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Daniel Müller @danielmu11er.bsky.social · 2d

Asuper interesting read on #Russia’s grain “diplomacy” in sub-saharan Africa

Zentrum für Osteuropa- und internationale Studien (ZOiS) @zois.bsky.social · 2d

Russia is exporting more and more grain to African states. Yet, food security in many of these countries is deteriorating.
In the new #ZOiS_Spotlight, agricultural economist Pavlo Martyshev explains how Russia is advancing its own geopolitical interests by trading with autocratic governments.

How Russia Weaponises Food Security in Africa

ZOiS Spotlight 18/2025 by Pavlo Martyshev

www.zois-berlin.de

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Zentrum für Osteuropa- und internationale Studien (ZOiS) @zois.bsky.social · 2d

Russia is exporting more and more grain to African states. Yet, food security in many of these countries is deteriorating.
In the new #ZOiS_Spotlight, agricultural economist Pavlo Martyshev explains how Russia is advancing its own geopolitical interests by trading with autocratic governments.

How Russia Weaponises Food Security in Africa

ZOiS Spotlight 18/2025 by Pavlo Martyshev

www.zois-berlin.de

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Global Land Programme @glp-earth.bsky.social · Sep 2

New GLP ECN webinar!
Storytelling for science communication & land systems transformation

📅 Sept 30, 2025 | ⏰ 10 AM ET
with Dr. Nicholas Magliocca (Univ. of Alabama)

Come learn how storytelling can power science & transformation.
👉 Register here: umd.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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IAMO Land System Group @iamo-lsg.bsky.social · Aug 5

🦋 The Land System Group is now on Bluesky!
We're excited to share some interesting insights from our research group at IAMO. Keep up to date by following us.

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Navin Ramankutty @nramankutty.bsky.social · Jul 30

My colleague, Patrick Meyfroidt, has 3 PhD positions and 2 Postdoc positions as part of a new ERC grant on 'land use, sustainability, and democratic backsliding'. Hoping to reach Canadian candidates through this post.

landsystems-lab.earth/news/25-07-3...
landsystems-lab.earth/news/25-07-3...

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Centre for Development and Environment CDE, University of Bern @cdeunibe.bsky.social · Nov 14

Now open: Call for sessions for GLP's 5th Open Science Meeting OSM5! Join the Global Land Programme in Oaxaca: 4-8 November 2024 "Pathways to Sustainable and Just Land Systems". event.fourwaves.com/osm2024/pages

@juliegwen.bsky.social @erleellis.bsky.social

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Florian Bieber @fbieber.bsky.social · Mar 19

Ich habe mit Sarah Emminger vom Kurier über die Proteste gespochen: kurier.at/politik/ausl...

Massenproteste in Serbien: "Vučićs Machtpyramide bröckelt"

Hunderttausende Menschen gingen kürzlich in Belgrad auf die Straße. Der Präsident verliert zunehmend an Rückhalt.

kurier.at

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Future Earth @futureearth.bsky.social · Jun 17

Zia Mehrabi is part of the Global Land Programme and works at the University of Colorado Boulder.

His research published in @science.org found that farms using multiple diversification strategies—like soil care, crop variety & water conservation—achieve the best results for people and nature.

Future Earth Member Awarded International Frontiers Planet Prize | Future Earth

futureearth.org

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Daniel Müller @danielmu11er.bsky.social · Jun 30

A comprehensive field- and farm-level land-use dataset from the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) is now available: doi.org/10.1038/s415... #OpenData #EUAgri #LandUse #SustainableFarming

Field and farm-level data on agricultural land use for the European Union - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - Field and farm-level data on agricultural land use for the European Union

doi.org

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Daniel Müller @danielmu11er.bsky.social · Jul 24

Inclusion of #ENSO & #NAO climate indices enhances prediction accuracy and reduces uncertainty of seasonal discharge when incorporated into snowpack data, especially at longer lead times. @gfz.bsky.social @iamo.bsky.social

Snow water equivalent estimates and climate oscillation indices that were used as predictors

Daniel Müller @danielmu11er.bsky.social · Jul 24

Our new study combines snow-water equivalent data with #climate teleconnections in an ensemble-stacking workflow to improve seasonal #streamflow forecasts in #CentralAsia at various lead times: hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/...

Machine-learning workflow of the ensemble-based forecast approach

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Nature @nature.com · Jul 23

Scientists overwhelmingly recognize the value of sharing null results, but rarely publish them in the research literature

go.nature.com/450KElr

Researchers value null results, but struggle to publish them

Survey finds that fear of reputational harm and a lack of support and publication platforms are among respondents’ key concerns.

go.nature.com

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · Jul 12

#NewPaper led by Brett R. Hankerson,
@tkuemmerle.bsky.social @kampjohannes.bsky.social @danielmu11er.bsky.social and Florian Schierhorn out now in Regional Environmental Change
@iamo.bsky.social

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Dr. Dirk N. Karger @dirknkarger.bsky.social · Jul 8

🌿 Join Our Team as Postdoctoral Researcher in Regional Climate Downscaling at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL in Switzerland and lead the development of regional, highresolution climate scenarios for Armenia. @wslresearch.bsky.social @wsl-dme.bsky.social apply.refline.ch/273855/1747/...

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Conservation Biology Göttingen @consbiogoe.bsky.social · Jul 7

Changes in #grazing patterns explain post-Soviet fire trends on the Eurasian #steppe better than #climate.
More empirical evidence that the build up of biomass due to the collapse of livestock systems made Kazakhstan a global #fire hotspot:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Daniel Müller @danielmu11er.bsky.social · Jun 30

The data cover 19 EU countries with up to 17 years of annual data. It includes detailed crop codes, farm identifiers, and organic cultivation status—crucial for analysing land-use changes and farming practices

Daniel Müller @danielmu11er.bsky.social · Jun 30

A comprehensive field- and farm-level land-use dataset from the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) is now available: doi.org/10.1038/s415... #OpenData #EUAgri #LandUse #SustainableFarming

Field and farm-level data on agricultural land use for the European Union - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - Field and farm-level data on agricultural land use for the European Union

doi.org

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Daniel Müller @danielmu11er.bsky.social · Jun 18

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Future Earth @futureearth.bsky.social · Jun 17

Zia Mehrabi is part of the Global Land Programme and works at the University of Colorado Boulder.

His research published in @science.org found that farms using multiple diversification strategies—like soil care, crop variety & water conservation—achieve the best results for people and nature.

Future Earth Member Awarded International Frontiers Planet Prize | Future Earth

futureearth.org

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Future Earth @futureearth.bsky.social · Jun 17

Congratulations to Future Earth community member Zia Mehrabi, one of three international winners of the 2025 Frontiers Planet Prize!

He was recognized for research showing how agricultural diversification can benefit both human and environmental health. He'll receive $1M to scale up his work. 🌱🌍

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Martin Jung @martinjung.eu · Jun 17

Interesting new paper on European conservation targets and land-use conflicts

Land of opportunities: aligning organic farming and conservation targets in Europe
doi.org/10.1080/0964...

Land of opportunities: aligning organic farming and conservation targets in Europe

In the face of growing environmental challenges, the European Green Deal sets ambitious targets for 2030, including strictly protecting 10% of the EU’s land area and expanding organic farming to 25...

doi.org

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Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · Jun 17

The researchers contacted the authors of the original studies -- 156 of them.

And you know how many were willing to share data?

14% of them.

If we're going to address replication issues, it has to start with sharing data.

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Olivia del Giorgio @o-delgiorgio.bsky.social · Jun 17

In it, we bring up four main hurdles we and other women around us have faced through the early stages of our careers, and outline several (of many other) actions that we see as necessary for achieving gender equity in academia.

(Nice synthesis of our piece here: www.fu-berlin.de/en/presse/in...)

Systemic Sexism in Academia: New Study Outlines the Structural Hurdles Facing Women

An international team of researchers, including Professor María Piquer-Rodríguez from Freie Universität Berlin, has investigated systemic sexism in early academic careers and is calling for institutio...

www.fu-berlin.de

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Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · Jun 7

Come join us at the Conservation Biogeography Lab @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social and carry out work on megafauna in Europe

pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/biogeo/websi...

New PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe | Conservation Biogeography Lab

We are excited to invite applications for a new PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe. Join us at the Conservation and Biogeography Lab at Humboldt University Berlin!

pages.cms.hu-berlin.de

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · Jun 3

Putting land claiming on the map reveals that the footprint of agricultural frontiers extends far into seemingly ‘intact’ forests.
New paper by @o-delgiorgio.bsky.social in PNAS @pnas.org
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
@matthiasbaumann.bsky.social
@tkuemmerle.bsky.social
@yannlepolain.bsky.social

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Daniel Müller @danielmu11er.bsky.social · May 28

We used the mean temperature of the warmest quarter from 23 global climate models to project areas above the climatic treeline for several SSPs. In the high-emissions scenario, the climatic treeline almost entirely disappears in about 50 years.

Actual and projected climatic treeline positions. Left: North-Western Carpathians (High Tatras); right: Southern Carpathians (Făgăraș)

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Daniel Müller @danielmu11er.bsky.social · May 28

Depending on future climate projections, the climatic envelope for alpine ecosystems is expected to decrease to 410–515 km2 by 2040, 100–320 km2 by 2060, and 15–290 km2 by 2080 (3)

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Daniel Müller @danielmu11er.bsky.social · May 28

We identified the climatic treeline on high-resolution sat imagery, then correlated these with the location of the treeline. The mean temperature of the warmest quarter correlated most with treeline location. The current total area of the climatic envelope for alpine ecosystems is ~1,370 km2 (2)

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Daniel Müller @danielmu11er.bsky.social · May 28

Our new article examines the climatic determinants of the treeline in the Carpathian Mountains and how it is likely to shift upwards with climate change: doi.org/10.1007/s105... (1)

Climatic determinants of the Carpathian treeline and its projected upward shifts in response to climate change - Climatic Change

Treelines represent a significant ecological boundary in mountainous regions. Changes in temperature and precipitation regimes due to climate change affect the location of treelines, contingent on fin...

doi.org

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RuWell | Rural Well-being in Transition @ruwell-iamo.bsky.social · May 28

‼️ Last chance to register ‼️

Registration for the IAMO Forum 2025 is open until June 1!

➡️ Register now:

forum2025.iamo.de/about-the-co...

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

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Global Land Programme @glp-earth.bsky.social · Apr 15

🌎 Call for Applications!!

The GLP Early Career Network & START are offering 5 Small Seed Awards (USD 1000 each) for projects led by ecr's & practitioners tackling Land System Science challenges.

More info here: drive.google.com/file/d/1qHkX...
Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · Apr 3

Come and join us in Berlin - at a great university in a vibrant, livable, and green city!

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