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Ecologist studying the impact of global changes on ecosystems. Views are my own.
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Alex Milcu
Montpellier European Ecotron
4 months ago
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#Ozone
& bumblebees: what's the impact? The
#Mesocosms
platform we are currently exploring how
#airpollution
shapes
#pollinator
physiology & behavior 🐝🌿Part of the collaborative
#ANR
#PolluCom
project led by
@magproffit.bsky.social
@cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social
@anaeefrance.bsky.social
#ecotron
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Alex Milcu
Montpellier European Ecotron
4 months ago
🔬 New
#Ecotron
article just published in SBB! Nesting
#microcosms
inside
#mesocosms
reveal how
#FunctionalDiversity
of macrodetritivores affects litter mass loss. 🍂🪱 Spoiler: it matters! 👉
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@cnrsecologie.bsky.social
& the
#Ecotron
team!
#Biodiversity
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Alex Milcu
Montpellier European Ecotron
4 months ago
#Microcosms
and
#Mesocosms
experimental platforms completely taken over by the
#ANR
Pollucom project (
@magproffit.bsky.social
and her team from CNRS CEFE) studying
#ozone
effects on plant–pollinator interactions 🌼🐝 They’ve hijacked our meeting room too! Must be the AC 😅
@ecotron-cnrs.bsky.social
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Montpellier European Ecotron
4 months ago
Major milestone
@ecotron-cnrs.bsky.social
:
#lysimeters
installed in the Macrocosms experimental platform for the upcoming
#biochar
&
#basalt
for
#ERW
. Huge thanks to the team for the massive effort! Interested in collaborating? Get in touch!
@anaeeeric.bsky.social
@anaeefrance.bsky.social
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Alex Milcu
Montpellier European Ecotron
5 months ago
Excited to share the first article from the
#Ecotron
's
#Mesocosms
platform! 🎉 Based on a 4+ year experiment manipulating soil macrofauna diversity in large
#lysimeters
under
#drought
.
#Macrofauna
matters! Huge thanks to @UFZ_de & @CEFE_CNRS. More coming soon! 🔗
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic...
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Alex Milcu
AnaEE-ERIC
5 months ago
Curious about how we can boost your climate change-research? 💪 Never heard of Research Infrastructures and want to know more? 🌎 Want to know how to apply through our open call? (DL October 2025) 🗓️ Then don't miss our webinar on exactly this, friday the 13th! Register here:
lnkd.in/e86K89bD
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Had a great time at the Enhanced Rock Weathering conference in Antwerp
#ERW25
! Industry interest is accelerating faster than the science. Our latest study shows promising results:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
– And soon a new experiment in the
#Ecotron
#macrocosms
, even better suited for this challenge.
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Marten Winter
6 months ago
There are great Global Ecology Starter Packs
go.bsky.app/F86HYqj
organised by
@nmouquet.bsky.social
You can DM
@global-ecology.bsky.social
to join the Vol_3 of the starter pack
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For the sake of being able to do our jobs as researchers, can we please stop adding more admin burden on researchers! A @france.theconversation.com piece about the need for time to actually....think. Des enseignants-chercheurs à la recherche du temps perdu:
theconversation.com/des-enseigna...
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Des enseignants-chercheurs à la recherche du temps perdu : regard sur le malaise universitaire
Comment les enseignants-chercheurs vivent-ils leur métier aujourd’hui ? Extraits d’une grande enquête sur le malaise universitaire.
https://theconversation.com/des-enseignants-chercheurs-a-la-recherche-du-temps-perdu-regard-sur-le-malaise-universitaire-256860?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton
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Alex Milcu
Montpellier European Ecotron
6 months ago
🎉🎉🎉Congrats to the Montpellier
#ecotron
@ecotron-cnrs.bsky.social
(
@clementpiel.bsky.social
, Joana Sauze, Sébastien Devidal &
@alex-ecology.bsky.social
) and
@lsce-ipsl.bsky.social
for this new article describing how to measure oxygen fractionation in close systems.
gi.copernicus.org/articles/14/...
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A multiplexing system for quantifying oxygen fractionation factors in closed chambers
Abstract. The study of isotopic ratios of atmospheric oxygen in fossilized air trapped in ice core bubbles provides information on variations in the hydrological cycle at low latitudes and productivit...
https://gi.copernicus.org/articles/14/91/2025/
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#egu25
lunch break. Looking forward to the
#ecotron
and
#lysimeter
poster session this afternoon
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
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Fernando T. Maestre
7 months ago
A new 🌎 synthesis by Li. et al. shows that plant diversity and carbon storage are positively linked, but the relationship is often weak—stronger in grasslands and shaped by climate factors
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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The Universal but Weak Positive Correlation Between Plant Diversity and Carbon Storage: Evidence From a Global Synthetic Analysis
Research has yielded conflicting quantitative conclusions regarding the relationship between plant diversity and carbon storage, leaving the nature of this correlation at the global scale unresolved....
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ldr.5606
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A few more days to apply for this
#postdoc
opportunity
@ecotron-cnrs.bsky.social
.
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Microclimate Ecology & Biogeography (MEB) conference
8 months ago
We are very happy to announce that the next Microclimate Ecology & Biogeography (MEB) conference will happen in Montpellier (FRANCE), 1 - 5 June 2026 ☀️
meb-network.com/meb-2026/
Microclimate scientists: save the date in your agenda!!
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Alex Milcu
Montpellier European Ecotron
8 months ago
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#Postdoc
Opportunity! 🌱🔬 Join an
#Ecotron
project on soil
#carbon
sequestration
@ecotron-cnrs.bsky.social
🔗 Apply here:
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
📍 Work with
@alex-ecology.bsky.social
&
@cbiogeo.bsky.social
📢 Please share!
#Soil
#Biochar
#Weathering
#AcademicJobs
#JobOffer
#CarbonScience
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Intriguing debate between classical predictive and structural causal modelling. Always thought the later is a wee bit overrated. Without strong a priori hypotheses, both can lead us straight into the land of spurious correlations BS.
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Happy to help cover pioneering research for the French journal
@pourlascience.bsky.social
(
www.pourlascience.fr
) ! P. B. Reich et al.'s 24-year
#Nature
study (2024) shows high
#CO₂
first dampens then amplifies N-induced
#biodiversity
loss — alarming findings!
www.pourlascience.fr/sd/environne...
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La hausse du dioxyde de carbone et de l’azote fait baisser la biodiversité végétale
L’augmentation du CO2 favorise certaines plantes au détriment d’autres, réduisant la diversité des prairies et la résilience des écosystèmes.
https://www.pourlascience.fr/sd/environnement/la-hausse-du-dioxyde-de-carbone-et-de-l-azote-fait-baisser-la-biodiversite-vegetale-27349.php
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Alex Milcu
Montpellier European Ecotron
8 months ago
#Montpellier
#Ecotron
staff stood up for
#science
!
#StandUpForScience
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Guillaume Bossis
8 months ago
#StandUpForScience
Montpellier, France @standupforscifr.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social
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Alex Milcu
Montpellier European Ecotron
8 months ago
📣Exciting news! The Visiting Fellowship Program at the University of Montpellier is now open. Ready for a 3-6‑month academic adventure at the Ecotron🌱? DM us to learn more and apply!
#VisitingFellow
#UMontpellier
#Ecotron
makit.edu.umontpellier.fr/en/calls-for...
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Adam Kinzinger
9 months ago
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Our
#Biodiversa
-funded
#SoilForEurope
preprint is now available—showing how trees shape the soil food web &
#multifunctionality
. 🌱🌳 Huge congrats to Ludovic Henneron for his incredible effort! Currently under consideration in...we’ll keep that a secret for now. 😉
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Resource economics of tree communities control soil food web multifunctionality in European forests
Plants affect terrestrial ecosystem functioning by performing the primary production that energetically sustains heterotrophic organisms, and by shaping the microenvironment. However, the influence of...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.19.639063v1
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Dr Manu Saunders
9 months ago
*New paper* Denialism campaigns are growing in attempts to discredit science, scientists, and the scientific process generally. Biodiversity loss denial is a new phenomenon that needs our attention. -With
@alexanderlees.bsky.social
+ Eliza Grames!
#CommSky
🧪🌏
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Alex Milcu
Montpellier European Ecotron
9 months ago
📣Teaming up with
@cbiogeo.bsky.social
for a
#Macrocosms
experiment on algae-based
#biochar
&
#basalt
for enhanced weathering in a realistic
#controlled-environment
setup.
#ecotron
@anaeefrance.bsky.social
@cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social
Lysimeters ready! Reach out if you have ideas to collaborate!
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Rémy Beugnon
11 months ago
*Ten practical guidelines for microclimate research in terrestrial ecosystems* I am so glad to share our latest paper in
@methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
led by
@pieterdefrenne.bsky.social
and the
@mebnetwork.bsky.social
.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Ten practical guidelines for microclimate research in terrestrial ecosystems
Most biodiversity dynamics and ecosystem processes on land take place in microclimates that are decoupled from the climate as measured by standardised weather stations in open, unshaded locations....
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210X.14476
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Alex Milcu
Montpellier European Ecotron
9 months ago
#AnaEE
France, Montpellier
#Ecotron
and CEREEP Ecotron are present at the "5th National Meeting on Research into Polluted Sites and Soils, Paris", organized by
#ADEME
. Don't hesitate to get in touch if you need controlled environment facilities for your experiments!
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Alex Milcu
Montpellier European Ecotron
9 months ago
Running an
#agroecology
- related project ?
@agroserv.bsky.social
offers
#transnational
access to cutting-edge research facilities—covering costs for your project, including access to state-of-the-art
#experimental
platforms @
#Montpellier
European
#Ecotron
(
@ecotron-cnrs.bsky.social
).
#ecology
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AnaEE-ERIC
9 months ago
You have until March 26 to apply for free access to research services from
#AnaEE
and 10 other networks. Open for everyone: application criteria, videos of succesful applicants and much more:
agroserv.eu
#ResearchFunding
@agtransect.bsky.social
#AgroEcology
@agroserv.bsky.social
@envri.bsky.social
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If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. And a cheating one on top of everything. Imagine being the richest guy in the world and still feeling the need to lie about your gaming skills 🤣🤣🤣
#ellonisaduck
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François-Xavier Joly
10 months ago
📣 Our paper on soil carbon response to tree planting is out in J. of Env. Management: 🌲 Temperate grassland conversion to conifer forest destabilises mineral soil carbon stocks Open access ➡️
tinyurl.com/3krerb92
A short thread ⤵️
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Alex Milcu
Nature
10 months ago
Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. Here's what his win means for science:
https://go.nature.com/4hpvQRJ
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Alex Milcu
Montpellier European Ecotron
10 months ago
New to
@bsky.app
, a quick intro:
#Montpellier
#Ecotron
of CNRS's Institute of Ecology & Environment has 3 experimental (
#Macrocosms
,
#Mesocosms
,
#Microcosms
) & 1 gas fluxes & stable isotopes (IsoFlux) platforms open to international research teams in
#ecology
,
#agronomy
& environmental sciences.
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Matthias C. Rillig
10 months ago
Interesting article in Science: As academic Bluesky grows, researchers find strengths—and shortcomings
www.science.org/content/arti...
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As academic Bluesky grows, researchers find strengths—and shortcomings
Platform fosters collegial interactions among scientists, but potentially limits interactions beyond the academic community
https://www.science.org/content/article/academic-bluesky-grows-researchers-find-strengths-and-shortcomings
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Alex Milcu
Montpellier European Ecotron
10 months ago
New
@ecotron-cnrs.bsky.social
article describing: "A multiplexing system for quantifying oxygen fractionation factors in closed chambers"
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
#ecotron
#closedsystems
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Xavier Morin
10 months ago
New paper out! 🌳 🌲 (and this one is very special to me) ➡️ Diversity boosts forest productivity also (and especially?) through its effect on the number of trees within forests
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@journalofecology.bsky.social
@cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social
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Quick reminder that there is an
#ecotron
and
#lysimeter
session at the coming
#EGU25
. Submission until January 15 2025 13:00 CET, here:
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
10 months ago
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Finally ditched X! You'll hear more of me here now....
#QuittingX
#JoinBlueSky
10 months ago
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Alex Milcu
Montpellier European Ecotron
10 months ago
So long, X—at least for now! Formerly @EcotronCNRS on X we are now joining
@bsky.app
for a less politicized platform.
#GoodbyeX
#HelloBlueSky
Montpellier European Ecotron: an advanced controlled environment facility for ecosystem research.
#ecotron
www.ecotron.cnrs.fr
@cnrs.bsky.social
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