Sebastián Aguiar

Quantifying the Spatial Footprint of Agriculture‐Driven Edge Effects in a Global Deforestation Hotspot Tropical dry forests face increasing pressure from agricultural expansion, but how this expansion impacts on remaining forests is unclear. We quantified and mapped agricultural edge effects on tree c...

Agriculture-driven edge effects in a deforestation hotspot
👉new paper in Global Change Biology, led by Sebastian Torella

doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70737
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12.02.2026 16:02 — 👍 8    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

On our Lab Retreat we had quite a tight schedule...
Day one was all about workshops, presentations, discussions and talks!
On the second day we hiked through the beautiful, autumnally Harz - spearing some energy for the third day: walking through coniferous forests in the fog...
#labretreat #team

30.10.2025 12:21 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

The team spent three amazing days in the beautiful, autumnal #Harz during this year’s #labretreat.
Workshops, hikes, talks, discussions, cooking sessions, board games, quizzes, laughter, progress and a whole lot of photos -> be ready for some behind-the-scenes-posts and photo dumps!
#teambuilding

22.10.2025 10:03 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

It happens with other concepts too. My impression is that this stems from science’s constant need, or even obsession, to present something novel. I believe this is closely linked to “publish or perish”. Thus, to incentives that ultimately undermine the very foundations of science itself.

12.10.2025 09:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Where there’s political will, there’s a way to stop tropical deforestation, study finds Political will is among the most important factors in preventing tropical deforestation, according to a group of experts surveyed for a new study — with strong political commitment often arising out…

A study focused on why deforestation rates have slowed in Indonesia and the Brazilian Amazon revealed that political will was a critical factor, often as a result of pressure from civil society and diplomacy to conserve forests.

27.07.2025 10:53 — 👍 48    🔁 22    💬 0    📌 2

Long Night of Science Event Banner 28.06.2025 5pm-0am

🌟 Quick Recap of the 25th Long Night of Science! 🌟
On June 28, the Long Night of Sciences in Berlin opened its doors once again to all curious minds. 🎉 Our Lab participated with exciting programs and talks!🌍🔬
#LongNightOfScience #LNDW #Adlershof #Berlin #Science

01.07.2025 13:01 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

🐄🐂 Putting landless cattle on the map! 🐄🐂
New paper in Env. Research Letters on mapping cattle intensification from space - across South America's dry diagonal doi.org/10.1088/1748... @erc.europa.eu @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social @pedrofernandez91.bsky.social #SystemShift @biogeoberlin.bsky.social

17.06.2025 16:31 — 👍 18    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 2

Soybean shipped out of Paraguay (Photo: XINDE MARINE NEWS).

Understanding the impact of agricultural exports on the Gran #Chaco #biodiversity: new paper out in Global Environmental Change, led by Isabel Carpenter 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.gl...

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31.05.2025 08:21 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0