Marco Patacca
@marcopath.bsky.social
Forest ecology & management in a changing world
PhD candidate at Wageningen University & Research
Books, records & pasta, better outside
he/him
PhD candidate at Wageningen University & Research
Books, records & pasta, better outside
he/him
All climate projections do not show any mercy in predicting future wildfires seasons in Europe.
Forest management can play a major role in mitigating the large negative consequences of fires, but planning and prevention is crucial.
Forest management can play a major role in mitigating the large negative consequences of fires, but planning and prevention is crucial.
The European Union is suffering its worst wildfire season on record, surpassing 1 million hectares burned today.
EU wildfires hit new record as flames scorch area larger than Cyprus
The area burned this year has exceeded the 1 million hectare mark for the first time since records started in 2006.
www.politico.eu
August 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
All climate projections do not show any mercy in predicting future wildfires seasons in Europe.
Forest management can play a major role in mitigating the large negative consequences of fires, but planning and prevention is crucial.
Forest management can play a major role in mitigating the large negative consequences of fires, but planning and prevention is crucial.
"This year, I think my family will survive the heat wave. Next year? The one after that?"
Very thoughtful reflection I completely feel myself aligned with
Very thoughtful reflection I completely feel myself aligned with
Climate necropolitics: thoughts from the middle of the heatwave.
jksteinberger.medium.com/climate-necr...
jksteinberger.medium.com/climate-necr...
Climate necropolitics
I have been thinking of politics and death recently. In fact it’s all I can think about. I think you should too.
jksteinberger.medium.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
"This year, I think my family will survive the heat wave. Next year? The one after that?"
Very thoughtful reflection I completely feel myself aligned with
Very thoughtful reflection I completely feel myself aligned with
Cool paper by @marcochiminazzo.bsky.social, on the effect of novel wildfire regimes on vegetation functional filtering.🔥🌳This may have huge implication for ecosystem functioning, especially if not used to fires!
Also relevant for post-disturbance management!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Also relevant for post-disturbance management!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Cool paper by @marcochiminazzo.bsky.social, on the effect of novel wildfire regimes on vegetation functional filtering.🔥🌳This may have huge implication for ecosystem functioning, especially if not used to fires!
Also relevant for post-disturbance management!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Also relevant for post-disturbance management!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Marco Patacca
🌱New study reveals functional traits e.g. wood density & leaf mass fraction shape plant growth rates, with these relationships changing as plants mature. Growth isn't a fixed trait–it evolves with age! @lilydun.bsky.social @ianjwright.bsky.social🧪🌍
🔍Article: buff.ly/f0vnEFV
🗞️Blog: buff.ly/nY1TorB
🔍Article: buff.ly/f0vnEFV
🗞️Blog: buff.ly/nY1TorB
Do trait–growth relationships vary with plant age in fire-prone heathland shrubs?
buff.ly
May 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🌱New study reveals functional traits e.g. wood density & leaf mass fraction shape plant growth rates, with these relationships changing as plants mature. Growth isn't a fixed trait–it evolves with age! @lilydun.bsky.social @ianjwright.bsky.social🧪🌍
🔍Article: buff.ly/f0vnEFV
🗞️Blog: buff.ly/nY1TorB
🔍Article: buff.ly/f0vnEFV
🗞️Blog: buff.ly/nY1TorB
Publishers ask science to pay for their services, and then sell the very same work they didn’t pay anything for to AI companies for million of dollars ?!
I find this so wrong on so many levels.. and a real threat to science itself! Is it only me?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I find this so wrong on so many levels.. and a real threat to science itself! Is it only me?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Publishers are selling papers to train AIs — and making millions of dollars
Generative-AI models require massive amounts of data — scholarly publishers are licensing their content to train them.
www.nature.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Publishers ask science to pay for their services, and then sell the very same work they didn’t pay anything for to AI companies for million of dollars ?!
I find this so wrong on so many levels.. and a real threat to science itself! Is it only me?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I find this so wrong on so many levels.. and a real threat to science itself! Is it only me?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
6 year ago I spent 5 months sampling leaves in Ivory Coast.
That was my MSc thesis, I would have never though back then that this work would have ended up in Nature!
Greatly led by @jeaggu.bsky.social!!
That was my MSc thesis, I would have never though back then that this work would have ended up in Nature!
Greatly led by @jeaggu.bsky.social!!
Tropical forests are not all the same: they show many shades of geographical variation. Our new paper in Nature led by @jeaggu.bsky.social combines field and satellite data to make a first map the canopy functional traits of the world’s tropical forests: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Canopy functional trait variation across Earth’s tropical forests - Nature
Data from a variety of sources—including satellite, climate and soil data, as well as field-collected information on plant traits—are pooled and analysed to map the functional diversity of tropical fo...
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
6 year ago I spent 5 months sampling leaves in Ivory Coast.
That was my MSc thesis, I would have never though back then that this work would have ended up in Nature!
Greatly led by @jeaggu.bsky.social!!
That was my MSc thesis, I would have never though back then that this work would have ended up in Nature!
Greatly led by @jeaggu.bsky.social!!
Nature engraves and inspire knowledge since millennia
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Etymology of the day: ‘book’ comes from an ancient root shared by ‘beech’, a wood that people used for engraving inscriptions. ‘Paper’ comes from ‘papyrus’, and ‘volume’ is from the Latin for a ‘roll’ of parchment.
Happy World Book Day.
Happy World Book Day.
March 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Nature engraves and inspire knowledge since millennia
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Reposted by Marco Patacca
We published three policy briefs on enhancing forest resilience based on results of our Horizon2020 project RESONATE. Second: The Role of Biodiversity in Making Forests Resilient
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February 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
We published three policy briefs on enhancing forest resilience based on results of our Horizon2020 project RESONATE. Second: The Role of Biodiversity in Making Forests Resilient
efi.int/sites/defaul...
efi.int/sites/defaul...
Reposted by Marco Patacca
We published three policy briefs on enhancing forest resilience based on results of our Horizon2020 project RESONATE. First: Managing Forest Disturbances in a Changing Climate
efi.int/sites/defaul...
efi.int/sites/defaul...
February 7, 2025 at 10:29 AM
We published three policy briefs on enhancing forest resilience based on results of our Horizon2020 project RESONATE. First: Managing Forest Disturbances in a Changing Climate
efi.int/sites/defaul...
efi.int/sites/defaul...