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Jaan Pärn

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Physical geographer, landscape biogeochemist, author of “Soil moisture and microbiome explain greenhouse gas exchange in global peatlands" rdcu.be/eeSW1

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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Global analysis of soil #carbon and microbiological gains of #afforestation of #degraded croplands and former mines. Not recommended for natural #grasslands.
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
1925 artwork by Japanese artist Kouji Fukiya.
The composition depicts a slender, contemplative young woman standing enclosed within a shadowy, fairytale-like grove of pale, textured tree trunks. Her delicate oval face, defined by downcast almond eyes and a small, bowed mouth, radiates a poignant sense of romantic solitude (mono no aware) characteristic of Fukiya’s signature female figures.

Sartorially, the subject embodies the stylish, avant-garde sensibilities of the mid-1920s, wearing an ensemble that marries traditional kimono construction with bold, modern graphic design. Her long outer coat (haori) is decorated with sweeping, high-contrast thistle (azami) motifs and tall leaf blades that curve dramatically across the fabric. Beneath it, her kimono and obi reveal an intricate arrangement of geometric diamond patterns (matsukawa-bishi) filled with delicate floral details, framed by a crisp white inner collar (han-eri). Her hair is styled in a soft, low-parted updo that reflects Western-influenced interwar grooming, intentionally left free of heavy ornaments to highlight the clean silhouette of her profile.

Technically, Fukiya executes the work with a masterly command of graphic chiaroscuro, balancing dense, velvety black fills (beta-nuri) against pristine negative white space. The vertical striations of the pale tree trunks establish a rhythmic frame around her figure, while fine, web-like branches and silhouetted songbirds in the background add atmospheric depth to the forest canopy. Dated "1925" alongside Fukiya’s artist monogram in the lower right corner, the illustration remains an enduring testament to the graphic sophistication, sartorial flair, and emotional intimacy of interwar Japanese illustration.
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
amaze amaze – Project Hail Mary
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designgeekatl.bsky.social @designgeekatl.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
David Hockney. Rain, 1973
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Reread Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf in celebration of an atmospheric mid-June day in the life of London and the world. Map: MRS. DALLOWAY'S LONDON by C. Nakarado from The Annotated Mrs. Dalloway edited, introduced and annotated by Dr. Mervin Emre #DallowayDay #DallowDay
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Laulupesa muusikali “Laulab terve maa” viimased etendused! Sooduskood LAULUPESA -30%!
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marzzistar.bsky.social @marzzistar.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Through the Water, Self Portrait 2012 By American painter Samantha French b 1983 Oil on canvas
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Täna 73 aastat tagasi sündis Inglismaad ja kogu maailma korduvalt päästnud salaagent James Bond. #IanFleming
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Interested in how molecular-level soil carbon quality can inform wetland assessment and restoration? We at Department of Geography, University of Tartu (Estonia) are recruiting a fully funded doctoral candidate. Full details & application instructions: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/415660
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Head vabariigi aastapäeva!
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Pühapäev Kadrioru Kunstimuuseumi "Naudingute aias". Van Beirendonck, #tulbid, Arcimboldo tundmatu järgija ja Teniers. #NaudinguteAed
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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 28/12/2025
Brigitte Bardot through the years: A life in the spotlight
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Video. Brigitte Bardot through the years: A life in the spotlight
Video. Brigitte Bardot, iconic French film star turned animal activist, has died at 91.
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
BB mälestuseks youtu.be/VPOYtC1n5bE?...
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Initials BB - Serge Gainsbourg
YouTube video by Cristian Trujillo
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Ohutusest, liikuvusest ja linnast uue valitsuskoalitsiooni valguses
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Tarmo Tähepõld: Ametnikud on nüüd Tallinna liikluse ainus lootuskiir - Autogeenius
Võimuliit, mille sünnis olin mina kindel juba valimiste ööl, on nüüd Tallinnas teoks saanud. 44 eluaastat on tekitanud ka piisava koguse pohh… khm, künismi ning rahvusliku-konservatiivse seltskonna üh...
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Good news for #climateresistance of #Amazon #rainforest, especially its giant #trees! Congrats lead authors Adriane, Rebecca and Oliver of Uni. Bham and Uni. Leeds!
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Jää hüvasti, Clauda Cardinale!
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Ennio morricone - C'era Una Volta il West
YouTube video by Inga Pieters
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Käisin 2.x kumu.ekm.ee/syndmus/oed-...
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Õed Meid. Avangard ja argielu - Kumu kunstimuuseum
Näitusel asetatakse Eesti kunsti ainulaadse sõsarkonna – Kristine, Lydia ja Natalie Mei – mitmekülgne looming dialoogi nende kaasaja kunstiloomega.
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Anthro-natural i.e. indirect human impacts on natural ecosystems, such as droughts in #peatlands, drive climate change. New opinion paper out in @globalchangebio.bsky.social dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
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Human‐Impacted Natural Ecosystems Drive Climate Warming
Current greenhouse gas budgets do not account for most indirect anthropogenic impacts. In this perspective, we call for attention on anthro-natural greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes and their mitigation me...
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Under @eumetsat.int expert and Uni Tartu #geographer Dr Sven-Erik Enno’s evaluation, a new record #lightning #megaflash is confirmed
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EUMETSAT | Monitoring the weather and climate from space
EUMETSAT is the European operational satellite agency for monitoring weather, climate and the environment.
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
@ INTECOL Wetlands conference, Datu Prof Lulie Melling of TROPI Sarawak giving plenary talk on research and outreach in tropical
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
@ INTECOL Wetlands, academic Ülo Mander presenting on anthro-natural greenhouse gas emissions, especially wetland soils. #ÜloManderHappy
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
@ INTECOL Wetlands Conference fresh PhD @sthayamkottu.bsky.social presenting on drought controls on plant production in boreal peatlands. #ÜloManderHappy
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
@ INTECOL Wetlands Conference, @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social giving a session keynote speech on priming effect of root carbon on soil methanogenesis
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
INTECOL Wetlands Conference officially kicked off in Tartu! A week of exciting meetings and discussions on the future of marshes, swamps and peat bogs ahead! @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social @monicapalta.bsky.social @luke.fi @mikkespenberg.bsky.social @etechlab.bsky.social #ÜloManderHappy
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
"What a lark! What a plunge! For so it had always seemed to her when, with a little squeak of the hinges, which she could hear now, she had burst open the French windows and plunged at Burton into the open air." – Centenary of 'Mrs Dalloway' by Virginia Woolf
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Nature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.nature.com · 18/06/2025
June issue: Comment from Rachel Winfree and colleagues arguing that absolute abundance can drive ecosystem function and should be considered alongside traditional measures of biodiversity. Weblink: go.nature.com/4e8ZIkV Readcube: rdcu.be/erxFV
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Biodiversity–ecosystem function research must consider abundance and not just diversity - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Maintaining human well-being in an era of biodiversity loss requires understanding the role of biodiversity in ecosystem function. We argue that absolute abundance can drive ecosystem function and tha...
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Human environmental niche changes in Africa >15,000 yrs ago
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Upgrade to global #wetland including #peatland database and map
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Vintage Obscura Radio @vintageobscura.net · 03/06/2025
Victor Valley Senior High School Choral Department - Eternity Road [USA School Psyche (1972) An incredible and unexpected reinterpretation of a Moody Blues album track from this school choir. The singing is awesome but the re redd.it/1kgfuvv youtu.be/YEeYZ5qgz2Q
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Victor Valley Senior High School Choral Department - Eternity Road [USA School Psyche (1972) An incredible and unexpected reinterpretation of a Moody Blues album track from this school choir. The singing is awesome but the relentless, breakbeat drums and primal bass propel it into the stratosphere.
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
@sthayamkottu.bsky.social @mikkespenberg.bsky.social
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
@sthayamkottu.bsky.social
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Ben Bond-Lamberty @benbondlamberty.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
This paper led by @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social was fun to participate in: The global spectrum of tree crown architecture, www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Now online!
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The global spectrum of tree crown architecture - Nature Communications
Trees come in all shapes and size, but what drives this incredible variation in tree form remains poorly understood. Using a global dataset, the authors show that a combination of climate, competition...
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Listening now
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Palju õnne riikliku teaduspreemia puhul, @ollejarv.bsky.social !
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Seed dispersers in global decline #NatureReviewsBiodiversity
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Earth.com @earthdotcom.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Global warming may trigger rapid release of soil carbon #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth
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Global warming may trigger rapid release of soil carbon
New research from the University of Bremen reveals that tropical soils may release far more carbon dioxide than previously thought.
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Rahustuseks peale närvesöövat häältelugemist #Eurovisioon www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ofm...
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The Theme from "A Summer Place"
YouTube video by Percy Faith - Topic
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Attempted music and cleared the bar: ITA, SUI, FRA. Attempted novelty and cleared the bar: EST, LUX, LAT, GER, SWE. Not sure about the rest ... Mostly too much of something ... #Eurovision #ESC
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Läksid tegema muusikat ja see õnnestus: ITA, SUI, FRA. Läksid üllatuse / uudsuse peale välja ja seegi õnnestus: EST, LUX, LAT, GER, SWE. Ülejäänute osas ei saanud aru ... Enamasti oli midagi liiga palju ... #Eurovision #Eurovisioon #ESC
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Science Magazine @science.org · 15/05/2025
99.999% of the global deep seafloor remains unseen, new #ScienceAdvances research estimates. scim.ag/4kiibxl
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How little we’ve seen: A visual coverage estimate of the deep seafloor
In decades of deep-sea exploration, humans have observed only 0.001% of the deep seafloor, leaving 66% of planet Earth unseen.
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
@sthayamkottu.bsky.social
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
#Puiesteel #puu varjus #pingil istumise päev #Carola #CarolaStandertskjöld #tänavpinkjapuu
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
#nowplaying
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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Robert McGinnis has died. An absolute icon of mid-late 20th century commercial #art and #illustration.
Robert McGinnis painting of a womanRobert McGinnis Diamond are Forever posterRobert McGinnis painting of a  cowboyRobert McGinnis painting of a woman
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Our global study shows #peatlands in both their wet and dry extremes capture greenhouse gases while soil bacterial and archaeal abundances are low. Peatlands with moderate moisture levels globally emit #CO2 and #N2O gases, while #bacteria and #archaea flourish. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-92891-z
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
I dare you to watch #Maria film and not be moved by the music and drama #MariaCallas #Opera
Maria film poster and I
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
A European air force of 120 fighter jets could be deployed to secure the skies from Russian attacks on Kyiv and western Ukraine, according to a plan drawn up by military experts. 📷: A project of a protected air zone over Ukraine as part of Sky Shield
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
OTD in 1944 the Red Air Force carpet bombed Narva, then Red Army used artillery to finish the job. As a deliberate act, hundreds of civilians died & thousands were made refugees. We then repopulated it with Russians. Imagine something like this happening in the 21st century.
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Jaan Pärn @jaanparn.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I had zero expectations for this meeting but holy f*ck
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
❗️Flight of the 🇺🇸American strategic bomber Boeing B-52 Stratofortress accompanied by 🇺🇸(?)F35s and 🇫🇮F/A18s fighters today in 🇪🇪Estonia in honor of Independence Day
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