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Michał Słowiński
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Palaeoecologist trying to understand the processes taking place in the past 🔬 director of the Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences
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Another field trip behind us! This time, we retrieved our 1-year tea bags (@TeaBagIndex) and replaced them with a fresh set. Nature treated us to the blooming of **Ledum palustre** and **Eriophorum vaginatum**—a truly picturesque time of year!🐍 @calliergon.bsky.social @igsopas.bsky.social
May 31, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Our review on research perspectives in joining genetic analysis and environmental history of Pinus silvestris in Central Europe was published finally in the "Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene" 🌲🌲🌲🔬🧬 online.ucpress.edu/elementa/art... #envhistory #foresthistory
The environmental changes that have occurred on our globe in the last few hundred years affect practically every element of the environment. One of the main elements of this matrix is forest areas. A key aspect of describing the transformation period in forest management is to illustrate the long-term consequences of the environmental changes which humans have caused and continue to cause. The objective of our study is not only to discuss the interactions and changes occurring in the genetic resources of the primary forest-forming species in Polish forests but, more importantly, to demonstrate how past decisions can influence events in the near or distant future. In the context of forest research, it is essential to clarify that the lifespan of a tree has no relation to the lifespan of a human being. This simple fact not only influences the life cycle of individual stands and the mechanisms of timber mass production but, above all, highlights that we are hostage to the decisions (and knowledge) of our ancestors, who managed the forests according to the ideas of the Enlightenment. In this essay, we emphasize an element we believe is underrepresented in the discourse on forest transformations in the 19th and 20th centuries: forest genetic resources, which are fundamental to the resilience and adaptation of managed forests in response to ongoing climate change. Pinus silvestris from the Holly Cross Mts. Poland Our leading author Prof. Pawel Przybylski in his laboratory working on the Pinus genes! Pinus silvestris from the Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland.
February 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM