Conventional economic models often overlook the complex ways people value nature, highlighting the need for more inclusive approaches to address biodiversity loss.

Just published a piece in BioScience with @mariapiquerr.bsky.social, Gabriela Fontanarrosa, and Silvia Lomáscolo on what systemic sexism looks like for us as early career researchers. academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

#International Mountain Conference, Innsbruck #IMC

worth to see: youtu.be/voUwjsxsMfQ?...

We need more provocative papers like this …

The threat of biodiversity loss is more evident the Amazon, which is being destroyed by record levels of deforestation despite being home to one third of the of planet’s species. The greatest concentration of biodiversity on earth unfoundation.org/blog/post/ho... unfoundation.org/blog/post/ho...

‼️ Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions postdoc fellowship ‼️ Details below 👇

just out of the press…a 50-y study of a mountain lake without good news… link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Lakes are crucial for biodiversity 🌍 #DYK Lake Ohrid, a European biodiversity hotspot, hosts unique species but faces threats from human activity? .—@ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment🧪 On #WorldLakeDay, let’s highlight the value of lakes, their sustainable management & the ecosystems they support.

Lac de Louvie (2213 m elevation) was an incredibly stunning place to sample for microbes! Many thanks to altis.swiss for letting us use their maintenance cable car :) #CAPSOLUTION @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @hoeferlab.bsky.social @maxemilschon.bsky.social

Lakes contain most of the liquid fresh water on the planet, but they are also among the most rapidly degrading ecosystems. Ahead of #WorldLakeDay on August 27, see how you can take #GenerationRestoration action to safeguard these vital freshwater bodies: www.decadeonrestoration.org/lakes

Isabella Oleksy's Mountain Limnology Lab has taken over a 42-year-old monitoring project in Rocky Mountain National Park. Their investigations reveal how remote alpine watersheds are changing in the Anthropocene www.colorado.edu/instaar/2025... @isabellaoleksy.bsky.social & @jbaron4.bsky.social

Plankton in alpine lakes use dynamic photoprotection, versatile energy strategies, and virus-mediated stability, offering insights into resilience under environmental stress in aquatic ecosystems worldwide. doi.org/g9v7nz

Our overview of the impressive paper by Jensen et al in PNAS about under-ice oxygen levels is out. "Small lakes are suffocating as winters warm" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Lago Nero (black lake) di Cornisello at 2240 m was rather green when we sampled it. An algal bloom!! This meant changing filters every few minutes. That night, our faces were of similar color (stomach bug) and we skipped the last lake. #CAPSOLUTION @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

Our next set of mountain lakes is located in Italy's Adamella Brenta Nature Park. Lago Serodoli (2370 m elevation) is just downstream of Lago Gelato (2388 m), which lived up to its name and made us shiver with ice-cold winds. #CAPSOLUTION @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

🔥 2024 was the hottest year on record. Decision makers must prioritize #ClimateAction for both people and the planet. The window to secure a livable future is rapidly closing. Report: unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/... #SDGReport #SDGs #GlobalGoals

The next two lakes on the sampling tour were Upper and Middle Plenderlessee in Austria. We got lots of water from the lakes, and also from the skies... Dinoflagellates live here! #CAPSOLUTION @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

immeasurable value of plankton to humanity url: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

The weather improved for our next tour in the Stubai Alps to Blaue Lacke (2287 m), Grünausee (2335 m), and Freiger See (2500 m), three mountain lakes above the treeline. Strenuous hikes alternated with wet & cold weather during filtration. #CAPSOLUTION @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

Taxonomically distinct diatom viruses differentially impact microbial processing of organic matter www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

just out of the press…maybe the last single author publication in my career…. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Prophages block cell surface receptors to preserve their viral progeny www.nature.com/articles/s41...