Marian Turner
@marianlturner.bsky.social
Senior Editor, Nature Ecology & Evolution. Melbourne/Naarm.
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It's just been confirmed that Monash University is dropping Woodside as a partner because they don't align with their sustainable values. This is an incredible win for @stopwoodsidemonash.bsky.social who have run a dedicated grass roots campaign for years.
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 AM
It's just been confirmed that Monash University is dropping Woodside as a partner because they don't align with their sustainable values. This is an incredible win for @stopwoodsidemonash.bsky.social who have run a dedicated grass roots campaign for years.
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Our October issue is now live: www.nature.com/natecolevol/...
Featuring research on: 🧪
💧Wetland carbon sequestration
🌊Starfish diversity in the deep sea
🧬Genetic architecture of reproductive success
Cover shows a colony of king penguins, from Carter et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Featuring research on: 🧪
💧Wetland carbon sequestration
🌊Starfish diversity in the deep sea
🧬Genetic architecture of reproductive success
Cover shows a colony of king penguins, from Carter et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Our October issue is now live: www.nature.com/natecolevol/...
Featuring research on: 🧪
💧Wetland carbon sequestration
🌊Starfish diversity in the deep sea
🧬Genetic architecture of reproductive success
Cover shows a colony of king penguins, from Carter et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Featuring research on: 🧪
💧Wetland carbon sequestration
🌊Starfish diversity in the deep sea
🧬Genetic architecture of reproductive success
Cover shows a colony of king penguins, from Carter et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Delighted to send this @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social cartoon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... to the authors of this paper today www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Long-beaked echidnas? Yes please! A cartoon for people who cannot bear any more news about anything dreadful | First Dog on the Moon
Let the echidna discourse begin!
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June 24, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Delighted to send this @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social cartoon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... to the authors of this paper today www.nature.com/articles/s44...
I'm heading to #ICCB2025 tomorrow. Happy to chat about @natecoevo.nature.com so please seek me out!
June 14, 2025 at 5:08 AM
I'm heading to #ICCB2025 tomorrow. Happy to chat about @natecoevo.nature.com so please seek me out!
Proud of my brother Lincoln who has sought for years to shine spotlight on Monash and Woodside, and is quoted in this (and championing academic freedom of speech)
Wild @roycerk2.bsky.social story: @monashuniversity.bsky.social were so ashamed of the luxury Italian conference they held in partnership with openly evil fossil fuel company Woodside that they deleted the entire website moments after the conference was done.
Keynoted by Tim Wilson (!)
Keynoted by Tim Wilson (!)
Monash staff say Woodside-backed climate conference highlights concerns about energy giant partnership
Senior lecturer says staff and students have struggled to get answers from university leadership about arrangement
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June 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Proud of my brother Lincoln who has sought for years to shine spotlight on Monash and Woodside, and is quoted in this (and championing academic freedom of speech)
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An exclusive academic conference held in Prato, Italy, last year -- organised in partnership between Monash University and Woodside -- has become the latest flashpoint for staff concerned about its relationship to Australia's biggest fossil fuel producer.
This from me in The Guardian.
This from me in The Guardian.
Monash staff say Woodside-backed climate conference highlights concerns about energy giant partnership
Senior lecturer says university staff and students have struggled to get answers from university leadership about arrangement
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June 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
An exclusive academic conference held in Prato, Italy, last year -- organised in partnership between Monash University and Woodside -- has become the latest flashpoint for staff concerned about its relationship to Australia's biggest fossil fuel producer.
This from me in The Guardian.
This from me in The Guardian.
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Our June issue is now live! www.nature.com/natecolevol/...
Featuring research on:
🧬Airborne eDNA
💰Costs of biological invasions
🌡️Genomic predictions of temperature adaptation
Cover illustration by Marco Lawrence, based on Bradfer-Lawrence et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Featuring research on:
🧬Airborne eDNA
💰Costs of biological invasions
🌡️Genomic predictions of temperature adaptation
Cover illustration by Marco Lawrence, based on Bradfer-Lawrence et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
June 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Our June issue is now live! www.nature.com/natecolevol/...
Featuring research on:
🧬Airborne eDNA
💰Costs of biological invasions
🌡️Genomic predictions of temperature adaptation
Cover illustration by Marco Lawrence, based on Bradfer-Lawrence et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Featuring research on:
🧬Airborne eDNA
💰Costs of biological invasions
🌡️Genomic predictions of temperature adaptation
Cover illustration by Marco Lawrence, based on Bradfer-Lawrence et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A series of recent investigative reports in the New York Times have criticized global panda breeding programmes. Here, Yang et al. clarify three misconceptions and argue that the reporting misrepresents the breeding programme and its conservation effects 🐼 rdcu.be/ei9aM
Global breeding programme benefits wild panda conservation
Nature Ecology & Evolution - Global breeding programme benefits wild panda conservation
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April 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
A series of recent investigative reports in the New York Times have criticized global panda breeding programmes. Here, Yang et al. clarify three misconceptions and argue that the reporting misrepresents the breeding programme and its conservation effects 🐼 rdcu.be/ei9aM
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Data on beetle, bird, plant and mammal occupancy of woodland sites in UK agricultural landscapes demonstrate how contemporary spatial spillovers and legacies of past land use interact to affect species richness and community composition www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Spillovers and legacies of land management on temperate woodland biodiversity - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Data on beetle, bird, plant and mammal occupancy of woodland sites in UK agricultural landscapes demonstrate how contemporary spatial spillovers and legacies of past land use interact to affect specie...
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April 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Data on beetle, bird, plant and mammal occupancy of woodland sites in UK agricultural landscapes demonstrate how contemporary spatial spillovers and legacies of past land use interact to affect species richness and community composition www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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With this column today, I learn that Robin McKie is stepping down as science correspondent for The Observer. It's impossible to overstate how legendary Robin is, and this column, with its solid defence of science and celebration of its wonder, is typically astute.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
What I’ve learned after 40 years as the Observer’s science editor
Almost as amazing as the knowledge we have gained in the past four decades is the fact that some people continue to deny the damage we are doing to our world
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April 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
With this column today, I learn that Robin McKie is stepping down as science correspondent for The Observer. It's impossible to overstate how legendary Robin is, and this column, with its solid defence of science and celebration of its wonder, is typically astute.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Protecting existing coral reefs MUST be our priority.
A message that's been voiced several times before by @profterryhughes.bsky.social and others, but one that we should not lose sight of.
My short 'News&Views' piece in @natureecoevo.bsky.social
Link: tinyurl.com/2jfskntd
A message that's been voiced several times before by @profterryhughes.bsky.social and others, but one that we should not lose sight of.
My short 'News&Views' piece in @natureecoevo.bsky.social
Link: tinyurl.com/2jfskntd
Protecting existing coral reefs must be our priority - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A global analysis reveals that coral restoration sites are often located in areas with high human impacts and overlook current and future levels of thermal stress, which places most restoration projec...
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April 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Protecting existing coral reefs MUST be our priority.
A message that's been voiced several times before by @profterryhughes.bsky.social and others, but one that we should not lose sight of.
My short 'News&Views' piece in @natureecoevo.bsky.social
Link: tinyurl.com/2jfskntd
A message that's been voiced several times before by @profterryhughes.bsky.social and others, but one that we should not lose sight of.
My short 'News&Views' piece in @natureecoevo.bsky.social
Link: tinyurl.com/2jfskntd
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The Pentagon has abruptly scrapped its entire social science research program.
The decision “is short-sighted and harmful to U.S. national security,” @jaylyall.bsky.social told me. It “suggests they don’t care about better understanding threats the U.S. faces,” says @busbyj2.bsky.social.
The decision “is short-sighted and harmful to U.S. national security,” @jaylyall.bsky.social told me. It “suggests they don’t care about better understanding threats the U.S. faces,” says @busbyj2.bsky.social.
Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research
More than 90 studies on threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation are halted
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March 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The Pentagon has abruptly scrapped its entire social science research program.
The decision “is short-sighted and harmful to U.S. national security,” @jaylyall.bsky.social told me. It “suggests they don’t care about better understanding threats the U.S. faces,” says @busbyj2.bsky.social.
The decision “is short-sighted and harmful to U.S. national security,” @jaylyall.bsky.social told me. It “suggests they don’t care about better understanding threats the U.S. faces,” says @busbyj2.bsky.social.
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In our latest Editorial we discuss the continuing damage being done to US science, and its impact on researchers and the environment 👇
Deep cuts: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Deep cuts: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
In our latest Editorial we discuss the continuing damage being done to US science, and its impact on researchers and the environment 👇
Deep cuts: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Deep cuts: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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It’s hard to celebrate public schools gaining full funding. Its hard because kids now in kindergarten must wait till Year 10 before their education is fully supported. Its also hard when most private schools remain overfunded. Its hard to celebrate inequality. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW public schools to be fully funded by 2034, leaving Queensland as only state outside deal
Commonwealth will pay for a quarter of public school funding, up from a fifth, replicating an agreement reached with South Australia and Victoria last month
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March 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
It’s hard to celebrate public schools gaining full funding. Its hard because kids now in kindergarten must wait till Year 10 before their education is fully supported. Its also hard when most private schools remain overfunded. Its hard to celebrate inequality. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Dean Karlan, USAID's chief economist, has resigned and gives his story to NPR: www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Why Dean Karlan, chief economist of USAID, resigned on Tuesday
He was hired in 2022 so the aid agency could get 'more bang for our buck' with its projects. He tried to reach out to help in the rebuilding of the agency. On Tuesday he tendered his resignation.
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February 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Dean Karlan, USAID's chief economist, has resigned and gives his story to NPR: www.npr.org/sections/goa...
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We are often told that we need to keep exporting gas to places like Japan, or risk a geopolitical disaster.
Dr Yuki Tanabe explains to the #ClimateIntegrity Summit why Japan doesn't need Australia's gas.
Dr Yuki Tanabe explains to the #ClimateIntegrity Summit why Japan doesn't need Australia's gas.
February 12, 2025 at 2:55 AM
We are often told that we need to keep exporting gas to places like Japan, or risk a geopolitical disaster.
Dr Yuki Tanabe explains to the #ClimateIntegrity Summit why Japan doesn't need Australia's gas.
Dr Yuki Tanabe explains to the #ClimateIntegrity Summit why Japan doesn't need Australia's gas.
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February 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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What could you do with $13,000? Is every Australian, adult and child, feel comfortable that they are sending, on average, over $13,000 of their money to the USA for some submarines. We had two in the First World War, AE1 and AE2, they did nothing, and brave Australian submariners died.
February 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
What could you do with $13,000? Is every Australian, adult and child, feel comfortable that they are sending, on average, over $13,000 of their money to the USA for some submarines. We had two in the First World War, AE1 and AE2, they did nothing, and brave Australian submariners died.
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If you want to know what the hell is happening in Germany atm, this is an excellent summary. 👇
A political gamble backfired spectacularly – bringing the far right closer to power in Germany | Jörg Lau
The CDU’s Friedrich Merz has shattered the taboo that had underpinned German politics since the war. The unthinkable is now more possible says Die Zeit writer, Jörg Lau
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February 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
If you want to know what the hell is happening in Germany atm, this is an excellent summary. 👇
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Here we go! The first issue of Nature Reviews Biodiversity is now live🥳🎉🥂.
Thank you to our authors, reviewers, and community for the support! We hope you enjoy the reading. www.nature.com/nrbd/volumes...
Thank you to our authors, reviewers, and community for the support! We hope you enjoy the reading. www.nature.com/nrbd/volumes...
January 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Here we go! The first issue of Nature Reviews Biodiversity is now live🥳🎉🥂.
Thank you to our authors, reviewers, and community for the support! We hope you enjoy the reading. www.nature.com/nrbd/volumes...
Thank you to our authors, reviewers, and community for the support! We hope you enjoy the reading. www.nature.com/nrbd/volumes...
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Join our news team as a science reporter based in Berlin or Sydney! Applications close January 20th👇🏻
Please help spread the word
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Greetings fellow, er, blueskiers?? I should probably start posting on here. How's this for starters: a fab opportunity to join team Nature! We're hiring a full time news reporter based in Berlin or Sydney: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
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January 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Join our news team as a science reporter based in Berlin or Sydney! Applications close January 20th👇🏻
Please help spread the word
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Also from Emily Nicholson and colleagues on the role of the Red List of Ecosystems in the KM-GBF #ESAus2024 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Roles of the Red List of Ecosystems in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The Red List of Ecosystems is a headline indicator in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. This Progress illustrates how the Red List of Ecosystems can be used by Parties to the Framewo...
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December 8, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Also from Emily Nicholson and colleagues on the role of the Red List of Ecosystems in the KM-GBF #ESAus2024 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
For a primer on the KM-GBF monitoring framework that Emily Nicholson just discussed at #ESAus2024, see www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Progress in developing and operationalizing the Monitoring Framework of the Global Biodiversity Framework - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This Perspective charts the development of the Monitoring Framework for tracking progress towards the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, including details on the process of indicator sele...
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December 8, 2024 at 10:40 PM
For a primer on the KM-GBF monitoring framework that Emily Nicholson just discussed at #ESAus2024, see www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I'm really looking forward to attending #ESAus2024 next week. I'll be cycling in through Royal Park every morning. Happy to chat about @natureecoevo.bsky.social so please say hi.
December 5, 2024 at 5:19 AM
I'm really looking forward to attending #ESAus2024 next week. I'll be cycling in through Royal Park every morning. Happy to chat about @natureecoevo.bsky.social so please say hi.