Hi #dendrometer community! 🌳 The #GlobalDendrometerNetwork website is live: globaldendro.org 📣Join our meeting on 29 May, 10:00 CEST to discuss the global metadata call, website & updates. 📧No invite but want to attend? ☎️Get in touch! @globaldendro.bsky.social #forestmonitoring

📣 #Dendrometer community! We’re building an International Dendrometer Network 🌍 Join our mailing list for updates on activities, data calls & collaboration opportunities: 👉 forms.gle/gcnhXBjpmgEb... First online meeting this Friday—join us! 🌲🌳 #TreeGrowth

🌿The lab is glad to share a new paper, led by Daniela Dalmonech! Mediterranean forests can look green and productive from satellite imagery, while trees are actually struggling to grow. Canopy greening masks hidden vulnerability under climate change. 🌳@ddalmo.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...

New study published! 🌍Climate change is reshaping European forests, conifers losing ground to broadleaved species. By the end of the century, dominant species could shift dramatically. 🌳Forests aren't just responding to climate change. They're being reshaped by it. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Loss of competitive strength in European conifer species under climate change - Communications Earth & Environment

Climate-driven shifts in competitive strength show declining dominance of evergreen conifers and rising competitiveness of broadleaved species across Europe, based on a deep-learning meta-model traine...

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Not every day you get to share a paper published in @science.org . Yesterday “Climate change will increase forest disturbances in Europe throughout the 21st century” was published. In short: wildfires, windstorms and insect outbreaks are projected to increase across Europe as the climate warms 🌍🌲

Rupert Seidl@rupertseidl.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The future of Europe’s forest disturbance regimes– a thread. Tl, dr: Disturbances from wildfire, bark beetles & wind will continue to increase in the coming decades. Under unabated climate change disturbances could more than double by 2100. New paper out in @science.org doi.org/10.1126/scie...

🌲𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓! A new study shows that in Italian black pine forests, moderate thinning best balances wood production with key ecosystem services like carbon storage, soil protection & recreational value. Read more👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...?

Enhancing ecosystem service provision through the silvicultural management of European black pine stands from afforestation and reforestation in Italy - Journal of Forestry Research

Afforestation and reforestation, when aligned with site-specific ecological and socioeconomic conditions, can enhance ecosystem functions and services (ESs). In the Mediterranean, European black pine ...

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#EGU26 abstract submission is still open! You can submit your abstract until 15. January 2026 here: www.egu26.eu/session/56353

Daniela Dalmonech @ddalmo.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🌱𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 - 𝗘𝗚𝗨 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲! 🌍 Interested in agroforestry, water, and carbon cycles? 💧 HS10.16 – 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 & 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒚𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒔 📅 𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝟏𝟓 𝐉𝐚𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 Submit here 👉 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...

🌱𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 - 𝗘𝗚𝗨 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲! 🌍 Interested in agroforestry, water, and carbon cycles? 💧 HS10.16 – 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 & 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒚𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒔 📅 𝐀𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝟏𝟓 𝐉𝐚𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 Submit here 👉 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...

New paper! 🌳 iWUE in a beech forest shows no big differences across silvicultural treatments, but rises ~20% by 2050 under climate change. At this site, climate—not management—drives future iWUE. doi.org/10.1007/s116...

Out today in JAMES!! Parameter Estimation in Land Surface Models: Challenges and Opportunities With Data Assimilation and Machine Learning doi.org/10.1029/2024... led by Nina Raoult, Natalie Douglas, @janasknits.bsky.social, @tquaife.bsky.social, me, and an awesome team of folks in the community 1/2

Parameter Estimation in Land Surface Models: Challenges and Opportunities With Data Assimilation and Machine Learning

Data assimilation (DA) has been shown to be a powerful tool for reducing land surface model (LSM) parametric uncertainty Machine learning can facilitate parameter estimation by enhancing computat...

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New study out of our laboratory! First-ever national scale study using NFI plots and the process based forest model 3D-CMCC-FEM in Italy! A great work lead by my colleague Elia Vangi.

Forest Modelling Laboratory@for-mod-lab.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🌲 Forests breathe, grow, and mitigate climate change! 🌍 First-ever national-scale study using NFI plots in Italy with 3D-CMCC-FEM shows how forests manage carbon and respond to climate change. Essential insights for policymakers & forest managers. 📖 Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

⚒️ Article: The onset of Southern Ocean convection following a slowing of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation during Heinrich Events can help explain rapid CO2 increases and Antarctic warming during these events @pik-potsdam.bsky.social‬ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Happy to share our latest study!

Forest Modelling Laboratory@for-mod-lab.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🌍 Study the past to understand future trajectories! A new Nature Geoscience study (PIK Potsdam, co-auth. Daniela Dalmonech from For.Mod.Lab) shows how a bipolar convection seesaw may recur if the AMOC weakens under climate change. 🌡️🌊 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I normally post on climate science, which is my expertise. But this is too important to look away, so I want to share this from the Washington Post. Please read. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Column | As Gaza starves, Israel’s far right sees a dream coming true

Members of Israel’s government embrace the Trump-inspired vision of a Gaza of gleaming towers, ritzy tourism and pristine neighborhoods, but without Palestinians.

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Come work with us! We are looking to fill a PhD (mountain forest management) and PostDoc position (forest adaptive capacity, w/ @juditlecinadiaz.bsky.social). We'd be happy to have you as part of our dynamic team! PhD: www.lss.ls.tum.de/fileadmin/w0... PostDoc: www.lss.ls.tum.de/fileadmin/w0...

🆕 Exciting news: the model just got a major upgrade in accessibility! Say hello to R3DFEM—a new open-source R package that makes this powerful forest simulator much easier to use: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @ale-collalti.bsky.social , @ddalmo.bsky.social

R3DFEM: an R package for running the 3D-CMCC-FEM model - Earth Science Informatics

Forest ecosystems account for about one-third of the Earth’s land area, and monitoring their structure and dynamics is essential for understanding the land’s carbon cycle and its role in the greenhous...

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New review in 𝐶𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠 @springernature.com explores how forest growth models tackle the complex carbon source–sink feedback under climate change. 📄Paper Open-access: link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧠Behind the paper: communities.springernature.com/posts/modeli...

Modeling Forest Growth in a Changing Climate: Addressing the "Chicken-and-Egg" Paradox of Cause and Consequence

A recent article published in Current Forestry Reports offers a comprehensive review of both established and emerging theories for modeling growth in forest ecosystems, with particular emphasis on the...

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🌳🌏As Europe moves forward on its #climate & sustainability journey, forest-related policies & management practices need to evolve.🤝 This is the shared objective of three Horizon Europe projects 👉 forestpaths.eu/storage/app/... @forestpaths.eu #EUforestprojects #climatechange #forestresearch

Want to see something really insane? Look at this website for USGS's Water Science Centers and Regions and see how many of their directors have "Former Employee" after their names. Everyone's gone! My best friend from grad school was one of them. Who's monitoring floods, droughts, etc?

Water Science Centers and Regions

A list of all of the USGS Water Resources Mission Area Science Centers and regions, hubs for critical water science funded by Federal, State, and other partners and stakeholders located throughout the...

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🌍Big news from the forest front! The #OptFor-EU project, featuring insights from Alessio Collalti, is in #HorizonMagazine, showcasing how science is helping Europe’s forests adapt to climate change! 📖 Read more: projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/horizon-m... @ale-collalti.bsky.social

Guardians of the glades: protecting Europe’s forests against climate change

The Făgăraș Mountains in southern Romania are home to one of Europe’s few remaining primary old-growth forests. These forests are still untouched by human activity and boast a rich variety of trees, f...

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Excited to share that our new paper “Summer 2024 in northern Fennoscandia was very likely the warmest in 2000 years” has been published in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science! See the open-access paper from doi.org/10.1038/s416... Short thread 👇

Summer 2024 in northern Fennoscandia was very likely the warmest in 2000 years - npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science - Summer 2024 in northern Fennoscandia was very likely the warmest in 2000 years

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Every time I check my phone or simply refresh my social media feed, someone is sharing about an educational program or critical scientific research effort that is being cut. It’s infuriating and so upsetting. We need to continue making people and communities aware of what is happening.

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

Fully funded PhD in Plant Ecophysiology at UBC in Vancouver 🍁! Possible topics include leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimates, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology & more. Start Jan/May/Sept 2026. michaletzlab.org Please share! #PlantEcoPhys #Ecology #Botany #PhDposition #GradSchool

Arctic update for Mar. 1, 2025: Arctic sea-ice extent set a record daily low every day in February and is poised to set an all-time record low maximum this month.

I never expected this to be applicable again.

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 2y ago

Advertise your account with just one image.

Interesting work by van der Meersch et al. out in Ecology Letters, nicely illustrating that process-based models are more robust than correlative models for predicting species distributions under novel climatic conditions doi.org/10.1111/ele....

Paleorecords Reveal Biological Mechanisms Crucial for Reliable Species Range Shift Projections Amid Rapid Climate Change

Climate change has created an urgent need for reliable projections of species distributions. By hindcasting forest tree range shifts across Europe over the last 12,000 years, we show that process-exp...

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Important piece on the role of Ockham's razor in the modern world of scientific modeling in @pnas.org. Conclusion: Complex models can be quite useful, and parsimony and complexity can complement each other in helping us to gain new insights! doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Is Ockham’s razor losing its edge? New perspectives on the principle of model parsimony | PNAS

The preference for simple explanations, known as the parsimony principle, has long guided the development of scientific theories, hypotheses, and m...

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I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky

Alessandro Rigolon@alerigolon.bsky.social · 2y ago

Just received an email saying that it's not advisable to include the following words in future applications for research funding to the US DOT. Here we are.

How do forest harvesting regimes really look across Europe? Working with forestry inventories from 11 countries @ssuvanto.bsky.social quantifies how probability and intensity of harvest events actually vary across the continent agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....