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Gerhard Schmied

@gerhardschmied.bsky.social
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Forest ecologist with deep interest in plant ecophysiology and wood anatomy | Tree growth, drought impacts & mortality | Postdoc at TUM

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Coupled decline in growth and fine-branching signals drought-induced beech mortality Schmied et al. @gerhardschmied.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Conceptual synthesis of drought-induced mortality in European beech.
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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Glaciologist @matthias-huss.bsky.social shows that the centre of the Great Aletsch glacier in Switzerland (the biggest in the Alps) lost 6 meters(!) of thickness just this summer. "No words...", he adds on LinkedIn.
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Global Dendrometer Network @globaldendro.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We got so many submissions for the metadata call, it is just amazing. 🎉 Following this milestone, our next GDN community meeting is coming up: 📆Mon, 14 Sep 2026 🕐13h CEST Let's take a first look at our map and discuss network initiatives, priorities and opportunities. No link yet? Contact us.
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Arthur Gessler @arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
„Die Welt um uns verdorrt, stirbt, vergeht in Asche, und wir machen einfach so weiter. Als seien wir kein Teil davon“ www.zeit.de/feuilleton/2...
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Schwäbische Alb: Die Zukunft war uns in Deutschland immer schon zu teuer
Verkohlte Wälder, tote Tiere, totes Land. Das ist der deutsche Südwesten im Spätsommer 2026. Wer hier unterwegs ist, spürt: In diesem Land brennt mehr als nur der Wald.
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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Come work with us and do research in Germany’s only national park in the Alps, iconic Berchtesgaden Nationalpark! We are looking to fill a PostDoc position in vegetation ecology (tinyurl.com/PostDocBerch...) and a PhD position in mountain forest dynamics (tinyurl.com/PhDBerchtesg...).
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Katrin Heer @katrinheer.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
🌲 We're hiring a postdoc! Join the Future Forests Excellence Cluster at Uni Freiburg to uncover the molecular basis of stress resilience in forest trees. Work with Douglas fir & sessile oak using epigenomics, RNA-seq, and more. 3-year position, TV-L 13. Apply now! 🧬🌿 uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...
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Danielle Creek @daniellecreek.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Hi #dendrometer community! 🌳 The #GlobalDendrometerNetwork website is live: globaldendro.org 📣Join our meeting on 29 May, 10:00 CEST to discuss the global metadata call, website & updates. 📧No invite but want to attend? ☎️Get in touch! @globaldendro.bsky.social #forestmonitoring
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Global Dendrometer Network
Help us build a complete picture of dendrometers across the world. Become part of a vibrant community and a living, searchable open-access metadatabase. Increase the visibility of your research, connect, exchange and collaborate with dendrometer users around the globe.
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Gerhard Schmied @gerhardschmied.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
This is so true www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The uncritical adoption of AI in science is alarming — we urgently need guard rails
Artificial intelligence is rapidly accelerating scientific output, but risks narrowing inquiry, weakening judgement and undermining how scientists are trained.
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Gerhard Schmied @gerhardschmied.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Another round of TLS scanning. Next step: combining crown traits with dendrometer signals ☝🏼
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Danielle Creek @daniellecreek.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
🌍 The Global Dendrometer Network is coming to EGU! Join our splinter meeting: 🗓️ May 5 | ⏰ 16:15–18:00 📍 Room 2.61 (SPM40) ✨ Network launch 🌱 Talks 🤝 Meet dendro people from around the world 👉 Sign up: forms.gle/kyAUzFgqW4Mk... (+ dinner after!) All welcome—spread the word! #EGU26 #Dendrometers
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Global Dendrometer Network at EGU
Hi all, The Global Dendrometer Network will be hosting a splinter meeting at EGU, and you are very welcome to join us! Please let us know if you plan to attend by filling out this form by Friday 24th ...
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Ben Bond-Lamberty @benbondlamberty.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Increasing risks of post-experimental ecology Mentally filling this under "papers I wish I'd written" www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Increasing risks of post-experimental ecology - Nature Climate Change
Nature Climate Change - Increasing risks of post-experimental ecology
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 04/04/2026
What will happen to the 82 USFS experimental forests around the country? Many sites have decades-long experiments that are tracking how forests are changed by timber harvesting practices and climate change. As I say here, “you can't just pick up an experimental forest site and move it to SLC.”
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U.S. Forest Service unveils extensive closures of research facilities
Cost-cutting move is expected to cause resignations and turmoil
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Monica G. Turner @monicagturner.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
These changes to the USFS, the loss of the regional offices and excellent long-term scientific research, will be devastating. I hope it can be stopped.
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Gerhard Schmied @gerhardschmied.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Sad but probably true. I feel for the colleagues in the U.S. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‘Continuity over novelty’: why environmental science needs to rethink its focus
With government funding in decline, researchers should prioritize data collation and training the next generation of scientists.
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Vincent @vincentbuness.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
New paper out in Journal of Ecology! How do wood-inhabiting fungi recover after disturbance in boreal forests? We compared 2 chronosequences: 🔥 unmanaged fire (4–375 yrs) 🪓 managed clear-cut (1–109 yrs) Very different diversity trajectories! 👇 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Distinct diversity trajectories of boreal wood‐inhabiting fungi following fire versus clear‐cutting
Retaining high deadwood volumes and structural complexity can help maintain fungal diversity in managed forests, however maintaining old-growth stands is essential for conserving highly diverse commu...
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Katrin Heer @katrinheer.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Postdoctoral position in Forest Genetics at @uni-freiburg.de with a focus on local adaptation and/or stress reaction of trees. The position combines research and teaching (4 SWS), and offers the opportunity to develop an independent research profile (4+ years).
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Gerhard Schmied @gerhardschmied.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
You gotta love these patterns! Grateful to the WSL for hosting me while I analyze my European beech samples from last year’s climate-chamber experiment 🌳 We exposed trees to contrasting VPD treatments (hot vs. dry air), and wood anatomy is a key feature. So stoked!
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Jeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The US government lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs last year, according to an analysis by Science of newly released OPM data, with 11 departures for every hire. And many OPM calls "voluntary" separations were probably pushed. www.science.org/content/arti...
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U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Great postdoc opportunity in Sweden!! With the one and only David Wardle 🧪🌐 www.umu.se/en/work-with...
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Post doctor (3 years) within mountain plant community and ecosystem processes across a globally distributed experiment
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Nadine Ruehr @nadineruehr.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
We are hiring a postdoctoral researcher!🌲 🌳 🌍 📍Interested in boreal and temperate forest productivity and respiration? 💻 Like to work with large datasets, remote sensing and models? 🏔️ Love an alpine setting in a small town? Come and join us at KIT! Application details: t1p.de/qctj7
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Nature @nature.com · 07/01/2026
Some researchers are now studying ecology without touching a single plant go.nature.com/3NaS1Bs
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‘I rarely get outside’: scientists ditch fieldwork in the age of AI
In the race to embrace new technologies, some ecologists fear their field is losing touch with nature.
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Season's greetings from all of us at New Phytologist and The New Phytologist Foundation!
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 15/12/2025
Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.
A comic called Animals with Misleading Names. There's an electric eel labeled "not an eel". There's a mountain goat labeled "not a goat." There's a maned wolf labeled "not a wolf." There's a king cobra labeled "not a cobra. Also, snakes are typically self-governing." There's a peacock mantis shrimp labeled "Not a peacock. Not a mantis. Also, not a shrimp." There's a horny toad labeled "Not a toad. Only thinks of you as a friend." There's a mayfly labeled "active through the spring and summer." There's an eastern kingbird labeled "found in the west. Many birds do not recognize its authority."
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Gerhard Schmied @gerhardschmied.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Fieldwork flashback from the Kamniška Alps 🇸🇮 Fire-scarred black pines (Pinus nigra), some over 400 years old. Fire has been a frequent and long-standing process in these forests over the past centuries.
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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Calling on all forest disturbance experts: Please consider contributing to our study on global forest disturbance change, and help resolve the nuances of changing forest disturbance regimes. More details and survey here: www.lss.ls.tum.de/edfm/disturb...
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Gerhard Schmied @gerhardschmied.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Finally out in @natcomms.nature.com ! Drawing on one of the world’s oldest forest research trials, we found that trees growing faster also accumulate more somatic epimutations, supporting the idea that longevity and slow growth help preserve genomic fidelity. 🌳 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Accelerated growth increases the somatic epimutation rate in trees - Nature Communications
Trees live centuries by slowing growth to protect their DNA. This study shows that faster growth increases the epimutation rate in European beech trees, supporting the idea that slow growth helps main...
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Gerhard Schmied @gerhardschmied.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Currently analyzing QSM models of declining beech trees in northern Bavaria. Despite more favorable conditions in recent years, many continue to deteriorate due to the long-term impacts of severe drought stress. Fascinating to see how the structure reveals their struggle.
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Gerhard Schmied @gerhardschmied.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
The next phase of mushroom season has officially begun here in Bavaria 🍄
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Gerhard Schmied @gerhardschmied.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
We've launched our first large dendrometer monitoring sites as part of WestWARD! 🌲Excited to gain deeper insights into forest dynamics under climate stress - with 80+ dendrometers per site continuously tracking tree growth and water use. Learn more: www.lss.ls.tum.de/tgw/projects...
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