Christopher Lyon
@christophlyon.bsky.social
Academic. Personal. Posts about research (work), life, and societal issues.
CW: some posts about euthanasia/assisted suicide.
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Are narratives of total biosphere collapse helpful?
Is ecological 'novelty' necessarily bad?
What can the past tell us about the human capacity to mould and adapt to future conditions?
Red more in our new paper out in @royalsocietypublishing.org Phil Trans B: doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
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Is ecological 'novelty' necessarily bad?
What can the past tell us about the human capacity to mould and adapt to future conditions?
Red more in our new paper out in @royalsocietypublishing.org Phil Trans B: doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
🌏🧪🌐
Life on New Earth: biodiversity change and humanity in a novel future
Abstract. Accounting for ecological novelty, gains and past human experiences through social–ecological–technological systems (SETS) can help society navig
doi.org
January 28, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Are narratives of total biosphere collapse helpful?
Is ecological 'novelty' necessarily bad?
What can the past tell us about the human capacity to mould and adapt to future conditions?
Red more in our new paper out in @royalsocietypublishing.org Phil Trans B: doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
🌏🧪🌐
Is ecological 'novelty' necessarily bad?
What can the past tell us about the human capacity to mould and adapt to future conditions?
Red more in our new paper out in @royalsocietypublishing.org Phil Trans B: doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
🌏🧪🌐
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Is the future of Earth purely dystopian?🌍
🚨Our new paper in Phil Trans B(@royalsociety.org) argues it is not!
The path forward? Adapting through social-ecological-technological systems 🌿🏙️
Led by colleagues at @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
#Anthropocene #Biodiversity #Ecology
doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
🚨Our new paper in Phil Trans B(@royalsociety.org) argues it is not!
The path forward? Adapting through social-ecological-technological systems 🌿🏙️
Led by colleagues at @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
#Anthropocene #Biodiversity #Ecology
doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
Life on New Earth: biodiversity change and humanity in a novel future
Abstract. Accounting for ecological novelty, gains and past human experiences through social–ecological–technological systems (SETS) can help society navig
doi.org
January 26, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Is the future of Earth purely dystopian?🌍
🚨Our new paper in Phil Trans B(@royalsociety.org) argues it is not!
The path forward? Adapting through social-ecological-technological systems 🌿🏙️
Led by colleagues at @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
#Anthropocene #Biodiversity #Ecology
doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
🚨Our new paper in Phil Trans B(@royalsociety.org) argues it is not!
The path forward? Adapting through social-ecological-technological systems 🌿🏙️
Led by colleagues at @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
#Anthropocene #Biodiversity #Ecology
doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
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My first PhD paper is out today in Conservation Biology! @society4conbio.bsky.social
Freely available to read here: doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
Tldr 🧵 below!
Freely available to read here: doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
Tldr 🧵 below!
December 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
My first PhD paper is out today in Conservation Biology! @society4conbio.bsky.social
Freely available to read here: doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
Tldr 🧵 below!
Freely available to read here: doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
Tldr 🧵 below!
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How do we live on a "New Earth"? 🌎🦎
A new paper led by @christophlyon.bsky.social asks this question.
The core message? If we can’t fully stop the changes to our planet, how do we make sure the future is still fair + thriving?
Read the full paper: buff.ly/mR3qhyA
@anthropocenebio.bsky.social
A new paper led by @christophlyon.bsky.social asks this question.
The core message? If we can’t fully stop the changes to our planet, how do we make sure the future is still fair + thriving?
Read the full paper: buff.ly/mR3qhyA
@anthropocenebio.bsky.social
Life on New Earth: biodiversity change and humanity in a novel future
Abstract. Accounting for ecological novelty, gains and past human experiences through social–ecological–technological systems (SETS) can help society navig
royalsocietypublishing.org
January 26, 2026 at 12:30 PM
How do we live on a "New Earth"? 🌎🦎
A new paper led by @christophlyon.bsky.social asks this question.
The core message? If we can’t fully stop the changes to our planet, how do we make sure the future is still fair + thriving?
Read the full paper: buff.ly/mR3qhyA
@anthropocenebio.bsky.social
A new paper led by @christophlyon.bsky.social asks this question.
The core message? If we can’t fully stop the changes to our planet, how do we make sure the future is still fair + thriving?
Read the full paper: buff.ly/mR3qhyA
@anthropocenebio.bsky.social
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🌍 Open Call: 2026 Bath Conference
@esgproject.bsky.social is accepting submissions for its global gathering in Bath, UK – 8–10 Sept 2026.
Theme: Building Just & Sustainable Futures for Planetary Integrity
📅 Submission deadline: 15 Jan 2026
🔗 Learn more: earthsystemgovernance.org/2026-bath/ca...
@esgproject.bsky.social is accepting submissions for its global gathering in Bath, UK – 8–10 Sept 2026.
Theme: Building Just & Sustainable Futures for Planetary Integrity
📅 Submission deadline: 15 Jan 2026
🔗 Learn more: earthsystemgovernance.org/2026-bath/ca...
Call for Papers
Call for Papers | Earth System Governance
earthsystemgovernance.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🌍 Open Call: 2026 Bath Conference
@esgproject.bsky.social is accepting submissions for its global gathering in Bath, UK – 8–10 Sept 2026.
Theme: Building Just & Sustainable Futures for Planetary Integrity
📅 Submission deadline: 15 Jan 2026
🔗 Learn more: earthsystemgovernance.org/2026-bath/ca...
@esgproject.bsky.social is accepting submissions for its global gathering in Bath, UK – 8–10 Sept 2026.
Theme: Building Just & Sustainable Futures for Planetary Integrity
📅 Submission deadline: 15 Jan 2026
🔗 Learn more: earthsystemgovernance.org/2026-bath/ca...
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Looks like an excellent session and resonates closely with a conversation I have just been having!
November 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Looks like an excellent session and resonates closely with a conversation I have just been having!
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Huge congratulations to @rob-marchant.bsky.social & team, including LCAB Director Lindsey Gillson & Fellow @christophlyon.bsky.social, on their new ERC-funded project examining how East African mountain ecosystems & the communities who rely on them interact & evolve.
www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
erc.europa.eu/news-events/.... Lots of interesting insights to happen over the coming 6 years in our new ERC-funded project working across mountain systems
Synergy Grants 2025: Examples of projects
How do you solve science’s toughest puzzles? By joining forces. Sixty-six research teams, bringing together 239 scientists, will receive a total of €684 million in European Research Council Synergy Gr...
erc.europa.eu
November 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Huge congratulations to @rob-marchant.bsky.social & team, including LCAB Director Lindsey Gillson & Fellow @christophlyon.bsky.social, on their new ERC-funded project examining how East African mountain ecosystems & the communities who rely on them interact & evolve.
www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
There are no words for this.
My heart goes out to his family and my colleagues at Glasgow. Scottish geography is a small world.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
My heart goes out to his family and my colleagues at Glasgow. Scottish geography is a small world.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Glasgow student took his own life after 'tragic' university error
Ethan Brown, 23, of Coatbridge, was told he didn't have the grades to graduate in December 2024.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
There are no words for this.
My heart goes out to his family and my colleagues at Glasgow. Scottish geography is a small world.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
My heart goes out to his family and my colleagues at Glasgow. Scottish geography is a small world.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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JUST PUBLISHED – How vulnerable is the UK’s food system?
By @aledjonesgsi.bsky.social, @christophlyon.bsky.social, & Elta Smith
By @aledjonesgsi.bsky.social, @christophlyon.bsky.social, & Elta Smith
How vulnerable is the UK’s food system? - Economics Observatory
In an age of trade wars, armed conflict, pandemics and climate change, too little attention is being paid to the vulnerability of the global food system. The UK is not immune to the risks, which…
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September 16, 2025 at 8:32 AM
JUST PUBLISHED – How vulnerable is the UK’s food system?
By @aledjonesgsi.bsky.social, @christophlyon.bsky.social, & Elta Smith
By @aledjonesgsi.bsky.social, @christophlyon.bsky.social, & Elta Smith
When I was a student, I wondered why academics struggled to respond to emails.
Now I understand. The firehose of emails, texts, and other comms can be hard to track. Stuff gets missed.
Humans haven't evolved to constantly divide our attention across a bombardment of info on multiple screens.
Now I understand. The firehose of emails, texts, and other comms can be hard to track. Stuff gets missed.
Humans haven't evolved to constantly divide our attention across a bombardment of info on multiple screens.
August 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM
When I was a student, I wondered why academics struggled to respond to emails.
Now I understand. The firehose of emails, texts, and other comms can be hard to track. Stuff gets missed.
Humans haven't evolved to constantly divide our attention across a bombardment of info on multiple screens.
Now I understand. The firehose of emails, texts, and other comms can be hard to track. Stuff gets missed.
Humans haven't evolved to constantly divide our attention across a bombardment of info on multiple screens.
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Climate breakdown, biodiversity loss and political apathy put humanity at grave risk, threatens human lives, livelihoods globally. In may seem challenging, but a great article outlines six actions for ecologists in times of planetary crisis
@anthropocenebio.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@anthropocenebio.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
June 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Climate breakdown, biodiversity loss and political apathy put humanity at grave risk, threatens human lives, livelihoods globally. In may seem challenging, but a great article outlines six actions for ecologists in times of planetary crisis
@anthropocenebio.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@anthropocenebio.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Do not miss the chance to submit a session proposal for the 9th European Conference of Tropical Ecology that takes place at the University of Passau, Germany, from 23-27 February 2026 with the motto “Species – Ecosystems – People”
gtoe2026-passau.de/call-for-ses...
gtoe2026-passau.de/call-for-ses...
Call for Sessions
gtoe2026-passau.de
June 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Do not miss the chance to submit a session proposal for the 9th European Conference of Tropical Ecology that takes place at the University of Passau, Germany, from 23-27 February 2026 with the motto “Species – Ecosystems – People”
gtoe2026-passau.de/call-for-ses...
gtoe2026-passau.de/call-for-ses...
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We are reviewing the current state of scientific publishing, and we want to hear from researchers on their perceptions of publishing in the current context and how it might develop in future. Complete our short survey now:
The Future of Scientific Publishing - survey
forms.royalsociety.org
June 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
We are reviewing the current state of scientific publishing, and we want to hear from researchers on their perceptions of publishing in the current context and how it might develop in future. Complete our short survey now:
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Historica Canada has just released another Heritage Minute, this one on the first ever Jewish Chief Justice of Canada, Bora Laskin. He's played by Victor Garber. www.historicacanada.ca/productions/...
Bora Laskin
One of Canada’s greatest legal scholars, Bora Laskin overcame antisemitism to become the first Jewish Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
www.historicacanada.ca
May 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Historica Canada has just released another Heritage Minute, this one on the first ever Jewish Chief Justice of Canada, Bora Laskin. He's played by Victor Garber. www.historicacanada.ca/productions/...
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Okay, let's do this: AMA about the "dire" wolf study.
Note: I wasn't involved in the project and have no ties to Colossal. I'm a paleoecologist with expertise on Pleistocene extinctions and their impacts, and the role ice age megafauna played in their ecosystems. I also research rewilding.
Note: I wasn't involved in the project and have no ties to Colossal. I'm a paleoecologist with expertise on Pleistocene extinctions and their impacts, and the role ice age megafauna played in their ecosystems. I also research rewilding.
April 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Okay, let's do this: AMA about the "dire" wolf study.
Note: I wasn't involved in the project and have no ties to Colossal. I'm a paleoecologist with expertise on Pleistocene extinctions and their impacts, and the role ice age megafauna played in their ecosystems. I also research rewilding.
Note: I wasn't involved in the project and have no ties to Colossal. I'm a paleoecologist with expertise on Pleistocene extinctions and their impacts, and the role ice age megafauna played in their ecosystems. I also research rewilding.
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Banki Chunwate Thomas on his work researching Historical #forest changes in Nigeria The Future of #Nigeria’s Forests: #Conservation, Community Impact, and Policy
@yesiuoy.bsky.social @anthropocenebio.bsky.social @uoyenvironment.bsky.social
youtu.be/pSKgJVTU35o
@yesiuoy.bsky.social @anthropocenebio.bsky.social @uoyenvironment.bsky.social
youtu.be/pSKgJVTU35o
The Future of Nigeria’s Forests: Conservation, Community Impact, and Policy
YouTube video by Africa Research Network
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April 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Banki Chunwate Thomas on his work researching Historical #forest changes in Nigeria The Future of #Nigeria’s Forests: #Conservation, Community Impact, and Policy
@yesiuoy.bsky.social @anthropocenebio.bsky.social @uoyenvironment.bsky.social
youtu.be/pSKgJVTU35o
@yesiuoy.bsky.social @anthropocenebio.bsky.social @uoyenvironment.bsky.social
youtu.be/pSKgJVTU35o
Some things I'm up to....
Explore the YESI International Fellows project "Critical Long-Term Thresholds in Global Dryland Social-Ecological Systems". A collaboration between Dr Changjia Li, Beijing Normal University (China) and @christophlyon.bsky.social, UoY. ➡️ www.york.ac.uk/yesi/yesi-fe...
Critical Long-Term Thresholds in Global Dryland Social-Ecological Systems
www.york.ac.uk
April 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Some things I'm up to....
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Many UK #peatlands are degraded due to historical drainage, reduced #biodiversity, #carbon and water storage. New findings show testate amoebae as #bioindicators for tracking habitat peatland and #restoration
@yesiuoy.bsky.social @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
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@yesiuoy.bsky.social @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
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March 30, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Many UK #peatlands are degraded due to historical drainage, reduced #biodiversity, #carbon and water storage. New findings show testate amoebae as #bioindicators for tracking habitat peatland and #restoration
@yesiuoy.bsky.social @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
authors.elsevier.com/c/1krTD8g13f...
@yesiuoy.bsky.social @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
authors.elsevier.com/c/1krTD8g13f...
If you work on social-ecological systems, resilience, etc. and you *don't* know about SocSES, you do now. Launch even tomorrow.
socses.org
socses.org
March 26, 2025 at 8:06 AM
If you work on social-ecological systems, resilience, etc. and you *don't* know about SocSES, you do now. Launch even tomorrow.
socses.org
socses.org
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How to motivate farmers to participate in cooperative agrienvironmental schemes?
- Offer adequate financial compensation
- Communicate environmental advances
- Invest in building social relationships
- Create cooperative governance structures
J. Huber et al. #bpbv. doi.org/10.1002/eas2...
- Offer adequate financial compensation
- Communicate environmental advances
- Invest in building social relationships
- Create cooperative governance structures
J. Huber et al. #bpbv. doi.org/10.1002/eas2...
Farmer motivation to participate in cooperative agri‐environmental and climate measures
Agri-environmental and climate measures (AECM) have been designed to promote biodiversity and ecosystem services but have thus far been unable to reverse the strong declines of farmland species. To e...
doi.org
March 25, 2025 at 6:45 AM
How to motivate farmers to participate in cooperative agrienvironmental schemes?
- Offer adequate financial compensation
- Communicate environmental advances
- Invest in building social relationships
- Create cooperative governance structures
J. Huber et al. #bpbv. doi.org/10.1002/eas2...
- Offer adequate financial compensation
- Communicate environmental advances
- Invest in building social relationships
- Create cooperative governance structures
J. Huber et al. #bpbv. doi.org/10.1002/eas2...
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4 scenarios for Canada’s future in a Trumpian world
theconversation.com/getting-read...
"Canadians ...may be confronted with colossal costs where Canada’s options may be limited to a choosing between Cuban or Belarussian outcomes."
[I'd like more scenarios than these 4]
theconversation.com/getting-read...
"Canadians ...may be confronted with colossal costs where Canada’s options may be limited to a choosing between Cuban or Belarussian outcomes."
[I'd like more scenarios than these 4]
March 22, 2025 at 8:59 AM
4 scenarios for Canada’s future in a Trumpian world
theconversation.com/getting-read...
"Canadians ...may be confronted with colossal costs where Canada’s options may be limited to a choosing between Cuban or Belarussian outcomes."
[I'd like more scenarios than these 4]
theconversation.com/getting-read...
"Canadians ...may be confronted with colossal costs where Canada’s options may be limited to a choosing between Cuban or Belarussian outcomes."
[I'd like more scenarios than these 4]
Wild.
“We are a very research-intensive university—far more research-intensive than most of our size and scale—and achieving a balance to cross-subsidise and support that research intensity has been a challenge for quite a few years,” he said. “We have to address that now.”
“We are a very research-intensive university—far more research-intensive than most of our size and scale—and achieving a balance to cross-subsidise and support that research intensity has been a challenge for quite a few years,” he said. “We have to address that now.”
University of Dundee ‘will run out of cash by June’ without bailout.
Institution’s leaders say research activity is contributing to the crisis, with insolvency “a real possibility”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Institution’s leaders say research activity is contributing to the crisis, with insolvency “a real possibility”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
University of Dundee ‘will run out of cash by June’ without bailout - Research Professional News
Institution’s leaders say research activity is contributing to the crisis, with insolvency “a real possibility”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Wild.
“We are a very research-intensive university—far more research-intensive than most of our size and scale—and achieving a balance to cross-subsidise and support that research intensity has been a challenge for quite a few years,” he said. “We have to address that now.”
“We are a very research-intensive university—far more research-intensive than most of our size and scale—and achieving a balance to cross-subsidise and support that research intensity has been a challenge for quite a few years,” he said. “We have to address that now.”
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New essay from me, @lisgilmore.bsky.social and Rachael Shwom, in the @thebulletin.org's special issue on tipping points: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Accepted manuscript (w/o paywall): www.bobkopp.net/assets/pdf/K...
Accepted manuscript (w/o paywall): www.bobkopp.net/assets/pdf/K...
Climate change will surprise us, but so-called ‘tipping points’ may lead us astray
With the world already experiencing dangerous climate change, decarbonization and climate adaptation are urgent challenges. The potential for even more rapid and irreversible changes augments this ...
www.tandfonline.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
New essay from me, @lisgilmore.bsky.social and Rachael Shwom, in the @thebulletin.org's special issue on tipping points: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Accepted manuscript (w/o paywall): www.bobkopp.net/assets/pdf/K...
Accepted manuscript (w/o paywall): www.bobkopp.net/assets/pdf/K...
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Canadian metasearch engine platform with no ads, no tracking and no AI. Very clean look with only relevant results. Gear is hosted in Canada.
As well as All, Images, News, etc, it also has a subheading just for social media results. #cdnpoli
As well as All, Images, News, etc, it also has a subheading just for social media results. #cdnpoli
maapl
SearXNG — a privacy-respecting, open metasearch engine
maapl.net
March 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Canadian metasearch engine platform with no ads, no tracking and no AI. Very clean look with only relevant results. Gear is hosted in Canada.
As well as All, Images, News, etc, it also has a subheading just for social media results. #cdnpoli
As well as All, Images, News, etc, it also has a subheading just for social media results. #cdnpoli