Dr James Barker

Research Scientist - NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water | Fire ecology | He/Him 🏳️‍🌈

[Dr James Barker @EcolJim]

@robdashworth Next one’s in Melbourne lol

[Dr James Barker @EcolJim]

I don’t think a conference dinner gets any better than this #ESAus23

[Dr James Barker @EcolJim]

@robdashworth You should have come!

[Dr James Barker @EcolJim]

@frewecologist I was not expecting that at all when we got on the bus

[Michael Dahlstrom @mb_dahlstrom]

#Breaking - The Victorian grassland earless dragon, not sighted since 1969 and once feared to be extinct, has been rediscovered at a secret location.

Full story here: https://t.co/pTEUiJceqC

[Dr James Barker @EcolJim]

@EcoloGee_ @DrDirtGirl I’ll be there

[Dr James Barker @EcolJim]

@EcoloGee_ I’ll be waiting

[Dr James Barker @EcolJim]

@EcoloGee_ Exciting!

[Dr James Barker @EcolJim]

@wildfire_craig For sure! Over here burning is usually just in the news if something goes wrong or Sydney gets covered in smoke

[Dr James Barker @EcolJim]

Standard practice in Australia, newsworthy in the UK

Interesting to see how people are having to adapt to changing fire regimes. Headline makes it sound kinda negative though

[Craig Hope @wildfire_craig]

Tactical burning by crews to safe property making the news 👍🏻👍🏻

Rhondda Cynon Taf: Deliberate fire set to save attraction https://t.co/vFGvZJEVGU

[AFAC @AFACnews]

We released the Seasonal Bushfire Outlook for Winter 2023 today, showing above normal fire potential across much of Central Australia and parts of NSW, as well as below normal fire potential in parts of the Great Dividing Range.
https://t.co/T1IUJa3TWw

[Dr Tom Fairman @itsnotfairman]

New paper of planned burning during Black Summer.

"During extreme fire events, recent fuel reduction burning can aid wildfire suppression locally but will have a highly variable effect on the extent and severity of wildfires at larger scales."

https://t.co/KeSmjwOeJw

[Rowena Morris @RowenaMorris]

Looking forward to the NCC 2023 Bushfire conference. Come say hello at the DPE Science, Economics and Insights display. #NSWBFNHRC

[Dr. Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman]

There's an official government petition to raise the PhD stipends in Australia to $45k. Their current rate of less than $30k makes it impossible to focus on research and will have long term impacts on Australian trained scientists. Sign it! https://t.co/vX64i8ErM1

[Dr Thomas Smith 🔥🌏 @DrTELS]

The UK is experiencing a shift in fire regime & it's happening faster than many of us expected. We're making strides in preparedness & response thanks to strong leadership @CFOAfire & other communities/stakeholders, but we're still playing catch up
@UKFDRS
https://t.co/BZydN2mdXp

[Ella Plumanns Pouton @ellapouton]

If the time between fires (intervals) is too short, plants have insufficient time to grow seeds. Without seeds, some plants are at "immaturity risk" if another fire occurs. But do these "immaturity risk" intervals depend on fire severity? 1/
https://t.co/y397OQqQA1

[Dr James Barker @EcolJim]

@teamswiftparrot

[Eucalypt Australia - Archived @EucalyptAus]

Please congratulate your 2023 #EucalyptoftheYear, the spectacular Sydney Red Gum, Angophora costata!

The Sydney Red Gum is synonymous with the sandstone escarpments of coastal NSW.

This is the first year that an Angophora has taken out the gum gong!
#NationalEucalyptDay

[Matthias Boer @MatthiasBoer]

Come and work with us at the NSW Bushfire and Natural Hazards Research Centre.

We are hiring:

Research Centre Manager: https://t.co/Tqr31KT5YO

Project and Communications Coordinator: https://t.co/ZNa4ix7ynP

Both based at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment.

[Prof. Belinda Medlyn @b_medlyn]

Meet the node leads of the new NSW Bushfire & Natural Hazards Research Centre #NSWBFNHRC @MatthiasBoer @ooist7 @OwenBushfire @Myebra12 @DrNickGill @trentpenman @DrJKWeir @Rachael_H_Nolan
All excited to work with 8 NSW agencies to tackle Bushfire Enquiry recommendations