Kate Simpson

1 month ago | tolerance.ca | Kate Simpson

By Kate Simpson, PhD Candidate, Extinction Studies, University of Leeds Extinction is inevitable. Expected. Almost all (99%) species that have ever existed have died out. Those disappearances have largely occurred at consistent background rates. But in the context of mass extinctions, ecosystems are placed under immense pressure, at above-average speeds. Here, the language changes from the commonplace to the exceptional.

1 month ago | theconversation.com | Kate Simpson

Extinction is inevitable. Expected. Almost all (99%) species that have ever existed have died out. Those disappearances have largely occurred at consistent background rates. But in the context of mass extinctions, ecosystems are placed under immense pressure, at above-average speeds. Here, the language changes from the commonplace to the exceptional.

2 months ago | kirkusreviews.com | Kate Simpson |Susannah Buhrman-Deever |Matthew Trueman |Susan Lendroth

A simple but effective look at a keystone species. Sea otters are the key to healthy kelp forests on the Pacific coast of North America. There have been several recent titles for older readers about the critical role sea otters play in the coastal Pacific ecosystem. This grand, green version presents it to even younger readers and listeners, using a two-level text and vivid illustrations.

Oct 23, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Kate Simpson

The Doctor (1891, detail), by Luke Fildes Credit: Alamy Caesaria is the eponymous character of this sharp, gothic fable, set in 19th-century Sweden. As a baby, she’s delivered by a pioneering C-section, “plucked from the darkness” of her mother’s dying body by a surgeon called Doctor Eldh; thinking himself a saviour, he names her after the semi-successful operation. Then he hides her away on a rural estate, Tilltuna, far away from the city’s “perdition”, with a team on hand to look after her,...

Oct 15, 2024 | honisoit.com | Kate Simpson

On September 24, the Gaza solidarity encampment at the University of Wollongong was sent an official direction to shut down and pack up their encampment from an ‘authorised person’ acting on behalf of the University administration. The direction gave members of the encampment until September 26 at 5pm to leave with all their belongings. Not complying with the direction may result in students suffering disciplinary penalties.  UOW argued that the encampment was in breach of UOW’s recently updated ‘.