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Ecology Group Basel - Sabine Rumpf @ecologybasel.bsky.social · 1d

*Job alert*
We have a 4-year #PhD position open! The project investigates spreading potential & impact of non-native plant species in mountain ecosystems using fieldwork, experimental & data-driven approaches. Starting date: 04/2026.
More info here:
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

Come work with us!

Universität Basel: PhD position in global change ecology

The research group Ecology at the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Basel in Switzerland invites applications for a PhD position within the ERC project 'Global status, trends, ...

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IPBES @ipbes.net · 7d

RIP #JaneGoodall - one of the modern pioneers of profound interconnections between people, animals and ecosystems. Her life was lived through science, compassion and tireless advocacy for the multiple values of nature - leaving a legacy that will endure for people and planet.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 7d

BREAKING: Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died.

Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.

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Philip Brohan @brohan.org · 7d

A poster demomstrating an extension to the well-known climate stripes graphic.

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Ecology Group Basel - Sabine Rumpf @ecologybasel.bsky.social · 8d

We had a great time at #Jungfraujoch during our yearly team outing! Got a fascinating tour of the meteorological & research station (est. 1931), and really enjoyed the trip with the iconic railway (construction finished already in 1912!). We'll have to come back for a better view, though 😉🏔️❄️🧪🚞

A happy Ecology group on top of the "Sphinx", the meteo observatory at Jungfraujoch, Switzerland

Visiting the old, but still running, laboratory at the Jungfraujoch research station.

A plate depicting the surrounding summits with nothing but fog in the background.

The iconic red Jungfrau railway carriages.

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Jens-Christian Svenning @jcsvenning.bsky.social · 17d

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

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Jonathan von Oppen @jvonoppen.bsky.social · 21d

Took a small break from talks & discussions at #IMC25 this morning to explore the #alpine surroundings above #Innsbruck. Great views, and happy to see quite some flowers still (or again?) around late in the season 🌸🪻🌿🏔😊

The alpine mountain ridge north of Innsbruck, AT above the clouds in the valley

Three curious botanists exploring the late-summer treasures among the limestone rocks

Alpine Draba aizoides still (or for the second time this summer?) displaying its yellow flowers

Pink-flowered, but senescing moss campion (Silene acaulis) growing over a rock in the Northern Limestone Alps

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VAW Glaciology @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social · 22d

Incredible ice loss measured again at #Konkordiaplatz on the #Aletsch #Glacier, home to the thickest ice in the #Alps (still about 800 m!). Yesterday’s survey revealed another –4.6 m of ice gone in just one year. :(
Measurements by @matthias-huss.bsky.social for GLAMOS

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Prof. Vigdis Vandvik @vvandvik.bsky.social · 22d

Come work with us!

In two week's time, application deadlines close for eight fully funded #PhD positions who will be working together on understanding and mitigating global change impacts and feedbacks from mountains:

cmt.w.uib.no/open-positio...

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Jonathan von Oppen @jvonoppen.bsky.social · 22d

Thank you to everyone who presented in our #microclimate change session today @imc2025.bsky.social! @jlembrechts.bsky.social, @niittynen.bsky.social & I were very happy with the contributions & discussions. Great to see microclimate getting more attention in high-elevation ecosystems 🏔🌡❄️💧

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Jonathan von Oppen @jvonoppen.bsky.social · 23d

Ready for an exciting week of #mountain science at @imc2025.bsky.social! The setting in Innsbruck could not be more fitting 🏔☀️

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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 28d

Job Alert! The University of Tübingen is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) in FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY! Come and join our institute, and maybe our new excellence clusters @terra-cluster.org and @greenrobust.de. @gfoesoc.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Please repost!

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Jonathan von Oppen @jvonoppen.bsky.social · Sep 8

Come work with us in beautiful Basel & in the mountains around the world! Great working environment & fab collaborators on top ☺️🌐
Happy to answer non-project-related questions via DM!

Ecology Group Basel - Sabine Rumpf @ecologybasel.bsky.social · Sep 8

*Job alert*

We have a 5-year postdoc position on #mountain non-native species & #macroecology in our group @unibas.ch. Great opportunity to join us!

Details here: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stellen/postdoc-position-in-mountain-macroecology/6c5a8906-354f-43c6-bc9b-1156d21725a5

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Universität Basel: Postdoc position in mountain macroecology

The research group Ecology at the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Basel in Switzerland invites applications for a postdoc position within the ERC project 'Global status, tren...

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Jonathan von Oppen @jvonoppen.bsky.social · Sep 8

This was a fun study to contribute to :) hopefully helpful to enable more #winter #microclimate data from alpine & Arctic regions 🏔️❄️

Well done Raphi & Michi for leading this effort from start to finish!

Ecology Group Basel - Sabine Rumpf @ecologybasel.bsky.social · Sep 8

New paper!

Want to measure #mountain #microclimate during wintertime but loggers keep breaking? Here's an easy, cost-effective method to help loggers survive snow & visits by curious animals🏔️❄️🦌🌡️💧
Nicely led by Raphael von Büren & @mizeh.bsky.social.

📄 doi.org/10.1111/jvs....

@slfdavos.bsky.social

A Novel Method for Monitoring Above‐ and Belowground Microclimates in Mountain Ecosystems Year‐Round

Aim The role of microclimate in influencing range limits and vegetation shifts, especially in topographically heterogeneous mountain ecosystems, has gained attention in recent years. However, distur...

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Ecology Group Basel - Sabine Rumpf @ecologybasel.bsky.social · Sep 4

We are very excited to announce that our group leader Sabine Rumpf has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for her #GloNoMo project to investigate the global status, trends, drivers and impacts of non-native plant species in mountain ecosystems 🎉

@unibas.ch
Details on the project 👇🧵

University of Basel @unibas.ch · Sep 4

Seven researchers from the University of Basel receive ERC Starting Grants – an exceptional result for the University of Basel. Over the next five years, they will each receive between EUR 1.5 million and EUR 2.3 million in funding.

Seven researchers from the University of Basel receive ERC Starting Grants

In the competition for highly sought-after research funding from the European Research Council, seven researchers from the University of Basel convinced the jury with their project ideas. Over the nex...

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Cornelius Senf @corneliussenf.bsky.social · Sep 4

Want to do a PhD in remote sensing? Interested in mountain forest ecosystems? Then apply for a PhD position in our lab! You will be part of the newly founded Centre for Forest Management in the Alps, working on scaling tree productivity from tree to landscape scale. Deadline 21st September.

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Jonathan von Oppen @jvonoppen.bsky.social · Sep 3

I could not recommend this place and group more for doing a #PhD. If you're into #RemoteSensing 🛰️, #VegetationDynamics 🌿, #macroecology 🌍, social & supportive work environments, hygge and pastry 🥯 - apply!

Fabian Schneider @fabdanis.bsky.social · Sep 2

🎓 Please join us for a PhD in Remote Sensing of Vegetation Structure at Aarhus University. It's a great place to live and work, and an inspiring university to do research 😊

phd.nat.au.dk/for-applican...

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Jonathan von Oppen @jvonoppen.bsky.social · Aug 28

Still time to apply for a very cool #PhD position in our group!
All details 👇

Ecology Group Basel - Sabine Rumpf @ecologybasel.bsky.social · Aug 14

*Job alert*
Come work with us! We have a fully funded 4yr #PhD position in #alpine & #Arctic plant #ecology available in our group @unibas.ch. The project includes fieldwork & connects to other ongoing projects on species range shifts & microclimate.
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
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Universität Basel: PhD position in alpine and arctic plant ecology

The research group Ecology at the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Basel in Switzerland invites applications for a fully funded four-year PhD position in alpine and arctic pla...

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Dave Klinges @thenaturedave.bsky.social · Aug 25

(Plz share) We're hiring! 5-year PhD student to join our new lab at Rutgers University. Broadly, exploring how climate change impacts terrestrial species, ecosystems and biodiversity – compute, field, or lab! See here:
ecoclimateglobal.org/join/
(hiring a 2-yr postdoc too, more news on that soon)

Join the Lab

Current Opportunities Please see below for current and upcoming opportunities to join the group. We always welcome inquiries from motivated potential members with research interests that fit our group...

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Ecology Group Basel - Sabine Rumpf @ecologybasel.bsky.social · Aug 14

*Job alert*
Come work with us! We have a fully funded 4yr #PhD position in #alpine & #Arctic plant #ecology available in our group @unibas.ch. The project includes fieldwork & connects to other ongoing projects on species range shifts & microclimate.
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
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Universität Basel: PhD position in alpine and arctic plant ecology

The research group Ecology at the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Basel in Switzerland invites applications for a fully funded four-year PhD position in alpine and arctic pla...

jobs.unibas.ch

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David Nogués Bravo @noguesbravo.bsky.social · Aug 14

Today we publish a new paper on the past and future resilience of the reindeer under global change...the future looks grim

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Mismatch in reindeer resilience to past and future warming signals ongoing declines

Rangifer population dynamics over 21,000 years reveal that future climatic warming will cause losses that surpass safe boundaries.

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Dave Klinges @thenaturedave.bsky.social · Aug 12

Great to have this one finally out-- our open-access workflow for optimized deployment of microclimate networks! Collab b/w ecologists, data scientists and computational engineers. Check out the GitHub repo for the R software (soon to be a package):

github.com/dklinges9/Mi...

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Rebecca Senior @rebeccasenior.bsky.social · Aug 11

Thrilled to share this OA paper (with code!) for designing #microclimate sensor networks. Led by @thenaturedave.bsky.social & @jlembrechts.bsky.social, plus Stijn Van de Vondel, Eric Greenlee, and former @durham-university.bsky.social student, Kian Hayles-Cotton
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A workflow for microclimate sensor networks: Integrating geographic tools, statistics, and local knowledge

Wireless environmental sensors have become integral tools in environmental and conservation research, offering diverse data streams that complement tr…

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Jonathan von Oppen @jvonoppen.bsky.social · Jul 21

The pursuit of 1.5°C endures as a legal and ethical imperative in a changing world | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Jonathan von Oppen @jvonoppen.bsky.social · Jul 17

While the line between NES and NoNES might not be as sharp, I absolutely agree that linguistic injustice exists, especially for colleagues from non-Western societies. Imo a good opportunity for (commercial) publishers to give some of their revenue back to the scientific community.

Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · Jul 16

"The present situation is a clear, unequivocal example of linguistic injustice
All the costs of having a common language in science are borne by non-native English-speaking scientists, implying unfair cooperation in obtaining a common good (i.e. a common language)"
@cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social

paper on linguistic injustice on the dominance of English