Reposted by Masha van der SandeGavin Jackson @gavinjackson.bsky.social · 17hI visited the Amazon rainforest a year ago ahead of the cop conference in Belem. Historically the only thing that has stopped deforestation has been electing Lula da Silva has Brazilian president. www.economist.com/the-americas... 1399140
Reposted by Masha van der SandeNRC @nrc.nl · 11/08/2026De oceanen wereldwijd bereikten afgelopen juli de hoogste temperatuur ooit gemeten deze maand. Het gemiddelde over de maand kwam uit op 20,96 graden Celsius. Het vorige record, van 20,89 graden Celsius, stamde uit 2023. @kamagurka.bsky.social maakte hier een dagelijkse tekening bij. buff.ly/sBOkLNA 183
Reposted by Masha van der SandeAngelica Resende, Brazilian Forest Scientist @resendeangelica.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Read our latest #research on 'Non-native and invasive tree species are abundant in neotropical secondary forest but decline over time', published with @springernature.com in @natplants.nature.com Check it here rdcu.be/fvICa with 2ndFor @lourenspoorter.bsky.social @masha-vandersande.bsky.social et alrdcu.beNon-native and invasive tree species are abundant in neotropical secondary forest but decline over timeNature Plants - Non-native and invasive trees establish early during the regeneration of secondary forests. However, their decline over time suggests that native forest recovery can limit their... 031
Reposted by Masha van der SandeArjen Lubach @arjenlubach.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Seizoensafsluiter! @lubach.nlyoutu.beHoe staat het ervoor met de oorlog in Oekraïne? | LUBACHYouTube video by LUBACH 2419961
Reposted by Masha van der SandeJoop.nl @joop.nl · 27/02/2026LUBACH: 'Wat is er aan de hand op de Westelijke Jordaanoever?'bnnvara.nlLUBACH: 'Wat is er aan de hand op de Westelijke Jordaanoever?' - Joop - BNNVARALubach legt het uit. 510447
Reposted by Masha van der SandeImma Oliveras Menor @ioliverasmenor.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Are you a community ecologist interested in fire ecology? Come join our group! Postdoc position for project FEVER, that aims to understand how fire affects biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and biogeochemical cycles in Mediterranean forests @umramap.bsky.social.emploi.cnrs.frPortail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - M/F Postdoctorat projet FEVER: Fire effects on vegetation productivity and nutrient fluxes in Mediterranean ecosystemsAssurez-vous que votre profil candidat soit correctement renseigné avant de postuler 01920
Reposted by Masha van der SandeSander Turnhout🔻🍉🌳🌱🍄🦟🐈⬛🍓🔥 @sanderturnhout.bsky.social · 10/01/2026'Wie dat overdreven vindt, is óf gevaarlijk ongeïnformeerd, óf gevaarlijk naïef.' decorrespondent.nl/16657/donald...decorrespondent.nlDonald Trump is het grootste gevaar voor de wereld sinds Adolf HitlerOnze grootste en belangrijkste bondgenoot uit de twintigste eeuw is nu de machtigste en gevaarlijkste criminele organisatie ter wereld. Donald Trump regeert als een corrupte tiran met een fascistisch ... 1110854
Reposted by Masha van der SandePatrick Jansen 🐾 @patrickjansen.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Are you a PhD-level #wildlife ecologist committed to research and education for #biodiversity and nature restoration? Our group at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social has a #vacancy for an assistant professor! Deadline for applications is February 19. Please spread the word. www.uu.nl/en/organisat... 05268
Reposted by Masha van der SandeJan Leune @janleune.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Caroline de Gruyter in de NRC: "De Amerikanen zijn een bedreiging geworden voor de interne markt, de euro, en de Europese veiligheid en democratie. Europa heeft een eigen bedrading nodig, om overeind te blijven. En snel ook." 521597
Reposted by Masha van der SandeSander Turnhout🔻🍉🌳🌱🍄🦟🐈⬛🍓🔥 @sanderturnhout.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Wat een goed artikel over #empathischeintelligentie #empathischebiologie. Eerst kijken, dan denken, dan doen. 1267
Reposted by Masha van der SandeGerrit Hiemstra🐇 @gerrithiemstra.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Fossiele subsidies kosten miljarden, verergeren de klimaatcrisis en staan in de weg van een gezonde toekomst. ✍️ Teken jij de petitie voor een stop op fossiele subsidies? www.brandbriefaanhetkabinet.nlbrandbriefaanhetkabinet.nlBrandbrief aan het kabinet | Stop fossiele subsidiesBrandbrief aan het kabinet: Fossiele subsidies kosten miljarden, verergeren de klimaatcrisis en staan in de weg van een gezonde toekomst. Stop fossiele subsidies. 20299187
Reposted by Masha van der Sandejuli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 02/12/2025The new Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED5, 2002–2022) shows that at the global scale 1) by far, most area burned are grasslands; 2) area burned is declining; & 3) fuel consumption is increasing: ie, fires are increasing in forests & encroached grasslands. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪🌍🔥🌳🌐 04019
Reposted by Masha van der SandePieter Zuidema @pieterzuidema.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Extra CO2 stimulates #photosynthesis of trees and reduces water losses through transpiration. But does that stimulate growth of #tree stems? Our paper today in NatClimateChange led by Quan Zhang uses theory & data to show that strong growth stimulation is unlikely.🌎🌐🍁 www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comIncreased efficiency of water use does not stimulate tree productivity - Nature Climate ChangeThe authors theoretically delineate the maximal increases in tree growth that can be expected from increases in plant intrinsic water-use efficiency, which increases with rising CO2. They highlight en... 1228
Masha van der Sande @masha-vandersande.bsky.social · 24/11/2025🔥Only 2 days left (until 26th) to apply! 2 PhD positions at Wageningen University, the Netherlands, on Amazon fire resilience!🔥 010
Reposted by Masha van der SandeMongabay @mongabay.com · 22/11/2025A 30,019-hectare forest in Santa Cruz, Bolivia may soon be sold to agribusiness giant Bom Futuro, which plans to clear it, documents show. Conservationists warn the area is a key part of the Chiquitano dry forest, linking the Amazon, Gran Chaco & Cerrado.news.mongabay.comThe land deal threatening a vital piece of Bolivia’s Chiquitano dry forestA large forest in eastern Bolivia is on the verge of being sold to an international agriculture company, raising concerns that it might be razed to make room for new cropland. The 30,019-hectare… 03221
Reposted by Masha van der SandeJente Ottenburghs | Avian Hybrids @jenteo.bsky.social · 18/11/2025📢 Vacancy alert! Now open: PhD position on tropical forest succession and acoustic monitoring of seed dispersers. 🌱 🎶 www.wur.nl/nl/vacature/... We are looking for a PhD candidate in the field of tropical ecology. Based at Wageningen University (NL) with fieldwork in tropical forests in Mexico.wur.nlPhD position on 'Seed dispersal shapes tropical forest succession' (Seeds 4 Success) 023
Reposted by Masha van der SandeDr George Iordachescu 🏳️🌈 🟥 @georgeiorda.bsky.social · 18/11/2025🚨 Just one week left to apply for one of the THREE postdoc positions in the #GreenFrontier project hosted at @fnp-wur.bsky.social #conservation #EnvJustice #wilderness #rewilding #rural #underdevelopment #LandAbandonment Deadline 25 November! Full details 👉 www.wur.nl/en/research-... 0128
Reposted by Masha van der Sandejuli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Two PhD student positions on Fire Resilience of Amazon Forests (Application deadline Nov 26), Wageningen @masha-vandersande.bsky.social @w-u-r.bsky.social www.wur.nl/nl/vacature/... 01715
Masha van der Sande @masha-vandersande.bsky.social · 05/11/2025🔥🌳🌴 Two #PhD positions available on #fire resilience of Amazon forest! @w-u-r.bsky.social and embedded within my #ERC starting grant on past, present and future fire resilience of the Amazon. See link for info and how to apply: www.wur.nl/nl/vacature/... Please share!wur.nlPhD positions: Fire resilience of Amazon forests 068
Reposted by Masha van der SandeGuus Beugelink @guusbeugelink.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Stemadvies van Loesje 13116
Reposted by Masha van der SandeAlessandra Fidelis @alefidelis.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Oportunidade de Pós-Doutorado / Post-doctoral Research Opportunity in our lab! 057
Reposted by Masha van der SandeBrian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Please 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🧪🌐🌾 2104105
Masha van der Sande @masha-vandersande.bsky.social · 15/10/2025🔥🌳🌴Check out this exhaustive overview of how #traits may mediate the impact of #fire on (tropical) #forests and vice versa, led by PhD student David Pacuk! An important start to better understand fire resilience of fire-unadapted forests!🔥🌳🌴 1175
Reposted by Masha van der SandeBotanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 14/10/2025🔥🌱 From the upcoming #AJB Special Issue: “Understanding novel #fire regimes using plant trait‐based approaches" 🌱🔥 Toward a functional understanding of novel fire regimes in tropical #forests By David Pacuk, Peter van der Sleen, Frank Sterck & @masha-vandersande.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... 0126
Reposted by Masha van der SandeBrian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Please pass along - postdoc position! with our working group on #FunctionalTraits and rarity. This is part of the FREE (Functional Rarity in Ecology and Evolution) working group led by Cyrille Violle in Montpellier France 🧪🌐🌾 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...emploi.cnrs.fr Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Offre de post-doctorat en écologie (H/F) 27286
Reposted by Masha van der SandeReassembly Research Unit @reassemblynet.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Three exciting #PostDoc 🧑🔬👩🔬🧕 positions on #Ecological #Synthesis at TU Darmstadt @tuda.bsky.social for Reassembly #rainforest 🇪🇨 🌱🌴🦜 & #Biodiversity Exploratories 🌲🐄🚜🪲🐝🥀@bexplo.bsky.social Please spread widely ✉️♥️▶️ & apply quickly 🙃 www.reassembly.de/the-team/job... 05238
Masha van der Sande @masha-vandersande.bsky.social · 04/09/2025🔥Excited to introduce our #ERC #StG project ‘FiRes’, on past, present and future #fire #resilience of #Amazonian forests!🔥 In an era of increasing #fire occurrence globally, we cannot have enough research to understand its impact, especially in precious fire-‘unadapted’ ecosystems such as the Amazon 4122
Reposted by Masha van der SandeKaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 03/08/2025This what Israel has done to Gaza. Forbidden pics by a Washington Post photographer whose Jordanian air crew didn't pass on Israel's order to only photograph aid being dropped. City, suburbs, schools, people: bombed to rubble. People being starved in makeshift camps on road roundabouts. #Genocide 17604434
Reposted by Masha van der SandePieter Zuidema @pieterzuidema.bsky.social · 31/07/2025How do tropical #trees deal with droughts? The answer is published today in @science.org Our pantropical #treering analysis revealed 2.5% growth reduction during #drought years. Yet, growth declined by >10% in 1/4 of 500 study sites, and in hotter & drier regions. doi.org/10.1126/scie... 🌍🍁🌐 (1/4)doi.orgPantropical tree rings show small effects of drought on stem growthIncreasing drought pressure under anthropogenic climate change may jeopardize the potential of tropical forests to capture carbon in woody biomass and act as a long-term carbon dioxide sink. To evalua... 18039
Reposted by Masha van der SandeClimate Crisis Info (from Bryan Godbe) @bryangodbe.bsky.social · 27/07/2025“Bolivia’s record-setting 2024 wildfire season makes clear that emergency responses to climate disasters are not enough and governments must address the root of the problem, a new report says.” insideclimatenews.org/news/2607202...insideclimatenews.orgLessons From a Climate Disaster - Inside Climate NewsBolivia’s record-setting 2024 wildfire season makes clear that emergency responses to climate disasters are not enough and governments must address the root of the problem, a new report says. 23117
Reposted by Masha van der SandeDominic Martin @dominic-martin.bsky.social · 09/07/2025PhD position in our Wildlife Ecology and Conservation group at @w-u-r.bsky.social on the effectiveness of freshwater wetlands as climate buffers for biodiversity gain and ecosystem services Co-supervised by Liesbeth Bakker, Frank van Langevelde, and myself Deadline: 4.8. www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p... 0155
Reposted by Masha van der SandePatrick Weigelt @patrickweigelt.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Postdoc position in the lab of @biogeokreft.bsky.social for developing your own line of research in macroecology, biogeography, and functional or tropical ecology: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/644546.ht...uni-goettingen.deStellenanzeigen - Georg-August-University GöttingenWebsite of the Georg-August-University Göttingen 12724
Masha van der Sande @masha-vandersande.bsky.social · 02/06/2025This 👇🏼 confirms the tragedy we’ve witnessed in the Bolivian Amazon, with 2024 as record fire year.🔥 And it’s the reason we’re studying Amazon’s fire resilience in Madidi, Pilón and Chiquitanía. 040
Masha van der Sande @masha-vandersande.bsky.social · 25/04/2025⚡Striking impacts on forests!⚡ Our perspective on how lightning impacts forest dynamics, through igniting fires in boreal forests and being a major cause of tree mortality in tropical forests.🔥🌳⚡ Led by Sander Veraverbeke @vuamsterdam.bsky.social @globalchangebio.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/gcb....onlinelibrary.wiley.comLightning Impacts on Global Forest and Carbon Dynamics: Current Understanding and Knowledge GapsLightning is a fundamental Earth system process that influences the world's major forest biomes and their carbon storage through two primary pathways. Lightning is the major cause of boreal forest fi.... 1249
Reposted by Masha van der SandeMorpho Institute @morphoinstitute.org · 09/01/2025#amazonrainforest #climate news.mongabay.com/2025/01/afte...news.mongabay.comAfter a searing Amazon fire season, experts warn of more in 2025South America recorded the highest number of fire outbreaks in 14 years in 2024, with Brazil at the epicenter of the crisis. 011
Masha van der Sande @masha-vandersande.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Hello all, I've just arrived (and left X)! I'm a researcher interested in anything related to fire ecology, tropical forests, Amazon, paleo & neo ecology, forest succession & restoration. Looking forward to connect! 2171