Thrilled to share that I’ve been picked as a winner of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications (@SciCommAwards) by @theNASEM/ @schmidtsciences.
Excited to put this back into telling climate stories!
https://t.co/IXRkxhwesU
Back in @MongabayOrg breaking down a new way of looking at invasives. Current frameworks look at socio-economic/biodiversity impacts (cash & kills). Now researchers are asking about suffering:
@BristolUni@forwildanimals
https://t.co/59tTNpJoKb
2) With so many potential sources (2 wastewater plants, 200 CSOs, 500+ landfills) it probably easier to restrict Pfas use, rather than treat later.
Water companies "don’t have the capacity to treat these compounds," says author @DrAlexFord. "They should be banned at source.”
In the @guardian today with new research from
@portsmouthuni & @mcsuk finding toxic Pfas everywhere you look in the Solent.
Beneath that headline finding — two important takeaways about how we measure Pfas, and what to do about it.
https://t.co/BR0WbVu1PW
1) Not all Pfas are equal. Individually many chemicals were below safe limits. But if you weight each one by its specific toxicity and add that up *combined* risk was in the red far more.
Ran this weighted test on remote lochs in @FerretScot: https://t.co/PWelbsRWGT
Do "green" tourist taxes work? The Balearic Islands have been doing it for a decade and the reviews are mixed. Latest for @AFARmedia :
https://t.co/cKIkwSLOAq
For decades Brazilian policy-makers have "sacrificed" the country's Cerrado region to agriculture. Now scientists have found that, hectare-for-hectare, its wetlands beat the lowland Amazon for carbon storage SIX times over.
For @MongabayOrg: https://t.co/IB9a5XoZAu
I'm in the latest @PrivateEyeNews answering the question on no one's lips: what does Cuomo's NYC housing plan have in common with "cutting edge" Scottish fish farmers? AI!
"It’s a fine shame to all involved."
Britain's biggest salmon farm has the greenlight off Shetland, and it's making unlikely bedfellows of fishers and environmentalists.
w/ @karenmcveigh1 for Guardian Seascapes:
https://t.co/SSLd3wubhE
Thrilled to have won a clutch of gongs at the Highlands and Islands media awards last week, including 2025 journalist of the year. Shetland is a bustling patch and I'm lucky to cover it. @HIPBMA@shetlandtimes@HighNewsMedia
🔴NEW: A body which sets environmental and welfare standards for fish farms took wholesale buyers to a Scottish salmon farm which broke its rules for 11 consecutive weeks.
Our latest investigation: https://t.co/GgWPPXMUxu
Marine mammal researchers spotted up to 10 of the critically endangered vaquita porpoises during a recent survey in the Upper Gulf of California. The sighting provides hope for the future, but scientists warn the species remains at risk of extinction.
https://t.co/mpuGJ0ONmQ
While other Scottish councils spent their share of nature/coastal adaptation funds on... nature/the coast, Shetland slushed the money into its general coffers for stuff like IT and vehicle maintenance.
"Completely unacceptable" said @ScotWildlife's @ruchirlives.
Deets below.
Thrilled to share that I’ve been picked as a winner of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications (@SciCommAwards) by @theNASEM/ @schmidtsciences.
Excited to put this back into telling climate stories!
https://t.co/IXRkxhwesU
HUGE (if mixed) news week for Shetland's crabs 🦀
First beachcombers find a rare Columbus crab the size of a 50p coin. Then a scientific fracas about whether subsea cables "mesmerise" crustaceans.
And we found some less good news:
https://t.co/HnDe4LyYAw