Lecturer in Ecology at Essex. Sussex PhD graduate in plant evolution & ecology. Plant-insect interactions. Views Own.
Joined September 2014
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Chris Mackin retweeted
21 Oct 2024
An epic-length interview in which I talk at length about insect declines and their solutions, pesticides, rewilding, societal collapse and more with @AaronBastani of @novaramedia
youtube.com/watch?v=LR32Ns7z…
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3 Oct 2023
As a scientist I can confirm this is utter nonsense !
3 Oct 2023
NEW: Conservatives are safeguarding scientific research from the denial of biology and the steady creep of political correctness.
@michelledonelan announces plans to depoliticise science at #CPC23
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Chris Mackin retweeted
8 Sep 2023
This parliamentary term is on track to be by far the worst for living standards since the 1950s.
Typical working age household incomes are on course to be 4% lower in 2024-25 than they were in 2019-20.
Never in living memory have families got so much poorer over a parliament.
ALT Graph showing Total real growth in non-pensioner equivalised household disposable income, after housing costs, by parliament: GB/UK
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Chris Mackin retweeted
24 Jul 2023
A front page for the history books.
ALT Front page, The Times, headlines include 'Tory retreat from green policies to woo voters' 'Airlines lead scramble to help 19,000 flee Rhodes'
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22 Apr 2023
Back from teaching on an excellent tropical marine field course with @Uni_of_Essex in Baubau, Indonesia. Students loved diving on coral reefs, beach cleans and research projects! Lots of exciting sightings of sharks, rays, sea turtles, more sharks.. @EssexLifeSci @opwall
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29 Jul 2022
Great to be part of this global project on plant-pollinator interactions and see it published. Looking forward to seeing how our dataset of interactions will be used in future! 🌷🦟
During the #COVID19 #lockdown a group of pollination #ecologists from 15 countries collected data on plant & #pollinators in their own #gardens.
The resulting data set of 47,000 flower visits has just been published in @JPE12328968
Read more here:
jeffollerton.co.uk/2022/07/2…
#bees
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29 Jun 2022
It is nice to see our research on rapid evolution in Foxgloves is still being talked about (here in the Times' Nature Notes). Although is it too much to ask that they credit the authors for all our hard work?
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29 Jun 2022
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5 Jun 2022
Final day of a great ecology field course with @SussexUni students at Malham @FSCMalhamTarn
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30 May 2022
We are at Malham Tarn nature reserve. Today students are comparing the grassland species composition in acidic and calcareous grasslands #FSCmalham
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29 Apr 2022
Incredible to see Knepp Rewilding today with students ! @SussexUni @RewildingSussex @SussexLifeSci
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29 Apr 2022
21 Apr 2022
this small island off the coast of Wales is the breeding site for a huge chunk of the world's Puffins and Manx Shearwater. Also home to the endemic Skomer vole!
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19 Apr 2022
At Dale Fort, Pembrokeshire, for field trip with @SussexLifeSci students. This week we'll be looking for flora and fauna in rocky shores, salt marshes and sand dunes !
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14 Apr 2022
Our time at Slapton Ley is coming to an end, but students have enjoyed surveying and classifying woodland, grassland, shingle and heath habitat #FSCslapton @FSCSlaptonLey
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