Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos
@pdimi2.bsky.social
Ecology | Biodiversity Conservation | Environmental Science | Aegean sea | Lesvos island, Greece 🌿🌲🌏🏖🌞📚
December 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Reposted by Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos
They survived wildfires. But something else is killing Greece’s iconic fir forests
They survived wildfires. But something else is killing Greece’s iconic fir forests
In the Peloponnese mountains, the usually hardy trees are turning brown even where fires haven’t reached. Experts are raising the alarm on a complex crisis
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:13 AM
They survived wildfires. But something else is killing Greece’s iconic fir forests
“The beginning is always today” (Mary Shelley).
So that we don’t “ ... lose the most beautiful years of our lives over a nothing: a tomorrow that was late or a twilight that lasted too long...» (Tasos Leivaditis)
Happy holidays
#happyholidays #happyfestiveseason #merrychristmas
So that we don’t “ ... lose the most beautiful years of our lives over a nothing: a tomorrow that was late or a twilight that lasted too long...» (Tasos Leivaditis)
Happy holidays
#happyholidays #happyfestiveseason #merrychristmas
December 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
“The beginning is always today” (Mary Shelley).
So that we don’t “ ... lose the most beautiful years of our lives over a nothing: a tomorrow that was late or a twilight that lasted too long...» (Tasos Leivaditis)
Happy holidays
#happyholidays #happyfestiveseason #merrychristmas
So that we don’t “ ... lose the most beautiful years of our lives over a nothing: a tomorrow that was late or a twilight that lasted too long...» (Tasos Leivaditis)
Happy holidays
#happyholidays #happyfestiveseason #merrychristmas
Our new paper in #Biology_mdpi is the cover story of the December 2025 issue. @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social #zevgolis #olivetrees #squirrel #sciurus #olivegrove #Lesvos #Lesbos #Greece
👉 www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/14...
👉 www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/14...
December 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Our new paper in #Biology_mdpi is the cover story of the December 2025 issue. @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social #zevgolis #olivetrees #squirrel #sciurus #olivegrove #Lesvos #Lesbos #Greece
👉 www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/14...
👉 www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/14...
the first anemones (Anemone coronaria) of the season
#anemone #earlywinter #December2025 #plants #nature #hiking #hikingadventures #wildlifephotography #olivegroves #Lesvos #Lesbos #Greece
#anemone #earlywinter #December2025 #plants #nature #hiking #hikingadventures #wildlifephotography #olivegroves #Lesvos #Lesbos #Greece
December 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
the first anemones (Anemone coronaria) of the season
#anemone #earlywinter #December2025 #plants #nature #hiking #hikingadventures #wildlifephotography #olivegroves #Lesvos #Lesbos #Greece
#anemone #earlywinter #December2025 #plants #nature #hiking #hikingadventures #wildlifephotography #olivegroves #Lesvos #Lesbos #Greece
December 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
My plant world for 2025
#plants #orchids #nature #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #hiking #hikingadventure #Lesvos #Lesbos #Greece
#plants #orchids #nature #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #hiking #hikingadventure #Lesvos #Lesbos #Greece
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
My plant world for 2025
#plants #orchids #nature #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #hiking #hikingadventure #Lesvos #Lesbos #Greece
#plants #orchids #nature #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #hiking #hikingadventure #Lesvos #Lesbos #Greece
Reposted by Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos
Rafflesia hasseltii: a plant seen more by tigers than people. Watching this flower open by night was the closest thing to magic:
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Rafflesia hasseltii: a plant seen more by tigers than people. Watching this flower open by night was the closest thing to magic:
The Editorial of our SI on Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning under global change has been published in #Biology_MDPI! 10 papers offer new insights into the mechanisms linking global change drivers to ecosystem structure and function. @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/14...
www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/14...
October 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The Editorial of our SI on Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning under global change has been published in #Biology_MDPI! 10 papers offer new insights into the mechanisms linking global change drivers to ecosystem structure and function. @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/14...
www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/14...
Reposted by Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos
Open Letter by scientists to the Council:
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...
October 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Open Letter by scientists to the Council:
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...
An important experience was my visit to the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Madeira! Madeira has an amazing natural environment!
#madeira #university #fanal #fanalforest #landscape #ecology #botany #erasmus #portugal
#madeira #university #fanal #fanalforest #landscape #ecology #botany #erasmus #portugal
September 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
An important experience was my visit to the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Madeira! Madeira has an amazing natural environment!
#madeira #university #fanal #fanalforest #landscape #ecology #botany #erasmus #portugal
#madeira #university #fanal #fanalforest #landscape #ecology #botany #erasmus #portugal
H #Ioanna_Soufleri, την οποία ευχαριστούμε ιδιαίτερα, γράφει για την Περιβαλλοντική Επιστήμη (Επιμέλεια: @pdimi2.bsky.social & #Costas_Gavrilakis, #tziola_publications) στο #ΒΗΜΑ_Science / @tovimagr.bsky.social (31.08.2025)
#book #environmentalScience
www.tovima.gr/print/books-...
#book #environmentalScience
www.tovima.gr/print/books-...
Εγχειρίδιο ζωής - ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ
Ενα κλασικό πόνημα περιβαλλοντικής διαχείρισης αλλά και οδηγός για το πώς θα οικοδομήσουμε ένα αειφόρο μέλλον
www.tovima.gr
September 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
H #Ioanna_Soufleri, την οποία ευχαριστούμε ιδιαίτερα, γράφει για την Περιβαλλοντική Επιστήμη (Επιμέλεια: @pdimi2.bsky.social & #Costas_Gavrilakis, #tziola_publications) στο #ΒΗΜΑ_Science / @tovimagr.bsky.social (31.08.2025)
#book #environmentalScience
www.tovima.gr/print/books-...
#book #environmentalScience
www.tovima.gr/print/books-...
NEW RESEARCH - A. Ćulibrk, P.G. Dimitrakopoulos, G. D. Kokkoris, O.Tzoraki. 2026. Who protects the protected? Rethinking public engagement on Greece's Natura 2000 beaches,
Environ. Dev. 57, 101335, 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
funded by #ofypeka
#beaches #protecedareas #tourism #natura20000
Environ. Dev. 57, 101335, 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
funded by #ofypeka
#beaches #protecedareas #tourism #natura20000
August 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
NEW RESEARCH - A. Ćulibrk, P.G. Dimitrakopoulos, G. D. Kokkoris, O.Tzoraki. 2026. Who protects the protected? Rethinking public engagement on Greece's Natura 2000 beaches,
Environ. Dev. 57, 101335, 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
funded by #ofypeka
#beaches #protecedareas #tourism #natura20000
Environ. Dev. 57, 101335, 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
funded by #ofypeka
#beaches #protecedareas #tourism #natura20000
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"Η φύση της Φύσης" είναι ένα πολύ ενδιαφέρον βιβλίο που μπορεί να μας διδάξει πολλά για τα όρια της ανθρώπινης παρέμβασης (για να μην τρέφουμε και αυταπατες).
Ξαναδιαβάζοντας τη Φύση
Η ζωή στη Γη διέπεται από ορισμένες βασικές οικολογικές αρχές. Τα οικοσυστήματα στη θάλασσα και στην ξηρά σχηματίζουν πολύπλοκα δίκτυα, που βρίσκονται σε ισορροπία μεταξύ τους. Αυτή την ισορροπία ήρθε...
www.kathimerini.gr
August 27, 2025 at 6:52 AM
"Η φύση της Φύσης" είναι ένα πολύ ενδιαφέρον βιβλίο που μπορεί να μας διδάξει πολλά για τα όρια της ανθρώπινης παρέμβασης (για να μην τρέφουμε και αυταπατες).
Reposted by Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos
Τα δάση της Πελοποννήσου και της Στερεάς γέμισαν με νέκρα δέντρα. Το φαινόμενο έχει ξανασυμβεί, αλλα οχι σε τέτοια έκταση. Τι λένε οι επιστήμονες; Απαντήσεις εντός.
Το σύνδρομο της νεκρής ελάτης
Από την άνοιξη τα δασαρχεία σε Στερεά Ελλάδα και Πελοπόννησο έβλεπαν «επιδημία» ξήρανσης στα δάση. Πώς εξηγείται το φαινόμενο; Μπορεί να αντιμετωπιστεί;
www.kathimerini.gr
August 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Τα δάση της Πελοποννήσου και της Στερεάς γέμισαν με νέκρα δέντρα. Το φαινόμενο έχει ξανασυμβεί, αλλα οχι σε τέτοια έκταση. Τι λένε οι επιστήμονες; Απαντήσεις εντός.
We pleased to announce the launch of Volume II of "Plant Invasion" following the successful completion of Volume I with 32 already published papers
Deadline: 31. 10. 2027 |
#Forests_MDPI #Agronomy_Mdpi #DiversityMDPI #Plants_MDPI #MDPIOpenAccess |
👉 www.mdpi.com/topics/LL110...
Deadline: 31. 10. 2027 |
#Forests_MDPI #Agronomy_Mdpi #DiversityMDPI #Plants_MDPI #MDPIOpenAccess |
👉 www.mdpi.com/topics/LL110...
August 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
We pleased to announce the launch of Volume II of "Plant Invasion" following the successful completion of Volume I with 32 already published papers
Deadline: 31. 10. 2027 |
#Forests_MDPI #Agronomy_Mdpi #DiversityMDPI #Plants_MDPI #MDPIOpenAccess |
👉 www.mdpi.com/topics/LL110...
Deadline: 31. 10. 2027 |
#Forests_MDPI #Agronomy_Mdpi #DiversityMDPI #Plants_MDPI #MDPIOpenAccess |
👉 www.mdpi.com/topics/LL110...
Reposted by Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos
Today we described a new species of 'desert hyacinth': Cistanche mimii, from the Middle East. Welcome to science you beautiful thing ✨
Published in #Phytokeys.
Published in #Phytokeys.
August 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Today we described a new species of 'desert hyacinth': Cistanche mimii, from the Middle East. Welcome to science you beautiful thing ✨
Published in #Phytokeys.
Published in #Phytokeys.
Reposted by Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos
The science of this is way beyond me, but sharing because I'd never even heard of agromining (extracting rare metals from plants) and I'm fascinated.
#agromining
#agromining
New paper on the cultivation of three nickel hyperaccumulators in their natural growth environmen led by Dimitris Kyrkas - International Journal of #Phytoremediation (tandfresearch.bsky.social)
#agromining #Bornmuellera #ultramafic #Odontarrhena
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#agromining #Bornmuellera #ultramafic #Odontarrhena
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Cultivation of nickel hyperaccumulators for metal extraction in their natural growth environment: a four-year field application
As the climate crisis drives the green transition and increases industrial demand for Ni, agromining aims to develop systems for better management of Ni-rich soils, offering a novel approach to agr...
www.tandfonline.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The science of this is way beyond me, but sharing because I'd never even heard of agromining (extracting rare metals from plants) and I'm fascinated.
#agromining
#agromining
New paper on the cultivation of three nickel hyperaccumulators in their natural growth environmen led by Dimitris Kyrkas - International Journal of #Phytoremediation (tandfresearch.bsky.social)
#agromining #Bornmuellera #ultramafic #Odontarrhena
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#agromining #Bornmuellera #ultramafic #Odontarrhena
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Cultivation of nickel hyperaccumulators for metal extraction in their natural growth environment: a four-year field application
As the climate crisis drives the green transition and increases industrial demand for Ni, agromining aims to develop systems for better management of Ni-rich soils, offering a novel approach to agr...
www.tandfonline.com
July 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
New paper on the cultivation of three nickel hyperaccumulators in their natural growth environmen led by Dimitris Kyrkas - International Journal of #Phytoremediation (tandfresearch.bsky.social)
#agromining #Bornmuellera #ultramafic #Odontarrhena
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#agromining #Bornmuellera #ultramafic #Odontarrhena
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Sometimes it's worth getting to the end... of the route
#summervibes #summer2025 #seascape #bigblue #aegean #aegeansea #sea #lesvos #lesbos #greece
#summervibes #summer2025 #seascape #bigblue #aegean #aegeansea #sea #lesvos #lesbos #greece
July 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Sometimes it's worth getting to the end... of the route
#summervibes #summer2025 #seascape #bigblue #aegean #aegeansea #sea #lesvos #lesbos #greece
#summervibes #summer2025 #seascape #bigblue #aegean #aegeansea #sea #lesvos #lesbos #greece
Η 17η έκδοση του βιβλίου «Περιβαλλοντική Επιστήμη» (👉https://www.tziola.gr/book/perivallontiki-epistimi-17e/# | Miller, Spoolman & Andrews-Brown) σε επιστημονική επιμέλεια των @pdimi2.bsky.social & #Costas_Gavrilakis κυκλοφορεί στα ελληνικά από τις #tziola_books
ΠΕΡΙΒΑΛΛΟΝΤΙΚΗ ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΗ, 17η Έκδοση - Εκδόσεις ΤΖΙΟΛΑ
ΣΧΗΜΑΤΑ/ΠΙΝΑΚΕΣ
www.tziola.gr
June 20, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Η 17η έκδοση του βιβλίου «Περιβαλλοντική Επιστήμη» (👉https://www.tziola.gr/book/perivallontiki-epistimi-17e/# | Miller, Spoolman & Andrews-Brown) σε επιστημονική επιμέλεια των @pdimi2.bsky.social & #Costas_Gavrilakis κυκλοφορεί στα ελληνικά από τις #tziola_books
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Bourbon Rose, Madame Isaac Péreire, not quite at her peak. When she opens fully, the intensely fragrant flowers are cupped, and packed with petals. The buds showed first colour 23rd May. I am very patient. Bred by Armand Garçon, 1881, parentage not recorded.
June 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Bourbon Rose, Madame Isaac Péreire, not quite at her peak. When she opens fully, the intensely fragrant flowers are cupped, and packed with petals. The buds showed first colour 23rd May. I am very patient. Bred by Armand Garçon, 1881, parentage not recorded.
Reposted by Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos
Σε διαβούλευση τέθηκε χθες το νέο πλαίσιο προστασίας της Γυαρου και της θαλάσσιας περιοχής της. Στόχος να διασφαλιστεί η προστασία της ως σημαντικός οικότοπος και ιστορικός τόπος.
www.kathimerini.gr/society/5636...
www.kathimerini.gr/society/5636...
Γυάρος: Τι προβλέπει το νέο πλαίσιο προστασίας
Τα μέτρα τέθηκαν χθες σε δημόσια διαβούλευση, με το υπουργίο Περιβάλοντος να επισπεύδει τη διαδικασία καθώς το ισχύον πλαίσιο λήγει στις αρχές Ιουλίου.
www.kathimerini.gr
June 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Σε διαβούλευση τέθηκε χθες το νέο πλαίσιο προστασίας της Γυαρου και της θαλάσσιας περιοχής της. Στόχος να διασφαλιστεί η προστασία της ως σημαντικός οικότοπος και ιστορικός τόπος.
www.kathimerini.gr/society/5636...
www.kathimerini.gr/society/5636...
Απώλεια βιοποικιλότητας και κλιματική αλλαγή: δύο κρίσεις, μία σύνδεση, blog των ΠΕΚ (#crete_university_press)
cup.gr/blog/apoleia...
cup.gr/blog/apoleia...
Απώλεια βιοποικιλότητας και κλιματική αλλαγή: δύο κρίσεις, μία σύνδεση Του Παναγιώτη Δημητρακόπουλου - Πανεπιστημιακές Εκδόσεις Κρήτης
Ο Παναγιώτης Δημητρακόπουλος εξηγεί πώς η κλιματική αλλαγή οδηγεί στην απώλεια βιοποικιλότητας και πώς αυτή με τη σειρά της επιβαρύνει την κλιματική κρίση, σ' ένα αμφίδρομο παιχνίδι που απαιτεί πολύπλ...
cup.gr
June 1, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Απώλεια βιοποικιλότητας και κλιματική αλλαγή: δύο κρίσεις, μία σύνδεση, blog των ΠΕΚ (#crete_university_press)
cup.gr/blog/apoleia...
cup.gr/blog/apoleia...
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It has been a great priviledge to participate to this extensive review on plant diversity and crop protection. Congrats to the lead authors Aude Vialatte, Anais Tibi and Vincent Martinet and all the Regulnat team!
@urep.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social
www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...
@urep.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social
www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...
Protecting crops with plant diversity: Agroecological promises, socioeconomic lock-in, and political levers
Plant diversification—such as cultivar mixtures, intercropping, agroforestry, and
rotations at the field scale, or hedgerows, grasslands, and crop mosaics at the landscape
scale—is a key strategy for ...
www.cell.com
May 31, 2025 at 4:27 PM
It has been a great priviledge to participate to this extensive review on plant diversity and crop protection. Congrats to the lead authors Aude Vialatte, Anais Tibi and Vincent Martinet and all the Regulnat team!
@urep.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social
www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...
@urep.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social
www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...