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Dr. Dirk Karger @DirkNKarger

Scientist bridging #Climate and #Biodiversity. Leader of the CHELSA initative, providing free high resolution #climate_data for all.

Joined April 2017
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🌍 Exciting day at #SeoulNationalUniversity! 🇰🇷 Dr. HyeJin Kim and I shared our vision for Korea's #NatureFutures, exploring how land use, economic development, #biodiversity, & #ClimateAction can shape a sustainable future. @WSL_research, @WSL_DME,
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Had an excellent exchange with the National Assembly Futures Institute (NAFI), the think tank of South Korea’s National Assembly. Together, we aim to build resilient, sustainable future scenarios for Korea. #NAFI #FutureofKorea #NationalAssembly @WSL_research @WSL_DME
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🌏 Honored to participate in the DMZ Open ECOPEACE FORUM in Goyang, South Korea , where we explored how ecology can play a vital role in fostering peace on the Korean Peninsula. #EcoPeace #DMZ #ClimateResilience #Biodiversity #KoreanPeninsula @WSL_research @WSL_DME
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EvolJLinnSoc@EvolJLinnSoc
24 Oct 2024
Despite island radiations being well studied, the modes of #Speciation are not fully understood. Here the most diverse Canary Island plant, Aeonium, is investigated for allopatric & sympatric speciation! academic.oup.com/evolinnean/… @LinneanSociety @DirkNKarger @KayLucek @cmbranquinho

Niche evolution during allopatric and sympatric diversification of Aeonium (Crassulaceae) on the...

Abstract. Although species radiations on island archipelagos are broadly studied, the geographic and ecological modes of speciation that underlie diversifi

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Ecosystems and Landscape Evolution@ELE_ETHWSL
17 Sep 2024
Congratulations to @LiuYi_eco for successfully defending his dissertation on the global drivers of mountain plant biodiversity today! #PhDone
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Scott Duncan@ScottDuncanWX
12 Sep 2024
Shock to the system 🥶 Unusually strong cold is pouring south out of the Arctic into Europe right now. This is an ideal setup for deep fresh snow accumulations in the Alps and flooding in Central Europe. This is about as cold as it gets this early in September.
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Niklaus E Zimmermann@NEZimmermann_
7 Sep 2024
Guter Hintergrundartikel von @EstherWidmann zur Entstehung der Roten Listen und dem Zustand der #Biodiversität in @NZZWissen.
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6 Sep 2024
Kaum ein anderes Land überwacht seine #Biodiversität so systematisch und flächendeckend wie die Schweiz. Der Aufwand ist immens – aber er lohnt sich: Am Ende steht ein breit abgestützter wissenschaftlicher Konsens. @bafuCH nzz.ch/wissenschaft/biodiver…
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Niklaus E Zimmermann@NEZimmermann_
5 Sep 2024
Exzellent recherchiert und geschrieben: Fakten werden verdreht, relativiert, die Folgen geleugnet. Dabei ist der schlechte Zustand der Biodiversität wissenschaftlich breit belegt und notwendige Massnahmen zur Verbesserung sind klar! republik.ch/2024/09/05/aktiv…

Aktive Fakten­verdrehung

Biodiversitäts­initiative: Wie der Bauern­verband und Bundesrat Albert Rösti die Stimm­bevölkerung hinters Licht führen.

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Using #CHELSA-TraCE21k #paleoclimate data to analyze pollen records from Slovenia and Croatia we show how #climate shifts and human activity shaped the vegetation of the Northern Dinaric Karst over the last 10,000 years. @WSL_DME @WSL_research link.springer.com/book/10.10…
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Using #CHELSA #climatedata we assess how 21st-century #climatechange impacts #hydrology in high-mountain catchments across #CentralAsia, providing critical insights for managing water resources in a region facing significant #climate_risks. @H2O_SOL link.springer.com/article/10…
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Franz Essl@FranzEssl1
29 Aug 2024
Ohne Natur können wir nicht existieren. Es braucht daher viel mehr politischen Willen, um den Artenverlust in Österreich zu stoppen. Besonders von der nächsten Regierung! #biodiversity
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Higher resolution #climate data boosts 🌨️#snow cover❄️accuracy in models by up to 52%! This shows the importance of fine-scale climate in #climatechange impact studies, especially in 🏔️mountainous regions like Switzerland. @WSL_DME @WSL_research @SLFDavos doi.org/10.5194/esd-15-1073-…
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🌿#Cloud_forests🌱, nestled in the #mountains "Goldilocks zone" with constant water supply and moderate temperatures, are some of the most #biodiversity rich ecosystems on Earth. @WSL_DME @WSL_DME Dive into the full story in the Times of India: timesofindia.indiatimes.com/…
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RT @erichfischer: Starkniederschläge und Worst-Case Szenarien Interview im heutigen @srfnews Tagesgespräch zur Einordnung der intensiven G…
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@yohaniddawela
5 Aug 2024
Google is changing the weather forecasting game. Plus they've created a Python library to make their model available. Here's what you need to know about it:
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.@gamonasterioo
29 Jul 2024
The value of ‘wasting time’ on deep thinking is often overlooked in a scientific ecosystem increasingly tainted by Wall Street’s productivity mindset. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Reto Knutti@Knutti_ETH
13 Jul 2024
Replying to @Weltwoche
Ausser dass das ich das nicht gesagt habe. Die EU will Verbrenner verbieten. Das ganze Interview geht um Lösungen, um Anreize, um Lenkungsabgaben, um Innovation. Aber ich weiss, das interessiert @PhGut @Weltwoche nicht.
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Milan Chytrý@MilanChytry
7 Jul 2024
A 27-month postdoc position is open at the University of Bologna with Francesco Maria Sabatini for our Biodiversa MOTIVATE project (Monitoring Of Terrestrial habitats by Integrating Vegetation Archive Time series in Europe). bandi.unibo.it/ricerca/asseg…

Assegni di ricerca

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Journal of Ecology@JEcology
2 Jul 2024
Why time is important in #SDM. @ZurellLab review how #phenology & demographic stages can affect #niche estimates. Explicitly considering temporal components of the niche improve #mechanistic understanding👇 @NEZimmermann_ @WSL_research besjournals.onlinelibrary.wi…

The niche through time: Considering phenology and demographic stages in plant distribution models

The proliferation of digitally available biodiversity and citizen science data increasingly allows considering time explicitly in species distribution models. This offers a more mechanistic underst...

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