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Paul Caplat 🌲🌳🐦🦋
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Ecologist at QUB, modelling species dynamics in novel habitats, particularly with trees around. Working for EDI. Long-distance migrant (FR, CAN, OZ, SWE, NI). Part time musician, house renovator, and van lifer. Ice hockey fan. Slave to two dogs. He/him .. more

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Paul Caplat 🌲🌳🐦🦋 @paulcaplat.bsky.social · Nov 23
I thought I'd share ongoing research:
1) INVISMO: linking insect vision and habitat use (led Emily Baird, Stockholm Uni)
2) Raptor ecology with @lambin-ecology.bsky.social and many PhD

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Paul Caplat 🌲🌳🐦🦋 @paulcaplat.bsky.social · 5d
Gore-Tex factory in the US polluting water with pfas, impacting local communities.
hugocoignard.com Hugo Coignard (Hugopresse) @hugocoignard.com · 7d
Nos vêtements en Gore-Tex empoisonnent les Américains.

Mon reportage depuis les États-Unis. 👇
reporterre.net Reporterre 🌍 | Le média de l'écologie @reporterre.net · 7d
Aux États-Unis, les riverains d’une usine de matériau imperméable pour vêtements ont bu une eau contaminée aux PFAS pendant des années.

Depuis l’alerte lancée par un ex-salarié, de nombreux voisins ont rejoint une plainte collective.

Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/1Lx

Reposted by Paul Caplat

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Hugo Coignard (Hugopresse) @hugocoignard.com · 7d
Nos vêtements en Gore-Tex empoisonnent les Américains.

Mon reportage depuis les États-Unis. 👇
reporterre.net Reporterre 🌍 | Le média de l'écologie @reporterre.net · 7d
Aux États-Unis, les riverains d’une usine de matériau imperméable pour vêtements ont bu une eau contaminée aux PFAS pendant des années.

Depuis l’alerte lancée par un ex-salarié, de nombreux voisins ont rejoint une plainte collective.

Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/1Lx

Reposted by David R. Miller, Simon Lester, Paul Caplat

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10d
In the space of two minutes he confused Greenland and Iceland four times by my count.
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atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d
Trump is now confusing Greenland and Iceland: "They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money."

Reposted by Paul Caplat

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Nature-based Solutions Initiative @naturebasedsols.bsky.social · 10d
The UK Government has just released a report that, if taken seriously, should transform how we think about climate, nature and security

🚨 Its main conclusion is stark: global ecosystem degradation and collapse is a national emergency 🚨

➡️ www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/nationa...

Reposted by Paul Caplat, Samuele Ramellini

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 11d
Common #birds have higher abundances in croplands with lower #pesticide purchases #ProcB #OpenAccess #Ecology royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

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Sheila McKechnie Foundation (SMK) @smkcampaigners.bsky.social · 11d
CAMPAIGNING RESOURCE ALERT: The Anti- Authoritarian Toolkit is your guide to digital resistance brought to you from D-HUB. There is so much information here from digital comms to narrative and storytelling tactics and innovative movement building. https://wiki.antiauthoritariantoolkit.org/en
Wiki | Anti-Authoritarian Toolkit | D-HUB
Read the volumes of the Anti-Authoritarian Toolkit, a free digital toolkit to fight back against authoritarianism.
wiki.antiauthoritariantoolkit.org

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 11d
“One notable MIT study found that 95 percent of companies that integrated AI saw zero meaningful growth in revenue. For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.”
AI Completely Failing to Boost Productivity, Says Top Analyst
AI may or may not excel at a lot of things, but from an economic standpoint, it's definitely not making us more productive.
futurism.com

Reposted by Paul Caplat

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Journal of Animal Ecology @animalecology.bsky.social · 12d
🚨 new podcast episode!
🦫 this episode explores the story behind the paper, "habitat heterogeneity and food availability in beaver-engineered streams foster bat richness, activity and feeding".
🎙️ listen to the full episode here: buff.ly/AbdBmjW

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Lyndal Rowlands @lyndalrowlands.bsky.social · 12d
Oxfam says billionaires are not only wealthier than ever they also have more influence over politics and own most major news and social media companies

www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...
Billionaires have more money and political power than ever, Oxfam says
Charity says superrich 4,000 times more likely to hold political power than others and own all social media companies.
www.aljazeera.com

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Steve Peers, Smith , and 6 more

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Arjun Amar @arjundevamar.bsky.social · 15d
Good news - I suspect many other respectable organisations will follow soon....
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
RSPB 'shuts down' X account in 'foreseeable future' update
The charity felt it had no choice but to protect its supporters and volunteers
www.mirror.co.uk

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Paul Caplat 🌲🌳🐦🦋 @paulcaplat.bsky.social · 15d
Fantastic, thanks!

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Paul Caplat 🌲🌳🐦🦋 @paulcaplat.bsky.social · 16d
Do you have a piece explaining how a boycott of palm oil would unravel? Industry switching to more area-demanding oils maybe?

Reposted by Peter Thorne, Stephen D. Murphy, Paul Caplat , and 1 more

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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · 16d
If Denmark can get farmers to agree to dropping their nitrates derogation, adopting a carbon tax on meat, government promotion of plant-based diets and rewilding a fifth of the country - why can't Ireland?

www.irishtimes.com/science/2026...
Denmark’s plan for a greener country offers ideas worth Ireland’s attention
Carbon tax on farming and taking land out of agricultural production among bold moves by the Danes
www.irishtimes.com

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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 16d
Find out how you can help 🔽

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/15/r...
RSPB asks for evidence of burning on peatlands across the UK
RSPB press release: RSPB ASKS FOR EVIDENCE OF BURNING ON PEATLANDS The RSPB is asking members of the public to report incidents of moorland burning on peatlands using their burning reporting app or…
raptorpersecutionuk.org

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 16d
Do trees have fingerprints? This cool new study uses terrestrial LiDAR to capture features of stems and branches that might allow timber to be identified and tracked from forest to lumberyard. 🧪🌲🌳 academic.oup.com/forestry/art...
Quantifying architectural uniqueness of Scots pine trees using terrestrial laser scanning: toward individual tree fingerprinting
Abstract. Tree architecture reflects a hierarchical growth pattern shaped by the interplay between genetics and the environment. Environmental variation le
academic.oup.com

Reposted by Stefan Rahmstorf, John A. Finn, Andrew L. Jackson , and 5 more

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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 16d
Not a single day in 2025 was cooler than the 1991-2020 average, on a global scale. @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
A graph showing daily temperature anomalies since the 1940s

Reposted by Valerie M. Delmotte, John Kennedy, James M. Bullock , and 5 more

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 17d
As the climate data for 2025 continues to be released, it's time to update various data visualisations.

First - the global climate stripes for 1850-2025. A third darkest red stripe is added.

The last 11 years have been the warmest 11 years on record. A sequence that is unlikely to be broken soon.

Reposted by Steve Carver, Mark Priestley, Paul Caplat

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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture @scotlandtbp.bsky.social · 22d
Slovenia is smaller and more densely populated than Scotland. But despite its small size and relatively populous countryside, it's home to nearly 1,000 brown bears, over 120 wolves and a growing population of around 50 reintroduced lynx.
A Eurasian lynx reclines leisurely on a moss-covered rock, surrounded by a forest of tall trees.

Reposted by Markus P. Eichhorn

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Paul Caplat 🌲🌳🐦🦋 @paulcaplat.bsky.social · Dec 16
I warmly recommend this stunning book by @lesliebarnardbooth.bsky.social as a present to awake an interest in nature and trees in particular. Considering using it as textbook in #forestecology

Reposted by Kathleen Kennedy, Paul Caplat, Gerhard Schmied

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · Dec 15
Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.
A comic called Animals with Misleading Names. There's an electric eel labeled "not an eel". There's a mountain goat labeled "not a goat." There's a maned wolf labeled "not a wolf." There's a king cobra labeled "not a cobra. Also, snakes are typically self-governing." There's a peacock mantis shrimp labeled "Not a peacock. Not a mantis. Also, not a shrimp." There's a horny toad labeled "Not a toad. Only thinks of you as a friend." There's a mayfly labeled "active through the spring and summer." There's an eastern kingbird labeled "found in the west. Many birds do not recognize its authority."

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Paul Caplat 🌲🌳🐦🦋 @paulcaplat.bsky.social · Dec 11
I love it when a student (who started their PhD two months ago) shares a GIF of their modelling attempts (here a draft of realistic foraging behaviour - more to come). #movementecology #geoprofiling

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The Institute for Bird Populations @instbirdpop.bsky.social · Dec 10
🪶🌎🧪 WE'RE HIRING!!! Want to band fabulous birds on a far-flung island in the Western Pacific? We need to fill this position ASAP. More information here: birdpop.org/docs/jobs/Ro...
Photo of the coastline of Rota by Asch Nighthawk with inset photo by Lauren Helton of two people banding a Mariana Kingfisher and inset of bander handling a Mariana Fruit-dove for photo documentaion by Kristin Attinger.

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Paul Caplat 🌲🌳🐦🦋 @paulcaplat.bsky.social · Dec 9
Non

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · Dec 5
Tomorrow marks two years since the Israeli military killed beloved Palestinian professor, writer, and activist Refaat Alareer in an airstrike on his sister’s home.

Reposted by Steve Carver, Paul Caplat

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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · Dec 5
From fairytales to modern horror films, wolves are too often cast as monsters and that misinformation shapes public opinion more than science does. In the UK and Ireland, where wolves have been absent for centuries, this fear is one of the biggest barriers to wolf recovery. 🔗 https://bit.ly/48mtSA3
This classic fairytale could be damaging Europe’s wolf rewilding efforts
While wolves once roamed Europe for centuries, for most people, they exist only in stories or on screen
www.the-independent.com

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Frank Ashwood @frankashwood.bsky.social · Dec 5
Happy 5th December, World Soils Day!!

Please take a moment to think about your local patch of soil - whether it's your garden, a local park or even a nearby forest. Is the soil is being looked after well there? If not, what can you do to protect it for future generations? 🧪🪱

#Soil #WorldSoilDay
A photograph of a soil profile taken from the side.

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Jonny Stuteley @jonnystuteley.bsky.social · Dec 5
"Settler colonialism isn't just a form of domination over human beings; it's a form of ecological domination & violence. Settlers & their institutions determine what belongs on the land & move to eliminate/highly control beings considered pests or predators.."
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Colonizing Canis lupus: Wolf Management as a Settler Colonial Project
The hostility to wolves by segments of agribusiness and the general public in the United States is a puzzle, given that wolf predation is not responsible for a large number of cattle and sheep losses...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Journal of Forestry Research @forestryjfr.bsky.social · Dec 5
🌱🌳 This #WorldSoilDay, let's dig deeper. Explore the study and see why soil health is the backbone of resilient forests.
doi.org/10.1007/s116...

#JFR #Forestryresearch #Envitonemnt 🍁🌺🌱🌿

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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · Dec 4
A new study finds that artificial light is making plants and animals release more carbon dioxide, but without increasing photosynthesis.

www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
Light pollution is changing nature’s carbon balance, study says
A new study analyses the effect of artificial light on ecosystems
www.euronews.com