Giovanni Bianco

PhD student @geobiodiversity researching socio-ecological systems, species interactions and canopy habitats. "Ecology w/out class struggle is just gardening"

[Dickson Mauki @mauki_dickson]

Nice to see one of my PhD chapters is out. Thanks to all the great work, Co authors and the Supervisors.

[Pete Manning @PeteEcology]

Out today in Journal of Ecology: 'Community-level plant functional strategies explain ecosystem carbon storage across a tropical elevational gradient'. Congratulations to @mauki_dickson on the nice work! Link here: https://t.co/2xPe3Opyla

[Giovanni Bianco @gvbianco]

Happy to see our paper @PeteEcology @mschleuni up there with the runner ups for the early career researcher award! Check it out to see how we integrate interaction networks and nature's contributions to people! Available here in OA: https://t.co/MJR9hBewc8

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Frei University this morning, where students were watching our lecture "Conditions of Life" on screen -we had meanwhile been given asylum at Bum cultural center:

https://t.co/HYg4YLQS0N

[Esheru @Eshprojet1]

If this were happening in Russia or China, it would have made news.

[Scott Duncan @ScottDuncanWX]

Flooding disaster unfolding right now in Central Europe.

Why is it so bad?

This thread takes a quick look at some of the key ingredients of this record-breaking storm.

[Alan MacLeod @AlanRMacLeod]

On this day, let's never forget that corporate media outlets played a key role in keeping Assange in prison for so long.

[Stella Assange @Stella_Assange]

Julian is free!!!!

Words cannot express our immense gratitude to YOU- yes YOU, who have all mobilised for years and years to make this come true. THANK YOU. tHANK YOU. THANK YOU.

Follow @WikiLeaks for more info soon…

[Giovanni Bianco @gvbianco]

@MaciejKBarczyk @dcacostarojas Auguri dottor Barczyk!

[Giovanni Bianco @gvbianco]

how can you constantly be on the wrong side of history is just sickening

[Hüseyin Dogru @hussedogru_]

This is how Germans portray Palestinians at their traditional carnival in Cologne: as dogs with collars in Palestinian colors, labeled with the words “hatred” and “violence.” In addition, “anti-Semitism” is represented as a woman wearing a keffiyeh.

This year’s carnival in Cologne, the biggest in Germany, echoes the dehumanizing rhetoric of Israel’s fascist government, which also degrades Palestinians as animals.

In most countries, carnival is a display of culture; in Germany, it is too: a culture of racism under the fake cover of anti-antisemitism.

[Giovanni Bianco @gvbianco]

It's out! In the first paper of my phd we look at how we can understand which and how many species are needed for Nature's Contributions to People. It's open access so give it a look!

[Pete Manning @PeteEcology]

Out today in @Ecology_Letters and OA: 'A quantitative framework for identifying the role of individual species in Nature's Contributions to People' Led by @gvbianco with myself and @mschleuni https://t.co/Wym5vxS969

[Pete Manning @PeteEcology]

Out today in @Ecology_Letters and OA: 'A quantitative framework for identifying the role of individual species in Nature's Contributions to People' Led by @gvbianco with myself and @mschleuni https://t.co/Wym5vxS969

[Francesco Sylos Labini @fsyloslab]

Le emergenze planetarie sono tre, sono in crescita vertiginosa e sono collegate tra loro: la guerra, i cambiamenti climatici e le disuguaglianze. Quale è il filo che le unisce?

Un mia riflessione per Servizio Pubblico in chiaro qui

https://t.co/GmicDdvF0O

[Juan Manuel Morales @NulisInVerba]

Funding for a PhD on mosquito distribution and climate change here! https://t.co/rMizLnDhyB @drheatherferg @LucaNelli_ Luigi Sedda @MosquitoScot

[Pete Manning @PeteEcology]

We are looking for PhD Research Fellow in Ecosystem Services, to measure and understand patterns of ecosystem service demand across Norwegian society. Deadline soon: 1st December. Details here: https://t.co/bplj8qeAKT Please RT and disseminate far and wide!

[Giovanni Bianco @gvbianco]

Unsurprisingly western press prefers to push weird exotic narratives on PRC rather than just googling photos of a sun bear’s arse. Disinformation at its finest, orientalism at its worst

[The New York Times @nytimes]

A video of a bear standing in Hangzhou, China, swept through social media with conspiracy theories it was a human in a suit. The zoo tried to clear things up by releasing a statement in the bear’s voice. “I am a Malayan sun bear!” https://t.co/dZKqWC7LBi

[Bay Area People’s Republic 🚩☭ @21stcentury_ML]

This is how propaganda often works. Feed a media frenzy with lies, drama, fear, and anger. And then months later when the damage is already done, issue a quiet retraction to maintain plausible deniability

[Eugenia Degano @eugedegano]

Amazing time at @soctropecol #GTOE2023, meeting incredible people, listening to inspiring work and sharing our research 💕 from genetics, to interaction networks to nature contributions to people 😅 @gvbianco @Dominic_Mart @CarOcampoA @AnnaRLandim @iago_ferreiro_ @umdiniz

[Jan Klečka @KleckaLab]

PhD candidate wanted!

Plant-pollinator interactions in the Andes 🏔️

Project led by Petr Sklenář (Charles University in Prague), in collaboration with our lab and Julian Resasco (University of Colorado, Boulder).

Knowledge of Spanish + English required!

Details and contact: