environment.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/news... Our new paper uses the Power of Plots to reveal how tropical forests are changing: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

On commence déjà à percevoir les effets de + 1,0 oC. Pas besoin d’attendre d’être à +1,5 oC en moyenne (dépassé en 2024) pour agir.

Atelopus ignescens (the jambato) is a sentinel for environmental health. Please help us protect it from construction that doesn't follow local environmental regulations givebutter.com/XNVdrL If you are a geologist/engineer who could help advise on alts to dynamite for road construction pls DM me.

Calling all climate leaders and postdocs! Are you ready to take your research to the next level? The International Climate Protection Fellowship is still open for applications! Secure 12–24-month research stays at top German institutes and collaborate with experts. Apply today: bit.ly/4qHPBsD

Evidence-based #restoration #indicators for #Amazonian forests. I wonder how many restoration projects are actually monitoring trajectories beyong the initial 3-5 years..., let alone 20! www.nature.com/articles/s43...

📰Published📰Night shift: how nocturnal mammals quietly shape forest networks🌙 buff.ly/7yyqTVE 🧪🌍

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Extra CO2 stimulates #photosynthesis of trees and reduces water losses through transpiration. But does that stimulate growth of #tree stems? Our paper today in NatClimateChange led by Quan Zhang uses theory & data to show that strong growth stimulation is unlikely.🌎🌐🍁 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Descubren cuatro nuevas especies de plantas en el Parque Nacional Yanachaga Chemillén 🇵🇪 El descubrimiento de estas plantas, que no existen en ningún otro lugar del planeta, resalta el valor de los últimos refugios biológicos en los Andes. www.actualidadambiental.pe/pasco-descub...

Todos tenemos raíces profundas. Este fascinante artículo repasa el trabajo de RAINFOR en Venezuela y conecta 200 años de historia de exploradores del río Negro y el Amazonas, entre ellos von Humboldt, Bonpland, Spruce, Wallace, Medina y Rafael Herrera Fernández. www.meer.com/es/95997-ric...

in "General laws of biodiversity: Climatic niches predict plant range size and ecological dominance globally", we provide key insights into species’ vulnerability to environmental change and the processes that structure biodiversity at global scales. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Another new species discovered in Peru, in Parque Nacional Yanachaga-Chemillén. The type specimen of 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑢𝑚 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑚 was collected by Marco Cueva, Abel Monteagudo, Antonio Peña and colleagues working in the Yanachaga RAINFOR montane forest plots. doi.org/10.3897/phyt...