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Alejandra Ordonez @alejandra1909.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

All set and ready for #ISME20 in Auckland, NZ. Excited to present my research on oak microbiome and tree disease suppression (Session AS29) and on methanotrophy in tree stems (Poster PS3.15.091) 🌳🔬

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Mike Waddington 🇨🇦 @peatofmind.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

At #biogeomon a collaegue called our 2015 hydrological feedbacks paper a peatlands classic. So that got me thinking what dozen or so papers would be on the 'must read' for #peatland researchers. I'll start with one of my faves. @andybairdj.bsky.social Belyea and Baird, 2006 (Ecol. Mongr.)

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Vincent Gauci @gaucigauci.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I refer to degrowth’s thin scholarship base every year in lectures. This backs up my view that it is activism, laundered as serious scholarship through opinions pieces in big science journals. *90% of degrowth literature is opinion* www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Cutting methane emissions is sometimes called the climate “emergency brake” - But a @unep.org report at #COP30 today shows the world is not pulling it: emissions are still rising (tho at a slower rate) #climatecrisis post by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Cop30: calls for new urgency to talks as studies show global warming may reach 2.5C – latest updates

As the summit goes into its second week, complex issues remain with anxiety growing over conference outcomes

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Vincent Gauci @gaucigauci.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Join us at the University of Birmingham to take up one of these prestigious positions. Very happy to have a private conversation with those interested and with specialisms in forest science, methane, wetlands or related areas www.birmingham.ac.uk/jobs/125th-a...

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125th Anniversary Fellows and Chairs - University of Birmingham

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Vincent Gauci @gaucigauci.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Fantastic paper from Loft, @ymalhi.bsky.social and others. The ecological energetics approach offers a way to better integrate animals into Earth system modelling of major biogeochemical cycles, as well as yielding important insights on ecosystem function as laid out by Yadvinder, below.

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Hendrik Schäfer @hendrikschaefer.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Which #methanotrophs drive methane degradation in the #phyllosphere of #trees? This project involves Sinchan Banerjee at Warwick and Professors Yin Chen, James McDonald @jamesemcdonald.bsky.social and Vincent Gauci @gaucigauci.bsky.social at University of Birmingham www.homeworld.bio/grants-green...

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Garden Grants GHGR — Homeworld Collective

Garden Grants: Funding to grow climate biotech

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Yadvinder Malhi @ymalhi.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Can we expand the narrative and definition of human development to include flourishing with nature? Our new paper in Nature explores such a vision, and outlines a metric - the Nature Relationship Index - to sit alongside the Human Development Index. @naturerecovery.bsky.social

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Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

New Paper out in Nature: 'An aspirational Approach to Planetary Futures' www.nature.com/articles/s41... "We must rethink our relationship with the Earth, not as consumers, but as partners in healing and co-flourishing with the rest of the natural world". youtube.com/shorts/pXHnW...

New Paper out in Nature: 'An aspirational Approach to Planetary Futures'

"We must rethink our relationship with the Earth, not as consumers, but as partners in healing and co-flourishing with the rest of the natural world".
Professor Yadvinder Malhi, Centre Director, Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery

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Vincent Gauci @gaucigauci.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

My piece for The Conversation elaborates on my NatRevs perspective (below). It supports (w/ a new mechanism) @simonlewis.bsky.social & @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social‘s idea of the Columbian exchange having global effects. With CH4 the Anthropocene start is 1592 theconversation.com/new-start-date…

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Eleanor Scerri @elliescerri.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

1/5 Why do all non-Africans descended from a group that left Africa 50k ago? In @nature.com we model 120k years of human niche dynamics. From 70ka, a big expansion of the human niche in Africa likely equipped later OOA dispersals with a unique ecological flexibilty. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Major expansion in the human niche preceded out of Africa dispersal - Nature

Analysis of species distribution models in a pan-African database comprising chronometrically dated archaeological sites over the past 120,000 years shows major expansion in the human niche from 70 ka...

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Erle Ellis @erleellis.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

No 6th Mass Extinction Anthropocene 🌎🌐 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Vincent Gauci @gaucigauci.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

We have a new 2-year post-doc position available in forest methane modelling as part of our NERC DefMet project. The team would appreciate it if suitable applicants were made aware of this opportunity. Thanks! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNI250/r...

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Research Fellow in Forest Methane Modelling at University of Birmingham

Searching for an academic job? Explore this Research Fellow in Forest Methane Modelling opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

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Tommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

So excited to finally share our new paper charting the global spectrum of tree crown architecture, out today at @natcomms.nature.com ‬🧪🌐 Paper link 🔗: www.nature.com/articles/s41... A brief thread of what we found 🧵

Schematic diagram showing the major axes of tree crown architecture

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Vincent Gauci @gaucigauci.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

The new global methane budget is now out! Seems to gloss over the measured 25-50Tg sink term in upland trees that was recently discovered (= or > to soil sink & prob more subject to change). Possibly because it’s not yet been included in models the authors use. Observations do matter though…

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Global Change Biology @globalchangebio.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Global Soil Methane Uptake Estimated by Scaling Up Local Measurements 📄 buff.ly/CvjoOE7

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Yadvinder Malhi @ymalhi.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Our paper on mapping the canopy traits and functions of global tropical forests was published online in Nature last month but is out in print today, and it made the cover 😊 Congrats again to @jeaggu.bsky.social and the many, many co-authors who contributed to this @natureportfolio.nature.com

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Vincent Gauci @gaucigauci.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Brilliant discovery. Well done @elliescerri.bsky.social , Huw and team! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.com · 18/03/2025

Hear more about devastating impacts of the Laki volcano eruption and on the regional DECREASE in natural methane emissions in this insightful Climate Chat with @gaucigauci.bsky.social Link with timestamp: www.youtube.com/live/Z6aRSBa...

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Reducing Air Pollution Increases Methane?! with Vincent Gauci

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Vincent Gauci @gaucigauci.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Published tonight in Science Adances by Lu Shen’s fantastic team (and me) “The large role of declining atmospheric sulfate deposition and rising CO2 concentrations in stimulating future wetland CH4 emissions” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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The large role of declining atmospheric sulfate deposition and rising CO2 concentrations in stimulating future wetland CH4 emissions

About 8 to 15% more aggressive cuts to anthropogenic methane emissions are required to meet the 1.5° and 2°C warming goals.

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Vincent Gauci @gaucigauci.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Back from a fascinating Stanford workshop on Atmospheric Methane Removal (AMR). Of course we need to prioritise emissions reductions, but, increasingly, and from work we’re about to publish, emissions reductions under the Global Methane Pledge aren’t going to be enough to meet stated aims.

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Vincent Gauci @gaucigauci.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

At a meeting in Stanford. Their clock tower = 87m. Our Uni of Birmingham clock tower (Old Joe) = 100m. Birmingham wins.

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Vincent Gauci @gaucigauci.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

So much to learn from experiments like Tempest run by Pat Megonigal of SERC.

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Vincent Gauci @gaucigauci.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Hello to all my new followers 👋🏼 (how did that happen?!). Guess I should spend more time here, and I will.

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Vincent Gauci @gaucigauci.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Some misty trees from Uley Bury hill fort #TreeClub

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Vincent Gauci @gaucigauci.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Going to re-up these two post doc opportunities as the deadline is fast approaching.

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Vincent Gauci @gaucigauci.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

We seek 2 post docs to join our group working on atmospheric methane removal (AMR) in trees. These exciting projects (👇🏼) seek to build on our recent @nature discovery of global AMR by trees. These projects combine flux msrmnts, global modelling & microbial ecology. Pls RT 🙏🏼

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Erle Ellis @erleellis.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Half a Century of Cultural Evolution ***New Special Feature in @pnas.org www.pnas.org/toc/pnas/121...

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Vincent Gauci @gaucigauci.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Really good essay by @haddenturner.bsky.social that makes the point I’ve made before about how our human constructs have much to learn from functional redundancy in ecology if we want a resilient society.

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Dr. Luke Jeffrey @jeffrethane.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Recent #Fieldwork rekkie scouting out forested #wetland sites for new #PhD student Scott Cramb to investigate #tree dwelling trace gas #microbial communities and fluxes

Prof Damien Maher and Dr Judith Rosentreter

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Vincent Gauci @gaucigauci.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Hi. Since ‘new’ I should introduce myself. For work I explore the role of ecosystems in influencing Earth’s climate (past, present & future) through their regulation of GHG exchange, with methane a particular, but not exclusive interest. There’s more in my bio links. I’d welcome RTs! Thank you.

Me standing in front of an alpine river with a snowy mountainous background.

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