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David Gampe
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#geographer, #climate and #ecosystem scientist and post-doc at #LMU Munich (Climate change, droughts and other extremes, climate-biosphere interactions, ecosystem modeling) | born at 350 ppm | feminist & naive dad | board game aficionado
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pieterzuidema.bsky.social
Extra CO2 stimulates #photosynthesis of trees and reduces water losses through transpiration. But does that stimulate growth of #tree stems? Our paper today in NatClimateChange led by Quan Zhang uses theory & data to show that strong growth stimulation is unlikely.🌎🌐🍁
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Increased efficiency of water use does not stimulate tree productivity - Nature Climate Change
The authors theoretically delineate the maximal increases in tree growth that can be expected from increases in plant intrinsic water-use efficiency, which increases with rising CO2. They highlight en...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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expecocons.bsky.social
🌍📢 Postdoc alert | 3-yr starting early 2026

Please 🔁!

Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈

👉 tinyurl.com/2mafwru3

#Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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jcsvenning.bsky.social
Amazing output of our #BIEN - #bigdata on #plants - project! Big congrats & thx to @gabrielmoulatlet.bsky.social for leading! 🌿🌴🌲🌳🌐🌍🌎 #macroecology
gabrielmoulatlet.bsky.social Gabriel M. Moulatlet @gabrielmoulatlet.bsky.social · 19d
in "General laws of biodiversity: Climatic niches predict plant range size and ecological dominance globally", we provide key insights into species’ vulnerability to environmental change and the processes that structure biodiversity at global scales.

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
General laws of biodiversity: Climatic niches predict plant range size and ecological dominance globally | PNAS
A longstanding question in ecology asks whether or not species that achieve large geographic ranges also have large climatic niche breadths. Using ...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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dukesjeff.bsky.social
Just published this new paper, with a bunch of fantastic colleagues, with many suggestions for "Improving the representation of plant water stress and water use in Earth System Models." Access is free online. We have some great figures, thanks to Victor Leshyk. 🧪🌐🌳🌎
November 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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ibioconsultants.com
#Freshwater #Ecologists - check out this new #RPackage called fwtraits which integrates parameters from FWE www.freshwaterecology.info

Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#FreshwaterEcology #RStat #Statistics #BigData 🌍
Introducing fwtraits – an R package for obtaining freshwater biodiversity trait information
Species ecological parameters are crucial for understanding the functional responses to environmental perturbations, aiding in informing conservation …
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November 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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natureportfolio.nature.com
Human biomass movement may be up to 40 times greater than that of all land animals combined, according to research in Nature Ecology & Evolution. A second Nature Communications paper finds that wild mammal biomass has more than halved since 1850. go.nature.com/4oID33i go.nature.com/3LhSD7n 🧪
This is figure 1 from “Human biomass movement exceeds the biomass movement of all land animals combined.” It shows total biomass movement of land animals and birds.
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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nexuslmu.bsky.social
🇨🇦 We're back from #Québec! We had an amazing time on the #MajorExcursion, exploring the benefits and the problems of Québec's #EnergyTransition 💧🌱 Read all about our lessons learned and scroll through some snapshots on our blog: 🔗 www.geo.lmu.de/geographie/e... #geosky #sustainability
A slide, saying: major excursion Québec: exploring the environmental and social impacts of energy transition. Underneath, there is a collage of four images: a skyline view of Totonto, a large red sign on the highway towards Maagami, some sticks assembled to the structure of a tipi, and our students standing in front of a reservoir, wearing orange vests and blue helmets.
September 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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nexuslmu.bsky.social
🌡️ Some parts of #Munich heat up more than others – and this can be dangerous! Thanks to garbage trucks turned climate sensors, Munich can now implement targeted heat mitigation measures where they are needed most. Read how: www.geo.lmu.de/geographie/e... #UrbanHeat #ClimateAction #Geosky 🧪
A square social media slide in warm colours that shows the two towers of the Frauenkirche in Munich up close. The text says: Mapping Munich's HotSpots ... with Garbage Trucks! In the left bottom corner there is a circular image of the heat map that was created with the data from garbage truck sensors.
June 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
gampedavid.bsky.social
Anthropogenic #ClimateChange 🌎 🌍 drove increases in UK summer heat 🌡️ mortality. Yet, without aerosol cooling this increase would have been even more drastic! Check out our #ClimateAttribution & #Epidemiology 📊 study in @thelancetplanet.bsky.social, led by Kai Wan for more!
🔗 tinyurl.com/yzpy8v55
Colored line-plots showing the summer temperatures (May-September) from 1850-2100 for the UK (A) and the corresponding heat-related mortality (B) for the CanESM5 large ensemble (DAMIP archive). Colors refer to the applied factual (All, green) and counterfactual (Natural forcings only, blue; anthropogenic greenhouse gases only, red; and anthropogenic aerosols only, purple) forcings. Future projections are based on the SSP-245 pathway. Solid lines represent the mean of the large ensemble, i.e., the forced response. Shading in both panels refer to the 95% empirical confidence interval representing both, the uncertainties of the health risk function and natural climate variability (assessed as spread over the 10 members of the SMILE). See https://tinyurl.com/yzpy8v55 for details.
June 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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wegenercenter.bsky.social
Anthropogenic global warming is set to exceed 1.5 °C already by 2028 and hence improved quantification of the Paris goals is proposed. This is based on a new benchmark timeseries from 1850 to 2034 that tracks global surface air temperature change.

Paper out now in Nature Comms Earth & Environment 👇
A traceable global warming record and clarity for the 1.5 °C and well-below-2 °C goals - Communications Earth & Environment
Anthropogenic global warming is set to exceed 1.5 °C by 2028 and hence improved quantification of the Paris climate goals is proposed, based on 20-year means of a benchmark timeseries from 1850 to 203...
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June 2, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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climatedann.bsky.social
Anyone interested in climate attribution, check out how the latest models will look. The design and implementation is particularly exciting, as we move from 'concentration driven' to 'emissions driven' models. Comments on our paper are very welcome egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
The Detection and Attribution Model Intercomparison Project (DAMIP v2.0) contribution to CMIP7
Abstract. The first version of the Detection and Attribution Model Intercomparison Project (DAMIP v1.0) coordinated key simulations exploring the role of individual forcings in past, current and futur...
egusphere.copernicus.org
February 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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nexuslmu.bsky.social
📢 #New study in @thelancetplanet.bsky.social by Wan, @gampedavid.bsky.social & Hajat, investigating an often-underrepresented factor in #ClimateHealth research: 𝗮𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘀 - tiny particles in the atmosphere that reflect sunlight & may have a net cooling effect 🌡️
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A social media slide with an image of a megaphone and a chimney emitting smoke. It says: NEW PAPER on the role of aerosols in heat-related deaths. Wan, Gampe & Hajat (2025). Disentangling the contributions of anthropogenic climate change, greenhouse gases, and aerosols to heat-related mortality in Great Britain. In: The Lancet Planetary Health.
May 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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nexuslmu.bsky.social
📢 𝗪𝗘'𝗥𝗘 𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚! #jobalert We're looking for a 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 & 𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 (m/f/x) for our research group at #LMU!

📅 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: March 31, 2025
🔗 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 & 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼 here: tinyurl.com/nexus-lmu

#joboffer #share #geojobs #sciencejobs #munich #münchen #lmu #applynow #job
A social media poster with the main details of the job offer. It says: Apply now & join our team! WE'RE HIRING! Researcher and lecturer in the field of energy science (m/f/x) Deadline: March 31, 2025 Department of Geography LMU TV-L E13 Full-time (part-time possible) As soon as possible More info: www.tinyurl.com/nexus-lmu
February 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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nexuslmu.bsky.social
🌾🗺️ 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝘀𝗲: What would happen if we converted 15% of the Amazon #rainforest into farmland? MA students of @gampedavid.bsky.social tackled such questions in their final projects for the 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 seminar. Using #LPJmL, they explored the impacts of major #LandUse changes. 🧪
Three students are explaining their modelling project. Their fellow students are standing around them in a half circle, listening to their brief poster pitch. Against the wall, there are large posters which showcase the students' projects. A student is faced towards a large poster which showcases their modelling project. The student is explaining their project while the others are listening attently.
February 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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nexuslmu.bsky.social
❓𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿?
Integrating satellite data into the model can improve the prediction for crop yields and irrigation demands! This can help decision makers to ensure food security - especially in the face of a heating #climate 🌡️🌱🛰️

🔗 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴: www.geo.lmu.de/geographie/e...
Advancing Crop Modeling with Remote Sensing
Dr. Christoph Jörges is collaborating with Prof. Matthias Forkel from TU Dresden for his postdoctoral studies.
www.geo.lmu.de
January 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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nexuslmu.bsky.social
🌍 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘂𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 🌍
In this series, we introduce the members of our research group with a short interview. Next up: Dr. David Gampe @gampedavid.bsky.social 🧵👇

🔗 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 on our blog: www.geo.lmu.de/geographie/e...

#researchnews #geography #climatechange #lmu #munich
The Nexus Group introduces itself: Dr. David Gampe
In this series, members of our research group introduce themselves through three questions. Next up: Dr. David Gampe.
www.geo.lmu.de
January 27, 2025 at 11:31 AM
gampedavid.bsky.social
Great starter pack for all working on global ecology and related subjects out there! If you want to join pls shoot a pm to @global-ecology.bsky.social

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bsky.app/starter-pack...
January 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
gampedavid.bsky.social
Fantastic week at #AGU2024 comes to a close. Amazing as always talking science and getting new ideas. 2025 here we come there is a lot of work to do!
December 13, 2024 at 10:37 PM
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nexuslmu.bsky.social
🌊📄 #NewPaper by Jiachang Tu, Andrea Reimuth & colleagues published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction! They developed indices for household vulnerability & #flood exposure in Ho Chi Minh City, revealing spatial patterns of #vulnerability.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Distributions of the four levels of vulnerability from very low to high for the sub-components along the urban, peri-urban, and rural areas and their Gini coefficient.
December 11, 2024 at 10:10 AM
gampedavid.bsky.social
Planning your afternoon schedule for #AGU2024? If you want to hear about snow drought impacts on northern hemisphere GPP, make sure to stop by my talk at 4:50 in session B24A (room 150A). ❄️🌲🌳🌏 🌐
December 10, 2024 at 4:57 PM
gampedavid.bsky.social
Looking forward to #AGU2024 next week. Hope to see many of you there! Let me know if you want to grab lunch or a beer 🍺 some day! Time to start packing...
December 7, 2024 at 12:35 PM
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mdekauwe.bsky.social
🚨 PhD: "Forests on the edge: examining vegetation recovery following climate extremes" at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social with myself, Lina Mercado (Exeter) and Eddy Robertson (UK Met Office). I would REALLY love to find a student for this, please share widely (thanks)

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Europe's hot dry summer of 2022 (Logo) UK land surface model, JULES
November 25, 2024 at 1:07 PM
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retoknutti.bsky.social
Redrawing the global warming stripes.

In a new paper led by Sebastian Sippel published in Nature today, we show that the early 20th century global ocean surface temperatures and thereby global mean surface temperature were warmer than previously thought.

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November 20, 2024 at 4:14 PM
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billurbektas.bsky.social
Just created a starter pack for ecological forecasting community! 🦋🍃 Please let me know if you want to be added!

go.bsky.app/Qk9PfFw
November 14, 2024 at 7:12 AM
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profdesai.bsky.social
Looking for the latest global #fluxnet carbon NEE, water, GPP, transpiration upscaling 2001-2021 (daily 0.25 degree, monthly 0.05 deg) - Fluxcom-X paper now out in Biogeosciences: @jakenelson.bsky.social and crew, X-BASE: bg.copernicus.org/articles/21/... Data at: meta.icos-cp.eu/collections/...
X-BASE: the first terrestrial carbon and water flux products from an extended data-driven scaling framework, FLUXCOM-X
Abstract. Mapping in situ eddy covariance measurements of terrestrial land–atmosphere fluxes to the globe is a key method for diagnosing the Earth system from a data-driven perspective. We describe th...
bg.copernicus.org
November 18, 2024 at 1:52 PM