Dr. Dirk N. Karger
Scientist bridging #Climate and #Biodiversity...
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- Reposted by Dr. Dirk N. KargerThe @wsl-dme.bsky.social lab members arrived at #TIBS2026 in Aarhus. We are excited to enjoy great talks, posters, workshops, discussions with colleagues and friends, and we look forward to contribute as well, with 7 oral and 5 poster contributions. #Biogeography #Macroecology #Biodiversity
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- Reposted by Dr. Dirk N. Karger🗾The poster sessions at #TIBS2026 are a great opportunity to exchange results and ideas, and to meet new people. We enjoy the interaction and atmosphere. And we will leave with a rich set of new ideas and connections.🚀 #Biogeography #Macroecology #Biodiversity #CHELSA @wslresearch.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Dr. Dirk N. KargerDamiano Righetti from our DME lab just presented his cool research at #TIBS2026 on trophic species distribution modelling of tuna and its pray.
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- Reposted by Dr. Dirk N. KargerOur DME member @dirknkarger.bsky.social gave a great talk on adapting land use to climate change and how this can mitigate global biodiversity decline.
- Reposted by Dr. Dirk N. KargerGreat talk at #TIBS2026 by @dirknkarger.bsky.social on how adapting land use to climate change may mitigate global biodiversity decline. Along these lines: check out our new paper on land use and climate change impacts on global biodiversity: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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- Reposted by Dr. Dirk N. KargerHiring/Seeking a *permanent* programmer in ecological modelling at my lab @unibonn.bsky.social. We mechanistically model plant communities, island biogeography, species range dynamics, eco-evolutionary feedbacks, diversity gradients, tropical forests, vascular epiphytes. Pls rt! shorturl.at/Bzzdt
- 🌿 Join Our Team as Postdoctoral Researcher in Regional Climate Downscaling at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL in Switzerland and lead the development of regional, highresolution climate scenarios for Armenia. @wslresearch.bsky.social @wsl-dme.bsky.social apply.refline.ch/273855/1747/...
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- Earlier this year, Chen et al. @science.org showed that droughts are intensifying globally, with warming. www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.ado4245, Now, Gebrechorkos et al. @nature.com confirms the same findings. Very important work, but not wholly novel doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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- Reposted by Dr. Dirk N. KargerMassive work by my friend and colleague @gabrielmoulatlet.bsky.social showing that most Amazonian species (vertebrates and plants) are exposed to metal contamination from mining activities from Gabriel's postdoc w/ @bjenquist.bsky.social #BiogeographyOfRisk #Macroecology
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- At WSL @wslresearch.bsky.social we are hiring a "Postdoc in Regional Climate Downscaling" for a forest/climate project in Armenia funded by the Swiss Development Cooperation (DEZA). 📍 Switzerland | 🕐 1.5 yrs | 📅 Start: Spring 2025 Details: apply.refline.ch/273855/1727/... Please share widely.
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- Bert Wuyts is sharing our latest work on modeling #tipping-points in mountain ecosystems ⛰️ at the #TipESM annual meeting. Do #mountain #ecosystems hit critical tipping points in a warming world — and if so, when? 🌍⚠️ A great chance to exchange ideas. @tipesm.bsky.social ial @wsl-dme.bsky.social
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- #CHELSA has now entered its 15th year of development, and yesterday, I had the pleasure of presenting it at the #MeteoSwiss 🇨🇭, Switzerland’s national weather service. I really appreciated the insightful discussions and the open exchange on current and future challanges. @wsl-dme.bsky.social
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- 1/ How often does a major droughts hit the Alps? A deep dive into the data. 🌍 Having free and accessible drought data makes it easy to check how climate change has already impacted a region. Using our global drought dataset envidat.ch#/metadata/gl..., I took a closer look at the Alps. 🧵👇
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- David L. Hoover and William K. Smith also published an amazing overview in @science.org on how our study fits into the recent research on this topic and that "... a deeper understanding of multiyear droughts is still lacking." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @wsl-dme.bsky.social
- The increasing amount of droughts were also a topic in the Swiss news SRF, where they emphasised that the increase in area affected per year is larger than Switzerland www.srf.ch/play/tv/news... @wsl-dme.bsky.social @extremeswsl.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation also highlights the study, mentioning how one of Canada's worst droughts (1999-2005) caused shipping to be restricted on the Great Lakes and a loss of 41,000 jobs. www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1... @wsl-dme.bsky.social
- In the @washingtonpost.com fellow scientist Jason Smerdon call it: “... an important piece of detective work that highlights how the character of droughts globally, such as their length and severity, is important to consider ...” www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi... @wsl-dme.bsky.social
- Also @bloomberg.com highlighted the risk of increasing droughts globally and how droughts have contributed to the devastating wildfires in California in the last days: www.bloomberg.com/news/article... @wslresearch.bsky.social @extremeswsl.bsky.social @wsl-dme.bsky.social
- Nice overview of our recent findings on the increasing effect of multiyear droughts from @carbonbrief.org : www.carbonbrief.org/multi-year-d... @wsl-dme.bsky.social @extremeswsl.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social
- 🌍 Mega-droughts are becoming more frequent and intense globally. Our study in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... shows that multi-year droughts have significantly increased over the last 40 years with severe impacts @wslresearch.bsky.social @wsl-dme.bsky.social @extremeswsl.bsky.social (1/7) 🧵
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