Dense, dark forests in Europe are a modern phenomenon - Europeβs landscapes for 23 Myr were mostly tree- & flower-rich mosaics shaped by large herbivores, not dense #forests, see our new synthesis www.eurekalert.org/news-release... #forests #woodlands #paleoecology #nature #trees #refiorestation
Formally, winter started less than 2 weeks ago.
Pozdrowienia z puszczy. NiepoΕomickiej.
So happy to see our project, REDESIGN, on the list!
@jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social @ncn.gov.pl
Open Tenure-track Position in our Insitute! career position in compliance with Β§ 99 (5) UG in the field of Environmental History with a focus on longterm socio-ecological research. πΏ
π Application Deadline: January 6
@bokuvienna.bsky.social
Today, on the Vistula River, the one from several hundred years ago, peace and quiet.
Our recent paper in @peerj.bsky.social shows the gradual improvement in bear habitat connectivity due to land use change in the #Carpathians. We found also that up to 40% of the current corridor was stable since mid-19th century.
peerj.com/articles/202...
Every spring I take a photo of our blooming campus. I think I should add a fall edition too.
WidaΔ zabory? :)
ΕΊrΓ³dΕo: polona.pl
Look to the past
Our work (see below), together with those of other colleagues, is highlighted in the editorial of the last issue of @natrevbiodiv.nature.com and inspired its cover
Thrilled and thankful to see that stuff
@ebdonana.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
π¨JOB ALERTπ¨
Come work with me in Brno in a new project on how Scots pine & forestry changed societies and environments in the 18th-19th centuries! π²π³
πFully funded postdoc position π
www.ibot.cas.cz/en/vacancies...
Application deadline: 13.11.2025
Please distribute widely!
#envhist #histecol
Here is the place where life emerged from water onto land β traces of a tetrapod can be found there. It can be reached from KrakΓ³w in just an hour and a half.
The 8th European Congress for Conservation Biology will take place in Leiden, NL! They will explore how #biodiversity can be safeguarded effectively in the long term. First call is open now! Check out: eccb26leiden.eu/calls/ for more info, we are looking forward to your contributions!
Today, late in the afternoon we have officially closed the 8th #ForumCarpaticum. This year in Bratislava at the @comeniusuni.bsky.social . Great event, fantastic speakers and lots of energy around. Hope to meet again in 2027 in another Carpathian country!
Together with @egrabska.bsky.social we organised a session on historical ecology and geography: new perspectives for conservation and management. It was a great pleasure to listen to all the contributions. There is a huge potential in historical data, which might be used to protect the Carpathians!
Old-growth forests, remote sensing, 19th century forest practices, traditional landscape, large carnivores, LiDAR data, invasive species, palaeoclimate, holocene climate change, grassland change - a short list of topics we touched during #FC2025
@egrabska.bsky.social
@simonegingrich.bsky.social
This was definitely one of the most interesting pieces I have ever worked on. The fascinating diversity of perspectives and the wealth of sources made it really unique. Special thanks to @laenavarro.bsky.social and @chikichanka.bsky.social !
Historical land use changes are useful in predicting current biological plant invasion. Check the Hungarian example - link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Wolves and bears as scapegoats in the political struggle
Science has been ignored in recent decisions on large carnivore management in Europe. All left to emotions, the pathway to authoritarianism
@ec.europa.eu @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Last week @g4biodiv.bsky.social team from @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social was taking part in the #XXEGC #grassland #conference in Oulu. Great event and fascinating talks - we hope to take part also next near, showing the project progress!
OK, so we decided not do skip a GeoTdF year, but this stage is so boring that it's begging for some geo-info!
We're riding along the North Sea coast towards Dunquerque. But even as recent as 20.000 years ago, there was no coast here! During the last ice age, the Channel was dry!
There is no gender-based discrimination in Polish Road Cycling Championship in media coverage. No media mention either Women or Men medalists...
So: Kasia Niewiadoma and RafaΕ Majka.
@wyborcza.pl @rmf24.bsky.social @tvpworld.bsky.social @tvp.info @radiowajedynka.bsky.social @tokfm.bsky.social
WUI matters not only for the wildfires. What is even more interesting, in the Carpathians, past WUI matters much more in carnivore damage prediction than current WUI. Check out our analysis focused on πΊ and π»!
RoΕΎmberk is the largest fishpond in the world. It's area is 4.9-6.5 km2, depending on the water level. It is one of the five hundred fish ponds, constructed from the 13th century onwards in TΕeboΕsko region in South Bohemia.
Czy moΕΌna prosiΔ o link?
Thank to beavers we still have some water in the forests.
How the building number and density changed in Poland over the last 50 years? Check out a great paper (and map) lead by Piotr Szubert - doi.org/10.1080/1744...
Once a year, our Institute looks particularly nice!
#InstituteofGeographyandSpatialManagement
@jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social
π Call for Applications!!
The GLP Early Career Network & START are offering 5 Small Seed Awards (USD 1000 each) for projects led by ecr's & practitioners tackling Land System Science challenges.
More info here: drive.google.com/file/d/1qHkX...
Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The last time the Vistula flowed here was at least a few hundred years ago. Maybe even a few thousand. But in the forest you can see its proximity.
