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 🇪🇪

Ukraina

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

Vaiana 2 on ilmselt peale Lennart Meri "Hõbevalge" esimene mõjukas teos, mille loo tõmbab käima meteoriit. Eepiline ja samas lege meeleolu ka klapib. Seda veidram, et Eesti kinoposteritel sabatäht puudub... #Moana2

Kes januneb kinokunsti meistriteose järgi, siis Ridley Scotti Gladiaator II. Ainult mitte nõrganärvilistele, sest estetiseeritud vägivald on vähemalt James Bondist alates norm.

#GladIIator delivers. Ridley Scott’s direction, and Washington, Nielsen, Quinn & Co’s performances give us another on for the ages. Strength and honour for democracy!

Water is up in Congolese peat swamp forest, Epena, but hummocks are still relatively dry and aerobic. This might give a more varied response from carbon and nitrogen cycling than one might expect under a flood. #PeatlandN2O

Kongo soometsa üleujutuse sügavust mõõtmas. Autor: Laura Kuusemets

Probing height of flood in Congolese peat swamp forest, Epena. #PeatlandN2O. Author: Laura Kuusemets

Moving up Congolese peat swamp forest for research on its carbon and nitrogen biogeochemistry in the rainy season #PeatlandN2O