We like playing with mud...water, and bugs (microorganisms🧫). We also hug lots of trees🌴. We study biogeochemistry ⚗️ in relation with global warming 🌎🌡️.
Patagonia
Joined October 2021
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Proud to have served on the international steering committee for this, representing the University of Eastern Finland @UniEastFinland alongside colleagues at @FAO, @UKCEH and the University of Leicester.
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This week, @FAO released the Peat-Emit report
The numbers behind peatland emissions just got rewritten.
The global evidence base for how much CO₂ and N₂O drained organic soils release grew by 45% — 560 data points, up from the 2013 IPCC Wetlands Supplement.
Report is out🧵
Excited to announce our latest publication in Scientific Data! We show how geomorphic settings drive variability in mangrove and peatlands soil carbon in Panama, with useful insights for climate mitigation, MRV, and carbon credits. #BlueCarbon #Mangroves
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nature.com/articles/s41597-0…
🌿New publication about mangrove carbon research! Our data descriptor integrates field data across Panama’s Pacific coast with remote sensing to advance landscape-scale carbon mapping capabilities.
#MangroveEcology #BlueCarbon #TropicalEcology
Mangrove ecosystems are incredibly effective at capturing carbon and supporting the ocean's trophic chains.
Thrilled to share our collaborative journey with colleagues from @UFrontera , @UniEastFinland, @univcadiz and @CR2_uchile ! Over the past two weeks, we've been diving deep into carbon stocks and dynamics within Chile's forests #climate research! 🌳🍃🍂🔥🔬 #ScienceCollaboration
Today, our colleagues from @UFrontera @amirandacerpa participated in the launch of #MAPBIOMAS Chile🚀 #forest #environment 🌲🌳🍇🏩🔥. MAPBIOMAS will provide open-data useful for the proper utilization of Nature-based Solutions in Chile's climate strategy
chile.mapbiomas.org
Science based policies focused on the conservation, management, and restoration of these ecosystems is fundamental for them to maintain or increase their carbon sink capacity. @jhoyosantillan @amirandacerpa @T_A_Worthington @CATIEOficial @UniofNottingham @DefraGovUK @UKinPanama
Both mangroves and peatlands are among the most carbon rich ecosystems on the planet. Including them in the Nationally Determined Contributions will definitely improve our chances of addressing the climate and biodiversity crises.
Throughout the project, we collaborated with colleagues from national and international institutions. We will come back!!! Uncertainty regarding carbon dynamics in Patagonia is still high and we would love to address it.@MMAChile @LICOR_ENV @AgroambienteU @udemagallanes
During these past couple of years, we measured greenhouse gas emissions in beaver ponds, peatlands, and forest; we measured emissions from both soil and trees; and we explored the microbial communities in these ecosystems. #climatechange #science #patagonia #Peatlands #methanet
This week we had the privilege of conducting fieldwork in Tierra del Fuego, Chile. This was the last fieldwork trip of our project focused on assessing the impact of beavers on peatlands carbon dynamics. 🦫🌲💧🔥🌡️🌎 #anid #climatechange #Peatlands #globalwarming #carbondioxide
But beavers are not the only driver of forest loss in Tierra del Fuego. Logging remains an industrial activity that is also impacting carbon stocks in these ecosystems. Together, beavers and logging, have a negative effect on Chile's carbon neutrality roadmap.
In Patagonia, beavers are an invasive species that have significantly altered the forest landscapes of Tierra del Fuego.
