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Functional Ecology Lab at Uni. York, UK
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Research group at the University of York, UK, focussing on functional ecology of terrestrial systems. Working on soil microbial and mesofaunal ecology, biogeochemistry, and the ecology of cryptogams, mainly in alpine, wetland, and forest ecosystems
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nativespirituk.bsky.social
📅 9 Oct 6pm 🎟️ FREE tinyurl.com/ysht3h25
📌@york.ac.uk @ciscstudies.bsky.social
🎞️ 19th Native Spirit Festival 🌟#INDIGENOUS #firstnations
📽️ SINGING BACK THE BUFFALO + Q&A Dir. Tasha Hubbard
Richly visualised deeply uplifting—an epic reimagining of North America through the lens of buffalo consciousness
October 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Beauty and complexity in the forests of the Jura
September 18, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Micro topography inducing thermal variation at the landscape scale. How will this influence the thermal sensitivity of soil enzymes?
September 18, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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ect-uk.bsky.social
There are 3 new papers from the Peatland team:

Using testate amoebae to monitor #peatlands & #restoration bit.ly/47CeW0X

How an LED torch monitoring #carbon exchange can be used in dark conditions bit.ly/4lQN0K8

Different management types affect the #vegetation composition bit.ly/47Rhs3e
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Landscape view of peatlands on a cloudy day.
September 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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martin-nunez.bsky.social
The final version of the book should be available late next week (probably Aug 14th).
I will let you know here when you can get the final paperback hardcover and eBook version!
martin-nunez.bsky.social Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · Aug 5
Just got the final proofs of my book💓

Available on Amazon worldwide next week
Very exciting!

I’ve packed into it everything I’ve learned about writing and publishing over the past 20 years

I really hope it helps many jump over the writing and publishing barriers💪
book cover of the book "A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing" by Martin A. Nunez
August 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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queenofpeat.bsky.social
Happy #BogDay. The most misunderstood ecosystems on our planet have been ridiculed, drained, burned, and destroyed throughout modern history. These water purifiers, carbon keepers, storytellers, and beautiful places deserve our respect, today and every day.
Image of a big with water and red moss in the foreground and conifer trees in the background. Photo of sundews on moss.
July 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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@dmrippin.bsky.social yikes!!
martinstendel.bsky.social Martin Stendel @martinstendel.bsky.social · Jul 25
Melting over 80.6% of the area of the Greenland Ice Sheet. This is the highest value in our data set, which starts in 1981.

@polarportal.bsky.social
Screenshot from polarportal.dk, a website that makes research on the Arctic research conducted by Danish institutions available to the public and researchers. The image shows Greenland in tan and the Greenland Ice Sheet in red and white. The red part indicates melting and covers all except about 20% in the northeast, which is roughly the area higher than 2500 m above Se level. Below the map is a chart that compares 2025 melting to the 1981-2010 average. The average melting peaks in mid-July at about 35%. For the last few days, melting has occurred over roughly 80% of the area of Greenland, with a maximum melt area of 80.6% on 24 July 2025. This is the highest value in our dataset, which starts in 1981.
July 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Beautiful bog woodlands of the Cairngorms. New surveys and experiments to reveal the functional diversity of these special places is now under way. We urgently need to better value these habitats and understand their sensitivity to climate change.
July 25, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Remnants of woodland in NW Lancs offer calm and cool in the recent extreme heat. More connectivity and open access would benefit all
July 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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@blindboyboatclub.bsky.social enjoyed the petrichor session… if you ever want to chat on soil ecology, and why soil organic matter is the most precious thing on Earth, drop me a line
July 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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bes-quantitative.bsky.social
Thrilled to announce our webinar series:

🌱📈 Quantifying Ecology 📈🌱

We are collaborating with our SIG friends to bring you quantitative methods in different ecological contexts.

Kicking off with Dr @jamesaorr.bsky.social and @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social on 5th August. More details to come!
June 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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markehodson.bsky.social
Congrats to Zheng Fang on his latest PhD paper. This one shows that #microplastics can reduce the toxicity of salinity to #earthworms and that salinity is a more significant environmental challenge to earthworms than microplastics.

authors.elsevier.com/c/1lEy415DSl...
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June 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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fayvoller.bsky.social
Deadline extended. Funded PhD studentship at Edge Hill University with a wonderful Cumbrian field site. Please share.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
PhD Scholarship - Microbial Communities and Soil Health in Restoring Grasslands at Edge Hill University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - PhD Scholarship - Microbial Communities and Soil Health in Restoring Grasslands at Edge Hill University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Some alpine delights from obergurgl this week @bsbibotany.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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vvandvik.bsky.social
Update! @nadi-mi-ar.bsky.social & MSc Silje Steine @btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social have now set up plots & OTCs, prepared and sowed seeds of 8 lowland species into the alpine, with/without warming & neighbours. Excited to see results over the summer!! #ITEX #ProudSupervisor #ProfLife #PhDLife 🍃🏔️🌐🌍🪏📏🧪
Open top chambers (OTCs) are small glasshouses without roofs that are extensively used in climate change research to warm Arctic and alpine vegetation to experimentally assess climate change impacts. In this picture we see a bunch of them newly set up in a mountain grassland An Open Top Chamber (OTC( in a grassland, seen from above, with some plots inside. The plots are 50% vegetarion, 50% bare soil. OTCs are small glasshouses without roofs that are extensively used in climate change research to warm Arctic and alpine vegetation to experimentally Assessment climate change impacts. Msc student Silje Steine has her ducks in a row! 😉. She is sitting at a table sorting many many little bags into neat stacks, in a candle-lit mountain cabin. The bags contain seeds to be sown as part of a field experiment. MSc Student Silje Steine sitting in a meadow, bent over a vegetation plot, sowing some seeds. Lots of bags, equipment, recording sheets in the foreground.
June 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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dmrippin.bsky.social
Students from the Department of Environment and Geography at the University of York, hanging out in the amazing forests that surround Obergurgl, learing all about alpine ecology.

@uoyenvironment.bsky.social #Obergurgl #Austria #PhotoRippin
June 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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albertocanarini.bsky.social
One month left to apply for a PhD position in my group on the ERC funded project EcoMEMO.

Link to the PhD course and application: unibo.it/en/study/phd...

Please contact me if you need more info on the project, the group and life in Italy in general.

More info below⬇️
Earth, Life and Environmental Sciences - University of Bologna
unibo.it
June 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Collecting lichens to explore their role in degrading plant litter whilst on the branch @britishlichensociety.org.uk
June 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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June 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Arrived ready for a week of lovely alpine fun @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social Obergurgl.
June 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Arrived ready for a week of lovely alpine fun @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social Obergurgl.
June 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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rosieafisher.bsky.social
New #FATESmodel postdoc in Oslo! Come and join our team :) www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Postdoctoral Research Fellow in terrestrial carbon cycle modelling (281332) | University of Oslo
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in terrestrial carbon cycle modelling (281332) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in terrestrial carbon cycle modelling (281332), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, August 15, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
June 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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More path-side loveliness as we snake through the German countryside
June 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Thin soils in urban environments provide sharp hydrological gradients, and create large biodiversity potential over small spaces @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Short breaks whilst the world passes by
June 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM