New study: most climate models underestimate the decline of the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC. The AMOC is on course to slow by more than 50% by the end of the century. 🌊
Very likely the AMOC will then be past the tipping point for full shutdown. 😨
us.cnn.com/2026/04/16/c...
Posts by David N. Thomas
"The masters of war pretend not to know that it takes only a moment to destroy, yet a lifetime is often not enough to rebuild. They turn a blind eye to the fact that billions of dollars are spent on killing and devastation, yet the resources needed for healing, education and restoration are nowhere to be found." -Pope Leo XIV
Phew…..
Phew…..
Important date in the #HelsinkiBikeCommute calendar…….first day of the year that the legs don’t need to be covered….it seems to have been a long winter 😀
New publication:
Assessing scaling strategies for nature-based solutions: An indicator-based analysis of policy documents in the Canary Islands
open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
new publication:
From bathing standards to lived waterscapes: Why we need to rethink inland blue space quality
Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
new publication
Conflicts hinder research into animal movements
Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Our latest @isme-microbes.bsky.social study is now available in its final format.
You can also read more about our work here:
igorpessi.com/2026-04-13-b...
⬇️ got me thinking
....am I the only Worcestershire County Cricket Club follower in the 43 million bsky accounts?
certainly interesting, but what happened to the Arctic & Southern Oceans?
I may be the only one on bsky ....but celebrating @worcestershireccc.bsky.social winning their first County Championship match of the season....and within 3 days 🎉
Work desk reflections = lengthy procrastination
Work desk reflections = lengthy procrastination
Many congratulations to Erik Bruun on his 100th birthday today
He is an icon for Finnish graphic design who has an exuberant connection with nature
Take a look at: bruundesign.com/en/
“Erik managed to befriend a lone seal, and says the seal smiled after seeing his drawing. According to specialists, the ringed seal does not smile, but Erik strongly disagrees.”
bruundesign.com/en/history/
Many congratulations to Erik Bruun on his 100th birthday today
He is an icon for Finnish graphic design who has an exuberant connection with nature
Take a look at: bruundesign.com/en/
High quality sea-ice biogeochemistry needs a kitchen ladle attached to a long pole and a always a broom
& we never went far on an ice floe without our kitchen sieve
This findings from this study from Sweden are highly pertinent to forest management in Finland....
It is quite simple isn't it? We need to preserve/protect old primary forests
This findings from this study from Sweden are highly pertinent to forest management in Finland....
It is quite simple isn't it? We need to preserve/protect old primary forests
& we never went far on an ice floe without our kitchen sieve
Very interesting papers in the @ambio-journal.bsky.social special issues on "Human-wildlife relations: resilience thinking for coexistence"!
link.springer.com/collections/...
New publication
Eight recommendations for advancing blue Nature-based Solutions
Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
new publication
Source-sink dynamics facilitate mammal recovery after unsustainable hunting in a community-managed natural protected area in the Peruvian Amazon
Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New publication
Towards a more just post-coal future: Engaging local communities in post-mining landscape restoration through participatory mapping methods
Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
High quality sea-ice biogeochemistry needs a kitchen ladle attached to a long pole and a always a broom