Florian Altermatt
@florianaltermatt.bsky.social
Full Professor of Aquatic Ecology University Zurich & @eawag.bsky.social | Kuratorium Forum Biodiversity | Founding Director https://biodiversitaet.uzh.ch/en.html | all & beyond #biodiversity, #eDNA & #AquaticEcology | Like=interesting www.altermattlab.ch
#Riparian land use reduces multitrophic #community #stability in #rivers 🐟🐠🌍🌐. In #GlobalChangeBiology by Feilong Li et al. dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... 🚜 🏙️ We combined #eDNA 🧬 metabarcoding across a river network to analyze land use intensification on biodiversity and community stability.📈 🧵1/5
N-SDM 2.0: a reengineered #software with extended features for nested #species #distribution #modelling 🪲 🦫 🐟 🌳 📈 🌍 🌐 #SDM just out in @ecography.bsky.social: led by Antoine Adde, the popular N-SDM software has been reengineered: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
A functional-trophic pathway links #riparian #land use intensification to #riverine #community stability: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🐟 🦠🦟📈 Intensive land use is transforming 🔄 #river 🌊 corridors #worldwide 🌍 🌐, with agricultural 🚜 and urban 🏙️ land use intensification being most prominent. 🧵1/4
Europe's Summer of Reckoning is "Just the Beginning": Article in @nytimes.com with statements from J. Rockström, @frediotto.bsky.social & myself. We should realise that such extreme summers will get even worse if we continue to burn fossil fuels. @usyseth.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/w...
Europe’s Summer of Reckoning Is ‘Just the Beginning’
The continent is experiencing some of its biggest fires and highest temperatures ever. Residents are fleeing, leaders are struggling to respond and “it will get worse,” one climate expert said.
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Green roofs differ from ground-level habitats in terms of biodiversity. This can help to boost biodiversity in cities. 🌱🪱 https://f.mtr.cool/rvuvszuipu @florianaltermatt.bsky.social @laurenmcook.bsky.social @kperrelet.bsky.social
Green roofs provide additional habitats
Green roofs differ from ground-level habitats in terms of biodiversity. This can help to boost biodiversity in cities.
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I am #hiring! In my group 📍Universität Zürich | University of Zurich & Eawag I have #two open #Postdoc #Positions, with application deadlines in early August 2026. 🧬 🦐 🐠🌐🌍 Here a quick reminder & 🧵with all details, thanks for 🔄 redistributing to interested candidates.
#Cross-#ecosystem #biodiversity action is systemically #overlooked in biodiversity #policy and treaties⚖️: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 🌐 🌍 🎯 🦐 🍃 #IPBES #BiodiversityPolicy #GBF #KunmingMontreal 🧵1/8
#Cross-#ecosystem #biodiversity action is systemically #overlooked in biodiversity #policy and treaties⚖️: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 🌐 🌍 🎯 🦐 🍃 #IPBES #BiodiversityPolicy #GBF #KunmingMontreal 🧵1/8
#Postdoc #Position opening up in my group: Developing Analytical #Pipelines and #Analyses to Survey #Invasive Alien #Species in Aquatic Systems using #eDNA (2 years) 🧬 📈 ❗ 🦐 🦀 🐠 🌍🌐❗ #JobOpening 🎯 apply.refline.ch/673277/1364/... 📍 Apply now & thx for spreading the word (deadline Aug 14th)
#Postdoc #position (3 years) in spatial #genomics of aquatic #invertebrates opening up in my group. 🧬 🦐 🥼 🧑💻 ❗ More info: apply.refline.ch/673277/1363/... The project aims to establish & analyse #genomic #diversity of aquatic invertebrates (EPT & Amphipods) in a spatially explicit approach. 🌍 🌐 📈
A global analysis of fish biodiversity using environmental DNA reveals how human activity and climate influence biodiversity patterns in river ecosystems 🌱💧 www.eawag.ch/en/info/port... @florianaltermatt.bsky.social
Environmental DNA Reveals Impact of Climate and Humans on Global River Fish Biodiversity
A global analysis of fish biodiversity using environmental DNA (eDNA) reveals how human activity and climate influence biodiversity patterns in river ecosystems. An international research team led by ...
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Unified analysis of #global 🌐 🌍 #riverine #eDNA 🧬 reveals common associations of #fish #biodiversity 🐟 🐠 with drainage characteristics. Out now @natecoevo.nature.com : www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵1/6
Interested in #SpeciesDistributionModelling? Then this is of interest to you: The N-SDM software has been reengineered with extended features for nested #species #distribution modelling. #SDM Just out in Ecography Journal: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #AntoineAdde et al. 🌍🌐
#eDNA in biodiversity, a whole morning on eDNA ahead in Davos #WBF2026 introduced by @florianaltermatt.bsky.social #consgen
💧 Les #eaux souterraines sont notre principale ressource d'eau potable, mais aussi des #écosystèmes encore largement méconnus. M.Knüsel, @romanalther.bsky.social et @florianaltermatt.bsky.social appellent à un suivi biologique dans #HOTSPOT 53 👉 biodiversite.scnat.ch/id/J53dp @eawag.bsky.social
💧 #Grundwasser ist nicht nur unsere wichtigste Trinkwasserressource, sondern auch ein wenig erforschter #Lebensraum. M.Knüsel, @romanalther.bsky.social und @florianaltermatt.bsky.social fordern ein biologisches Monitoring in #HOTSPOT 53 👉 biodiversitaet.scnat.ch/id/J53dp @eawag.bsky.social
Assistant Professor position available at Stanford University, in any area of Earth System Science. Apply by October 1, 2026. facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth System Science - Stanford University, California, United States
The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Earth System Science (https://earthsystemscience.stanford.edu). Ea...
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Explore titles from our new imprint Island Press—many of which are now 50% off through June 9th with code SPRING50! Find them here: press.princeton.edu/imprints/isl... Some exclusions apply. @islandpress.bsky.social @taralohan.bsky.social
A year ago we published our perspective "Utilizing aquatic #environmental #DNA 🧬 to address #global 🌍 🌐 #biodiversity 🦐 🐟 🦠 targets 🎯 " in Nature Reviews Biodiversity: www.nature.com/articles/s44... 1/10🧵
To my big surprise, there was no amphipod simulation game. 🦐🍃🌐 With #EvaCereghetti, we fixed this using fresh science from the lab 🔬🧪(cc @florianaltermatt.bsky.social ). Try it out now: amphipodfeast.francoiskeck.fr #AcademicSky #SciComm #GameDev
Open #PhD #position on “Projecting the #human #impact on #biodiversity” (fully funded 4 years position) in my group @University Zurich & @eawag.bsky.social 🌐 🌍 📈 🦀 🐟 🌳 All #details & application instructions 🎯: apply.refline.ch/673277/1356/... ❗Thx for spreading the word / apply now!
Highly interesting & relevant lecture on "Taking the Pulse of the #Earth" by Johan Rockström & Millie Chapman. Yes, #planetary 🌍🌐situation is grim and humanity must act to avoid catastrophic outcomes by all means. We are at the brink of leaving the holocene safe space. 1/2 #CoalitionOfTheWilling
New paper: "From #proteins to species #ranges: a framework for understanding #thermal #adaptation during range expansions" led by @saismit.bsky.social doi.org/10.1098/rspb... @isemevol.bsky.social @royalsociety.org @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social
From proteins to species ranges: a framework for understanding thermal adaptation during range expansions
Abstract. Traditionally, ecological factors have been the primary focus of species distribution studies, but recent work emphasizes the importance of rapid
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I’m super happy to share that we’re looking for a PhD student to join us! It’s an exciting project and a great opportunity to work together on big questions about biodiversity and human impacts. Come work with us! and please share with people who might be interested 👉 m.refline.ch/673277/1356/...
PhD position “Projecting the Human Impact on Biodiversity” (4 years position)
The Altermatt lab at the Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies of University of Zurich and the Department of Aquatic Ecology of Eawag have a vacancy for a
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Florian Altermatt@florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 5mo agoOpen #PhD #position on “Projecting the #human #impact on #biodiversity” (fully funded 4 years position) in my group @University Zurich & @eawag.bsky.social 🌐 🌍 📈 🦀 🐟 🌳 All #details & application instructions 🎯: apply.refline.ch/673277/1356/... ❗Thx for spreading the word / apply now!
Open #PhD #position on “Projecting the #human #impact on #biodiversity” (fully funded 4 years position) in my group @University Zurich & @eawag.bsky.social 🌐 🌍 📈 🦀 🐟 🌳 All #details & application instructions 🎯: apply.refline.ch/673277/1356/... ❗Thx for spreading the word / apply now!
Local #resource availability and #subsidy flow mediate the effects of #disturbances in meta-ecosystems. 🌐 🌍 Out now: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Effective #biodiversity 🐟 🐠 🤝 policy making depends on #comparable and #generalisable data. We demonstrate how #eDNA 🧬 is empowering 💪 🌍 🌐 global biodiversity analyses. 1/8
Effekte von #invasiven #Arten über #Ökosystemgrenzen hinweg 🦀 🌸 ↔️ : Ein Bericht von @marlenawegner in #Natur.de über das Drüsige #Springkraut und unsere Forschung, wie invasive Arten ökosystem-übergreifende Effekte haben. Artikel: www.wissenschaft.de/naturplus/in...
Invasiv: Das Drüsige Springkraut
Es ist groß, wächst schnell und verdrängt die Pflanzenvielfalt an Fluss- und Bachufern. Doch das Drüsige Springkraut bringt auch im Wasser die Nahrungskette
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