Josefine Just

I am thrilled to share our new open-access paper in Communications Biology!
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Huge congrats to PhD student, June Ordóñez (not on bsky), whose beautiful and meticulous work led this project! 👏🔥
@univie.ac.at@fwf-at.bsky.social @vdsee-univie.bsky.social univie.bsky.social

Mehr Infos Von 3. bis 6. Jänner 2026 heißt es wieder "Zähl mit uns!". Zählen Sie eine Stunde lang Vögel im Garten, am Balkon oder im Park und melden Sie uns Ihre Beobachtungen. Sie erbringen damit einen wertvoll...

❗️BITTE TEILEN 🐦‍⬛

Morgen startet in 🇦🇹 die 17. Stunde der Wintervögel. Vom 3. bis 6. Jänner sind alle Vogelinteressierten dazu aufgerufen, die heimischen Vögel zu zählen. Die gemeldeten Beobachtungen dienen als Grundlage für die ornithologische Forschung 🐦

Weitere Infos zur Aktion findest du hier 👇

A timely new article by the co-chairs of the IPBES #NexusAssessment Pamela McElwee and Paula Harrison titled “Time to act across crises: Lessons from the Nexus Assessment for UNFCCC COP 30” is now available.

Read it here: https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000730

New study confirms that short wavelength light (UV & blue) attracts the most nocturnal insects & that intensity increases attraction for all colours. Longer wavelength & lower intensity outdoor lights should reduce biodiversity impacts resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #teammoth 🌍

Weird wet weather has Joshua trees flowering early — or late? Help the Yoder Lab map this “bonus bloom” to understand why A flowering tree in Yucca Valley, CA, observed by iNaturalist contributor wanderingmojave on December 9. A tree with lots of flowers in Tehachapi, CA, observed by iNaturalist contributor tina9294 o…

I started getting reports of an unseasonal Joshua tree bloom in the last few weeks, and looking over records on @inaturalist.bsky.social it's pretty widespread! So we're putting out the call for folks to record this "bonus bloom" and help us study it 🌿

lab.jbyoder.org/2025/12/10/w...

An infographic titled “Fungal Tree of Life” depicting a diverse array of fungi with accompanying names and illustrations

Fungi are among the most important and beautiful soil organisms.

🍄 Explore the fungal tree of life, with an emphasis on the macroscopic diversity of fungi.

📷 Laszlo G. Nagy

Generalized plant–pollinator phenological climate‐driven advances still lead to a decline in phenological overlap Climate change is altering the phenology of interacting species, potentially leading to mismatches in the timing of their interactions. This may affect the delivery of key ecosystem services such as ...

My 1st thesis chapter is out in #EcologicalMonographs! 🎉
With @curromolina.bsky.social @ibartomeus.bsky.social
How is #climatechange reshaping plant–pollinator timing (phenological overlap) in Mediterranean ecosystems? Can #biodiversity buffer mismatches?
Find out here👇
dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecm....

YouTube video by Museum of Science Biodiversity in Indigenous Homelands

Why is biodiversity collapsing globally, but thriving on Indigenous lands? 🌱🧪

Botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer points to a striking pattern in global biodiversity reports: Indigenous territories are defying the widespread ecological decline.

This is a great paper that EVERY field biologist should read. www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....

YouTube video by Museum of Science Robin Wall Kimmerer on What Nature Teaches Us About Giving Back

Watch the full interview with renowned author and botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChdC...

Instead, she invites us to see the natural world as a gift, something to care for and not control. This mindset shift, grounded in both Indigenous science and environmental ethics, fosters a sense of moral responsibility toward all living systems.

What if the Earth isn’t something we own, but something we owe? 🌏

Robin Wall Kimmerer, renowned botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, explores how the dominant view of the Earth as property has led to ecological harm.

Limonium narbonense can tolerate salty conditions by pushing excess salt out its’ leaves. This allows it to inhabit environments many other plants are unable to. I absolutely love this plants’ way of tolerating harsh conditions by creating little salt crystals!

Late / still bloomer update from my balcony. Please don’t overlook the matching colors of my shoes and sweater with the flowers 😌✨ so glad I get to live with these wonderful plants!

#LateBloomer #bloom #flowers #fall #autumn #chrysanthemum #calendula #balcony #nature #plants

Some of my favorite images of trees. Grateful I had the chance to sit among them.

#trees #tree #AmongTheTrees

✨Book recommendation! ✨

Old books sometimes get a strange "vanilla" smell... 🤔👃

That scent comes from the breakdown of paper and ink — releasing hundreds of volatile organic compounds, including vanillin, aldehydes, and acids.

So that cozy library smell? It’s literally the odor of books slowly decaying...📚

Correction: Mosses and a Liverwort.

Some of my favorite images I took of Mosses. Aren’t they wonderful?

#moss #mosses #nature #bryophytes

Bryophytes hold a larger gene family space than vascular plants - Nature Genetics A super-pangenome analysis incorporating 123 newly sequenced bryophyte genomes reveals that bryophytes exhibit a larger number of unique and lineage-specific gene families than vascular plants.

Very important paper and resource. Bryophyte genomes expanded by one order of magnitude. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Seagrass meadows are vital but vanishing.

Join Dr Richard Lilley on 30 Sept for a FREE webinar on restoring seagrass across Europe through collaboration, innovation & community.

More info:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1407810311...

#Seagrass #GenerationRestoration @projectseagrass.bsky.social

Work with seagrass? 🌱

We're often asked by the public: “What can I do to reduce seagrass loss?”

We’re running a survey to identify the everyday actions people can take to support seagrass conservation and we’d love your insights!

🕒 Takes just 10–15 minutes
fiu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

‘Our Ancestors the Fish’, a course by Prof. @neilshubin.bsky.social, Univ of Chicago, invited Prof @college-de-france.fr. in Paris @psl-univ.bsky.social. Four conferences, free access, open to everyone, with Tiktaalik as a guest star. Friends, colleagues and fossils in Paris and around, please RT🥁

May you have someone in your life that looks at you the way I look at moss 🥰

When we view nature through a lens of relationship, not ownership, we begin to cultivate sustainability from the inside out.

#GiftEconomy #WomeninSTEM #RobinWallKimmerer #Ecosystem #Botany #Education

Robin Wall Kimmerer, botanist and author of “Braiding Sweetgrass”, shares how Indigenous science teaches that gratitude and reciprocity are not only cultural values, but regenerative ecological strategies.

YouTube video by Museum of Science Robin Wall Kimmerer on the Gift Economy

What if nature isn’t a resource to extract, but a gift to honor? 🌿🧪

Watch the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAkj...

Soapberry bugs changes their body shape and reproductive strategy depending on nutrient. @aphanotus.bsky.social @colbycollege.bsky.social is revealing how these traits have evolved! #PASEDB2025 #polyphenism #soapberrybug #nutrient

The Sycamore Trees close to my parents’ apartment. They have known me my whole life.

its_just_fini | Fini Just | Substack Master's student in Ecology and Ecosystems. In awe with the natural world and grateful to get to know it better. Sharing reflections on life, loss, and wonder. Mostly poetry. Click to read its_just_fi...

I started a substack to share my writing!
finijust.substack.com

It will probably be mostly poetry as that is the language I feel most at home in. But every now and then, I will likely also share some longer-form pieces. The writing will be reflections on my life and experiences.