Magdalena Held

Paper out!🌳🐾Vital role of human footprint in altering forest resilience after disturbances.
Forest resilience anomalies after extreme droughts relate to species richness positively or negatively, but when human pressure is included, its interaction with species richness diminishes forest resilience.

War is the biggest environmental crime on Earth. Every bomb dropped poisons the air, the soil, and the water. Cities burn, ecosystems collapse, and generations inherit landscapes filled with toxins, rubble, and trauma. War doesn’t only kill people. It destroys the living systems that sustain life itself. In a time of climate and ecological emergency, escalating conflict is a direct assault on the planet and on our shared future. Extinction Rebellion stands against war. Extinction Rebellion stands against ecocide. A livable world cannot be built on endless violence. Peace, justice, and ecological protection are inseparable.

War is the biggest environmental crime on Earth. Every bomb dropped poisons the air, the soil, and the water. Cities burn, ecosystems collapse, and generations inherit landscapes filled with toxins, rubble, and trauma…
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Why developers using AI are working longer hours Studies find AI helps developers release more software—while logging longer hours and fixing problems after the code goes live

Studies find AI helps developers release more software—while logging longer hours and fixing problems after the code goes live

Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday! Spotted this one in Stockholm last week. #trees

Bei Hannover wird heute Tempo 30 wieder abgeschafft, weil sich Autofahrer nicht daran gehalten haben. Fürs Schwarzfahren kann man in den Knast kommen. Wenn du dich aber als Autofahrer nicht an die Regeln hältst, werden sie abgeschafft. Diese Doppelstandards beim Auto müssen endlich ein Ende haben!

Meanwhile, in Germany, the public weighs in on what they think of the Epstein Administration.

#BrutalButAccurate

Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday!

I was working on an animation yesterday when pretty sky colors appeared. My camera would not get them correctly so I decided to very quickly #speedpaint the scenery.

Ingen slipper undan extremvärme – även rika länder oförberedda DETALJERAD STUDIE:: Över 41 procent av världsbefolkningen kommer att uppleva extremvärme vid två graders uppvärmning. De flesta länder är oförberedda för att hantera klimateffekterna.

Ingen del av världen är immun mot extremvärme. Forskare till en ny studie i tidskriften Nature beräknar att 41 procent av världsbefolkningen kommer att påverkas vid två graders uppvärmning. Även rikare länder är oförberedda på att hantera konsekvenserna.

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Schutzstreifen schützen nicht. Sie werden nicht respektiert und oft vollgestellt. Und das sogar ohne Not. Auch das ist eine Form von #Autogewalt. Aber das Problem beginnt bereits bei den #carbrain s in der Planung. #autofirst #diskriminierendeInfrastruktur #visionzero

Happy #thicktrunktuesday! #trees

Irgendwer muss ja seine Insta-Posts liken

“Nature has so far balanced our abuse,” says Johan Rockström, a leading Earth systems scientist. “This is coming to an end.”

What lies ahead for planet Earth is becoming clearer in a rising tide of weather catastrophes: “soaring heatstroke deaths in India, Africa, and the Middle East; unprecedented wildfires in the United States; and escalating property damage and floods from tropical storms and extreme precipitation”

I forgot the tags. Made @helsinki.fi
#trees #xylem #Pinussylvestris #piceaabies #Betulapendula

Conduit and pit dimensions scale in a coordinated way from the treetop to coarse roots in three boreal tree species Abstract. Xylem conduits widen with distance from the treetop (dtreetop), counteracting most of the resistance to water transport which accumulates with tr

Our paper is out 🎉🌲🌳
Conduit and pit dimensions scale in a coordinated way from the treetop to coarse roots in three boreal tree species. academic.oup.com/treephys/art...

Happy #thicktrunktuesday! A horn beam with protection from beavers in Bavaria.

Ferdinand Glacier
2008 | 2023

Sobering repeat photos of its very sad (and rapid) demise! 🧊🔥

Svalbard last decade glacier retreat is otherworldly! 📈

📷 Jakub Małecki
Via @hazlovell.bsky.social

A four-panel comic titled "how to get into nature". In panel 1, a person kneels in the woods, looking down at a red-backed salamander, and the text says "notice a living thing." In panel 2, the text says "notice some other things that live near it," and there's a starflower, springtail, ant, little wood satyr butterfly, and salamander on the leaf litter. In panel 3, covered in creatures, plants, and a colorful starburst, the text says "Notice the connections between them, discover the wider ecosystem, learn about its histories, and find yourself following links from bedrock to stratosphere, between biotic and abiotic, at scales both microbial and massive, until you’re hopelessly overwhelmed by the wonder of it all." In panel 4, the text says "Fall into a daze and let moss engulf you." The person from the first panel is still kneeling in the woods, looking happy as moss slowly engulfs them, and they're saying "This is for the best."

How to get into nature.

Happy #thicktrunktuesday!

NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts

I’m sick about this. Priceless artifacts and useful information. Gone. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...

Bei den ganzen Maßnahmen, die Politiker:innen von Johann Wadephul über Friedrich Merz bis Julia Klöckner gegen Iran ankündigen, spricht niemand von Visa-Erleichterungen. Seit Jahren ist es für Iraner:innen fast unmöglich, ein Visum für Deutschland zu bekommen. Ah damn, das wäre ja echte Solidarität.

Världens experter eniga – klimatkrisen största hotet Fem av de tio största riskerna och hoten mot världen är kopplade till klimat och miljö.

På längre sikt är den fråga världens ledare fruktar mest – klimatkrisen.
Det visar årets rapport om globala risker, som publiceras inför World Economic Forum i Davos. @extinctionrsv.bsky.social #klimat

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I still remember when Istanbul had weeks of snow (yes, Istanbul!). When summers over 30°C felt alarming. When droughts and fires along the Aegean coast were exceptional enough to dominate the news for days. We normalize too quickly!

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

taken 2 years ago while cross-country skiing. Not super thick but still, happy #thicktrunktuesday! #trees

Das bedeutet: Ab jetzt bis Jahresende leben diese #Superreichen in Sachen CO2 auf unsere Kosten. Wir alle bezahlen den immensen Schaden, den sie täglich zusätzlich anrichten - für die ist es kostenlos. Warum? Weil Klimaschäden hauptsächlich aus Steuern auf Einkommen und kaum Vermögen bezahlt werden.

The images that make up my 2026 calendar-one seasonal botanical and nature collection image for each month

...or there are my 2026 calendars, sets of 6 greetings cards & individual limited edition signed mounted prints here:
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Every single repost here & screensaver you buy helps hugely as I've been very unwell (with a full mental breakdown) in the last year. Thankyou so much x🌿🪶🪸

Happy #ThickTrunkTuesday

Four birds, which I spotted around Christmas, and which I otherwise see very rarely. I tried to draw them from memory. The shapes felt surprisingly easy to remember, but the colors and pattern were very hard. But it was a fun practice. #birds #sciart

Happy #thicktrunktuesday from my favorite beech!
#trees