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Jim Shugg @JimShugg

Botanic Gardens Arboriculturalist

Joined October 2013
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Costa lends his support to an 11th hour attempt to save iconic raintree abc.net.au/listen/programs/f… via @ABCaustralia

Gardening guru throws his weight behind campaign to save iconic Cairns tree - ABC listen

Large trees such as the giant Freshwater raintree are "priceless" and cannot be replaced, according to the country's most recognisable gardener, Costa Georgadis.

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The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing

Academic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.

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We discovered microbes in bark ‘eat’ climate gases. This will change the way we think about trees

We already knew forests were heavy lifters in reducing climate pollution. New research reveals the tiny microbes in tree bark can also “eat” climate gases.

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As the world warms, more trees are dying in Australian forests

From Tasmania to the Top End, Australia's forest trees are dying at higher rates due to climate change, according to new research.

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23 Dec 2025
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Plans to burn rare forest abandoned after man camps in tree for six nights

The WA government abandons plans to burn a parcel of forest that is home to a species of rare tree after a 70-year-old man spent six nights living in the canopy.

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8 Dec 2025
Banking seeds for tomorrow botany.one/2025/12/banking-s…
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8 Dec 2025
Overlooked and extensive ghost forest formation across the US Atlantic coast | Nature Sustainability nature.com/articles/s41893-0…
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8 Dec 2025
What your Introduction section isn’t | Scientist Sees Squirrel scientistseessquirrel.wordpr…

What your Introduction section isn’t

Today, the fourth and final instalment in a short series inspired by bad papers I’ve read (some of them, I’ll admit once again, my own). I’ve let myself rant about what a Methods sections shouldn’t…

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Jim Shugg@JimShugg
8 Dec 2025
Vanishing experts, vanishing species: The taxonomy crisis | Kew kew.org/read-and-watch/the-t…

Vanishing experts, vanishing species: The taxonomy crisis

Plant taxonomy is the foundation of biodiversity science, but a global skills crisis threatens its future. Training a new generation of taxonomists is urgent and new research maps where help is most...

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Jim Shugg@JimShugg
8 Dec 2025
The fall of a prolific science journal exposes the billion-dollar profits of scientific publishing english.elpais.com/science-t… via @elpaisinenglish

The fall of a prolific science journal exposes the billion-dollar profits of scientific publishing

One of the 15 publications that put out the most studies globally has been expelled from the indexing system for irregularities. Its publisher, Elsevier, has a 38% profit margin that reached $1.5...

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8 Dec 2025
Butterfly Havens in Forgotten Lots botany.one/2025/12/butterfly… via @botanyone

Butterfly Havens in Forgotten Lots

Common plants and abandoned lots turn urban spaces into vital feeding grounds for butterflies.

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Jim Shugg@JimShugg
5 Dec 2025
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Native trees poisoned along beach in exclusive township where homes sell for millions

Six Australian native trees have been poisoned on public land along one of Queensland's most expensive and exclusive beachside streets.

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3 Dec 2025
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NSW government under fire after 670 trees felled for renewable energy project

The NSW government is being accused of wilfully ignoring warnings about the destruction of hundreds of native trees as part of a renewables project.

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2 Dec 2025
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In 1939, a Royal Commission found burning forests leads to more bushfires. But this cycle of...

After devastating fires in 1939, authorities began burning forests to reduce fuel load. But we now know this creates conditions for even worse fires.

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17 Nov 2025
Sarah J. McInnes: "When You Really Stop and Look, You’ll Be Amazed By What You Can See." botany.one/2025/11/sarah-j-m… via @botanyone

Sarah J. McInnes: "When You Really Stop and Look, You’ll Be Amazed By What You Can See."

Botany One interviews Sarah McInness, an Australian chemist who found her way into how plants regenerate after fire.

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17 Nov 2025
There’s a Japanese word for that… plantcuttings.uk/2025/11/14/…

There’s a Japanese word for that…

The post discusses the connections between the Japanese language and botany. In particular, it highlights the relevance of origami and kirigami to modern-day engineering applications, and of shinri…

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4 Nov 2025
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Endangered plant that grows only in one place shows signs of flourishing

There are signs a critically endangered plant that grows on a rural property near Armidale could have a prosperous future.

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Jim Shugg@JimShugg
31 Oct 2025
Insurers calling for trees to be felled as cheap fix for subsidence, say critics theguardian.com/environment/…

Insurers calling for trees to be felled as cheap fix for subsidence, say critics

Campaigners say problem so common that some of the UK’s most irreplaceable ancient trees in danger of being lost

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