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CIDE-CSIC, ecology & evolution in fire-prone ecosystems🧪🌍🔥
Web: https://www.uv.es/jgpausas/index.htm
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juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · Jun 11

Climate warming is not a recent phenomenon; it has had detectable impacts on plants for at least 134 years!

The onset of phenological plant response to climate warming @newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🧪🌎🌿🌐🌳 🍁 #PlantBiology @cideinvestiga.bsky.social @csic.es

Phenology changes for the Japanese cherry tree (Prunus jamasakura) in Kyoto. Left: Day of the year of the flowering peak for the period between 812 and 2024. Right: Relation between March mean air temperature (°C) in Kyoto and the day of the year of the Japanese cherry tree peak flowering for the period between 1890 and 2024.
https://jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2025/06/11/134-years-of-climate-warming-effects/

juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 9h

En la colección "¿Qué sabemos de?" (@cataratalibros.bsky.social, @csicdivulga.bsky.social) también hay libros de divulgación de geología. Aquí este sobre la extinción masiva del P-T en Pangea; interesante para los que nos gusta la historia evolutiva!

🧪⚒️💙📚 #ecoevo

Libro: La vida al borde del abismo, de José T. López Gómez. Colección ¿Qué sabemos de? Ed. Catarata-CSIC, 2024

juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, it is interesting to note Wallace's exceptional modesty, which may explain why the term 'Wallace-Darwin theory' is not commonly used (unlike Lotka-Volterra model, Janzen-Connell hypothesis, ...)

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Germán Orizaola @gorizaola.bsky.social · 1d

Now, also translated to Spanish.

juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 2d

¿Sabías que Alicante está llena de fósiles?
En las Explanada:
Rojo: ~160 Millones de años
Negro: ~ 100 Ma
Crema: ~ 50 Ma
¡A buscarlos!
|
🧪⚒️ #UrbanGeology #FossilFriday geology @asociacionruvid.bsky.social @culturaenlaua.bsky.social @ua.es

Foto del suelo (mosaico) de la Explanada de Alicante

Ejemplos de fósiles observados en la Explanada de Alicante.

Reposted by Juli G. Pausas

Annals of Botany @annbot.bsky.social · 3d

🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Acaulescent palms are resilient to disturbances: experimental and global evidence
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...

#PlantScience

juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 3d

#OTD in 1823, Alfred R Wallace was born.
He independently co-discovered the "Darwin-Wallace" theory of evolution by natural selection, & much more!
Suggested reading: Costa's book (2023 @princetonupress.bsky.social)
Summary: jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2024/01/06/h...

🧪🌍💙📚👀📅🗃️ #histsci #ecoevo

Cover of the book: Costa J.T. 2023. "Radical by nature. The revolutionary life of Alfred Russel Wallace." Princeton University Press

Reposted by Monica G. Turner, Juli G. Pausas, Gary Polhill , and 1 more Monica G. Turner, Juli G. Pausas, Gary Polhill, Ryan K. Brook

Brian D. Wade @astrobrian.bsky.social · 4d

The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing
#academicSky

theconversation.com/the-5-stages...

The 5 stages of the ‘enshittification’ of academic publishing

Academic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.

theconversation.com

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Dominique Berteaux @dominiqueberteaux.bsky.social · 4d

Chu et al. (urls.fr/Yeo6-K) estimate that cats kill ~60 million birds per year in Canada (possibly up to 197 M). Outdoor cats pose a serious risk to native birds. Potential responses include bylaws, education, social engagement, and trap-neuter-release programs. Think about it if you own a cat 🧪🌿🌎🦉🦊

A cat holds a passerine bird between its teeth. Source: https://www.sgeseller.shop/?path=page/ggitem&ggpid=97865

juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 4d

Do you know that many palms are acaulescent (without stems)? The APALM database lists 216 acaulescent palms. They have rizomes (geophyte palms!) & thus are very resilient to disturbances. By da Silva et al.
doi.org/10.1093/aob/... | @annbot.bsky.social

🧪🌍🌱🪴🌴 #plantscience botany

juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 5d

Remember, when we talk about chemicals, the exact concentration or units are not the critical factor; what matters is their biological effect (eg, 0.02% cyanide in the air kills you in a few minutes!).
science.feedback.org/if-co2-is-0-...

Reposted by Julie L. Lockwood

juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 5d

The 2025 global data is now available:
CO₂ continues to accumulate in the atmosphere, and temperatures keep rising relentlessly
More: jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2026/01/06/r...
Data: @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social & GML-NOAA

🧪🌎🌐 #climatechange climatesky envsci

Graph on the relationship between atmospheric CO2 concentration (in ppm; x axis) and global surface air temperature (oC; y axis); data are annual averages from 1958 to 2025. The graph shows how both have increased during the study period. Obviously, CO2 is not the only cause of increasing temperature; there are other greenhouse gases.

juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 5d

Spam!

Reposted by Enrique Javier Díez Gutiérrez

juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 6d

"Hitler invadió otros países por lo que él llamó Lebensraum: la necesidad de recursos naturales para hacer grande a Alemania", @enriquejdiez.bsky.social

ctxt.es/es/20260101/...

Reposted by Fernando Pulido

juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 6d

Clues for cooling our cities:
Urban trees, urban grasslands & urban crops cool cities in most environments (negative values), except in arid conditions where only trees are effective. Shrubs likely behave as trees, I guess.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🧪🌍🌐🌳🪴🍁 EnvSci botany #plantscience

Graphic: Annual mean temperature difference (∆T) between areas covered 100% by urban vegetation and areas covered 100% by built-up surfaces, for 3 types of urban vegetation (trees, grasslands, croplands) and for 4 environments (tropical, temperate, boreal, arid)

juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 7d

A Database of Academia-Friendly JourNals in Ecology and Evolution (DAFNEE), dafnee.isem-evolution.fr
Paper: doi.org/10.1093/jeb/... | @jevbio.bsky.social

🧪🌍 📚 👀 #ecoevo #PlantScience #AcademicSky

DAFNEE, a Database of Academia Friendly jourNals in Ecology and Evolution

dafnee.isem-evolution.fr

juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 8d

Alacant at the foot of Mount Benacantil, ca. 1918 and 2026
📷 #history

juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 10d

On January 1st, I always like to go to a mountain and look at the horizon. It is like taking some perspective before facing the new year. Today, it was cloudy & cold, but we still enjoyed the walk & picknick.

Serra de Castalla, Alacant. Foreground: Juniperus phoenicea. Backgroung: Pinus halepensis

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elDiario.es @eldiario.es · 12d

ÚLTIMA HORA | Israel prohibirá a Médicos Sin Fronteras y a una veintena más de ONG seguir operando en Gaza en 2026 www.eldiario.es/internaciona...

juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 14d

Bluits

juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 14d

Recuerda que si quieres que tus posts ("buits") aparezcan en el feed forestal, utiliza 🍁

juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 16d

Celebro ver cada vez más libros de ecología en la colección ¿Qué sabemos de? @cataratalibros.bsky.social @csicdivulga.bsky.social @csic.es
¡Regala ecología!

🧪🌍🔥🌳🪴🍁🪰🕷🌼💙📚 @annatraveset.bsky.social @ibartomeus.bsky.social

Foto de 4 libros de ecología de la colección ¿Qué sabemos de? Ed Catarata y CSIC

Reposted by Juli G. Pausas, Håvard Kauserud, Patrick Dunleavy , and 3 more Juli G. Pausas, Håvard Kauserud, Patrick Dunleavy, Lisa Diedrich, Richard Mortimer, David Spurrett

The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 19d

🚨BREAKING: GRETA THUNBERG ARRESTED UNDER TERRORISM ACT FOR SUPPORTING 'PALESTINE ACTION PRISONERS'

Reposted by Juli G. Pausas, Francis Martin, Arthur Geßler , and 4 more Juli G. Pausas, Francis Martin, Arthur Geßler, Patrick A. Jansen, Sami W. Rifai, Markus P. Eichhorn, Jonas Trepel

Caroline Lehmann @caroaceae.bsky.social · 19d

"Bond’s work leaves behind an inconvenient lesson for an era of climate urgency: that speed is not a substitute for understanding, and that good intentions, applied without care, can erase ancient worlds as efficiently as neglect." A beautiful tribute to William Bond. Forever missed by many.

William Bond, defender of grasslands

In recent years, one of the loudest ideas in environmental policy has been that trees are the planet’s universal remedy. Plant enough of them, in enough places, and carbon will be soaked up, water wil...

www.butlernature.com

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juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 20d

My blog is back after a few months of technical issues. It now updates correctly, so you can see my recent posts on: the 2025 Spain & Portugal fires, Hutto's book on severe fires, the passing of W. Bond, afforestation & fire severity, sequoia(dendron), and more jgpausas.blogs.uv.es

🧪🌍🔥🌳🪴🍁 wildfire

j.g. pausas' blog

jgpausas.blogs.uv.es

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Los Libros de la Catarata @cataratalibros.bsky.social · 20d

'Incendios forestales. Una introducción a la ecología del fuego', de Juli G. Pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social. Colección #QuéSabemosDe coeditada con @CSIC.es @csicdivulga.bsky.social buff.ly/QTYhkzx

juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 20d

And here are a few more pics of William; these are much more recent. I met him much later than you. Note that in the first, you are also in the pic, @schwilk.org, taken by Jon Keeley, together with other fire ecologists. 🌎🔥

jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2025/12/10/h...

j.g. pausas' blog » Homage to William Bond

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juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 22d

"Algunos textos medievales dicen que se sabía cuáles eran las carrascas de mejor bellota fijándose en las ramas rotas, pues significaba que los osos se habían alimentado de ellas"
José Fajardo (2023)

🍜 🍽️ #traditional #food #acorns #oaks #bellotas #lentejas

Foto de un plato de lentjas con bellotas, extraida del Libro "Cuando canta la garlocha" de José Fajardo (2023)

Reposted by Víctor M. Santana

juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 25d

Regalos justos y necesarios.
Regala a personas refugiadas por culpa de guerras inhumanas y genocidios absurdos. Hay de todos los precios, no hay excusa para no contribuir ...
elregalojusto.com
elregalojusto.com/tienda/
@unrwaes.bsky.social

Home - El Regalo Justo

ESTAS NAVIDADES, MANDA UN REGALO REALMENTE NECESARIO VER TODOS LOS REGALOS El regalo justo es el regalo que más lejos llega. Surge de la necesidad límite de ayudar a la población refugiada de Palestin...

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Reposted by Jens‐Christian Svenning, Juli G. Pausas

Jacek Debiec, MD, PhD, DPhil 🌎 🧠 @drjacekdebiec.bsky.social · 28d

Technological progress comes with social costs. A new paper by Stefan Thurner et al. shows that "polarization started to increase exactly with the advent of smartphones and social media."

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Why more social interactions lead to more polarization in societies | PNAS

Over the past two decades, the number of close social connections increased substantially, at least by a factor of two. At the same time, societal ...

www.pnas.org

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Steve Dudley @stevedudley.bsky.social · 28d

I don’t see the papers but occasionally see articles on this, e.g. this from Forbes
www.forbes.com/sites/chrisw...

And this one which has a list of references
www.ie.edu/center-for-h...

I’m sure it wouldn’t take much for tutors/supervisors to come up with a credible list of papers to share.

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