@MushtaqBilalPhD Does this study account for the fact that Nobel prize winners a) are likely working on a line of highly relevant research, b) important research likely attracts the best minds of the next generation and c) the historically best funded research institutions lie in NA and Europe?
I am looking for a PhD student (fully funded, 4 years) to start next year at Stockholm University. Apply before 5/11 online. Topic is described in the link but in a nutshell: effect is glacier melt on carbon cycling in Greenlandic fjords https://t.co/BVp6CwOG3A
The drivers of the loss of tree cover are different in each region.
Recent data from Global Forest Watch shows trends in tree cover loss, split by five drivers: forestry, shifting agriculture, and wildfires, which lead to temporary tree cover loss, while commodity-driven deforestation and urbanization often cause permanent deforestation.
This dataset combines time-series data of tree cover loss, estimated from satellite imagery using research by Matthew Hansen and colleagues, with research on the drivers of deforestation by Philip Curtis and colleagues.
The drivers of tree cover loss vary markedly across regions. Wildfires and forestry (logging) are the main drivers of tree cover loss in Europe and North America, with wildfires mainly occurring in Canada and Russia. Tree cover loss from wildfires does not include fire clearing for agriculture.
Commodity-driven deforestation is a key cause in Asia and South America, largely due to trends in Brazil and Indonesia. Shifting agriculture — where trees are cleared so the land can be cultivated temporarily before being abandoned — is the dominant driver of tree cover loss in Africa and a major driver in South America.
(This Daily Data Insight was written by Fiona Spooner.)
Congratulations to Laura Summerauer who just successfully defended her PhD thesis! The thesis examines the effect of #deforestation on #soil redistribution and soil #degradation on #croplands along the steep topography of the East African Rift system.
Wildfires have surged globally in August 2024, mainly in Africa.
The chart shows the weekly area burned by wildfires globally and in Africa from 2012 to 2024. This August saw an abrupt increase in the area burned by wildfires, with most of this rise coming in a single week.
This global weekly burn rate was 64% higher than any previous week during this period. This data comes from the Global Wildfire Information System.
This dramatic rise was mostly driven by severe wildfires in Africa, where approximately 22 million hectares burned in a week, accounting for around 80% of the global burned area.
Two countries have been particularly hard-hit — Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo — where 6% and 2.5% of the total land area have burned in just one week.
(This Daily Data Insight was written by Veronika Samborska.)
The war in Ukraine is also a war for soil. @SebDoetterl, Professor for #SoilResources at @ETH_en explains what makes Ukrainian soil so valuable and why it will become even more geopolitically significant. https://t.co/9eMiQJXx8f
Depth‐Partitioning of Particulate Organic Carbon Composition in the Rising and Falling Stages of the Amazon River - https://t.co/J6ZnVL7KSz
We explore depth trends in the concentration and composition of POC in the Amazon River Mainstem at Obidos. @saroraaustralis@drdrewsteen
@mateosfo @uberfahr As an American west-coaster living in Switzerland, it boggles my mind when I return to the US why we let cars and their infrastructure dictate our entire living geography.
@valiergaly Absolutely. The problem is when folks don't take these into consideration, which I'm afraid is quite often. I just think we could already improve citation metrics by having slightly more nuanced categories. Like a simple checkbox during submission to designate "data author".
When are we going to create a new category for scientific "authorship" that is "only provided a few data points to a massive global synthesis"?
These hundred+ author papers that get cited a ton should be listed in a different category...