Divya Vasudev
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Divya Vasudev
@divyavasudev.bsky.social
Conservation Scientist | Co-Founder of Conservation Initiatives | Northeast India | Music, Travel, Animals 🎧🥾🐘🐒
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An important review - The ecology of plant extinctions - "Recent warm-edge extirpations demonstrate the growing impact of anthropogenic climate change & show that predictions of massive climate-driven extinctions later this century are plausible" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🌾🌎🧪🌐
December 7, 2024 at 11:59 AM
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Probing obstacles to transformative change – including human practices and habits – contributes to charting pathways to a more just & sustainable world for people and nature.🌍🧪

—Astrid Schomaker, CBD Exec. Sec

💡Coming Soon: the @ipbes.bsky.social #TransformativeChange Report
December 7, 2024 at 3:49 PM
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Earlier this year, I received news that fake peer reviews were allegedly being submitted impersonating me and approximately six others

I shared my story with Science to, hopefully, reduce the chance of this kind of breach happening again

www.science.org/content/arti...
‘It felt very icky’: This scientist’s name was used to write fake peer reviews
Elsevier retracts dozens of journal articles that were published based on “fictitious” reviews
www.science.org
December 3, 2024 at 9:24 AM
Reposted by Divya Vasudev
This is crazy, and a real eye-opener! What are the odds that one fake review tilts a decision in favour of a given manuscript? Irrespective, this clearly means that editors will need to verify the authenticity of reviewer email addresses, moving forward.
Earlier this year, I received news that fake peer reviews were allegedly being submitted impersonating me and approximately six others

I shared my story with Science to, hopefully, reduce the chance of this kind of breach happening again

www.science.org/content/arti...
‘It felt very icky’: This scientist’s name was used to write fake peer reviews
Elsevier retracts dozens of journal articles that were published based on “fictitious” reviews
www.science.org
December 7, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Of course, my first post here has to be on gibbons! India's only wild ape, trapeze artists swinging through the forest canopy, their calls ringing through the forests, and a flagship for the community based conservation efforts we are supporting.

PC : @varunrgoswami.bsky.social
November 23, 2024 at 5:00 AM