Read about my latest paper with William Cheung in The Conversation Canada on how climate change is boosting the success of marine invasive species.

CONSERVATION WINS, CHALLENGES AND NATURE NEWS ACROSS AUSTRALIA From threatened species and river ecosystems to national conservation strategies, here’s what shaped Australia’s environmental landscape during May 2026. https://lnkd.in/gwqpsRzS #australiannews #biodiversitynews #australianbiodiversity #

#LimnologicalReview welcomes you to read "Floodplain Forest Foundation Species Salix alba L. Is Resilient to Seawater Pulses during Winter"! The authors studied the resilience of the floodplain forest foundation species Salix alba L. to seawater pulses during winter. This corresponds to the effects of storm surges in the North Sea region on floodplain willow trees in downstream river stretches during their dormant stage. Seawater pulses were applied from November to May on vegetative propagules. The plants were placed on flooding stairways at three levels in a mesocosm experiment under ambient conditions in Zealand, NL. Read the full paper: https://brnw.ch/21x67iF

I had no idea that millions of tonnes of sediment is smothering Australia’s greatest wonder. It’s coming from eroding catchments that are losing their trees because of the beef we buy from Coles, Woolies, Hungry jacks and Maccas is encouraging producers to clear more land. Of a survey of thousands of QLDers, 67% were concerned about sediment run off, but only 12% knew “a lot” about it and only 31% said a “fair amount”. We need more everyday Aussies to become aware to these issues thanks Australian Conservation Foundation

I'm enjoying sharing #goodnews this week. Maybe it's the changing season--I'm seeing change everywhere, and it's positive. Did you know your brain is wired to look for patterns? And did you know you can train your brain to notice positives? Like opportunities, solutions, partners, and even your own skills and talents? This is what "think positive" means. It's not putting your head in the sand, it's noticing when marine life triples in Scotland; it's noticing that we are no longer on a trajectory for +4C degrees of warming (but rather +2.8C) and taking that as a win because our efforts clearly made a difference and they still can; it's noticing when colleagues help you, when you do better than you expected two times in a row; it's when everything has gone wrong for a while, but you know you'll come out the other side ok because you always have before.