John R. Platt

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Editor, The Revelator. Covering the extinction crisis.

John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 14:38 UTC

What 70 Celebrity Tortoises Can Teach Us About Conservation Stories therevelator.org/celebrity-to...

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[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 14:45 UTC

Meet the Malaysian Conservationist Devoting Her Life to Protecting Fireflies therevelator.org/protecting-f...

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[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 15:31 UTC

Map the Commons, Protect the Planet therevelator.org/community-co...

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[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 23:02 UTC

Here's something that won't give you existential dread about the future of democracy. Learn about efforts to protect the Andean forests of Northeast Peru therevelator.org/andean-fores...

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[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 14:51 UTC

What can Germany’s long-defunct Iron Curtain tell us about our place on Earth? therevelator.org/green-belt-g...

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[ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 14:47 UTC

New environmental book review column! Climate anxiety, pumas, lost birds, climate denial and a whole lot more. therevelator.org/environmenta...

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[ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 14:50 UTC

Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Block Progress Again — This Time on Plastics • The Revelator therevelator.org/fossil-fuel-...

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[ View ] Jun 17, 2024 at 15:03 UTC

Cities Respond to Global Pollinator Decline -- Molly McCluskey reports on some interesting, productive efforts today on The Revelator. Just in time for Pollinator Week. therevelator.org/cities-polli...

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[ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 16:01 UTC

It's so beautiful, I cried a little.

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[ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 16:00 UTC

Indigenous Artist Meryl McMaster: Lost In, and Crafted by, the Natural World therevelator.org/meryl-mcmast...

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Melissa Cristina Márquez (she/her/ella) @melissacmarquez.bsky.social
[ View ] May 10, 2024 at 04:17 UTC

Terms like "poacher" carry a weighty history and oversimplifies the diverse motivations and circumstances that drive people to interact with wildlife in ways deemed illegal or harmful.

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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social
[ View ] May 10, 2024 at 14:45 UTC

Check out my latest: Local restrictions on renewable energy aren't just bad for our climate goals. Research from @federicoholm.bsky.social and me for @progressivereform.bsky.social show how they can harm just transition and energy democracy goals, too. therevelator.org/local-restri...

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[ View ] Jun 12, 2024 at 15:32 UTC

I love running these irregular "Species Spotlight" profiles. If you work with a species in need, feel free to reach out about writing one! therevelator.org/laguna-mount...

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[ View ] Jun 10, 2024 at 15:01 UTC

Titicaca in Crisis: Climate Change Is Drying Up the Biggest Lake in the Andes • The Revelator therevelator.org/titicaca-cri...

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John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 06, 2024 at 14:48 UTC

Should Tourists Swim with Endangered Sea Turtles? therevelator.org/tourists-sea...

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[ View ] Jun 05, 2024 at 16:28 UTC

How to Account for Offshore Wind Impacts on Oceanic Wildlife? Make a Plan. • The Revelator therevelator.org/offshore-win...

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[ View ] May 31, 2024 at 14:39 UTC

A little counter-programming...

Goldenrod Isn’t Causing Your Spring Allergies — But It Is Killing Europe’s Ants and Butterflies
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[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 14:53 UTC

Water and Cooperation Breathe New Life Into Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuges therevelator.org/water-cooper...

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[ View ] May 24, 2024 at 14:50 UTC

Can Collecting Stamps Help Rare and Endangered Species? therevelator.org/stamps-endan...

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[ View ] May 22, 2024 at 15:07 UTC

Could Brazil’s Catastrophic Flooding Cause Extinctions? therevelator.org/brazil-flood...

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[ View ] May 20, 2024 at 20:48 UTC

Burning Trees: As the
#Biomass Industry Grows, Its Carbon Emissions Go Uncounted #climatechange therevelator.org/biomass-emis...

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[ View ] May 15, 2024 at 14:53 UTC

How Does Habitat Fragmentation Harm Wildlife? therevelator.org/habitat-frag...

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[ View ] May 13, 2024 at 15:22 UTC

Conservation Works — and Science Just Proved It therevelator.org/conservation...

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John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social
[ View ] May 09, 2024 at 19:39 UTC

I appeared on BBC World Radio today to talk about Japan’s plan to start hunting fin whales.
My segment starts at about 43:00. (This link will work for 29 days.)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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[ View ] May 08, 2024 at 14:49 UTC

Species Spotlight: The Haunting Tale of Kagu, the Ghosts of the Forest therevelator.org/species-spot...

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social
[ View ] May 06, 2024 at 14:03 UTC

My latest for The Revelator- a new communications and outreach strategy to help people to understand the value of protecting ocean places they’ll probably never see 🧪🌎🦑

therevelator.org/fab-five/

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John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social
[ View ] May 06, 2024 at 15:13 UTC

How Do You Protect Something Most People Will Never See?
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[ View ] May 03, 2024 at 15:29 UTC

Smothered by Seaweed: Sargassum Wreaks Havoc on Caribbean Ecosystems
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[ View ] May 01, 2024 at 14:53 UTC

In South Africa, Tigers and Other Captive Predators Are Still Exploited for Profit. Legislation Offers Pitiful Protection #animalrights
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Rebecca Heisman @rheisman.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 29, 2024 at 18:23 UTC

New byline! For The Revelator, I wrote about two recent studies that illustrate how gene flow can help or harm vulnerable bird populations in a complex, changing world. 🪶🧪🌎 therevelator.org/environmenta...

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John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 29, 2024 at 15:11 UTC

Environmental Change, Written in the DNA of #Birds --
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[ View ] Apr 24, 2024 at 20:30 UTC

Rock & Roll Botany. therevelator.org/botany-jimi-...

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 19, 2024 at 18:03 UTC

Thanks @johnrplatt.bsky.social/The Revelator for including #OurFragileMoment on this list!

therevelator.org/revelator-re...

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John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 19, 2024 at 17:38 UTC

My first environmental book-review column in a while! This takes a slightly different path than usual. therevelator.org/revelator-re...

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John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 17, 2024 at 14:41 UTC

Time to Let This Conservation Jargon Go Extinct? -- Bad communication can slow or hinder efforts to protect wild species and spaces. We can fix that.
therevelator.org/conservation...

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John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 15, 2024 at 14:56 UTC

City Surprise: Urban Areas Are Brimming With Biodiversity
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[ View ] Apr 12, 2024 at 15:44 UTC

The Race to Save the Dragon’s Blood Tree -- On Yemen’s Socotra island, residents battle poverty, conflict and climate change to help save its prized tree.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 15:27 UTC

I have my marine biology and ocean conservation students do an exerise to learn about the job market.

Several people have asked me for more information, so I wrote it up as a blog post.

I hope you find it useful. My students say they do. 🧪🦑🌎

www.southernfriedscience.com/heres-what-i...

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John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 14:52 UTC

Are #bioplastics better? Or are they just more #plasticpollution?
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John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 08, 2024 at 14:57 UTC

Links From the Brink: Ukraine and Wildlife, Grizzlies and Wolves, Pesticides and Parkinson’s
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John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 01, 2024 at 14:19 UTC

Cranes in Ukraine: Birds of Joy in a War-Torn Land
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John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 20, 2024 at 20:36 UTC

The Shocking Truth About Sloths

As their forests disappear, sloths are climbing on dangerous power lines. Veterinarians and rescue centers are developing new techniques to help. therevelator.org/shocking-slo...

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John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 18, 2024 at 15:19 UTC

From Glass Ceilings to Green Houses: More Women Are Needed in Green Industry therevelator.org/women-green-...

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John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 13, 2024 at 14:55 UTC

Kwita Izina: Where Baby Mountain Gorillas Are Introduced to the World
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John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 11, 2024 at 14:29 UTC

Adapt, Move or Die? Plants and Animals Face New Pressures in a Warming World
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[ View ] Mar 06, 2024 at 15:40 UTC

Want to get more people to care about protecting nature? Get 'em outdoors. @whysharksmatter.bsky.social reports:
therevelator.org/people-care-...

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Bisexual Kaiju @bisexualkaiju.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 04, 2024 at 18:01 UTC

I'm halfway through this book, and it's honestly really good. Genuinely wonderful and hopeful to see normal people, low-income people, marginalized people, gather together and build a movement in their neighborhood for a better place.

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John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 04, 2024 at 17:58 UTC

Building a Flock: How an Unlikely Birder Found Activism — and Community — in Nature
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John R. Platt @johnrplatt.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 26, 2024 at 16:05 UTC

Out-of-Control Wildlife Trade Is Shackling a Key Climate Solution
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Rebecca Heisman @rheisman.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 15, 2024 at 17:36 UTC

In case you missed it: I had fun writing this little story about the potential connections between trash, crows, and urban bird diversity. 🪶🧪🌎 therevelator.org/food-waste-c...

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