Nexus Notes – Antarctic moss, human right to a safe climate, extinction of ecologists(?), and the importance of feedback

Nexus Notes #17

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Real action requires looking forward, not back

The world is changing at pace – a pace that requires approaches that are anticipatory, not reactionary

Nov 7 • 

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October 2025

Nexus Notes – Anticipatory Global Biodiversity Framework, funding cuts, billion dollar disasters, and multifunctional scapes

Nexus Notes #16

Oct 30 • 

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Emergence: How interactions create complexity from simplicity

Emergence is about how complex patterns, structures, and behaviours arise from interactions – giving rise to new system properties

Oct 23 • 

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Nexus Notes – Updated Planetary Boundaries special edition

Nexus Notes #15

Oct 8 • 

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September 2025

Species did nothing to deserve this... we decide what happens next

One in six vertebrate species were highly exposed to unprecedented temperature in 2024

Sep 25 • 

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Nexus Notes – Earth's seasonal hotspots, non-native species vs. extreme weather events, and unusual rivers

Nexus Notes #14

Sep 19 • 

Jonathan Tonkin

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To heal a river, you need more than good intentions

Rethinking rivers mini series, Post 3 of 3: If we want to conserve rivers, we need to think in networks, rhythms, and landscapes.

Sep 11 • 

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Nexus Notes – Climate resilient forests, policymaker-public perception mismatches and braided river conservation

Nexus Notes #13

Sep 5 • 

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The music of rivers

Rethinking rivers mini series, Post 2 of 3: Rivers have their own distinct rhythms. Life evolves to match these rhythms — and when we disrupt them…

Sep 3 • 

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August 2025

The surprising similarity between rivers and trees

Rethinking rivers mini series, Post 1 of 3: Rivers are much more than channels of flowing water, they're networks.

Aug 29 • 

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Nexus Notes – Freshwater salinisation, mass extinctions, rivers fighting back, and pollinator pathways

Nexus Notes #12

Aug 23 • 

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