JEC JOURNAL CLUB: Extinction, climate change and the ecology of Homo sapiens
b'JOURNAL CLUB: Jane Catford interviews Prof. David Tilman about his mini-review: Extinction, climate change and the ecology of Homo sapiens. Listen to the podcast, and then join Dave online for a live Twitter discussion! (full details below)\\n\\n\\u2022\\t00:00 Introductions and a summary of the paper. \\n\\u2022\\t03:12 What\\u2019s led you from the start of your career, to asking these big questions around the impacts of agriculture, fossil fuels, and the intersection of human health and the environment?\\n\\u2022\\t06:25 You say in your abstract that \\u2018ecology needs to become a more mechanistic and predictive science\\u2019 - how can we achieve that, and what do you think has been holding us back?\\n\\u2022\\t08:42 If we had more mechanistic predictive models, do you think we could have better anticipated those unintended consequences that came out from mandating that we use maize for fuel?\\n\\u2022\\t12:13 You make a strong argument that we need to be doing more multi-disciplinary thinking and working - in practice, how do we do that?\\n\\u2022\\t19:10 Which strategies should be used to best communicate our science to policy makers and decision makers?\\n\\u2022\\t21:24 The messages from your paper are very sobering, how do you deal with this and stay optimistic as you look to the future? \\n\\u2022\\t24:40 Live Twitter discussion details \\n\\nRead the full paper here: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1365-2745.13847\\n\\nIf you\\u2019d like to chat to Dave about his research, join us for a\\xa0JOURNAL CLUB discussion, LIVE on Twitter, and tag us in your questions and comments:\\n\\U0001f5d3\\ufe0fDATE:\\xa0Tuesday 24th May 2022, 3pm (UK time)\\n\\U0001f4ccTWITTER TAGS:\\xa0#JEcolJournalClub @GDavidTilman\\nOr, leave your questions in the comments below, by the above date.'