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Robert G. Björk

@robertgbjork.bsky.social
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Arctic ecologist in APE@GU with focus on plant-soil interactions. Professor in Ecosystem Science at University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪.

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Nature @nature.com · 21/09/2026
Here's how we protect academic freedom in higher education go.nature.com/46BE99S
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Six principles for supporting academic freedom in universities
Many academics are concerned about threats to independent enquiry in higher education. Here’s how it can be protected while taking legitimate concerns into account.
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
📢 We're recruiting! The University of Gothenburg, 🇸🇪, seeks an outstanding researcher in Geology through the Gothenburg Global Scholars Initiative, www.gu.se/en/gothenbur.... Please share and encourage top candidates to apply. 🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103... #Geology #AcademicJobs #Geoscience
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Assistant Professor in Geology
The Department of Earth Sciences has approximately 75 employees working across the fields of Geology,
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
📢 We're recruiting! The University of Gothenburg, 🇸🇪, seeks an outstanding researcher in Geology through the Gothenburg Global Scholars Initiative, www.gu.se/en/gothenbur.... Please share and encourage top candidates to apply. 🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103... #Geology #AcademicJobs #Geoscience
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Assistant Professor in Geology
The Department of Earth Sciences has approximately 75 employees working across the fields of Geology,
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Det är 170 år sedan Eunice Foote visade att CO₂ värmer luft, 165 år sedan John Tyndall förklarade mekanismen och 130 år sedan Svante Arrhenius beräknade klimatpåverkan. Få vetenskapliga insikter har prövats så länge och så grundligt, ändå lever klimatförnekelsen kvar. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👇 www.dn.se/ledare/isobe...
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Isobel Hadley-Kamptz: Den tysta majoriteten går ut på gatorna – men vill någon lyssna?
Det är något särskilt med klimatet.
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Det är 170 år sedan Eunice Foote visade att CO₂ värmer luft, 165 år sedan John Tyndall förklarade mekanismen och 130 år sedan Svante Arrhenius beräknade klimatpåverkan. Få vetenskapliga insikter har prövats så länge och så grundligt, ändå lever klimatförnekelsen kvar. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👇 www.dn.se/ledare/isobe...
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Isobel Hadley-Kamptz: Den tysta majoriteten går ut på gatorna – men vill någon lyssna?
Det är något särskilt med klimatet.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
What *actually* works — right here, right now — to address climate change? Here you go. This is the result of thousands of hours of painstaking research and analysis from the Project Drawdown team.
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Ambio - A Journal of Environment and Society @ambio-journal.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
New publication: Highly resolved projections of climate and vegetation indicate major changes in northern Scandinavia: Implications for reindeer herding, tourism and nature conservation Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Highly resolved projections of climate and vegetation indicate major changes in northern Scandinavia: Implications for reindeer herding, tourism and nature conservation - Ambio
Through Arctic amplification, global climate change is projected to disproportionally affect high-latitude environments. Additionally, the geographical heterogeneity and complex terrain of mountains p...
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
🚨 New Ambio study led greatly by Håkan Pleijel within the @biodiversa.eu project BioDiv‑Support: Northern Scandinavia is heading for major climate & ecosystem shifts 🌡️🌲. High‑resolution models reveal big impacts on 🦌 reindeer herding, 🎿 tourism & 🌿 conservation 🔗https://rdcu.be/fkiYw Thread 👇🧵
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Highly resolved projections of climate and vegetation indicate major changes in northern Scandinavia: Implications for reindeer herding, tourism and nature conservation
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
🚨 New Ambio study led greatly by Håkan Pleijel within the @biodiversa.eu project BioDiv‑Support: Northern Scandinavia is heading for major climate & ecosystem shifts 🌡️🌲. High‑resolution models reveal big impacts on 🦌 reindeer herding, 🎿 tourism & 🌿 conservation 🔗https://rdcu.be/fkiYw Thread 👇🧵
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Highly resolved projections of climate and vegetation indicate major changes in northern Scandinavia: Implications for reindeer herding, tourism and nature conservation
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Nice to see our work being appreciated by readers of the Journal of Biogeography 🌿😊 Big thanks to Cassandra Elphinstone for leading this work so brilliantly—sharing the paper again! 🔬 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/K8VB6P...
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Had a fantastic time with an amazing group of students at our 'Earth Systems: Field Course'! 🌍🎒 A huge thanks to the Navarino Environmental Observatory (NEO) for hosting us in this incredible environment. Check out the course here: www.gu.se/en/study-got... #EarthScience #FieldWork #MasterStudents
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Had a fantastic time with an amazing group of students at our 'Earth Systems: Field Course'! 🌍🎒 A huge thanks to the Navarino Environmental Observatory (NEO) for hosting us in this incredible environment. Check out the course here: www.gu.se/en/study-got... #EarthScience #FieldWork #MasterStudents
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
A busy Friday at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social! 🎤 Thrilled to discuss Arctic ecosystems and herbivores this morning. I’ll be switching roles in the afternoon to join the grading committee for Marianne Stoessel’s thesis on the mountain tundra. Such vital topics for our changing world! 🦌✨ #AcademicLife
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Global Change Biology @globalchangebio.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Unexpected Climate Signal from the Arctic: Increased Methane Uptake 📽️ buff.ly/V1757gO 📄 buff.ly/321Omkf @matsbjorkman.bsky.social @robertgbjork.bsky.social @beccsweden.bsky.social
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Unexpected Climate Signal from the Arctic: Increased Methane Uptake
In the warming Arctic, changes in vegetation are altering how methane moves between land and atmosphere. At a long-term research site near Abisko in northern Sweden, researcher Mats Björkman and…
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Big news! 📣 Our @oikosjournal.bsky.social paper led by @juanignacioramirez.bsky.social is officially a 2025 Top Cited Paper! Honored to be part of this team. 🥂 Dive into the research here: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/8YCV93... #TopCited #OikosJournal #Reindeer #Herbivory #Arctic
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
📢New paper! Long-term warming boosts CH₄ oxidation in dry tundra and cuts emissions in tussock tundra — driven by vegetation shifts and soil aeration. Huge thanks to @matsbjorkman.bsky.social for leading this work! 🙌🌟 @globalchangebio.bsky.social #Latnjajaure onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/6YA9GK...
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Increased CH4 Oxidation in Arctic Tundra Ecosystems Caused by Vegetation‐Mediated Soil Drying
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
📢New paper! Long-term warming boosts CH₄ oxidation in dry tundra and cuts emissions in tussock tundra — driven by vegetation shifts and soil aeration. Huge thanks to @matsbjorkman.bsky.social for leading this work! 🙌🌟 @globalchangebio.bsky.social #Latnjajaure onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/6YA9GK...
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Increased CH4 Oxidation in Arctic Tundra Ecosystems Caused by Vegetation‐Mediated Soil Drying
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Högskolepolitik @hogskolepolitik.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Debatt. Systemet med forskningsanslag leder till att tusentals timmar ägnas åt bortkastat arbete. Det är dags att pytsa ut mer pengar direkt till universiteten. www.dn.se/kultur/rikar...
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Rikard Hjorth Warlenius: Därför tvingas svenska forskare ägna sig åt bortkastat arbete
Systemet med forskningsanslag leder till att tusentals timmar ägnas åt bortkastat arbete, skriver Rikard Hjorth Warlenius.
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Nordic Society Oikos @nordicoikos.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Society publishers are learned societies publishing research for their scholarly communities. At the NSO, publishing is mission-driven: we reinvest in our members, support their research through our journals and uphold research integrity. 🌿🔬 #SocietyPublishing #OpenScience
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
🎉 Our paper is now officially included in the journal issue! 🔗 nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Even better — it’s selected as Editor’s Choice ✨ Well done and well deserved, @colebrachmann.bsky.social👏 #Arctic #Research #EditorsChoice #GlobalChange #Biodiversity #Fungi #Mycorrhiza
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Impacts of large herbivores on mycorrhizal fungal communities across the Arctic
Mycorrhizal fungi play an integral role in nutrient and carbon cycling in soils, which may be especially important in the Arctic, one of the world's most soil carbon-rich regions. Large mammalian her...
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Berkeley Earth @berkeleyearth.org · 14/01/2026
🌍 Berkeley Earth’s 2025 Global Temperature Report is out. 2025 was the 3rd warmest year on record. Annual global temperature reached 1.44 ± 0.09°C above the pre-industrial baseline; 770 million people experienced locally record-warm annual conditions. Full report: berkeleyearth.org/global-tempe...
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Global Temperature Report for 2025 - Berkeley Earth
2025 was the 3rd warmest year on Earth since direct observations began, and recent warming appears to be moving faster than expected.
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Copernicus ECMWF @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
The global warming trend continued in 2025. Each of the past 11 years (2015–2025) has been among the 11 warmest on record. Explore more data from #CopernicusClimate in the Global Climate Highlights 2025. #GCH2025 🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima... @ecmwf.int
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Great article on the threats facing the Scandinavian tundra 🌍❄️ (in Swedish). Proud to have contributed with background insights! 🙌 #ClimateChange #Tundra www.dn.se/sverige/fakt...
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Fakta i frågan: Är de svenska fjällen på väg att försvinna?
Klimatförändringar, minskande snötäcken och pressade arter förändrar den svenska fjällvärlden.
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Jonathan Lenoir 🌳🌲🌴 @jonlen.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Climate change has already reshaped the bioclimatic space of extreme events in the Arctic 🌐❄️ Arctic biodiversity has entered a new era of bioclimatic extremes w/ more droughts, greater winter-warming 📈 & more rain-on-snow events 💧❄️ shorturl.at/pQsVP Just published in Science Advances ⬇️
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A new era of bioclimatic extremes in the terrestrial Arctic
Long-term climate data suggest that the Arctic is entering a new era of bioclimatic extremes threatening cold ecosystems.
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Love seeing @plosclimate.org highlighting our Browning review in their #PLOSClimateCountdown.
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
🚨New paper in @ecography.bsky.social! First Pan-Arctic study on how large herbivore exclusion shapes mycorrhizal fungi, brilliantly led by @colebrachmann.bsky.social. Key insight: AM fungi—often overlooked in Arctic research—respond most strongly to herbivory while EcM and ErM vary locally. Thread 👇
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Impacts of large herbivores on mycorrhizal fungal communities across the Arctic
Mycorrhizal fungi play an integral role in nutrient and carbon cycling in soils, which may be especially important in the Arctic, one of the world's most soil carbon-rich regions. Large mammalian her...
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
This opportunity looks amazing—don’t miss out, apply today!
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Thrilled to announce that our Polar Research School has secured funding! 🌍❄️ This means 15 new PhD studentships will soon be connected to the program. Stay tuned for updates! 🔗https://www.vr.se/english/applying-for-funding/decisions/2025-11-05-doctoral-programme-grant-within-polar-research.html
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Doctoral Programme grant within Polar Research
The Swedish Research Council has decided on the applications to be awarded Doctoral programme grant within polar research. Our total grant amount for 2025-2028 is nearly 40 million SEK.
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
🚨New paper in @ecography.bsky.social! First Pan-Arctic study on how large herbivore exclusion shapes mycorrhizal fungi, brilliantly led by @colebrachmann.bsky.social. Key insight: AM fungi—often overlooked in Arctic research—respond most strongly to herbivory while EcM and ErM vary locally. Thread 👇
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Impacts of large herbivores on mycorrhizal fungal communities across the Arctic
Mycorrhizal fungi play an integral role in nutrient and carbon cycling in soils, which may be especially important in the Arctic, one of the world's most soil carbon-rich regions. Large mammalian her...
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Thrilled to announce that our Polar Research School has secured funding! 🌍❄️ This means 15 new PhD studentships will soon be connected to the program. Stay tuned for updates! 🔗https://www.vr.se/english/applying-for-funding/decisions/2025-11-05-doctoral-programme-grant-within-polar-research.html
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Doctoral Programme grant within Polar Research
The Swedish Research Council has decided on the applications to be awarded Doctoral programme grant within polar research. Our total grant amount for 2025-2028 is nearly 40 million SEK.
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Heather Reese @heatherreese.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
📢 Do you want to do a #PhD using #hyperspectral satellite data to observe climate influences on tundra vegetation in Sweden? With me and @robertgbjork.bsky.social at U of Gothenburg. Apply by 19 Jan 2026. bit.ly/44duvJI
Abisko Sweden looking over Torneträsk
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Fredrik Jutfelt 🐠 @jutfelt.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
STOTEN is now dead. It has been completely removed from Web of Science mjl.clarivate.com/search-results
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
🌱❄️ New paper in #Biogeosciences: Mycorrhizal fungi & plant dominance strongly shape N cycling in Oroarctic soils—challenging assumptions about slow N turnover in shrub-dominated tundra. 👉https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/6841/2025/bg-22-6841-2025.html #Arctic #Mycorrhiza #Nitrogen #ClimateChange
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The role of mycorrhizal type and plant dominance in regulating nitrogen cycling in Oroarctic soils
Abstract. Mycorrhizal fungi enhance plant access to nitrogen (N) in nutrient-poor environments like the Arctic tundra by depolymerizing N-rich organic compounds into forms available to plants and micr...
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
⏳ Only 10 days left to apply for the professorship! Don’t miss this opportunity, apply now! #Academia #Professorship #DeadlineAlert
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
⏳ Only 10 days left to apply for the professorship! Don’t miss this opportunity, apply now! #Academia #Professorship #DeadlineAlert
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
🌱❄️ New paper in #Biogeosciences: Mycorrhizal fungi & plant dominance strongly shape N cycling in Oroarctic soils—challenging assumptions about slow N turnover in shrub-dominated tundra. 👉https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/6841/2025/bg-22-6841-2025.html #Arctic #Mycorrhiza #Nitrogen #ClimateChange
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The role of mycorrhizal type and plant dominance in regulating nitrogen cycling in Oroarctic soils
Abstract. Mycorrhizal fungi enhance plant access to nitrogen (N) in nutrient-poor environments like the Arctic tundra by depolymerizing N-rich organic compounds into forms available to plants and micr...
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Johannes Johansson @etherealphd.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Produktivitetsavdraget måste avskaffas och senaste decenniernas nedskärningar måste kompenseras för om vi ska kunna ha högre utbildning och annan statlig verksamhet som inte ständigt försämras i kvalitet och arbetsmiljö.
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Correction: The eligibility for our tenure-track call at GU Earth Sciences is PhD ≤7 years (not 5). Still seeking top ECRs for nomination to the Swedish Research Council’s strategic programme. 📩 Contact: robert.bjork@gu.se or DM me #TenureTrack #GeoscienceJobs #ClimateResearch #AcademicCareers
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
🎉We have announced a new professorship at the University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 to celebrate our Crown Princess’s 50th birthday! 🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling 📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines! 🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
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The Crown Princess Victoria Professorship in Biodiversity
Professorship in Biodiversity. The University of Gothenburg hereby announces a unique and prestigious position – the
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
With more and more Arctic plant folks joining 🌱❄️, what better excuse to drop this starter pack again? 🔁💎 If you want to join in, just give me a shout!
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
🎙️ I was interviewed today on the live show "förmiddag" at @psnyheter.bsky.social P4 Dalarna — tune in around 13 minutes in! 🌍 We talked about how the tundra environment is changing in the county and what that means for the future. 🎧 Listen here: www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/2672...
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Förmiddag i P4 Dalarna - Förmiddag i P4 Dalarna
Förmiddag i P4 Dalarna ger dig koll på det senaste i länet, Sverige och världen. Vi är ditt sällskap under förmiddagarna och blandar underhållning med ...
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Correction: The eligibility for our tenure-track call at GU Earth Sciences is PhD ≤7 years (not 5). Still seeking top ECRs for nomination to the Swedish Research Council’s strategic programme. 📩 Contact: robert.bjork@gu.se or DM me #TenureTrack #GeoscienceJobs #ClimateResearch #AcademicCareers
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
🌍Tenure-track call at GU Earth Sciences🇸🇪! Seeking top ECRs (PhD≤5yrs) for nomination to the 🇸🇪 Research Council’s strategic programme 🔬5 yrs | 💰SEK 3M/year 📅Deadline: Nov 19 | Start: Autumn 2026 Research: Climate, Geosphere, Ecosystems 🔗 gu.se/en/earth-sciences Contact: robert.bjork@gu.se or DM me
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Department of Earth Sciences
Earth Sciences is the studying of the Earth and its history as well as the processes that operate in and on the Earth's surface. We study how humans use the Earth, its natural resources and the conseq...
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
With more and more Arctic plant folks joining 🌱❄️, what better excuse to drop this starter pack again? 🔁💎 If you want to join in, just give me a shout!
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Great to speak on @svtnyheter.bsky.social Dalarna 📺 about our latest Ecology Letters paper🌿! Local data from this region (Grövelsjön and Fulufjäll) showed some of the strongest responses in our entire dataset 💥🌍 #Ecology #ScienceCommunication www.svt.se/nyheter/loka...
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Här kryper växterna upp på kalfjället – unik studie pekar ut Grövelsjön
Växter som inte tidigare har trivts på kalfjället börjar sakta sprida sig uppåt. Det visar en stor internationell studie som gjorts i fjällmiljön kring hela Arktis. Forskarna förvånas av att de sett s...
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Nordic Journal of Botany @nordicjbotany.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
We are pleased to officially open abstract submissions for the Tundra Transitions Special Issue at the 22nd ITEX Meeting, organised by @matsbjorkman.bsky.social, @annebeejay.bsky.social and NJB's Subject Editor @robertgbjork.bsky.social !
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
🎉We have announced a new professorship at the University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 to celebrate our Crown Princess’s 50th birthday! 🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling 📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines! 🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
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The Crown Princess Victoria Professorship in Biodiversity
Professorship in Biodiversity. The University of Gothenburg hereby announces a unique and prestigious position – the
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Excited to welcome a passionate group of Arctic scientists to the 22nd International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) meeting at Nordens Ark, on Sweden’s stunning west coast!
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Robert G. Björk @robertgbjork.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Absolutely thrilled 🎉 to have contributed to this exciting paper, brilliantly led by @nanitundra.bsky.social 🌟 Such a joy to be part of this inspiring team! 🚀🙌
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CREAF @creaf.cat · 22/09/2025
Boreal plants are moving into the #Arctic and reshaping #tundra landscapes 🌱❄️ A 🟢NEW STUDY🟢 led by @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social and @creaf.cat reveals shrubs and grasses from boreal forests are expanding north. So what? 👇
Persicaria bistorta, common bistort in the swiss alps. Credit_ Mariana Garcia Criado
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