An example that trying to preserve an ecological entity unchanged can hasten its demise, esp under climate change
“props to support its branches…hollow parts filled with concrete…limbs clad with lead
Left alone, ancient oaks shed their limbs & ‘grow down’”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
An example that trying to preserve an ecological entity unchanged can hasten its demise, esp under climate change
“props to support its branches…hollow parts filled with concrete…limbs clad with lead
Left alone, ancient oaks shed their limbs & ‘grow down’”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Both the government and the Court of Appeal now treat protesters as terrorists and terrorists as protesters. It's hard to accept that a "Labour" government is imposing rightwing authoritarianism on the UK, but please read this column to see what's happening.+🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Nottinghamshire tree, one of Europe’s oldest and largest, fails to produce leaves after being stressed by series of hot, dry summerswww.theguardian.com
Nottinghamshire tree, one of Europe’s oldest and largest, fails to produce leaves after being stressed by series of hot, dry summerswww.theguardian.com
The right is obsessed with ‘two-tier policing’. This is indeed a two-tier government – but the real victims are progressives, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
When people talk about “rewilding your garden”
letting the grass grow & providing flowers for pollinators is not enough
Encourage many trophic interactions - predation, herbivory, scavenging, decomposition, etc
eg, resources for birds & mammals: nest sites, invert & plant food, cover, & pathways
A major problem for research, and especially for early career researchers,
is the incredibly long time some journals can take even to send papers out for review
then months in review, followed by slow decision making
This is reaching crisis point - maybe journals should pay editors & reviewers
