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How to measure the planet’s heartbeat Ecosystem scientist Yadvinder Malhi takes us on a jaw-dropping journey through the hidden flows of energy that make life on Earth tick. From sun-soaked forests to tropical islands, he shows how his te...

New TED Talk from Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery Director @ymalhi.bsky.social: How to Measure the Planet’s Heartbeat. 🌍

He explores the flows of energy that sustain life on Earth — and why understanding them is vital for our planet’s future.

29.10.2025 15:43 — 👍 21    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

Were recent waves of large-scale forest dieback predictable? We say yes! A simple approach to describe temporal disturbance dynamics based on Taylor's Law. Now out in Nature Communications: rdcu.be/euG1A Thanks @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social and @rupertseidl.bsky.social for this great project!

03.07.2025 20:55 — 👍 33    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 2

New in @pnas.org we assess future #climate exposure for 32,089 species of #trees🌳
🔹69% face unprecedented climates in ≥10% of range
🔹In taiga & Amazonia >50% of local tree diversity exposed
🔹 31% of species retain >90% of range in stable climates -> important climate refugia♨️
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

24.06.2025 09:57 — 👍 41    🔁 18    💬 0    📌 0

New PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe | Conservation Biogeography Lab We are excited to invite applications for a new PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe. Join us at the Conservation and Biogeography Lab at Humboldt University Berlin!

Come join us at the Conservation Biogeography Lab @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social and carry out work on megafauna in Europe

pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/biogeo/websi...

07.06.2025 07:06 — 👍 56    🔁 50    💬 2    📌 3

A new PostDoc position in our BioEO team url-shortener.me/1KHP @ecioxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk -> Quantifying interactions between climate change, forest functional diversity and fragmentation and vector borne diseases in the Amazon -> get in touch if interested ! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

09.06.2025 11:39 — 👍 26    🔁 19    💬 0    📌 2

Join us next Friday for our penultimate #Nature series seminar from @ninadm.bsky.social. On-line or in-person, followed by a drinks reception. Book your place here: bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk

23.05.2025 08:49 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

📢Film launch!
🐂 🪲🌿We are proud to present our important work on #novelecosystems. Give it a watch & find out how & why we study novel ecosystems to understand their impacts on #biodiversity and #biosphere functioning and how we can manage them for a better future 🦋🌿🌎
@dg.dk @aarhusuni.bsky.social

14.01.2025 09:33 — 👍 13    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 1

World map showing biodiversity collection hotspots (red) and blindspots (blue). BALL ET AL./PEERJ (2025)

Our records of the world’s biodiversity are patchy—but that's not because lots of places are "unexplored." That story and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

21.01.2025 16:56 — 👍 58    🔁 22    💬 3    📌 3

🔥 Global emergence of regional heatwave hotspots outpaces climate model simulations

by @kornhuber.bsky.social et al. @pnas.org

👉 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Climate models underestimating warming by 4x for the most extreme temperatures

Biodiversity calls for more research on heatwaves now!
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26.11.2024 19:39 — 👍 30    🔁 13    💬 0    📌 0

Quantifying the Cooling Effect of Urban Greening Driven by Ecological Restoration Projects in China Urban greening (UG) affects local climate by altering surface energy balance, while long-term UG cooling potential, patterns, and contribution to curbing urban warming remain unclear. Here, we designed an novel statistical model to evaluate the cooling potential of UG (CPUG) and created the first CPUG map for China. By exploring the trends in observed and simulated urban surface temperatures (UST), we quantified the CPUG of 0.20 K over the past two decades, which slowed down the warming trend by 14.17% in Chinese cities. We found that the CPUG varied significantly between the urban core and sprawl areas. Specifically, the CPUG in the urban core was approximately 1.01 K, and it contributed to curbing urban warming by 56.08%, which was more than 7.2 times higher than in the sprawl areas, where the CPUG was only 0.14 K and contributed to curbing urban warming by 9.93%. We further revealed that urbanization and major ecological restoration projects are the key factors influencing CPUG, emphasizing the need for anthropogenic vegetation management to curb urban warming. The proposed model in this study provides a powerful tool for quantitatively assessing the impact of long-term UG trends on urban warming. The results of the study are an important reference for building climate-adaptive cities.

By exploring the trends in observed and simulated urban surface temperatures, we quantified the cooling potential of urban greening of 0.20 K over the past two decades, which slowed down the warming trend by 14.17% in Chinese cities.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

22.11.2024 19:46 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0