Predirections
Jonathan TonkinWeekly future-focused writing on biodiversity, climate, and water for a changing world — by Prof. Jonathan Tonkin.
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Compounding crises and the colour of tennis balls
Nine signals on climate extremes, ecological justice, academic rejection, and an unexpected legacy (Nexus Notes #28)
I. Signal of the week.
Your unread books are a map of who you're becoming
This one's a little different from my usual writing on biodiversity, climate, and water. But some undercurrents remain: there's more worth knowing than any one person can hold, and the attempt to stay curious anyway.
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Rivers don't lie
What 100 years of flow data tells us about 2026 (Nexus Notes #27)
Hey folks!
Climate change is messing with the seasons. Here's why that matters.
A stoat with seasonally mismatched coat. Northern populations of stoats (Mustela erminea) use daylight shifts as a cue to change color with the seasons. Earlier snowmelt now risks a critical camouflage mismatch. Shutterstock/imageBroker.com...
Knowing more, understanding less
Models, optimism, moral courage, and the limits of knowing (Nexus Notes #26)
Nexus Notes is my curated scan of signals across biodiversity, climate, water, and systems. The signals are open; the synthesis connects them and makes sense of w...
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Anticipating the future of our living world. Professor of ecology published in Nature and Science and winner of NZ Prime Minister’s Emerging Scientist Prize. I use systems thinking to map out where our planet is headed and how we can navigate it.
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