Looking for a post doc position? One more week left to apply for this 3-yr post doc position with me on Arctic shrubification and C balance, based in Helsinki: valtiolle.fi/en/jobs/post...

Three #PhD positions related to projects on #tundra and #permafrost peatland changes are currently open at one of our partner institutions! Application DL: 15.2.2026 #remotesensing #carbonfluxes #arcticvegetation #palsamire 🌱 nordborn.lbhi.is?p=524

Last week Isabel and Mariana visited James and Tom at #NTNU in #Trondheim to discuss the transition of #NordBorN coordination. Tom will take over the coordination role that Mariana has superbly led over the last 2+ yrs. Read more: nordborn.lbhi.is?p=508 @icbarrio.bsky.social @verdonenm.bsky.social

🌲 Defining tundra borealization 🌲 Our new @nordborn.bsky.social review in @ioppublishing.bsky.social standardises the concept of tundra borealization & summarises its main patterns, drivers & consequences. Brilliantly led by @verdonenm.bsky.social & @icbarrio.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1088/1748...

New paper out! 🎉 In NordBorN’s first topical review, we define tundra borealization and synthesize evidence for plant and animal community changes, methods for quantifying borealization, and how climate and land-use change are reshaping species distributions. 🌱🌲🦫 Read more: nordborn.lbhi.is?p=474

Do you want to do ecosystem research in the Arctic? This job with the Norwegian Polar Institute might be for you! Apply by Jan 5, 2026! herbivory.lbhi.is/2025/12/04/j...

Thrilled to announce that our Polar Research School has secured funding! 🌍❄️ This means 15 new PhD studentships will soon be connected to the program. Stay tuned for updates! 🔗https://www.vr.se/english/applying-for-funding/decisions/2025-11-05-doctoral-programme-grant-within-polar-research.html

This opportunity looks amazing—don’t miss out, apply today!

Join us at the Nordic OIKOS–GfÖ Conference 2026! 📅 14–17 Sept 2026 | 📍 Odense, Denmark Open call for workshops & thematic sessions! Deadlines: Thematic sessions: 16 Jan 2026 Workshops: 17 Apr 2026 👉 Details & submission: vist.ly/4fvnx #Ecology #NSO202 #gfoe2026 #Science @gfoesoc.bsky.social

Would you like to study #functional trait diversity and biogeochemical dynamics in rapidly changing #tundra ecosystems? Then this #PhD is for you! 👇 You will do fieldwork in #Alaska, #Svalbard and #Italy and work with amazing Matteo Petit Bon. Apply by Dec 19 herbivory.lbhi.is/2025/11/19/p...

This special collection @arcticsciencej.bsky.social features some cool #herbivory research in #Svalbard! Check out: 👉Dwinnell et al: shorturl.at/hhpe7 👉Paulsen et al: shorturl.at/qURAm 👉Situnayake et al: shorturl.at/fUukv 👉Sato-Bajracharya et al: shorturl.at/v09dU

📢 Do you want to do a #PhD using #hyperspectral satellite data to observe climate influences on tundra vegetation in Sweden? With me and @robertgbjork.bsky.social at U of Gothenburg. Apply by 19 Jan 2026. bit.ly/44duvJI

Which alien #plants are most likely to invade the Arctic? Find out in the latest #NordBorN paper! 👉 nordborn.lbhi.is?p=466

Fantastic opportunities for students! Looking for an internship to contribute to cool ecological research? Check this out 👇

#Postdoc in #landscape ecology with me How does plant species traits influence communities responce to environmental change? An unique re-survey data set from the UK will be used to explore & test hypotheses about dispersal and persistence 🧪🌍 Apply 30th of November su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

🚨Calling all U.K. Arctic terrestrial scientists. "UK Arctic terrestrial science strengths and priorities workshop" to discuss and then produce a prospectus outlining the UK’s “Strengths & Priorities” in Arctic terrestrial research. Info and registration link here 👇 drive.google.com/file/d/1HV0c...

Two PhD students are joining the #NordBorN team. Warm welcome to Charlotte Wagner at #LBHI and Hans Meinhard í Eyðansstovu at #NTNU University Museum! nordborn.lbhi.is?p=432

Super congratulations to @annebeejay.bsky.social on the well-deserved research award from @naturvetenskap.bsky.social! 🥳 www.gu.se/en/news/facu...

Super thanks to @annebeejay.bsky.social for hosting the #ITEX 2025 meeting back to back with an intensive 3-day #writing retreat @naturvetenskap.bsky.social in preparation of our #MSCA grant application nordborn.lbhi.is?p=456

We are calling for abstracts for the @worldbioforum.bsky.social session 'Understanding and caring for Arctic biodiversity together'. This will be an interdisciplinary, free-form session open to all taxa, regions and forms of knowledge. Submission deadline 18 Nov. Looking forward to hearing from you!

A snapshot of our expedition to Finnish Lapland this summer, featuring bogs, bugs, a pink hula hoop, and of course, bryophytes and lichens 🌿 Thanks to funders @ec.europa.eu via POLARIN and #MSCActions, and to my brilliant colleagues @miguelvilloslada.bsky.social et al. for keeping morale high!

Check out the Polar Early Career World Summit Synthesis Report, a summary of the input from 238 early career researchers. We were invited to co-create shared priorities relating to polar research planning, generating ideas leading up to the Fifth International Polar Year. zenodo.org/records/1699...

Please share widely! The Natural History Museum Denmark @nhmdk.bsky.social is offering a PhD fellowship in collection-based Natural History Research, focused on dark taxa & unknown species, pref. including representatives of Danish flora, fauna or geology. candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

Come work with us! In two week's time, application deadlines close for eight fully funded #PhD positions who will be working together on understanding and mitigating global change impacts and feedbacks from mountains: cmt.w.uib.no/open-positio...

Amazing work led by @nanitundra.bsky.social on plant borealization across the Arctic - where, why and by whom using the ITEX+ database 🌱 dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele....

Can we identify #functional traits that characterize #boreal and #tundra plants? Last week #NordBorN researchers met at @creaf.cat in Barcelona to address this question. Stay tuned for results! nordborn.lbhi.is?p=422 🌱 @nanitundra.bsky.social

Few days left to apply! Join the #NordBorN team at #NTNU University Museum with a 3-year fully funded postdoc position 👇

Assistant Professor position in Traditional Ecological Knowledge at Stanford University. Applications due Sept 30, 2025 facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...

Beavers (and their ponds) are moving #North! Beaver #expansion will have huge consequences for #tundra ecosystems. Read the latest #NordBorN publication by Ken Tape and James Speed in Environmental Research Letters @ioppublishing.bsky.social 📄 Link to paper: 10.1088/1748-9326/adeba2

Plenary talk by @icbarrio.bsky.social discussing #borealization at the northernmost Eurasian Grassland Conference in #Oulu! @unioulu.bsky.social 🇫🇮 #XXEGC2025

Will you be the next #NordBorN #postdoc? #NTNU University Museum is looking for an ambitious young researcher to fill this role nordborn.lbhi.is?p=415 #NordForsk Deadline for applications is Aug 31!

The first meeting of the #NordicDendroNetwork will take place in Ås next October 👇🌲

Two Marianas talking about #borealization at #VistÍs2025 🤩 @verdonenm.bsky.social @nanitundra.bsky.social

Check out this new paper led by Mathilde Defourneaux where we develop a multispecies #NIRS model to predict nutrient content in #herbivore faeces 🇮🇸🐏🦌🪿 #NordForsk #Rannís 👇

Long days and a lot of science and coffee. #NordBorN researchers had a very busy week at #EGU25! nordborn.lbhi.is?p=409 #NordForsk

Will you be the next #NordBorN #PhD student? Join the #NTNU University museum team to study the genomics of #Arctic plant invasions! Deadline to apply is May 9 nordborn.lbhi.is?p=406

Just a little over a month ago we were having our second annual meeting in #Aarhus. You can now read all about it 👇https://nordborn.lbhi.is/?p=386 @au.dk #NordForsk

@verdonenm.bsky.social presenting #NordBorN at #EGU25 🤩

Check out the new paper by #NordBorN researchers in @newphyt.bsky.social using machine learning to check 8 million #herbarium specimens to assess long term changes in flowering #phenology 🌻

The second #NordBorN meeting is taking place in Aarhus this week! Looking forward to three fun days of borealizing 😃 @au.dk

‼️ Are you into aquatic #EcosystemServices, Nature-Based Solutions, hydrology, or nutrient retention? I'm hiring a #Postdoc to join our @Water4AllEU CREATE project! 🗓️ Apply by 27/03/2025 📢 Spread the word! uef.varbi.com/what:job/job...

Does your research focus on the shift in the distribution of temperate or boreal species into tundra ecosystems? 🌱🌲🦊🦫 If YES, there’s still time to submit your abstract for our session BG3.20 on tundra borealization! Abstract submission is open until 15 Jan 2025, 13:00 CET!

Mathilde is formally the first #PhD student to graduate in the #NordBorN consortium! Don't miss her PhD defence next week! (Teams link will be shared later)

Tree-planting in the Arctic can accelerate rather than decelerate climate warming 🌲 Check out our recent paper in Nature Geoscience superbly led by @jeep4x4.bsky.social: www.nature.com/articles/s41... (figure credit @laurabp.bsky.social)

NordBorN contribution to the EGU 2025: a new session dedicated to tundra borealization! Don't forget to submit your abstract by 15 January 2025! 🌱

The dates are out for the next #NordBorN meeting! We will be visiting beautiful #Aarhus in the Spring :D nordborn.lbhi.is?p=322

Some NordBorN-ers were in Oslo this week strengthening Norway-Iceland research collaborations thanks to the Arctic Research and Studies Programme nordborn.lbhi.is?p=307 👇

Check out featured publications related to #borealization on our website! Our first highlight is the recent paper by Fredrik Lagergren, @robertgbjork.bsky.social and collaborators in Biogeosciences nordborn.lbhi.is?p=295

Thanks to Marianne Knudsen at NordForsk for a great interview to @icbarrio.bsky.social about NordBorN! 👇 www.nordforsk.org/news/tree-li...

🚨Yet again we use the incredible #ITEX experiment to increase knowledge about warming effects on tundra ecosystems. Despite a moderate 1.4 °C increase in air temperature, we see a persistent increase ecosystem respiration (CO2) by 30%. Read the full story here: disq.us/t/4o1y0d1