Once published, I think this paper will be significant for the global community interested in the global forest carbon sink www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...

Climate warming is generally making trees grow faster, but the greater effect is that tree growth is becoming more unpredictable, creating a threat to the stability of forests. New paper by Li & He (2026). 🧪🌏🌐🌲🌳

The Yanomami, an Indigenous group from the Amazon, is confronting surges in #malaria amid increasing illegal gold mining in their territory. Read 'Investigating the Yanomami malaria outbreak: gold mining and malaria': doi.org/10.1098/rsbl... #BiologyLetters

"Our results reveal that mining-induced deforestation is two to three times higher than previous estimates, accounting for 19,765 km2 of deforestation. Notably, over half (50.29%) of this deforestation is linked to unrecorded mining activities" www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌴🔥 🍁

environment.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/news... Our new paper uses the Power of Plots to reveal how tropical forests are changing: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A new study warns that climate change could wipe out large areas where the Amazon’s biggest trees can survive. If emissions stay high, up to 45% of their habitat could be lost by 2080. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Tree diversity is changing in the Amazon and Andes. Belen Fadrique leads our analysis in @natecoevo.nature.com w/ 400 plots + 40 years of RAINFOR records. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Hot, drier, more fragmented forests are losing species. Many in the Andes + western Amazon are gaining them.

Tropical Montane Cloud Forests Have High Resilience to Five Years of Severe Soil Drought 🔗 buff.ly/rwpl5Xu

Oil helped build Venezuela’s science. Can oil now revive it? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

I’m proud to be a co-author on this study, greatly led by Belen, which uses four decades of plot data across the Andes and Amazon to reveal how tree species richness is shifting in response to global change. Sustaining and expanding long-term collaborations like this is of extreme importance!

Intense droughts have caused water stress and elevated mortality for trees in the Amazon, foreshadowing the future of tropical forests as the climate changes go.nature.com/4qpTWRv

✨ Paper spotlight ✨ (🧵 1/7) Beyond species means – the intraspecific contribution to global wood density variation nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I’m #hiring - Our company is looking for a Remote Sensing Data Engineer! If you're interested innovative remote sensing analytics and developing systems to scale-up reforestation projects, we’d love to hear from you. Our j.d. and links to apply are here: lnkd.in/gvzb_3ck Reach out to learn more 🧪🌳🌐🍁

The red dot is a baby North Atlantic right whale trying to migrate up the east coast of the United states. The blue streaks are fast moving shipping vessels entering and leaving New York City harbor. One collision and the whale is dead. We need *mandatory* speed limits for these vessels! 🧪🦑🌍

New research from our group: A pervasive increase in tree mortality across the Australian continent - driven by rising temperatures rdcu.be/eXSa7

Ecological insights from three decades of forest biodiversity experiments @natrevbiodiv.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Land-use change is the main cause of deforestation in the Amazon, but the risk of abrupt forest decline, along with its potentially devastating consequences, increases as the planet warms, with a strong nonlinear trend beyond 2.3° C of warming. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/6Prr50XKAN1

Global Forest Watch has launched a new AI-powered alert system that identifies what’s driving deforestation — from agriculture and mining to wildfires. The data currently cover the Amazon, Congo Basin and Indonesia, with plans to expand to other forests and ecosystems.

Please contribute! We neex broad input, different forest types, and an array of natural disturbances to see how disturbance regimes are changing.

Comment article: Matthew Fagan, Naomi Schwartz and Ruth DeFries offer three considerations on uncertainties and potential misapplications of global datasets to ensure responsible use of remote-sensing datasets in ecology and environmental science. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Amazon forest faces severe decline under the dual pressures of anthropogenic climate change and land-use change | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Calling on all forest disturbance experts: Please consider contributing to our study on global forest disturbance change, and help resolve the nuances of changing forest disturbance regimes. More details and survey here: www.lss.ls.tum.de/edfm/disturb...

More diverse forests have greater productivity, but do they use more water? A new meta-analysis by Shovon et al. in @journalofecology.bsky.social suggests not. 🌐🌏🧪 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Spatially detailed tree-ring analysis exposes widespread forest growth decline throughout Canada Girardin et al. 🔗 https://ow.ly/UhXN50Xz1Fe #OpenAccess

"Overlooked and extensive ghost forest formation across the US Atlantic coast" -- wow what a comprehensive analysis by Yeung, @xiyang.bsky.social et al. 🎉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.

Extreme Heatwave Causes Immediate, Widespread Mortality of Forest Canopy Foliage, Highlighting Modes of Forest Sensitivity to Extreme Heat 🔗 buff.ly/CfdgwRy

QUESTION: @evilanova.bsky.social and I were discussing resources for finding root:shoot ratios (belowground biomass, root biomass, etc) for global forests / ecoregions And really doesn't feel like there has been much progress in this Any suggestions for where to look!?? 🧪🌎🌳🍁

‘Drug trafficking, extortion, kidnapping’: the lawless rush for rare earth minerals in Venezuela www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Carbon emissions are helping make older trees in the Amazon bigger. But “it doesn’t mean carbon dioxide is good for the forest," says Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert @camplantsci.bsky.social. "What we’re seeing is resilience, not relief.” eos.org/articles/as-...

The world’s carbon emissions continue to rise. But 35 countries show progress in cutting carbon theconversation.com/the-worlds-c...

Last week we had the pleasure of having Emilio @evilanova.bsky.social give a guest lecture in our forest ecology class to speak about forest carbon offsets. Thank you for sharing your amazing expertise with the class!

Extreme warming of Amazon waters in a changing climate | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... I still remember my early days teaching forest management, ~ 20 years ago, using some of F.E. "Jack" Putz's early work to illustrate the need for improved management, especially in the tropics. While I enjoyed reading this new sort of "reflection" piece (1/3)

Many congratulations to Adriane Esquivel, Rebecca Morgan and to all our colleagues supporting Amazon forest monitoring with RAINFOR and ForestPlots.net! Our analysis of 30 years of Amazon forest change is highlighted on the cover of @natplants.nature.com. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

How do we define #forestdegradation in different ecosystems? We are looking for papers that tackle the complexity of measuring degradation in temperate and boreal forests. Details ▶️ buff.ly/1aULXb4 #EnvironmentalScience #CallForPapers

Great to see our paper (led by @nanimuelbert) about the increase in tree size in Amazonia featured on the cover!

According to this paper, there could be c. 55.5 million tall trees (> 60 m height) across the Brazilian Amazon, with the highest density in the northeast portion. These trees have a disproportionate contribution to the carbon stored in these forests! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Global deforestation hasn’t slowed in any significant way in the four years since 127 countries pledged to halt and reverse forest loss and degradation by 2030. The newly published 2025 Forest Declaration Assessment shows that nations are 63% off track from meeting their zero-deforestation target.

In 2024, the Amazon Rainforest underwent its most devastating forest fire season in more than 20 years. According to a new study, the fire-driven forest degradation released an estimated 791 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2024, a sevenfold increase compared with the previous two years.

🌳 Small elevation differences in an Amazonian forest affect tree growth and survival, partially explaining species' habitat preferences @danielfzuleta.bsky.social #AmacayacuFDP @ForestGEO 🏔️ Read more:https://buff.ly/kYEp7N4

Join Verra & Perennial for a webinar on the new DSM tool in the Verified Carbon Standard Program. Learn how it helps quantify greenhouse gas reductions in ALM projects. 📅 Oct 16, 11am ET. Register: bit.ly/4mRnftJ #ClimateAction #SoilCarbon verra.org/webinar-new-...

Excited to share that the second paper of my PhD is out in @currentbiology.bsky.social 🍈🦜🍒🐒🍊🐿️ We show that the functional diversity of seed-dispersal interactions in tropical forests takes circa 20 years to recover after deforestation. You can read it here: www.cell.com/current-biol...

Climate change is reshaping forests around the globe go.nature.com/4mHKeXW

apnews.com/article/flyi... Amazon's 'flying rivers' weaken with tree loss, scientists warn of worsening droughts

The world has lost its most powerful advocate for nature and hope. Yet many remain who will continue her legacy and I know she will continue to inspire generations more.