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The placement of renewable energy infrastructure matters for #biodiversity outcomes 💡 New paper out @CellPressSust by @antogorosabel, @FarooqHarith, Iversen & @jgeldmann. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New paper 📢 Conservation evidence is biased but can support decision-making for prevalent and severe threats in tetrapods. By González-Suárez et al. incl. @jgeldmann in @JAppliedEcology. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/13…

Can rewilding save the planet? I gave my answer on BBC Radio's The Inquiry — and so did some of my colleagues. Tune in and see if you agree. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

Paul R. Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb, has died, a great scientist, biologist, and naturalist who helped shape the world’s thinking Many will remember him first for The Population Bomb, hugely influential, fiercely debated, and impossible to ignore. But that was only one part of a much larger scientific life. Paul was a leading figure in population biology and conservation, and he helped shape the field of coevolution. Yet Paul was also, in the deepest sense, a naturalist. Originally trained as an entomologist, he began as a butterfly researcher, and that grounding in close observation of living systems remained with him throughout his career. Even when he addressed the largest planetary questions, his thinking was rooted in biology and in the natural world itself. What I will remember most is not only the scale of his influence, but also his intellectual courage. He was willing to say what he believed the science demanded, even when it was uncomfortable, controversial, or unwelcome. Many debated his conclusions, and that too is part of his legacy. But no one can deny the force of his contribution. He helped ensure that biodiversity loss, ecological limits, and humanity’s pressure on the living world could not simply be pushed aside. Scientists of Paul’s kind are rare. He did not merely add to knowledge; he altered the terms of debate. The news of his passing was not unexpected. At 93, Paul had lived a rich and full life. Still, I write this with sadness. I had the privilege of knowing him as a fellow scientist working in much the same intellectual terrain, and I experienced his work not as a distant reputation, but as part of the living fabric of our field. Hearing of his death brought back fond memories of a birding trip together in the Oaxaca region of southern Mexico many years ago, and our shared joy when we saw the endemic and beautiful Red Warbler, an iconic and much sought-after species of those mountains. The legacy of Paul Ehrlich endures not only in science, but in the way the world thinks and talks about human population growth, biodiversity, and humanity’s place within nature.

New paper on Central African frog #biogeography shows that Pleistocene forest refugia best explain where frog diversity is highest 🐸 Expanding conservation to these refuges could improve amphibian protection. By Jongsma et al. incl. @HannahOish onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

Tipping points of no return ⚖️ On this episode of Green Planet Monitor, Professor Katherine Richardson explains the risk of a #hothouse Earth following a recent publication in @OneEarth_CP. Read or listen here 👇 greenplanetmonitor.net/podcast/hothou…

📢 Viewpoint out in #ConservationLetters by @jgeldmann: Stop talking about "30x30" and ask the question that matters for #biodiversity: Are protected areas located where they matter most with real outcomes for nature & people? conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/co…

Det er fuldstændig naivt at tro, at vi kan klare os med teknologi. At forlade sig på teknologier, der ikke eksisterer, er galimatias", siger @KRichardsonC ifm. nyt studie om global opvarming og tipping points 🌎 #dkvid #dkgreen @informeren information.dk/udland/2026/02…

Online now: The risk of a hothouse Earth trajectory dlvr.it/TQvG4g

Reptile genomes show multiple independent losses of "hunger hormone" #ghrelin & its activating enzyme in snakes, chameleons, & toadhead agamas pointing to major shifts in energy use & adaptations for long fasting🐍 New paper #OpenBiology @RSocPublishing royalsocietypublishing.org/rsob/article/1…

Many species not yet formally recognised may already be at risk of extinction. The findings underscore the urgent need for more fieldwork in understudied areas 📉 New paper @consbiog @FarooqHarith @jgeldmann @FaurbySoren #conservation 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dd…

Polar bears in Svalbard seems to be doing all right under fast warming. Here my take for @el_pais on a new paper elpais.com/ciencia/2026-0…

NEW PAPER investigates how change in available #RedList data can influence the selection of spatial conservation priorities and which regions are identified as most critical for #conservation. Out in in Biological Conservation by Farooq et al. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Last major paper of my #MSCA is finally out!! Over 300 fish species in three orders modeled and mapped in 3D to demonstrate a depth perspective may offer a view of open-ocean biodiversity patterns that differs from a typical 2D approach. doi.org/10.1111/jbi.70…

🎉🎉 New publication out! 🎉🎉 🧵1/6 🦒 Marius made global headlines when he was euthanized by Copenhagen Zoo in 2014 after being deemed surplus. His story highlights how challenging it is to manage zoo populations for conservation with limited resources doi.org/10.1007/s10592…

We are changing the path of evolution in the natural world, and bears are a good example. Thanks to @el_pais and to @MACriado for the interview Is always great to talk to @materia_ciencia elpais.com/ciencia/2025-1…

If we fail to curb climate change, #malaria mosquitoes could significantly expand their habitats across Africa, exposing hundreds of millions of people to a higher risk of infection 🦟📈 news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/…

Our new paper Just in @GlobalChangeBio Climate change is boosting suitability for key malaria vectors across Africa. Between 200M-1000M more people could live in high-risk areas by 2100 #climatechange #malaria #globalhealth #Africa #vectors doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70…

NEW PAPER in @Systematic_Ent by Erika Páez Vargas et al., incl. co-author Assistant Prof. @HannahOish, elucidates the evolution of color mimicry systems in Adelpha - a genus of Neotropical #butterflies 🦋🦋 resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sy…

Today we publish a new paper at The British Medical Journal on the links between biodiversity, climate and health in relation to the in Brazil Here we argue that climate resilience depends on nature—and both are vital for the health of people. bmj.com/content/391/bm…