Exploring the ecology of an increasingly human planet.
Prof. Geography & Environmental Systems, UMBC
Anthromes, Anthroecology & Anthropocene
https://anthroecology.org/people/ellis/
Erle Ellis
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Raise your voice against OMB's proposed rule, which threatens to reshape how scientific research is funded in the U.S. by prioritizing political agendas over scientific integrity.
📲Read statement & comment by 13 July.
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Trees need social security in Ireland theconversation.com/farmers-are-...
How will populations across the world change in the 21st century?
🔧 Explore for yourself with our new interactive tool!
Forests benefit everyone – but farmers carry the risk.
Treating Nature as Capital Cannot Save the Planet.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Erle Ellis
Guys is it bad that the National Science Foundation has been offline since last night?
AGU (American Geophysical Union)
Is Conservation a Nature-Based Solution? (nope)
@aibsbiology.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/bios...
This is North Korea level bullshit, and a total fucking disaster for science and for the United States alike.
It doesn't matter whether it fails to pass; this kind of thinking is already penetrating NIH, NSF, NASA, etc and causing severe harm.
NASEM, AAAS, AAUP, etc must condemn unequivocally.
Ecology is not yet ready for AI—and why that matters 🌎
@pnas.org doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
To save nature, accelerate economic development in lower-income countries @pnas.org
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Wildlife = Family?
Wildlife = Resources?
Colonial roots of wildlife relations in the Americas…
phys.org/news/2026-05...
Global risks are too great for markets alone to curb. Political considerations must come before economic ones.
As one of the main causes of habitat loss, agricultural cropland expansion is a major
threat to biodiversity. We analyze past and anticipated futur...
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How people view and treat wild animals can vary dramatically from one part of the world to another. In the first international study of wildlife values, research led by Colorado State University found...