Ecologist | Fan of planet Earth

Melbourne, Victoria
Joined February 2018
Kate Watermeyer retweeted
This was a massive international effort of a huge team of scientists and reviewers led by Prof David Keith @UNSWScience, @n_ylime, @NeoMapas and others. The full system with indicative maps can be explored here: global-ecosystems.org/
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Kate Watermeyer retweeted
New paper in @Nature: a new system for classifying any ecosystem on Earth. It fills a big gap and aims to support efforts by @redlisteco, @UNBiodiversity, @IPBES and to assess the status of the world's ecosystems. nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Kate Watermeyer retweeted
Come work with us! We are looking for a casual RA for a project linking IUCN Red List of Ecosystems and global biodiversity indicators and datasets. Applications close very soon! please spread the word. @redlisteco @jessarowland @StevensonSimone conservationscience.org.au/2…
I'm looking for a short term research assistant to support a project on marine invasive species in the Pacific Islands - details here tinyurl.com/2p84zapy
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Kate Watermeyer retweeted
Come work with us @_Planet_A! Lots of projects available spanning multiple #SDGs. Modelling, participatory, integrated, transdisciplinary projects. Local to global scales. Drop me a line to discuss an idea.
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Kate Watermeyer retweeted
WWF Science is hiring a Global Oceans lead scientist! Opportunity for a dynamic, strategic thinker who is passionate about conservation and has demonstrated success in leading rigorous scientific research with partners to support issues related to ocean conservation. Link below
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Kate Watermeyer retweeted
Looking for a #conservation #job? 🌳🦇🦊My team at @DELWP_Vic are looking for a stellar #stakeholder #engagement person to get stuck into collaborating with key people in the #biodiversity industry in #Victoria. Apply now or share! tinyurl.com/2p8thbjh
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Kate Watermeyer retweeted
Searching quantitative ecologist from ANYWHERE in the world for a 3.5 year fully-funded PhD with me. Some gratuitous pictures of what a stunning (and friendly) place North Wales is (dog not included). Please share if you know ecologists looking for funding findaphd.com/phds/project/us…
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Kate Watermeyer retweeted
Do you remember the famous 97% study - that 97% of climate science supported the consensus on human-caused climate change? Well we have just published an update for 2012-2021 papers in the same journal, Environmental Research Letters. The figure is now... drumroll please...99.9%!
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Kate Watermeyer retweeted
Neat paper in @Trends_Ecol_Evo: Photogrammetry as a tool to improve ecosystem restoration. Monitor restoration indicators with unprecedented accuracy and precision doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.…
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Kate Watermeyer retweeted
As communities across the world prepare for the impacts of sea level rise, a new visualization tool provided by @NASAClimate & @IPCC_CH gives users the ability to see what sea levels will look like anywhere for decades to come. Discover more: go.nasa.gov/2VJ8ZfP
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Kate Watermeyer retweeted
6 PhD projects in the Oz alpine: plant ecology, thermal tolerance, soil invert ecophys, evolution, plant physiol, adaptive genomics @DeakinCIE or @EcoEvo_ANU Aligned with @austmountresfac @EcolSocAus @AdrienneNicotra @pieter_arnold @EcoGeneticsLab Apply: bit.ly/2UjGQLM
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Kate Watermeyer retweeted
Great early career funding opportunity for African scientists!!! @SAEON_GSN @Glennwithtwons @NyashiMandi @skelrob @Fynbosser @mlungele @christrisos @AnabelleCardoso @SthAfricanVoice @HeathBeckett aasciences.africa/call/arise
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Kate Watermeyer retweeted
If you'd like to contribute towards fuel, training and equipment for these exceptional people currently risking their lives to save UCT and surrounds, here's the code.
Replying to @TomEatonSA
Here’s the SnapScan code for @vwsfires!
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Are you interested in biodiversity planning, policy and management? Come work with me! 👩‍💼🌱🏞️💡🦘🦎🐀 My team (Biodiversity Knowledge at the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning) is currently advertising two roles.
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Kate Watermeyer retweeted
New paper! Matching biodiversity indicators to policy needs, by @StevensonSimone We use economic theory to ask which biodiversity indicators can act as leading indicators to inform future action, and which are lagging indicators to evaluate past action conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…
Kate Watermeyer retweeted
NEWS: First-ever global catalogue of ecosystems will enable coordinated #conservation efforts ow.ly/Ysui50DMzrU @IUCN_CEM
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New perspective article: "Scientific foundations for an ecosystem goal, milestones and indicators for the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework" @n_ylime @jessarowland @chloe_sato @StevensonSimone @KateWatermeyer osf.io/jgb27/
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Kate Watermeyer retweeted
Listen in to a webinar where we present the content of our recent report on Birds and Biodiversity Targets: what do birds tell us about targets for saving nature? #BirdLifeScience youtu.be/O6nbLsp97dM
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Looking forward to talking about the challenges of measuring #biodiversity with @DrShaneRRR @einstein_agogo this Sunday 🤓 #20phds20mins
The 30th Anniversary Edition #20phds20mins participants have now been selected. A huge thank you to the very large number of people who applied. You will hear them all on @einstein_agogo this Sunday from 11am on @3RRRFM
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