Robert G. Björk
@robertgbjork.bsky.social
Arctic ecologist in APE@GU with focus on plant-soil interactions. Professor in Ecosystem Science at University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪.
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📢 We're recruiting! The University of Gothenburg, 🇸🇪, seeks an outstanding researcher in Geology through the Gothenburg Global Scholars Initiative, www.gu.se/en/gothenbur.... Please share and encourage top candidates to apply. 🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103... #Geology #AcademicJobs #Geoscience
Assistant Professor in Geology
The Department of Earth Sciences has approximately 75 employees working across the fields of Geology,
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📢 We're recruiting! The University of Gothenburg, 🇸🇪, seeks an outstanding researcher in Geology through the Gothenburg Global Scholars Initiative, www.gu.se/en/gothenbur.... Please share and encourage top candidates to apply. 🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103... #Geology #AcademicJobs #Geoscience
Assistant Professor in Geology
The Department of Earth Sciences has approximately 75 employees working across the fields of Geology,
web103.reachmee.com
Det är 170 år sedan Eunice Foote visade att CO₂ värmer luft, 165 år sedan John Tyndall förklarade mekanismen och 130 år sedan Svante Arrhenius beräknade klimatpåverkan. Få vetenskapliga insikter har prövats så länge och så grundligt, ändå lever klimatförnekelsen kvar. 🏴👇 www.dn.se/ledare/isobe...
Isobel Hadley-Kamptz: Den tysta majoriteten går ut på gatorna – men vill någon lyssna?
Det är något särskilt med klimatet.
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Det är 170 år sedan Eunice Foote visade att CO₂ värmer luft, 165 år sedan John Tyndall förklarade mekanismen och 130 år sedan Svante Arrhenius beräknade klimatpåverkan. Få vetenskapliga insikter har prövats så länge och så grundligt, ändå lever klimatförnekelsen kvar. 🏴👇 www.dn.se/ledare/isobe...
Isobel Hadley-Kamptz: Den tysta majoriteten går ut på gatorna – men vill någon lyssna?
Det är något särskilt med klimatet.
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What *actually* works — right here, right now — to address climate change? Here you go. This is the result of thousands of hours of painstaking research and analysis from the Project Drawdown team.
New publication: Highly resolved projections of climate and vegetation indicate major changes in northern Scandinavia: Implications for reindeer herding, tourism and nature conservation Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Highly resolved projections of climate and vegetation indicate major changes in northern Scandinavia: Implications for reindeer herding, tourism and nature conservation - Ambio
Through Arctic amplification, global climate change is projected to disproportionally affect high-latitude environments. Additionally, the geographical heterogeneity and complex terrain of mountains p...
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🚨 New Ambio study led greatly by Håkan Pleijel within the @biodiversa.eu project BioDiv‑Support: Northern Scandinavia is heading for major climate & ecosystem shifts 🌡️🌲. High‑resolution models reveal big impacts on 🦌 reindeer herding, 🎿 tourism & 🌿 conservation 🔗https://rdcu.be/fkiYw Thread 👇🧵
Highly resolved projections of climate and vegetation indicate major changes in northern Scandinavia: Implications for reindeer herding, tourism and nature conservation
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🚨 New Ambio study led greatly by Håkan Pleijel within the @biodiversa.eu project BioDiv‑Support: Northern Scandinavia is heading for major climate & ecosystem shifts 🌡️🌲. High‑resolution models reveal big impacts on 🦌 reindeer herding, 🎿 tourism & 🌿 conservation 🔗https://rdcu.be/fkiYw Thread 👇🧵
Highly resolved projections of climate and vegetation indicate major changes in northern Scandinavia: Implications for reindeer herding, tourism and nature conservation
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Nice to see our work being appreciated by readers of the Journal of Biogeography 🌿😊 Big thanks to Cassandra Elphinstone for leading this work so brilliantly—sharing the paper again! 🔬 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/K8VB6P...
Had a fantastic time with an amazing group of students at our 'Earth Systems: Field Course'! 🌍🎒 A huge thanks to the Navarino Environmental Observatory (NEO) for hosting us in this incredible environment. Check out the course here: www.gu.se/en/study-got... #EarthScience #FieldWork #MasterStudents
Had a fantastic time with an amazing group of students at our 'Earth Systems: Field Course'! 🌍🎒 A huge thanks to the Navarino Environmental Observatory (NEO) for hosting us in this incredible environment. Check out the course here: www.gu.se/en/study-got... #EarthScience #FieldWork #MasterStudents
A busy Friday at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social! 🎤 Thrilled to discuss Arctic ecosystems and herbivores this morning. I’ll be switching roles in the afternoon to join the grading committee for Marianne Stoessel’s thesis on the mountain tundra. Such vital topics for our changing world! 🦌✨ #AcademicLife
Unexpected Climate Signal from the Arctic: Increased Methane Uptake 📽️ buff.ly/V1757gO 📄 buff.ly/321Omkf @matsbjorkman.bsky.social @robertgbjork.bsky.social @beccsweden.bsky.social
Unexpected Climate Signal from the Arctic: Increased Methane Uptake
In the warming Arctic, changes in vegetation are altering how methane moves between land and atmosphere. At a long-term research site near Abisko in northern Sweden, researcher Mats Björkman and…
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Big news! 📣 Our @oikosjournal.bsky.social paper led by @juanignacioramirez.bsky.social is officially a 2025 Top Cited Paper! Honored to be part of this team. 🥂 Dive into the research here: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/8YCV93... #TopCited #OikosJournal #Reindeer #Herbivory #Arctic
📢New paper! Long-term warming boosts CH₄ oxidation in dry tundra and cuts emissions in tussock tundra — driven by vegetation shifts and soil aeration. Huge thanks to @matsbjorkman.bsky.social for leading this work! 🙌🌟 @globalchangebio.bsky.social #Latnjajaure onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/6YA9GK...
Increased CH4 Oxidation in Arctic Tundra Ecosystems Caused by Vegetation‐Mediated Soil Drying
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📢New paper! Long-term warming boosts CH₄ oxidation in dry tundra and cuts emissions in tussock tundra — driven by vegetation shifts and soil aeration. Huge thanks to @matsbjorkman.bsky.social for leading this work! 🙌🌟 @globalchangebio.bsky.social #Latnjajaure onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/6YA9GK...
Increased CH4 Oxidation in Arctic Tundra Ecosystems Caused by Vegetation‐Mediated Soil Drying
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Debatt. Systemet med forskningsanslag leder till att tusentals timmar ägnas åt bortkastat arbete. Det är dags att pytsa ut mer pengar direkt till universiteten. www.dn.se/kultur/rikar...
Rikard Hjorth Warlenius: Därför tvingas svenska forskare ägna sig åt bortkastat arbete
Systemet med forskningsanslag leder till att tusentals timmar ägnas åt bortkastat arbete, skriver Rikard Hjorth Warlenius.
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Society publishers are learned societies publishing research for their scholarly communities. At the NSO, publishing is mission-driven: we reinvest in our members, support their research through our journals and uphold research integrity. 🌿🔬 #SocietyPublishing #OpenScience
🎉 Our paper is now officially included in the journal issue! 🔗 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Even better — it’s selected as Editor’s Choice ✨ Well done and well deserved, @colebrachmann.bsky.social👏 #Arctic #Research #EditorsChoice #GlobalChange #Biodiversity #Fungi #Mycorrhiza
Impacts of large herbivores on mycorrhizal fungal communities across the Arctic
Mycorrhizal fungi play an integral role in nutrient and carbon cycling in soils, which may be especially important in the Arctic, one of the world's most soil carbon-rich regions. Large mammalian her...
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🌍 Berkeley Earth’s 2025 Global Temperature Report is out. 2025 was the 3rd warmest year on record. Annual global temperature reached 1.44 ± 0.09°C above the pre-industrial baseline; 770 million people experienced locally record-warm annual conditions. Full report: berkeleyearth.org/global-tempe...
Global Temperature Report for 2025 - Berkeley Earth
2025 was the 3rd warmest year on Earth since direct observations began, and recent warming appears to be moving faster than expected.
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The global warming trend continued in 2025. Each of the past 11 years (2015–2025) has been among the 11 warmest on record. Explore more data from #CopernicusClimate in the Global Climate Highlights 2025. #GCH2025 🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima... @ecmwf.int
Great article on the threats facing the Scandinavian tundra 🌍❄️ (in Swedish). Proud to have contributed with background insights! 🙌 #ClimateChange #Tundra www.dn.se/sverige/fakt...
Fakta i frågan: Är de svenska fjällen på väg att försvinna?
Klimatförändringar, minskande snötäcken och pressade arter förändrar den svenska fjällvärlden.
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Climate change has already reshaped the bioclimatic space of extreme events in the Arctic 🌐❄️ Arctic biodiversity has entered a new era of bioclimatic extremes w/ more droughts, greater winter-warming 📈 & more rain-on-snow events 💧❄️ shorturl.at/pQsVP Just published in Science Advances ⬇️
A new era of bioclimatic extremes in the terrestrial Arctic
Long-term climate data suggest that the Arctic is entering a new era of bioclimatic extremes threatening cold ecosystems.
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Love seeing @plosclimate.org highlighting our Browning review in their #PLOSClimateCountdown.
PLOS Climate@plosclimate.org · 10mo agoOn day 4 of our #PLOSClimateCountdown, we're highlighting a Review article by @garethphoenix.bsky.social and colleagues: "Browning events in Arctic ecosystems: Diverse causes with common consequences" 🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
🚨New paper in @ecography.bsky.social! First Pan-Arctic study on how large herbivore exclusion shapes mycorrhizal fungi, brilliantly led by @colebrachmann.bsky.social. Key insight: AM fungi—often overlooked in Arctic research—respond most strongly to herbivory while EcM and ErM vary locally. Thread 👇
Impacts of large herbivores on mycorrhizal fungal communities across the Arctic
Mycorrhizal fungi play an integral role in nutrient and carbon cycling in soils, which may be especially important in the Arctic, one of the world's most soil carbon-rich regions. Large mammalian her...
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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
Doctoral Programme grant within Polar Research
The Swedish Research Council has decided on the applications to be awarded Doctoral programme grant within polar research. Our total grant amount for 2025-2028 is nearly 40 million SEK.
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🚨New paper in @ecography.bsky.social! First Pan-Arctic study on how large herbivore exclusion shapes mycorrhizal fungi, brilliantly led by @colebrachmann.bsky.social. Key insight: AM fungi—often overlooked in Arctic research—respond most strongly to herbivory while EcM and ErM vary locally. Thread 👇
Impacts of large herbivores on mycorrhizal fungal communities across the Arctic
Mycorrhizal fungi play an integral role in nutrient and carbon cycling in soils, which may be especially important in the Arctic, one of the world's most soil carbon-rich regions. Large mammalian her...
nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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
Doctoral Programme grant within Polar Research
The Swedish Research Council has decided on the applications to be awarded Doctoral programme grant within polar research. Our total grant amount for 2025-2028 is nearly 40 million SEK.
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