Prof. Vigdis Vandvik
@vvandvik.bsky.social
❤️🧠 Plants; Alpine; Ecology; Experiments; Biodiversity; Functional Ecology; GlobalChange; Macroecology; Science-Policy; Science Communication; HigherEd; She/her 🌾🌱📏⛰📈🌦🐑🔥⛰🌍🧪🚴♀️💪👟📎 #BtwnTheFjords #CESAM_UiB #UiB 🇳🇴
‘Planlegging er politikk, dispensasjoner er juss.’ Greit oppsummert av Statsforvalter Liv Signe Navarsete på #Øygardskonferansen #Dilemma
November 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
‘Planlegging er politikk, dispensasjoner er juss.’ Greit oppsummert av Statsforvalter Liv Signe Navarsete på #Øygardskonferansen #Dilemma
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"Global tree cover loss due to fires has surged by 370%." 🌏 www.downtoearth.org.in/forests/glob...
Global tree cover loss due to fires surged by 370% compared to 2023
In 2024, global tree cover loss due to fires surged by 370% compared to 2023, with tropical primary forests suffering the most. This unprecedented increase released 3.1 gigatonnes of CO₂, contributing...
www.downtoearth.org.in
November 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"Global tree cover loss due to fires has surged by 370%." 🌏 www.downtoearth.org.in/forests/glob...
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The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
October 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
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NOU 1977: 40 A Norsk vegplan II Trafikk og miljø
October 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
NOU 1977: 40 A Norsk vegplan II Trafikk og miljø
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How has it escaped my attention for 12 years? the book Braiding Sweetgrass is a must read for anyone interested in ecological science and/or indigenous knowledge, beautifully written.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braidin...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braidin...
Braiding Sweetgrass - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
How has it escaped my attention for 12 years? the book Braiding Sweetgrass is a must read for anyone interested in ecological science and/or indigenous knowledge, beautifully written.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braidin...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braidin...
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deeply wild clip of a fossil fuel economist on norway's state broadcaster claiming
- 3 degrees of warming is a "problem we can live with"
- Extreme weather is not a threat to human welfare
- We need to dig up Norwegian oil and gas to help 'poor Africans in huts' get rid of polluting cooking fuels
- 3 degrees of warming is a "problem we can live with"
- Extreme weather is not a threat to human welfare
- We need to dig up Norwegian oil and gas to help 'poor Africans in huts' get rid of polluting cooking fuels
October 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
deeply wild clip of a fossil fuel economist on norway's state broadcaster claiming
- 3 degrees of warming is a "problem we can live with"
- Extreme weather is not a threat to human welfare
- We need to dig up Norwegian oil and gas to help 'poor Africans in huts' get rid of polluting cooking fuels
- 3 degrees of warming is a "problem we can live with"
- Extreme weather is not a threat to human welfare
- We need to dig up Norwegian oil and gas to help 'poor Africans in huts' get rid of polluting cooking fuels
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Fire økonomer i verdens rikeste land debatterer kostnadene ved klimatiltak, basert på egenproduserte analyser i «oljeboka» og bagatellisering av klimakonsekvensene.
Takk til Andreas Bjelland Eriksen som har lest IPCC isteden og gjorde prisverdig innsats i #nrkdebatt www.bbc.com/news/science...
Takk til Andreas Bjelland Eriksen som har lest IPCC isteden og gjorde prisverdig innsats i #nrkdebatt www.bbc.com/news/science...
Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity'
Heating from humans has caused irreparable damage to the Earth that may get worse in coming decades.
www.bbc.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Fire økonomer i verdens rikeste land debatterer kostnadene ved klimatiltak, basert på egenproduserte analyser i «oljeboka» og bagatellisering av klimakonsekvensene.
Takk til Andreas Bjelland Eriksen som har lest IPCC isteden og gjorde prisverdig innsats i #nrkdebatt www.bbc.com/news/science...
Takk til Andreas Bjelland Eriksen som har lest IPCC isteden og gjorde prisverdig innsats i #nrkdebatt www.bbc.com/news/science...
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Apropos oljeskattepakken og oljeselskapene som ikke oppfyller avtalen om å halvere utslippene - og politikerne våre som bare sier "OK" ⬇️
Al Gore at the Norges Bank climate conference just now: ”The fossil fuel industry is significantly more effective at capturing politicians than capturing emissions“
October 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Apropos oljeskattepakken og oljeselskapene som ikke oppfyller avtalen om å halvere utslippene - og politikerne våre som bare sier "OK" ⬇️
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Large crowds of protesters gathered in cities across the U.S. on Saturday as part of a mass “No Kings” demonstration against the Trump administration. nyti.ms/4hocDS0
October 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Large crowds of protesters gathered in cities across the U.S. on Saturday as part of a mass “No Kings” demonstration against the Trump administration. nyti.ms/4hocDS0
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Den er grei, NRK.
Nå kan dere forklare hvorfor dere ikke dekker #Nokings.
Bruk samme logikk som sist og ta den tiden dere trenger, vi venter.
Nå kan dere forklare hvorfor dere ikke dekker #Nokings.
Bruk samme logikk som sist og ta den tiden dere trenger, vi venter.
October 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Den er grei, NRK.
Nå kan dere forklare hvorfor dere ikke dekker #Nokings.
Bruk samme logikk som sist og ta den tiden dere trenger, vi venter.
Nå kan dere forklare hvorfor dere ikke dekker #Nokings.
Bruk samme logikk som sist og ta den tiden dere trenger, vi venter.
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Tropiske korallrev er blant våre mest artsrike og verdifulle økosystemer, og er blant de første som kan forsvinne på grunn av klimaendringer.
Husker jeg leste om dette første gang sommeren 1999. Da var det fortsatt tid til å redde dem. www.nrk.no/norge/forste...
Husker jeg leste om dette første gang sommeren 1999. Da var det fortsatt tid til å redde dem. www.nrk.no/norge/forste...
Første klima-vippepunkt nådd: – En ny virkelighet
Jorda har blitt så varm at de tropiske korallrevene ikke vil klare seg, ifølge forskere i ny, stor rapport. Samtidig kan klimaet nærme seg flere «vippepunkter».
www.nrk.no
October 13, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Tropiske korallrev er blant våre mest artsrike og verdifulle økosystemer, og er blant de første som kan forsvinne på grunn av klimaendringer.
Husker jeg leste om dette første gang sommeren 1999. Da var det fortsatt tid til å redde dem. www.nrk.no/norge/forste...
Husker jeg leste om dette første gang sommeren 1999. Da var det fortsatt tid til å redde dem. www.nrk.no/norge/forste...
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October 13, 1988 – ITV – “The Environment and Pollution”
We've known - at a popular/mainstream media level - of serious trouble ahead for almost 4 decades.
Failure of governments/states, corporate sector and civil society/social movements.
"oops".
allouryesterdays.info/2025/10/12/o...
We've known - at a popular/mainstream media level - of serious trouble ahead for almost 4 decades.
Failure of governments/states, corporate sector and civil society/social movements.
"oops".
allouryesterdays.info/2025/10/12/o...
October 13, 1988 - ITV - “The Environment and Pollution” - All Our Yesterdays
Thirty seven years ago, on this day, October 13th, 1988, October 13 1988 ITV programme “The Environment and Pollution” Lord Caithness says “we have got a world leading programme for finding alternativ...
allouryesterdays.info
October 13, 2025 at 7:12 AM
October 13, 1988 – ITV – “The Environment and Pollution”
We've known - at a popular/mainstream media level - of serious trouble ahead for almost 4 decades.
Failure of governments/states, corporate sector and civil society/social movements.
"oops".
allouryesterdays.info/2025/10/12/o...
We've known - at a popular/mainstream media level - of serious trouble ahead for almost 4 decades.
Failure of governments/states, corporate sector and civil society/social movements.
"oops".
allouryesterdays.info/2025/10/12/o...
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Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
www.cbsnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
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Please join USAA-IPCC and @agu.org next week for a webinar on how to engage with @ipcc.bsky.social reports as an Expert Reviewer! The Special Report on Cities and Climate Change opens for first review on Oct 17 - we'll discuss in our webinar how to register and what makes for good review comments.
October 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Please join USAA-IPCC and @agu.org next week for a webinar on how to engage with @ipcc.bsky.social reports as an Expert Reviewer! The Special Report on Cities and Climate Change opens for first review on Oct 17 - we'll discuss in our webinar how to register and what makes for good review comments.
The #IPCC is searching for Chapter Scientists to support the the next round of #climatechange assessments. Candidates from develloping & transition countries - deadline October 18th.
Consider applying as a CS for Chapter14 in WGII on #CC impacts on #biodiversity #ecosystems and #ecosystemservices
Consider applying as a CS for Chapter14 in WGII on #CC impacts on #biodiversity #ecosystems and #ecosystemservices
📣 Attention: Early-career researchers from developing countries & countries in transition!
Are you interested in becoming a Chapter Scientist and supporting author teams for #IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report?
Apply by 18 Oct 2025
🔗 www.ipcc.ch/2025/10/07/c...
Are you interested in becoming a Chapter Scientist and supporting author teams for #IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report?
Apply by 18 Oct 2025
🔗 www.ipcc.ch/2025/10/07/c...
October 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The #IPCC is searching for Chapter Scientists to support the the next round of #climatechange assessments. Candidates from develloping & transition countries - deadline October 18th.
Consider applying as a CS for Chapter14 in WGII on #CC impacts on #biodiversity #ecosystems and #ecosystemservices
Consider applying as a CS for Chapter14 in WGII on #CC impacts on #biodiversity #ecosystems and #ecosystemservices
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We found that between 2018 and 2023, an average of four natural areas were lost to construction each week in Finnish Lapland. Tourism-related developments - hotels, cottages, glass igloos, etc. - accounted for 15% of that loss.
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October 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
We found that between 2018 and 2023, an average of four natural areas were lost to construction each week in Finnish Lapland. Tourism-related developments - hotels, cottages, glass igloos, etc. - accounted for 15% of that loss.
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"You have it in your power to make a difference. Don't give up. There is a future for you. Do your best while you’re still on this beautiful Planet Earth that I look down upon from where I am now."
Those were Dr. Jane's last words, as released by Netflix.
Photo: Katherine Holland
Those were Dr. Jane's last words, as released by Netflix.
Photo: Katherine Holland
October 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"You have it in your power to make a difference. Don't give up. There is a future for you. Do your best while you’re still on this beautiful Planet Earth that I look down upon from where I am now."
Those were Dr. Jane's last words, as released by Netflix.
Photo: Katherine Holland
Those were Dr. Jane's last words, as released by Netflix.
Photo: Katherine Holland
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Fra 🌳 til 🅿️ . Det er til å gråte over korleis vi erstattar natur og matjord med betong: www.nrk.no/dokumentar/x...
NRK avslører europeisk naturtap: Norge topper verstingliste
www.nrk.no
October 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Fra 🌳 til 🅿️ . Det er til å gråte over korleis vi erstattar natur og matjord med betong: www.nrk.no/dokumentar/x...
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Last chance, deadline TODAY!
#hiring #PhDposition #alpineecology #globalchangeecology
@vvandvik.bsky.social
#hiring #PhDposition #alpineecology #globalchangeecology
@vvandvik.bsky.social
🌄🌿Come work with us! We are #hiring a #PhDcandidate in global change ecology to become part of our brand-new Centre for Mountains in Transitions.
Apply here:
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
For an overview of all available positions, see:
cmt.w.uib.no/open-positio...
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Apply here:
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
For an overview of all available positions, see:
cmt.w.uib.no/open-positio...
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PhD Research Fellow in global change ecology (285493) | University of Bergen
Job title: PhD Research Fellow in global change ecology (285493), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Wednesday, October 1, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
October 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Last chance, deadline TODAY!
#hiring #PhDposition #alpineecology #globalchangeecology
@vvandvik.bsky.social
#hiring #PhDposition #alpineecology #globalchangeecology
@vvandvik.bsky.social
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The US wine industry today employs more people than coal did at its peak a century ago
Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Fox: "We're announcing today expanded programs to help the American coal industry. We're helping it because for years it has been under assault. It was out of fashion with the chardonnay set in San Francisco, Boulder, and NYC ... coal just makes the world go round."
September 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The US wine industry today employs more people than coal did at its peak a century ago
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My first PhD paper is out!
It describes the fluxible #rstats package, a toolbox to process and quality check #ecosystem #gasfluxes in a reproducible and automated way.
@unibergen.bsky.social @btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social @bjerknes.uib.no @li-corenv.bsky.social @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
It describes the fluxible #rstats package, a toolbox to process and quality check #ecosystem #gasfluxes in a reproducible and automated way.
@unibergen.bsky.social @btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social @bjerknes.uib.no @li-corenv.bsky.social @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
fluxible: An R package to process ecosystem gas fluxes from closed‐loop chambers in an automated and reproducible way
Measuring ecosystem gas fluxes is crucial to understanding the dynamics of ecosystem water and energy cycling. A common method to measure ecosystem gas fluxes (CO2, CH4, N2O) and to compare experi...
doi.org
September 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
My first PhD paper is out!
It describes the fluxible #rstats package, a toolbox to process and quality check #ecosystem #gasfluxes in a reproducible and automated way.
@unibergen.bsky.social @btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social @bjerknes.uib.no @li-corenv.bsky.social @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
It describes the fluxible #rstats package, a toolbox to process and quality check #ecosystem #gasfluxes in a reproducible and automated way.
@unibergen.bsky.social @btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social @bjerknes.uib.no @li-corenv.bsky.social @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social
Viktig kommentar av @magnusforsberg.no - vi må lære oss å gjenkjenne og håndtere autoritære og ekstreme strømninger *nettopp* når de kler seg i dress og opptrer ‘dannet’. Og jeg vil legge til: Fornektelse av kunnskap, fakta, er et tidlig varsel, en kanarifugl i gruva…
I dag har jeg skrevet om innestemmens paradoks, om hvordan media mangler evnen til å gjenkjenne autoritære og ekstreme strømninger når den er kledd i dress og opptrer «dannet».
Om hvordan verdiene våre brukes mot oss.
Om hvordan verdiene våre brukes mot oss.
Innestemmens paradoks
Vi må gjenkjenne det autoritære, selv om – eller særlig når – det kler seg i dress.
www.dagsavisen.no
September 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Viktig kommentar av @magnusforsberg.no - vi må lære oss å gjenkjenne og håndtere autoritære og ekstreme strømninger *nettopp* når de kler seg i dress og opptrer ‘dannet’. Og jeg vil legge til: Fornektelse av kunnskap, fakta, er et tidlig varsel, en kanarifugl i gruva…