Erle Ellis
@erleellis.bsky.social
Exploring the ecology of an increasingly human planet.
Prof. Geography & Environmental Systems, UMBC
Anthromes, Anthroecology & Anthropocene
https://anthroecology.org/people/ellis/
Prof. Geography & Environmental Systems, UMBC
Anthromes, Anthroecology & Anthropocene
https://anthroecology.org/people/ellis/
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Erle Ellis
@erleellis.bsky.social
· Jun 25
Can Nature & People Thrive Together?
🌍🧑🌾🌽🌎🌴🐬🌏🚵♀️🍄🌐👍
An Aspirational Approach to Planetary Futures @nature.com.web.brid.gy
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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An Aspirational Approach to Planetary Futures @nature.com.web.brid.gy
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Erle Ellis
"Fossil demand has been flat for industrial energy since 2014, for buildings since 2018, for road transport since 2019, & may peak for electricity this year. 2/3 of countries have already seen peak fossil demand in end-use sectors, & half the world has seen a peak in fossil fuels for electricity."
The Electrotech Revolution | Ember
The annual slidedeck from Kingsmill Bond and the Ember Futures team unpacks how electrotech is rewriting the economics and geopolitics of energy.
ember-energy.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 AM
"Fossil demand has been flat for industrial energy since 2014, for buildings since 2018, for road transport since 2019, & may peak for electricity this year. 2/3 of countries have already seen peak fossil demand in end-use sectors, & half the world has seen a peak in fossil fuels for electricity."
UK = 0. Nepal = 1.4 and Spain = -0.6
Perceptions of Nature Connectedness Ranked across 61 countries @findingnature.bsky.social @ambio-journal.bsky.social 🌍🌐https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13280-025-02275-w
Perceptions of Nature Connectedness Ranked across 61 countries @findingnature.bsky.social @ambio-journal.bsky.social 🌍🌐https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13280-025-02275-w
Macro-level determinants of nature connectedness: An exploratory analysis of 61 countries - Ambio
Nature connectedness is increasingly recognised as a causal issue in environmental crises and a powerful strategy for transformative change. However, little is known about how it varies across countri...
link.springer.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
UK = 0. Nepal = 1.4 and Spain = -0.6
Perceptions of Nature Connectedness Ranked across 61 countries @findingnature.bsky.social @ambio-journal.bsky.social 🌍🌐https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13280-025-02275-w
Perceptions of Nature Connectedness Ranked across 61 countries @findingnature.bsky.social @ambio-journal.bsky.social 🌍🌐https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13280-025-02275-w
Opinion | The Reality of Living With Wolves, Bears and Mountain Lions
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Reposted by Erle Ellis
Human biomass movement may be up to 40 times greater than that of all land animals combined, according to research in Nature Ecology & Evolution. A second Nature Communications paper finds that wild mammal biomass has more than halved since 1850. go.nature.com/4oID33i go.nature.com/3LhSD7n 🧪
October 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Human biomass movement may be up to 40 times greater than that of all land animals combined, according to research in Nature Ecology & Evolution. A second Nature Communications paper finds that wild mammal biomass has more than halved since 1850. go.nature.com/4oID33i go.nature.com/3LhSD7n 🧪
Earth System Engineers 🌍🌐🦠🧑🌾
H. sapiens is not alone in Transforming Earth
@gvd.bsky.social @eos.org
eos.org/articles/ear...
H. sapiens is not alone in Transforming Earth
@gvd.bsky.social @eos.org
eos.org/articles/ear...
Earth System Engineers Take Planetary Alterations to Extreme Scales - Eos
A new framework argues Earth scientists should employ the concept of ecosystem engineering across geologic time and space.
eos.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Earth System Engineers 🌍🌐🦠🧑🌾
H. sapiens is not alone in Transforming Earth
@gvd.bsky.social @eos.org
eos.org/articles/ear...
H. sapiens is not alone in Transforming Earth
@gvd.bsky.social @eos.org
eos.org/articles/ear...
Reposted by Erle Ellis
Developing countries need at least 12 times as much financing from the rest of the globe in order to adapt to climate change, according to a new @unep.org report. eos.org/research-and...
Developing Nations Need 12 Times More Financing to Meet Climate Adaptation Needs - Eos
An annual United Nations report, published 29 October, reveals a “yawning gap” between existing and necessary climate adaptation finance, a gap “putting lives, livelihoods, and entire economies at ris...
eos.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Developing countries need at least 12 times as much financing from the rest of the globe in order to adapt to climate change, according to a new @unep.org report. eos.org/research-and...
Living with Giants: Human-Wildlife Coexistence in Chitwan National Park communities.springernature.com/posts/living...
Living with Giants: Human-Wildlife Coexistence in Chitwan National Park
This study in Chitwan National Park, Nepal reveals local community preferences for human-wildlife coexistence, highlighting the importance of context-specific strategies that align with community need...
communities.springernature.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Living with Giants: Human-Wildlife Coexistence in Chitwan National Park communities.springernature.com/posts/living...
"The Perception of trees matters more than the reality"
(in UK) 🌳🤔🌍
>PR: findingnature.org.uk/2025/10/24/g...
>Paper: Green pathways to mental health: Relationships between treescapes and well-being and distress
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
(in UK) 🌳🤔🌍
>PR: findingnature.org.uk/2025/10/24/g...
>Paper: Green pathways to mental health: Relationships between treescapes and well-being and distress
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
October 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"The Perception of trees matters more than the reality"
(in UK) 🌳🤔🌍
>PR: findingnature.org.uk/2025/10/24/g...
>Paper: Green pathways to mental health: Relationships between treescapes and well-being and distress
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
(in UK) 🌳🤔🌍
>PR: findingnature.org.uk/2025/10/24/g...
>Paper: Green pathways to mental health: Relationships between treescapes and well-being and distress
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🌎🌐🫎🌵Extinctions:
⬆️ last 500 years! 👎
...but...
⬇️ last 100 years! 👍 (in general)
Unpacking the extinction crisis: rates, patterns and causes of recent extinctions in plants and animals @royalsociety royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
⬆️ last 500 years! 👎
...but...
⬇️ last 100 years! 👍 (in general)
Unpacking the extinction crisis: rates, patterns and causes of recent extinctions in plants and animals @royalsociety royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Unpacking the extinction crisis: rates, patterns and causes of recent extinctions in plants and animals | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Biodiversity loss is one of the greatest challenges facing Earth today. The most direct
information on species losses comes from recent extinctions. However, our understanding
of these recent, human-r...
royalsocietypublishing.org
October 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
🌎🌐🫎🌵Extinctions:
⬆️ last 500 years! 👎
...but...
⬇️ last 100 years! 👍 (in general)
Unpacking the extinction crisis: rates, patterns and causes of recent extinctions in plants and animals @royalsociety royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
⬆️ last 500 years! 👎
...but...
⬇️ last 100 years! 👍 (in general)
Unpacking the extinction crisis: rates, patterns and causes of recent extinctions in plants and animals @royalsociety royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Policy principles for sustainable and just land systems @rachgarr.bsky.social etal. @royalsociety.org
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
October 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Policy principles for sustainable and just land systems @rachgarr.bsky.social etal. @royalsociety.org
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
Learn about the Nature Relationship Index (NRI)
Join the Anthropocene Navigators to offer your thoughts!
🕰️9:30 AM Tomorrow October 16 here:
vu-live.zoom.us/j/9127481812...
More info: vu.nl/en/events/20...
Join the Anthropocene Navigators to offer your thoughts!
🕰️9:30 AM Tomorrow October 16 here:
vu-live.zoom.us/j/9127481812...
More info: vu.nl/en/events/20...
October 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Learn about the Nature Relationship Index (NRI)
Join the Anthropocene Navigators to offer your thoughts!
🕰️9:30 AM Tomorrow October 16 here:
vu-live.zoom.us/j/9127481812...
More info: vu.nl/en/events/20...
Join the Anthropocene Navigators to offer your thoughts!
🕰️9:30 AM Tomorrow October 16 here:
vu-live.zoom.us/j/9127481812...
More info: vu.nl/en/events/20...
Reposted by Erle Ellis
🔍 Behind the Paper: 'How to build a better future for people and nature'. 🌏 Our @natureportfolio.nature.com perspective offers a new approach to motivate nations to create a future where people can thrive together with the entire world. 🔗Read more here: bit.ly/42A5wzv. @erleellis.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🔍 Behind the Paper: 'How to build a better future for people and nature'. 🌏 Our @natureportfolio.nature.com perspective offers a new approach to motivate nations to create a future where people can thrive together with the entire world. 🔗Read more here: bit.ly/42A5wzv. @erleellis.bsky.social
"Planet has entered a ‘new reality’ as it hits its first climate tipping point"
media> www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/c...
science> www.nature.com/articles/d41... #Anthropocene
media> www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/c...
science> www.nature.com/articles/d41... #Anthropocene
The planet has entered a ‘new reality’ as it hits its first climate tipping point, report finds | CNN
The widespread death of coral reefs is the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible tipping points the world may hit, according to a landmark report produced by 160 scientists ac...
www.cnn.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"Planet has entered a ‘new reality’ as it hits its first climate tipping point"
media> www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/c...
science> www.nature.com/articles/d41... #Anthropocene
media> www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/c...
science> www.nature.com/articles/d41... #Anthropocene
Last Call for Expert Advice to shape the Nature Relationship Index (NRI)...
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🔥Deadline October 15!
> Background: rdcu.be/etpiQ
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🔥Deadline October 15!
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Redefine how the world measures progress!
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The Nature Relationship Index (NRI) @undp.org
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October 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Last Call for Expert Advice to shape the Nature Relationship Index (NRI)...
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Reposted by Erle Ellis
On November 4th I'll be in London at the How To Academy, discussing and answering question about solutions to climate change, and how they stack up.
If you're interested in coming along, you can find details here:
howtoacademy.com/events/how-t...
If you're interested in coming along, you can find details here:
howtoacademy.com/events/how-t...
October 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
On November 4th I'll be in London at the How To Academy, discussing and answering question about solutions to climate change, and how they stack up.
If you're interested in coming along, you can find details here:
howtoacademy.com/events/how-t...
If you're interested in coming along, you can find details here:
howtoacademy.com/events/how-t...
Anthropocene Canceled? 🚯 @ecosocialism1.bsky.social
monthlyreview.org/articles/has...
>>> Of course NOT <<<
The evidence speaks for itself.
No geologists, epochs or hype required.
theconversation.com/the-anthropo... 🌍⚒️🌐🧪
monthlyreview.org/articles/has...
>>> Of course NOT <<<
The evidence speaks for itself.
No geologists, epochs or hype required.
theconversation.com/the-anthropo... 🌍⚒️🌐🧪
October 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Anthropocene Canceled? 🚯 @ecosocialism1.bsky.social
monthlyreview.org/articles/has...
>>> Of course NOT <<<
The evidence speaks for itself.
No geologists, epochs or hype required.
theconversation.com/the-anthropo... 🌍⚒️🌐🧪
monthlyreview.org/articles/has...
>>> Of course NOT <<<
The evidence speaks for itself.
No geologists, epochs or hype required.
theconversation.com/the-anthropo... 🌍⚒️🌐🧪
Human transformation of past terrestrial ecosystems @natrevbiodiv.nature.com #anthromes 🌍🌐
doi.org/10.1038/s443...
doi.org/10.1038/s443...
Human transformation of past terrestrial ecosystems - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Human actions have shaped ecosystems for thousands of years, and have profound effects on biodiversity and environmental processes. This Review explores the ways that humans have modified past ecosystems and the methods available for researchers to study these changes, as well as indicating how understanding historic change can inform conservation strategies.
doi.org
October 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Human transformation of past terrestrial ecosystems @natrevbiodiv.nature.com #anthromes 🌍🌐
doi.org/10.1038/s443...
doi.org/10.1038/s443...
Reposted by Erle Ellis
News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.
Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says
Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.
We need advice from @ipbes.net @futureearth.bsky.social @esgproject.bsky.social @worldresources.bsky.social @unep.org
Redefine how the world measures progress!
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October 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
We need advice from @ipbes.net @futureearth.bsky.social @esgproject.bsky.social @worldresources.bsky.social @unep.org
Help build a better future for people and nature
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communities.springernature.com/posts/how-to...
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communities.springernature.com/posts/how-to...
How to build a better future for people and nature
The Nature Relationship Index (NRI) redefines progress by measuring the contributions of nations to creating a better future for life on Earth. Your expert advice can help to improve it.
communities.springernature.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Help build a better future for people and nature
🌍🧑🌾🌽🌎🌴🐬🌏🚵♀️🍄🌐👍
communities.springernature.com/posts/how-to...
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communities.springernature.com/posts/how-to...
Reposted by Erle Ellis
Happy publication day to Melissa Leach & James Fairhead for 'Naturekind'! It introduces a new paradigm for human & nonhuman communication from @princetonupress.bsky.social
Innovative & provocative, as reviewer @erleellis.bsky.social says,"nature is talking, & people need to listen"
bit.ly/4mYPQgB
Innovative & provocative, as reviewer @erleellis.bsky.social says,"nature is talking, & people need to listen"
bit.ly/4mYPQgB
Naturekind
A new paradigm that integrates human and nonhuman communication and culture
bit.ly
October 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Happy publication day to Melissa Leach & James Fairhead for 'Naturekind'! It introduces a new paradigm for human & nonhuman communication from @princetonupress.bsky.social
Innovative & provocative, as reviewer @erleellis.bsky.social says,"nature is talking, & people need to listen"
bit.ly/4mYPQgB
Innovative & provocative, as reviewer @erleellis.bsky.social says,"nature is talking, & people need to listen"
bit.ly/4mYPQgB
Trophic rewilding depends on the assumption that replacing lost megafauna with alternative species can generate similar benefits. This new review by Bescond-Michel et al. challenges that belief. 🌏🌐🧪
Harms of introduced large herbivores outweigh benefits to native biodiversity - Nature Communications
Using impact assessment frameworks, this study shows that the introduction of large mammalian herbivores outside their native range has predominantly caused negative impacts on native biodiversity globally. The authors advise caution regarding their further intentional introduction for conservation purposes.
www.nature.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Reposted by Erle Ellis
Redefine how the world measures progress!
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September 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Redefine how the world measures progress!
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September 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Redefine how the world measures progress!
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The Anthropocene is Not an Epoch:
A Reply to Zalasiewicz et al. @agu.org Earth's Future
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
A Reply to Zalasiewicz et al. @agu.org Earth's Future
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
September 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The Anthropocene is Not an Epoch:
A Reply to Zalasiewicz et al. @agu.org Earth's Future
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
A Reply to Zalasiewicz et al. @agu.org Earth's Future
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...