Kathrin Rousk
@kathrinrousk.bsky.social
Ecosystem ecologist researches nitrogen cycling in pristine ecosystems. Focus on moss-cyanobacteria associations and nitrogen fixation.
Interested in #NitrogenBiogeochemistry, links to #Carbon & #Phosphorus cycling; the #Organisms involved in #NutrientCycling? Curious about #BorealForests and #Excursions to large-scale field experiments? Then join our session "Nitrogen Biogeochemistry..." at BIOGEOMON www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
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January 15, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Interested in #NitrogenBiogeochemistry, links to #Carbon & #Phosphorus cycling; the #Organisms involved in #NutrientCycling? Curious about #BorealForests and #Excursions to large-scale field experiments? Then join our session "Nitrogen Biogeochemistry..." at BIOGEOMON www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
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🌍 Berkeley Earth’s 2025 Global Temperature Report is out.
2025 was the 3rd warmest year on record. Annual global temperature reached 1.44 ± 0.09°C above the pre-industrial baseline; 770 million people experienced locally record-warm annual conditions.
Full report: berkeleyearth.org/global-tempe...
2025 was the 3rd warmest year on record. Annual global temperature reached 1.44 ± 0.09°C above the pre-industrial baseline; 770 million people experienced locally record-warm annual conditions.
Full report: berkeleyearth.org/global-tempe...
Global Temperature Report for 2025 - Berkeley Earth
2025 was the 3rd warmest year on Earth since direct observations began, and recent warming appears to be moving faster than expected.
berkeleyearth.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:42 PM
🌍 Berkeley Earth’s 2025 Global Temperature Report is out.
2025 was the 3rd warmest year on record. Annual global temperature reached 1.44 ± 0.09°C above the pre-industrial baseline; 770 million people experienced locally record-warm annual conditions.
Full report: berkeleyearth.org/global-tempe...
2025 was the 3rd warmest year on record. Annual global temperature reached 1.44 ± 0.09°C above the pre-industrial baseline; 770 million people experienced locally record-warm annual conditions.
Full report: berkeleyearth.org/global-tempe...
Reposted by Kathrin Rousk
Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average.
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
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January 14, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average.
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This was an amazing Christmas present 🎁🎁🎁 news.ku.dk/all_news/202...
December 18, 2025 at 6:36 AM
This was an amazing Christmas present 🎁🎁🎁 news.ku.dk/all_news/202...
Have you ever thought of #Moss as #TerrestrialSponges? Trapping #DNA from #Birds, #Amphibians, #Mammals, #Insects, #Microorganisms,....?! Yes, your local #moss holds many secrets! Thanks @kbodawatta.bsky.social for the lead and fun collaboration! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Moss‐Accumulated eDNA Is a Promising Source for Terrestrial Biodiversity Surveys Across the Tree of Life and Biomes
Developments in the environmental DNA (eDNA) field have revolutionised our ability to map biodiversity by providing cost-effective and non-invasive means to survey organisms across the tree of life. ...
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December 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Have you ever thought of #Moss as #TerrestrialSponges? Trapping #DNA from #Birds, #Amphibians, #Mammals, #Insects, #Microorganisms,....?! Yes, your local #moss holds many secrets! Thanks @kbodawatta.bsky.social for the lead and fun collaboration! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Big thanks for supporting our work on #NitrogenFixation #TraceGases and #VOCs... now possible to measure online and everywhere we want! #StayCurious @yijiao.bsky.social @riikkarinnan.bsky.social @voltcenter.bsky.social
Fra politologi til arkæologi. Fra astrofysik til marinbiologi og glaciologi. 159 forskere modtager i dag en bevilling fra Carlsbergfondet til vidt forskellige grundvidenskabelige initiativer. Se hvilke projekter, der har fået støtte 👉 bit.ly/4iK2fV2 #dkforsk
December 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Big thanks for supporting our work on #NitrogenFixation #TraceGases and #VOCs... now possible to measure online and everywhere we want! #StayCurious @yijiao.bsky.social @riikkarinnan.bsky.social @voltcenter.bsky.social
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Rewatched some Star Trek tonight.
Still wild how a show about warp drives and weird nebulae ends up teaching the cleanest lessons about being human.
Every episode says the same thing in its own way:
‘Be curious. Be brave.
…Try not to fire phasers unless you really have to.”
Still wild how a show about warp drives and weird nebulae ends up teaching the cleanest lessons about being human.
Every episode says the same thing in its own way:
‘Be curious. Be brave.
…Try not to fire phasers unless you really have to.”
December 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Rewatched some Star Trek tonight.
Still wild how a show about warp drives and weird nebulae ends up teaching the cleanest lessons about being human.
Every episode says the same thing in its own way:
‘Be curious. Be brave.
…Try not to fire phasers unless you really have to.”
Still wild how a show about warp drives and weird nebulae ends up teaching the cleanest lessons about being human.
Every episode says the same thing in its own way:
‘Be curious. Be brave.
…Try not to fire phasers unless you really have to.”
Registration is now open for #BIOGEOMON 2026 in Umeå in June! Join us to discuss #Ecosystems in Transition. Also check the #NitrogenCycling session 😁 registration.invajo.com/3734d789-bd1...
Invajo - Registration
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December 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Registration is now open for #BIOGEOMON 2026 in Umeå in June! Join us to discuss #Ecosystems in Transition. Also check the #NitrogenCycling session 😁 registration.invajo.com/3734d789-bd1...
Looking for a postdoc in a beautiful city, with nice colleagues, a supportive environment and fun research on #EvolutionofSymbioses #Mosses #Cyanobacteria? This may be for you: employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie... Deadline is Monday 1st December!
November 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Looking for a postdoc in a beautiful city, with nice colleagues, a supportive environment and fun research on #EvolutionofSymbioses #Mosses #Cyanobacteria? This may be for you: employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie... Deadline is Monday 1st December!
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New paper alert: Overestimated natural biological nitrogen fixation translates to an exaggerated CO2 fertilization effect in Earth System Models. Outstanding work by lead author Sian Kou-Giesbrecht
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www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
New paper alert: Overestimated natural biological nitrogen fixation translates to an exaggerated CO2 fertilization effect in Earth System Models. Outstanding work by lead author Sian Kou-Giesbrecht
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www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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My department is hiring a non-seed plant assistant professor!! Come join us @ubcbotany.bsky.social! BC has spectacular non-seed plant diversity and I would love to nerd out with a future colleague about all those cute little green guys outside! 💚 pls share!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
University of British Columbia, Botany
Job #AJO31140, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN NON-SEED PLANT DIVERSITY (BRYOPHYTES, FERNS, LYCOPHYTES), Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
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November 17, 2025 at 11:48 PM
My department is hiring a non-seed plant assistant professor!! Come join us @ubcbotany.bsky.social! BC has spectacular non-seed plant diversity and I would love to nerd out with a future colleague about all those cute little green guys outside! 💚 pls share!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
Still time to apply to work on #symbioses #mosses #cyanobacteria! Join us in #Copenhagen! @voltcenter.bsky.social
Ready to explore crazy ideas? Join us for 2 yrs for the @villumfonden.bsky.social experiment: The #terrestrial #nitroplast in #MossCyanobacteria associations! Into #OrganelleEvolution #plants #genomics #cyanobacteria #symbioses? This may be for you! employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
Postdoc position in Terrestrial Ecology: Terrestrial Nitroplast in Moss-Cyanobacteria Interactions
employment.ku.dk
November 17, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Still time to apply to work on #symbioses #mosses #cyanobacteria! Join us in #Copenhagen! @voltcenter.bsky.social
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Computer vision species identification of lichens and bryophytes from biocrusts in Australian drylands
New in #AppsPlantSci by Lawler, @anschmidtlebuhn.bsky.social, Cargill & Gueidan
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #lichen #bryophyte #biocrust #MachineLearning #ComputerVision
New in #AppsPlantSci by Lawler, @anschmidtlebuhn.bsky.social, Cargill & Gueidan
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #lichen #bryophyte #biocrust #MachineLearning #ComputerVision
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Computer vision species identification of lichens and bryophytes from biocrusts in Australian drylands
New in #AppsPlantSci by Lawler, @anschmidtlebuhn.bsky.social, Cargill & Gueidan
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #lichen #bryophyte #biocrust #MachineLearning #ComputerVision
New in #AppsPlantSci by Lawler, @anschmidtlebuhn.bsky.social, Cargill & Gueidan
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #lichen #bryophyte #biocrust #MachineLearning #ComputerVision
Reposted by Kathrin Rousk
Moss shutdown-restart mechanism for drought survival
Xiao et al.
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Xiao et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/5JPZDK...
November 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Moss shutdown-restart mechanism for drought survival
Xiao et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/5JPZDK...
Xiao et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/5JPZDK...
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Interesting read:
Surviving dehydration: shutdown–restart dynamics in Physcomitrium patens avoids the metabolic collapse seen in Arabidopsis
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Surviving dehydration: shutdown–restart dynamics in Physcomitrium patens avoids the metabolic collapse seen in Arabidopsis
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Surviving dehydration: shutdown–restart dynamics in Physcomitrium patens avoids the metabolic collapse seen in Arabidopsis
Crop productivity and food security faces an ever-increasing challenge from drought events world-wide and to establish more drought tolerant crops requires deeper insights into plant dehydration tol...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Interesting read:
Surviving dehydration: shutdown–restart dynamics in Physcomitrium patens avoids the metabolic collapse seen in Arabidopsis
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Surviving dehydration: shutdown–restart dynamics in Physcomitrium patens avoids the metabolic collapse seen in Arabidopsis
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#MossDepthMatters for #NitrogenFixation and of course #Moss species...and #Precipitation... It's complicated... #Ecology #SYMBIONIX @erc.europa.eu
Is moss-associated nitrogen fixation controlled by the same factors across shoots, species and segments? Our answer is nope! 🌱#moss#nitrogenfixation#cyanobacteria#pristineecosystems
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Is moss-associated nitrogen fixation controlled by the same factors across shoots, species and sites?
Biological N2 fixation performed by moss-associated cyanobacteria is among the main sources of new nitrogen (N) input in pristine subarctic ecosystems…
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November 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
#MossDepthMatters for #NitrogenFixation and of course #Moss species...and #Precipitation... It's complicated... #Ecology #SYMBIONIX @erc.europa.eu
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Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake
go.nature.com/3X5lbUg
go.nature.com/3X5lbUg
From MRI to Ozempic: breakthroughs that show why fundamental research must be protected
Nature - In these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different.
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November 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake
go.nature.com/3X5lbUg
go.nature.com/3X5lbUg
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🌿🌱 We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor (potentially open rank) at the Institute of Plant Sciences
@unibe.ch in Plant Population Ecology 🌻🌳
Be our colleague and join us in beautiful Bern, Switzerland
Apply by Jan 23 2026 👉 ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
@unibe.ch in Plant Population Ecology 🌻🌳
Be our colleague and join us in beautiful Bern, Switzerland
Apply by Jan 23 2026 👉 ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
October 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🌿🌱 We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor (potentially open rank) at the Institute of Plant Sciences
@unibe.ch in Plant Population Ecology 🌻🌳
Be our colleague and join us in beautiful Bern, Switzerland
Apply by Jan 23 2026 👉 ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
@unibe.ch in Plant Population Ecology 🌻🌳
Be our colleague and join us in beautiful Bern, Switzerland
Apply by Jan 23 2026 👉 ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
Reposted by Kathrin Rousk
Ready to explore crazy ideas? Join us for 2 yrs for the @villumfonden.bsky.social experiment: The #terrestrial #nitroplast in #MossCyanobacteria associations! Into #OrganelleEvolution #plants #genomics #cyanobacteria #symbioses? This may be for you! employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
Postdoc position in Terrestrial Ecology: Terrestrial Nitroplast in Moss-Cyanobacteria Interactions
employment.ku.dk
October 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ready to explore crazy ideas? Join us for 2 yrs for the @villumfonden.bsky.social experiment: The #terrestrial #nitroplast in #MossCyanobacteria associations! Into #OrganelleEvolution #plants #genomics #cyanobacteria #symbioses? This may be for you! employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
Abstract is open for #BIOGEOMON 2026 in Umeå! Join us to talk about #Nitrogen #Biogeochemistry #Biodiversity and more..https://www.slu.se/en/about-slu/organisation/departments/forest-ecology-management/research/disciplines/forest-landscape-biogeochemistry/biogeomon2026/
We are organising a session on #Nitrogen biogeochemistry - links to other elements and biodiversity at #BIOGEOMON 2026 in Umeå! Join us! @benhoulton.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Abstract is open for #BIOGEOMON 2026 in Umeå! Join us to talk about #Nitrogen #Biogeochemistry #Biodiversity and more..https://www.slu.se/en/about-slu/organisation/departments/forest-ecology-management/research/disciplines/forest-landscape-biogeochemistry/biogeomon2026/
#Moss and #Biocrusts sampled! Happy moss happy team! Next step: lichens?!
October 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
#Moss and #Biocrusts sampled! Happy moss happy team! Next step: lichens?!
On the hunt for #biocrusts driving across beautiful Sardinia! Happy to report the #MossCyanoTeam was successful!
October 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
On the hunt for #biocrusts driving across beautiful Sardinia! Happy to report the #MossCyanoTeam was successful!
…#NitrogenFixation in the field…Yunyao is efficient..#Moss #Cyanobacteria #SYMBIONIX
October 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
…#NitrogenFixation in the field…Yunyao is efficient..#Moss #Cyanobacteria #SYMBIONIX
Creating acetylene in the field under controlled conditions…always exciting! #NitrogenFixation
October 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Creating acetylene in the field under controlled conditions…always exciting! #NitrogenFixation