Joe Llanos
@joellanos.bsky.social
Ecologist working in policy. May start talking about soil...
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Farmer confidence battered by climate change – new research
Over 80% of farmers are concerned about the impact of climate change on their ability to make a living, as more than four fifths say extreme weather has hit their productivity.
eciu.net/media/press...
Over 80% of farmers are concerned about the impact of climate change on their ability to make a living, as more than four fifths say extreme weather has hit their productivity.
eciu.net/media/press...
Farmer confidence battered by climate change – new research
Over 80% of farmers are concerned about the impact of climate change on their ability to make a living, as more than four fifths say extreme weather has hit their productivity
eciu.net
July 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Farmer confidence battered by climate change – new research
Over 80% of farmers are concerned about the impact of climate change on their ability to make a living, as more than four fifths say extreme weather has hit their productivity.
eciu.net/media/press...
Over 80% of farmers are concerned about the impact of climate change on their ability to make a living, as more than four fifths say extreme weather has hit their productivity.
eciu.net/media/press...
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The Chancellor spoke of ‘fixing the foundations.’
But no foundation is more vital – or more at risk – than nature. It underpins our health, our economy, and our food security.
The government must continue to invest in its recovery: because there is no future without it. 🍃
But no foundation is more vital – or more at risk – than nature. It underpins our health, our economy, and our food security.
The government must continue to invest in its recovery: because there is no future without it. 🍃
June 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The Chancellor spoke of ‘fixing the foundations.’
But no foundation is more vital – or more at risk – than nature. It underpins our health, our economy, and our food security.
The government must continue to invest in its recovery: because there is no future without it. 🍃
But no foundation is more vital – or more at risk – than nature. It underpins our health, our economy, and our food security.
The government must continue to invest in its recovery: because there is no future without it. 🍃
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For months, alongside farmers, supporters, and nature groups, we’ve made the case for protecting nature-friendly farming.
Today, we’re pleased to see HM Treasury has listened: the nature-friendly farming budget has been maintained.
This is a crucial step, but nature needs more...
Today, we’re pleased to see HM Treasury has listened: the nature-friendly farming budget has been maintained.
This is a crucial step, but nature needs more...
June 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
For months, alongside farmers, supporters, and nature groups, we’ve made the case for protecting nature-friendly farming.
Today, we’re pleased to see HM Treasury has listened: the nature-friendly farming budget has been maintained.
This is a crucial step, but nature needs more...
Today, we’re pleased to see HM Treasury has listened: the nature-friendly farming budget has been maintained.
This is a crucial step, but nature needs more...
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Well I can totally see where this guy is coming from
Also called Moss piglets.
Wondrous animals
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Also called Moss piglets.
Wondrous animals
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
A moment that changed me: I saw my first wild water bear – and snapped out of my despair at the world
I was in anguish over the climate crisis, ecological devastation and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But this almost indestructible little creature gave me a lesson in resilience
www.theguardian.com
June 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Well I can totally see where this guy is coming from
Also called Moss piglets.
Wondrous animals
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Also called Moss piglets.
Wondrous animals
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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📣Calling all PhD students – want to learn how to translate ecological research into impact?
The BES Policy Fellowships are now open 👇
The BES Policy Fellowships are now open 👇
June 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
📣Calling all PhD students – want to learn how to translate ecological research into impact?
The BES Policy Fellowships are now open 👇
The BES Policy Fellowships are now open 👇
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We’ve just delivered a message to Downing Street, backed by over 100,000 of you.‼️
Farmers, NGOs and the public are standing together to demand action.
UK Government, this is a call you can't afford to ignore.
Any cut now would be a disaster for farming and nature.
Farmers, NGOs and the public are standing together to demand action.
UK Government, this is a call you can't afford to ignore.
Any cut now would be a disaster for farming and nature.
May 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We’ve just delivered a message to Downing Street, backed by over 100,000 of you.‼️
Farmers, NGOs and the public are standing together to demand action.
UK Government, this is a call you can't afford to ignore.
Any cut now would be a disaster for farming and nature.
Farmers, NGOs and the public are standing together to demand action.
UK Government, this is a call you can't afford to ignore.
Any cut now would be a disaster for farming and nature.
I'm even wearing a t-shirt with swifts on today, it was meant to be.
April 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I'm even wearing a t-shirt with swifts on today, it was meant to be.
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Swifts shape a fly-by,
their high, riotous piercings,
and one year’s shot past.
@longbarrowpress.bsky.social @joellanos.bsky.social @poet-markgoodwin.bsky.social
their high, riotous piercings,
and one year’s shot past.
@longbarrowpress.bsky.social @joellanos.bsky.social @poet-markgoodwin.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Swifts shape a fly-by,
their high, riotous piercings,
and one year’s shot past.
@longbarrowpress.bsky.social @joellanos.bsky.social @poet-markgoodwin.bsky.social
their high, riotous piercings,
and one year’s shot past.
@longbarrowpress.bsky.social @joellanos.bsky.social @poet-markgoodwin.bsky.social
I think I said 30th April didn't I? :D
April 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I think I said 30th April didn't I? :D
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All latitude bands have observed unusually warm temperatures over the last three months, except for around the South Pole again
[Plot shows zonal-mean temperature anomalies, with latitude = y-axis (not scaled by distance). GISTEMPv4 data shown here using their standard 1951-1980 reference period]
[Plot shows zonal-mean temperature anomalies, with latitude = y-axis (not scaled by distance). GISTEMPv4 data shown here using their standard 1951-1980 reference period]
April 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
All latitude bands have observed unusually warm temperatures over the last three months, except for around the South Pole again
[Plot shows zonal-mean temperature anomalies, with latitude = y-axis (not scaled by distance). GISTEMPv4 data shown here using their standard 1951-1980 reference period]
[Plot shows zonal-mean temperature anomalies, with latitude = y-axis (not scaled by distance). GISTEMPv4 data shown here using their standard 1951-1980 reference period]
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With the state of the world as it is right now, we can all do with a timeline cleanser - and here's the ultimate one, the very Mount Olympus of slow TV: The Great Elk (or Moose, if you're North American) Migration! 🧵
It's an annual Swedish TV event following the migration of elk (Alces alces)
It's an annual Swedish TV event following the migration of elk (Alces alces)
April 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
With the state of the world as it is right now, we can all do with a timeline cleanser - and here's the ultimate one, the very Mount Olympus of slow TV: The Great Elk (or Moose, if you're North American) Migration! 🧵
It's an annual Swedish TV event following the migration of elk (Alces alces)
It's an annual Swedish TV event following the migration of elk (Alces alces)
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1/ The view from our bedroom window earlier this week was the eerie sight of a blaze across Garth Hill, South Wales.
The weather conditions preceding the fire were extremely dry leaving the grass & bracken to turn to tinder.
Here's a 🧵putting this fire context...
(Photo credit: Ryan Davies)
The weather conditions preceding the fire were extremely dry leaving the grass & bracken to turn to tinder.
Here's a 🧵putting this fire context...
(Photo credit: Ryan Davies)
April 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM
1/ The view from our bedroom window earlier this week was the eerie sight of a blaze across Garth Hill, South Wales.
The weather conditions preceding the fire were extremely dry leaving the grass & bracken to turn to tinder.
Here's a 🧵putting this fire context...
(Photo credit: Ryan Davies)
The weather conditions preceding the fire were extremely dry leaving the grass & bracken to turn to tinder.
Here's a 🧵putting this fire context...
(Photo credit: Ryan Davies)
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Love this passionate call to action from @jksteinberger.bsky.social
'We have to put forward a positive vision, worth fighting for.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
'We have to put forward a positive vision, worth fighting for.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump and Musk have ushered in a terrible era of cataclysm capitalism. But I have a plan to counter it | Julia Steinberger
The speed with which US democracy is being dismantled is dizzying, but if we organise resistance now we can stop this, says Julia Steinberger of the University of Lausanne
www.theguardian.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Love this passionate call to action from @jksteinberger.bsky.social
'We have to put forward a positive vision, worth fighting for.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
'We have to put forward a positive vision, worth fighting for.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Great work by @joellanos.bsky.social and team! This study highlights the power of eDNA in tracking soil biodiversity - especially earthworms, the unsung heroes of healthy soils. A step forward for precision monitoring in regenerative agriculture! 🌍🪱🔬 #SustainableFarming #SoilScience
Great to see @joellanos.bsky.social and Penny Watt's paper out this month highlighting the use of soil eDNA for monitoring earthworms. 🪱🧬
Environmental DNA is more effective than hand sorting in evaluating earthworm biodiversity recovery under regenerative agriculture
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
Environmental DNA is more effective than hand sorting in evaluating earthworm biodiversity recovery under regenerative agriculture
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
March 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Great work by @joellanos.bsky.social and team! This study highlights the power of eDNA in tracking soil biodiversity - especially earthworms, the unsung heroes of healthy soils. A step forward for precision monitoring in regenerative agriculture! 🌍🪱🔬 #SustainableFarming #SoilScience
Thanks @soilytix.bsky.social, glad it's useful!
March 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Thanks @soilytix.bsky.social, glad it's useful!
Thanks Vicki! As far as I'm aware soil ecoacoustics can't yet identify down to species or ecological category, so eDNA is favourable in that respect
March 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Thanks Vicki! As far as I'm aware soil ecoacoustics can't yet identify down to species or ecological category, so eDNA is favourable in that respect
If you're interested in monitoring soil biodiversity, eDNA and regenerative agriculture, check out our new study below #soil #farming #nature #science
Great to see @joellanos.bsky.social and Penny Watt's paper out this month highlighting the use of soil eDNA for monitoring earthworms. 🪱🧬
Environmental DNA is more effective than hand sorting in evaluating earthworm biodiversity recovery under regenerative agriculture
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
Environmental DNA is more effective than hand sorting in evaluating earthworm biodiversity recovery under regenerative agriculture
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
March 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Thanks Helen, really pleased this work is finally out there!
March 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Thanks Helen, really pleased this work is finally out there!
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Our #interdisciplinary paper investigating the synergies and trade-offs of upland treescape expansion is now out in @peopleandnature.bsky.social which is part of the STAND @uktreescapes.bsky.social project led by the @rspb.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Using participatory scenario planning to explore the synergies and trade‐offs from upland treescape expansion
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Our #interdisciplinary paper investigating the synergies and trade-offs of upland treescape expansion is now out in @peopleandnature.bsky.social which is part of the STAND @uktreescapes.bsky.social project led by the @rspb.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni
February 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni
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The UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget level should be set at 535 MtCO2e, an 87% reduction against 1990 levels.
This country has a prosperous and secure future ahead.
The fossil fuel age is over – it’s time to electrify the United Kingdom.
www.theccc.org.uk/2025/02/26/e...
This country has a prosperous and secure future ahead.
The fossil fuel age is over – it’s time to electrify the United Kingdom.
www.theccc.org.uk/2025/02/26/e...
End the fossil fuel age for a secure and prosperous future. - Climate Change Committee
Today the country’s climate advisors, the Climate Change Committee (CCC), present a new pathway to a decarbonised UK.…
www.theccc.org.uk
February 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget level should be set at 535 MtCO2e, an 87% reduction against 1990 levels.
This country has a prosperous and secure future ahead.
The fossil fuel age is over – it’s time to electrify the United Kingdom.
www.theccc.org.uk/2025/02/26/e...
This country has a prosperous and secure future ahead.
The fossil fuel age is over – it’s time to electrify the United Kingdom.
www.theccc.org.uk/2025/02/26/e...
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BIG news: EU Parliament passes major nature restoration law 🎉
A huge win for nature, this puts crucial habitats - from forests and grasslands to wetlands and rivers - back on the path to recovery.
An incredible result for BirdLife Europe & the #RestoreNature coalition.
A huge win for nature, this puts crucial habitats - from forests and grasslands to wetlands and rivers - back on the path to recovery.
An incredible result for BirdLife Europe & the #RestoreNature coalition.
February 28, 2024 at 11:48 AM
BIG news: EU Parliament passes major nature restoration law 🎉
A huge win for nature, this puts crucial habitats - from forests and grasslands to wetlands and rivers - back on the path to recovery.
An incredible result for BirdLife Europe & the #RestoreNature coalition.
A huge win for nature, this puts crucial habitats - from forests and grasslands to wetlands and rivers - back on the path to recovery.
An incredible result for BirdLife Europe & the #RestoreNature coalition.
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In the back and forth over whether the UK can afford £28bn/year of productivity enhancing green investment, I note that one fossil fuel company - Shell - made £22bn in profit last year. The UK can afford £28bn.
If anything, it can't afford not to spend it www.theguardian.com/environment/...
If anything, it can't afford not to spend it www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK risks steep decline without £28bn green economy pledge, Labour warned
Business leader says investment in low-carbon economy is ‘absolute minimum’, a view echoed by other experts
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2024 at 10:00 AM
In the back and forth over whether the UK can afford £28bn/year of productivity enhancing green investment, I note that one fossil fuel company - Shell - made £22bn in profit last year. The UK can afford £28bn.
If anything, it can't afford not to spend it www.theguardian.com/environment/...
If anything, it can't afford not to spend it www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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