Chi Xu

ecologist

[Chi Xu @Chi___Xu]

@JCSvenning Congratulations!!!

[Chi Xu @Chi___Xu]

@JCSvenning Thanks Jens - really nice cooperation! Cheers

[Jens Svenning @JCSvenning]

Press release - Global South cities lack cooling green spaces https://t.co/5Bv1J5gyL5 🍃🥵#heatstress #climatechange #greenspace #urbandesign #urbanplanning

[Jens Svenning @JCSvenning]

Green spaces provide substantial but unequal urban cooling globally - check our new study across the 500 largest cities worldwide, just out in @NatureComms https://t.co/1YnN0cUEJM 🥵🍃🏙️🏠🌐🌳#heatstress #climatechange #greenspace #urbandesign

[Jens Svenning @JCSvenning]

The diversity & functioning of Europe's #mammal #fauna are strongly degraded relative to recent prehistoric baselines at similar climate - see our new @TERRANOVA4EU study @GEB_macro, led by @MarcoDavoli3 https://t.co/RwFOVEMIKe
🐎🐘#defaunation #megafauna #Pleistocene #allometry

[University of Exeter News @UniofExeterNews]

@GSI_Exeter @UniofExeter Professor Lenton added: “A glimmer of hope is that some past societies pulled through crises and lived much longer – but they had to reinvent themselves in the process.” #TippingPoints #COP28 #GTPR2023

Read the full study here: https://t.co/HJC09bsD8x

[Jens Svenning @JCSvenning]

Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions 🌳🌿🍁 Very happy to see this important work out in @Nature https://t.co/xabfo2LTQW & to have been part of this big collaboration - warm thx to @CamilleDelavaux @CrowtherLab for leading 🍃 #trees #forests

[Jens Svenning @JCSvenning]

Megaherbivores provide biotic resistance against alien plant dominance - see our new study just out in @NatureEcoEvo 🐘🐃🌳🪷 🇮🇳https://t.co/ePSa3iPOLQ - led by @BiochangeAU @EconovoAU postdoc @ninad_mungi 🎉#invasivealienspecies #invasivespecies #megafauna #herbivores #plants

[Jens Svenning @JCSvenning]

Happy to see our synthesis on losses & #restoration prospects for #China's #megabiota published in the new issue of Biological Reviews @CamPhilSoc 🐅🐘🌳🦏 🌏🌲 -led by Shuqing Teng w/ @Chi___Xu https://t.co/n5EsXufmSy
#megafauna #elephants #rhinos #trees #extinction #rewilding

[Chi Xu @Chi___Xu]

@JCSvenning @Carlsbergfondet @VSelskab Congratulations - very well deserved!

[Yanjie Xu 🌍🐧 @YanjieXu3]

Yeah! Bird communities are moving to track their climatic niches, but not fast enough. Check our study here to see how mountains🏔 , coastlines 🌊, and biome edges can affect?

[GLOBAÏA @Globaia]

Major research published today by @SafeJustPlanet. It is the first to define and quantify 'safe and just' global and local boundaries for elements such as #climate, #biodiversity, and #pollution.
https://t.co/deO1wiBPqR

[Simon Oldridge @SiOldridge]

2 billion people in the Global South face unliveable heat by 2030 due largely to our pollution. Imagine crops failing, not being able to sleep, too hot to work outside.
80% fewer will be affected at 1.5°C.
Why aren't we in emergency mode? Mobilising on a wartime footing?

[University of Exeter News @UniofExeterNews]

Prof Lenton & @ashghadiali have also written a blog post that highlights the "delayism" that has helped to cause a "crisis of inaction" https://t.co/VU6C7XuzHI

[University of Exeter News @UniofExeterNews]

In “worst-case scenarios” of 3.6°C or even 4.4°C global warming, half of the world’s population could be exposed - posing what the researchers call an “existential risk”

This graphic shows how heat-exposed areas grow as the world warms

[University of Exeter News @UniofExeterNews]

But a safer, fairer future is possible

Here Professor Tim Lenton of @GSI_Exeter explains how "positive tipping points" could trigger rapid decarbonisation of the global economy

[University of Exeter News @UniofExeterNews]

The world is on course for 2.7°C warming by the end of the century - far above the 1.5°C target of the Paris Agreement

Limiting warming to 1.5°C would save billions of people from dangerous heat, as this video by @Globaia shows

[University of Exeter News @UniofExeterNews]

What is the human cost of #GlobalWarming?

New research led by @GSI_Exeter @UniofExeter & @njuniversity reveals current climate policies will expose more than a fifth of humanity to dangerously hot average temperatures

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[Jens Svenning @JCSvenning]

Our study highlights the importance of decisive #ClimateAction - for every 0.1°C of warming above present levels, about 140 million more people will be exposed to dangerous heat. This shows both the massive scale of the problem and the potential in reducing carbon emissions! 🤒

[Jens Svenning @JCSvenning]

Dire forecasts of #climatechange impacts on human lives @naturesustainab https://t.co/HAmu1RVBU5: >2 billion people exposed to extreme heat under even ‘middle of the road’ warming. Proud to be part of this truly existential team effort led by Tim Lenton @Chi___Xu & M Scheffer ���‍💫