Aveliina Helm
@aveliina.bsky.social
Ecology, nature, conservation, climate, restoration.
Professor of restoration ecology at the University of Tartu. Chair of the board of SER Europe (Society for Ecological Restoration Europe.
Professor of restoration ecology at the University of Tartu. Chair of the board of SER Europe (Society for Ecological Restoration Europe.
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Estonia is among the EU's most peat-rich countries. Estonian restoration expert @aveliina.bsky.social, whom I interviewed for the initial story, also spoke to the British Forces Broadcasting Service about the country's peatlands (from min. 17 ish) the other day:
open.spotify.com/episode/24Tk...
open.spotify.com/episode/24Tk...
What's going on in the Arctic?
open.spotify.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Estonia is among the EU's most peat-rich countries. Estonian restoration expert @aveliina.bsky.social, whom I interviewed for the initial story, also spoke to the British Forces Broadcasting Service about the country's peatlands (from min. 17 ish) the other day:
open.spotify.com/episode/24Tk...
open.spotify.com/episode/24Tk...
Ma ei suuda saa aru, kuidas ei suudeta aru saada, et just see TÕMBLEMINE on see, mis probleemiks on. 🤦♀️
August 27, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Ma ei suuda saa aru, kuidas ei suudeta aru saada, et just see TÕMBLEMINE on see, mis probleemiks on. 🤦♀️
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"Study finds planetary waves linked to wild summer weather have tripled since 1950" | Great piece by @borenbears.bsky.social for @apnews.com on our new @pnas.org article (w/ thoughtful comments from @jfrancisclimate.bsky.social):
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/06/16/s...
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/06/16/s...
Study: Climate change tripled planetary waves since 1950
Climate change has tripled the frequency of atmospheric wave events linked to extreme summer weather in the last 75 years.
vancouver.citynews.ca
June 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"Study finds planetary waves linked to wild summer weather have tripled since 1950" | Great piece by @borenbears.bsky.social for @apnews.com on our new @pnas.org article (w/ thoughtful comments from @jfrancisclimate.bsky.social):
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/06/16/s...
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/06/16/s...
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How could you not be impressed by a bird in your yard? This dude can fly anywhere and it came here to hang out with you
May 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
How could you not be impressed by a bird in your yard? This dude can fly anywhere and it came here to hang out with you
No saaks ka kehvem olla, aga mitte väga...
2024 Gender Equality Index:
🇸🇪 82.0
🇩🇰 78.8
🇳🇱 78.8
🇪🇸 76.7
🇧🇪 76.1
🇫🇷 76.1
🇱🇺 75.4
🇫🇮 74.5
🇮🇪 73.4
🇩🇪 72.0
🇦🇹 71.7
🇪🇺 71.0
🇸🇮 70.1
🇲🇹 70.1
🇮🇹 69.2
🇵🇹 68.6
🇱🇹 65.8
🇧🇬 64.5
🇵🇱 63.4
🇱🇻 62.6
🇨🇾 60.9
🇪🇪 60.8
🇸🇰 59.9
🇨🇿 59.9
🇭🇷 59.7
🇬🇷 59.3
🇭🇺 57.8
🇷🇴 57.5
🇸🇪 82.0
🇩🇰 78.8
🇳🇱 78.8
🇪🇸 76.7
🇧🇪 76.1
🇫🇷 76.1
🇱🇺 75.4
🇫🇮 74.5
🇮🇪 73.4
🇩🇪 72.0
🇦🇹 71.7
🇪🇺 71.0
🇸🇮 70.1
🇲🇹 70.1
🇮🇹 69.2
🇵🇹 68.6
🇱🇹 65.8
🇧🇬 64.5
🇵🇱 63.4
🇱🇻 62.6
🇨🇾 60.9
🇪🇪 60.8
🇸🇰 59.9
🇨🇿 59.9
🇭🇷 59.7
🇬🇷 59.3
🇭🇺 57.8
🇷🇴 57.5
April 27, 2025 at 8:37 AM
No saaks ka kehvem olla, aga mitte väga...
'Normaalne' seisukoht - kõigile kahjuliku närvimürgi allikatest ei saa küll kuidagi loobuda, sest et sportlaste konkurentsivõime võib ohtu sattuda (?!) ja lasketiiru ümberkorraldamine on kah nagu nats tülikas.
www.err.ee/1609674881/m...
www.err.ee/1609674881/m...
Ministeerum soovib jätkata plii kasutamist laskemoonas ja kalastustarvetes
Kultuuriministeerium esitas ettepanekud plii kasutamise piiramise kohta laskemoonas ja kalastustarvetes ning tõi välja, et kuniks ei ole loodud jätkusuutlikku alternatiivset materjali, ei ole praegu m...
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April 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
'Normaalne' seisukoht - kõigile kahjuliku närvimürgi allikatest ei saa küll kuidagi loobuda, sest et sportlaste konkurentsivõime võib ohtu sattuda (?!) ja lasketiiru ümberkorraldamine on kah nagu nats tülikas.
www.err.ee/1609674881/m...
www.err.ee/1609674881/m...
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Before choosing violence, flare those ear feathers to let rivals know you've had enough.
Lesser Violetear 🪶
San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
Lesser Violetear 🪶
San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
April 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Before choosing violence, flare those ear feathers to let rivals know you've had enough.
Lesser Violetear 🪶
San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
Lesser Violetear 🪶
San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
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Harebells, 2017 by Evi Tihemets, Estonian printmaker #WomensArt #April
April 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Harebells, 2017 by Evi Tihemets, Estonian printmaker #WomensArt #April
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“This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history in my 50 years in the business. These are going to be huge losses to the research community.”
#AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
www.nature.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
“This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history in my 50 years in the business. These are going to be huge losses to the research community.”
#AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#AcademicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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April 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Researchers have discovered a new antibiotic molecule that targets a broad range of disease-causing bacteria — even strains resistant to commercial drugs — and is not toxic to human cells
🧪🦠
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
New antibiotic that kills drug-resistant bacteria discovered in technician’s garden
The molecule targets bacteria in a way that other drugs don’t.
www.nature.com
March 30, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Researchers have discovered a new antibiotic molecule that targets a broad range of disease-causing bacteria — even strains resistant to commercial drugs — and is not toxic to human cells
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Financial Times: the Trump administration has sent a letter to some large companies in the EU warning them to comply with an executive order banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
March 30, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Financial Times: the Trump administration has sent a letter to some large companies in the EU warning them to comply with an executive order banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
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This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
March 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Meie oma Maastike elurikkuse töörühma juht @aveliina.bsky.social käis rääkimas NULA inkubaatori podcastis elurikkuse teemadel! 🌱🌿
Vaata või kuula järele 👇
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUCT...
📻 open.spotify.com/episode/4aeN...
Vaata või kuula järele 👇
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUCT...
📻 open.spotify.com/episode/4aeN...
March 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Meie oma Maastike elurikkuse töörühma juht @aveliina.bsky.social käis rääkimas NULA inkubaatori podcastis elurikkuse teemadel! 🌱🌿
Vaata või kuula järele 👇
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUCT...
📻 open.spotify.com/episode/4aeN...
Vaata või kuula järele 👇
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUCT...
📻 open.spotify.com/episode/4aeN...
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Andrius Kubilius, the European Commissioner for Defence Industry and Space:
“There are 450 million Europeans. We should not be crying out for 340 million Americans to defend us against 140 million Russians, who are not even able to defeat 38 million Ukrainians.
“There are 450 million Europeans. We should not be crying out for 340 million Americans to defend us against 140 million Russians, who are not even able to defeat 38 million Ukrainians.
March 22, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Andrius Kubilius, the European Commissioner for Defence Industry and Space:
“There are 450 million Europeans. We should not be crying out for 340 million Americans to defend us against 140 million Russians, who are not even able to defeat 38 million Ukrainians.
“There are 450 million Europeans. We should not be crying out for 340 million Americans to defend us against 140 million Russians, who are not even able to defeat 38 million Ukrainians.
Today reporting from the restorarion policy event "Let nature do the job" in Brussels. Whole day of exceptional scientists and experts sharing the cuttong edge knowledge of restoration. www.wilde-project.eu/restoration-...
Restoration policy event — WildE
www.wilde-project.eu
March 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Today reporting from the restorarion policy event "Let nature do the job" in Brussels. Whole day of exceptional scientists and experts sharing the cuttong edge knowledge of restoration. www.wilde-project.eu/restoration-...
Kui Eesti200 selline plaan on, siis see on üks tõeliselt pöörane plaan.
Kulude kokkuhoidu ja lisapanust riigikaitsesse tasub otsida valdkondadest, mis on võrreldes majandusega ebaproportsionaalselt kasvanud, mitte neist, mis semudele tülikad.
Kulude kokkuhoidu ja lisapanust riigikaitsesse tasub otsida valdkondadest, mis on võrreldes majandusega ebaproportsionaalselt kasvanud, mitte neist, mis semudele tülikad.
March 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Kui Eesti200 selline plaan on, siis see on üks tõeliselt pöörane plaan.
Kulude kokkuhoidu ja lisapanust riigikaitsesse tasub otsida valdkondadest, mis on võrreldes majandusega ebaproportsionaalselt kasvanud, mitte neist, mis semudele tülikad.
Kulude kokkuhoidu ja lisapanust riigikaitsesse tasub otsida valdkondadest, mis on võrreldes majandusega ebaproportsionaalselt kasvanud, mitte neist, mis semudele tülikad.
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100 years of average January temperature anomalies over land areas through 2025...
Data from @noaa.gov NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...)
Data from @noaa.gov NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...)
February 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
100 years of average January temperature anomalies over land areas through 2025...
Data from @noaa.gov NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...)
Data from @noaa.gov NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...)
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If North Korea and Russia are on your side you’re doing it wrong.
February 25, 2025 at 5:34 AM
If North Korea and Russia are on your side you’re doing it wrong.
List of European alternatives for different digital services. Might come handy. european-alternatives.eu
Homepage | European Alternatives
We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.
european-alternatives.eu
February 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
List of European alternatives for different digital services. Might come handy. european-alternatives.eu
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Two Ukrainian oppositional leaders: Petro Poroshenko and Yulia Tymoshenko (both hate Zelensky and hate each other) have publicly supported Zelensky, said his term prolongation is legit until the end of the war, and said elections are impossible now. Listen to Ukrainian opposition.
February 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Two Ukrainian oppositional leaders: Petro Poroshenko and Yulia Tymoshenko (both hate Zelensky and hate each other) have publicly supported Zelensky, said his term prolongation is legit until the end of the war, and said elections are impossible now. Listen to Ukrainian opposition.
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🌿🌳 Rethinking Europe’s #Nature🍃🐘 Our new study challenges the closed-forest paradigm—pre-Homo sapiens landscapes were a fine-grained mosaic of open areas, closed #forest & light #woodland, likely linked to the rich #megafauna🐂🏵️https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950475925000061
February 18, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Daily Briefing | Climate change threatens EU’s survival, German security report warns
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February 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Daily Briefing | Climate change threatens EU’s survival, German security report warns
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This ten year old paper by my friend & colleague Eugenia Kalnay and colleagues modeling the combined effects of environmental degradation and wealth disparity on societal stability didn't get much attention at the time. It feels especially relevant now: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Human and nature dynamics (HANDY): Modeling inequality and use of resources in the collapse or sustainability of societies
There are widespread concerns that current trends in resource-use are unsustainable, but possibilities of overshoot/collapse remain controversial. Col…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This ten year old paper by my friend & colleague Eugenia Kalnay and colleagues modeling the combined effects of environmental degradation and wealth disparity on societal stability didn't get much attention at the time. It feels especially relevant now: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In the news!🗞️
Thousands of European citizen scientists helped identify shifts in the #floral traits of #insect-#pollinated #plants: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Thousands of European citizen scientists helped identify shifts in the #floral traits of #insect-#pollinated #plants: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A pan‐European citizen science study shows population size, climate and land use are related to biased morph ratios in the heterostylous plant Primula veris
A large-scale citizen science study involving thousands of cowslip (Primula veris) observations from all over Europe revealed an unexpected prevalence of S-morphs over L-morphs, which was influenced ....
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM