How I feel now about climate change
Five years ago I was asked by a researcher at the Australia National University, Joe Duggan, how I ‘felt’ about climate change. This was part of an original initiative that put a human face on the...
View ArticleSouth Australia is still killing dingoes
As we did for Victoria, here’s our submission to South Australia’s proposed changes to its ‘wild dog’ and dingo policy (organised again by the relentless and venerable Dr Kylie Cairns): 14 April 2020...
View ArticleJournal ranks 2019
For the last 12 years and running now, I’ve been generating journal ranks based on the journal-ranking method we published several years ago. Since the Google journal h-indices were just released,...
View ArticleThe only constant is change
I just wrote a piece for the Flinders University alumnus magazine — Encounter — and I thought I’d share it here. As an ecologist concerned with how life changes and adapts to the vagaries of climate...
View ArticleDouble standards: climate change vs. COVID-19
Both anthropogenic climate change and the coronavirus pandemic entail serious health risks. Why then do climatologists lack the public credibility and political repercussions that doctors have?...
View ArticleNew journal: Frontiers in Conservation Science
Several months ago, Daniel Blumstein of UCLA approached me with an offer — fancy leading a Special Section in a new Frontiers journal dedicated to conservation science? I admit that my gut reaction was...
View ArticleGrand Challenges in Global Biodiversity Threats
Last week I mentioned that the new journal Frontiers in Conservation Science is now open for business. As promised, I wrote a short article outlining our vision for the Global Biodiversity Threats...
View ArticleCartoon guide to biodiversity loss LXIII
The sixth set of biodiversity cartoons for 2020. See full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss’ compendia here. —
View ArticleInfluential conservation papers of 2020
Following my late-December tradition, I present — in no particular order — a retrospective list of the ‘top’ 20 influential papers of 2020 as assessed by experts in Faculty Opinions (formerly known as...
View ArticleWorried about Earth’s future? Well, the outlook is worse than even scientists...
Daniel Mariuz/AAP Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Flinders University; Daniel T. Blumstein, University of California, Los Angeles, and Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University Anyone with even a passing interest in the...
View ArticleCitizens ask the experts in climate-change communication
In the second of two consecutive interviews with climate-change experts (see the first one here), readers of the Spanish magazine Quercus have a chat with Katharine Hayhoe. Her words blend hope with...
View ArticleConservation paradox – the pros and cons of recreational hunting
Is recreational hunting bad for biodiversity? Not always.
View ArticleRecreational hunting, conservation and livelihoods: no clear evidence trail
Enrico Di Minin, University of Helsinki; Anna Haukka, University of Helsinki; Anna Hausmann, University of Helsinki; Christoph Fink, University of Helsinki; Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Flinders University;...
View ArticleCartoon guide to biodiversity loss LXVI
Here is the third set of biodiversity cartoons for 2021. See full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss’ compendia here.
View ArticleIs the IPCC finally catching up with the true severity of climate change?
I’m not in any way formally involved in either the IPCC or IPBES, although I’ve been involved indirectly in analysing many elements of both the language of the reports and the science underlying their...
View ArticleJournal ranks 2020
This is the 13th year in a row that I’ve generated journal ranks based on the journal-ranking method we published several years ago. There are few differences in how I calculated this year’s ranks, as...
View ArticleCartoon guide to biodiversity loss LXVII
Here is the fourth set of biodiversity cartoons for 2021. See full stock of previous ‘Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss’ compendia here.
View ArticleIt’s a tough time for young conservation scientists
Sure, it’s a tough time for everyone, isn’t it? But it’s a lot worse for the already disadvantaged, and it’s only going to go downhill from here. I suppose that most people who read this blog can...
View ArticleThe very worn slur of “neo-Malthusian”
After the rather astounding response to our Ghastly Future paper published in January this year (> 443,000 views and counting; 61 citations and counting), we received a Commentary that was rather...
View ArticleAvoiding a ghastly future — The Science Show
Just thought I’d share the audio of an interview I did with the famous Robyn Williams of ABC Radio National‘s The Science Show. I’d be surprised if any Australians with even a passing interest in...
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