme Cumming @gscumming.bsky.social · 24d
I think there’s also a strong element of colonialism, and colonial legacy. Also resources of course. But hypothetically even if I had loads of funding, Americans would find it strange if I showed up in LA to work on urban cougars, or in Minnesota to catch and track ducks.

Reposted by Graeme S. Cumming, Dawn J. Wright, Adrian Vickers

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 24d
"Declining ocean greenness and phytoplankton blooms in low to mid-latitudes under a warming climate" | Our (Hong et al) new article in @aaas.org #ScienceAdvances: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Declining ocean greenness and phytoplankton blooms in low to mid-latitudes under a warming climate
Chlorophyll a is declining in low- to mid-latitude oceans, indicating reduced ocean productivity and fewer phytoplankton blooms.
www.science.org

Reposted by Tobias Kuemmerle, Éva E. Plagányi, Trevor A. Branch , and 1 more

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Graeme Cumming @gscumming.bsky.social · 24d
Interesting. This says in words some stuff that has bothered me for a long time - like why European and American scientists get to parachute in to research the African fauna that I literally grew up with, but it would seem really odd if I started a project on moose or reindeer.
peopleandnature.bsky.social People and Nature @peopleandnature.bsky.social · 24d
🦒Biologists are often drawn to charismatic species but they do not always have the opportunity to study them. This study reveals some fierce competition in certain academic fields, and illustrates unequal social distribution of research opportunities➡️https://buff.ly/kjYUIBg

Reposted by Graeme S. Cumming

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Chris Gug @gugunderwater.bsky.social · 24d
A young #argonaut #octopus (aka “paper #nautilus”) hitches a ride atop a muave stinger #jellyfish.

#papernautilus #symbiosis #muavestinger #🐙 #🪼 #blackwater #blackwaterphotography #blackwaterdiving #chrisgug #gugunderwater #gug #kumejima #okinawa #marinelife

Reposted by Graeme S. Cumming

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People and Nature @peopleandnature.bsky.social · 24d
🦒Biologists are often drawn to charismatic species but they do not always have the opportunity to study them. This study reveals some fierce competition in certain academic fields, and illustrates unequal social distribution of research opportunities➡️https://buff.ly/kjYUIBg

Reposted by Graeme S. Cumming, Francis Martin, Ben Bond‐Lamberty , and 6 more

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Fernando T. Maestre @ftmaestre.bsky.social · 25d
As droughts become longer and more intense, their toll on ecosystems could be far greater than we thought. Our new paper in @science.org shows how prolonged & extreme droughts cause dramatic, cumulative losses in ecosystem productivity across the globe www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Reposted by Graeme S. Cumming

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Diversity and Distributions @consbiog.bsky.social · 25d
🌊 As #oceans warm, reef #fishes are shifting their ranges. Relying on a single method can miss species at their range edges, while combining #eDNA and visual surveys supports more accurate assessments of #speciesdistribution 🐠

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....

Reposted by Graeme S. Cumming, Cathy N. Davidson, Trevor A. Branch

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Jon Robinson @jonr1183.bsky.social · 26d
Baby orca mini breach! 🦑

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Graeme Cumming @gscumming.bsky.social · 26d
For complex reasons that I won’t go into: can anyone recommend a good recipe for gluten-free bread that has a nice fluffy texture? Current recipe will break your toe if you drop your toast by mistake.

Reposted by Graeme S. Cumming, David N. Thomas, Juan Rocha

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Ambio - A Journal of Environment and Society @ambio-journal.bsky.social · 29d
new publication:
Institutional network relationships and environmental governance in the Colombian and Peruvian Amazon

open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Institutional network relationships and environmental governance in the Colombian and Peruvian Amazon - Ambio
The Amazon—the most biodiverse biome in the world—faces huge conservation challenges. Multiple institutional and technological actors, organized in environmental networks, collaborate to support improved environmental governance. However, these efforts are understudied and underrecognized, particularly in the case of the Colombian and Peruvian Amazon. Employing a social network analysis, this study evaluates the actors, the institutional–technological relationships, and the network addressing socio-environmental challenges. We identified 392 development actors (nodes) with different levels of international, national, and regional participation. They use transnational technologies, but have limited integration of local actors where environmental challenges are most pressing. To combat the biome's rapid degradation, these countries could strengthen their environmental agendas, governance, and policy design—for greater environmental impact—by effectively integrating cooperation between international and local partners. Both countries should develop their local networks, create participatory collaborative spaces to enhance national capacities, and promote diverse and coordinated coalitions.
link.springer.com

Reposted by Graeme S. Cumming

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Conservation Biology @conbiology.bsky.social · Oct 12
In this article, McClanahan et al discuss how diversifying the identification of #climatechange refugia for #coralreefs requires more environmental and coral life-history metrics. Read their article at: doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
#refugia #wordoftheweek #conservation #science #stem

Reposted by Ingolf Kühn, Graeme S. Cumming, Stelios Katsanevakis , and 2 more

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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · Oct 11
1/🧵 Over the past decade, misinformation in the popular media & the opinion pages of some journals has promoted the claim that concern over species invasions is overblown, because "most invasions do not cause extinctions".

Here is a brief reminder of what scientific evidence shows...
#bioinvasions

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Graeme Cumming @gscumming.bsky.social · Oct 10
West Australian lantern shark! Hanging around unseen by people all this time at ~600m depth.