Marco Patacca

All climate projections do not show any mercy in predicting future wildfires seasons in Europe.

Forest management can play a major role in mitigating the large negative consequences of fires, but planning and prevention is crucial.

"This year, I think my family will survive the heat wave. Next year? The one after that?"

Very thoughtful reflection I completely feel myself aligned with

Feels good to know there's shared feelings and fears out there, thank you!

Cool paper by @marcochiminazzo.bsky.social, on the effect of novel wildfire regimes on vegetation functional filtering.🔥🌳This may have huge implication for ecosystem functioning, especially if not used to fires!
Also relevant for post-disturbance management!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@marcochiminazzo.bsky.social

Do trait–growth relationships vary with plant age in fire-prone heathland shrubs?

🌱New study reveals functional traits e.g. wood density & leaf mass fraction shape plant growth rates, with these relationships changing as plants mature. Growth isn't a fixed trait–it evolves with age! @lilydun.bsky.social @ianjwright.bsky.social🧪🌍
🔍Article: buff.ly/f0vnEFV
🗞️Blog: buff.ly/nY1TorB

I wonder how a sink increase of ~20Mt is possible in the year (2018) where the forests among the most stocked in the country (North-east alps) where hit by the biggest windstorms of the century (Vaia, ~10Mm3 of damaged wood if I recall correctly) ??

Publishers are selling papers to train AIs — and making millions of dollars Generative-AI models require massive amounts of data — scholarly publishers are licensing their content to train them.

Publishers ask science to pay for their services, and then sell the very same work they didn’t pay anything for to AI companies for million of dollars ?!

I find this so wrong on so many levels.. and a real threat to science itself! Is it only me?

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I'm proud that the efforts is underpinning the largest dataset in Africa in this study!! (:

It was a really though job carrying around a huge metal sling to collect canopy leaves and measure their traits, among sweat, mud and ant bites! (pic for reference)

6 year ago I spent 5 months sampling leaves in Ivory Coast.
That was my MSc thesis, I would have never though back then that this work would have ended up in Nature!

Greatly led by @jeaggu.bsky.social!!

Nature engraves and inspire knowledge since millennia
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We published three policy briefs on enhancing forest resilience based on results of our Horizon2020 project RESONATE. Second: The Role of Biodiversity in Making Forests Resilient
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We published three policy briefs on enhancing forest resilience based on results of our Horizon2020 project RESONATE. First: Managing Forest Disturbances in a Changing Climate

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