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Arctic ecologist in APE@GU with focus on plant-soil interactions. Professor in Ecosystem Science at University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪.

Robert G. Björk

🔍 Scale matters: 3 km models reveal local climate risks that coarse models miss 📍 Key for planning adaptation in 🦌 herding, 🎿 tourism & 🌿 biodiversity protection

❄️➡️💧 Shorter snow seasons + more freeze–thaw swings mean more ice in the snowpack 🧊 👉 Harder for 🦌 reindeer to access food 👉 Increasing pressure on 🎿 winter tourism

Nice to see our work being appreciated by readers of the Journal of Biogeography 🌿😊 Big thanks to Cassandra Elphinstone for leading this work so brilliantly—sharing the paper again! 🔬 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/K8VB6P...

A busy Friday at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social! 🎤 Thrilled to discuss Arctic ecosystems and herbivores this morning. I’ll be switching roles in the afternoon to join the grading committee for Marianne Stoessel’s thesis on the mountain tundra. Such vital topics for our changing world! 🦌✨ #AcademicLife

Had a fantastic time with an amazing group of students at our 'Earth Systems: Field Course'! 🌍🎒 A huge thanks to the Navarino Environmental Observatory (NEO) for hosting us in this incredible environment. Check out the course here: www.gu.se/en/study-got... #EarthScience #FieldWork #MasterStudents

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🌲⬆️ Trees are moving uphill fast 🏔️⬇️ Tundra is shrinking rapidly ⚠️ In some scenarios, >50% of tundra could be lost already by mid‑century

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🚨 New Ambio study led greatly by Håkan Pleijel within the @biodiversa.eu project BioDiv‑Support: Northern Scandinavia is heading for major climate & ecosystem shifts 🌡️🌲. High‑resolution models reveal big impacts on 🦌 reindeer herding, 🎿 tourism & 🌿 conservation 🔗https://rdcu.be/fkiYw Thread 👇🧵

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