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Caroline Greiser
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Researcher. She/her.
Landscape ecology, forest, microclimate, biodiversity, refugia, peatlands, sustainability - views are my own.
Quitted Twitter Nov 2024.
carolinegreiser.weebly.com

Environmental science 66%
Geography 20%
Open Letter by scientists to the Council:
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...

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If you're still using peat based compost, it really is time to stop. It's dug straight out of precious natural habitat and releases tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere (literally) in the process. Here's a guide, there are loads of good brands out there www.jackwallington.com/how-to-figur...
How to figure out if a compost brand is good or not and the brands of peat free compost I use | Jack Wallington | Nature & Gardens
Around the world the vast majority of plants on earth grow in a mix of mineral soil and composted organic matter - only those in peatland grow in peat. Over the last ten years I have grown almost ever...
www.jackwallington.com

Bought a copy and read already half if it. I enjoyed every word so far. Very helpful for my own learning and teaching! Thanks!

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Granbarkborren dödar inte bara ett stort antal träd – den höjer också temperaturen i skogen med upp till två grader. Men det finns sätt att dämpa effekten, menar forskare vid Stockholms universitet ⬇️

#skogen
Granbarkborren gör skogen varmare | Forskning & Framsteg
Granbarkborren har ett mycket dåligt rykte. Den lilla åttatandade insekten lever under barken på granar och har dödat miljontals träd i Sverige. Utbrotten har blivit …
fof.se
(Plz share) We're hiring! 5-year PhD student to join our new lab at Rutgers University. Broadly, exploring how climate change impacts terrestrial species, ecosystems and biodiversity – compute, field, or lab! See here:
ecoclimateglobal.org/join/
(hiring a 2-yr postdoc too, more news on that soon)
Join the Lab
Current Opportunities Please see below for current and upcoming opportunities to join the group. We always welcome inquiries from motivated potential members with research interests that fit our group...
ecoclimateglobal.org
🚨Big news🚨

A Pocket Guide to Scientific Writing and Publishing is out🎉

This is the book I wish I’d had 20 years ago — short, practical, and designed to help researchers write & get their papers published

I hope it helps many
Please share with anyone who might benefit!
👉 mybook.to/ScienceGuide
We are recruiting an industry/collaborative PhD student for a project focusing on green tree retention, and its role for preserving species associated with large trees and dead wood. The project consists of fieldwork, a systematic review, and working at Kopparfors Skogar.
Read more and apply below
Industry/collaborative PhD student in Biology | slu.se
SLU - Science and Education for Sustainable Life
www.slu.se

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These are not natural disasters.

These are fossil-fuelled disasters, from decades of drilling and disinformation by oil and gas corporations.

Now they must pay for the damage they have caused.

Sign the Polluters Pay Pact ➡️ bit.ly/4kMi4e9

#MakePollutersPay #PollutersPayPact

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Hyggesfritt skogsbruk, där många träd på olika sätt lämnas kvar vid avverkningen, är mer skonsamt för arter och deras livsmiljöer jämfört med hyggesbruk. Men även vilken hyggesfri metod som används har betydelse för hur olika arter påverkas.

Sammanställt kunskap utifrån svenska förhållanden
Unik sammanställning: Hyggesfritt minskar påverkan på biologisk mångfald
Hyggesfritt skogsbruk, där många träd på olika sätt lämnas kvar vid avverkningen, är mer skonsamt för arter och deras livsmiljöer jämfört med hyggesbruk. Men även vilken hyggesfri metod som används ha...
www.skogsstyrelsen.se
We are very happy to announce that the next Microclimate Ecology & Biogeography (MEB) conference will happen in Montpellier (FRANCE), 1 - 5 June 2026 ☀️
meb-network.com/meb-2026/
Microclimate scientists: save the date in your agenda!!

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Vi har tysta vårar framför oss.

Långsamma/små förändringar av klimatet kan naturen ofta anpassa sig till. Däremot sällan snabba eller stora.

Mycket i vår natur kan försvinna nu när den globala uppvärmningen accelererar.

Naturrestaurering blir allt viktigare!

www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/fagl...
Fåglarna blir färre i Sverige – minskat med flera miljoner - Nyheter (Ekot)
Sverige har fått miljontals färre fåglar bara på de senaste fem åren, det går att utläsa efter Naturhistoriska riksmuseets årliga fågelräkning av ringmärkta ...
www.sverigesradio.se

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"The notion that the best papers are the most cited papers was always questionable
The most citable, and therefore publishable, papers are mundane, ‘water is wet’ papers
What was once the most cited paper of all is about cleaning test tubes"
Great read: blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Does authorship mean anything when academic papers are simply citable tokens?
The bibliometric infrastructure of citations has become an inescapable organising feature of academic life. Drawing on a range of evidence of the use and misuse of citations data, Stuart Macdonald …
blogs.lse.ac.uk

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29 scientists urge the SBTi to remain science-based and not allow carbon offsetting for Scope 3 emissions:

"As decades of research has demonstrated the flaws of carbon offsets, embracing them would be a clear departure from the commitment to science-based approaches by the SBTi."
Scientists on why the SBTi should not allow more carbon offsetting to address Scope 3 emissions - edie
More than two-dozen scientists are urging the Science Based Targets Initiative not to permit companies to use offsetting to a greater extent to meet their climate targets. Exclusively for edie, they o...
www.edie.net
Everything you ever wanted to know to get started on #microclimate is compiled there ⬇️ in 🔟 guidelines 🤓 Unpack each 1️⃣ to select the right variable, the most relevant spatiotemporal scale, the best sampling design & to tailor your analyses to your study question

🧪🌐🍁

shorturl.at/VYP8f
New Paper Alert! 🚨
📄 "Ten practical guidelines for microclimate research in terrestrial ecosystems" is out now in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social @mebnetwork.bsky.social

🔗 Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/2041...

A 🧵 with key takeaways (1/5)
Ten practical guidelines for microclimate research in terrestrial ecosystems
Most biodiversity dynamics and ecosystem processes on land take place in microclimates that are decoupled from the climate as measured by standardised weather stations in open, unshaded locations....
doi.org
Curious how forest microclimate and soil microbes drive carbon cycling in a changing climate? 🌡️🌳🍄We're offering a 4-year PhD position at @mycopat.bsky.social, SLU-Uppsala. A cool new project in collaboration with @linegreis.bsky.social Apply now or help spread the word!

www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

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How to prepare ourselves for a collapse that will likely happen (sometime) in the future?
That is one of the questions students asked in advance of a panel discussion I will attend tomorrow. It breaks my heart that they even have to worry about this. What a failure by my and previous generations. 😓

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"Low clouds are disappearing because of global warming, and their disappearance then drives further warming.

If this is happening, future warming projections may be underestimated and “we should expect rather intense warming in the future.”

edition.cnn.com/2024/12/05/c...
The world has been warming faster than expected. Scientists now think they know why | CNN
Last year was the hottest year on record, oceans boiled and glaciers melted at alarming rates, and it has left scientists scrambling to understand exactly why.
edition.cnn.com

We brought out the bird telescope last night and looked at jupiter with its 4 biggest moons on the balcony. No aurora but a bit of space appreciation :-D

And oh yes: COLD

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Forests can lose their temperature buffering function when soils become drier.
This is bad news in a changing climate with more frequent and severe soil drought.
Higher soil moisture increases microclimate temperature buffering in temperate broadleaf forests
Forest canopies can buffer the understory against temperature extremes, often creating cooler microclimates during warm summer days compared to temper…
www.sciencedirect.com

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Folks: do not sleep on this amazing new tool launched by Al Gore called "Climate Trace". I have never seen an emissions map quite like this. Uses satellites and *assigns emissions to company sources* (!!)

Look at what we've done to the North Sea:

climatetrace.org/explore/co2e...

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Läs! ”Villkoren för den normale universitetsläraren har nämligen drastiskt försämrats på senare tid, samtidigt som det enligt min uppfattning sprids en helt felaktig uppfattning att excellens inom forskningen är något man kan beställa fram.”
DN Debatt. ”Låt medelmåttan bli riktkarl på universiteten”
Statsvetarprofessorn Leif Lewin om varför den genomsnittliga forskaren, medelmåttan, är den nödvändiga basen för stora vetenskapliga genombrott.
www.dn.se

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New paper out 🧪🌍
On the relationship between 🌳forest ☘️plant 📏traits (incl & excl intraspecific variation) and #microclimate🌡️, #soil and #light
Led by @SanneGovaert @Karen_DePauw @CamilleMeeussen & Pieter Vangansbek
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/....