🆕Issue Brief: To tackle the climate and biodiversity crises, Europe need solutions, nature-based solutions! From perennial crops to salt marshes and Arctic traditions, discover how working with nature builds resilience. #BiodivClim #NatureBasedSolutions
➡️ Read more: www.biodiversa.eu/2025/09/25/l...

Our forests are failing their climate stress test. How do we build resilience?
Our latest brief shows that diversifying forests away from vulnerable monocultures is key but monitoring gaps and policy barriers remain. #BiodivClim #NatureRestoration
➡️The path forward: www.biodiversa.eu/2025/09/25/m...

Soils hold the key to our resilience. Our new Issue Brief shows how soil can:
✅Help tackle climate change
✅Support food security
✅Restore ecosystems
#BiodivClim #SoilMicrobiome #CarbonFarming #ClimateAdaptation
Explore the science: www.biodiversa.eu/2025/09/25/s...
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Building Climate Resilience: New Issue Briefs on Soils, Forests & Nature-based Solutions Biodiversa+ has released a new series of three Issue Briefs from the BiodivClim programme, showing how biodiversity can make Europe’s soils, forests, and landscapes more resilient to climate change.

How can Europe build resilience against climate change?

Three new issue briefs dive into the science behind Nature-based Solutions, soil health & sustainable forestry.

Evidence-based insights to guide policy and practice. From @biodiversa.eu

🧷 www.biodiversa.eu/2025/10/30/b...

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📄 How can Europe build resilience against climate change?
Three new issue briefs dive into the science behind Nature-based Solutions, soil health & sustainable forestry. Evidence-based insights to guide policy and practice. #BiodivClim
➡️ Explore: www.biodiversa.eu/2025/10/30/b...

BiodivClim Final Events: Bridging biodiversity and climate action The BiodivClim Final Events brought together researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders to mark the conclusion of the BiodivClim CoFund Action...

What a 2 days it’s been! #BiodivClim wrapped up with:
✅Science-packed presentations
✅Panels on NbS, policy & more
✅Knowledge Hub reflections
✅Interactive workshops
🎨And science-inspired comics!

Thanks & congrats to all involved!
Catch up here: www.biodiversa.eu/biodivclim-f...

🌾 A drought. A family farm. A buried solution?
The Wheat Code – new comic from #Science2Story @biodiversa.eu

Can science (and sisterhood) save the harvest?

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#biodivclim #nbscomics #climatestorytelling #naturebasedsolutions

🌳🎸 Meet Leo — a wandering musician who walks from the Amazon to Sweden, beneath trees. One day, he vanishes… becoming part of the forest he loved.

Read Forest of Forgotten Futures, @biodiversa.eu #Science2Story 👉 nbscomics.com/2025/06/08/f...

#NbSComics #BiodivClim

Interesting research results from #MixForChange @biodiversa.eu project by @joguillemot.bsky.social et al: drougth sensitive tree species do better among drought tolerants. #BioDivClim #FunPotential

BiodivClim final conference, 10–11 June 2025

📅 Save the date! Explore solutions for biodiversity loss & climate change.

Online: #BiodivClim final conference, 10–11 June 2025.
Showcasing 21 project findings & the power of Nature-based Solutions for adaptation/mitigation.

Info & registrations: www.biodiversa.eu/2025/05/27/b...

🛣️ #ASICS ( #BiodivClim) shows roads disrupt mountain ecosystems, altering soil, vegetation, and fungal communities. They favour generalist fungi and reduce plant-fungal network complexity by 66-95%.
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Soil extracellular polymeric substances and microbial biomass react differently to field induced drought stress in contrasting cropping systems at different wheat developmental stages - Biology and Fertility of Soils Drought events are becoming more severe and recurrent over Europe. Changes in temperature and rain patterns can affect soil nutrient mobility and availability, modulating the biomass and activity of…

🌾 #MICROSERVICES ( #BiodivClim) shows drought boosts soil EPS—protective sugars & proteins—early in wheat growth, but biodynamic soils divert more rhizodeposits and mucilage to microbial biomass over EPS, hinting at better drought buffering.
doi.org/10.1007/s003...

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🌿 Geospatial tools like Depth to Water Index (DTW) can guide peatland rewetting in agriculture, aiding climate and biodiversity goals. In Finland, #PRINCESS ( #BiodivClim) identified 135,000 ha of peat soils for rewetting.
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Exploring adaptive capacity at the land-sea interface: insights from coastal rural communities in Chile - Ecology & Society Coastal communities face increasing threats as global change diminishes the productivity of fisheries and agricultural land at the land-sea interface. Building adaptive capacities is essential to…

🌊 Coastal fishers' resilience linked to local knowledge. #EASMO ( #BiodivClim) interviewed 99 Chilean fishers and shows diverse responses to marine resource declines, with local knowledge enabling diversification and strengthening adaptation.
doi.org/10.5751/ES-1...

🍫 Policy brief from #SustainCocoa ( #BiodivClim): The EU Deforestation Regulation offers a real chance to drive sustainability in the cocoa sector, but it needs inclusive public data systems, agroforestry incentives, and national & global cooperation on traceability.
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Global distribution and predictive modeling of Vibrio vulnificus abundance - Communications Earth & Environment The abundance of potentially pathogenic bacteria Vibrio vulnificus is influenced by chlorophyll and surface currents, according to reanalysis of genetic data combined with predictive modelling.

🌊 Climate change is fuelling the spread of Vibrio vulnificus, a potentially deadly bacterium. #BaltVib ( #BiodivClim) shows that warming, phytoplankton blooms & currents drive its abundance, raising the alarm for public health & coastal ecosystems.
doi.org/10.1038/s432...

📡 Amazon wetlands mapped! #CLAMBIO ( #BiodivClim) combines remote sensing and meteorological data to identify white-sand ecosystems (WSEs) in the Uatumã Reserve. A powerful tool for mapping and monitoring WSEs throughout the Amazon!

🍓 How does climate change impact woodland strawberry across Europe? #PlantCline ( #BiodivClim) finds mixed responses to drought—some genotypes thrive, others struggle. Could rising droughts reduce genetic diversity?

Conserving Amazonian vascular epiphytes: evaluating protected areas and unveiling biodiversity through comprehensive species inventories - Biodiversity and Conservation Epiphytes are an important group for studies on conservation, as they are organisms sensitive to environmental changes and can serve as strong indicators of the ecosystem’s status. To avoid…

🌿 #CLAMBIO ( #BiodivClim) reveals exceptional vascular epiphyte richness in the Amazon. High endemism at 1000-3000m, and 76% species in PAs. PAs are crucial, but more conservation measures are needed to protect this diverse flora.

🍫 Forest-focused supply chain policies (FSPs) are key for sustainable cocoa production in West Africa. But #SustainCocoa ( #BiodivClim) highlights gaps in design & implementation, calling for landscape-scale approaches & greater farmer involvement.

❄️ #ASICS ( #BiodivClim) highlights that much of Antarctica's biodiversity remains unknown! While vertebrates are well studied, invertebrates, plants & microbes—especially their interactions—need more research for better conservation.

Greenland – a distinctive island operation economy - contextual challenges in comparing across societies | Polar Record | Cambridge Core Greenland – a distinctive island operation economy - contextual challenges in comparing across societies - Volume 61

🇬🇱 Greenland’s economy differs from its Nordic neighbours, yet comparisons with them shape policies that may not fit local realities. #FutureArcticLives ( #BiodivClim) calls for rethinking governance & sustainability through the lens of “island operations”.

Effects of converting cropland to grassland on greenhouse gas emissions from peat and organic-rich soils in temperate and boreal climates: a systematic review - Environmental Evidence Background To align with climate goals, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture must be reduced significantly. Cultivated peatlands are an important source of such emissions. One proposed…

🌾 Converting cropland to grassland on peatlands to cut GHG emissions? #PRINCESS ( #BiodivClim) found no significant difference in CO2 or methane, and uncertain results for N₂O. This highlights the complexity of peat soil emissions. GHG estimates should consider more variables!

Evolution of Amazonian biodiversity: A review ABSTRACT Amazonia (defined herein as the Amazon basin) is home to the greatest concentration of...

🌎 Amazonia's history is key to its future. #CLAMBIO ( #BiodivClim) reviews it from rainforest origins to Andes uplift to human impacts, calling for long-term investment in biodiversity monitoring and strategic habitat planning.

🌱 How do seedlings shape a tree's future? #FeedBaCks ( #BiodivClim) research in tropical forests highlights key growth-survival and stature-recruitment trade-offs, explaining life-history strategies.

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🌍 #EASMO ( #BiodivClim) identifies 4 framings for understanding ecosystem service co-production: input, actor, context, & discipline-focused, highlighting the need for diverse perspectives in management.

🌱 #ASICS ( #BiodivClim) & #ForestWeb ( #BiodivMon) found limited upward spread of non-native plants along roads in the Scandes, but increased cover & richness at lower elevations, along with increased arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

Low impact of Zostera marina meadows on sediment and water microbiota under brackish conditions - Environmental Microbiome Background Zostera marina is an important ecosystem engineer influencing shallow water environments and possibly shaping the microbiota in surrounding sediments and water. Z. marina is typically…

🌊 In the Baltic Sea, #BaltVib ( #BiodivClim) found salinity crucial for microbiota in Zostera marina (eelgrass) beds. Higher salinity increased eelgrass height, impacting sediment microbiota.

🌳 #ACORN ( #BiodivClim) used nSSRs & cpSSRs to study downy oak genetics in Central Europe. Two main clusters found, shaped by landscape & introgression with sessile oak. Likely post-glacial refugia identified. Important for conservation & seed sourcing!