Dr. Suzette Flantua
@suzetteflantua.bsky.social
Project Leader Mountains in Motion-lab https://mountainsinmotion.w.uib.no/ 🏔️| Mountains | Biogeography | Pollen-based paleoecology | Macroecology | GIS & RS | PaleoGlaciers | Global Change Ecology | EiC at Ecography @ecography.bsky.social
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I find there's a huge mismatch between the standard advice that people give about scientific conference talks, and how people actually give talks.
So I picked out the most important pieces of advice that are most often ignored. 🧪
So I picked out the most important pieces of advice that are most often ignored. 🧪
The best scientific talk advice that gets ignored
Here are some prescriptions for a case of UCPS (Unengaging Conference Presentation Syndrome).
scienceforeveryone.science
October 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I find there's a huge mismatch between the standard advice that people give about scientific conference talks, and how people actually give talks.
So I picked out the most important pieces of advice that are most often ignored. 🧪
So I picked out the most important pieces of advice that are most often ignored. 🧪
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🚨PhD offer 👩🎓:
Fascinated by island biodiversity, palaeoecology & human impacts on ecosystems? 🌴🦜🌍 Join @creaf.cat to explore how island life changed over the last 11,700 years.
Deadline: 27 Oct 2025
Selection: ~November
Starting: ~January 2026
Supervision: @sandranogue.bsky.social & me
More info👇
Fascinated by island biodiversity, palaeoecology & human impacts on ecosystems? 🌴🦜🌍 Join @creaf.cat to explore how island life changed over the last 11,700 years.
Deadline: 27 Oct 2025
Selection: ~November
Starting: ~January 2026
Supervision: @sandranogue.bsky.social & me
More info👇
September 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🚨PhD offer 👩🎓:
Fascinated by island biodiversity, palaeoecology & human impacts on ecosystems? 🌴🦜🌍 Join @creaf.cat to explore how island life changed over the last 11,700 years.
Deadline: 27 Oct 2025
Selection: ~November
Starting: ~January 2026
Supervision: @sandranogue.bsky.social & me
More info👇
Fascinated by island biodiversity, palaeoecology & human impacts on ecosystems? 🌴🦜🌍 Join @creaf.cat to explore how island life changed over the last 11,700 years.
Deadline: 27 Oct 2025
Selection: ~November
Starting: ~January 2026
Supervision: @sandranogue.bsky.social & me
More info👇
Reposted by Dr. Suzette Flantua
🚨PhD offer 👩🎓:
Fascinated by island biodiversity, palaeoecology & human impacts on ecosystems? 🌴🦜🌍 Join @creaf.cat to explore how island life changed over the last 11,700 years.
Deadline: 27 Oct 2025
Selection: ~November
Starting: ~January 2026
Supervision: @sandranogue.bsky.social & me
More info👇
Fascinated by island biodiversity, palaeoecology & human impacts on ecosystems? 🌴🦜🌍 Join @creaf.cat to explore how island life changed over the last 11,700 years.
Deadline: 27 Oct 2025
Selection: ~November
Starting: ~January 2026
Supervision: @sandranogue.bsky.social & me
More info👇
September 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Just 1 week left to apply to a 3yr Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in Landscape Multifunctionality here in beautiful Bergen (deadline Oct 1st) www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... The postion is part of the Agroecology Partnership project SAFER www.agroecologypartnership.eu/safer Please repost!
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Just 1 week left to apply to a 3yr Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in Landscape Multifunctionality here in beautiful Bergen (deadline Oct 1st) www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... The postion is part of the Agroecology Partnership project SAFER www.agroecologypartnership.eu/safer Please repost!
Tomorrow I’ll be serving on the PhD defense committee @charlesuni.cuni.cz in beautiful Prague. The thesis is ‘Plant radiations in tropical-alpine areas’ by J.M. Gorospe 🏔️🌿. Can’t say more yet 🤫, but I’m much looking forward! (And yes, I still print papers and I travel with a portable screen 😅)
September 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Tomorrow I’ll be serving on the PhD defense committee @charlesuni.cuni.cz in beautiful Prague. The thesis is ‘Plant radiations in tropical-alpine areas’ by J.M. Gorospe 🏔️🌿. Can’t say more yet 🤫, but I’m much looking forward! (And yes, I still print papers and I travel with a portable screen 😅)
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Debating the aesthetics of #wind & #solar is a luxury. The real crisis is climate change—threatening billions with deadly heat & catastrophic ecosystem breakdowns ♨️🥵🔥 Green #energy is a necessity🍃 Challenges exist (noise, land use) but are manageable - biggest risk is inaction #dkpol #climatechange
September 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Debating the aesthetics of #wind & #solar is a luxury. The real crisis is climate change—threatening billions with deadly heat & catastrophic ecosystem breakdowns ♨️🥵🔥 Green #energy is a necessity🍃 Challenges exist (noise, land use) but are manageable - biggest risk is inaction #dkpol #climatechange
Come to our amazing Bergen! Great work-life environment, 100s km of hiking around Bergen, and the project also looks pretty cool 😄
3 year Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in Landscape Multifunctionality here in beautiful Bergen jobbnorge.no/en/available... please repost
September 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Come to our amazing Bergen! Great work-life environment, 100s km of hiking around Bergen, and the project also looks pretty cool 😄
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New R-package alert! 🚨
With tabs it has never been easier to reconstruct altitudinal shifts of biogeographical systems over time. Whether in the ocean 🏝️, shallow seas 🪸 or mountains ⛰️; tabs can project spatial configurations shaped by climatic conditions.
➡️ doi.org/10.21425/fob...
With tabs it has never been easier to reconstruct altitudinal shifts of biogeographical systems over time. Whether in the ocean 🏝️, shallow seas 🪸 or mountains ⛰️; tabs can project spatial configurations shaped by climatic conditions.
➡️ doi.org/10.21425/fob...
September 3, 2025 at 8:23 AM
New R-package alert! 🚨
With tabs it has never been easier to reconstruct altitudinal shifts of biogeographical systems over time. Whether in the ocean 🏝️, shallow seas 🪸 or mountains ⛰️; tabs can project spatial configurations shaped by climatic conditions.
➡️ doi.org/10.21425/fob...
With tabs it has never been easier to reconstruct altitudinal shifts of biogeographical systems over time. Whether in the ocean 🏝️, shallow seas 🪸 or mountains ⛰️; tabs can project spatial configurations shaped by climatic conditions.
➡️ doi.org/10.21425/fob...
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Just one more week to submit an abstract for our biennial conference! More info found here: conferences.au.dk/tibs-aarhus-...
August 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Just one more week to submit an abstract for our biennial conference! More info found here: conferences.au.dk/tibs-aarhus-...
I am ready for IBS with abstracts and the organization of a symposium of Quantitative Paleoecology!
Are you happy being part of IBS? Do you think that keeping such society is important?
Please consider/renew membership so that IBS can continue! Finances are low and efforts high.
Thanks 😍
Are you happy being part of IBS? Do you think that keeping such society is important?
Please consider/renew membership so that IBS can continue! Finances are low and efforts high.
Thanks 😍
Care to learn about the latest biogeography research? Come join us in the beautiful city of Aarhus, Denmark in January 2026 for our 12th biannual conference! Abstract submission is open until September 1st. See more details here 👇
conferences.au.dk/tibs-aarhus-...
conferences.au.dk/tibs-aarhus-...
The International Biogeography Society Conference Jan 7-9, 2026 Aarhus
The International Biogeography Society and Aarhus University are excited to welcome you to the 12th Biannual Conference in Aarhus, the city of Smiles.
conferences.au.dk
August 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I am ready for IBS with abstracts and the organization of a symposium of Quantitative Paleoecology!
Are you happy being part of IBS? Do you think that keeping such society is important?
Please consider/renew membership so that IBS can continue! Finances are low and efforts high.
Thanks 😍
Are you happy being part of IBS? Do you think that keeping such society is important?
Please consider/renew membership so that IBS can continue! Finances are low and efforts high.
Thanks 😍
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Fellowships for early career researchers (PhD students and postdocs) from the Global South at Senckenberg!
Application period approaching! (15th Oct - 15th Sept)
Check it out in case you are interested and spread it if you may know somebody else who is!
www.senckenberg.de/en/career/gl...
Application period approaching! (15th Oct - 15th Sept)
Check it out in case you are interested and spread it if you may know somebody else who is!
www.senckenberg.de/en/career/gl...
Global Fellowships | Senckenberg Society for Nature Research
Senckenberg offers fellowships to highly motivated and talented early career scientists – doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers – from the Global South.
www.senckenberg.de
August 8, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Fellowships for early career researchers (PhD students and postdocs) from the Global South at Senckenberg!
Application period approaching! (15th Oct - 15th Sept)
Check it out in case you are interested and spread it if you may know somebody else who is!
www.senckenberg.de/en/career/gl...
Application period approaching! (15th Oct - 15th Sept)
Check it out in case you are interested and spread it if you may know somebody else who is!
www.senckenberg.de/en/career/gl...
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Two good #AGU2025 sessions about vegetation-climate interactions and past ecosystems... abstracts due July 30!
PP019: Modeling and Reconstructing Vegetation-Climate Interactions in the Past.
PP026: Paleoecological Perspectives on Past Climates
Section: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
PP019: Modeling and Reconstructing Vegetation-Climate Interactions in the Past.
PP026: Paleoecological Perspectives on Past Climates
Section: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
July 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Two good #AGU2025 sessions about vegetation-climate interactions and past ecosystems... abstracts due July 30!
PP019: Modeling and Reconstructing Vegetation-Climate Interactions in the Past.
PP026: Paleoecological Perspectives on Past Climates
Section: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
PP019: Modeling and Reconstructing Vegetation-Climate Interactions in the Past.
PP026: Paleoecological Perspectives on Past Climates
Section: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
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Macrosystems ecology: A new engine and frontier in contemporary ecosystem science ?
let's have a look :
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
🌐🧪
let's have a look :
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
🌐🧪
July 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Macrosystems ecology: A new engine and frontier in contemporary ecosystem science ?
let's have a look :
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
🌐🧪
let's have a look :
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
🌐🧪
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We are seeking an enthusiastic Postdoctoral Research Associate with analytical skills and knowledge of biodiversity to plan and lead research on how biodiversity change is unfolding in the Anthropocene.
Find out more and apply by 10 August
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...
Find out more and apply by 10 August
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...
July 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We are seeking an enthusiastic Postdoctoral Research Associate with analytical skills and knowledge of biodiversity to plan and lead research on how biodiversity change is unfolding in the Anthropocene.
Find out more and apply by 10 August
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...
Find out more and apply by 10 August
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...
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I’m heading to #IAVS2025, Colorado, USA, to present #VegVault! 🌿🔒🏛️
🌍A global database linking paleo- & neo-vegetation data with functional traits & abiotic drivers
🚀 A powerful tool for studying biodiversity dynamics across time & space!
🙋♂️ Who else is coming?
🔗 Website: bit.ly/VegVault
🌍A global database linking paleo- & neo-vegetation data with functional traits & abiotic drivers
🚀 A powerful tool for studying biodiversity dynamics across time & space!
🙋♂️ Who else is coming?
🔗 Website: bit.ly/VegVault
July 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I’m heading to #IAVS2025, Colorado, USA, to present #VegVault! 🌿🔒🏛️
🌍A global database linking paleo- & neo-vegetation data with functional traits & abiotic drivers
🚀 A powerful tool for studying biodiversity dynamics across time & space!
🙋♂️ Who else is coming?
🔗 Website: bit.ly/VegVault
🌍A global database linking paleo- & neo-vegetation data with functional traits & abiotic drivers
🚀 A powerful tool for studying biodiversity dynamics across time & space!
🙋♂️ Who else is coming?
🔗 Website: bit.ly/VegVault
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Would you like to come to work with us here at @Macroecology ? The Center is opening six new positions!
macroecology.ku.dk/people/posit...
macroecology.ku.dk/people/posit...
Open Positions
Positions and vacancies at the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate
macroecology.ku.dk
June 30, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Would you like to come to work with us here at @Macroecology ? The Center is opening six new positions!
macroecology.ku.dk/people/posit...
macroecology.ku.dk/people/posit...
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New preprint: we advertise DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly eco-evo-archaeo journals. 1/6
#AcademicPublishing #ecoevo #archaeology #EthicalPublishing #SocietyJournals #DiamondOpenAccess
doi.org/10.32942/X24...
#AcademicPublishing #ecoevo #archaeology #EthicalPublishing #SocietyJournals #DiamondOpenAccess
doi.org/10.32942/X24...
Time to publish ethically: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology.
doi.org
June 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
New preprint: we advertise DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly eco-evo-archaeo journals. 1/6
#AcademicPublishing #ecoevo #archaeology #EthicalPublishing #SocietyJournals #DiamondOpenAccess
doi.org/10.32942/X24...
#AcademicPublishing #ecoevo #archaeology #EthicalPublishing #SocietyJournals #DiamondOpenAccess
doi.org/10.32942/X24...
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Which paleoclimate dataset do you use for your research?
In my latest research, I compared temperature estimates from five well-known paleoclimate datasets to proxy data and found that inter-dataset variability can strongly affect temperature-delimited reconstructions. 🧵
➡️ doi.org/10.21425/fob...
In my latest research, I compared temperature estimates from five well-known paleoclimate datasets to proxy data and found that inter-dataset variability can strongly affect temperature-delimited reconstructions. 🧵
➡️ doi.org/10.21425/fob...
Global variability in LGM cooling amongst paleoclimate datasets affects biome reconstructions in mountains
Downscaled paleoclimate datasets are widely used in biogeographical research, aiding our understanding of past environmental shifts and species’ responses to climate change. Numerous datasets exist, v...
doi.org
May 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Which paleoclimate dataset do you use for your research?
In my latest research, I compared temperature estimates from five well-known paleoclimate datasets to proxy data and found that inter-dataset variability can strongly affect temperature-delimited reconstructions. 🧵
➡️ doi.org/10.21425/fob...
In my latest research, I compared temperature estimates from five well-known paleoclimate datasets to proxy data and found that inter-dataset variability can strongly affect temperature-delimited reconstructions. 🧵
➡️ doi.org/10.21425/fob...
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🧪 @elinerentier.bsky.social and colleagues in Prague, Gothenburg Bergen & Brussels have compared five well-known paleoclimate datasets and found that they vary in mean annual temperature estimations.
biogeography.pensoft.net/article/1358...
biogeography.pensoft.net/article/1358...
June 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🧪 @elinerentier.bsky.social and colleagues in Prague, Gothenburg Bergen & Brussels have compared five well-known paleoclimate datasets and found that they vary in mean annual temperature estimations.
biogeography.pensoft.net/article/1358...
biogeography.pensoft.net/article/1358...
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3 year postdoc position on this coming up here in beautiful Bergen - if interested keep your eyes peeled! 👀
Congratulations @peteecology.bsky.social with being awarded this exciting grant! www.uib.no/en/cesam/177...
New grant for Strengthening Agricultural Landscape Multifunctionality
Peter Manning was awarded an NFR grant as part of the transnational Agroecology Partnership program.
www.uib.no
May 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
3 year postdoc position on this coming up here in beautiful Bergen - if interested keep your eyes peeled! 👀
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La Red Latinoamericana de Polen invita al taller online "Neotoma2" por MSc. Socorro Dominguez. El evento se realizará el 9 de mayo a 9:00 (Zona horaria Pacifico, PT). Inscripciones: www.neotomadb.org/outreach/lap...
April 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
La Red Latinoamericana de Polen invita al taller online "Neotoma2" por MSc. Socorro Dominguez. El evento se realizará el 9 de mayo a 9:00 (Zona horaria Pacifico, PT). Inscripciones: www.neotomadb.org/outreach/lap...
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France is setting up an initiative to welcome some of the scientists in the USA who are no longer able to work there.
At this early stage, we are asked to provide names (and CVs) of candidates
If interested, contact your French colleagues to see whether they'd be willing and able to host you
🙏 FWD
At this early stage, we are asked to provide names (and CVs) of candidates
If interested, contact your French colleagues to see whether they'd be willing and able to host you
🙏 FWD
March 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
France is setting up an initiative to welcome some of the scientists in the USA who are no longer able to work there.
At this early stage, we are asked to provide names (and CVs) of candidates
If interested, contact your French colleagues to see whether they'd be willing and able to host you
🙏 FWD
At this early stage, we are asked to provide names (and CVs) of candidates
If interested, contact your French colleagues to see whether they'd be willing and able to host you
🙏 FWD
Super proud about this! It was quite a journey but great to see our work being picked up widely!
That's fantastic news! 🎉 The #paleo community is embracing our recommendations for using #fossil #pollen data in #macroecology studies! 🌿
Check it out 🔗 bit.ly/FOSSILPOL
A joint first author with @suzetteflantua.bsky.social , V. Felde & K. Bhatta!
#GEB #global #ecology #biogeography #palaeoecology
Check it out 🔗 bit.ly/FOSSILPOL
A joint first author with @suzetteflantua.bsky.social , V. Felde & K. Bhatta!
#GEB #global #ecology #biogeography #palaeoecology
March 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Super proud about this! It was quite a journey but great to see our work being picked up widely!
Ondrej Mottl @ondrejmottl.bsky.social is a fantastic presenter and will be great showing our FOSSILPOL workflow. Get a view here into our R package hope-uib-bio.github.io/FOSSILPOL-we... ! Hope to see many join for discussion and questions
March 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Ondrej Mottl @ondrejmottl.bsky.social is a fantastic presenter and will be great showing our FOSSILPOL workflow. Get a view here into our R package hope-uib-bio.github.io/FOSSILPOL-we... ! Hope to see many join for discussion and questions
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1/6 Paper Alert📢📢📢
New publication from #ECONOVO on the widespread ecological novelty across the terrestrial biosphere🌱
Read the article here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Key take homes below👇
New publication from #ECONOVO on the widespread ecological novelty across the terrestrial biosphere🌱
Read the article here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Key take homes below👇
Widespread ecological novelty across the terrestrial biosphere - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Even outside urban and agricultural areas, ecosystems are vastly transformed as a result of human activities. Here the authors map patterns in climate change, defaunation and floristic disruption to q...
www.nature.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
1/6 Paper Alert📢📢📢
New publication from #ECONOVO on the widespread ecological novelty across the terrestrial biosphere🌱
Read the article here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Key take homes below👇
New publication from #ECONOVO on the widespread ecological novelty across the terrestrial biosphere🌱
Read the article here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Key take homes below👇