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BES Macro @besmacro.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Only a few more days to apply to join our committee! See below for details:

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BES Macro @besmacro.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Meet the #BES2025 SIGs on floor -1! We’ll be heading to our social at Frankenstein later too! Come say hi to some of our committee: @inesismartins.bsky.social @bethanyjallen.bsky.social @lauraloubio.bsky.social

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Laura Louise Turner @lauraloubio.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Day one of #BES2025 has been great so far! Looking forward to meeting some new people at the meet the SIGs session and the @besmacro.bsky.social and @bes-conservation.bsky.social joint social later on today!

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BES Conservation Ecology Group @bes-conservation.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Will we be seeing you during the @britishecologicalsociety.org annual conference? 👀 Come down to the Frankenstein & Bier Keller pub in Edinburgh on 16 Dec 2025 for a social with @besmacro.bsky.social 🍺 There will be snacks, friends, and (loosely!) ecology-themed quiz rounds ✨ See you there!

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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Are you attending #BES2025 this week & looking for some tips to help get your research published? 🤔🧪 Come along to one of our two sessions with @nordicoikos.bsky.social & @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social where we'll be discussing each step of the academic publishing journey! 📑🌏

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Carolina Voigt @arctic-carolina.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

We have 1 open PhD and 1 postdoctoral researcher position to work with terrestrial carbon cycling in abrupt #permafrost thaw features in the Arctic. More information here: www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan... @cenunihh.bsky.social

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Bolin Centre for Climate Research @bolincentre.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Wrapping up day 1 of the Bolin Days 2025 with a conference dinner in Koppartälten, where we enjoyed some food & drinks with live entertainment from the amazing Stämbröderna! And then we of course ended the night with a ceilidh. 🤩 Thanks everyone, and see you tomorrow!

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Dr Scott J. Davidson @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · 14/10/2025

A beautiful day out on the famous Mer Bleue bog

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Julia Kemppinen @juliakemppinen.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Extended deadline! Submissions welcomed until 1st December to the npj biodiversity collection: Impacts of Global Change on Polar Terrestrial Biodiversity 🐻‍❄️🐧 Edited by: @annebeejay.bsky.social, Daly Noll Vergara, Luis Pertierra and me www.nature.com/collections/...

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Impacts of Global Change on Polar Terrestrial Biodiversity

This collection examines how human activities and global change stressors are transforming the composition and functioning of terrestrial Arctic and Antarctic ...

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Blandine Lyonnard @blandinel.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

How do we measure #CO2 and #CH4 exchanges from alpine-Arctic #tundra #ecosystems... ... when the weather changes so fast? ⛅ Here is how, in a control plot and a passively warmed plot of a dry heath at #Latnjajaure field station, 100m a.s.l. near Abisko, Northern Sweden, on July 26th, 2025.

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Laura Louise Turner @lauraloubio.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

We also saw lots of wildlife, including snowy owls and an arctic fox, all in the middle of changing to their winter coats, and a (blurry) wolf. We also got up close with the permafrost! To find out more the nature and people of the region see: www.gwichin.ca/publications...

The landscape of more southerly Northwest Territories, with a winding river and many small lakes, seen from our plane window

Moose hoof prints in the gravel road north of Inuvik

A single white root visible in the cracked frozen soil core removed from the ground. The frozen soil is dark in colour, suggesting high organic content.

A blurry gray face of a wolf peeking through the scrub at the side of a gravel road. Their dark nose, eyes, and inner ears stand out in the green and gray.

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Laura Louise Turner @lauraloubio.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

I am very grateful to have been able to work in and explore the landscape around Inuvik, in the traditional land of the Inuvialuit, Gwich’in and Metis peoples. The tundra colours always take my breath away and I was excited to learn a bit about the traditional names uses of some plants too.

Flowering paintbrush/ prairie fire species Castilleja, I think, not sure which one!

A yellow orange sky under heavy cloud lit from behind, with shrubs and tall, skinny spruces in the foreground.

Up close look at the bright red, orange and green leaves of the dwarf shrub mid-autumn senescence. Betula glandulosa, łuu t’an in the Teełit dialect, can be used as flooring/ insulation.

A pale yellow/pink cloudberry or salmonberry (nakál or nakal in Gwichya and Teetłit dialects) framed by its leaves, changing from green to bright red, and surrounding Rhododendron tomentosum (formerly Ledum palustre, lidii maskeg/maskig/masgit in both Gwich’in dialects) and Vaccinium vitis-idaea (Natł’at in Gwichya and Teetłit dialects). Info from Gwich’in ethnobotany. Very tasty

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Laura Louise Turner @lauraloubio.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Excited to get started! ☺️ Tag me/ @besmacro.bsky.social if you have info to share with the @britishecologicalsociety.org macro ecology community!

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Laura Louise Turner @lauraloubio.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Finally feeling recovered after the field and lab crash! Our field sites cover different vegetation types in the tundra, and we have been sampling to see what’s going on below the ground. We’ve been in the lab processing some samples since we got back; I’m excited to get on with the analysis now…

Happy field team with a active layer stick and mosquito proof gear in the sunny birch shrub tundra

Posing in mosquito proof gear with a lovely chunk of soil like a prize fish

Coring into the sedge tundra soil under a gray cloudy sky

Two figures, one with a soil corer over their shoulder, in the distance walking away over the autumn-gold sedge tundra

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Laura Louise Turner @lauraloubio.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

It’s been a month since I started working with the Wild lab at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social and we are heading out to the field! We’re heading up to Inuvik to see what’s going on under the tundra 👀🌿🍄‍🟫 w/ @larissafrey.bsky.social and Lewis!

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Rica Wgnr @ricawgnr.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Our manuscript on #Arctic root exudation of functionally different and dominant #tundra plants is out in SBB! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Laura Louise Turner @lauraloubio.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Many people have highlighted the need for integrated approaches to find solutions to these huge global challenges, of which the rhizosphere can play a significant role. A very insightful meeting, lots to think about and apply to new research questions…

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Laura Louise Turner @lauraloubio.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Amazing last day at #rhizosphere6! Some wonderful talks, and I loved this quote from Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social: “Whatever discipline you come from, whichever goddess you relate to, be it physics, biology, poetry… you can be a rhizosphere researcher”.

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Laura Louise Turner @lauraloubio.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Craig presenting to #rhizosphere6 some of the fantastic research and facilities here at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social this morning!

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Laura Louise Turner @lauraloubio.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Presenting some data from multiple field sites and multiple bits of my thesis, looking how root traits vary within and across Arctic and alpine sites and with methodologies. Come say hi! #rhizosphere6

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Laura Louise Turner @lauraloubio.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Yes I said excited and exciting and used multiple exclamation marks! I am compensating for a lack of coffee that is now being rectified! Also I have mushrooms on trousers and I’m excited about that too!! 🍄🍄‍🟫

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Laura Louise Turner @lauraloubio.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

School’s out and I’m at #Rhizosphere6 in Edinburgh! Excited to hear some exciting research!

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Mark Parrington @mparrington.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

First look at preprint of the AMAP Arctic Climate Change Update 2024 report www.amap.no/documents/do... and Chapter 4 on #Arctic & high-latitude #wildfires with thanks to co-authors @jmccartygeo.bsky.social Juha Aalto @morganahcrowley.bsky.social @queenofpeat.bsky.social & @mikeflannigan.bsky.social

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 03/06/2025

I want to connect with and highlight more trans voices working with plants, wildlife, and the natural environment so I've created a starter pack! If this sounds like you, introduce yourself by quote-posting this skeet and I'll add you to the list 🏳️‍⚧️

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Jen Richmond @jenrichmondphd.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

You can’t learn #rstats just by reading books or watching videos of other people writing R code. You will learn faster if you find some data that you are curious about and use your new coding skills to answer a question about it. How to find fun data to play with....

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How to find fun data

Learn about 3 different ways to find datasets to play with

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Laura Louise Turner @lauraloubio.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I was feeling pretty rubbish this morning (my hockey teams both lost last night and I have killer hay-fever), but I read a really great essay from one of my tutees that engaged in all the things we’ve discussed this term, and it’s genuinely made my day! ☺️😌 feels like a rare teaching win #academicsky

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Of course. Special shoutout to my colleagues who thought "diversity had gone too far," especially the ones who pretended that diversity statements were oppression.

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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · 14/05/2025

Just ten years ago the UK was top of the list - the best place in Europe for LGBT rights. We are now 22nd The only country to drop faster in one year than us is Hungary The government needs to act in a major way before this becomes their entire legacy

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Franciska de Vries 🟥 @frantecol.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Do you want to be part of our team this season, maintaining and sampling field experiments in which we test the effect of extreme weather on grassland C storage? We have a 6-month technician position available - apply here before May 23rd! Please RT or forward! werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Chupei, sitting in a green grassland, measuring CO2 fluxes using a transparent chamber. In the back you can see the IBS tanks used to simulate flooding in this field experiment.

The field team during a coffee break on a very hot day - the farmer created shade to sit in by lifting a large box into the air with his tractor

One of the field experiments, showing the structures built to simulate drought and flooding in the field plots

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Gareth Phoenix @garethphoenix.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

🚨 PhD alert. PhD opportunity studying how nutrient availability impacts the ability of ecosystems to absorb more CO2 as CO2 levels rise. With Catriona MacDonald and Ben Smith at Western Sydney University and myself here @sheffieldpps.bsky.social Sheffield www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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The Importance of Nutrients in Controlling How Much Ecosystems Can Slow the Rate of Rising CO₂ at Western Sydney University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - The Importance of Nutrients in Controlling How Much Ecosystems Can Slow the Rate of Rising CO₂ at Western Sydney University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Back to book pitching, so here I am caring about the # of followers I have 🤦‍♀️ HELLO! I'm a 🦑 scientist on a mission to get people to take action to protect earth's biodiversity. Alongside others, I use street art, zines, photography, collabs, & more to encourage action. Tell ur friends 😅

A neon colored squid on the phone, drawn in cartoon style, glued to a wall, that says Get Squid Facts text SQUID to 1-833-SCI-TEXT

a very cute cuttlefish, a giant australian cuttelfish, looks at the camera, swimming in front of algae covered rocks

a poster that says Plant Native Plants, with an illustration by meg lemieur of purple coneflower, with a bunch of clips with seed bags attached on the bottom labeled "take one and plant"

Sarah holds up a zine that says Philly Biopdiversity Zine in front of a little free library covered in squid, painted blue and pink, shoved in some planters. The zine has a raccoon skateboarding in crocs in front of the love statue (philly icon) with a pigeon sitting on the sign, with the art museum in the background

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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

The BES CASCADE network aims to be a bridge between science and taking action We are a community to ecologists in their journeys as advocates and activists Our first newsletter soon - sign up by following the link below mailchi.mp/f9261900f1d8...

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 01/05/2025

🚨 Don’t forget your photo ID (and suncream! ☀️) when going to vote today.

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Dr. Mariana García Criado @nanitundra.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

🌸Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic 🌸 Our new study @nature.com analysed plant diversity change in >2000 tundra plots over 4 decades. We found that plants changed unevenly, mostly driven by warming and biotic interactions. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵 (1/7) 🌐🧪🌱🌍

Illustration of a Greenlandic landscape, showing in the foreground Rhododendron lapponicum on a cliff, with sea ice and icebergs in the background. Illustration by Alberto S. Ballesteros (@asbillustration.bsky.social)

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Prof Penny Endersby @pennyend.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... In common with many nations the UK is growing more fiery as the climate warms. We are going to need to adapt to more frequent and severe fires.

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Wildfires: UK burnt area for 2025 already beats annual record

The prolonged dry, sunny weather in March and April created ideal conditions for wildfires to spread.

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Laura Louise Turner @lauraloubio.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Happy Earth day! Things can be rough for people and planet, but there’s so much beauty around us worth fighting for. Saw some beauties today. Spring has sprung! 🥰🐸🦋🌷

Yellow flower, maybe a Fawn lily (unsure of this ID!!)

Many tiny tiny tadpoles against a backdrop of algae and pondweed

Meme- stolen from instagram, original author unknown! The character exclaims: ‘Trees are incredible! And flowers! Mind boggling when you think about it! Sunlight! What a strange and wonderful concept! Earth is seriously blowing my mind today.’

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Laura Louise Turner @lauraloubio.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I’m currently teaching mostly stats, R and GIS here at the @uniofnottingham.bsky.social geography dept whilst I finish up my PhD. Soon I’ll be moving northward for a new opportunity looking a plant soil interactions and permafrost priming at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social with the Wild lab!

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Laura Louise Turner @lauraloubio.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Cool that I’ve hit 1000 followers! I feel like some recently might not be real people, but for those who are, I will reintroduce myself: I am an Arctic/alpine ecologist, studying tundra+ roots and how they vary over space and time, and how we can relate this to aboveground and remotely-sensed data

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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Hey we won Best Science pod at the iHeart Awards among some fierce competition. Thanks to everyone who listens & thank you to our small but mighty team. If you want to convert someone to an Ologite, but don’t know where to start, ologies.com is like a menu of topics. Science matters. Like, A LOT.

Alie (which is me) on a stage at a mic, in front of a tall red curtain

Alie ol’ Dadward cheesin on a red carpet holding a chrome, heart-shaped trophy award. I’m wearing a black skirt, black shirt and striped tights with old ratty combat boots

A graphic that says iHeart Podcast Awards winner! Best Science Podcast: Ologies with Alie ward

Best Science:

Hidden Brain
StarTalk Radio
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
Ologies with Alie Ward - WINNER
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Laura Louise Turner @lauraloubio.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Cool to see mushrooms getting their flowers (?) in public facing settings, even if it was definitely a crowd of mostly converted… also disappointed and jealous that I was far from the coolest dressed with my mushroom embroidered trousers, I might need to up my game!

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Laura Louise Turner @lauraloubio.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Had a lovely evening seeing Fungi: Web of Life and listening to a varied and funny Q&A with Dr Sheldrake and an enthusiastic crowd!

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Allegra Rosenberg @tchotchke.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Two years ago, I discovered a love story hidden within Scott’s last Antarctic expedition—between two of his officers, Pennell and Atkinson. They survived the tragedy which took Scott’s life and shocked the world, but further dangers still lay ahead for them. magazine.atavist.com/from-antarct...

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The Love Story Hiding in a Legendary Tragedy

Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s doomed journey to Antarctica captivated the world. But hidden within the legend was a story that has never been told—a love affair between two of the crew who survived.

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Laura Louise Turner @lauraloubio.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

So lovely to have @ymalhi.bsky.social visit the @uniofnottingham.bsky.social school of geography this week for a insightful and thought provoking talk, and to discuss research in the our biodiversity and ecology group! Thanks @dr-sam-booth.bsky.social for organising!

Sam introducing Yadvinder and his talk - the metabolism of a human dominated planet

Smiling people with empty plates in front of them at Kayal restaurant Nottingham

Yadvinder demonstrating the energy increases from human ‘extended’ metabolism in the context of geological time. The graph he present shows a rough estimate of the increase in energy use over time, with life of land and the evolution of broadleaf plants leading to a peak metabolism during the hothouse earth. Worst case projections for human energy use would cause increases comparable with significant events on the geological time frame.

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Anna Virkkala @annvirkk.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

We are looking for a grant-funded doctoral resarcher on a project focusing on how tree and shrub expansion into the tundra impact biodiversity and carbon balance @Department of Geosciences and Geography @helsinkiuni.bsky.social! DM me if you are interested, and please share!

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Laura Louise Turner @lauraloubio.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Thanks Rachel! Merry Christmas ☺️

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Rachel Dishington @radishington.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Lovely end to the semester - hearing fieldwork stories from @peterrmartin.bsky.social @lauraloubio.bsky.social and other colleagues from the School of Geography (not on this site). Now time for mince pies, Christmas music and not checking my emails until January… 🎄

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