Do you know what the Greenlandic word sassat means? If not, read my latest for @Mongabay on how climate change is affecting the Arctic's land mammals (including exciting ice tsunamis and charismatic muskox). https://t.co/mBbuA9TfbL
Less nonsense & more #science: Why critical thinking & complaining are key in an information age full of # pseudoscience https://t.co/b6vQW6l1cg
#HuiaDay 110ya today was the last confirmed huia sighting. This New Zealand species likely went #extinct some years, if not decades, after this. Tendency to display them in pairs shows fascination with their sexual dimorphism & ease of killing a mated couple (📷WikiCC- Lamiot)
Cool looking paper predicting biodiversity losses under scenarios of future global change in @biorxiv_ecology - Some scenarios help to reduce climate change & biodiversity loss but only if habitat protection is included in strategy. https://t.co/FnZ5tnwvez
This is what pure looks like. Antarctica’s brand-new Ross Sea Region Marine Protected Area is “the least altered marine ecosystem on earth.” https://t.co/nMZW2vbjeK
Surprise! Trump lied again. This time, he claimed that Bears Ears National Monument restricts hunting, ranching, and economic development, but actually, fishing, hunting, and grazing are all allowed—not to mention that national monuments are great for local economies.
New conservation plan to protect the beautiful Boto, who play a huge role in Amazon culture as well as the river ecosystem. #AmazonDolphins#Conservation#Saveourspecies https://t.co/EhMAVTxhXp
An eulogy to the vaquita https://t.co/2Wq9FiCDGC “My background is in biology.. My wife, on the other hand, is a social scientist.. I now understand why the vaquita is going extinct. They sent too many people like me into the region and not enough like her” #280characters
"There are currently between 2,000 and 4,000 or more Indigenous women who are missing or have been murdered in Canada. I am glad these statistics are being recorded and analyzed but these women are not just statistics." @caramumfordfilm#MMIW#cdnpoli https://t.co/3TqWZtNlYv
Using 450 million years of geologic records, scientists have concluded that an increase in earthquake activity in parts of the U.S. is directly tied to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. https://t.co/MFdNYrXmPU
It’s #LostSpeciesDay today. The main theme is pollinators, but feel free to tweet anything you like about species lost to or threatened by human activity using this hashtag & shall try to RT them all. Thanks!