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Pawel Wasowicz
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Botanist at the Natural Science Institute of Iceland
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New paper on population changes in common waders and passerines in Iceland's largest breeding area. Most populations are declining fast.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
February 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Check out our latest paper on🌲 Pinus contorta 🌲 invasion in Iceland! Promoted as an "easy fix" to climate change, its use exacerbates the biodiversity crisis, threatening native ecosystems. #InvasiveSpecies #BiodiversityCrisis #ClimateAction #Forestry #Ecology neobiota.pensoft.net/article/1340...
Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Douglas ex Loudon) invasion in subarctic Iceland: evidence from a long-term study
The North American lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) has been widely introduced globally and is now considered invasive in several countries. It was first planted in subarctic Iceland in the 1950s. Rece...
neobiota.pensoft.net
January 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Winter afternoon in Akureyri.
January 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Reposted by Pawel Wasowicz
Deforestation caused by nickel mining leads to carbon emissions on a scale that companies and governments have mostly failed to recognize

https://go.nature.com/40jK5Rl
Mines for a clean-energy metal have a surprise climate effect
Vegetation clearing to extract nickel, which is used in renewable technologies, leads to greater carbon emissions than realized.
go.nature.com
January 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) invasion in Steinadalur, SE Iceland.
A sub-arctic heathland is becoming a dense forest due to *Pinus contorta* invasion. This rapid ecological shift, seen across Iceland, will impact both native flora and birdlife in the years ahead.
January 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM