Really happy to announce that the updated version of BioTIME is out!!🚨 This is the largest #database of #biodiversity #timeseries - now with 708 studies and >56 thousand species from across the planet!🦊🐀🐦🐊🐟🐙🦋🐞🌲🍀
& over 400 co-authors sharing their data🤩🤩
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Posts by Ryan Bates
OPEN biodiversity DATA ALERT: iNaturalist has released range data for 100k+ taxa: www.inaturalist.org/posts/106918 🌍🧪
Watching the goslings grow up is one of my favourite parts of springtime on campus 🪿
A screenshot from The Guardian with the headline: “Planning bill ‘throws environmental protection to the wind’, say UK nature chiefs.” The subheading warns the proposals could push species towards extinction and lead to irreversible habitat loss. Below, a photo shows a wide view of the English countryside in autumn, with green fields, scattered trees in golden tones, and wooded hills in the distance - representing the kind of landscapes at risk.
The UK Government promised a planning system that works for people & nature.
But as it stands, this Bill risks fast-tracking nature’s destruction.
We’ve joined others calling for urgent change.
Nature mustn't be written out of our future. 🚨
It's a fun time to be in academia. Join your union folks. And remember to stand in solidarity with your non-academic colleagues, nothing could run without them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Great op-ed fr Prof Yates taking a stand on what's damaged when institutions fail to act
"Everything is political, especially the things that people tell you are not political.Those are the most political of all [..]
The intersection of science & politics is both inescapable & of vital importance."
Six award-winning female scientists highlight women who have inspired them by pushing innovative research and creating opportunities for others
https://go.nature.com/43n0J5R