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Jon Sullivan
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Kia ora! I'm a #nature nut, addict of #iNaturalist NZ โ€” Mฤtaki Taiao, and an #ecologist at #LincolnUniversity in #Aotearoa-#NewZealand. I spend an inordinate amount of my time counting nature to watch what's changing (see https://wildcounts.org/). #TwitterMigration #NZTwits #ecology #EcologicalMonitoring #NaturalHistory #iNaturalistNZ #iNaturalist #wildcounts #RStats #Biodiversity Born when there was 326 ppm carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

nostr:npub16uk4yyw47haxwl0klhh7lcx3qatkyqmpc6gc4hwru3qedaeuueeqqkpv7k Thanks Dave. No, I'd not seen that. I'll read it with interest.

(We have a MSc student at Lincoln starting working on lizard refuge designs at the moment. I've sent it through to her too.)

nostr:npub17ncsrs9w3s477cwu4ekuhw0h6nkely9lgmeakklsjjza5tq6dukshc9dam nostr:npub1anag8qkh5m57xy97y95ucj30tnhvj4r59wc7j43fen5rf7udgfssfv3qfk sure we need better science communicators, but actually I don't think failure of communication is the failure.

There are too many bad faith actors.

For example, how good does our communication have to be to persuade Trump, Putin, the Koch Brothers, or all those fossil fuel execs that action on climate change is necessary, urgent and in their interest?

nostr:npub172wh7x5qhzj8jscyapkwpz7fhy7hj77dmfftm8gwt07ahdzrw8tskj3dze nostr:npub1anag8qkh5m57xy97y95ucj30tnhvj4r59wc7j43fen5rf7udgfssfv3qfk Yes, that's an excellent point. I agree completely.

It's difficult and expensive to combat Big Money special interests that lie and cheat at massive scales.

Getting the science straight is still important. The hardest part seems to be what comes next: society using the knowledge of science to act collectively in our long-term best interests.