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We combine field measurements with geospatial technologies to understand plant distribution across time and space. Led by Martin Kopecký, placed in @ibotcz.bsky.social

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Preslia @preslia.cz · 29/09/2026
The Czech Vegetation Database goes open access: >117,000 vegetation plots are now online, with a stratified subset for national-scale analyses, an interactive viewer, code for analysis and resampling, and >2.4 million species records in GBIF, ready for reuse. preslia.cz/doi/preslia.2026.187.html
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Joshua Stevens @jscarto.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy to finally build and release the color ramp creator I’ve always wanted to use. Phosphor generates perceptually linear gradients and lets you edit, share, and export them for use in ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, GDAL, and other formats. I hope you find it helpful. www.joshuastevens.net/phosphor/
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Phosphor
Multi-hue color gradients with perceptually linear lightness. Export to CSS, Python, QGIS, ArcGIS Pro or GDAL.
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Robert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New color tool for #dataviz just dropped: Phosphor by @jscarto.bsky.social This is my first crack at a palette, rendered in QGIS with compositing in Illustrator and Photoshop. You can download or modify the color sequence here: www.joshuastevens.net/phosphor/#c=...
Equal area map of Earth centered on the Americas. NDVI (vegetation) is shown in shades of green and beige. Darkest greens are the most heavily vegetated. Very light green and beige is barren rock, sand, or soil. Open ocean is blue, ice is gray, and there are dark gray graticules spaced every 15˚.
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International Union of Forest Research Organizations - IUFRO @iufro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
📢Save the date! 🌱The International Fagaceae Conference 2027: Forests - Mountains - Water: Monitoring, Managing and Restoring Forest Ecosystems to Enhance their Role in a Changing World 🗓️13-18 June 2027;📍Rieti, Italy ➡️ iufrofagaceae2027.org #ForestScience #ForestResearch #WeCantLiveWithoutForests
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David Aerne @meodai.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
CuspHanger 0.4.0 gives you control over the lightness steps, in the form of a bezier curve or any other function. meodai.github.io/cusphanger/
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Corey Callaghan @coreytcallaghan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Do you use #iNaturalist data in research—or advise students who do? We put together a practical guide to using iNaturalist data in scientific research, covering how to access, acquire, analyze, and attribute the data, with examples in R and Python. Paper: doi.org/10.1093/bios... #ecology
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Jakub Nowosad @jakubnowosad.com · 23/09/2026
Want to work with the AlphaEarth Embedding data from R? 🛰️🌍 Felipe Carlos has developed an R package that makes it easier to search and retrieve AlphaEarth embeddings for your area of interest. m3nin0-labs.github.io/alphaearth/ #rstats #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation #RSpatial
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Young Scientists @iavs-young-sci.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
IAVS Young Scientists Webinar 🗓️𝐎𝐜𝐭 𝟕 | 𝟗:𝟎𝟎 𝐂𝐄𝐓| Zoom Prof. 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐙𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐲́(National Taiwan University) presents "Community-weighted mean approach in trait vegetation ecology" . Registration link in the next days #IAVS #VegetationScience #YoungVeg #YSwebinar
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Andrew Hacket-Pain @andrewhacket-pain.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Big forest conference in France in 2027! 🌳🌲🌱 *FORESTs and Global Environmental Changes: Social-Ecological Systems in Transition* Ecology, biotic interactions, forest health, monitoring, modelling, social-eco systems, governance, bioeconomy... forestt-international-conference.colloque.inrae.fr
Mountain forest with larch in Julian Alps, Slovenia
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Department of Geoecology @spacetimeeco.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
#Microclimate grids of the whole #Czechia in 10 m resolution! We created #CzechGrids Micro - free geodata providing accurate air #temperature for any location within the Czech Republic Preprint: doi.org/10.5194/essd... Data: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... Interactive maps: czgrids.dyn.cloud.e-infra.cz
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Department of Geoecology @spacetimeeco.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Nice blog about our @ibotcz.bsky.social long-term research in #Ladakh #Himalaya
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juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A journal we should avoid publishing in & citing. Only by doing things like this & spreading the word can we stop this crazy behaviour that damages science Journal: Natural Hazards @springernature.com Authors: U North Carolina & @northeasternu.bsky.social @nu-policyschool.bsky.social 🧪🌍🔥🌳🔥🍁
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Loukas Theodosiou @bioinformatician.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
After four years, several updates and a handful of CRAN releases, 𝗹𝘁𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗥-𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝗴𝗲, reached a version I feel genuinely good about sharing with the community. github.com/loukesio/ltc...
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Jakub Nowosad @jakubnowosad.com · 15/07/2026
Want to learn geocomputation with R? The materials from our tutorial at UseR! 2026 are now available: slides, hands-on exercises, datasets, and solutions, covering CRS, vector and raster data, and mapping with **tmap**. github.com/geocompx/use... #rstats #geocompx #rspatial #UseR2026
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Tyler Morgan-Wall @tylermw.com · 10/06/2026
Hurrah🎉🎉🎉! #RStats
screenshot of RStudio IDE mentioning hierarchical section folding
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Jakub Nowosad @jakubnowosad.com · 10/06/2026
📄 New(-ish) post by David O’Sullivan A clear, hands-on exploration of the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem using simulation and R, showing how scale and aggregation can reshape spatial patterns and interpretation. geospatialstuff.com/posts/2026/0... #GIS #SpatialStats #RStats #RSpatial
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Qiusheng Wu @giswqs.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I am very excited to release GeoLibre v1.0 🌍 GeoLibre is a free and open-source, lightweight, cloud-native GIS platform for visualizing, exploring, and analyzing geospatial data. Try it: geolibre.app GitHub: github.com/opengeos/Geo... Full video tutorial: youtu.be/87Cm0QagtxI
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Ben Bolker @bbolker.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
new diamond open-access Journal of Statistical Ecology launched 🎉🎉🎉 jse.centre-mersenne.org @fredbarraquand.bsky.social @oaggimenez.bsky.social @marieaugermethe.bsky.social @vianeylb.bsky.social (apologies to any Bsky editors I missed)
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Journal of Statistical Ecology Journal of Statistical Ecology
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Department of Geoecology @spacetimeeco.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Evolution of arborescence 🍁 - read a new paper from @spacetimeeco.bsky.social member published in @currentbiology.bsky.social @ibotcz.bsky.social and @czechacademy.bsky.social
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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 01/06/2026
🤩 New open datasets just dropped for Europe's #forests! Three satellite maps. Whole continent. Free on Zenodo. → Disturbances 1985–2023 → Canopy height, cover & complexity → Dominant tree genus Read more about the maps and their impact: forestpaths.eu/news/new-hig...
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European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · 29/05/2026
Interested in developing your skills in #topographic analysis? Join us in this two-part webinar series by EGU Geomorphology Division. During this #webinar, you will learn how to address scientific problems by using TopoToolbox. 📆: 2 June 2026! 👉: egu.eu/2LPGCJ 📸: Ryan Teuling on #imaggeo
Image description: A landscape of rugged mountains with patches of snow. Text reads:'' Topographic analysis using TopoToolbox in MATLAB and Python, Session 1'' June 2, 2026, 04:00 PM.
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Department of Geoecology @spacetimeeco.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
sad but TRUE
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Matthew Kling @matthewkling.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Announcing #RStats package ggcube, now on CRAN -- make 3D #ggplot2 figures using `coord_3d()` matthewkling.github.io/ggcube/
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EORC - Earth Observation Research Cluster @earth-observation.org · 25/05/2026
Geolocating a photograph without embedded GPS data is a recurring challenge in open source investigation, field verification, and conflict documentation. When metadata is absent or stripped, analysts must work from visible landmarks, architectural features, and terrain to determine where an image…
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TracePoint: A Browser-Based Tool for Image Geolocation by Ray Intersection
Geolocating a photograph without embedded GPS data is a recurring challenge in open source investigation, field verification, and conflict documentation. When metadata is absent or stripped, analysts must work from visible landmarks, architectural features, and terrain to determine where an image was taken. One geometrically rigorous approach is ray intersection: bearing lines, each anchored to […]
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Qiusheng Wu @giswqs.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Introducing QGIS Terminal Plugin: An Integrated Terminal for QGIS Discover the new QGIS Terminal Plugin that lets you run terminal commands directly inside QGIS , no more switching between your GIS desktop and external terminals.
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FLUXNET Early Career Network @fluxnetecn.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
The much-awaited FLUXNET Shuttle is here. A new system for accessing eddy covariance data that captures how carbon, energy, and water are exchanged between the land surface and the atmosphere. (more at the following blog by @fluxnet.bsky.social ) fluxnet.org/2026/05/14/f...
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FLUXNET Data Shuttle GUI launched - FLUXNET
By: Data System Steering Team We are thrilled to announce the full launch of the FLUXNET shuttle: a new system for accessing eddy covariance data that captures how carbon, energy,... More
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Florian Hartig @florianhartig.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Our new review article “Calibration, Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis of Complex Ecological Models—A Review” now online and freely available in #EcologyLetters dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.... #Ecology #EcologicalModelling #SensitivityAnalysis #UncertaintyQuantification 🌐
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Calibration, Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis of Complex Ecological Models—A Review
We provide a unified framework connecting sensitivity analysis, uncertainty analysis and model inversion or calibration, discuss their complementary roles in understanding and reducing uncertainty in....
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Jakub Nowosad @jakubnowosad.com · 13/05/2026
David O’Sullivan shows how spatial autocorrelation makes sampling fundamentally important: even when two surfaces contain the same values, their spatial arrangement means different sampling schemes can “see” very different patterns 🗺️ URL: geospatialstuff.com/posts/2025/1... #GIS #rspatial
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Jakub Nowosad @jakubnowosad.com · 07/05/2026
Thank you to everyone who came to discuss my PICO at #EGU26 today 👋 “Assessing residual spatial autocorrelation in machine learning models” Slides & details: jakubnowosad.com/egu2026/ #MachineLearning #SpatialAnalysis #EGU2026
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Department of Geoecology @spacetimeeco.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Splines are cool and they form the backbone of every #GAM. Here is a great (and visual!) explanation how different splines work:
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EXCELLENTIA_HE @excellentia.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
🚨Join us on Wednesday, 6. May 2026, 16:00 CET (Prague) for🧪 #forest🍁#ecology #seminar. Welcome to Christoph Leuschner, University of Göttingen with a review on " #Drought and #heat resistance of Central #European #tree species" ZOOM: excellentia.ldf.mendelu.cz/SEMINAR-SERIES. Free access, Q&A.
Wednesday, 6. May 2026, 16:00 CET (Prague) for🧪 #forest🍁#ecology #seminar. Welcome to Christoph Leuschner, University of Göttingen with a free seminar on Drought and #heat resistance of Central #European #tree species
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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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Department of Geoecology @spacetimeeco.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Installing #microclimate loggers is always fun, but especially if you decide to study #forest microclimate in 3D 🍁
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Jakub Nowosad @jakubnowosad.com · 29/04/2026
Looking for geospatial conferences in 2026? Here’s a growing community-maintained list: github.com/Nowosad/conf... 🗺️ Add missing events via PR. #gischat #GIS #geocomputation
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Cédric Scherer @cedricscherer.com · 29/04/2026
We had 165+ people joining our #dataviz session on "Guide the View" 📈 from all around the world on Monday 🎉 Thanks for all the enthusiasm and engaging participation 👐 If you missed it or want to revisit an example, I’ve uploaded the slides here: 🔗 cedricscherer.com/slides/Scher...
The title slide of my talk "Guide the View: Design that makes data easier to read and communicate".A slide of my talk "Guide the View": a world map with only two categorical colors, bright orange for the category of interest, and desaturated, shaded blue for the other.A slide of my talk "Guide the View": A reworked line chart to demonstrate decluttering, direct encodings, and providing context with meaningful titles, subtitles, and labels.A slide of my talk "Guide the View": a heatmap of IMDb ratings of The Simpsons (per episode, as cilumns, and season, as rows) with several types of call-outs and direct annotations to showcase different options.
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Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
📊 Five #ggplot2 functions I wish I'd known about earlier 📊 I've written a short blog (with examples) of some of the lesser-known {ggplot2} functions and arguments that make it easier to create better charts! Link: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/five-gg... #RStats #DataViz
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Five ggplot2 functions I wish I’d known about earlier – Nicola Rennie
There are a few small tweaks you can make to your ggplot2 code to improve your charts. However, they’re not often mentioned. So here’s a few functions and arguments I wish I’d known about earlier.
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GRASS @grassgis.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026
Geomorphometry Coffee Talk on YouTube: “Geomorphometry with GRASS” by Corey White. DEM fusion tools, terrain uncertainty modeling, and overland flow simulation. Also a good look at how GRASS plugs into reproducible terrain workflows via Python and Jupyter, plus the open addon ecosystem for […]
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John (Jack) Williams @iceageecologist.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
For those who use sedimentary charcoal records to reconstruct past fire histories, good news! Phil Higuera has just released a CharAnalysis 2.0 #paleofire #fire #paleoecology github.com/phiguera/Cha...
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GitHub - phiguera/CharAnalysis: Diagnostic and analytical tools for peak detection in sediment-charcoal records
Diagnostic and analytical tools for peak detection in sediment-charcoal records - phiguera/CharAnalysis
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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 20/04/2026
I am excited beyond description to lift the veil on what we have been working on in 2026: Please meet ggsql! A new extension of the SQL language for creating visualisations using the grammar of graphics. Read all about it in the blog post or visit the website at ggsql.org
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ggsql: A grammar of graphics for SQL
Introducing ggsql, a grammar of graphics for SQL that lets you describe visualizations directly inside SQL queries.
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Hugh @hughagraham.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Still a WIP but I've been building a new #rstats 📦 for cloud optimised reads of #GEDI and IceSat-2 data. It's 20 x quicker than direct download and saves 10-100s of GiB on disk. The #rust powered hdf5 parser is crazy fast - with help from the 🤖. belian-earth.github.io/spacelaser/ #rspatial #rextendr
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GitHub - belian-earth/spacelaser: An R package for cloud optimised partial reading of GEDI and IceSat data.
An R package for cloud optimised partial reading of GEDI and IceSat data. - belian-earth/spacelaser
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Gavin Simpson @gsimpson.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Excellent tweetorial by @ericjpedersen.bsky.social on Simon Wood’s new Neighborhood Cross Validation smoothness selection method, which is especially useful when fitting data with temporal and spatial dependence among observations
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Bert van der Veen @vdveenb.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
This looks like an amazing dataset, exploring an important shift in European plant communities. Can we please move on from analysing ad-hoc community summaries from multi-species data? The statistical problems run so much deeper than people appreciate.
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The International Biogeography Society @biogeography.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Dr. Damaris Zurell (University of Potsdam) will be giving April's Funk Biogeography Seminar! What does forward-looking biodiversity modeling look like? What can it tell us, and what needs more work? Learn more and register at: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ap...
This is a flyer advertising the monthly Funk Biogeography Seminar series hosted by The International Biogeography Society. The society logo is at the top of the flyer in natural colors, followed by various images of Earth's fauna and flora, such as dolphins and sunflowers. The text advertises the seminar content: the title is "Forecasting like a climate scientist- predicting biodiversity change in the Anthropocene." The speaker is Dr. Damaris Zurell from the University of Potsdam, and the seminar will take place on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at 1:00PM UTC. Additional information and registration can be found at www.biogeography.org.
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WSL-Eawag Biodiversity Center @wslbiodiversity.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
In our next WSL Biodiversity Seminar (8 April), Lalasia Bialic-Murphy @wslresearch.bsky.social will discuss the demographic functional diversity of forests across biogeographic gradients. The seminar is hybrid, and everyone is welcome! biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...
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Dr. Dominic Royé @drxeo.eu · 19/03/2026
Today I’m excited to finally start a project I’ve been wanting to launch for a long time: Color for #Geoscience. 🎨🌍 ℹ️ to build an open, community‑driven collection of palettes 📄 Contribution: github.com/dominicroye/... 🌐 APP dominicroye.github.io/color-for-ge... #ScientificVisualization #dataviz
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Department of Geoecology @spacetimeeco.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
European #forests, #grasslands, and #alpine plant communities are reflecting climate warming differently See our new study in @nature.com doi.org/10.1038/s415... #forestREplot #GLORIAnetwork #thermophilization #forestecol
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The International Biogeography Society @biogeography.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Dr. Catherine Graham (Swiss Federal Research Institute, WSL) is our Funk Biogeography Seminar speaker this month! Join us for an exploration of the past, present, and future of studying biodiversity in environmental space. Learn more and register at: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ma...
This is a flyer advertising the monthly Funk Biogeography Seminar series hosted by The International Biogeography Society. The society logo is at the top of the flyer in natural colors, followed by various images of Earth's fauna and flora, such as dolphins and sunflowers. The text advertises the seminar content: the title is "Biodiversity Patterns in Environmental Space." The speaker is Dr. Catherine Graham from the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, and the seminar will take place on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, at 1:00PM UTC. Additional information and registration can be found at www.biogeography.org.
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Fabio Crameri @fabiocrameri.ch · 10/03/2026
QGIS users: ATTENTION! We now have a convenient #QGIS plugin to integrate the latest version of the Scientific colour maps directly into the style manager: plugins.qgis.org/plugins/scie... Shout-out and big thanks to Silvain Théry. ⭐️ Happy mapping, everyone! #UseBatlow 🐡
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Scientific Color Maps V8 - Integrates "Scientific color maps V8" into the style manager
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Jakub Nowosad @jakubnowosad.com · 26/02/2026
Have you used the CAST R package? We’re running a short survey on use cases, challenges, and feature needs. Your input will guide CAST priorities during developer days in Mar 2026. 🔗 uni-muenster.sciebo.de/apps/forms/2... #RStats #RSpatial #OpenSource
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International Union of Forest Research Organizations - IUFRO @iufro.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
☀️Hotter and drier conditions under ongoing climate change are causing tree mortality events and altering forest dynamics worldwide. 🧑‍💻Learn more in the webinar: ☀️Limits and opportunities in predicting drought-induced forest mortality 🗓️24 March 2026; 🕓4:00 pm CET 🔗 zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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