We have a new paper in Science today on how malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy.
AI systems can already coordinate autonomously, infiltrate communities, and fabricate social consensus.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Led by @kunstjonas.bsky.social & @daniel-thilo.bsky.social!
Tremendously important work...👇
How malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @daniel-thilo.bsky.social @kunstjonas.bsky.social et al.
AI swarms are can be used to engineering a "synthetic
consensus" that can manipulate public opinion and perceptions.
What’s best for nature?
- Concentrate human impacts in fewer places (land sparing)?
- Or spread them more lightly across wider landscapes (land sharing)?
A debate with deep roots in agriculture, geography, planning & conservation. New article in Landscape Research: doi.org/10.1080/0142...
Ny forskningsartikkel: Samlet utbyggingsareal i Kommune-Norge: Historisk utvikling og framtidige scenarioer, 2000–2050 www.scup.com/doi/10.18261...
Fantastic new map of the Arctic and beyond, from the Norwegian Polar Institute npolar.no/en/
Land has the honour of appearing in the Global Carbon Budget twice!
Once as an anthropogenic source: deforestation, afforestation, forestry
Once as a natural sink: CO2 fertilisation, climate change, etc
On balance, land is a sink, primarily due to CO2 fertilisation from fossil CO2 emissions!
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Geocomputation 🌍📊
What is geocomputation? Why use R for spatial analysis? 📌 This chapter traces its history, connects it to FOSS4G, and explores R’s power for geospatial work. Learn about R-spatial’s evolution! 🚀
🔗 r.geocompx.org/intro
#rstats #rspatial #geocompx
I've put together a webpage with country-level charts that @glenpeters.bsky.social and I produce. Currently 89 countries, not all with same charts. More to come, including data downloads.
Explore for yourself here:
robbieandrew.github.io/country/
🌎 Call for Applications!!
The GLP Early Career Network & START are offering 5 Small Seed Awards (USD 1000 each) for projects led by ecr's & practitioners tackling Land System Science challenges.
More info here: drive.google.com/file/d/1qHkX...
Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open letter from nearly 2000 NAS member scientists: "We see real danger in this moment. We hold diverse political beliefs, but we are united (...) in wanting to protect independent scientific inquiry. We are sending this SOS to sound a warning: the nation’s scientific enterprise is being decimated."
By attacking science:
We are less safe because science informs national security and medical care.
We are less prosperous because science drives innovation and economic benefit.
We are less free because science and democracy depend on the liberty to ask questions, and seek and share knowledge.
Conceptual model explaining the mitigation hierarchy in biodiversity offset design.
March issue: Review led by
@martinemaron.bsky.social evaluating the efficacy of biodiversity offsets and, despite their limitations, the role they can play in conservation.
Web link: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Free to read and download throughout 2025!
AI tasks that can fill biodiversity shortfalls.
March issue: Review led by @laura-pollock.bsky.social
describing seven main shortfalls in biodiversity knowledge and discussing how AI can address them.
Web link: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Free to read and download throughout 2025!
Smallholder farm in the North of Mozambique seen from above. The spatial resolution of openly accessible and commercial satellite systems relevant for SDG monitoring is shown here for comparison.
Opinion piece: Farms worldwide need access to commercial satellite data to enhance #SustainableDevelopment goals and research. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#SDGs #SmallholderFarm #ClimateChange #agriculture #LandUse #CropProductivity
Conservation isn’t just about protecting land—it’s about where and how we do it. If protecting one area pushes deforestation, farming, mining elsewhere (biodiversity leakage), we risk a net loss. Smart site selection, demand reduction & sustainable offsets are key!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Changes in land-use-change-associated greenhouse gas emissions due to adoption of improved crop varieties for the period 1961–2015.
Crop improvements from 1961–2015 reduced cropland expansion, lowered greenhouse gas emissions from land use change, and prevented thousands of species extinctions, compared with a counterfactual scenario without crop improvements. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Ecosystem accounting, a framework developed by the United Nations, standardises data on the state and condition of ecosystems. The method has been used on a coarse scale, but it can also be applied to areas of smaller extent and at a finer scale. www.idunn.no/doi/10.18261...
A new paper by NINA experts explores how integrating ecosystem accounting can enhance biodiversity offsetting, offering a promising approach to make conservation efforts more effective and transparent. #EcosystemAccounting #BiodiversityOffsetting
www.nina.no/english/Abou...
Happy to announce our new study where we connect biodiversity offsetting and ecosystem accounting. Recognizing this connection can help both fields! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Calling all early career research scientists! Our Early Career Network is hosting a webinar on knowledge sharing.
Date: 20 January 2025
Time: 4-5 pm Central European Time
glp.earth/news-events/...
Looking forward to testing the land change modeler in TerrSet
