Some media coverage on our recent study on the tropics
Climate change + wildfires + landuse change + rising trade + biodiversity loss = novel ecosystems shaped by alien species
@EconovoAU@JCSvenning
Full paper: https://t.co/XTXZQPjUhl
https://t.co/lWVmBLU48u
Our newly published article shows how Afrocarduus diversified in Africaโs high mountains. ๐ Sympatric speciation between Afromontane & Afroalpine zones, ecological barriers like the Turkana Depression, and climate oscillations all shaped their evolution: https://t.co/74Cm6LvwZt
New paper: Alien plants interact with land-use change, climate change, and defaunation to reshape ecosystems, often catalyzing the emergence of novel ecosystems
Globally, tropics are at the forefront of such transformations @NatRevBiodiv@JCSvenning
https://t.co/nTwBxC0KET
Our latest paper which provides an extensive data on Global Roadkill reveals how roads are silently killing wildlife worldwide with critical data gaps across the biodiversity rich Global South where road construction is surging with economic growth - raising risks.
๐๐ฅ๐พ NEW PAPER! Led by Clara Grilo, we present Global Roadkill Data, a dataset compiling 208,570 roadkill records of terrestrial vertebrates from 54 countries across six continents. ๐๐
๐ https://t.co/RGicPQ8ZCg
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๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐!
Our students are taking on the challenge, applying what they've learned throughout the week to tackle three assignments of their choice:
1๏ธโฃ ๐๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ:
๐น Using hashtag#VRE and available notebooks to prototype a DT.
๐น Hands-on session applying Open Science principles.
2๏ธโฃ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ (๐๐ฐ๐ฏ-๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ):
๐น Identifying a scientific problem.
๐น Proposing a theoretical solution.
๐น Exploring how it could be transformed into a Digital Twin.
3๏ธโฃ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ-๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ (๐๐๐):
๐น Hands-on parallelisation and scaling models on LUMI.
๐น Using the Crop Wild Relatives pDT as a case study.
๐ Good luck to all the students as they put their knowledge into action during the final day of this educational week!
This morningโs session provided students, early-career researchers & professionals with valuable insights into how the BioDT prototype digital twins are built.
As Gabriela Zuquim, from @CSCfi & #BioDT scientific coordinator shared "๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ & ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ".
During the session, participants had the opportunity to learn from experts:
๐ธ Gabriela Zuquim provided a general overview of the BioDT project
๐ธ Desalegn Chala (@UniOslo) explained the key components of a #digitaltwin
๐ธ Taimur Khan (@UFZ_de) demonstrated how #DT components are applied in the Invasive Alien Species #pDT.
Curious to see how the students will apply this knowledge?ย Follow our social media updates this afternoon ๐
๐น Itโs time to meet our students and trainers! ๐น
At the #BioDT School & Hackathon, participants come from diverse backgrounds, each bringing unique perspectives on #biodiversity and #technology. Today, they introduce themselves and share what motivated them to apply - whether itโs to deepen their biodiversity studies, enhance their research in digital modelling, explore new thesis topics, or learn how to better utilise #data.
#DigitalTwins #Biodiversity
Join Me for a Lunch Seminar on Biodiversity Digital Twins this Thursday -the event will be live-streamed, so you can follow along online from anywhere: Digital Twins for Ecology, Conservation and Food Security https://t.co/VJPpKnoc4b
As #Ethiopia welcomes you to the 38th African Union Summit, I encourage all participants to extend their stay and experience the rich history, diverse cultures, and breathtaking landscapes that make Ethiopia truly the Land of Origins. From ancient heritage sites to vibrant traditions and unparalleled natural beauty, there is so much to discover beyond the summit.
Welcome to your home!
Big thanks to @birkeland_siri for organizing it! I was great to attend a very engaging workshop on The Hidden Potential of Herbarium Specimens for Biogeography and Ecology by @Barnabas_Daru at the University of Oslo. So much to learn and explore! ๐ฟ๐ #Ecology#Herbarium
๐พ How Digital Twins are transforming our approach to agricultural resilience and biodiversity?
๐ฃ๏ธ In the latest BioDT podcast, Dag Endresen highlights the critical connection to UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly #ZeroHunger, while demonstrating how these technological prototypes can detect emerging crop diseases and create strategic sampling roadmaps. Desalegn Chala (PhD) emphasises the transformative potential for global food security, explaining how advanced breeding pattern predictions could revolutionise crop development. And Tobias Guldberg Frรธslev from @GBIF Secretariat expands the vision beyond traditional research, showcasing how these #DigitalTwins will enable unprecedented traceability of micro-organisms, fungi, and complex ecological systems.
By transcending current limitations in biodiversity research, these prototype Digital Twins represent a quantum leap in our understanding of genetic diversity and environmental adaptation.
Discover the future of sustainable agriculture and genetic innovation โ listen to the full episode now! https://t.co/vZzDNBQLzF
A blind beetle named Hitler? The case for changing offensive names of animals and plants, and how it can be done https://t.co/Mi5yU73mE6 via @TC_Africa
Wolves as pollinators? How fascinating! ๐บ๐ธ The Ethiopian endemic wolf plays a role in pollinating the equally unique endemic plant, Kniphofia foliosa! https://t.co/o52L50nQf3
The blind cave beetle, Anophthalmus hitleri, is namaed after Hitler. 61 species of scorpion belong to the genus Hottentotta. The term "Hottentot" was used by European colonizers to denigrate the Khoikhoi people of South Africa, mocking their language https://t.co/6x6rohKY0S
Birds aren't just animals to the Nuer of western Ethiopiaโthey're 'children of god,' spirit bearers, and symbols of twinhood. Honoring these deep cultural connections contributes to biodiversity conservation. #Ethiopia#Nuer#Conservation ๐ฆ๐ฟhttps://t.co/QbzA6sERux