Mathias Disney
@matdisney.bsky.social
Scientist, trees, forests, carbon, ecosystem structure and function, in all the ways. One tree at a time. Prof at UCL Geography, and NCEO
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🚨Paper alert🚨
Check out Beibei Zhang's latest work out today @royalsocietypublishing.org where we track the 3D structural recovery of Australia's Great Western Woodlands following wildfires over a chronosequence spanning half a millenia!🌳🛰️🔥🧪
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Check out Beibei Zhang's latest work out today @royalsocietypublishing.org where we track the 3D structural recovery of Australia's Great Western Woodlands following wildfires over a chronosequence spanning half a millenia!🌳🛰️🔥🧪
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🚨Paper alert🚨
Check out Beibei Zhang's latest work out today @royalsocietypublishing.org where we track the 3D structural recovery of Australia's Great Western Woodlands following wildfires over a chronosequence spanning half a millenia!🌳🛰️🔥🧪
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Check out Beibei Zhang's latest work out today @royalsocietypublishing.org where we track the 3D structural recovery of Australia's Great Western Woodlands following wildfires over a chronosequence spanning half a millenia!🌳🛰️🔥🧪
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Congrats Dr Arthur Yambayamba for passing his PhD with flying colours🍾
Arthur's thesis explores how climate & competition shape the structure of miombo woodlands. Check out some of the work here:
1) shorturl.at/aTVb7
2) shorturl.at/fD42Y
Thanks to Casey Ryan & @mdekauwe.bsky.social for examining!
Arthur's thesis explores how climate & competition shape the structure of miombo woodlands. Check out some of the work here:
1) shorturl.at/aTVb7
2) shorturl.at/fD42Y
Thanks to Casey Ryan & @mdekauwe.bsky.social for examining!
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Congrats Dr Arthur Yambayamba for passing his PhD with flying colours🍾
Arthur's thesis explores how climate & competition shape the structure of miombo woodlands. Check out some of the work here:
1) shorturl.at/aTVb7
2) shorturl.at/fD42Y
Thanks to Casey Ryan & @mdekauwe.bsky.social for examining!
Arthur's thesis explores how climate & competition shape the structure of miombo woodlands. Check out some of the work here:
1) shorturl.at/aTVb7
2) shorturl.at/fD42Y
Thanks to Casey Ryan & @mdekauwe.bsky.social for examining!
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An ecosystem approach is the only way to halt the vanishing of UK wildlife.
Our latest report with @nationaltrust.org.uk, led by @pettorelli.bsky.social, makes clear that human wellbeing is underpinned by ecosystems continuing to function in a resilient way.
📰Covered in @theecologist.org
Our latest report with @nationaltrust.org.uk, led by @pettorelli.bsky.social, makes clear that human wellbeing is underpinned by ecosystems continuing to function in a resilient way.
📰Covered in @theecologist.org
“The food we eat, that’s ecosystems. Climate regulation, that’s ecosystems. Protection from extreme weather events, that’s ecosystems.”
'If ecosystems go, we go'
Ecologists call for ecosystem approach to halt nature decline.
theecologist.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
An ecosystem approach is the only way to halt the vanishing of UK wildlife.
Our latest report with @nationaltrust.org.uk, led by @pettorelli.bsky.social, makes clear that human wellbeing is underpinned by ecosystems continuing to function in a resilient way.
📰Covered in @theecologist.org
Our latest report with @nationaltrust.org.uk, led by @pettorelli.bsky.social, makes clear that human wellbeing is underpinned by ecosystems continuing to function in a resilient way.
📰Covered in @theecologist.org
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I was in #Belem for Week 1 of the climate change #COP30, primarily to engage about rainforests and their future. Here are a few reflections on COP, the city of Belem, rainforests and the nature of hope naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/news/cop30-a...
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social
COP30 at the City at the Mouth of the Green Ocean
Yadvinder reflects on this time at COP 30
naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I was in #Belem for Week 1 of the climate change #COP30, primarily to engage about rainforests and their future. Here are a few reflections on COP, the city of Belem, rainforests and the nature of hope naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/news/cop30-a...
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social
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Centuries of compounding human influence on Amazonian forests.
The distribution of abundances of useful Amazonian tree species in 1500 plots suggests widespread ecological imprints of pre-Columbian indigenous and post-contact colonist people on modern forest composition.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The distribution of abundances of useful Amazonian tree species in 1500 plots suggests widespread ecological imprints of pre-Columbian indigenous and post-contact colonist people on modern forest composition.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Centuries of compounding human influence on Amazonian forests | PNAS
Recent evidence suggests that the ecological footprints of pre-Columbian Indigenous
peoples in Amazonia persist in modern forests. Ecological impac...
www.pnas.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Centuries of compounding human influence on Amazonian forests.
The distribution of abundances of useful Amazonian tree species in 1500 plots suggests widespread ecological imprints of pre-Columbian indigenous and post-contact colonist people on modern forest composition.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The distribution of abundances of useful Amazonian tree species in 1500 plots suggests widespread ecological imprints of pre-Columbian indigenous and post-contact colonist people on modern forest composition.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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🚨Job opportunity🚨
We are hiring a 3yr research technician. If you love fieldwork, are passionate about forests & mountains, and want to up-skill in remote sensing, sensor networks and running field experiments this could be the dream job for you!
🧪🌳⛰️🛰️🌡️🍄
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
We are hiring a 3yr research technician. If you love fieldwork, are passionate about forests & mountains, and want to up-skill in remote sensing, sensor networks and running field experiments this could be the dream job for you!
🧪🌳⛰️🛰️🌡️🍄
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
www.bristol.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
🚨Job opportunity🚨
We are hiring a 3yr research technician. If you love fieldwork, are passionate about forests & mountains, and want to up-skill in remote sensing, sensor networks and running field experiments this could be the dream job for you!
🧪🌳⛰️🛰️🌡️🍄
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
We are hiring a 3yr research technician. If you love fieldwork, are passionate about forests & mountains, and want to up-skill in remote sensing, sensor networks and running field experiments this could be the dream job for you!
🧪🌳⛰️🛰️🌡️🍄
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
New paper by Wout Cherlet & @qforestlab.bsky.social team led by @kimcalders.bsky.social, comparing tree extraction methods from TLS data. TL;DR it's hard to automate, ecosystem dependent & parametric approaches currently outperform DL www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Benchmarking tree instance segmentation of terrestrial laser scanning point clouds
Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) has revolutionized forest measurement techniques by providing detailed three-dimensional (3D) point cloud data that c…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
New paper by Wout Cherlet & @qforestlab.bsky.social team led by @kimcalders.bsky.social, comparing tree extraction methods from TLS data. TL;DR it's hard to automate, ecosystem dependent & parametric approaches currently outperform DL www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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I had a wonderful few days this week, hosted by the government of Catalonia and the University of Barcelona, and receiving the Ramon Margalef Prize for ecological research from the president of Catalonia
October 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I had a wonderful few days this week, hosted by the government of Catalonia and the University of Barcelona, and receiving the Ramon Margalef Prize for ecological research from the president of Catalonia
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Forest measurements are more important than ever.
“Dedicated teams working in the field to collect vital ground-truth data are essential to the success of our missions” - Simonetta Cheli #ESA Director of Earth Observation. Find out more in our latest newsletter.
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“Dedicated teams working in the field to collect vital ground-truth data are essential to the success of our missions” - Simonetta Cheli #ESA Director of Earth Observation. Find out more in our latest newsletter.
sway.cloud.microsoft/pdXbVpmWR2Io...
October 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Forest measurements are more important than ever.
“Dedicated teams working in the field to collect vital ground-truth data are essential to the success of our missions” - Simonetta Cheli #ESA Director of Earth Observation. Find out more in our latest newsletter.
sway.cloud.microsoft/pdXbVpmWR2Io...
“Dedicated teams working in the field to collect vital ground-truth data are essential to the success of our missions” - Simonetta Cheli #ESA Director of Earth Observation. Find out more in our latest newsletter.
sway.cloud.microsoft/pdXbVpmWR2Io...
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New study from Ty Loft’s PhD thesis. We used an energetic approach to quantify, acr sub-Saharan Africa, how mammal- and bird-mediated ecosystem functions have changed. We found that overall trophic energy flows have decreased by more than one-third, but this change varies across biomes and land uses
Energy flows reveal declining ecosystem functions by animals across Africa - Nature
An ecosystem energetics approach, quantifying trophic energy flows across species, offers a unified framework for linking animal biodiversity loss to changes in ecosystem function and Earth system pro...
www.nature.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM
New study from Ty Loft’s PhD thesis. We used an energetic approach to quantify, acr sub-Saharan Africa, how mammal- and bird-mediated ecosystem functions have changed. We found that overall trophic energy flows have decreased by more than one-third, but this change varies across biomes and land uses
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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
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Our new paper in Nature uses ecological energetics to track ten ecosystem functions of all birds and mammals in sub-Saharan Africa. It shows that the ecological power of African wildlife has declined by a third since pre-colonial times @natureportfolio.nature.com
🌍 New Oxford-led study in Nature finds Africa’s wildlife has lost a third of its natural “power” — the energy driving ecosystems and livelihoods.
Large animals once sustained this flow; their loss now reshapes life across the continent. @ymalhi.bsky.social
Large animals once sustained this flow; their loss now reshapes life across the continent. @ymalhi.bsky.social
Africa’s wildlife has lost a third of its natural ‘power’, Oxford-led study warns
New paper in Nature today
naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Our new paper in Nature uses ecological energetics to track ten ecosystem functions of all birds and mammals in sub-Saharan Africa. It shows that the ecological power of African wildlife has declined by a third since pre-colonial times @natureportfolio.nature.com
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On a busy day I had a TED talk published. This talk is about the energy flows of the living world, and how we need to centre this vibrancy as a core value when thinking about working with nature for climate change and other challenges
www.ted.com/talks/yadvin...
www.ted.com/talks/yadvin...
How to measure the planet’s heartbeat
Ecosystem scientist Yadvinder Malhi takes us on a jaw-dropping journey through the hidden flows of energy that make life on Earth tick. From sun-soaked forests to tropical islands, he shows how his te...
www.ted.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
On a busy day I had a TED talk published. This talk is about the energy flows of the living world, and how we need to centre this vibrancy as a core value when thinking about working with nature for climate change and other challenges
www.ted.com/talks/yadvin...
www.ted.com/talks/yadvin...
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Many congratulations to Adriane Esquivel, Rebecca Morgan and to all our colleagues supporting Amazon forest monitoring with RAINFOR and ForestPlots.net!
Our analysis of 30 years of Amazon forest change is highlighted on the cover of @natplants.nature.com.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our analysis of 30 years of Amazon forest change is highlighted on the cover of @natplants.nature.com.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Many congratulations to Adriane Esquivel, Rebecca Morgan and to all our colleagues supporting Amazon forest monitoring with RAINFOR and ForestPlots.net!
Our analysis of 30 years of Amazon forest change is highlighted on the cover of @natplants.nature.com.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our analysis of 30 years of Amazon forest change is highlighted on the cover of @natplants.nature.com.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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deadtrees.earth — An open-access and interactive database for centimeter-scale aerial imagery to uncover global tree mortality dynamics. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Led by @cmosig.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
deadtrees.earth — An open-access and interactive database for centimeter-scale aerial imagery to uncover global tree mortality dynamics. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Led by @cmosig.bsky.social
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Fascinating insight from Professor James Cheshire on BBC Radio 4 🎙 He discusses our amazing Map Library, as featured in his new book The Library of Lost Maps.
#UCLGeography #Mapping #DataStories
#UCLGeography #Mapping #DataStories
October 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Fascinating insight from Professor James Cheshire on BBC Radio 4 🎙 He discusses our amazing Map Library, as featured in his new book The Library of Lost Maps.
#UCLGeography #Mapping #DataStories
#UCLGeography #Mapping #DataStories
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Dead satellites aren’t just space junk – they release metals and chemicals that could affect the ozone layer and climate. @ucl.ac.uk's Eloise Marais & @connorbarker.bsky.socialare studying this new pollution. Read more: tinyurl.com/ucl-noxious
#SpacePollution #UCLGeography @newscientist.com
#SpacePollution #UCLGeography @newscientist.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Dead satellites aren’t just space junk – they release metals and chemicals that could affect the ozone layer and climate. @ucl.ac.uk's Eloise Marais & @connorbarker.bsky.socialare studying this new pollution. Read more: tinyurl.com/ucl-noxious
#SpacePollution #UCLGeography @newscientist.com
#SpacePollution #UCLGeography @newscientist.com
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🎧 Professor James Cheshire joined BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week to discuss The Library of Lost Maps, his new book about our amazing Map Library.
#UCLGeography #BBC #Radio4 #Maps @ucl.ac.uk
#UCLGeography #BBC #Radio4 #Maps @ucl.ac.uk
Start the Week - Maps – lost, secret and revealing - BBC Sounds
James Cheshire, Jerry Brotton and Jenny Uglow, with Tom Sutcliffe.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🎧 Professor James Cheshire joined BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week to discuss The Library of Lost Maps, his new book about our amazing Map Library.
#UCLGeography #BBC #Radio4 #Maps @ucl.ac.uk
#UCLGeography #BBC #Radio4 #Maps @ucl.ac.uk
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New OA publication from TreE_PlaNat project @uktreescapes.bsky.social in Ecological Solutions and Evidence: Creating woodland through natural processes: Current understanding and knowledge gaps in Great Britain besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Creating woodland through natural processes: Current understanding and knowledge gaps in Great Britain
Natural colonisation can successfully create structurally diverse, locally adapted woodlands in Britain, but the outcomes of this process can vary considerably. Combining natural colonisation and tre...
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October 23, 2025 at 7:08 AM
New OA publication from TreE_PlaNat project @uktreescapes.bsky.social in Ecological Solutions and Evidence: Creating woodland through natural processes: Current understanding and knowledge gaps in Great Britain besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Deciduous leaves may have evolved to be symmetrical and subtly lobed so they fall quicker and land near their parent tree, recycling their annually sequestered carbon. Join us 22 Oct 3:00 PM (London, UK) to hear #JRSocInterface author Kaare Jensen talk about his research: cassyni.com/events/5PbU2...
October 17, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Deciduous leaves may have evolved to be symmetrical and subtly lobed so they fall quicker and land near their parent tree, recycling their annually sequestered carbon. Join us 22 Oct 3:00 PM (London, UK) to hear #JRSocInterface author Kaare Jensen talk about his research: cassyni.com/events/5PbU2...
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Please pass along, I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study phys ecology, macroecology, biodiversity - spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested🧪🌐🌾
October 21, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Please pass along, I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study phys ecology, macroecology, biodiversity - spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested🧪🌐🌾
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PhD applications are now open @treesdla.bsky.social for 2026 intake. Have a look at a project on effects of forest diversity on floral reward production for pollinators that we advertise with @philstevenson.bsky.social. Do apply/get in touch if you are interested! www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/eff...
October 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
PhD applications are now open @treesdla.bsky.social for 2026 intake. Have a look at a project on effects of forest diversity on floral reward production for pollinators that we advertise with @philstevenson.bsky.social. Do apply/get in touch if you are interested! www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/eff...
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This is what 40 years of glacier retreat looks like in Laguna San Rafael National Park 🇨🇱
Images from 1987 (left) and 2024 (right) reveal the dramatic retreat of the park’s two largest glaciers — San Rafael and San Quintín — driven by global warming. #EarthFromSpace 🌍🧪
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Images from 1987 (left) and 2024 (right) reveal the dramatic retreat of the park’s two largest glaciers — San Rafael and San Quintín — driven by global warming. #EarthFromSpace 🌍🧪
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
October 17, 2025 at 9:46 AM
This is what 40 years of glacier retreat looks like in Laguna San Rafael National Park 🇨🇱
Images from 1987 (left) and 2024 (right) reveal the dramatic retreat of the park’s two largest glaciers — San Rafael and San Quintín — driven by global warming. #EarthFromSpace 🌍🧪
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Images from 1987 (left) and 2024 (right) reveal the dramatic retreat of the park’s two largest glaciers — San Rafael and San Quintín — driven by global warming. #EarthFromSpace 🌍🧪
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
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As droughts become longer and more intense, their toll on ecosystems could be far greater than we thought. Our new paper in @science.org shows how prolonged & extreme droughts cause dramatic, cumulative losses in ecosystem productivity across the globe www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
October 17, 2025 at 5:53 AM
As droughts become longer and more intense, their toll on ecosystems could be far greater than we thought. Our new paper in @science.org shows how prolonged & extreme droughts cause dramatic, cumulative losses in ecosystem productivity across the globe www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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🏆 @ucl.ac.uk Geography Lecturer Dr @mokros.bsky.social wins Open Science Award!
As Chair of @3dforecotech.bsky.social, he unites 500+ scientists to create open 3D tools for forest research. 🌳💻
#UCLGeography #OpenScience #ForestResearch #3DForEcoTech #GlobalCollaboration
As Chair of @3dforecotech.bsky.social, he unites 500+ scientists to create open 3D tools for forest research. 🌳💻
#UCLGeography #OpenScience #ForestResearch #3DForEcoTech #GlobalCollaboration
UCL Geography Lecturer Wins Open Science Award for Global Collaboration on Forest Research
Dr Martin Mokros has received a UCL Open Science and Scholarship Award for his leadership in advancing open science, reproducibility and international collaboration in forest research.
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October 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🏆 @ucl.ac.uk Geography Lecturer Dr @mokros.bsky.social wins Open Science Award!
As Chair of @3dforecotech.bsky.social, he unites 500+ scientists to create open 3D tools for forest research. 🌳💻
#UCLGeography #OpenScience #ForestResearch #3DForEcoTech #GlobalCollaboration
As Chair of @3dforecotech.bsky.social, he unites 500+ scientists to create open 3D tools for forest research. 🌳💻
#UCLGeography #OpenScience #ForestResearch #3DForEcoTech #GlobalCollaboration