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Dr. Mariana García Criado @nanitundra.bsky.social · 14d

We are calling for abstracts for the @worldbioforum.bsky.social session 'Understanding and caring for Arctic biodiversity together'. This will be an interdisciplinary, free-form session open to all taxa, regions and forms of knowledge. Submission deadline 18 Nov. Looking forward to hearing from you!

World Biodiversity Forum @worldbioforum.bsky.social · 15d

🌎🌿We're now accepting submissions for oral or poster abstracts for WBF2026 in☀️Davos. Explore over 90 engaging sessions, covering biodiversity-ecosystem fundamentals, policy, finance and law❗Submit now: worldbiodiversityforum.org/call-for-abs...
#Biodiversity #WBF2026

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Dr. Mariana García Criado @nanitundra.bsky.social · 28d

A snapshot of our expedition to Finnish Lapland this summer, featuring bogs, bugs, a pink hula hoop, and of course, bryophytes and lichens 🌿

Thanks to funders @ec.europa.eu via POLARIN and #MSCActions, and to my brilliant colleagues @miguelvilloslada.bsky.social et al. for keeping morale high!

xᴀᴀʟɪ ᴏ'ʀᴇɪʟʟʏ ʙᴇʀᴋᴇʟᴇʏ, ᴘʜᴅ @xaalii.bsky.social · 28d

🚨 New TEB Lab blog post 🌱

@nanitundra.bsky.social tells us about her summer trip to Finnish Lapland for fieldwork! 🥾

www.temporalecology.com/post/an-unex...

An unexpectedly hot expedition to Finnish Lapland

This summer, Mariana spent two weeks in Finnish Lapland conducting fieldwork for her BIPOLAR Marie Skłodowska-Curie project. The aim of this project is to quantify the potential for adaptation to clim...

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Brandon Samuel Whitley @brandonswhitley.bsky.social · 24d

Check out the Polar Early Career World Summit Synthesis Report, a summary of the input from 238 early career researchers. We were invited to co-create shared priorities relating to polar research planning, generating ideas leading up to the Fifth International Polar Year.

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Polar Early Career World Summit Synthesis Report

This report presents the synthesized priorities of polar early career community members, gathered from the Polar Early Career World Summit (PECWS) and multiple modes of online engagement before and af...

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Brandon Samuel Whitley @brandonswhitley.bsky.social · 23d

Please share widely! The Natural History Museum Denmark @nhmdk.bsky.social is offering a PhD fellowship in collection-based Natural History Research, focused on dark taxa & unknown species, pref. including representatives of Danish flora, fauna or geology.

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PhD fellowship in collection-based Natural History Research

Natural History Museum Denmark Faculty of SCIENCE University of Copenhagen   Natural History Museum Denmark invites applicants for a PhD fellowship in coll

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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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NordBorN @nordborn.bsky.social · 17d

Amazing work led by @nanitundra.bsky.social on plant borealization across the Arctic - where, why and by whom using the ITEX+ database 🌱
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NordBorN @nordborn.bsky.social · 20d

Can we identify #functional traits that characterize #boreal and #tundra plants? Last week #NordBorN researchers met at @creaf.cat in Barcelona to address this question. Stay tuned for results! nordborn.lbhi.is?p=422 🌱 @nanitundra.bsky.social

Characterizing the functional trait space of boreal and tundra plants - The Nordic Borealization Network

Last week, Beatrice Trascau and James Speed visited Mariana García Criado at the Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF) in sunny Barcelona, Spain. Mariana reports back from a...

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NordBorN @nordborn.bsky.social · Aug 26

Few days left to apply! Join the #NordBorN team at #NTNU University Museum with a 3-year fully funded postdoc position 👇

NordBorN @nordborn.bsky.social · Jun 26

Will you be the next #NordBorN #postdoc? #NTNU University Museum is looking for an ambitious young researcher to fill this role nordborn.lbhi.is?p=415 #NordForsk Deadline for applications is Aug 31!

NordBorN postdoc position in Trondheim - The Nordic Borealization Network

Deadline: August 31, 2025 The NTNU University Museum is looking for an energetic and ambitious ecologist with excellent organizational and communication skills. The postdoctoral position is part of th...

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Tadashi Fukami @fukamit.bsky.social · Aug 6

Assistant Professor position in Traditional Ecological Knowledge at Stanford University. Applications due Sept 30, 2025

facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...

Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor in Traditional Ecological Knowledge

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NordBorN @nordborn.bsky.social · Aug 7

The paper was featured in @science.org
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Beavers are poised to invade and radically remake the Arctic

A warming climate is enabling rodents to move north

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NordBorN @nordborn.bsky.social · Aug 7

Beavers (and their ponds) are moving #North! Beaver #expansion will have huge consequences for #tundra ecosystems. Read the latest #NordBorN publication by Ken Tape and James Speed in Environmental Research Letters @ioppublishing.bsky.social

📄 Link to paper: 10.1088/1748-9326/adeba2

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NordBorN @nordborn.bsky.social · Jul 8

Plenary talk by @icbarrio.bsky.social discussing #borealization at the northernmost Eurasian Grassland Conference in #Oulu! @unioulu.bsky.social 🇫🇮 #XXEGC2025

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NordBorN @nordborn.bsky.social · Jun 26

Will you be the next #NordBorN #postdoc? #NTNU University Museum is looking for an ambitious young researcher to fill this role nordborn.lbhi.is?p=415 #NordForsk Deadline for applications is Aug 31!

NordBorN postdoc position in Trondheim - The Nordic Borealization Network

Deadline: August 31, 2025 The NTNU University Museum is looking for an energetic and ambitious ecologist with excellent organizational and communication skills. The postdoctoral position is part of th...

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NordBorN @nordborn.bsky.social · Jun 26

The first meeting of the #NordicDendroNetwork will take place in Ås next October 👇🌲

Danielle Creek @daniellecreek.bsky.social · May 27

🪧Calling all researchers working with #dendrometers. The #NordicDendroNetwork is holding its first meeting 13-15 October in Norway. For more information and registration go to >>> shorturl.at/HqoFY

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NordBorN @nordborn.bsky.social · May 23

Two Marianas talking about #borealization at #VistÍs2025 🤩 @verdonenm.bsky.social @nanitundra.bsky.social

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NordBorN @nordborn.bsky.social · May 13

Check out this new paper led by Mathilde Defourneaux where we develop a multispecies #NIRS model to predict nutrient content in #herbivore faeces 🇮🇸🐏🦌🪿 #NordForsk #Rannís 👇

Laura Barbero-Palacios @laurabp.bsky.social · May 12

🦌🦢🌿How do tundra herbivores shape nutrient cycles?

We developed the first multispecies NIRS-based open-source model to quantify nitrogen, phosphorus & carbon in faeces of tundra herbivores in Iceland (geese, reindeer, sheep).
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NordBorN @nordborn.bsky.social · May 3

Long days and a lot of science and coffee. #NordBorN researchers had a very busy week at #EGU25!
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Busy week at EGU 2025 - The Nordic Borealization Network

This last week (April 27- May 2) several NordBorN researchers attended the European Geophysical Union (EGU) General Assembly 2025 in Vienna. Mariana and Elias co-convened the session Global change imp...

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NordBorN @nordborn.bsky.social · May 3

Will you be the next #NordBorN #PhD student? Join the #NTNU University museum team to study the genomics of #Arctic plant invasions! Deadline to apply is May 9 nordborn.lbhi.is?p=406

PhD position on the genomics of Arctic invasion at NTNU University Museum, Trondheim - The Nordic Borealization Network

Deadline: May 9, 2025 The NTNU University Museum is seeking a highly qualified, ambitious, and motivated PhD candidate for a project focusing on genomics of Arctic alien plants. A warming climate, cha...

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NordBorN @nordborn.bsky.social · May 2

Just a little over a month ago we were having our second annual meeting in #Aarhus. You can now read all about it 👇https://nordborn.lbhi.is/?p=386 @au.dk #NordForsk

NordBorN meeting in Aarhus 2025 - The Nordic Borealization Network

The second NordBorN meeting was held in Denmark on March 25-27, 2025, hosted by our colleagues from Aarhus University. Twenty NordBorN members participated in the meeting in person, and others joined ...

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NordBorN @nordborn.bsky.social · May 1

@verdonenm.bsky.social presenting #NordBorN at #EGU25 🤩

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NordBorN @nordborn.bsky.social · Apr 25

Check out the new paper by #NordBorN researchers in @newphyt.bsky.social using machine learning to check 8 million #herbarium specimens to assess long term changes in flowering #phenology 🌻

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NordBorN @nordborn.bsky.social · Mar 24

The second #NordBorN meeting is taking place in Aarhus this week! Looking forward to three fun days of borealizing 😃 @au.dk

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Miguel Villoslada @miguelvilloslada.bsky.social · Mar 24

‼️ Are you into aquatic #EcosystemServices, Nature-Based Solutions, hydrology, or nutrient retention?

I'm hiring a #Postdoc to join our @Water4AllEU CREATE project!

🗓️ Apply by 27/03/2025
📢 Spread the word!

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Postdoctoral Researcher, Aquatic ecosystem services, Water4All consortium

We are inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher position at the Department of Geographical and Historical Studies, located on the Joensuu Campus. The position will begin on 1 May 2025, or a

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Mariana Verdonen @verdonenm.bsky.social · Jan 8

Does your research focus on the shift in the distribution of temperate or boreal species into tundra ecosystems? 🌱🌲🦊🦫

If YES, there’s still time to submit your abstract for our session BG3.20 on tundra borealization!

Abstract submission is open until 15 Jan 2025, 13:00 CET!

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NordBorN @nordborn.bsky.social · Dec 10

Mathilde is formally the first #PhD student to graduate in the #NordBorN consortium! Don't miss her PhD defence next week! (Teams link will be shared later)

Isabel C Barrio @icbarrio.bsky.social · Dec 10

It is with great pleasure that we announce Mathilde Defourneaux's PhD defence next Wed Dec 18 at 14 GMT at the Agricultural University of Iceland. Join us to learn more about the impacts of changes in herbivore communities in Iceland 🐑💩🦢🌿 tinyurl.com/4p57ywtc #TUNDRAsalad @nordborn.bsky.social

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