Does global climate explain extinctions in deep time?

I have a chapter just out in a new book by Island Press, “Saving a Million Species“, exploring extinction risk from climate change. In it I address the evidence that past climates can explain past extinctions in the fossil record. I wrote this chapter a couple of years ago and this is a fast moving [...]

Is the diversification of life slowing down?

Well, had another paper published today thanks to some diligent students, so thought I’d write a bit about it. This work addresses the question of whether life’s propensity to diversify is slowing down.

Parasitic wasps control glasshouse shoreflies

I have been encouraged by some readers to blog a bit more about what I do at work, so here’s a link that describes some recent research by Luke Tilley, a PhD student I co-supervised, about controlling shoreflies in glasshouse agriculture. Very satisfying stuff. Enjoy!