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Karin Mora
@karinmora.bsky.social
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Researcher @uniLeipzig.bsky.social & @rsc4earth.bsky.social

My work: #PHENOPLEXITY
= #nonlinearDynamics + #complexity + #ML
Analyses: plant #phenology & #biodiversity.
Data: #citizenscience, #remoteSensing, #sentinel2, #eddycovariance, #DataCubes, #TLS
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Karin Mora @karinmora.bsky.social · Apr 2
Publication prebsky:
Inter-annual #macrophenological gradients derived using a #synchronisation #timeseries approach from #citizenscience #Floraincognita.

With Rzanny, Wäldchen, Feilhauer, Kattenborn, @gdkrmr.bsky.social, Mäder, Svidzinska, Wolf, @miguelmahecha.bsky.social

#idiv, #Breathingnature
karinmora.bsky.social
Time for some music after another intense week with an ESA review meeting, teaching, great science discussions, and way too much screen time.

Vince Guaraldi
Rain, rain go away

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November 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
karinmora.bsky.social
Do you really want to use corporate AI LLM as search engines?

“Google said its Gemma models were built for AI developers and researchers, not for factual assistance or for consumers.”

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Experts find flaws in hundreds of tests that check AI safety and effectiveness
Scientists say almost all have weaknesses in at least one area that can ‘undermine validity of resulting claims’
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Reposted by Karin Mora
davifaranda.bsky.social
🌍 Reducing scientific travel cuts CO2 emissions but fragments the scientific networks.
With Tommaso Alberti on the @egu.eu Nonlinear Processes blog, we move from carbon accounting to carbon investment: travel less, but travel with purpose to keep science connected.
👉 blogs.egu.eu/divisions/np...
Rethinking the carbon cost of scientific exchange: Nonlinear effects of reducing scientific mobility
The carbon footprint of scientific collaboration has become an increasingly debated topic. Conferences, workshops, and research travel remain central to how science function, yet they also contribute ...
blogs.egu.eu
November 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Reposted by Karin Mora
phenobs.bsky.social
Check out: New PhenObs paper published in ‘Basic and Applied Ecology’. We used historical data from Vienna and recently collected data from PhenObs to investigate whether phenological changes due to climate change (temporal scale) are also reflected on a spatial scale.
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doi.org/10.1016/j.ba...
November 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Reposted by Karin Mora
methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
📖Published📖

Using observations from ground-based seismometers and trunk-mounted accelerometers, authors isolated and analysed tree sway signals based on spectral decomposition and vibrational mode tracking 🌳 Find out more here 👇

🌍 🧪

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(a) Seismic instrument set-up at the ECOSENSE site within the Black Forest. The locations of the below-ground seismometers are indicated by white triangles, the locations of trees/trunks equipped with three vertically aligned accelerometers are indicated by grey hexagons. Geographical coordinates of the seismometers and instrumented trees are provided in the Supporting Information (Table S1). (b) Picture of the field deployment of an instrumented tree with three trunk-mounted accelerometers (ACC) and one co-located seismometer (SEISMO). (c) The seismometer: A Trillium Compact 120 s sensor (Nanometrics) was buried at 30 cm depth, based on a concrete slab and connected to a DATA-CUBE3 (Digos, Omnirecs) recorder, a GPS antenna and batteries all stored in a grey box. (d) Exemplary accelerometer: Three Episensors (Kinemetrics) were strapped to the trunk with a vertical spacing of 1 m connected to a DATA-CUBE3 (Digos, Omnirecs) recorder, a GPS antenna and batteries as well.
October 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
karinmora.bsky.social
The seismic fingerprint of wind-induced tree sway @besmacro.bsky.social

lead by Umlauft @scadsai.bsky.social
w @chriswernerlab.bsky.social , Wirth @agwirthweigelt.bsky.social , Gerberding, Kattenborn
@ecosense-sfb-1537.bsky.social

#forestMonitoring #ML #timeSeries
#treeSway #spectralAnalysis
October 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
karinmora.bsky.social
#Poetic
#Phenology
#PlantTraits
tomgauld.bsky.social Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 17d
A cartoon about autumn....
Title: The leaves Image 1: Two leaves hang from branches. "Would you like to hear my new poem?" Says one "Is it another one about the inevitability of death?" replies a smaller leaf. Image 2: "It's autumn! What else am i going to write about?" says the poet leaf. "Well, we've all turned this lovely reddish colour." says the small leaf. Image 3: "Actually, that could make a very nice poem. Thanks!" says the poet. Image 4. The small leaf begins to reply but is blown away by a gust of wind. Image 5: Later. The solitary poet leaf recites a poem: "The year dies. I cling hopelessly. In the end all things fall."
October 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
karinmora.bsky.social
“The process of making a nonlinear feedback model is itself a nonlinear feedback process.”
pholme.bsky.social Petter Holme @pholme.bsky.social · 18d
Network of the day.
From: Briggs & Peat, Turbulent Mirror, 1989.
October 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Reposted by Karin Mora
globalcommonshq.bsky.social
📢 BREAKING: The new #StateOfClimateAction 2025 report is live!

The report finds global efforts fall far short of what’s needed to keep the #ParisAgreement goal within reach—not a single one of the 45 indicators is on track for 2030.

Read the report: bit.ly/4o6hPwm

#COP30 @wriclimate.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
karinmora.bsky.social
More evidence that we must consider carefully if & how we use corporate LLMs. They’re bad search engines.

“European Broadcasting Union (EBU) & BBC has found that AI assistants … routinely misrepresent news content no matter which language, territory, or AI platform.”

www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Reposted by Karin Mora
netscience.bsky.social
Universities are embracing AI: will students get smarter or stop thinking? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Universities are embracing AI: will students get smarter or stop thinking?
Millions of students arriving at campuses are now using artificial intelligence. Worries abound.
www.nature.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Reposted by Karin Mora
karalmckinley.bsky.social
Lab’s 1st preprint!

Menstruation is understudied due to societal taboos + a biological challenge: mice (a key system for research + drug discovery) don’t menstruate.

@cagricevrim.bsky.social made menstruating mice + used them to discover early events in menstruation.

He is on the job market!
October 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Reposted by Karin Mora
egu.eu
🚨#JobAlert
Are you currently a #student living in Germany and looking for a part-time & remote job?
This opportunity is waiting for you!
#EGU are looking for a Community Development Assistant work-student to join their communications team!
📅Apply by 24 October 2025.
Learn more here: egu.eu/9Y1PZ8
Image description: A mountain silhouette at sunset with text reading:' we’re hiring! Community Development Assistant Apply by 24 October 2025 Currently Pursuing a graduate degree in the Earth, planetary or space sciences, or a relevant Be living in Germany for full-time education Good organisational skills and attention to detail Ability to interact with individuals online with sensitivity and professionalism Expert command of English Send your application to vacancy@egu.eu Interested? Here is your next step Apply by 24 October 2025 Send your application to vacancy@egu.eu'
October 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Reposted by Karin Mora
pablo-ecology.bsky.social
Big data: Some statistical issues 🌎🌐 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Big data: Some statistical issues
A broad review is given of the impact of big data on various aspects of investigation. There is some but not total emphasis on issues in epidemiological research. Keywords: Big data, Electronic health...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
September 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Reposted by Karin Mora
agwirthweigelt.bsky.social
Mid-September a new #BioSmoke campaign in Spain kicked off 🇪🇸. Julia Olbrich collected pyrophyte leaf samples, while Kai Weber (@kai-jwd.bsky.social) ran vegetation surveys and drone-based LiDAR & hyperspectral imaging in a region with high wildfire risk near Albacete (Castilla-La Mancha).
October 3, 2025 at 6:08 AM
karinmora.bsky.social
RIP Jane Goodall (1934-2025)
🌸❤️🌸
One of the few visible women of my childhood.

In 1962 she had no degree and became only the 8th female PhD student at University of Cambridge.
cam.ac.uk University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · Oct 1
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Jane Goodall.

Jane was a much-loved member of the conservation community in Cambridge and worldwide. She completed her PhD at @darwincollegecam.bsky.social and was an Honorary Fellow at @newnhamcollege.bsky.social.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIzR...
Jane Goodall - Finding our way to a better future
YouTube video by Cambridge University
www.youtube.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:57 AM
karinmora.bsky.social
New #GreenToGrey analysis includes land of any size, where #EEA excludes areas <50,000 sq metres.

BUT many little areas add up!
“resulting in estimates 1.5 times larger than the EEA’s calculations”

Let’s help them expand this analysis globally visit greentogrey.eu

#sentinel2 #citizenScience
October 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Reposted by Karin Mora
ninanatureresearch.bsky.social
Nature in Europe is being lost piece by piece. Using our method, journalists from 11 countries have uncovered the extent of the nature loss. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The #greentogrey project was coordinated by @journalismarena.eu in collaboration with NRK.
Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a day
Investigation shows extent of green land lost across UK and mainland Europe to development from 2018 to 2023
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Reposted by Karin Mora
alettabonn.bsky.social
#Forests are good for you! 🌳🌲🌳 paper led by Loic Gillerot with our wonderful @biodiversa.eu Dr.Forest consortium
@idiv-research.bsky.social @ufz.de
@melissamarselle.bsky.social
melissamarselle.bsky.social Melissa Marselle @melissamarselle.bsky.social · May 19
Our new #DrForest paper has found canopy density & tree species diversity have varying impacts on health & wellbeing 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#foresthealth #biodiversity #urbanforests #forestmanagement #environmentalhealth #urbanplanning #research #Sustainability
May 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Reposted by Karin Mora
alettabonn.bsky.social
Artenfinder #citizenscience data set published 🦋🌼🦎
thanks to many volunteers, the #Artenfinder team and #NFDI4Biodiversity Living Atlas - Nature Germany team www.land.gbif.de
@gbif.org @idiv-research.bsky.social @ufz.de
bdj.pensoft.net Biodiversity Data Journal @bdj.pensoft.net · Aug 1
А quality-checked citizen science dataset published on @gbif.org with more than 1 million georeferenced species records with a geographic focus on the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) and Berlin: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
August 24, 2025 at 9:50 AM
karinmora.bsky.social
#iDivConference2025 today I present our study co-lead w C Guimaraes-Steinicke. Great work by our student K Wende.
& great collaborators
@agwirthweigelt.bsky.social A Weigelt, S Saxena & A Anwar.

Floral vs veg structure fingerprints from #TLS intensity

#JenaExperiment #Phenology #biodiversity
October 1, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Reposted by Karin Mora
idiv-research.bsky.social
🌿 Day 1 of #iDivConference2025 at @unihalle.bsky.social brought blue skies, warm connections and a keynote by @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social on modelling biodiversity under climate change.

📍Tomorrow's keynote by Meredith C. Schuman is on genetic and functional diversity.

More to come! ☀️
September 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
karinmora.bsky.social
Excited to be at the #iDivconference2025 this week. First talk by @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social on #speciesDistributionModels and #networkTheory for #foodwebs and impacts of climate change.

Thanks for organising @idiv-research.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
karinmora.bsky.social
What is the future of universities?

A special with a picture of Leipzig university @unileipzig.bsky.social 📚💻👩‍🏫🧑‍🏫👨‍🏫📈📊

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
The future of universities: A Nature special report
The world's universities are under intense pressure. Nature examines the threats they face and asks how the sector can and must adapt to survive.
www.nature.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Reposted by Karin Mora
idiv-research.bsky.social
🎉 iDiv feierte heute: 13 Jahre Förderung durch die DFG enden im Dezember – Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen und Sachsen übernehmen dann Gros der Grundfinanzierung. Die Ministerpräsidenten der 3 Länder bekennen sich zur Förderung von iDiv über das Jahr 2030 hinaus. 🌱

www.idiv.de/de/neues-kap...
Johannes Grave spricht Podiumsdiskussion: Aletta Bonn, Mario Voigt, Michael Kretschmer Gruppenfoto iDiv-Empfang Unterzeichnung der Absichtserklärung zur Förderung von iDiv über das Jahr 2030 hinaus. Sitzend: Thomas Wünsch (Sachsen-Anhalt), Mario Voigt (Thüringen), Michael Kretschmer (Sachsen). Stehend: Martin Quaas, Anne Wesemann (beide iDiv)
September 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM