In this issue of Dbytes
1. Two views on AI in research and communication
2. Giant cuttlefish numbers declined by almost 100%
3. Version 4 of the Australian Frog Atlas
4. Ecological Irreplaceability in the Era of Nature Positive
5. Financier Performance Standard Misaligned With Emerging Nature Positive Requirements: An Orangutan Case Study
6. The Abundance Trap – How we lost 5 billion pigeons
7. Climate denial and the classroom: a review
8. Shifting drivers and predictable corridors of an illegal wildlife trade network
David Salt
Dbytes #734 (2 September 2026)
In this issue of Dbytes
1. Advancing coastal and marine ecological restoration in Australia
2. Misinformation: A climate policy risk
3. From Australia to the Andes, we’re discovering new biodiversity hotspots worldwide
4. Australia’s marine parks protect ‘places no one goes’ rather than fragile waters near the mainland
5. Variation in the costs and ecological benefits of tropical natural forest regeneration
6. Protected areas on international borders show uneven conservation outcomes
7. Stacking the deck: how government lobbies itself and funds the distortion of democracy
8. Where intent meets reality: embedding implementation into government decision-making
Dbytes #733 (26 August 2026)
In this issue of Dbytes
1. Over 75% of UK wetlands have been destroyed – restoring them would help prevent wildfires
2. Impact of citizen engagement: making a difference to policy, institutions and society
3. From Extraction to Contribution: A Century of Evidence Against the Predatory Economy
4. Legacy effects of locally extinct flagship species on protected areas
5. The Gargantuan Lie That is Collapsing The World’s Climate
6. When Information Becomes Free, Truth Becomes Expensive
7. A comprehensive assessment of Australia’s terrestrial invertebrate pet trade across physical and online marketplaces
8. The planetary emergency is here. The warnings are getting louder
Dbytes #732 (19 August 2026)
In this issue of Dbytes
1. How are the rights of nature kindling policy and decision-making change, a transnational perspective
2. Earth System Law, Governing Planetary Transformations in the Anthropocene
3. Against expectations: Many ‘successful’ restoration efforts occur in undemocratic contexts
4. Murderous heat, an endangered food supply and no net zero: this is the life the radical right wants you to have
5. Marine heatwaves are cooking our ocean ecosystems – and will only become more common
6. Psychological inoculation against climate doom
7. Australia is the planet’s extinction hotspot, but one animal offers a glimmer of hope
8. Advancing science by designing for surprise
Dbytes #731 (12 August 2026)
In this issue of Dbytes
1. Australia has pledged to restore nature. But could we ever bring back lost ecosystems?
2. Unexpected expansion and regrowth in Earth’s mangrove forests over the past four decades
3. Government Pulls Funding for the Arctic Report Card
4. Why science must reinforce its social contract
5. Who Gets to Decide the Fate of a Pristine Alaskan Rainforest?
6. Is native forest logging good for the climate?
7. Hothouse Earth is arriving faster than predicted
8. Butterflies are on the move as the planet warms
Dbytes #730 (6 August 2026)
In this issue of Dbytes
1. Why Urban Forests Keep Losing the Argument and Our Children Pay the Price
2. ‘A river is our life force’: why Indigenous cultural values must be visible in conservation
3. Spatio-temporal access to protected areas from Australian significant urban areas
4. What data centres can learn from mining about water
5. From plankton to plate: Changing UK seas are shifting food webs
6. Humanity is trapped between mad warlords and greedy scoundrels
7. Ecosystems for philanthropy: understanding global context and opportunities
8. Land-clearing concerns spark call to scrap NSW invasive native species code
Dbytes #729 (27 July 2026)
In this issue of Dbytes
1. Valuing nature’s contribution: a national ecosystem accounting perspective
2. Can we alter ocean chemistry to absorb carbon?
3. Can rewilding offer us a brighter, greener future?
4. The windscreen phenomenon is misinformation
5. As swift parrots kept breeding in this forest, the government realised it had a problem
6. Why climate scientists need to talk more about the very worst‑case scenarios
7. Why nature belongs on America’s balance sheet
8. Understanding democratic erosion
Dbytes #728 (22 July 2026)
In this issue of Dbytes
1. NZ’s overhaul of nature protection laws is a chance to move away from ‘fortress conservation’
2. Evaluating a structured expert elicitation approach for adaptive conservation management based on lessons from five years in practice
3. Structured decision-making as a framework to incorporate social equity into conservation decisions
4. Measure twice, legislate once when it come to AI and water
5. NZ’s complex problems require visionary solutions, not quick fixes. Here’s how we can govern for the future
6. How to run a language-inclusive international conference
7. How much wealth is too much?
8. Modern Geocentrism: The Four Greatest Lies
Dbytes #727 (15 July 2026)
In this issue of Dbytes
1. Climate change should be depoliticized
2. Researchers call for rare WA reptiles to be listed as endangered
3. The Next Basin Plan–a disaster in the making
4. How rocket launches could threaten Australia’s coastal wildlife
5. Eight economic myths that are helping destroy our future
6. A response to the World Inequality Lab: Degrowth for global justice?
7. A New World Is Not Measured Into Existence
8. Degrowth is the only path that lands humanity back inside the planetary boundaries
Dbytes #726 (8 July 2026)
In this issue of Dbytes
1. Designing for Country: Planning treats habitat loss as the cost of progress. That is a choice Australia can change
2. The Unbearable Anthropocentrism of Our World in Data
3. Beyond the ecological system: how local perceptions shape grassland restoration
4. Four Billion Deaths: What The World Actually Looks Like at 3C of Global Warming
5. Burning forest ‘waste’ to make cement damages the climate. Let’s pursue cleaner options
6. From fossicking for fossils to a champion for life on Earth: Sir David Attenborough at 100
7. Five tips for scaling conservation initiatives
8. Beyond Denial, How Oil Execs Shaped a Landmark Climate Study