Dr Ilona Naujokaitis-Lewis 🇱🇹🇨🇦

I've migrated to 🟦 pastures. Catch me at inlewis.bsky.social

Interested in microclimate ecology? Join us on the other site. Please pass along! @SoilTemp_proj

🌍 Earth’s natural carbon sinks are vital for mitigating #ClimateChange. 🌱Did you know soil holds more carbon than you think? Understanding carbon storage in ecosystems is essential for advancing climate action and conservation. Via @VisualCap

Today's Lancet climate and health report presents 56 indicators of health and climate change across FIVE domains. (Download the report for free from the Lancet website). Here is a thread of some of the key findings. #Lancetclimate24 (1)

New paper on neonicotinoids found in #milkweed in agricultural field margins. Leaves and flowers present a cocktail of neonics that can affect #monarch #butterflies & #pollinators. Neonics in old > young flowers & flowers > leaves @ECCCSciTech doi.org/10.1016/j.scit…

New paper published in @NatureComms The 2023 fire season in Canada is a wake-up call: severe climate impacts on fire activity are arriving decades earlier than predicted. Building fire-resilient environments is now more critical than ever! @NRCan @CEF_CFR nature.com/articles/s4146…

@JLembrechts @thenaturedave @GEB_macro @SoilTemp_proj Want/need to read! Behind a paywall though and no open access 😞. Any version freely available? Feel free to DM. Thanks!

A truly important paper (a landmark paper, I'd say), led by the always amazing @thenaturedave, now published in @GEB_macro. With a whole bunch of great minds from @SoilTemp_proj onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ge…

Not spatial resolution, not temporal resolution, but climate proximity is what matters. Indeed, in a new paper we show a 247% (!) improvement in ecological model performance using proximal microclimate data. I break this concept down for you here ⬇️ the3dlab.org/2024/06/28/pro…

Proximal #microclimate improves ecological predictions! Read a new collaborative paper from the @SoilTemp_proj led by @thenaturedave doi.org/10.1111/geb.13…

@AmandaCicchino @SCBNorthAmerica @JennSunday @ke_marshall @ecolforecaster @JoeyBernhardt @NACCB2024 @SCBNorthAmerica

@AmandaCicchino @SCBNorthAmerica @JennSunday @ke_marshall @ecolforecaster @JoeyBernhardt Thanks to all the incredible symposium speakers. We had such a great lineup and thoughtful discussion @JennSunday @AmandaCicchino @JoeyBernhardt @ecolforecaster @ke_marshall and Erik Beever. Thanks @NACCB2024

@SCBNorthAmerica #NACCB2024 Interested in integrating physiology into conservation? Join us in the Great Hall North @ 2 for a symposium on this topic! Followed by a Q&A discussion. Talks from @JennSunday @ke_marshall @ecolforecaster @JoeyBernhardt @ilonanl22 Erik Beever & me

Apply and/or share widely: we are HIRING! A database manager for @SoilTemp_proj, in the framework of @BiodiversaPlus project ForestWeb 3.0. 1,5 year, postdoc level (or experienced master). At @UAntwerpen, under my supervision uantwerpen.be/nl/jobs/vacatu…

our #myClim #microclimate #Rstats package got a major update! There are many improvement - for major two see following tweets :) download new myClim version from #CRAN cloud.r-project.org/web/packages/m… for development versions and discussions see github.com/ibot-geoecolog…

🚨🚨🚨 NEW PAPER out today in Proc B! @royalsociety Responses of wildlife to climate change are typically quantified at the species level, but are we missing important variation in thermal sensitivity over space (species ranges) and time (seasons)? royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

‼️ Forest-dwelling wildlife populations have shrunk by 79% on average 🐅 Similar to the #climate stripes, these #forest stripes show the downward trend in populations of monitored species that depend on forest habitats 📉 RT if you want more action for Forests 🌳⏱️

Happy to share our new monograph on redlining, birds, their habitat, and people in Los Angeles just out in @AmOrnith. Please see the infographic below, put together by @KAPdesign, for details If you're unable to access the paper (see link) please DM me academic.oup.com/condor/advance…

Are the genetic indicators of the Global Biodiversity Framework feasible? Yes. Pre-print out. And THREAD! of major results: #COP15 #SBSTTA25 #GBF @CoalitionConGen @seanmhoban @LindaLaikre @JMergeay @Conserva_Mas et al ecoevorxiv.org/repository/vie…

Nearly 1,000 birds died after striking the windows at McCormick Place convention center on October 5: the most Field collecting efforts have documented in the past 40 years. 📸: Lauren Nassef

Does microclimate data actually improve SDMs? Very much yes, and even at the European scale! The impressive outcome of a new @SoilTemp_proj-paper led by @HaesenStef now out in Ecology Letters. Why I think these results are extremely important? ⬇️ the3dlab.org/2023/10/04/the…