Kristiina Visakorpi

We surveyed ecologists’ opinions on activism & advocacy in the biodiversity & climate crises

>100 responded; see our findings - incl this chart - in the @britishecologicalsociety.org’s Niche

We are the BES Cascade Network @bes-cascade.bsky.social. I’ll be at the BES Annual Meeting & happy to chat!

Overcoming barriers that limit the impact of ecological research Ecology and conservation researchers have diverse goals that often include both personal career aspirations and desires to enhance the well-being of the natural world and its inhabitants. Perception ....

Why do so many ecologists share common feelings of disconnection between their research goals and real-world impact? 🌍

Our new article in #FE&E explores the constraints that limit ecological research and how we can mitigate them. 👇

esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Himalayan balsam’s success in Europe is aided by its adaptive flowering time and climatic flexibility, meaning this invasive plant could spread even further as conditions shift.

🔗 doi.org/10.3897/neob...

@kristiinav.bsky.social @kvanmeerbeek.bsky.social

📸 #Ecologists & #environmental #scientists gathered at the ANDINA workshop in the Conguillío National Park (Chile) last year to discuss the roles, obligations & accountability of professionals in this field amidst the #environmental crises.

🔓 Workshop Report: doi.org/10.3897/rio.....

The report is out!

See what we did at the last ANDINA workshop in PN Conguillío last year to answer: How can ecologists respond to today’s environmental crises?

🤝 Emphasis on collaboration with Indigenous Peoples & local communities.

🔗 Read more: riojournal.com/article/1528...

Registration for the Degrowth & Exnovation summer workshop is now open, organized by @ferracimo.bsky.social and I with the Nordic Summer University! Join us in Finland to discuss how to organize for a degrowth future, while dismantling the fossil capitalist economy: www.nsuweb.org/circle-9-deg...

a baby is standing in the water without a shirt on . ALT: a baby is standing in the water without a shirt on .

I'm beyond excited about this! The ONE thing that makes me truly proud this year—not just for the content, but for the incredible people I worked with. Led by Carlos Alberto Arnillas, I present: The Conguillío Statement on the Values and Responsibilities of #Ecologists 🌍

Why did so many die in Spain? Because Europe still hasn't accepted the realities of extreme weather | Friederike Otto Severe flooding is, unfortunately, inevitable. What isn’t inevitable is how ready we are, says Friederike Otto of World Weather Attribution

We Europeans need to practice survival in a rapidly changing climate - my opinion piece, focussed on Spain, but could equally have been written 3 years ago after the deadly floods in Germany . We've not learned enough & that costs lives and livelihoods. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How to safely dismantle an oil pipeline? We're launching a new Nordic Summer University study circle on terminating the fossil economy -->
Our 1st session will be 24th – 26th April, 2025 at the Univ of Copenhagen. Find out more & apply here:
www.nsuweb.org/circle-9-deg...
#climatecrisis #degrowth

Climate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territory Taking into account all known factors, the planet warmed 0.2 °C more last year than climate scientists expected. More and better data are urgently needed. Taking into account all known factors, the pl...

Earth is warming faster than any climate models have predicted. But why is the conclusion that we need better data-collection systems? What we need is to stop wrecking the planet. www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪

Tuesday March 5th, On trial: Astrophysicist Jérôme Guilet Pictured being arrested

++ Today ++

Astrophysicist Jérôme Guilet and 5 other scientist activists will go on trial in Munich, Germany, for civil disobedience in resistance against Governments' disregard of the ongoing climate emergency. #ScientistsOnTrial #UniteAgainstClimateFailure

The propane industry is trying to dupe you Documents and recordings obtained by HEATED detail a multi-million dollar plan to spin the fossil fuel as "clean" and "renewable"

NEW: We’ve obtained documents and recordings detailing a multi-million dollar plan by the propane lobby to spin propane — a fossil fuel — as "clean" and "renewable."

Our full investigation, which took months, is out today. It’s co-published with The Guardian.

Read it here:

Hi @ethanfreedman.bsky.social ! Could I be added to the list please?

Global warming was primary cause of unprecedented Amazon drought, study finds Human-induced global warming, and not El Niño, was the primary driver of last year's severe drought in the Amazon that sent rivers to record lows, required deliveries of food and drinking water to hu...

Human-induced global warming, and not El Niño, was the primary driver of last year's severe drought in the Amazon that sent rivers to record lows, killing dozens of endangered dolphins: phys.org/news/2024-01... 🧪☀️💧

Norway’s approval of sea-bed mining undermines efforts to protect the ocean The decision to permit exploratory deep-sea extraction of valuable minerals breaks a promise to the other nations on the Ocean Panel and to scientists. The decision to permit exploratory deep-sea extr...

Great editorial in the journal Nature about the controversial decision to allow deep-sea mining in Norway, and how the scientific recommendations were completely ignored: doi.org/10.1038/d415...
#SciPol 🧪

The 62 licenses to search for NEW oil the Norwegian government granted yesterday is madness in the times of climate breakdown.
Great work from XR Norway for bringing this up to the news:
www.nrk.no/vestfoldogte...

Six ways inequality holds back climate action Cutting wealth inequality could curb the super-rich’s disproportionate share of emissions.

How inequality hampers climate action:
Great summary of paper by bsky.app/profile/emma...
and Charlotte Kukowski
(nature.com/articles/s41...)
theconversation.com/six-ways-ine...

‘It’s Not the End of the World’ book assumptions & omissions spark debate The head of research at online publication Our World in Data, Hannah Ritchie, joins the Mongabay Newscast to discuss her new “radically hopeful” read, Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the F...

I went head-to-head with Hannah Ritchie of Our World In Data about her book, It's Not the End of the World, and its data omissions which paint a far rosier picture of the polycrisis than her backer, Bill Gates, would have us believe.

news.mongabay.com/2024/01/its-...

Hey! Would it be possible to be added to the Science feed? thanks! scholar.google.com/citations?us...

Skuespiller: – Absurd at Israel får lov til å være med I mai braker det løs i Malmö når Eurovision starter. Nå ønsker flere at Norge skal ta til orde for å utestenge Israel fra folkefesten.

"Israel kills 129 children every day in Gaza. It is absurd to give them the opportunity to participate in this festival while they are being investigated for genocide in The Hague"

www.nrk.no/kultur/skues...

The local Scientist Rebellion group in Norway was awarded last Friday as the "Communicator of the year" by the science faculty of NTNU, for our outreach work on climate change. I’m impressed that the university is recognizing an activist group using non-violent civil disobedience!

The UK’s regulator has banned an ad by oil and gas giant, Equinor, for #greenwashing

Glencore’s current ad campaign would not be allowed in the UK.

Where is our updated Green Claims Code Ad Standards?

www.asa.org.uk/rulings/equi...

I was happy to get a chance to talk about climate activism at the British Ecological Society annual meeting. I'm impressed that a workshop on activism was part of the program, and how much interest there was. We still need to do a lot more, but it's encouraging to see the conversation moving forward