Finnish summer arrived ☀️🌅🕶️

Summer morning swims.

Summer morning swims 🌅 🏊‍♂️ 🇫🇮 🌲 🌳

THREAD The numbers are in. @bsky.app research sharing volumes vs X Formerly Twitter In March 2024, on most days, Bluesky hosts more posts linked to research published in 2025 than X. By quite a lot. Release the Kraken... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics 1/11

Today at UEF's Equality Day, Doctoral Researchers Wadzanai Masvosva and @philipchambers.bsky.social shared their experiences regarding #equality & equal opportunities at the university. Being seen & heard and inclusive communication are issues they found important.

To mark #8M, the ForGEDI IUFRO TF invites you to our 1st live online event on 8 Apr: Practising resistance through forest-related GEDI education – what challenges, impacts, and future? Let’s shape a more inclusive forestry education together! More info soon #IWD2025 #EquityInForestry #OpenEducation

Huomenna on Minna Canthin päivää. Nyt kuin koskaan pitää edistää tasa-arvoa. Tulkaa Kuopion taidemuseoon klo 17. Mukana keskusteluissa @fingo.fi’n Eppu Mikkosen & Anni Valtosen kanssa, mm Sirpa Kähkönen, Sonja Miettinen (Martat), Atso Almila (Kanttila) ja UEFsta @kaarimattila.bsky.social & minä.

‪🚨FINAL CALL for abstracts!🚨 Deadline: Mar 16 @ midnight (yes, you can submit over the weekend!) #Silvilaser2025 Details: 📅Sep 29-Oct 3, 2025 🚩 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada 🙏PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR NETWORKS! Guidelines & submissions: silvilaser2025.com #lidar #remotesensing #ALS #drones #forestry

Sauna cats 🐈‍⬛🧖🏽‍♂️🧖🏼‍♀️🇫🇮

Nearing peak Finland - Rye bread in the shape of a lynx Lähestymme suomalaisuuden huippua - Ilveksen muotoinen ruisleipä 🇫🇮 🥯 🐈‍⬛🐾

🌳 Did you know the baobab is one of the most nutrient-rich trees in the world? This "Tree of Life" provides nutrition, livelihoods, and climate resilience across Africa. Today, baobab seeds are among the tree seeds CIFOR-ICRAF is depositing in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. 🔗: bit.ly/41kkDwI

From the Guardian: World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study. Finland mentioned 🇫🇮 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We have a feeling you'll be interested in this one. Nature is keen to find out how scientists are using Bluesky and whether it has become their go-to social-media platform. Take the survey! 🧪

Proud to work the University of Eastern Finland! Olen ylpeä saadessani työskennellä Itä-Suomen yliopistossa! www.uef.fi/en/article/u... @uniuef.bsky.social @tapiomaatta.bsky.social

Are these shimmering rainbow clouds noctilucent clouds or some other phenomenon? They are currently on display over Kuorinka, Liperi, North Karelia, Finland

There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research. A Place of Joy.

Turku becomes first major Finnish city to leave X yle.fi/a/74-20134325

The 2025 #NewYearPlantHunt is now officially underway! All the resources needed to take part are here: bsbi.org/new-year-pla... Hoping the weather is kind to 1000s of intrepid botanists heading out over the next 4 days to record wild & naturalised plants blooming in midwinter. Good luck everyone!

The world’s most sustainable travel destination is giving its harbour a facelift with an eco-friendly hotel that whispers cool Scandi minimalism while reconnecting guests with nature - the latest in a new wave of grand-scale, sustainable, wooden constructions. www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/...

You know where you live but do you know your nation's name in Irish (Gaelic type)? Source: buff.ly/3ko4D5C

Ghosts of the landscape: how folklore and songs are key to rewilding Finland’s reindeer www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Like a giant bird box’: the volunteers building huge snowdrifts for Finland’s pregnant seals 🦭 Great to see that the work of @uniuef.bsky.social researchers and volunteers with the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation is having a meaningful impact! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

@iufro.bsky.social sponsors an annual webinar on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science recognizing the contribution women make to forest research. The webinar will be held February 11-12, 2025. See here for more information: a-48350767.hubspotpagebuilder.com/en-us/

Don't miss the opportunity to listen to the lessons from 50 Years of Forest-Related Research and Development in International Cooperation with Michael Kleine. 🗓️ Tomorrow at 10 CET 🔴 There will be a LinkedIn Live by IUFRO www.linkedin.com/events/50yea...

We had fun today training on the Kudan’s SLAM with Sintetic and UNITE colleagues @uniuef.bsky.social in snowy Joensuu!

I know we have a million starter packs right now, but I think we need one for forest management & policy! I know I missed a ton of people, so if you'd like to be added, please message me (particularly you tropical foresters). Or, if you don't want to be on this list, lmk!

🌎🧪Forest Ecology Starter Pack now available for those studying various aspects of forest 🌲🌳🌴ecosystems. The starter pack is limited to 150 names & it is now full. To grow your network: follow folks, get followed, re-post, & enjoy! go.bsky.app/8ZNK9jy

Any budding ‘Woodland History Detectives’ on here might like this online talk I’m giving for the fab D&G Woodlands organisation on Tues 26th Nov. More info and booking link below (free event) 🌳💚 fienta.com/woodland-his...

My first Bluesky post! As a forest scientist exploring human-forest connections, I thought I’d start by sharing the Jizo we saw while hiking Mount Hakodate, Hokkaido. Bodhisattva Jizo protect trails, travellers, and ease the suffering of all sentient beings, especially those in the realms of hell.