Dr Alex Menez

Today is the 93rd anniversary of the opening of the Gibraltar Museum; now the Gibraltar National Museum since 16 August 2018. Find out about the history of the Museum in my book. @CliveFinlayson @GibGerry @FinlaysonGib @GibHeritage @GibHeritage @ThinkingGreenGI @GibraltarMuseum

Well done everyone at @EdinburghUni, and thanks to all who donated, I'm so pleased we have got the Lyell papers - an influential scientist who mentored Darwin. I'm looking forward to next steps on digitisation by @CRC_EdUni!

The number of forest fires in Brazil - more than 74,000 - has increased by 83% compared with the same period last year, with smoke that is visible from 400 miles up in space po.st/mDayjn

Unfortunately we were locked out of our account earlier today, and as a result have "lost" our list of people & bodies that we're following! We're trying to get it back, but in the meantime, please be patient with us - we haven't forgotten you! RT please 🤦‍♀️

On Tuesday, satellites showed a new fire starting *every minute* across the Amazon, as illegal loggers cleared land for pasture and plantations wsj.com/articles/fires…

Wildfires are currently burning so intensely in the Amazon that they can be spotted from space on.natgeo.com/2Zp1dnq

When Notre Dame was burning, the world's media covered every moment of it and billionaires rushed to restore it. Right now the Amazon is burning, the lungs of our planet. It has been burning for 3 weeks now. No media. No billionaires. #PrayforAmazonas

We have so much to lose with the #Amazon burning 🐆🌳💧 and yet not enough action is being taken to stop its destruction!😱 It is crucial that we urgently agree to a #NewDealForNature and People, so moments like these won't go unnoticed - and unanswered. RT to spread the word!

There was worldwide outcry when the Notre Dame cathedral was on fire. Why is there not the same level of outrage for the fires destroying the #AmazonRainforest?

Scientists warn that losing another fifth of Brazil’s Amazon will trigger the feedback loop known as dieback, in which the forest begins to dry out and burn in a cascading system collapse, beyond the reach of any subsequent human intervention or regret. interc.pt/31V1DUa

So many #Climate emergencies worldwide, it's hard to keep up. But #AmazonRainforest burning is stand-out global disaster. Every red dot below represents a significant fire

Many congratulations to Prof @CliveFinlayson & Prof @GibGerry in being awarded the #GibraltarMedallion of Distinction 🎖️ as announced by the @gibparl this morning. Clive & Geraldine will receive the award for Public Service, specifically for their work on @GorhamsCave.

The Arctic is burning and Greenland is melting, thanks to record heat sciencenews.org/article/arctic… #ClimateCrisis

”Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon has surged above three football fields a minute, according to the latest government data, pushing the world’s biggest rainforest closer to a tipping point beyond which it cannot recover.” #EcologicalBreakdown theguardian.com/world/2019/jul…

“Vast stretches of Earth’s northern latitudes are on fire. Hot weather has engulfed a huge portion of the Arctic, from Alaska to Greenland to Siberia. That’s helped create conditions ripe for wildfires, including some truly massive ones burning in remote parts of the region”

@FossilHistory a la Wallace!

*not to say research anywhere doesn’t carry its own unique set of challenges, this is just the logic of my fever brain.*

Every six months or so, Indonesia hands me a tropical fever that knocks me flat on my back. I find myself asking "why this place?" while daydreaming about doing research in Paris, eating baguettes in cafes where there are no tropical diseases. But then I try to look around...

Everything will be just fine 🔥🌍🔥 twitter.com/jamie_woodward…

“Many people say ‘I would want to get involved in this climate thing, but I feel like I’m too late’ ... But if you start now then you are one of the pioneers.” Watch this NowThis video on the #SchoolStrike4Climate movement! #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike

Where are the breaking news? The extra news broadcasts? The front pages? Where are the emergency meetings? The crisis summits? What could be more important? We are failing but we have not yet failed. We can still fix this. But not if we continue like today. Not a chance.

Neanderthals may have trapped golden eagles 130,000 years ago #IceAgeHumans sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/n…