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Karin Mora

@karinmora.bsky.social

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Researcher @uniLeipzig.bsky.social & @rsc4earth.bsky.social My work: #PHENOPLEXITY = #nonlinearDynamics + #complexity + #ML Analyses: plant #phenology & #biodiversity. Data: #citizenscience, #remoteSensing, #sentinel2, #eddycovariance, #DataCubes

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Karin Mora @karinmora.bsky.social · Apr 2

Publication prebsky:
Inter-annual #macrophenological gradients derived using a #synchronisation #timeseries approach from #citizenscience #Floraincognita.

With Rzanny, Wäldchen, Feilhauer, Kattenborn, @gdkrmr.bsky.social, Mäder, Svidzinska, Wolf, @miguelmahecha.bsky.social

#idiv, #Breathingnature

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Pablo Garcia-Diaz @pablo-ecology.bsky.social · 16d

Big data: Some statistical issues 🌎🌐 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Big data: Some statistical issues

A broad review is given of the impact of big data on various aspects of investigation. There is some but not total emphasis on issues in epidemiological research. Keywords: Big data, Electronic health...

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The Wirth-Weigelt Working Group @agwirthweigelt.bsky.social · 5d

Mid-September a new #BioSmoke campaign in Spain kicked off 🇪🇸. Julia Olbrich collected pyrophyte leaf samples, while Kai Weber (@kai-jwd.bsky.social) ran vegetation surveys and drone-based LiDAR & hyperspectral imaging in a region with high wildfire risk near Albacete (Castilla-La Mancha).

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Karin Mora @karinmora.bsky.social · 6d

RIP Jane Goodall (1934-2025)
🌸❤️🌸
One of the few visible women of my childhood.

In 1962 she had no degree and became only the 8th female PhD student at University of Cambridge.

University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · 6d

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Jane Goodall.

Jane was a much-loved member of the conservation community in Cambridge and worldwide. She completed her PhD at @darwincollegecam.bsky.social and was an Honorary Fellow at @newnhamcollege.bsky.social.

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Jane Goodall - Finding our way to a better future

YouTube video by Cambridge University

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Karin Mora @karinmora.bsky.social · 6d

Some developments (essentials such as luxury housing and golf courses) “being built on #Natura2000 land, which is supposed to be protected under EU regulations.”

🤦🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️

Karin Mora @karinmora.bsky.social · 6d

New #GreenToGrey analysis includes land of any size, where #EEA excludes areas <50,000 sq metres.

BUT many little areas add up!
“resulting in estimates 1.5 times larger than the EEA’s calculations”

Let’s help them expand this analysis globally visit greentogrey.eu

#sentinel2 #citizenScience

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Karin Mora @karinmora.bsky.social · 6d

Some developments (essentials such as luxury housing and golf courses) “being built on #Natura2000 land, which is supposed to be protected under EU regulations.”

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Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 7d

Nature in Europe is being lost piece by piece. Using our method, journalists from 11 countries have uncovered the extent of the nature loss. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The #greentogrey project was coordinated by @journalismarena.eu in collaboration with NRK.

Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a day

Investigation shows extent of green land lost across UK and mainland Europe to development from 2018 to 2023

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Aletta Bonn @alettabonn.bsky.social · May 25

#Forests are good for you! 🌳🌲🌳 paper led by Loic Gillerot with our wonderful @biodiversa.eu Dr.Forest consortium
@idiv-research.bsky.social @ufz.de
@melissamarselle.bsky.social

Melissa Marselle @melissamarselle.bsky.social · May 19

Our new #DrForest paper has found canopy density & tree species diversity have varying impacts on health & wellbeing 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#foresthealth #biodiversity #urbanforests #forestmanagement #environmentalhealth #urbanplanning #research #Sustainability

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Aletta Bonn @alettabonn.bsky.social · Aug 24

Artenfinder #citizenscience data set published 🦋🌼🦎
thanks to many volunteers, the #Artenfinder team and #NFDI4Biodiversity Living Atlas - Nature Germany team www.land.gbif.de
@gbif.org @idiv-research.bsky.social @ufz.de

Biodiversity Data Journal @bdj.pensoft.net · Aug 1

А quality-checked citizen science dataset published on @gbif.org with more than 1 million georeferenced species records with a geographic focus on the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) and Berlin: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

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Karin Mora @karinmora.bsky.social · 7d

You can link with Claudia here @cguistei.bsky.social

Karin Mora @karinmora.bsky.social · 7d

#iDivConference2025 today I present our study co-lead w C Guimaraes-Steinicke. Great work by our student K Wende.
& great collaborators
@agwirthweigelt.bsky.social A Weigelt, S Saxena & A Anwar.

Floral vs veg structure fingerprints from #TLS intensity

#JenaExperiment #Phenology #biodiversity

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iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · 8d

🌿 Day 1 of #iDivConference2025 at @unihalle.bsky.social brought blue skies, warm connections and a keynote by @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social on modelling biodiversity under climate change.

📍Tomorrow's keynote by Meredith C. Schuman is on genetic and functional diversity.

More to come! ☀️

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Karin Mora @karinmora.bsky.social · 8d

Excited to be at the #iDivconference2025 this week. First talk by @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social on #speciesDistributionModels and #networkTheory for #foodwebs and impacts of climate change.

Thanks for organising @idiv-research.bsky.social

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Karin Mora @karinmora.bsky.social · 11d

What is the future of universities?

A special with a picture of Leipzig university @unileipzig.bsky.social 📚💻👩‍🏫🧑‍🏫👨‍🏫📈📊

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

The future of universities: A Nature special report

The world's universities are under intense pressure. Nature examines the threats they face and asks how the sector can and must adapt to survive.

www.nature.com

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iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · 11d

🎉 iDiv feierte heute: 13 Jahre Förderung durch die DFG enden im Dezember – Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen und Sachsen übernehmen dann Gros der Grundfinanzierung. Die Ministerpräsidenten der 3 Länder bekennen sich zur Förderung von iDiv über das Jahr 2030 hinaus. 🌱

www.idiv.de/de/neues-kap...

Podiumsdiskussion: Aletta Bonn, Mario Voigt, Michael Kretschmer

Unterzeichnung der Absichtserklärung zur Förderung von iDiv über das Jahr 2030 hinaus. Sitzend: Thomas Wünsch (Sachsen-Anhalt), Mario Voigt (Thüringen), Michael Kretschmer (Sachsen). Stehend: Martin Quaas, Anne Wesemann (beide iDiv)

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iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · 12d

🤔 Is it possible to identify non-native species without knowing their origin – just by measuring how they impact the ecosystem?

Upcoming episode of #InsideBiodiversity with iDiv biologist @smartenwinter.bsky.social

🗓️ Oct 2, 11:00 CEST

🔗 Subscribe to the podcast: insidebiodiversity.podigee.io

Inside Biodiversity episode cover: How Detrimental Are Non-Native Species? Guest: Marten Winter

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Leipzig Institute for Meteorology @meteoleipzig.bsky.social · 28d

Using years of experience in attribution science, a comprehensive study that links heat waves to individual emitters (ie fossil fuel producers) has just been published by @yannquilcaille.bsky.social et al. A systematic step forward as highlighted in my @nature.com News&Views article:

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Heatwaves linked to emissions of individual fossil-fuel and cement producers | Nature

The emissions of leading fossil-fuel and cement producers have been systematically linked to particular heatwaves. Three scientists discuss the methodology behind the result and its potential impact on climate-liability court cases. The emissions of leading fossil-fuel and cement producers have been systematically linked to particular heatwaves. Three scientists discuss the methodology behind the result and its potential impact on climate-liability court cases.

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Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · 27d

**Creativity**

For me, Wallas’ 4 phases are:

Brain-binge
Daydream
Hatch
Nurture

Remember, creatives: doing sweet FA’s a job requirement 😎

(Thanks @karinmora.bsky.social for the link.)

#writersky #writingcommunity #authorsky #authorlife #IndieAuthor #amwriting

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The unconscious process that leads to creativity: how ‘incubation’ works

The creativity process has been divided into four phases – including one where you need to let your unconscious do the work

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Karin Mora @karinmora.bsky.social · Sep 7

This time a mystery/ghostly story from @urbanmole.bsky.social

#WeNeedStories

Urban Mole @urbanmole.bsky.social · Sep 2

"Numerous guard spiders had webbed the exterior, and we felt secure we would not be disturbed that night, or any other."

2020s travel, 1920s prose.

Go figure.

#writersky #writingcommunity #indieauthor #authorsky #authorlife #amwriting #Baltic

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A view of the Baltic sea from atop a sandy cliff. Two trees, one in shadow, one in sun, frame the image. The sky is clear and blue.

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Erika C. Freeman @ecfreewoman.bsky.social · Mar 6

Lone wolf and constantly on the move. @ceciliapad.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪

How academia’s ‘lone wolf’ culture is harming researcher mental health

Scientists who don’t consistently publish great papers and attract bumper funding are often overlooked, say campaigners for healthier lab environments.

www.nature.com

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Karin Mora @karinmora.bsky.social · Sep 1

The true inventor of #funk #guitar and #bass: #Cory’s #Shearwater

#birds #ecology #ornithology

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Cory's Shearwater

YouTube video by Tomás .Tello

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · Aug 31

My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books.
p.s. I have a new book of cartoons out soon: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

Panel One:
A woman sits in a chair reading happily in a book-filled room.
A voice offstage says
"You can't survive on books alone"
The woman replies
"Maybe I can!"

Panel Two:
"How?" asks the voice
"I don't know yet, but I'm sure the answer will be in one of my books." Says the woman

Panel Three:
Caption: However
The book is filled with yet more books.
A skull sits on the chair. It says
"I regret nothing!"

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iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · Aug 15

The new open-source #EuropaBON Stakeholder Dashboard lets you explore how institutions across Europe connect on #biodiversity info - by sector, realm, region or institution.
Spot the network’s strengths and gaps, and learn how you can contribute in our latest blog post: www.idiv.de/connecting-s...

Connecting Stakeholders for Biodiversity: A European Network

The EuropaBON Stakeholder Dashboard maps key actors involved in biodiversity monitoring across Europe.

www.idiv.de

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Nic Rawlence @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social · Aug 10

A PR company working for Colossal Biosciences is sending AI generated pieces to respected science journalists & asking them to publish the articles under their own names. This is so dodgy & just goes to show our critical expert scientific commentary is working. Sci comm failure 101 for Colossal.

Laurie Winkless @lauriewinkless.bsky.social · Aug 10

Just got a 🧪pitch from a PR claiming to work with Colossal (de-extinction chancers). It was a pre-written article claiming the science sector is carrying out "coordinated attacks" on the co. Spy the headline. They asked if I'd publish it on my Forbes column.

Not enough eye rolls on Earth for this 🙄

Is Colossal a threat to Science or Is it Science's Last Hope for the Next Generation?

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Karin Mora @karinmora.bsky.social · Aug 10

Energy use, water use, …

Christopher Mollison @chrismollison.bsky.social · Aug 10

Just a reminder that casually outsourcing your nous comes at a significant energy & water cost.

#writersky #indieauthor #authorsky #amwriting #authorlife #booksky #writingcommunity #writingcraft #AI

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OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models

Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version’s enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost

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