Study shows big trees in Amazon more climate-resistant than previously believed

Congratulations to all our colleagues for the hard work of tree ID and measurement - again and again! And to Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert and Rebecca Banbury Morgan for your leadership with this. #openaccess paper www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Big trees are on the rise. 30 years of Amazon forest measurements by RAINFOR partners show that, so far, any impact of #climatechange on forests and large trees have been more than mitigated by the positive effects of increased resources. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Last year, Latin America suffered 82% of the world's murders of environmental defenders. Andean and central American countries are the most dangerous for environmental defenders. Colombia is, by far, the worst. www.actualidadambiental.pe/peru-defenso...

Los datos del sitio GEO-TREES deben ser parte integral de la finalización del Proyecto. Los solicitantes no necesitan estar asociados a un sitio antes de presentar la solicitud; sin embargo, deben contar con la aprobación del investigador principal del sitio antes de presentar la propuesta.

Looking for a #postdoct for a NSF project integrating ecosystem productivity, hyperspectral remote sensing and airborne LiDAR to test prominent hypothesis of the effect of #biodiversity on #forest #productivity @fluxnetecn.bsky.social @ngaps.bsky.social Apply at: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...

Convocatoria GEOTREES geo-trees.org Ofrece oportunidades de trabajo en los sitios GEOTREES para estudiantes e investigadores en sus inicios de carrera. Más información aquí. geo-trees.org/downloads/GE...

A great effort! Can't do this kind of thing without help from so many collaborators & support from @uclgeography.bsky.social @nceoscience.bsky.social, CEDA colleagues @forestplots.bsky.social among others.

🚀Super proud of our ForestScan x ESA paper supporting BIOMASS cal/val! Huge dataset: TLS, UAV, ALS + tree census, on CEDA. Includes protocol recs & FBRMS site guidance. A benchmark for EO data sharing! 📡🌳 Preprint: essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es... #UCLGeog #OpenScience #LiDAR #BIOMASS #ForestScan

Descubriendo la sorprendente diversidad oculta de los helechos tropicales americanos: Danaea sigue diversificándose, con *dieciocho* nuevas especies. Venni Keskiniva & Hanna Tuomisto: bioone.org/journals/wil...

Agricultura alerta sobre fim de moratória da soja

Analysis of eddy-covariance C and water fluxes during the Australian Tinderbox drought of 2017-2019 showed remarkable resilience and recovery in most Australian forest types. Great work from @clares-hydro.bsky.social and OzFlux community onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

"The #Amazon is approaching an ecological collapse, driven by accelerating deforestation, widespread forest degradation, and the escalating impacts of #climate change." The Belém Declaration goals for nature #conservation and human well-being need to be pursued. #Ecology www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

A very cool story! Expelled by Antarctic Ice: Evolutionary History of the Cunonieae Tribe (Cunoniaceae). How an extraordinary group of trees emerging in Antarctica went on to tropical success, now dominating many high Andean forests in Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. doi.org/10.1111/jse....

www.nature.com/articles/s41... How climate change and deforestation interact in the transformation of the Amazon rainforest: “…Over the past 35 yrs, deforestation has accounted for approximately 74% of the ~ 21 mm dry season−1 decline and 16.5% of the 2°C rise in max surface air temp.”

The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation have published their Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics, setting a great example for other academic societies. 🌏🧪🌐 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Andean forests are one of the last great frontiers of botanical exploration. This new analysis by Peruvian colleagues shows six new species have been collected each year since 1980 in the wet mountain forests of the Oxapampa Asháninka Yánesha Biosphere Reserve. revistas.unsaac.edu.pe/index.php/RQ...

Congratulations to William Farfán Ríos and our RAINFOR + ABERG colleagues for the new work in PNAS "Amazonian and Andean tree communities are not tracking current climate warming". With 66 plots and lots of time, we assessed floristic change in the face of Andean heating www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Misleading: BBC website users reading this headline would worry that the UK's native woods were under threat. In fact the Spruce Bark Beetle feeds on different kinds of Spruce, as the name suggests. There are no native species of Spruce in the UK. Headline should read UK's spruce plantations.

Simone Reis & colleagues show why Amazon transitional forest is vulnerable to drought. Typical savannas dominated by shrubs and small trees resist it, but adjacent ecosystems with bigger trees ("Cerradao") suffer large productivity losses, especially below-ground. bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...

Tropical bird declines "Intensified heat extremes caused a 25–38% reduction in the level of abundance of tropical birds from 1950 to 2020. Across observed tropical bird populations, impacts of climate change have typically been larger than direct human pressure." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Western Australia's ‘longest and most intense’ marine heatwave killed coral across 1,500km stretch - Scientists shocked by bleaching event that hit reefs from the world heritage-listed Ningaloo to the remote Ashmore Reef #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

If you know researchers with expertise in forestry/agro forestry please share this permanent lectureship @bangoruniversity.bsky.social. The quality of life in north wales is fabulous: great colleagues & a stunning location. jobs.bangor.ac.uk/details.php....

Sapindales: bit.ly/PD_Sapindales Myrtaceae: bit.ly/PD_Myrtaceae

En la Reserva de Biosfera Oxapampa-Asháninka-Yánesha, Peru, se describió 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒍𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒂, una nueva especie de arbol para la ciencia. gob.pe/es/n/1222821

¡Justicia! Rosa Villanueva-Espinoza and colleagues have just described 21 new species from this beautiful genus, all endemic to Peru. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Meet the new *Polylepis yanesha* (Rosaceae) from Peru. Discovered by Luis Valenzuela and Tatiana Espinoza, this endangered beauty is yet another hyper-rare Andean tree known from a single location. phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/v...

This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered

Bourses CBSI: Les bourses du CBSI rassemblent des individus dotés d’un talent exceptionnel et d’un potentiel avéré au sein d’un réseau de scientifiques qui s’attèle à transformer la compréhension du forêt tropicale du Congo. Date limite 21 août 2025 congobasinscience.net/fr/bourses/

Fire-Induced Floristic and Structural Degradation in the Southern Amazon. Congratulations Loriene Gomes da Rocha, Ben Hur Marimon Jr & PELD, PPBio, RAINFOR colleagues in Mato Grosso. Recurrent fires trigger irreversible vegetation shifts across the Amazonian frontier. www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/16...

Analysis of data on 971 bird species in Colombia finds that near-national-scale losses of bird diversity greatly exceed losses recorded at the local scale, suggesting that extrapolations from local studies will severely underestimate biodiversity losses www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪

The hardest plots in the world? It is easy to forget how much forest is still remote, inaccessible to modern technology, and invisible without skilled and dedicated colleagues. We congratulate Abel Monteagudo and RAINFOR partners in Peru, recensusing the amazing forests of Reserva Comunal El Sira.

Last week I gave a talk for the @linneansociety.bsky.social lunchtime lecture series, all about woodland creation! I tried to keep it interesting for non-specialist audiences so, if you fancy an hour of woodland wondering, you can check out the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwoH...

Want to follow the individual amazing researchers behind our tree science? We've made a starter pack to help you find them! go.bsky.app/7cwhin3

Wood density variation from Andean to Amazon forests. Congratulations to William Farfan‐Rios for leading this compelling analysis in @journalofecology.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Can we expand the narrative and definition of human development to include flourishing with nature? Our new paper in Nature explores such a vision, and outlines a metric - the Nature Relationship Index - to sit alongside the Human Development Index. @naturerecovery.bsky.social

Important new paper on taxonomic change in Amazonian palms. It's not just about description of new species, it's more about recent taxonomic 'lumping' in recent range-wide monographic taxonomic revisions

Why the UK Met Office says 'extreme heat is the new normal' Met Office scientists add that weather records clearly show UK’s climate is different now compared with just a few decades ago, as a result of the carbon pollution emitted by burning fossil fuels www.theguardian.com/environment/...

📣“Fuera la ley 14.701 [ley del marco temporal]” El Pueblo Indígena Enawenê Nawê vive en Mato Grosso, Brasil. Incluso con sus tierras demarcadas, aún enfrentan dificultades para pescar y realizar sus rituales por la construcción de varias centrales hidroeléctricas en la región👇

The June solstice has passed, which means we have a fresh update for our WFO Plant List! The big news since December is we now have more than 200 named co-authors on the WFO Plant List. Watch to see what else is new and visit worldfloraonline.org to browse the Plant List.

Important new paper on dynamics of seasonally dry tropical forests in Peru

¿Tienes un doctorado, excelentes habilidades cuantitativas y experiencia con bosques, árboles o cambio climático? ¿Quieres unirte a un equipo de investigación dinámico y global? Buscamos un científico de datos ecológico para descubrir cómo están cambiando los bosques. Postula antes del 14/7.

Tem doutorado, fortes habilidades quantitativas e experiência com florestas, árvores ou mudanças climáticas? Quer se juntar a uma equipe de pesquisa global e dinâmica? Estamos procurando um cientista de dados ecológicos para descobrir como as florestas estão mudando. Inscreva-se até 14 de julho.

Do you have a PhD, strong quantitative skills, and experience with trees, forests or climate change? Want to join a dynamic global research team? We are looking for an exceptional data scientist to help us discover how forests are changing. Apply by 14 July. -> jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

New paper! 📃🌲 #ForwardsEU team at @luke.fi recently published a new paper researching how plot size and the rarity of old-growth forests affect the resulting accuracy associated with the remote sensing mapping of old-growth forests. Find the paper at: cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...

COLUNA | Árvores gigantes da Amazônia: entre o fascínio e a falta de proteção ⬇️ Em uma das regiões mais ameaçadas e importantes da Amazônia, o Brasil corre o risco de perder uma das maiores árvores do mundo antes mesmo de conhecê-la

New study led by Bruno Cintra @unibirmingham.bsky.social brings together work from both our PhD theses! Oxygen isotopes recorded in tree rings provide independent evidence that the Amazon water cycle has intensified, with increasing wet season rainfall and decreasing dry season rainfall since 1980.

Some measurements need skilled people, not machines. Thank you to our colleagues, including Elías Condori, Melanie Moriano, and Abel Monteagudo, completing 20 years measuring RAINFOR plots in Peru's precious Andean forests!

🚨 New paper alert 🚨 Documenting the seasonally #dry #plant #community dynamics in the #Marañon valley, in northern #Andean #Peru. Valley is a trove of #endemism, severely threatened, little studied. JL Marcelo and team provide a first glimpse at temporal #vegetation changes. doi.org/10.1016/j.tf...