David Nogués Bravo

Spain helped birth the United States in 1781

The Spanish Army, represented in this painting, defeated the British at Pensacola so Washington could win.

Now Trump says Spain isn't ally enough.

The irony is staggering

Estos osos polares han logrado prosperar en un mundo que se queda sin hielo Las poblaciones de Svalbard han mantenido su condición corporal a pesar de haber perdido más de tres meses de mar helado al año

Polar bears in Svalbard seems to be doing all right under fast warming. Here my take for @elpais.com on a new paper
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Just about to take my flight back home, Denmark, with @SAS. All my support to the Greenlanders. Viva Groenlandia!

Danish Pension Fund AkademikerPension to Exit US Treasuries The Danish pension fund AkademikerPension is planning to exit US Treasuries by the end of the month, amid concerns that the policies of President Donald Trump have created credit risks too big to igno...

My Danish Pension Fund, where I have my pension, is selling its US Bonds….well done!!!

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I was unable to make it for the #TIBS2026 meeting but sending here greetings and Happy New year to all the good friends and colleagues that are know enjoying the conference in Aarhus

@tibsaarhus2026.bsky.social

Los osos están cambiando su conducta, su forma y hasta su genética por culpa de las presiones humanas Algunos pardos están menguando, ya hay polares adaptados a un mundo sin hielo. “Ha habido una selección a favor de los individuos más tímidos”, señala un biólogo

We are changing the path of evolution in the natural world, and bears are a good example. Thanks to @elpais.bsky.social and to @MACriado for the interview

Is always great to talk to elpaiscyt.bsky.social

elpais.com/ciencia/2025...

Strong momentum at the “Biodiversity & Human Health” symposium I organised last Monday. The message was clear: We need coordinated efforts linking biodiversity, climate and health to guide policy and action. Grateful to all who joined

www.biodiversityhealth2025.com

Climate Change Favors African Malaria Vector Mosquitoes Malaria is a deadly parasitic disease that is transmitted by mosquitoes. This study investigates occurrence patterns of malaria mosquito species to predict how climate change will affect their range ...

Our new paper Just in @globalchangebio.bsky.social

Climate change is boosting suitability for key malaria vectors across Africa. Between 200M-1000M more people could live in high-risk areas by 2100

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#climatechange #malaria #globalhealth #biodiversity #Africa #vectors

The Amazon is one of Earth’s major climate stabilisers—we must protect the rainforest and its biodiversity The twin crises of biodiversity loss and climate change have clear implications for human health and must be central to discussions at COP30, argue David Nogués-Bravo and Helena Alves-Pinto The acce...

Today we publish a new paper at The British Medical Journal on the links between biodiversity, climate and health in relation to the hashtag#COP30 in Brazil

Here we argue that climate resilience depends on nature—and both are vital for the health of people.

www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Biodiversity & Health Symposium 2025 | Copenhagen Join leading experts in Copenhagen for a one-day symposium on the critical links between biodiversity, climate change, and health. Register now.

I am organizing a one-day symposium (no online option) on Biodiversity and Health in a Warmer World

Learn more here www.biodiversityhealth2025.com

Harms of introduced large herbivores outweigh benefits to native biodiversity - Nature Communications Using impact assessment frameworks, this study shows that the introduction of large mammalian herbivores outside their native range has predominantly caused negative impacts on native biodiversity globally. The authors advise caution regarding their further intentional introduction for conservation purposes.

Harms of introduced large herbivores outweigh benefits to native biodiversity

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Professor: Tab af biodiversitet er et folkesundhedsproblem – lad os behandle det som sådan Landene har forpligtet sig under FN’s konvention om biologisk mangfoldighed til at anerkende sammenhængen mellem biodiversitet og menneskers sundhed.

"Biodiversity loss is a public health problem – let's treat it as such"...this is the topic of a popular science article I just wrote for a Danish Media Outlet.

Check it here: naturmonitor.dk/nyheder/deba...

Metrics for biodiversity and health policy integration Despite over a decade of progressive commitments from parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), integrated biodiversity and health indicators and monitoring mechanisms remain limited, h...

ICYMI: PLOS Global Public Health published a really stellar Review article last month:

Metrics for biodiversity and health policy integration

by @noguesbravo.bsky.social, @sarahwhitmee.bsky.social‬, and Liz Willetts

journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

Mismatch in reindeer resilience to past and future warming signals ongoing declines Rangifer population dynamics over 21,000 years reveal that future climatic warming will cause losses that surpass safe boundaries.

🦌 NEW PAPER ALERT! 🦌

Our paper on wild #reindeer and #caribou is out in Science Advances! Thanks to the team: Eric Post, @nmschmidt.bsky.social, Stuart Brown, @noguesbravo.bsky.social and Damien Fordham that co-lead this research.

doi.org/10.1126/scia...

Mismatch in reindeer resilience to past and future warming signals ongoing declines Rangifer population dynamics over 21,000 years reveal that future climatic warming will cause losses that surpass safe boundaries.

Today we publish a new paper on the past and future resilience of the reindeer under global change...the future looks grim

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Researchers call for tools to link nature and public health New study urges governments to rethink how the measure and address the health of both people and the planet.

📢 Biodiversity loss is not just about nature: Researchers call for the need to bridge the gap between nature and public health in @plosglobalpublichealth.org 🔗 🌍 @noguesbravo.bsky.social macroecology.ku.dk/news/2025/re...

Metrics for biodiversity and health policy integration Despite over a decade of progressive commitments from parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), integrated biodiversity and health indicators and monitoring mechanisms remain limited, h...

I publish today a new paper! has been great to work with Liz Willets and Sarah Whitmee in this piece on #biodiversity and #health

journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

Open Positions Positions and vacancies at the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate

Would you like to come to work with us here at @Macroecology ? The Center is opening six new positions!

macroecology.ku.dk/people/posit...

Applied botany: last autumn I went to pick up berries of prunus spinosa…now I can taste my own home-made patxaran here in Denmark :-)

@harvard.edu motto is Veritas. No motto can be more adequate right now.

#JesuisHarvard

Satellite-observed mountain greening predicts genomic erosion in a grassland medicinal herb over half a century Biodiversity is under threat due to habitat transformation, yet monitoring its loss—particularly at the genetic level—is challenging. Theodoridis et al. show that vegetation change captured through sa...

We can now predict the loss of genetic diversity—from space!!!

This is the breakthrough of our new paper, led by Spyros Theodoridis

www.cell.com/current-biol...

Spring at the marsh in Furesø. The Furesø lake is a vestige of the last Ice Age and deepest lake in Denmark

Romulus and Remus—the so-called “de-extinct” dire wolves—won’t fix the biodiversity crisis. CRISP can’t replace conservation. We need to tackle habitat loss, climate change, and other real drivers of extinction. Prevention, not reconstruction, is key

Artwork by Mauricio Anton

Pic from Wikipedia

NEW PAPER: Some of us, led by @hernmoral.bsky.social, just published on the critically endangered regent honeyeater, which has plummeted from hundreds of thousands to fewer than 300 individuals in just a century.

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Influenza of avian origin confirmed in a sheep in Yorkshire Influenza of avian origin (H5N1) has been confirmed in a single sheep in Yorkshire.

Is coming closer and closer, isn't it?

www.gov.uk/government/n...

The spokesperson for the Popular Party, has painted a "nightmare" in the countryside to justify the measure, stating that the they will "put an end to the fear of farmers and humble families of going to the health center or church and encountering a wolf"...I have no words

El Congreso aprueba que el lobo se vuelva a cazar al norte del Duero con los votos de PP, Junts, Vox y PNV La propuesta se ha votado escondida como enmienda en la ley del desperdicio alimentario

Spanish parliament approves hunting wolves in north Spain...does not seem like a sensible decision
elpais.com/clima-y-medi... via @el_pais

Acoso a los científicos climáticos: “Me da miedo, al final la gente sabe dónde trabajo y cómo me llamo” El odio a los científicos que estudian y comunican el cambio climático se desboca de la mano de las redes sociales, sin que las víctimas puedan defenderse de los insultos y hasta de amenazas de muerte

Los científicos españoles que trabajan en cambio climático se ven acosados y amenazados por su trabajo.

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The Big North…how fortunate I feel to had the chance over the last few days to embrace it and enjoy it

#protectArctic

Was great to be part of this study! Main finding: fast speciating mammal groups holds lower intra specific genetic diversity. Thanks Ana for leading us