Antoine Cabon
@acabon.bsky.social
Researching tree physiology and forest carbon sequestration at CSIC, ES
Another reason why cities should develop bike infrastructures: it simply makes economical sense!
Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 6d ago“According to the finance ministry’s calculations, the cost to society of trips by car is close to one euro/km. On the other hand, every km travelled by bike yields societal gains of 60 euro cents thanks to the health benefits of cycling, transport efficiency gains, & lower infrastructure spending.”
Your periodic reminder that cities aren’t loud. Cars are loud.
Tendencia para el trimestre julio-agosto-septiembre. 🌡️ Muy alta probabilidad de que sea más cálido de lo normal en todo el país (60 a 70 %) frente a que sea más frío (10 %) ➡️ Predominarán, por tanto, los episodios de calor intenso frente a períodos más suaves. 1/2
This is why cities need trees. Hard surfaces and parked cars can reach extreme temperatures, while shaded grass and tree-covered areas stay dramatically cooler. This is the urban heat island effect in one image: hard surfaces absorb and radiate heat, while vegetation and shade reduce it.
Don’t forget what REALLY “drives” a lot of regional growth and infrastructure politics. It’s pretty much this. Great drawing via Ian Lockwood.
Science named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year. Learn more about last year's #BOTY on #WorldEnvironmentDay: https://scim.ag/4pbMoAv
La exposición a corto plazo a la contaminación atmosférica mata 150,000 personas al año en Europa, SEIS VECES más que los accidentes de trafico. Los números se disparan en el sur.
Nature Portfolio@natureportfolio.nature.com · 2mo agoShort-term exposure to the air pollutants PM2.5, PM10, nitrogen dioxide and ozone was associated with increased mortality in an analysis of 88.8 million deaths in 653 European regions, with differences between sexes and countries, according to a paper in Nature Health. go.nature.com/4eU6bTA 🧪
🍼Greenpeace alerta: hasta 11.000 partículas de microplástico por ración en comida para bebés de Nestlé y Danone. ✍🏻 @pablorcebo.bsky.social https://elsal.to/48011
When it comes to the energy transition I'm a glass half full person. I know: plenty of people would say that's terribly naive. They point to the scale of the challenge. They point to vested interests. They point to hard-to-abate sectors. And they're not wrong. But here's what they miss. 🧵
El viaje de las gomillas de plastico, desde el super al estómago de las aves ☹️ en esta egagropila de cigueña identifico toda la variedad de gomillas que observé ayer en la fruteria. No deberia ser tan dificil encontrar soluciones mas sostenibles…
“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.” #Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.
Copenhagen has taken bicycle commuting to a whole new level
Cycling has been a part of that good life in Copenhagen for decades. In recent years, it has enjoyed yet another unfathomable surge in popularity — taken to the next level thanks to constantly improvi...
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💫💥 Desgranando Ciencia, una actividad que los granadinos y granadinas han disfrutado durante una década, evoluciona para convertirse en Desgranando FEST, un formato más ambicioso, abierto y territorial que se celebrará del 18 al 26 de abril por toda la provincia de Granada
🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪
Datacentres now account for 7% of US electricity demand. What will the next ten years look like?
📢El #CSIC convoca 441 becas #JAE_Intro_ICU destinadas a estudiantes de grado y máster interesados en iniciarse en la investigación científica 🗓️El primer plazo está abierto hasta el 10 de marzo ➡️Más información: http://tiny.cc/n9qy001 ➡️Convocatoria: https://sede.csic.gob.es/icu2026
Last Wednesday, the village of Grazalema (southern Spain, 900 m altitude) received 577 mm of rain in one day: the second highest ever recorded in Spain, only behind the deadly downpour in the Valencia region of 29 October 2024. malagaldia.es/2026/02/06/g...
Grazalema sufrió el segundo día más lluvioso jamás registrado en España, según la Aemet - malagaldia.es
La Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (Aemet) activó el aviso rojo -peligro extraordinario- el miércoles por lluvias muy abundantes en zonas de Cádiz (Grazalema
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📣 Busco a un estudiante de grado o master interesado/a en el funcionamiento de los arboles para solicitar una beca de iniciación a la investigación que mi grupo en la EEZ-CSIC (Granada) tiene preconcedida. 📣 ¡Gracias por difundir! Aquí más info: sede.csic.gob.es/tramites/pro...
#TansleyInsight | Distal to proximal: a continuum of drivers shaping tree growth and carbon partitioning @acabon.bsky.social 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue #PlantScience #TansleyMedal
For the first time, independent monitoring data from #ICOSCities confirms that GHG emissions in Paris have decreased by 25% in the last decade, aligning almost perfectly with the 26% CO₂ reduction reported by Airparif (2015–2022). 👉 Read more in FLUXES: www.icos-cp.eu/fluxes/4/det...
[1/2] 📢 GLAMOS @scnat.ch press release out today: Swiss glaciers lost another 3% of their volume in 2025, the 4th-largest decline ever measured. In just 10 years, they’ve lost a quarter of their ice mass. Over 1k small glaciers have already vanished. 🔗 to press release: scnat.ch/en/uuid/i/9d...
45 ships of the Global Sumud Flotilla are approaching Gaza ... "We need your eyes & your pressure on international institutions to keep everyone safe and to help us achieve our goal of breaking the siege and opening a humanitarian corridor." globalsumudflotilla.org @freedomflotilla.bsky.social
La asociación @sciencequeers.bsky.social busca ponentes su evento #OrgullEnCiències, que se celebrará en noviembre en Mataró y en Barcelona. Aceptan propuestas hasta el 10 de octubre.
Climate change is reshaping forest growth 🌳🌡️💧 Water and temperature control growth timing. Warmer winters make some species start growing earlier. Hot, dry summers may shorten growing seasons. New paper out @globalchangebio.bsky.social led by a former PhD student @csic.es shorturl.at/5Gn8a
Long‐Term Cambial Phenology Reveals Diverging Growth Responses of Two Tree Species in a Mixed Forest Under Climate Change
We studied how climate change affects tree growth by monitoring wood formation in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and Pyrenean oak (Quercus pyrenaica) over 11 years. We found that warmer winters lead t...
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Maybe the land carbon sink is weaker than we thought. Big implications: "A lower-than-expected land carbon sink would also imply that the land biosphere may be closer to transitioning from a net carbon sink to a net source than current models predict" Randerson et al. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The weak land carbon sink hypothesis
Satellite-derived time series of vegetation carbon do not support a strong Northern Hemisphere net land carbon sink.
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✨ Paper spotlight ✨ (🧵 1/5) Distal to proximal: a continuum of drivers shaping tree growth and carbon partitioning doi.org/10.1111/nph....
🌳 New Tansley Insight! What really limits tree growth—carbon source or sink? 🤔 I argue it’s not either/or but a distal → proximal continuum: from photosynthesis to transport and cell division, drivers act together to shape C allocation & growth 🌱🌍 🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.70516
Distal to proximal: a continuum of drivers shaping tree growth and carbon partitioning
The relationship between tree carbon (C) assimilation and growth is central to understanding tree functioning and forecasting forest C sequestration, yet remains unresolved. The long-standing debate ...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
🌳 New Tansley Insight! What really limits tree growth—carbon source or sink? 🤔 I argue it’s not either/or but a distal → proximal continuum: from photosynthesis to transport and cell division, drivers act together to shape C allocation & growth 🌱🌍 🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.70516
Distal to proximal: a continuum of drivers shaping tree growth and carbon partitioning
The relationship between tree carbon (C) assimilation and growth is central to understanding tree functioning and forecasting forest C sequestration, yet remains unresolved. The long-standing debate ...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Our new article is out in @geoderma.bsky.social! Drylands, which cover 40% of Earth’s land, store ~30% of global soil organic carbon. But how do different carbon fractions support ecosystem services under rising aridity? 🏜️ 📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
