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Tomasz Związek

@herrbund.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences. Environmental historian, historical geographer and old cartography lover. I only express my opinions here. #3ProcentNaNaukę

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Tomasz Związek @herrbund.bsky.social · Feb 14

Our review on research perspectives in joining genetic analysis and environmental history of Pinus silvestris in Central Europe was published finally in the "Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene" 🌲🌲🌲🔬🧬 online.ucpress.edu/elementa/art... #envhistory #foresthistory

The environmental changes that have occurred on our globe in the last few hundred years affect practically every element of the environment. One of the main elements of this matrix is forest areas. A key aspect of describing the transformation period in forest management is to illustrate the long-term consequences of the environmental changes which humans have caused and continue to cause. The objective of our study is not only to discuss the interactions and changes occurring in the genetic resources of the primary forest-forming species in Polish forests but, more importantly, to demonstrate how past decisions can influence events in the near or distant future. In the context of forest research, it is essential to clarify that the lifespan of a tree has no relation to the lifespan of a human being. This simple fact not only influences the life cycle of individual stands and the mechanisms of timber mass production but, above all, highlights that we are hostage to the decisions (and knowledge) of our ancestors, who managed the forests according to the ideas of the Enlightenment. In this essay, we emphasize an element we believe is underrepresented in the discourse on forest transformations in the 19th and 20th centuries: forest genetic resources, which are fundamental to the resilience and adaptation of managed forests in response to ongoing climate change.

Pinus silvestris from the Holly Cross Mts. Poland

Our leading author Prof. Pawel Przybylski in his laboratory working on the Pinus genes!

Pinus silvestris from the Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland.

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Katja Bruisch @kbruisch.bsky.social · Jan 20

A new term is starting & I am looking forward to our Environmental History Research Seminar here in Trinity. Join us if you're around! #envist #skystorians

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Tomasz Związek @herrbund.bsky.social · Jan 1

His Majesty Pinus silvestris.

Tomasz Związek @herrbund.bsky.social · Dec 18

My co-authored paper called 'Research perspectives on the historical legacy of Scots pine: genes as the silent actor in the transformation of the Central European forests in the last 200 years' has just been accepted in the "Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene"👍Hope I'll share it with u all in '25

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Dammit Doug Smith @dammitdougsmith.bsky.social · Dec 17

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Adam Wickberg @adamwickberg.bsky.social · Dec 9

We have posted two tenured positions as assistant professor in #Anthropocene history at our centre, please help share widely:
www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/...

www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/...
One is in #envhist and one is in history of science.

KTH | Assistant professor in Environmental History with a specialization in Anthropocene History

KTH jobs is where you search for jobs at www.kth.se.

www.kth.se

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Giacomo Parrinello @parriblue.bsky.social · Dec 7

For my river history (re)readings I recently completed The Conquest of Nature by David Blackburn, a widely cited 2006 #envhist book I first read in 2012.

It tells the history of German rivers and landscape engineering from the eighteenth century to the end of the twentieth. 1/🧵

Book cover of The Conquest of Nature: Water and Landscape in Modern Germany by David Blackbourn, with a painting showing a flooded landscape with forested islands emerging from water.

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Tina Asmussen @tinasmussen.bsky.social · Dec 4

🚨𝗝𝗢𝗕 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗧 🚨1 PhD position for 3 years in the research project “Mining Frontiers in the Kingdom of Hungary (16th-18th Century)” at the German Mining Museum Bochum: Leibniz Research Museum for Georesources. karriere.bergbaumuseum.de/jobposting/0...

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Tomasz Związek @herrbund.bsky.social · Dec 4

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Journal of Historical Geography @jofhistgeog.bsky.social · Dec 3

New article!

'Overcoming the crisis: Social and ecological impacts of the 17th and 18th century Northern Wars on Kazuń village (Poland) and its surrounding area', by @herrbund.bsky.social et al.

Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...

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Maciej Juzaszek @mjuzaszek.bsky.social · Nov 29

@donald-tusk.bsky.social przekaże @ncngovpl.bsky.social 500mln zł w obligacjach.Brawo! To świetna decyzja :)
Głos naukowców jest słyszalny, lobbing za finansowaniem nauki ma sens.
Ale, co ważne, to jednorazowa dosypka, więc teraz kolej na stałe zwiększenie pieniędzy dla NCN!

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Tomasz Związek @herrbund.bsky.social · Nov 28

Today was a charcoal day from Holy Cross Mts‼️🇵🇱 In our project founded by @ncngovpl.bsky.social we trace the environmental changes of the 🌲🌳 stands in this region between the 18th and 19th century. We want to see how forest management has changed the local landscape over the last 250 yrs.

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Tomasz Związek @herrbund.bsky.social · Nov 16

Our latest article has just been published!😀 “Overcoming the crisis: Social and ecological impacts of the 17th and 18th century Northern Wars on Kazuń village (Poland) and its surrounding area” @jofhistgeog.bsky.social 👏
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#environmentalhistory #landscapechange

Overcoming the crisis: Social and ecological impacts of the 17th and 18th century Northern Wars on Kazuń village (Poland) and its surrounding area

The wars that ravaged the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 17th century were among the most destructive events in the history of that part of Eur…