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Jonathan von Oppen @jvonoppen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Curious what we've been up to this summer? Here's a summary of our fieldwork activities, including our great and fun two months establishing new #MIREN sites :)

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Jonathan von Oppen @jvonoppen.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Thank you so much to @mebconf.bsky.social for another fantastic #microclimate #conference week, this time in beautiful Montpellier! Such good views, talks, food, and just the amazing @mebnetwork.bsky.social community in general. So grateful for working with such great colleagues!

The enormous canyon of the Cirque de Navarcelle in Southern France. The bottom of the canyon stays cooler during the day and warmer at nighttime than the surrounding plateau, creating an oasis of buffered, moist microclimate amidst the surrounding drylands of the Garrigue.

An AI-created visualisation of a hiker standing at a fork between two paths: a 'mechanistic model' (long, winding, uphill) or 'corrwlative model' (straight and flat, but with large potholes).

Conference participants at the outside lunch buffet, with poster stands in the background

Flowering Santolina chamaecyparissus plants at the Triolet campus of the Université de Montpellier

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Dr. Dominic Royé @drxeo.eu · 04/05/2026

On my way to #EGU26, perfect time to drop a new post! 🗺️ Something I've been wanting to write about: Mercator projections still showing up in high-profile journals. So here it is: projections you should stop using (for most things) 👇 #gis #rstats #dataviz dominicroye.github.io/blog/map-pro...

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Map projections: a practical guide to common mistakes and how to fix them

Researcher in climate science at MBG-CSIC

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Ecology Group Basel - Sabine Rumpf @ecologybasel.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

*New paper* Big congratulations to our former MSc student Alexandra Kuttnig for having her thesis published! 🎉 Alex studied how seasonality and grazing exclosures shape bird community dynamics in West African drylands. 🐦🌾🐏🌳 📃 Full paper (incl Alex's beautiful drawings!): doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

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Seasonality and Grazing Exclusions Shape Bird Community Dynamics in West African Drylands

Seasonal changes, more than grazing exclusions, shape bird community composition in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso. However, grazing exclusions enhanced habitat heterogeneity, supporting regional b...

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Blas M. Benito @blasbenito.com · 04/05/2026

📦 My new R package {spatialData} is on CRAN! 🎉 Ecological datasets as sf data frames and their companion raster data ready for analysis and modeling. Built as example data for R packages, but great for teaching too! 🔗 blasbenito.github.io/spatialData/ ❗check the Articles section!

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spatialData: Cool Spatial Datasets

Provides spatial datasets ready to use for ecological modelling and raster companion data for prediction: Neanderthal presence during the Last Interglacial (Benito et al. 2017 <doi:10.1111/jbi.12845>)...

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Julia Kemppinen @juliakemppinen.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Open positions! PhD and postdoc projects on RS, snow modelling, arctic-alpine hydrology & ecology ❄️🌿🌡️💧 3-yr positions with assistant prof @niittynen.bsky.social @oulu.fi ! See links below and apply by 3.5.2026. oulunyliopisto.varbi.com/fi/what:job/... oulunyliopisto.varbi.com/fi/what:job/...

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Doctoral Researcher, Arctic-alpine hydrology and ecology

We are now looking for a Doctoral Researcher in Arctic-alpine hydrology and ecology for a 3-year fixed-term position to join us in the Faculty of Technology, Water, Energy and Environmental Engineerin

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Sergey Rosbakh @srosbakh.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Five more days to apply! PhD position in our long-term Arctic project based at Leibniz University Hannover with fieldwork in Abisko. Focus: berries, functional traits, climate change & future food systems (with a microclimate angle). Please share: www.uni-hannover.de/en/jobs/id/8...

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Jonathan Lenoir 🌳🌲🌴 @jonlen.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

The thermophilisation rate of plant communities in response to global warming is 5 times faster on alpine summits than in forests or grasslands across 🇪🇺 This finding corroborates former findings on the greater likelihood for upslope than poleward range shifts of plants 🌳🌲☘️🌾🪻🌼 shorturl.at/gc0TJ

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Contrasting thermophilization among forests, grasslands and alpine summits - Nature

Analyses of large-scale, multitaxa and long-term thermophilization patterns in forests, grasslands and alpine summits across Europe provide insight into shifts in community composition among different...

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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Dream Job Alert! @unituebingen.bsky.social is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) for EXPERIMENTAL BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH! You work on soil fauna/fungi/food webs and their relations with environment, plants, ecosystem processes? Come and join the @terra-cluster.org and our institute! Please re-post!

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Jonathan von Oppen @jvonoppen.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I'll happily go back to paying with cash 😍

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Sergey Rosbakh @srosbakh.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

We’re hiring! 🌿 Permanent E13 (100%) position in Plant Ecology & Biodiversity Research at Leibniz University Hannover. Focus: vegetation ecology, field research, quantitative skills, teaching (BSc, German required). Deadline: 15 April 2026 Details: www.uni-hannover.de/jobs/id/8379/

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Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeit in der Pflanzenökologie und Biodiversitätsforschung – Leibniz Universität Hannover

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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

15 open PhD positions in our @terra-cluster.org @unituebingen.bsky.social (with @unihohenheim.bsky.social and @sgn.one). All on biosphere-geosphere interactions, from eco-evo to soil science, hydrology, geology and paleontology. Check FUN01 and FUN04 if you want to work with us (detailed ads follow)

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Ingolf Kühn @ingolfkuehn.eurosky.social · 15/12/2025

Interested in pursuing your PhD in Alpine Ecology? How do ecosystems emerge after glacial retreat? Come with us @ufz.de as a PhD researcher on the development of vegetation and microbiome in glacier forelands. recruitingapp-5128.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/33... #ecojobs #ecology #Alps #AlpineEcology

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Andrew Abraham @andrewabraham.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Earth's largest land animals are limited by salt. Sodium availability constrains the density and distribution of elephants, giraffes and rhinos across Africa, and offers a new explanation for the so-called 'missing megaherbivores'. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Free access: rdcu.be/eTPY2

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Carsten W. Müller @cwmsoils.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

PhD position in #SoilScience - join my research group and work together with me on the project: ‘CINCA - Climate change Impacts on Nutrient and Carbon Allocation in soils of maritime Antarctica’ at @tuberlin.bsky.social #biocrust #POM #MAOM #Antarctica #SOC stellenticket.tu-berlin.de/en/job-offer...

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Microclimate Ecology & Biogeography (MEB) conference @mebconf.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Registration for the Microclimate Ecology & Biogeography conference is now open! 📅 Dates: June 1-5, 2026 📍 Location: Montpellier, France 🌐 Website: meb-network.com/meb-2026/ Please share the news - all microclimate enthusiasts are welcome!

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Jonathan von Oppen @jvonoppen.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Come work with us! A potentially permanent position including data science, web administration & fieldwork tasks, with a vibrant and growing group in a great place - what's not to love? :) Feel free to DM me for questions!

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Michael ヘビ Steinwandter @msteinwandter.eurosky.social · 25/11/2025

Jungforscher:innen, aufgepasst! Der #Nationalpark #HoheTauern vergibt mehrere Forschungsstipendien. Also wer gerne im Gebirge forscht und/oder dort unterwegs sein will, sollte sich das ansehen. --> hohetauern.at/de/forschung... #NPHT #MountainScience #YoungResearcher #Scholarship

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Ecology Group Basel - Sabine Rumpf @ecologybasel.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

At our science #retreat yesterday we discussed applications & pitfalls of various #AI tools for our work, from writing to species ID'ing. A great opportunity to learn from each other, develop a common understanding, & connect across the team! And to go out for some birdwatching during lunch break 🦆

The Uni Basel Ecology group sitting around a table in front of a projected slide, discussing how to identify AI-written text.

An AI-created visualisation of a dataset of bird counts in Sweden. The chart is very confusing and messy and has little to do with the underlying data, so would not recommend using AI blindly for visualising even medium-complex data :)

Ecology group members on a bird-watching platform, with binoculars and spotting scopes, trying to spot birds in the surrounding wetlands of the Petite Camargue Alsacienne in Eastern France.

A common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) on a branch above a lake in evening light, photographed through a spotting scope.

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MeteoSchweiz @meteoschweiz.ch · 04/11/2025

MeteoSchweiz, die @ethz.ch und C2SM präsentieren die neuen Schweizer Klimaszenarien. Diese zeigen, wie sich das Schweizer Klima verändert, wenn die globale Mitteltemperatur z.B. um 3 Grad steigt. #klimaszenarien #meteoschweiz #ETH #C2SM #NCCS

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Die Schweizer Klimaszenarien 2025

MeteoSchweiz stellt in Zusammenarbeit mit der ETH Zürich und C2SM unter dem Dach des National Centre for Climate Services (NCCS) die neusten Erkenntnisse zum...

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Sean Michaletz @seanmichaletz.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Submit an abstract to our #EGU2026 session "Microclimate Variation and Heat Impacts on Vegetation: From Molecules to the Biosphere"(meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...) @kalimiddleby.bsky.social @santiagotrueba.bsky.social @sonyageange.bsky.social @egu.eu @egubg.bsky.social @hs.egu.eu

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Please pass along, I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study phys ecology, macroecology, biodiversity - spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested🧪🌐🌾

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Blas M. Benito @blasbenito.com · 10/10/2025

Genuine talent doesn't emerge from a vacuum. It results from a massive effort: try, fail, learn, and repeat until failure becomes success, whatever that means. Running the loop for long enough might get you there, hopefully. Offloading the grind to a machine surely won't.

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Ecology Group Basel - Sabine Rumpf @ecologybasel.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

*Job alert* We have a 4-year #PhD position open! The project investigates spreading potential & impact of non-native plant species in mountain ecosystems using fieldwork, experimental & data-driven approaches. Starting date: 04/2026. More info here: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell... Come work with us!

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Universität Basel: PhD position in global change ecology

The research group Ecology at the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Basel in Switzerland invites applications for a PhD position within the ERC project 'Global status, trends, ...

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IPBES @ipbes.net · 01/10/2025

RIP #JaneGoodall - one of the modern pioneers of profound interconnections between people, animals and ecosystems. Her life was lived through science, compassion and tireless advocacy for the multiple values of nature - leaving a legacy that will endure for people and planet.

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Philip Brohan @brohan.org · 01/10/2025

A poster demomstrating an extension to the well-known climate stripes graphic.

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Ecology Group Basel - Sabine Rumpf @ecologybasel.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

We had a great time at #Jungfraujoch during our yearly team outing! Got a fascinating tour of the meteorological & research station (est. 1931), and really enjoyed the trip with the iconic railway (construction finished already in 1912!). We'll have to come back for a better view, though 😉🏔️❄️🧪🚞

A happy Ecology group on top of the "Sphinx", the meteo observatory at Jungfraujoch, Switzerland

Visiting the old, but still running, laboratory at the Jungfraujoch research station.

A plate depicting the surrounding summits with nothing but fog in the background.

The iconic red Jungfrau railway carriages.

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Jens-Christian Svenning @jcsvenning.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Debating the aesthetics of #wind & #solar is a luxury. The real crisis is climate change—threatening billions with deadly heat & catastrophic ecosystem breakdowns ♨️🥵🔥 Green #energy is a necessity🍃 Challenges exist (noise, land use) but are manageable - biggest risk is inaction #dkpol #climatechange

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Jonathan von Oppen @jvonoppen.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Took a small break from talks & discussions at #IMC25 this morning to explore the #alpine surroundings above #Innsbruck. Great views, and happy to see quite some flowers still (or again?) around late in the season 🌸🪻🌿🏔😊

The alpine mountain ridge north of Innsbruck, AT above the clouds in the valley

Three curious botanists exploring the late-summer treasures among the limestone rocks

Alpine Draba aizoides still (or for the second time this summer?) displaying its yellow flowers

Pink-flowered, but senescing moss campion (Silene acaulis) growing over a rock in the Northern Limestone Alps

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VAW Glaciology @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Incredible ice loss measured again at #Konkordiaplatz on the #Aletsch #Glacier, home to the thickest ice in the #Alps (still about 800 m!). Yesterday’s survey revealed another –4.6 m of ice gone in just one year. :( Measurements by @matthias-huss.bsky.social for GLAMOS

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Prof. Vigdis Vandvik @vvandvik.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

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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Jonathan von Oppen @jvonoppen.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Thank you to everyone who presented in our #microclimate change session today @imc2025.bsky.social! @jlembrechts.bsky.social, @niittynen.bsky.social & I were very happy with the contributions & discussions. Great to see microclimate getting more attention in high-elevation ecosystems 🏔🌡❄️💧

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Jonathan von Oppen @jvonoppen.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Ready for an exciting week of #mountain science at @imc2025.bsky.social! The setting in Innsbruck could not be more fitting 🏔☀️

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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Job Alert! The University of Tübingen is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) in FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY! Come and join our institute, and maybe our new excellence clusters @terra-cluster.org and @greenrobust.de. @gfoesoc.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Please repost!

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Jonathan von Oppen @jvonoppen.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Come work with us in beautiful Basel & in the mountains around the world! Great working environment & fab collaborators on top ☺️🌐 Happy to answer non-project-related questions via DM!

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Jonathan von Oppen @jvonoppen.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

This was a fun study to contribute to :) hopefully helpful to enable more #winter #microclimate data from alpine & Arctic regions 🏔️❄️ Well done Raphi & Michi for leading this effort from start to finish!

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Ecology Group Basel - Sabine Rumpf @ecologybasel.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

We are very excited to announce that our group leader Sabine Rumpf has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for her #GloNoMo project to investigate the global status, trends, drivers and impacts of non-native plant species in mountain ecosystems 🎉 @unibas.ch Details on the project 👇🧵

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Cornelius Senf @corneliussenf.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Want to do a PhD in remote sensing? Interested in mountain forest ecosystems? Then apply for a PhD position in our lab! You will be part of the newly founded Centre for Forest Management in the Alps, working on scaling tree productivity from tree to landscape scale. Deadline 21st September.

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Jonathan von Oppen @jvonoppen.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

I could not recommend this place and group more for doing a #PhD. If you're into #RemoteSensing 🛰️, #VegetationDynamics 🌿, #macroecology 🌍, social & supportive work environments, hygge and pastry 🥯 - apply!

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Jonathan von Oppen @jvonoppen.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Still time to apply for a very cool #PhD position in our group! All details 👇

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Dave Klinges @thenaturedave.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

(Plz share) We're hiring! 5-year PhD student to join our new lab at Rutgers University. Broadly, exploring how climate change impacts terrestrial species, ecosystems and biodiversity – compute, field, or lab! See here: ecoclimateglobal.org/join/ (hiring a 2-yr postdoc too, more news on that soon)

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Current Opportunities Please see below for current and upcoming opportunities to join the group. We always welcome inquiries from motivated potential members with research interests that fit our group...

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Ecology Group Basel - Sabine Rumpf @ecologybasel.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

*Job alert* Come work with us! We have a fully funded 4yr #PhD position in #alpine & #Arctic plant #ecology available in our group @unibas.ch. The project includes fieldwork & connects to other ongoing projects on species range shifts & microclimate. jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell... Please repost! 🌐🧪

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Universität Basel: PhD position in alpine and arctic plant ecology

The research group Ecology at the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Basel in Switzerland invites applications for a fully funded four-year PhD position in alpine and arctic pla...

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Dave Klinges @thenaturedave.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Great to have this one finally out-- our open-access workflow for optimized deployment of microclimate networks! Collab b/w ecologists, data scientists and computational engineers. Check out the GitHub repo for the R software (soon to be a package): github.com/dklinges9/Mi...

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GitHub - dklinges9/Microclimate-Sensor-Networks: A program for selecting sites for microclimate sensors (or other types of environmental sensors) across a landscape.

A program for selecting sites for microclimate sensors (or other types of environmental sensors) across a landscape. - dklinges9/Microclimate-Sensor-Networks

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Jonathan von Oppen @jvonoppen.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

The pursuit of 1.5°C endures as a legal and ethical imperative in a changing world | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Jonathan von Oppen @jvonoppen.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

While the line between NES and NoNES might not be as sharp, I absolutely agree that linguistic injustice exists, especially for colleagues from non-Western societies. Imo a good opportunity for (commercial) publishers to give some of their revenue back to the scientific community.

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Jonas Lembrechts @jlembrechts.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

SERVICE MESSAGE: The MEB-network (www.meb-network.com) is cleaning out its mailing list! If you did not receive todays' email but would want to receive cool microclimate updates, please sign up here! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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