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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Gone with the #wind: 🌬️the #fireweed 🌸(Epilobium angustifolium) produces >100,000 #seeds that are passively transported over many kilometers. As a pioneer species it colonises bare ground, such as after a fire🔥and can form dense stands.

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/...

Florian Altermatt@florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 3mo ago

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!

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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#Research and #innovation depends on good ideas, but also on #funding to turn these into reality. I am thus very grateful to Schweizerischer Nationalfonds SNF for supporting our project "#BioTesselate: Projecting the #Human #Impact on #Biodiversity". 🌎 🐜 🦠 🦐 🦀 🏭 🎣 🧪

Original publication: 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... With on Bluesky: @florianaltermatt.bsky.social @tiannapeller.bsky.social @rosiecblackman.bsky.social @kirschdo.bsky.social @ericcapo12.bsky.social @ceciliabarouillet.bsky.social @romanalther.bsky.social

The global human impact on biodiversity - Nature

Key measures of biodiversity were quantified and found to be affected by human pressures that shifted community composition and decreased local diversity across terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecos...

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I wrote a short blog post 🗒️ about this figure and the odd excitement of seeing years of work suddenly become visible. 🔗 www.pieceofk.fr/stacked-evid...

Stacked evidence

This week marks one year since the publication of our paper on the global human impact on biodiversity1. In that study, we brought together a very large body of ecological evidence to ask a broad q…

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Give #time ⏳ to #Meta-#Ecosystem 🍂 🍃 🌊 #Ecology! Interested in integration of a temporal dimension in meta-ecosystem research? Join our session (#13) at #NSO-#GFÖ conference in Odense, Denmark, Sep. 13–17 2026. Abstract submission: nordicsocietyoikos.glueup.com/event/joint-...