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Whoop! And that's it, our paper from WAAY back at Species On The Move Conference is finally out. Led by the brave Juliano PalAbra from UBC Oceans (also found at ubcoceans.bsky.social) on using the Nature Futures Framework by ipbes Scen and Mod TF in conservation under climate change. Check it out 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.100…

incredibly proud of Cambridge University for launching an inquiry into its links to slavery. The details of the report are grim, but it promises hope - of a more inclusive and diverse community. "discomfort with the past is no reason not to explore it..." cam.ac.uk/about-the-univ…

I had to dig deep to recount personal experiences of racism along my career path in medicine & global health. Thanks to nature & Abdullahi Tsanni for the opportunity. ‘I was treated as if I was dirty’: a paediatrician decries racism against African scientists nature.com/articles/d4158…

I just finished reading @nature’s special issue content on racism in science. I found it powerful, depressing, uplifting, fascinating, and inspirational. In the hopes that I can tempt you to check out the wide content, here’s a quick🧵on all the content.nature.com/immersive/d428…

“Racism makes you feel ‘less’ — like you don’t belong in that space,” says African paediatrician Nadia Sam-Agudu go.nature.com/3ghYn1w

I have strong opinions about scientific publishing, but I usually keep them to myself. That changes now. Let's start with the problems. Hang in there for the thread and we might get to some solutions too. First off, science publishing is a racket, plain & simple. #AcademicTwitter

We are looking for PhD student to study rice genetic diversity. PLEASE RETWEET, we need this ad outside of our bubble to reach the right candidates!

Does evapotranspiration increase or decrease during droughts? The answer is not straightforward! We found that evapotranspiration increases in 44% of drought months. Models underestimate this by a half. Plant and soil structure are the causes. Read here rdcu.be/cYpAV

Cool work from Dr. Nicola Kühn et al. linking satellite data to root traits: Seeing roots from space: aboveground fingerprints of root depth in vegetation sensitivity to climate in dry biomes doi.org/10.1088/1748-9… via IOPscience

This is completely underestimated by most conference organizers and researchers with passports that allow visa free travel - Visa bureaucracy makes scientific conferences inaccessible for too many researchers science.org/content/articl…

The final episode of Unearthed: Journeys into the Future of Food. @KewScience staff including Dr. Nicola Kühn Caspar Chater #TizianaUlian discuss novel & local crops & diversification of diets. #conservation #food #sustainablefarming

eventbrite.co.uk/e/nox-makunga-… - Here is the link to the lecture that I’ll be giving KewGardens

Our new paper Functional Ecology: Double-blind peer review affects reviewer ratings and editor decisions at an ecology journal - doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…

Our new paper showing that bootstrapping outperforms community-weighted approaches when estimating trait distributions is out at Methods in Ecology and Evolution ! By embracing variation, we get closer to the true community distribution and metrics. doi.org/10.1111/2041-2…