Exploring the ecology of an increasingly human planet. Prof. Geography & Environmental Systems, UMBC Anthromes, Anthroecology & Anthropocene https://anthroecology.org/people/ellis/https://bsky.app/profile/erleellis.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/erleellis.bsky.social/post/3mtczz6w3d22nWildlife moves to the Anthropocene beat(s)... https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2026.107018 Aug 2026 01:13 +0000at://did:plc:u4usv72et3hzaeejegzcppxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtczz6w3d22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/erleellis.bsky.social/post/3mtczqdrdxk2nAnthropocene + Human Evolution = ? @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2053019626147290918 Aug 2026 01:08 +0000at://did:plc:u4usv72et3hzaeejegzcppxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtczqdrdxk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/erleellis.bsky.social/post/3msivlt7hj22nI ❤️🦬! Great article on American bison @science.org https://www.science.org/content/article/dna-reveals-hidden-past-north-america-s-bison-and-keys-their-future07 Aug 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:u4usv72et3hzaeejegzcppxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3msivlt7hj22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/erleellis.bsky.social/post/3msdxtbe42c2aClimate Doom is not a mobilization strategy. 🏭🔥🚒😨😒 New @pnas.org: Psychological inoculation against climate doom https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.26090741205 Aug 2026 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:u4usv72et3hzaeejegzcppxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdxtbe42c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/erleellis.bsky.social/post/3ms6ldvkjak2hFire Rainbow over West Virginia https://science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod-2026-august-2-a-fire-rainbow-over-west-virginia/03 Aug 2026 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:u4usv72et3hzaeejegzcppxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6ldvkjak2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/erleellis.bsky.social/post/3mrxdneyh6k2eHow much is your country doing to enable people and nature to thrive together? Find out @agu.org 2026! Nature Relationship Index (NRI) https://hdr.undp.org/nature-relationship-index @undp.org #AGU2631 Jul 2026 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:u4usv72et3hzaeejegzcppxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxdneyh6k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/erleellis.bsky.social/post/3mrq7s4fxp226What comes after acknowledging? "Earth is our relative". https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/opinion/native-american-land-acknowledgment.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1FA.cJJ7.CFd_VpPp1dPd&smid=url-share28 Jul 2026 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:u4usv72et3hzaeejegzcppxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrq7s4fxp226https://bsky.app/profile/erleellis.bsky.social/post/3mrfl3ahxx22fPeak Language? 1000 BCE to 1000 CE? The rise and fall of language diversity through the Holocene @science.org https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adx4343#tab-citations24 Jul 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:u4usv72et3hzaeejegzcppxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfl3ahxx22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/erleellis.bsky.social/post/3mqmhed2h7k27"To the extent that you become the ecology that supports you, it becomes more and more your responsibility" [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:u4usv72et3hzaeejegzcppxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmhed2h7k27https://bsky.app/profile/erleellis.bsky.social/post/3mqmhadpuik27Ethics and Planetary Boundaries https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/ethics-and-planetary-boundaries/2ACF6EB74B751D5AAD889E5E922D9B0714 Jul 2026 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:u4usv72et3hzaeejegzcppxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmhadpuik27https://bsky.app/profile/erleellis.bsky.social/post/3mqjwgtqluk2xPolitics is Killing Science in the USA. 🙈🙉🙊 New NSF policy would ban almost all collaborations with Chinese scientists @policyhound.bsky.social https://www.science.org/content/article/new-nsf-policy-would-ban-almost-all-collaborations-chinese-scientists13 Jul 2026 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:u4usv72et3hzaeejegzcppxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjwgtqluk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/erleellis.bsky.social/post/3mqcwjfw4xk2rEarliest Americans specialized in megaherbivores 🦣🦣🦣🦣 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aef962810 Jul 2026 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:u4usv72et3hzaeejegzcppxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcwjfw4xk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/erleellis.bsky.social/post/3mq6faoeokc27Lessons from Blackfoot-led buffalo restoration 🦬🌎 https://doi.org/10.2458/jpe.1089809 Jul 2026 00:35 +0000at://did:plc:u4usv72et3hzaeejegzcppxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq6faoeokc27https://bsky.app/profile/erleellis.bsky.social/post/3mpckjln6zs2fThe limits of coexistence - with wolves 🌍🌎 https://www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagazine/library/item/18_june_2026/4348899/27 Jun 2026 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:u4usv72et3hzaeejegzcppxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpckjln6zs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/erleellis.bsky.social/post/3mpcjztsn5s22Stewardship practices enhance nature’s contributions to people 🌍 https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article-abstract/76/6/491/868482127 Jun 2026 22:46 +0000at://did:plc:u4usv72et3hzaeejegzcppxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpcjztsn5s22https://bsky.app/profile/erleellis.bsky.social/post/3mpcgnywf2k2fAnother geologist discovers the Anthropocene... https://aeon.co/essays/the-strange-rocks-that-wouldnt-exist-without-us @aeon.co27 Jun 2026 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:u4usv72et3hzaeejegzcppxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpcgnywf2k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/erleellis.bsky.social/post/3mo44y2f24s2sFrom beliefs to outcomes: How human conceptions of nature shape environmental trajectories 🌍 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092180092600184912 Jun 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:u4usv72et3hzaeejegzcppxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo44y2f24s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/erleellis.bsky.social/post/3mo3ndbmpn22mRemember Befts? [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jun 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:u4usv72et3hzaeejegzcppxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo3ndbmpn22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/erleellis.bsky.social/post/3mo3naezkds2mIn case you believe only Befts go to the left. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/science/humans-walking-veer-left-counterclockwise.html?unlocked_article_code=1.plA.KOX2.xM5rKSGvh2_5&smid=nytcore-ios-share12 Jun 2026 11:30 +0000at://did:plc:u4usv72et3hzaeejegzcppxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo3naezkds2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/erleellis.bsky.social/post/3mnzly2in4c2cTrees need social security in Ireland https://theconversation.com/farmers-are-key-to-restoring-native-woodlands-heres-whats-holding-them-back-279498 https://theconversation.com/farmers-are-key-to-restoring-native-woodlands-heres-whats-holding-them-back-279498?utm_medium=article_native_share11 Jun 2026 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:u4usv72et3hzaeejegzcppxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnzly2in4c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/erleellis.bsky.social/post/3mndxh5nvv22uEcology is not yet ready for AI—and why that matters 🌎 @pnas.org https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.253397612303 Jun 2026 01:29 +0000at://did:plc:u4usv72et3hzaeejegzcppxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mndxh5nvv22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/erleellis.bsky.social/post/3mn24556ep22uTreating Nature as Capital Cannot Save the Planet. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01628-z30 May 2026 03:26 +0000at://did:plc:u4usv72et3hzaeejegzcppxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn24556ep22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/erleellis.bsky.social/post/3mmuzbko7ms2kTo save nature, accelerate economic development in lower-income countries @pnas.org https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.250660112328 May 2026 02:51 +0000at://did:plc:u4usv72et3hzaeejegzcppxi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmuzbko7ms2k