Fernando T. Maestre

Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 4d

Nature’s global survey of 3,785 doctoral students shows satisfaction has recovered from pandemic lows, but harassment and inadequate supervision remain widespread. #Academicsky 🧪

How money, politics and technology are redefining the PhD experience in 2025

Nature’s global survey of 3,785 doctoral students shows satisfaction has recovered from pandemic lows, but harassment and inadequate supervision remain widespread.

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Fernando T. Maestre @ftmaestre.bsky.social · 8d

@manudelbaq.bsky.social Miguel Berdugo. Many congratulations to all the authors for this outstanding interdisciplinary work that beautifully bridges ecology, physics, and mathematics to reveal the hidden order of nature.

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Fernando T. Maestre @ftmaestre.bsky.social · 8d

In #drylands, plants don’t grow randomly — they self-organize into disordered hyperuniform patterns that help them use water wisely & endure extreme aridity. A beautiful hidden logic of nature, revealed in a new @pnas.org study doi.org/10.1073/pnas... including #Maestrelab alumni

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Fernando T. Maestre @ftmaestre.bsky.social · 10d

New study in @universitypress.cambridge.org #CambridgePrismsDrylands reveals how landscape- & patch-scale processes shape the “fertile island effect” in the Chihuahuan Desert, illustrating the importance of spatial heterogeneity in drylands doi.org/10.1017/dry.... 📷by Patricia Zumsteg @unsplash.com

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Fernando T. Maestre @ftmaestre.bsky.social · 29d

Powerful piece by @darmenteras.bsky.social in @natureportfolio.nature.com #Nature Global science won’t be equitable until it goes beyond diversity optics & truly shares power, credit & leadership. A must-read for anyone committed to promote a more fair and just science www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Equity in science is a beautiful lie — and I’m done pretending

Science isn’t really moving towards equity; institutions are just perfecting the appearance of equity. We need to build an alternative system.

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Amigas de la Tierra @amigasdelatierra.bsky.social · Sep 14

🔥Más de 400.000 hectáreas han ardido solo este año, otro año más.

🗣️Nuestro compañero @migueldiazcarro.bsky.social echa la mirada hacia adelante en este problema y hacia el futuro, en la restauración, con la miranda en lo comunitario y escuchando a la ciencia

🔗 www.elsaltodiario.com/incendios-fo...

El calor que quedará después de los incendios

El calor y los incendios no son una anomalía, son la consecuencia de un modelo económico que ha saqueado las entrañas de la tierra y ha quemado sistemáticamente su sangre y su piel.

www.elsaltodiario.com

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Fernando T. Maestre @ftmaestre.bsky.social · Sep 13

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Fernando T. Maestre @ftmaestre.bsky.social · Sep 13

🌍 We’re excited to host the Future Food Systems Conference (FFS2026) at #KAUST with #PlantACT!
📅 Apr 13–15, 2026 | Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
A global gathering to reimagine how to feed the world without eating the planet
👉 Free registration & info: kaust.edu.sa/events/ffs26/

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Fernando T. Maestre @ftmaestre.bsky.social · Sep 5

This work is part of the @erc.europa.eu funded BIODESERT global survey and was led by Luna Mgill who did a great job leading this collaboration with @manudelbaq.bsky.social @cesarplaza.bsky.social & @pablogarciapal.bsky.social

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Fernando T. Maestre @ftmaestre.bsky.social · Sep 5

Our findings suggest that the loss of particulate & mineral-associated organic carbon with aridification threatens not only soil C storage but also essential ecosystem services.
➡️ Protecting SOC fractions is critical to sustain dryland resilience under climate change.

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Fernando T. Maestre @ftmaestre.bsky.social · Sep 5

🔎 We analyzed 251 dryland ecosystems worldwide and found that:
✔️ POC & MAOC are linked to carbon storage, nutrient cycling, water regulation & biomass production.
✔️ Their role depends on vegetation type & aridity.
✔️ Links weaken sharply under high aridity (>0.8).

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Fernando T. Maestre @ftmaestre.bsky.social · Sep 5

Our new article is out in @geoderma.bsky.social! Drylands, which cover 40% of Earth’s land, store ~30% of global soil organic carbon. But how do different carbon fractions support ecosystem services under rising aridity? 🏜️
📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...

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Fernando T. Maestre @ftmaestre.bsky.social · Aug 19

As stated by this press release from @unccd.bsky.social we must overhaul global food systems to avert worsening land crisis unccd.int/news-stories... Read the @natureportfolio.nature.com #Nature Review here rdcu.be/eBlid

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