Javier G P Gamarra
@javiergpgamarra.bsky.social
Working life traveller. Forester/theoretical ecologist. Coping with no bullshit. Working @FAOForestry. Also on Twitter (sorry no X for me!) @JavierGPGamarra
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Why does life explore so few of the forms it could possibly take? Using fractal descriptors, this #scienceadvances paper shows that Earth’s biosphere clusters around simple shapes, reflecting deep evolutionary constraints. @artemyte.bsky.social @manlius.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
January 11, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Why does life explore so few of the forms it could possibly take? Using fractal descriptors, this #scienceadvances paper shows that Earth’s biosphere clusters around simple shapes, reflecting deep evolutionary constraints. @artemyte.bsky.social @manlius.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
Acabo de ver esta ilustración del dibujante #Corvo para #NortedeCastilla y solo he podido escojonarme...
January 10, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Acabo de ver esta ilustración del dibujante #Corvo para #NortedeCastilla y solo he podido escojonarme...
Nothing to read in Christmas? Check out our @fao.org publication with @rubenvalpue.bsky.social but with the mega work of the #GEDI team at @umaryland.edu with Laura Duncanson, @jeaggu.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk and Ghana's #FORIG team of Stephen Adu-Bredu! openknowledge.fao.org/bitstreams/e...
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December 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Nothing to read in Christmas? Check out our @fao.org publication with @rubenvalpue.bsky.social but with the mega work of the #GEDI team at @umaryland.edu with Laura Duncanson, @jeaggu.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk and Ghana's #FORIG team of Stephen Adu-Bredu! openknowledge.fao.org/bitstreams/e...
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Mountains host most of the world’s species of amphibians, birds & mammals.
Plants, animals, insects, microbes & their environment...
#Biodiversity is vital to global food production & essential for human well-being.
#MountainsMatter
Plants, animals, insects, microbes & their environment...
#Biodiversity is vital to global food production & essential for human well-being.
#MountainsMatter
December 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Mountains host most of the world’s species of amphibians, birds & mammals.
Plants, animals, insects, microbes & their environment...
#Biodiversity is vital to global food production & essential for human well-being.
#MountainsMatter
Plants, animals, insects, microbes & their environment...
#Biodiversity is vital to global food production & essential for human well-being.
#MountainsMatter
There you are. Irrefutable proof I am king of the hill 😀! Am I allowed now to send you an expletive?
Swearing Is Actually a Sign of More Intelligence - Not Less - Say Scientists
The use of obscene or taboo language - or swearing, as it’s more commonly known - is often seen as a sign that the speaker lacks vocabulary, cannot express themselves in a less offensive way, or even ...
www.sciencealert.com
August 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
There you are. Irrefutable proof I am king of the hill 😀! Am I allowed now to send you an expletive?
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Our team @fao.org keeps improving its tools for the benefit of forest stakeholders across!
🚀 Discover the revamped Open Foris website!
Your gateway to #opensource solutions that bring together communities, researchers, and practitioners to make #forest and #land #monitoring more accessible, transparent, and collaborative.
Explore, connect, and contribute
➡️ openforis.net
Your gateway to #opensource solutions that bring together communities, researchers, and practitioners to make #forest and #land #monitoring more accessible, transparent, and collaborative.
Explore, connect, and contribute
➡️ openforis.net
July 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Our team @fao.org keeps improving its tools for the benefit of forest stakeholders across!
Interesting thread of articles to follow up
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The big emitters: which countries are holding back climate action and why?
Ahead of Cop30, the Guardian will profile each of the top 10 emitters and their plans – good or bad – to tackle emissions
www.theguardian.com
July 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Interesting thread of articles to follow up
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In case you have not seen it yet, how does climate affect traits of tree species all across the world? very professional work, as usual, by @iris-hordijk.bsky.social and
@TWCrowther! rdcu.be/etQ1x
@TWCrowther! rdcu.be/etQ1x
Effect of climate on traits of dominant and rare tree species in the world’s forests
Nature Communications - Species’ traits and environmental conditions determine the abundance of tree species across the globe. Here, the authors find that dominant tree species are taller and...
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June 29, 2025 at 8:12 AM
In case you have not seen it yet, how does climate affect traits of tree species all across the world? very professional work, as usual, by @iris-hordijk.bsky.social and
@TWCrowther! rdcu.be/etQ1x
@TWCrowther! rdcu.be/etQ1x
I will be presenting tomorrow Tuesday 🚀at @esa's Living Planet Symposium #LPS25. With Frank Martin Seifert and Daniela Requena Suarez and others, tomorrow's session: 'Tropical Forest Monitoring' from 11:30-13:00 at Hall L1/L2 📷 t.co/2Owg4WK4rk @esa.int @fao.org
June 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I will be presenting tomorrow Tuesday 🚀at @esa's Living Planet Symposium #LPS25. With Frank Martin Seifert and Daniela Requena Suarez and others, tomorrow's session: 'Tropical Forest Monitoring' from 11:30-13:00 at Hall L1/L2 📷 t.co/2Owg4WK4rk @esa.int @fao.org
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"Atmospheric Warming & Planetary Wave Amplification" | I discuss our (@xuekeli.bsky.social et al) new article in @pnas.org demonstrating for the first time, an increase in incidence of the stuck & wavy jet stream patterns behind persistent summer weather extremes.
michaelmann.net/atmospheric-...
michaelmann.net/atmospheric-...
Atmospheric Warming and Planetary Wave Amplification | Michael E. Mann
Here’s the press tip from PNAS on our new article demonstrating an increase over the past 70+ years in the occurrence of quasi-resonant amplification (“QRA”) of […]
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June 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"Atmospheric Warming & Planetary Wave Amplification" | I discuss our (@xuekeli.bsky.social et al) new article in @pnas.org demonstrating for the first time, an increase in incidence of the stuck & wavy jet stream patterns behind persistent summer weather extremes.
michaelmann.net/atmospheric-...
michaelmann.net/atmospheric-...
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@fao.org has released a new global administrative units (GAUL) dataset for the year 2024.
👉🏼 Spatial data can be downloaded at data.apps.fao.org/catalog/iso/... (level 1) & data.apps.fao.org/catalog/iso/... (level 2)
👉🏼 Technical documentation is available at openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.50...
👉🏼 Spatial data can be downloaded at data.apps.fao.org/catalog/iso/... (level 1) & data.apps.fao.org/catalog/iso/... (level 2)
👉🏼 Technical documentation is available at openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.50...
April 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
@fao.org has released a new global administrative units (GAUL) dataset for the year 2024.
👉🏼 Spatial data can be downloaded at data.apps.fao.org/catalog/iso/... (level 1) & data.apps.fao.org/catalog/iso/... (level 2)
👉🏼 Technical documentation is available at openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.50...
👉🏼 Spatial data can be downloaded at data.apps.fao.org/catalog/iso/... (level 1) & data.apps.fao.org/catalog/iso/... (level 2)
👉🏼 Technical documentation is available at openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.50...
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Nature finance breakthrough: Nations agree on landmark $200bn by 2030 pledge
->edie | #Finance #Nature | More info from EcoSearch
->edie | #Finance #Nature | More info from EcoSearch
Nature finance breakthrough: Nations agree on landmark $200bn by 2030 pledge
The talks this week followed failure at the 2024 meeting in Cali, Colombia, where disagreements over public and private funding contributions stalled negotiations. The key issue was deciding which countries should contribute or receive funding. This led to further discussions...
www.edie.net
March 1, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Un árbol por cada vivienda entregada!! No hagáis tanto esfuerzo, @aedashomes.bsky.social, no se os vaya a saltar una yugular.... www.europapress.es/epsocial/res...
El Bosque de Aedas Homes supera ya los 10.600 árboles repartidos por toda España
La promotora de viviendas Aedas Homes plantó a finales del mes de enero y principios de febrero otros...
www.europapress.es
March 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Un árbol por cada vivienda entregada!! No hagáis tanto esfuerzo, @aedashomes.bsky.social, no se os vaya a saltar una yugular.... www.europapress.es/epsocial/res...
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After two days of intense Working Group sessions, #IPCC-62 delegates are back in plenary this morning, with a key focus on the outline of the much-anticipated #carbon dioxide removal methodology report.
The report is expected to be completed by 2027.
@ipcc.bsky.social #CDR #IPCC #carboncapture
The report is expected to be completed by 2027.
@ipcc.bsky.social #CDR #IPCC #carboncapture
February 27, 2025 at 5:08 AM
After two days of intense Working Group sessions, #IPCC-62 delegates are back in plenary this morning, with a key focus on the outline of the much-anticipated #carbon dioxide removal methodology report.
The report is expected to be completed by 2027.
@ipcc.bsky.social #CDR #IPCC #carboncapture
The report is expected to be completed by 2027.
@ipcc.bsky.social #CDR #IPCC #carboncapture
Americans seem unaware of the double meaning of "Golfo" in Spanish. The less known meaning applies to a person as "rogue" or "scoundrel". Hence, Golfo de America is basically the definition of that orange dude...naming the body of water after himself, not his country.
February 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Americans seem unaware of the double meaning of "Golfo" in Spanish. The less known meaning applies to a person as "rogue" or "scoundrel". Hence, Golfo de America is basically the definition of that orange dude...naming the body of water after himself, not his country.
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▶️ Post on the blog of @journalofecology.bsky.social about our recently published paper about the tree packing effect on BEF-relationships in forests 🌲🌳
jecologyblog.com/2025/02/11/d...
@joguillemot.bsky.social @riottelambert.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social
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@joguillemot.bsky.social @riottelambert.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social
Diversity enhances forest productivity through its effect on the number of trees within forests.
Xavier Morin, CEFE, CNRS, University of Montpellier, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France, discusses his article: More species, more trees: The role of tree packing in promoting forest productivity The e…
jecologyblog.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
▶️ Post on the blog of @journalofecology.bsky.social about our recently published paper about the tree packing effect on BEF-relationships in forests 🌲🌳
jecologyblog.com/2025/02/11/d...
@joguillemot.bsky.social @riottelambert.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social
jecologyblog.com/2025/02/11/d...
@joguillemot.bsky.social @riottelambert.bsky.social @cnrsoccitanieest.bsky.social
There you are. Never too late to suck some orange ass.
February 11, 2025 at 5:55 AM
There you are. Never too late to suck some orange ass.
Very interesting piece, linking across scales in #LaserScanning in #forests
New paper! 📣
Advances in #LaserScanning to Assess Carbon in #Forests: From Ground-Based to Space-Based Sensors
👉 see thread for more!
#OpenAccess🔓: doi.org/10.1007/s407...
✍️ Coops, Irwin, Seely & Hardy
🙏 #NSERC
@forestry.ubc.ca #RemoteSensing #ForestCarbon #Lidar #Drones #Salitte #Aircraft
Advances in #LaserScanning to Assess Carbon in #Forests: From Ground-Based to Space-Based Sensors
👉 see thread for more!
#OpenAccess🔓: doi.org/10.1007/s407...
✍️ Coops, Irwin, Seely & Hardy
🙏 #NSERC
@forestry.ubc.ca #RemoteSensing #ForestCarbon #Lidar #Drones #Salitte #Aircraft
January 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Very interesting piece, linking across scales in #LaserScanning in #forests
enjoying the bits of time available to exercise outdoors doing some useful #holzhacken @kaernten.bsky.social
January 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
enjoying the bits of time available to exercise outdoors doing some useful #holzhacken @kaernten.bsky.social
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Hundreds of Mexican firefighters have arrived in Southern California to help combat the wildfires.
Thank you, Mexico🇺🇸🇲🇽
Thank you, Mexico🇺🇸🇲🇽
January 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Hundreds of Mexican firefighters have arrived in Southern California to help combat the wildfires.
Thank you, Mexico🇺🇸🇲🇽
Thank you, Mexico🇺🇸🇲🇽
Having now imported all my ✖️ posts, this is my self-welcoming message to #Bluesky! Slowly transitioning out from the 💩hole the other one has become. Happy to be here, particularly since the event below
elon musk is the greatest entrepreneur according to a tesla shareholders have spoken
ALT: elon musk is the greatest entrepreneur according to a tesla shareholders have spoken
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January 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Having now imported all my ✖️ posts, this is my self-welcoming message to #Bluesky! Slowly transitioning out from the 💩hole the other one has become. Happy to be here, particularly since the event below
Ongoing regional workshop on #Montecarlo analysis for emission reductions in Bangkok, with #Lao PDR, #Viet Nam, #Cambodia , #Nepal, #Thailand, and #Philippines. @FAOForestry, @SilvaCarbon_, @sig_gis facilitating!
January 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Ongoing regional workshop on #Montecarlo analysis for emission reductions in Bangkok, with #Lao PDR, #Viet Nam, #Cambodia , #Nepal, #Thailand, and #Philippines. @FAOForestry, @SilvaCarbon_, @sig_gis facilitating!
Next week in Rome. Register now to the Technical Exchange on Forest Monitoring for Measurement, Reporting and Verification! https://www.fao.org/forest-monitoring/news-and-events/events/events-detail/technical-exchange-on-forest-monitoring-for-measurement--reporting-and-verification/en
Technical Exchange on Forest Monitoring for Measurement, Reporting and Verification
This knowledge exchange will bring together participants to advance joint learning and knowledge exchange on technical aspects of National Forest Monitoring ...
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January 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Next week in Rome. Register now to the Technical Exchange on Forest Monitoring for Measurement, Reporting and Verification! https://www.fao.org/forest-monitoring/news-and-events/events/events-detail/technical-exchange-on-forest-monitoring-for-measurement--reporting-and-verification/en