Adriaan Buys, PhD
@adriaanbuys.bsky.social
Lecturer, Researcher, Conservationist | Founder of @ConservationMag | Exploring the ties between people and nature | Cape Town, South Africa
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New research reveals scale of 'misleading' news reports, editorials, opinion articles that continue to cast electric vehicles in a negative light - but what do editors have against a technology that is more popular than ever?
www.businessgreen.com/analysis/451...
www.businessgreen.com/analysis/451...
Why are UK newspapers driving 'widespread misinformation' about electric cars?
New research reveals the scale of 'misleading' news reports, editorials, and opinion articles that continue to cast electric vehicles in a negative light - but what do editors have against a technolog...
www.businessgreen.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:03 AM
New research reveals scale of 'misleading' news reports, editorials, opinion articles that continue to cast electric vehicles in a negative light - but what do editors have against a technology that is more popular than ever?
www.businessgreen.com/analysis/451...
www.businessgreen.com/analysis/451...
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Mother Earth is watching. Don't be complicit.
August 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Mother Earth is watching. Don't be complicit.
Trek to Brazil's sacred Pico da Neblina with the Yanomami. An incredible journey into the heart of the Amazon, rich in culture & conservation insights. ⛰️🌳👣
Read the story: conservationmag.org/en/travel/pi...
Read the story: conservationmag.org/en/travel/pi...
Pico da Neblina: Trekking Brazil's Sacred Amazonian Peak with the Yanomami
In the early 16th century, respected Spanish chronicler Gonzalo Oveido described the glittering kingdom of El Dorado, whose ruler was coated in gold...
conservationmag.org
May 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Trek to Brazil's sacred Pico da Neblina with the Yanomami. An incredible journey into the heart of the Amazon, rich in culture & conservation insights. ⛰️🌳👣
Read the story: conservationmag.org/en/travel/pi...
Read the story: conservationmag.org/en/travel/pi...
An EWT early-warning system flagged a poisoned elephant carcass in Kruger Park and helped rescue 84 endangered vultures alive conservationmag.org/en/wildlife/...
One of the Largest: Vulture Poisoning Claims 123 Lives, But 84 Saved
According to a joint media release by South African National Parks (SANParks) and the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT), 84 vultures were rescued...
conservationmag.org
May 8, 2025 at 10:56 AM
An EWT early-warning system flagged a poisoned elephant carcass in Kruger Park and helped rescue 84 endangered vultures alive conservationmag.org/en/wildlife/...
Fine-scale citizen science data reveal alarming bird declines in North America’s old strongholds—time for precision conservation! #BirdDecline #CitizenScience conservationmag.org/en/environme...
May 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Fine-scale citizen science data reveal alarming bird declines in North America’s old strongholds—time for precision conservation! #BirdDecline #CitizenScience conservationmag.org/en/environme...
Try your hand at keeping your ecosystem stable. I spent some time vibe-coding a little calming ecosystem safari game. Sitting and watching the little cloud animals' behaviour is genuinely fascinating. Let me know what you think conservationmag.org/games/ecosys...
April 14, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Try your hand at keeping your ecosystem stable. I spent some time vibe-coding a little calming ecosystem safari game. Sitting and watching the little cloud animals' behaviour is genuinely fascinating. Let me know what you think conservationmag.org/games/ecosys...
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🚨Earlier than expected breach of Paris Agreement threshold: Unlike some media articles about this yesterday, the two Nature reports on which those headlines are based are *free to access*. Here's one (Cannon):
Twelve months at 1.5 °C signals earlier than expected breach of Paris Agreement threshold - Nature Climate Change
The 12 months before July 2024 were more than 1.5 °C warmer than the pre-industrial baseline. Using climate models, the author shows that the first year that exceeds 1.5 °C of warming most probably al...
www.nature.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🚨Earlier than expected breach of Paris Agreement threshold: Unlike some media articles about this yesterday, the two Nature reports on which those headlines are based are *free to access*. Here's one (Cannon):
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Three-dimensional maps of glacier surfaces across Greenland reveal that cracks are growing rapidly where land ice meets the sea — and climate change is to blame
https://go.nature.com/419xEck
https://go.nature.com/419xEck
The Greenland Ice Sheet is fracturing faster than expected
Cracks in Greenland's glaciers deepened by climate change.
go.nature.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Three-dimensional maps of glacier surfaces across Greenland reveal that cracks are growing rapidly where land ice meets the sea — and climate change is to blame
https://go.nature.com/419xEck
https://go.nature.com/419xEck
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“The dependence of the economy on nature,” a theme explored in his group’s 6,000-word chapter, “is understated and understudied and underappreciated,” Dr. Panwar said.
Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway.
The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“The dependence of the economy on nature,” a theme explored in his group’s 6,000-word chapter, “is understated and understudied and underappreciated,” Dr. Panwar said.
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#Agriculture is a key driver of #landuse change and terrestrial #carbon & #biodiversity loss. But its environment #footprint can be reduced by sustained #productivity growth: Globally, historic crop improvement (1961-2015) resulted net in less #cropland expansion... (1/2) doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Adoption of improved crop varieties limited biodiversity losses, terrestrial carbon emissions, and cropland expansion in the tropics | PNAS
Research investments in crop improvements, including by national and international
agricultural research centers, have made significant contributio...
doi.org
February 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
#Agriculture is a key driver of #landuse change and terrestrial #carbon & #biodiversity loss. But its environment #footprint can be reduced by sustained #productivity growth: Globally, historic crop improvement (1961-2015) resulted net in less #cropland expansion... (1/2) doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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I've been encountering over the past few days the claim that the planet is warming twice as fast as predicted. This is entirely untruthful and unhelpful.
The planet is warming AS fast as predicted, which is cause enough for dramatic action.
The truth is bad enough!
The planet is warming AS fast as predicted, which is cause enough for dramatic action.
The truth is bad enough!
February 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I've been encountering over the past few days the claim that the planet is warming twice as fast as predicted. This is entirely untruthful and unhelpful.
The planet is warming AS fast as predicted, which is cause enough for dramatic action.
The truth is bad enough!
The planet is warming AS fast as predicted, which is cause enough for dramatic action.
The truth is bad enough!
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Global public perceptions on #climate change and carbon-dioxide removal #CDR and solar #geoengineering
The full #GENIE survey dataset (30 countries, 19 languages) is now available, open access, via the Knowledge Hub.
Please dig in! 🔬
cdr.apps.ece.iiasa.ac.at/story/2025_0...
The full #GENIE survey dataset (30 countries, 19 languages) is now available, open access, via the Knowledge Hub.
Please dig in! 🔬
cdr.apps.ece.iiasa.ac.at/story/2025_0...
February 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Global public perceptions on #climate change and carbon-dioxide removal #CDR and solar #geoengineering
The full #GENIE survey dataset (30 countries, 19 languages) is now available, open access, via the Knowledge Hub.
Please dig in! 🔬
cdr.apps.ece.iiasa.ac.at/story/2025_0...
The full #GENIE survey dataset (30 countries, 19 languages) is now available, open access, via the Knowledge Hub.
Please dig in! 🔬
cdr.apps.ece.iiasa.ac.at/story/2025_0...
Raising the Good Stuff: Inside the World of Regenerative Meat Farming
The stench is the first thing many people notice. When you live near a CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operation), you know the smell.
conservationmag.org/en/sustainab...
The stench is the first thing many people notice. When you live near a CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operation), you know the smell.
conservationmag.org/en/sustainab...
Raising the Good Stuff: Inside the World of Regenerative Meat Farming
The stench is the first thing many people notice. When you live near a CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operation), you know the smell.
conservationmag.org
February 6, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Raising the Good Stuff: Inside the World of Regenerative Meat Farming
The stench is the first thing many people notice. When you live near a CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operation), you know the smell.
conservationmag.org/en/sustainab...
The stench is the first thing many people notice. When you live near a CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operation), you know the smell.
conservationmag.org/en/sustainab...
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January 2025 was quite unexpectedly the warmest January on record at 1.75C above preindustrial, beating the prior record set in 2024.
This is despite the presence of La Niña conditions in the tropical Pacific, with the El Niño event of 2023/2024 long faded. www.theclimatebrink....
This is despite the presence of La Niña conditions in the tropical Pacific, with the El Niño event of 2023/2024 long faded. www.theclimatebrink....
February 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
January 2025 was quite unexpectedly the warmest January on record at 1.75C above preindustrial, beating the prior record set in 2024.
This is despite the presence of La Niña conditions in the tropical Pacific, with the El Niño event of 2023/2024 long faded. www.theclimatebrink....
This is despite the presence of La Niña conditions in the tropical Pacific, with the El Niño event of 2023/2024 long faded. www.theclimatebrink....
I am not sure if I am the only one connecting these dots but it is interesting that DeepSeek R1 which could cause major ripples in US big tech was released on Trump Inauguration day 20 January could this be the ultimate tech🖕
January 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I am not sure if I am the only one connecting these dots but it is interesting that DeepSeek R1 which could cause major ripples in US big tech was released on Trump Inauguration day 20 January could this be the ultimate tech🖕
I just posted a new post: The Rainbow Nation’s Diversity Trail: Exploring South Africa's Hidden Biodiversity - With spectacular views, top-notch guiding, exclusive hiking trails, and a host of diverse activities thrown in, this exclusive slackpacking trail...
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conservationmag.org/en/hiking/th...
January 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I just posted a new post: The Rainbow Nation’s Diversity Trail: Exploring South Africa's Hidden Biodiversity - With spectacular views, top-notch guiding, exclusive hiking trails, and a host of diverse activities thrown in, this exclusive slackpacking trail...
conservationmag.org/en/hiking/th...
conservationmag.org/en/hiking/th...
Hi everyone, just joined here! 🌱 Still finding my way, so if you see only a few posts, be kind and follow anyway. Taking it slow and letting go of that Meta attachment—excited to connect
January 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Hi everyone, just joined here! 🌱 Still finding my way, so if you see only a few posts, be kind and follow anyway. Taking it slow and letting go of that Meta attachment—excited to connect
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The Global Climate Highlights 2024 report is now online.
Delve in the analysis and access all the charts, information, and data on temperature, sea ice, precipitation, and greenhouse gas concentrations. Explore the data that defined 2024: https://bit.ly/40kQpcz
#C3S #GCH2024
Delve in the analysis and access all the charts, information, and data on temperature, sea ice, precipitation, and greenhouse gas concentrations. Explore the data that defined 2024: https://bit.ly/40kQpcz
#C3S #GCH2024
January 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The Global Climate Highlights 2024 report is now online.
Delve in the analysis and access all the charts, information, and data on temperature, sea ice, precipitation, and greenhouse gas concentrations. Explore the data that defined 2024: https://bit.ly/40kQpcz
#C3S #GCH2024
Delve in the analysis and access all the charts, information, and data on temperature, sea ice, precipitation, and greenhouse gas concentrations. Explore the data that defined 2024: https://bit.ly/40kQpcz
#C3S #GCH2024