1st paper of the #GlobalUrbanEvolution project came out today in @ScienceMagazine. How fitting to have clover on the cover for St. Paddy's Day 🍀☘️🍀☘️! We show that urbanization leads to similar enviro changes and repeated adaptation across the world https://t.co/aswYfBvq3A 1/8
'@IPBES#GlobalAssessment concluded that #nature is deteriorating at a rate and scale unprecedented in human history
1 million species of plants & animals out of a total of ~8.1 million species are at risk of extinction'
—Anne Larigauderie Exec Secretary of @IPBES 🌿📗
Trees are “having a bit of a moment.” Large-scale tree-planting projects have broad bipartisan appeal. But are they the silver bullet to fight climate change that they’re billed as? https://t.co/9ph8VWouS5
It's national #PollinatorWeek 🐝 Check out our #Lawns2Legumes Planting for Pollinators Habitat Guide for tips on creating and maintaining pollinator plantings in your yard: https://t.co/1BBodmaiWz
What if I told you there was a single intervention we could deliver in our cities that would cool them during heatwaves, reduce flooding, scrub pollutants from the air, boost biodiversity, improve public health, and even reduce crime? You wouldn't believe me. But it's true.
🌎 Biodiversity matters #ForNature — and for us all 🌏
On 22 May, #BiodiversityDay is a chance to galvanize action to protect the biodiversity we all depend on.
Get involved with @UNBiodiversity.
➡️ https://t.co/yWJYJEY2XF
The trees are about to perform one of nature’s greatest magic tricks 🪄🥳 So as we bid winter goodbye, here are my favourite twigs & buds from February. They’re living jewels, don’t you think?
The @IPBES#PandemicsReport shows that the same human activities driving #biodiversity loss and #ClimateChange are also making #pandemics more frequent, more costly and more deadly
The Report also shows how we can escape the era of pandemics
Read more 👉 https://t.co/ieRY3DqMCC
Undergrads in the USA interested in research, have you heard about the @NSF#REU program? These are *paid* internships with active research participation. I had no idea what REUs were when I applied for mine and I want to spread the word. #AcademicTwitter Thread: (1/n)
100+ new #species have just been described by science!
We share🌍with +/- 8.1 million plant & animal species – 75% of those have not been described
But as #GlobalAssessment said, 'business-as-usual' threatens 1 million species of plants & animals
🎦@WWF