Wolfgang Kiessling
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Paleobiologist, Climate Scientist, Reefs through time
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A little less than a week to submit abstracts for the World Biodiversity Forum 2026! Join our session on
#MarineBiodiversity
science across time and disciplines can help achieve the
#30x30
protection goal! 🐳🐙🐟🦈
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/WBF2026/sess...
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Session GBF3
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/WBF2026/session/55544
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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net)
7 days ago
@IPBES.net assessments highlight gaps in biodiversity and ecosystem knowledge. Your work may already help fill them. 📝 Contribute to this global effort and have your input reported to the IPBES Plenary:
https://www.ipbes.net/knowledge-gaps-questionnaire-2025
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Dieses Thema liegt mir am Herzen. Bitte hier unterzeichnen:
weact.campact.de/petitions/bu...
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Bundeskanzler Merz: Taten statt Blockaden auf der Klimakonferenz!
Die Welt blickt auf die kommenden Klimaverhandlungen in Belém. Dieser Gipfel wird den Kurs für die globalen Klimamaßnahmender nächsten Jahre bestimmen – in einer Zeit, in der die Klimakrise längst Rea...
https://weact.campact.de/petitions/bundeskanzler-merz-taten-statt-blockaden-auf-der-klimakonferenz?bucket=20251105-waeb-hv-merz-taten-statt-blockaden-auf-der-klimakonferenz-a-n&source=bluesky&utm_campaign=20251105-waeb-hv-merz-taten-statt-blockaden-auf-der-klimakonferenz-a-n&utm_medium=recommendation&utm_source=bluesky&share=5a1884d7-0c09-4590-9bde-f32309ce95d3
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17 days ago
Coming to WBF2026 in Davos? Join our session on supporting GBF goals using marine biodiversity across time and disciplines! 👇
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/WBF2026/sess...
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Was ist verkehrt an einem verplichtenden Gesellschaftsjahr? Es könnte so viele Fliegen mit einer Klappe schlagen. Ein bisschen mehr an einem Strang ziehen, kann uns in Deutschland sicher nicht schaden.
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Gibt es sogar auf Deutsch. Was sind die großenFragen der Paläontologie weltweit
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Moriaki Yasuhara
about 1 month ago
Also press release here:
www.fau.eu/2025/09/news...
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Palaeonology: A small subject has big questions
The involvement of around 200 researchers from over 30 different countries and more than five years’ work have resulted in 89 “Big Questions” – the most important research questions in paleontology…
https://www.fau.eu/2025/09/news/palaeontologie-ein-kleines-fach-hat-grosse-fragen/
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘
about 1 month ago
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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John Alroy
3 months ago
Human impacts on large mammals went well beyond triggering late Quaternary mass extinctions. A new paper by Brook et al. showing that biogeographic patterns were erased by the spread of domesticated species:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
A related paper is in press. Stay tuned.
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Alessio Capobianco
about 2 months ago
We (me,
@barankarapunar.bsky.social
,
@sinjinis.bsky.social
and
@harriedrage.bsky.social
) organized a symposium for the next IPC (Cape Town 2026!) on evolution, diversity and ecology in marine ecosystems throughout the Phanerozoic. Contact us if you would like to participate or to know more about it!
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International Fossil Coral and Reef Society
about 2 months ago
🚨Registration open!🚨 Join us for the 4th Early Career Researcher Symposium of the International Fossil Coral and Reef Society (it’s online and free!) 🪸 📆 13th November 2025 ⏰ 09:00–16:00 UTC 🔗 Register:
fau.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...
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Alisa Bokulich
2 months ago
I haven't used "Academia .edu" for 15 yrs (only tried it when it 1st came out) but they just tried charge me ~$400 automatic on a card w/o any notification or me agreeing to renew/reactivate anything. This is such a predatory scam & they really shouldn't be allowed an ".edu" too Watch out for them
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Martin Hundhausen
2 months ago
Ich bin großer Fan der
@fau.de
Es fehlen jetzt hier nur noch 65 follower und wir haben die Schnapszahl 4444. die FAU wäre die erste deutsche Uni, die das schafft. Bitte repostet.
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Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer)
2 months ago
If you know anyone interested in starting a Master's project working on ammonoid phylogenetics (or the phylogenetics of a mollusc group spanning the OAE2 event in the Late Cretaceous), then ask them to get in touch with me. The situation is a little tricky, as it would be funded by the remainder…
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Der (fast) letzte Schritt zur Dekarbonisierung ist getan: Wärmepumpe ☑️ PV-Anlage ☑️ Solarthermie ☑️ E-Auto ☑️ Es hat lange gedauert, aber jetzt erstmal happy.
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3 months ago
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A still very worthwhile read. Charles Lyell made it possible that both these great thinkers appeared in the same issue of the journal.
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Ferwen
3 months ago
The Legacy of Elizabeth Vrba
paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2025/06/27/t...
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The Legacy of Elizabeth Vrba
During the paleobiological revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, the status of paleontology as an evolutionary discipline was attempted to be established by a number of paleontologists. From 16th to 1…
https://paleonerdish.wordpress.com/2025/06/27/the-legacy-of-elizabeth-vrba/
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Annika Joeres
3 months ago
Wahnsinnsgrafik, Wahnsinnszahl, kaum besprochen:
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More than happy that this is finally out. Well done
@isaiah-e-smith.bsky.social
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4 months ago
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Artwork makes the heart work, especially when it is meaningful. This is Emiliana huxleyi, perhaps the most abundant eukaryotic organism on our planet!
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James Rae
4 months ago
🚨New paper just out on environmental upset at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary🚨 Using boron isotopes in fossil oysters, we find a major pulse of ocean acidification and CO2 rise, driving global warming and delaying ecosystem recovery following the end-Triassic mass extinction
rdcu.be/ev6XV
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Well deserved
@neilshubin.bsky.social
. Not all is lost for US science future.
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4 months ago
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💥 Die Bundesnetzagentur erwägt Netzentgelte – auch für private Solarstrom-Einspeiser. Das bedeutet: Wer die Energiewende auf dem eigenen Dach vorantreibt, könnte künftig draufzahlen. ✍️ Jetzt WeAct-Petition unterzeichnen und die Energiewende schützen:
weact.campact.de/petitions/fi...
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Finger weg von der Photovoltaik!
Was genau plant die Bundesnetzagentur? Die Bundesnetzagentur stellt in einem offiziellen Diskussionspapier sechs Modelle zur Debatte, wie private Einspeiser künftig Netzentgelte zahlen sollen – also e...
https://weact.campact.de/petitions/finger-weg-von-der-photovoltaik?bucket=20250707-wae-hv-finger-weg-von-der-photovoltaik-2&source=bluesky-share-button&utm_campaign=20250707-wae-hv-finger-weg-von-der-photovoltaik-2&utm_medium=recommendation&utm_source=bluesky&share=7bc5699b-21c0-4021-b4c5-8cc4cacab517
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Parents For Future #EndFossilFuels 🪧🛢️❌
11 months ago
"Wir werden Schäden bekommen, die wir uns heute nicht vorstellen können […] Das sind Dinge, die uns ins Handeln bringen werden. Aber es ist unnötig. Wir könnten vorsorgend voranschreiten und uns eine sehr viel bessere Zukunft sichern." - Hans Poertner AWI & IPCC WGII
#Klimakrise
#EndFossilFuels
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Klimaforscher: "Wir könnten uns eine viel bessere Zukunft sichern"
Cali, Baku, Busan: Zuletzt reihte sich eine Umweltkonferenz an die nächste. Was bleibt aus den Klima-Bemühungen aus diesem Jahr? Nicht viel, sagt Forscher Hans-Otto Pörtner. Aber er hat noch Hoffnung ...
https://www.tagesschau.de/wissen/klima/rueckblick-klima-2024-100.html
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Lee Hsiang Liow (廖珕庠)
4 months ago
Vegetation might not be able to keep up with current rates of environmental change, given data from the pollen fossil record. Fun doing this work with David Fastovich in the lead, but sobering
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Coupled, decoupled, and abrupt responses of vegetation to climate across timescales
Climate and ecosystem dynamics vary across timescales, but research into climate-driven vegetation dynamics usually focuses on singular timescales. We developed a spectral analysis–based approach that...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adr6700
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Trevor A. Branch
4 months ago
In an unconscionable decision, the Smithsonian Institute has decided to no longer support the Biodiversity Heritage Library from 1 Jan 2026. Please someone step up and take it over.
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Das ist ja mal eine gute Nachricht. Wir brauchen dringend eine effektive Forschungsdateninfrastruktur. Gerne auch international, aber first things first
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4 months ago
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A great loss to paleontology. Bambach‘s work was in many ways foundational.
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5 months ago
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PaleoSynthesis
5 months ago
We invite applications for an Akademischer Rat auf Zeit in our research group, which focuses on Global Change Paleobiology. We seek a candidate with a strong background in palaeobiology aiming for an academic career in Paleontology. Interested!?
www.gzn.nat.fau.eu/2025/06/16/s...
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Senior postdoc position in Paleontology
@nat.fau.de
. Starting date negotiable between 1st of Octorber and 15th of December 2025.
www.gzn.nat.fau.eu/2025/06/16/s...
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Job Advertisement: Akademischer Rat / Akademische Rätin (A13) in Paleontology (f/m/d)
Section Paleontology, GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Department of Geography and Geosciences, Friedrich-Alexander Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, We invite applications for an Akademischer Rat auf Zeit…
https://www.gzn.nat.fau.eu/2025/06/16/stellenausschreibung-akademischer-rat-akademische-raetin-a13-in-palaeontologie-m-w-d/
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IPC7
5 months ago
🎉 Join us for the 7th International Paleontological Congress in Cape Town! 🇿🇦 Paleontologists from around the world will gather to share discoveries, ideas, and inspiration. Don't miss this unforgettable event! 🔗
ipc7.site
#IPC7
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Really looking forward to this event. Thanks
@mrentetzi.bsky.social
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5 months ago
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Wow!
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5 months ago
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Ja, ohne Geowissenschaften geht es nicht.
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PaleoSynthesis
9 months ago
A PaleoNov workshop publication has recently been published: "A Conceptual Framework for Measuring Ecological Novelty" by Staples et al. Congratulations! .... and it's open access:
doi.org/10.1111/geb....
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Matthias C. Rillig
5 months ago
Ecological and evolutionary consequences of changing seasonality | Science
@jdtonkin.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Ecological and evolutionary consequences of changing seasonality
Climate change and other anthropogenic drivers alter seasonal regimes across freshwater, terrestrial, and marine biomes. Seasonal patterns affect ecological and evolutionary processes at different eco...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ads4880?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_content=alert&utm_campaign=SCIeToc&et_rid=35361117&et_cid=5628913
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Man kann die Leistung von Uruguay natürlich kleinreden, aber es ist schon erstaunlich, was in Sachen Energiewende erreicht werden kann, wenn man beherzt herangeht.
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
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(S+) Ökostrom im Überfluss: Das Energiewende-Wunder von Uruguay
Uruguay hat seine Stromproduktion in wenigen Jahren fast vollständig auf erneuerbare Energien umgestellt – trotz begrenzter Mittel. Der Weg, den der südamerikanische Staat dabei gegangen ist, sucht we...
https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/uruguay-das-energiewende-wunder-a-a818ebbe-b4d5-46ba-bd1d-93c7d98003ce?giftToken=5ab5bac9-eff2-4fa5-a14c-cd6e543c0b11
6 months ago
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So cool. Need to have a BioDeepTime 2.0, too
@paleosynth.bsky.social
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6 months ago
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Matthias C. Rillig
7 months ago
A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement | Science
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A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement
Global biodiversity targets focus on landscape and seascape connectivity as a foundational component of biodiversity conservation, including networks of connected protected areas. Recent advances allo...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adn2225?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_content=alert&utm_campaign=SCIeToc&et_rid=35361117&et_cid=5597924
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John Alroy
7 months ago
A preprint of a full paper explaining the CEGS distribution model and the way it estimates species richness is now available on EcoEvoRxiv:
doi.org/10.32942/X2W...
It draws comparisons with other models and estimators including the Poisson log normal, the log series + Fisher's alpha, and Chao 1.
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A method of predicting ecological community structure
https://doi.org/10.32942/X2WH0V
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Jens-Christian Svenning
7 months ago
Great news! Our review of the recent prehistoric
#megafauna
#extinction
was selected as 2024 Paper of the Year by the journal Cambridge Prisms Extinctions - check it out
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🦣🐪🐂🐘🐆🦏🐾❄️
#paleo
#paleontology
#mammals
#ecology
#Pleistocene
#hominids
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Gregor Mathes
8 months ago
Our latest publication in Cambridge Prisms: Extinction examines how climate legacies influence
#extinction
dynamics. Read more about our systematic review and its implications for predicting biodiversity loss here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The effect of climate legacies on extinction dynamics: A systematic review | Cambridge Prisms: Extinction | Cambridge Core
The effect of climate legacies on extinction dynamics: A systematic review - Volume 3
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-prisms-extinction/article/effect-of-climate-legacies-on-extinction-dynamics-a-systematic-review/B01C669D6894CCCF044AD1D68A76F54D
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@co2ley.bsky.social
was coordinating lead author of the Oceans Chapter of the
@ipcc.bsky.social
6th Assessment Report. So sad to see how science is destroyed in the USA.
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8 months ago
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Joachim Hornegger
8 months ago
Please support FAU to be top listed:
www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/s4f/de/top/o...
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S4F: Ein Appell von Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern in Deutschland an die Politik
als Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler in Deutschland sind wir in großer Sorge. Die Klimakrise und weitere Umweltkrisen (Biodiversitätsverlust, Überlastung biogeochemischer Stoffkreisläufe ......
https://www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/s4f/de/top/o2/stat.php
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Und das ist zum großen Teil Ihnen zu verdanken
@mhundhausen.bsky.social
🙏
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This sounds like about the right value of a paleontologic database 👍🏼
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Martin Hundhausen
8 months ago
Bericht im BR zum Appell an die Politik.
www.br.de/nachrichten/...
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Tausende Wissenschaftler fordern: Klimakrise nicht verdrängen
Die künftige Bundesregierung soll die Klima- und Umweltkrisen nicht verdrängen, sondern an Klimaschutzmaßnahmen festhalten - das fordern mehr als 7.000 Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler. Der An...
https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/tausende-wissenschaftler-fordern-klimakrise-nicht-verdraengen,UfKdRfu
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Martin Hundhausen
8 months ago
Und es geht um diesen Appell. Bitte repostet und unterschreibt.
www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/s4f/de/top/o...
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S4F: Ein Appell von Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern in Deutschland an die Politik
als Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler in Deutschland sind wir in großer Sorge. Die Klimakrise und weitere Umweltkrisen (Biodiversitätsverlust, Überlastung biogeochemischer Stoffkreisläufe ......
https://www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/s4f/de/top/o2/stat.php
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Matthias C. Rillig
8 months ago
Check out the new academic freedom index (btw, current changes in the USA not included, since this only covers up to 2024)
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