Climate Change Ecology group of the British Ecological Society | Sharing Research Opportunities, Networking & Events 🌱
Joined July 2015
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BES Climate Change retweeted
ECT pleased to announce a small grant award to PhD student Nina Overtoom @UniOfYork for fieldwork travel & consumables at the Cors Fochno climate change expt in mid-Wales, now running for 15yrs @NERCscience @NatResWales @UK_CEH #ecology #peatlands #climatechange #biodiversity
BES Climate Change retweeted
GOOD NEWS: Plans to build BIGGEST onshore wind farm in England will move forward this week!
The Scout Moor wind farm would power 100,000 HOMES, meet 10% of Greater Manchester’s energy needs AND help govt reach net-zero by 2030.
Who else supports MORE renewables?
BES Climate Change retweeted
🌍 Exciting news! Join us on 27 Nov for Can-Peat: Canada’s Peatlands as Nature-Based Climate Solutions! 🌱
Discover how peatland management can help tackle climate change. We’ll cover the Canadian Peatland Data Portal, Indigenous data sovereignty, and more. Don’t miss it!
BES Climate Change retweeted
An exciting opportunity for an early career researcher in ecology and conservation biology @CamZoology - a funded five year Fellowship linked to @ClareCollege jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48931/ @BES_careers @RoyEntSoc @royalsociety
BES Climate Change retweeted
Are you (or is someone you know) looking for a new role in applied statistics research? 📊
I can highly recommend working at BioSS! 👍
We are recruiting for several positions at the moment, across a range of career stages and areas of research. All are permanent positions.
📖Check out our vacancy pages to learn more: bioss.ac.uk/vacancies
#StatsJobs #AcademicJobs #MathsJobs #ResearchJobs
BES Climate Change retweeted
Gardens reduce hunger gaps for farmland pollinators! 🏡🐝 In early spring & late summer rural gardens produce 50-95% of farmland nectar, throwing pollinators a crucial lifeline. More in our @royalsociety paper with @nicktew95 and Jane Memmott: doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.15… and in🧵👇
BES Climate Change retweeted
Really enjoyed my conversation with @LauraAMichie @MangroveProject for the #BeyondtheBear podcast! 🏝️🦐
Check out the episode below to hear more about mangroves and the challenges facing their restoration @BESClimate @BESConservation @BritishEcolSoc👇 open.spotify.com/episode/1Aw…
BES Climate Change retweeted
Early career researchers: Join us for a virtual Coffee Break with @BESClimate! ☕️
@trishuphigh , @toryn_whitehead and @imDebanjan will be sharing some amazing talks about conservation and climate change on 28 October from 2-3pm (GMT).
Register here:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
BES Climate Change retweeted
Time for another virtual ECR meet-up!
Join @BESClimate and @BESConservation for a coffee break at 2 pm (GMT) Monday 28th. We've got some interesting talks lined up from fellow ECRs, and plenty of time for networking and discussion ☕️
Zoom link:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
Early career researchers: Join us for a virtual Coffee Break with @BESClimate! ☕️
@trishuphigh , @toryn_whitehead and @imDebanjan will be sharing some amazing talks about conservation and climate change on 28 October from 2-3pm (GMT).
Register here:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
BES Climate Change retweeted
Join our Team - Conservation Assistant: #CoalSpoilConnections
😍 #BuglifeCymru is seeking to appoint a part-time Conservation Assistant!
Find out more & apply
👇
buglife.org.uk/job/conservat…
Not for you? ❤️🔃with your family & friends, to help Wales' invertebrates.
@HeritageFundUK
BES Climate Change retweeted
CALLING ALL BIRD NERDS we are hiring Asst Prof Avian Ecology at UW Seattle! Please apply, or spread the word: ap.washington.edu/ahr/positi…
BES Climate Change retweeted
🔥 Job Alert | Ecologist | Stoke, Leeds & London | Wardell Armstrong | Stoke, Leeds & London, UK. conservation-careers.com/job… #ConservationCareers #conservationjobs
BES Climate Change retweeted
The #BigButterflyCount 2024 is officially here! 🦋
Our butterflies and moths need our help more than ever. This is why we are urging everyone to get out for the Count to help us conserve them. 💚
Download our free app and ID guide today 👉 bigbutterflycount.org
ALT Common Blue butterfly perched on an old dandelion head. Photo credit Rob Skinner. Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count logo and dates 12 July - 4 August in top left corner. Text below reads 'Get out for the Count and help nature thrive.'
BES Climate Change retweeted
🚨Call for papers📣 Are you a first-time lead author and looking for a suitable journal? The team at Oryx are excited to invite authors to submit the Title & Abstract of their first first-author article for a special issue.
Visit our website for more info: oryxthejournal.org/authors/c…
ALT Photograph of a fledgling with its beak wide open, next to the text: 'Call for papers. Do you need help getting your fledgling paper off the ground? We are seeking manuscripts from first-time lead authors, to contribute to a collection that will celebrate and highlight the work of early-career conservationists, students or practitioners. Submit by 1 October 2024.
BES Climate Change retweeted
♥️ birds? Of course you do, #InternationalBirdLovingDay is coming! 🕊️
So, drop us a comment if you know whose song we recorded in Italy with a #Guardian 🎵
Learn how we're protecting this little guy & his buddies ➡️tinyurl.com/28nfbb8d
#Tech4Nature #TECH4ALL @WWFitalia
BES Climate Change retweeted
Are you a PhD student in the UK with an interest in policy? Then apply for our 2024 POST Fellowship before the 13th of June!
This is a fantastic opportunity for a BES member to work with the Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology.
More info here ⬇
britishecologicalsociety.org…
BES Climate Change retweeted
Thank you to everyone who signed and shared our petition. We have now reached 10k signatures! This means the government will respond.
We are asking the UK to follow France's lead and remove air routes where there's a direct rail link of 4.5 hours or less: petition.parliament.uk/petit…
BES Climate Change retweeted
Interested in #rewilding ? Do you have a thirst for nuance? Check out the latest episode of the @PangolinPodcast where I chat about my research on #WildBoar/#FeralPigs, #lynx, #wolves & shifting baseline syndrome in Scotland 🐗🐺🏴
Thanks @onlyjackbaker!
open.spotify.com/episode/6sJ…
BES Climate Change retweeted
BREAKING: A @GreenpeaceCEE investigation shows that IKEA furniture is linked to destruction of Europe’s last remaining ancient forests.
@IKEA MUST clean up its supply chains ⚠️
ALT Parody of an IKEA leaflet explaining how to assemble a piece of furniture. 1. Cut down old-growth forests. 2. Ship to depots and manufactures. 3. Produce cheap furniture. 4. Sell in IKEA stores across Europe. Furniture manufacturers producing for IKEA are sourcing wood from some of Europe’s last remaining old-growth forests in the Romanian Carpathians, including in Natura 2000 protected areas, new report by Greenpeace Central Eastern Europe finds.
BES Climate Change retweeted
Studies show that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) has already weakened as a result of anthropogenic climate change and is possible moving towards a tipping point. 👉New overview article by PIK scientist @rahmstorf : pik-potsdam.de/en/news/lates…
