Täna 73 aastat tagasi sündis Inglismaad ja kogu maailma korduvalt päästnud salaagent James Bond. #IanFleming

Interested in how molecular-level soil carbon quality can inform wetland assessment and restoration? We at Department of Geography, University of Tartu (Estonia) are recruiting a fully funded doctoral candidate. Full details & application instructions: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/415660

Head vabariigi aastapäeva!

Pühapäev Kadrioru Kunstimuuseumi "Naudingute aias". Van Beirendonck, #tulbid, Arcimboldo tundmatu järgija ja Teniers. #NaudinguteAed

Brigitte Bardot through the years: A life in the spotlight

BB mälestuseks youtu.be/VPOYtC1n5bE?...

Ohutusest, liikuvusest ja linnast uue valitsuskoalitsiooni valguses

Good news for #climateresistance of #Amazon #rainforest, especially its giant #trees! Congrats lead authors Adriane, Rebecca and Oliver of Uni. Bham and Uni. Leeds!

Jää hüvasti, Clauda Cardinale!

Käisin 2.x kumu.ekm.ee/syndmus/oed-...

Anthro-natural i.e. indirect human impacts on natural ecosystems, such as droughts in #peatlands, drive climate change. New opinion paper out in @globalchangebio.bsky.social dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Under @eumetsat.int expert and Uni Tartu #geographer Dr Sven-Erik Enno’s evaluation, a new record #lightning #megaflash is confirmed

@ INTECOL Wetlands conference, Datu Prof Lulie Melling of TROPI Sarawak giving plenary talk on research and outreach in tropical

@ INTECOL Wetlands, academic Ülo Mander presenting on anthro-natural greenhouse gas emissions, especially wetland soils. #ÜloManderHappy

@ INTECOL Wetlands Conference fresh PhD @sthayamkottu.bsky.social presenting on drought controls on plant production in boreal peatlands. #ÜloManderHappy

@ INTECOL Wetlands Conference, @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social giving a session keynote speech on priming effect of root carbon on soil methanogenesis

INTECOL Wetlands Conference officially kicked off in Tartu! A week of exciting meetings and discussions on the future of marshes, swamps and peat bogs ahead! @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social @monicapalta.bsky.social @luke.fi @mikkespenberg.bsky.social @etechlab.bsky.social #ÜloManderHappy

"What a lark! What a plunge! For so it had always seemed to her when, with a little squeak of the hinges, which she could hear now, she had burst open the French windows and plunged at Burton into the open air." – Centenary of 'Mrs Dalloway' by Virginia Woolf

June issue: Comment from Rachel Winfree and colleagues arguing that absolute abundance can drive ecosystem function and should be considered alongside traditional measures of biodiversity. Weblink: go.nature.com/4e8ZIkV Readcube: rdcu.be/erxFV

Human environmental niche changes in Africa >15,000 yrs ago

Upgrade to global #wetland including #peatland database and map

Victor Valley Senior High School Choral Department - Eternity Road [USA School Psyche (1972) An incredible and unexpected reinterpretation of a Moody Blues album track from this school choir. The singing is awesome but the re https://redd.it/1kgfuvv https://youtu.be/YEeYZ5qgz2Q

@sthayamkottu.bsky.social @mikkespenberg.bsky.social

This paper led by @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social was fun to participate in: The global spectrum of tree crown architecture, www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Now online!

Listening now

Palju õnne riikliku teaduspreemia puhul, @ollejarv.bsky.social !

Seed dispersers in global decline #NatureReviewsBiodiversity

Global warming may trigger rapid release of soil carbon #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth

Rahustuseks peale närvesöövat häältelugemist #Eurovisioon www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ofm...

Attempted music and cleared the bar: ITA, SUI, FRA. Attempted novelty and cleared the bar: EST, LUX, LAT, GER, SWE. Not sure about the rest ... Mostly too much of something ... #Eurovision #ESC

Läksid tegema muusikat ja see õnnestus: ITA, SUI, FRA. Läksid üllatuse / uudsuse peale välja ja seegi õnnestus: EST, LUX, LAT, GER, SWE. Ülejäänute osas ei saanud aru ... Enamasti oli midagi liiga palju ... #Eurovision #Eurovisioon #ESC

99.999% of the global deep seafloor remains unseen, new #ScienceAdvances research estimates. scim.ag/4kiibxl

#Puiesteel #puu varjus #pingil istumise päev #Carola #CarolaStandertskjöld #tänavpinkjapuu

Robert McGinnis has died. An absolute icon of mid-late 20th century commercial #art and #illustration.

Our global study shows #peatlands in both their wet and dry extremes capture greenhouse gases while soil bacterial and archaeal abundances are low. Peatlands with moderate moisture levels globally emit #CO2 and #N2O gases, while #bacteria and #archaea flourish. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-92891-z

I dare you to watch #Maria film and not be moved by the music and drama #MariaCallas #Opera

A European air force of 120 fighter jets could be deployed to secure the skies from Russian attacks on Kyiv and western Ukraine, according to a plan drawn up by military experts. 📷: A project of a protected air zone over Ukraine as part of Sky Shield

OTD in 1944 the Red Air Force carpet bombed Narva, then Red Army used artillery to finish the job. As a deliberate act, hundreds of civilians died & thousands were made refugees. We then repopulated it with Russians. Imagine something like this happening in the 21st century.

I had zero expectations for this meeting but holy f*ck

❗️Flight of the 🇺🇸American strategic bomber Boeing B-52 Stratofortress accompanied by 🇺🇸(?)F35s and 🇫🇮F/A18s fighters today in 🇪🇪Estonia in honor of Independence Day

Elagu Eesti!

Elagu Eesti 🇪🇪

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Scientists discover unexpected decline in global ocean evaporation amid rising sea temperatures Linked to wind stilling. phys.org/news/2025-02...

🌿 New Paper Alert: Newly Forming Peatlands in Aotearoa/New Zealand! 🌿 Our study shows peat has been accumulating in a recently deglaciated valley in the Southern Alps, Aotearoa/New Zealand, since ∼1949 C.E. As glaciers retreat & climates warm, new peatlands could emerge—key for carbon storage. 1/🧵

World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study

Negative effect of atmospheric drought on bog peatland restoration in Metro Vancouver doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.178366