Luke Romaine
@lukeromaine.bsky.social
PhD in bat social behavioural ecology 🦇 UniofBristol
Now working in biodiversity policy in Wales 🏴
policy | nature | conservation | evolutionary and behavioural ecology | bioacoustics | bats
Trying to do the right thing for 🏴
Now working in biodiversity policy in Wales 🏴
policy | nature | conservation | evolutionary and behavioural ecology | bioacoustics | bats
Trying to do the right thing for 🏴
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We're launching our new #UZH funded citizen science project using exciting #AI powered smart bird feeders to learn more about common European garden birds and how they survive the winter.
This is the start of something *BIG*
Sign up if you are interested! www.citizenscience.uzh.ch/en/projects/...
This is the start of something *BIG*
Sign up if you are interested! www.citizenscience.uzh.ch/en/projects/...
November 29, 2024 at 1:47 AM
We're launching our new #UZH funded citizen science project using exciting #AI powered smart bird feeders to learn more about common European garden birds and how they survive the winter.
This is the start of something *BIG*
Sign up if you are interested! www.citizenscience.uzh.ch/en/projects/...
This is the start of something *BIG*
Sign up if you are interested! www.citizenscience.uzh.ch/en/projects/...
Reposted by Luke Romaine
🚨 new paper alert! 🧪
Discussing how the language we use informs our understanding of the current biodiversity crisis.
We also raise consider how we communicate science to the public & funders, & how we use language to shape awareness and leverage action.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Discussing how the language we use informs our understanding of the current biodiversity crisis.
We also raise consider how we communicate science to the public & funders, & how we use language to shape awareness and leverage action.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
A Sixth Mass Extinction? How Linguistic Uncertainty Shapes Our Understanding of the Biodiversity Crisis
The term ‘sixth mass extinction’ used for the current biodiversity crisis lacks consensus on its accuracy. The epistemic dispute stemming from this ambiguity underscores the importance of clear commu...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 29, 2024 at 9:55 AM
🚨 new paper alert! 🧪
Discussing how the language we use informs our understanding of the current biodiversity crisis.
We also raise consider how we communicate science to the public & funders, & how we use language to shape awareness and leverage action.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Discussing how the language we use informs our understanding of the current biodiversity crisis.
We also raise consider how we communicate science to the public & funders, & how we use language to shape awareness and leverage action.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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The Scottish Biodiversity Strategy has been published but is it SMART enough?
The Scottish Goverment's ambition has been set out in the publication of the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy & Strategic Biodiversity Framework Delivery Plan.
www.gov.scot/publications...
Read on for our response🧵
The Scottish Goverment's ambition has been set out in the publication of the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy & Strategic Biodiversity Framework Delivery Plan.
www.gov.scot/publications...
Read on for our response🧵
November 28, 2024 at 4:26 PM
The Scottish Biodiversity Strategy has been published but is it SMART enough?
The Scottish Goverment's ambition has been set out in the publication of the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy & Strategic Biodiversity Framework Delivery Plan.
www.gov.scot/publications...
Read on for our response🧵
The Scottish Goverment's ambition has been set out in the publication of the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy & Strategic Biodiversity Framework Delivery Plan.
www.gov.scot/publications...
Read on for our response🧵
Reposted by Luke Romaine
And again: honeybees (Apis mellifera) are doing just fine. They don’t need saving. It’s the other bees that need help. Read 👇👇👇 🌍 🧪 #invertebrates
Please #repost/#share for the #bees.🙏🏼🐝
This matters.
So let’s talk about #honeybees in the context of ‘Saving the Bees’.
Let’s cut the bull and cut to the chase as there’s way too much confusion/misinformation out there which is a hinderance to, and detrimental to, genuine bee saving.
1/18
This matters.
So let’s talk about #honeybees in the context of ‘Saving the Bees’.
Let’s cut the bull and cut to the chase as there’s way too much confusion/misinformation out there which is a hinderance to, and detrimental to, genuine bee saving.
1/18
November 17, 2024 at 1:21 PM
And again: honeybees (Apis mellifera) are doing just fine. They don’t need saving. It’s the other bees that need help. Read 👇👇👇 🌍 🧪 #invertebrates
Reposted by Luke Romaine
Amazing findings about how bats can use echolocation at large scales 🧪🌎
Bats make mental maps using echolocation
There’s enough information in echolocation to help bats identify landmarks and travel between them.
arstechnica.com
November 17, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Amazing findings about how bats can use echolocation at large scales 🧪🌎