Lars Gamfeldt
@gamfeldt.bsky.social
Marine ecologist, interested in biodiversity change and its functional consequences. Much into algae. Professor at University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and coordinate the project KelpIT (@kelpit.bsky.social). Avoids flying. Enjoys music, very much! He/him
Can anyone perhaps share a pdf of the following paper: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Ecological insights from three decades of forest biodiversity experiments - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Experiments manipulating tree species diversity and measuring effects on ecosystem function have been important tools for assessing how biodiverse forests can accumulate biomass, store carbon and help...
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I’m really excited about this paper, which links #seaweed species’ nitrate uptake & photosynthesis rates w/ functional #traits, providing a predictive framework for understanding roles in nutrient cycling & productivity. 🌊🦑🧪📏🌐 @jngriffy.bsky.social @intertidaleco.bsky.social @mle425.bsky.social
Annals of Botany@annbot.bsky.social · 2mo ago🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Seaweed functional traits predict species’ roles in nutrient cycling and primary productivity doi.org/10.1093/aob/... #PlantScience
This is lab policy at @epic-biodiversity.org - the abridged version of our policy on generative AI is "no". This is not a guideline or an aspirational document. It's part of our rules of behavior and good academic conduct. epic-biodiversity.org/generative-ai/
Use of generative artificial intelligence | ÉPICBiodiversity
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Iris van Rooij 💭@irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 3mo agoMeet the academics refusing to use generative AI Researchers say they have their reasons for avoiding AI tools — and they’re sick of arguing about it. www.nature.com/articles/d41... h/t @maartenp.bsky.social
#DefendTheDeep ! 🌊
Current Biology@currentbiology.bsky.social · 3mo agoAs our economic super-organism's appetite for minerals grows, mining the seafloor, an idea from the mid 20th Century, begins to take shape. In this in-depth-review, Adrian Glover and colleagues review the potential impacts of mining on the deep-sea environment. www.cell.com/current-biol...
Interested in algae and ecology? Go read! 🦑🧪
Benedikt Brunner@seaweedben.bsky.social · 5mo agoOur new short communication is out in Aquatic Botany! 🌊 We show how the key canopy-former in the Atlantic, Fucus serratus, shifts its form and function along wave-exposure gradients. #seaweed #rockyshores #marine #ecology #intraspecific #traits doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2026.104021
Rapid melting of Antarctic sea ice largely driven by ocean warming. New important research by from Gothenburg Uni: www.gu.se/en/news/rapi...
Rapid melting of Antarctic sea ice largely driven by ocean warming
Sea ice around Antarctica expanded for several decades until a dramatic decline in 2015. The reasons behind this are revealed by research from the University of Gothenburg.
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The latest European Grassland Butterfly Indicator is out. It shows that grassland butterflies have declined by 47% since 1991, indicating a huge loss of grassland biodiversity. The data come from 16,150 transects & 15,000 volunteers. We are calling for urgent action. www.bc-europe.eu/documents/69...
www.deepseareporter.com/sv/kosterhav... Har du 11 min över idag så ägna dem åt denna film. Lågmäld men slagkraftig information om en marin jätteskandal.
Kosterhavets nationalpark – en papperspark? - Deep Sea Reporter
Deep Sea Reporter granskar bottentrålning i marina skyddade områden – del två.Som nationalpark omfattas Kosterhavet av Sveriges starkaste naturskydd. På pappret. I praktiken pågår omfattande bottentrå...
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Thank God for Bruce youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Jonathan Eisen@phylogenomics.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe ass kissing of Trump by execs of Apple and Amazon and others coupled with ongoing silence from many in the tech and biotech and science areas about ICE and related evil activities is extremely disappointing.
Kiddo’s first randomized controlled blocked design. Gotta start ‘em right.
“[M]otsvarande produktionen från fem kärnkraftsreaktorer”. Alla de organisationer som hajpat användningen av AI i Sverige får hemskt gärna återkomma med en plan på hur detta ska gå ihop med mänskliga elpriser och klimatmål. sverigesradio.se/play/artikel...
Varningen: Stora datacenter kan höja elpriset - Ekot
I år är ansökningarna om stora datacenter i Sverige som vill ansluta sig till elnätet fem gånger högre än förra året.”Vi har ansökningar på över 5000 megawatt ...
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More than a year ago researchers from @hifmb.de and @icbm-uol.bsky.social started to write about different perspectives on marine biodiversity change from natural and social science perspectives. This morphed into a review paper that was published online today link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧪
Towards a broader perspective on marine biodiversity change - Marine Biodiversity
Biodiversity decline jeopardizes the foundation of natural ecosystems and human well-being, a concern that prompted major global agreements aiming to bend the curve towards a net positive biodiversity...
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But what is the environmental status of European waters? Consult the following paper for an overview: 👇 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
GES4SEAS MOOCs@ges4seas-mooc.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 8mo ago👉 The #MarineStrategyFrameworkDirective is one of the #EU’s main tools to protect the marine environment. Its goal? Achieving "Good Environmental Status" of EU seas. 🌍 And the approach? You guessed it ➡️ Ecosystem-based. 🌊 Internationally, #EBM pops up too! […] [Original post on fediscience.org]
Can someone point me to recent papers about the decline, and lack of recovery, for the #kelp Macrocystis in #Tasmania? I have Butler et al 2020 MEPS. #Ocean #warming. #Herbivory. 🧪🦑
A new Nature paper accompanying the Global Carbon Budget finds that the land and ocean sinks are 25% smaller and 7% smaller, respectively, than they would have been without the effects of climate change over 2015-24:
Emerging climate impact on carbon sinks in a consolidated carbon budget | Nature
Despite the adoption of the Paris Agreement ten years ago, fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise, pushing atmospheric CO2 levels to 423 ppm in 2024 and driving human-induced warming to 1.36°C, within years of breaching the 1.5°C limit 1,2. Accurate reporting of anthropogenic and natural CO2 sources and sinks is a prerequisite to tracking the effectiveness of climate policy and detecting carbon sink responses to climate change. Yet notable mismatches between reported emissions and sinks have so far prevented confident interpretation of their trends and drivers 1. Here, we present and integrate recent advances in observations and process understanding to address some long-standing issues in the global carbon budget estimates. We show that the magnitude of the natural land sink is substantially smaller than previously estimated, while net emissions from anthropogenic land-use change are revised upwards 1. The ocean sink is 15% larger than the land sink, consistent with new evidence from oceanic and atmospheric observations 3,4. Climate change reduces the efficiency of the sinks, particularly on land, contributing 8.3 ± 1.4 ppm to the atmospheric CO2 increase since 1960. The combined effects of climate change and deforestation turn Southeast Asian and large parts of South American tropical forests from CO2 sinks to sources. This underscores the need to halt deforestation and limit warming to prevent further loss of carbon stored on land. Improved confidence in assessments of CO2 sources and sinks is fundamental for effective climate policy.
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Question: Does anybody know of papers studying the connection between #yeast #biodiversity and #ecosystem #functioning? Can coexisting yeast strains show complementarity and niche partitioning? Any articles would be highly appreciated. 🧪
Opportunity! Anybody knows of young marine ecologists (within 7 years from earned PhD) that would like to come to Gothenburg, Sweden, for a nationally funded Assistant Professorship? It is highly competitive but well funded. (1) of (3)
Amazing (and prestigious) opportunity in Sweden: The Crown Princess Victoria Professorship in Biodiversity. The announcement can be found here: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103... I've heard that the position will come with a lot of resources. 🧪 #biodiversity
The Crown Princess Victoria Professorship in Biodiversity
Professorship in Biodiversity. The University of Gothenburg hereby announces a unique and prestigious position – the
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Super excited to share this work looking at seaweed trait differences across microhabitat! Proud of this team of undergraduates for working so hard to make get this paper published. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
Fascinating dive in a kelp forest to urchin barren transition zone yesterday in Monterey! 🌊🤿
No drones, no AI, not very high-tech at all, only hard working people shaking and rinsing Ascophyllum to get all associated fauna out for biodiversity analyses 💪🏼🌱 #PhycologyFriday
The achievable carbon uptake from planting trees is much lower than previous estimates, and even lower than many nations have committed to. New paper by Wang et al. in Science. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪🌏🌳🌲🌐
The importance of large herds of mega-herbivores. Interesting paper in Science. #EcosystemFunctioning www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪
Yellowstone’s free-moving large bison herds provide a glimpse of their past ecosystem function
Although momentum is building to restore bison across North America, most efforts focus on small, managed herds, leaving unclear how large, migrating herds shape landscapes and whether their effects enhance or degrade ecosystems. We assessed carbon and ...
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Despite all my rage, I’m still just a kelp in a cage.
Smashing urchins. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 🦑🧪
‘The forgotten forest’: how smashing 5.6m urchins saved a California kelp paradise
Pollution, warm oceans and hungry urchins devastated Pacific kelp. Now, thanks to divers with hammers, one of the world’s most successful rehabilitation projects has helped it rebound
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