Dense, dark forests in Europe are a modern phenomenon
A new, comprehensive study shows that Europe’s landscapes over the past more than 20 million years have predominantly been a mosaic of grasslands, scrub and woodlands of varying density. A light...
Dense, dark forests in Europe are a modern phenomenon - Europe’s landscapes for 23 Myr were mostly tree- & flower-rich mosaics shaped by large herbivores, not dense #forests, see our new synthesis www.eurekalert.org/news-release... #forests #woodlands #paleoecology #nature #trees #refiorestation
04.03.2026 07:36 —
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I feel very bad knowing that my Iranian colleagues & coauthors are now suffering through this unjustified conflict. There are a lot of nice & hard-working people in all countries, despite their political systems. In defense of #HumanRights please!
doi.org/10.1093/aob/... | @annbot.bsky.social
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03.03.2026 22:52 —
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Ningún demócrata debería justificar el ataque de Netanyahu y Trump a Irán
Periodismo libre y de servicio público. Contexto y acción. Suscríbete y defiende la prensa independiente
“El ataque contra Irán es jurídica y moralmente inaceptable y pone las bases de un orden mundial que solo puede traer inestabilidad y, acto seguido, sufrimiento universal”
Ningún demócrata debería justificar el ataque de Netanyahu y Trump a Irán
Editorial @ctxt.es
ctxt.es/es/20260301/...
02.03.2026 12:29 —
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Sí, claro, es en un desvío de la carretera subiendo a Paüls. Te busco las coordenadas.
02.03.2026 09:52 —
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It was full of these bees (Eucera?) going in and out of the Freesia refracta flowers. There were also some Macroglossum stellatarum (hummingbird moth), impossible to photograph!
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02.03.2026 09:00 —
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Freesia refracta flowering postfire around an old ruined house, near Tortosa (Tarragona)
Vi una parche de Freesia refracta (elevada densidad) alrededor de unas ruinas, y algunos individuos sueltos a poca distancia (¿expandiéndose?). Todo en la zona quemada del verano pasado. No vi más, pero tampoco hice una revisión exhaustiva.
02.03.2026 08:41 —
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Freesia refracta (Iridaceae) flowering in a burned landscape, near Tortosa, Tarragona, Catalonia, Eastern Spain. Species of South African origin introduced and naturalized here.
Impressive blooming of Freesia refracta 7 months after fire.
And I'm not in South Africa, but in Tortosa (Tarragona, E Spain)! Introduced & naturalized here. It's a feast for pollinators in the burned area.
🧪🌍🔥🪴🌱🌾🌿botany #PlantScience
01.03.2026 19:58 —
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This is in my list of places to visit!!
Few pine species combine serotinous cones, thick bark, and the ability to resprout. One example is Pinus rigida in the Pine Barrens; others include Pinus canariensis and Pinus yunnanensis (I have visited both).
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25.02.2026 21:53 —
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Mujeres en Incendios Forestales/ Wildfire Women
Queremos visibilizar a las mujeres que trabajan en el sector de los incendios forestales/ Let's make visible all women working on wildfires.
🟣Se acerca el #8M y nos gustaría seguir recogiendo las experiencias e impresiones de mujeres que trabajáis en el ámbito de los #IIFF y así dar visibilidad a vuestra labor.
¿Nos ayudas? Accede a nuestro mapa colaborativo 🔗 bit.ly/435QFvH y deja tu aportación. Gracias 🙌😊
25.02.2026 13:57 —
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Soy inexperto, pero quizá el problema esté en qué condiciones los bioplásticos son biodegradables y en cuántos residuos dejan. No todo lo biodegradable es compostable (no deja residuos). En el @iatacsic.bsky.social hay gente especializada en estos temas. En cualquier caso, sorprende en tiendas 'eco'
20.02.2026 20:24 —
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Caja de rúcula de producción ecológica en un envase rígido y transparente que parece plástico, aunque la etiqueta dice que no lo es.
No será plástico, y quizá será algo biodegradable (?), pero da una mala sensación ver rúcula (y también pereji) de 'producción ecológica' con este envase ... Lo siento, me es imposible comprarla.
20.02.2026 18:36 —
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Andrena punky :-))
19.02.2026 20:59 —
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El cambio climático hizo la DANA de Valencia (octubre 2024) más intensa y extensa.
Un nuevo estudio muestra que el cambio climático:
• aumentó un 20 % la intensidad de la precipitación
• expandió un 55 % la superficie afectada
• incrementó el volumen total de lluvia
18.02.2026 15:22 —
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Creo que N. assoanus es la versión pequeña y del este, de N. jonquilla. Por su aroma, en catalán se le llama "almesquí" (algo así como 'almizclillo')
17.02.2026 22:41 —
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"Although the burned area shows a slight statistically non-significant decrease, human exposure per unit of burned area has risen by 42%-138%" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
That is, the fire risk for people is more of an urban-planning issue than a climate issue!
🌳🔥🎄🔥🍁 EnvSci wildfire
17.02.2026 18:11 —
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Some argue protected areas in fire-prone landscapes can undermine forest carbon (fuel build-up → higher fire risk). This paper shows Spanish protected areas consistently outperform comparable unprotected lands, strongest in National Parks.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
17.02.2026 15:36 —
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After @ecoflor.bsky.social meeting in Tortosa, I visited the 2025 Paüls fire (nearby). Many plants are resprouting & some already flowering! It was too windy for pollinators
Narcissus assoanus, fire-stimulated flowering
Juniperus oxycedrus, lignotuber resprouting doi.org/10.1111/ele....
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16.02.2026 20:00 —
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Thank you @ecoflor.bsky.social for the invitation and the lovely present! I very much enjoyed the talks and discussions. It was so nice to see so many young scientists there.
🧪🌍🌿🐝🪲🪳 biodiversity botany #ecoevo #PlantBiology
15.02.2026 10:25 —
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The second plenary talk is on fire right now 🔥
Prof. Juli Pausas is talking about fire and plant reproduction
13.02.2026 11:12 —
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Forma
El @miteco.gob.es lanza una consulta pública a la ciudadanía sobre el Plan Nacional de la Restauración de la Naturaleza forma.administracionelectronica.gob.es/form/open/co... Que vean que es importante! Son solo 5 minutos con los que también demostramos que la democracia ha de ser más participativa.
04.02.2026 08:02 —
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Ah! Ja veig la casa!
www.hortanoticias.com/jose-moroder...
01.02.2026 21:21 —
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Finalment l'he vist!
Per desgràcia, molt necessària. I molt recomanable per al senyor Arturo Pérez-Reverté! @invasiodelsbarbars.bsky.social
01.02.2026 20:07 —
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Acaulescent palms are resilient to disturbances: experimental and global evidence
AbstractBackground and Aims. Natural or anthropogenic disturbances influence aerial biomass and drive distinct resilience strategies in plants. Resprouting
🌴Acaulescent palms are remarkably resilient. By investing belowground and resprouting after damage, they persist in disturbance-prone ecosystems, highlighting the importance of underground traits in plant resilience. (9/9)
👉 doi.org/qnrn
#PlantEcology #AoBpapers #PlantScience
30.01.2026 11:44 —
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Figure showing (A) World map of acaulescent palm richness in pixels of 2 degrees based on 40.329 occurrences
using GBIF plugin (v2.0) in QGIS 3.40 LTR (the darker the colour, the higher the species density). Data is
available in Table S2 – sheet 1. Black crosses indicate the sites with quantitative data on disturbance
response that were used in the meta-analysis (Fig. 6). (B) Belowground system of 216 species of
acaulescent palms classified into three main categories: non-ramified, ramified, and both. The non-ramified
rhizome is represented by the saxophone-shaped axis of Allagoptera campestris, and the ramified rhizome by Syagrus loefgrenii.
🌎 Using a new global database (APALM), the authors showed that ~10% of all palm species are acaulescent. A meta-analysis revealed that disturbances had positive or neutral effects on belowground traits across species. (7/9)
30.01.2026 11:44 —
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Allagoptera campestris. Credits: Gabriela da Silva
🌴🔥 How do plants survive repeated disturbances? This new study explores how acaulescent palms (palms without an aboveground stem) persist and recover after disturbance in the Brazilian Cerrado and beyond. (2/9)
30.01.2026 11:44 —
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Acaulescent palms are resilient to disturbances: experimental and global evidence
🎉 Great news! The paper ‘Acaulescent palms are resilient to disturbances: experimental and global evidence’ in @annbot.bsky.social by Gabriela da Silva and co-authors is now #free for 2 weeks 🧵(1/9)
👉 doi.org/qnrn
@jgpausas.bsky.social
#PlantResilience #PlantEcology #AoBpapers #PlantScience
30.01.2026 11:44 —
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