David N. Thomas

Balancing risk and reward: Toward resilient human–primate coexistence in a rapidly changing environment in Sulawesi, Indonesia - Ambio This study explores human–moor macaque (Macaca maura) coexistence in Sulawesi, Indonesia, using resilience thinking to assess temporal patterns of coadaptation amidst stressors such as provisioning an...

New publication:
Balancing risk and reward: Toward resilient human–primate coexistence in a rapidly changing environment in Sulawesi, Indonesia

Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Hardly an encouraging start to the evening #HelsinkiBikeCommute

Had fun where as usual (for Helsinki) the snow from roads had been cleared onto bike paths forcing pedestrians and cyclists to share narrow paths 🤔

Hardly an encouraging start to the evening #HelsinkiBikeCommute

Fresh snow back to being a feature of the morning #HelsinkiBikeCommute

Unlocking the potential of other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) for achieving conservation targets: A global scoping review - Ambio Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs), introduced by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), refer to areas outside formal protected-area networks that deliver effective and e...

New publication:

Unlocking the potential of other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) for achieving conservation targets: A global scoping review

Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The freeze up has slowed (temp for the #HelsinkiBikecommute this morning was a balmy -5 oC), but the patches of open water are smaller than last Thursday and the ice-fringes wider.

Moving ice very effectively stripping barnacles off a sea wall…..they don’t stand a chance

Moving ice very effectively stripping barnacles off a sea wall…..they don’t stand a chance

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

When native English speakers criticised her accent, Kris Altengof replied:

"You speak English because it's the only language you know.

I speak English because it's the only language YOU know.

We are not the same..."

a great photo

Welsh language signs spotted in Helston Tesco in Cornwall One councillor hopes this is an opportunity for supermarkets to support Cornish more directly.

Oh dear

Tesco apologises after placing Welsh language signs in Cornish branch www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Significant ice growth over past 24 hours…..compare with ⬇️

Significant ice growth over past 24 hours…..compare with ⬇️

Welsh language signs spotted in Helston Tesco in Cornwall One councillor hopes this is an opportunity for supermarkets to support Cornish more directly.

Oh dear

Tesco apologises after placing Welsh language signs in Cornish branch www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

in answer to question ⬇️....a distinct possibility...those last ice bridges are forming.

Yep, saw that - it’s spectacular

Interesting for the #HelsinkiBikeCommute to track the rapid freezing of this fast flowing river site over the past 10 days
…..will we get to complete ice cover?

Two of my passions merge: Cycling & sea ice

Never get tired of the excitement of cycling on top of the sea 🤣

Interesting for the #HelsinkiBikeCommute to track the rapid freezing of this fast flowing river site over the past 10 days
…..will we get to complete ice cover?

Looks great

They are 28” which I find to be a great all round winter tyre….coping with snow & sheet ice…..have used 34” in the past but this year went for these…..guess I am lucky we haven’t had much snow yet

Two of my passions merge: Cycling & sea ice

Never get tired of the excitement of cycling on top of the sea 🤣

Why forests can mitigate floods of all sizes: Evaluating the scientific basis for forest-based flood mitigation - Ambio Rising flood frequencies and magnitudes are causing the loss of lives, infrastructure damage, and economic disruption, making effective flood management imperative. Nature-based solutions are increasi...

New publication:

Why forests can mitigate floods of all sizes: Evaluating the scientific basis for forest-based flood mitigation

Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Relying on wildlife management: How compensation programs can build trust and perceived control to sustain coexistence with brown bears in Poland - Ambio The recovery of large carnivore populations in Europe often leads to conflicts with the primary sector. Compensation for livestock and agricultural losses is a common mitigation tool, but its impact o...

New Publication:

Relying on wildlife management: How compensation programs can build trust and perceived control to sustain coexistence with brown bears in Poland

Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Crafoord Prize Laureate showed that many factors affect the climate Veerabhadran Ramanathan has laid the foundation for our understanding of how small particles and gases that accumulate in the atmosphere contribute to climate change. This knowledge is vitally importa...

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced the award of the Crafoord Prize in Geosciences to Veerabhadran Ramanathan
www.kva.se/en/news/craf...

‘It’s astonishing how well it has lasted’: Anglesey marks 200th anniversary of beloved bridge Despite repair problems, its admirers say Thomas Telford’s Menai Bridge is good for another two centuries

Very fond of this remarkable bridge that just celebrated 200 years.
Such a key feature of the 24 years we lived and/or worked on Anglesey

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

The instructor who tried to teach me to ski concluded
"You are very efficient from getting from A to B, but have the elegance of a troll"

One for the #seaice needs…..some fast ice exhibiting a stunning network of brine channels…..even some brine draining out the bottom forming frost flowers in the air (more usual on the top of ice 😀)