Recovering farmland nature
Baker, D.J., Nye, C., Wheeler, R., Masquelier, C., Binner, A., Gaston, K.J., Heard, M.S., Lobley, M., Smith, D. & Maclean, I.M.D. 2025. Aligning strategic and participatory approaches to agri-environment scheme…
Read moreShaping connection to nature
Soga, M. & Gaston, K.J. 2025. Cross-country variation in people’s connection to nature. One Earth 8, 101194. Enhancing pro-nature behavior across societies is a key sustainability challenge, with people’s connection to nature recognized as…
Read more16th horizon scan
Sutherland, W.J., Brotherton, P.N.M., Butterworth, H.M., Clarke, S.J., Davies, T.E., Doar, N., Esmail, N., Fleishman, E., Gaston, K.J., Herbert-Read, J.E., Hughes, A.C., Hughes, J., Kaartokallio, H., Koh, L.P., Kumar, R.,…
Read moreNot always geography
Zhang, W., Grenyer, R., Gaston, K.J. & Sheldon, B.C. 2024. Challenging the geographic bias in recognising large-scale patterns of diversity change. Diversity and Distributions 30, 13-25. Aim: Geographic structure is a fundamental…
Read moreEnvironmental impacts of EO
Wilkinson, R., Mleczko, M.M., Brewin, R.J.W., Gaston, K.J., Mueller, M., Shutler, J.D., Yan, X. & Anderson, K. 2024. Environmental impacts of earth observation data in the constellation and cloud computing…
Read more15th horizon scan
Sutherland, W.J., Bennett, C., Brotherton, P.N.M., Butchart, S.H.M., Butterworth, H.M., Clarke, S.J., Esmail, N., Fleishman, E., Gaston, K.J., Herbert-Read, J.E., Hughes, A.C., James, J., Kaartokallio, H., Le Roux, X., Lickorish,…
Read moreShifting baselines are common
Soga, M. & Gaston, K.J. 2024. Global synthesis indicates widespread occurrence of shifting baseline syndrome. BioScience 74, 686-694. As environmental degradation continues at local, regional, and global levels, people’s accepted norms for natural…
Read moreNature interactions & people’s behaviour
Soga, M. & Gaston, K.J. 2024. Do people who experience more nature act more to protect it? A meta-analysis. Biological Conservation 289, 110417. Addressing the global environmental problems facing our planet requires…
Read moreClimate change increases extinction of experience
Soga, M. & Gaston, K.J. 2024. Extinction of experience due to climate change. Nature Climate Change 14, 108-110. Ongoing climate change has the potential to reduce people’s direct experiences with nature, leading…
Read moreFinding gaps between the lights
Morrell, S., Hatchell, J., Wordingham, F., Bennie, J., Inston, M.J. & Gaston, K.J. 2024. Changing streetlighting schemes and the ecological availability of darkness. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 21,…
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