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𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

✧ Filipendula vulgaris ✧

Filipendula vulgaris, commonly known as dropwort, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Rosaceae and closely related to meadowsweet. Found in Europe, western Siberia, Asia Minor, the Caucasus and North Africa, it has finely cut, fern-like radical leaves that form a basal rosette, and an erect stem 20 to 50 centimetr...

#NorthAfrica #Europe #Siberia #Caucasus #Estonia #Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipend

New preprint out! 🔥 Using combined paleo-ecological and modeling methods, we uncover regional Holocene #wildfire dynamics in eastern #Siberia. Notably, our findings suggest potential human impacts as early as 5000 years ago - contrasting a common view of historically unmanaged forests 🌲

So far, any historical human impacts on fire regimes or traditional land use practices with relevance for wildfire were poorly acknowledged in international literature for eastern Siberia - despite clear indications from Indigenous communities, and former visitors leaving us with clear hints: For example, Georg W. Steller describes in the early 1700s his observation of common burning in forests near the Lena River. And in 1913, Fridtjof Nansen writes in his expedition notes about a long-standing habit of the Natives to burn old grasses near the Amur River. There is more to this 🔍

According to our study, fuel availability seems to be a key factor here. We discuss by example of the #Sakha how people may have reduced wildfire severity around their settlements since c. 800 years ago.

Find the preprint here:
doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.14.643

Photo taken in #Yakutia, August 2021.

@wildfirescience @paleofire @ecology #paleofire

How was past #wildfire activity in eastern #Siberia and how did it relate to climate/vegetation/human activity? 🔥
Now out in E&G Quaternary Science Journal: a thesis abstract summarizing main findings from my dissertation. Big thanks to the German Quaternary Association (DEUQUA)!

doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-74-101-2

@wildfirescience @paleofire @ecology #paleofire #sakha #yakutia

doi.orgLong-term changes of wildfire regimes in eastern Siberia: an evaluation based on lake sediment indicators and individual-based modeling

Nell’ultimo anno, dopo la morte del dissidente politico #AlexeiNavalny avvenuta il #16febbraio del 2024 in un carcere in #Siberia in circostanze mai chiarite, è iniziato un periodo molto complicato per l’opposizione russa, che già prima era perseguitata sistematicamente dal regime di #VladimirPutin . Oggi sembra che l’unica opposizione possibile al regime di Putin sia quella condotta dai dissidenti all’estero, che però hanno un’influenza assai limitata.

#politica

ilpost.it/2025/02/16/opposizio

Il Post · È stato un anno orribile per l’opposizione russaDalla morte di Alexei Navalny le cose si sono complicate, a causa delle divisioni interne tra dissidenti e della dura repressione del regime di Putin