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Elena Litchman
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Microbial community ecologist, professor at Michigan State University | Traits, temperature, biodiversity, resilience, microbiomes, harmful algal blooms
https://www.kl-lab.group
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Elena Litchman is a professor of aquatic ecology at Michigan State University known for her research on the consequences of global environmental change on phytoplankton.

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Elena Litchman @elenalitchman.bsky.social · Feb 25
How will climate change affect human gut microbiomes? In a new @thelancetplanet.bsky.social paper, I analyze the main mechanisms — changes in food availability & nutritional quality, environmental microbiomes, enteric pathogens, increased host stress — and their interactions.
tinyurl.com/27kny9z9
Climate change effects on the human gut microbiome: complex mechanisms and global inequities
Ongoing global climate change is affecting all aspects of life on Earth, including human health. The gut microbiota is an important determinant of health in humans and other organisms, but how climate...
www.thelancet.com

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Casey terHorst @ecoevolab.bsky.social · 5d
Environmental Scientist position available with the City of San Diego #WSN2025
www.sandiego.gov/public-utili...
Ocean Monitoring | City of San Diego Official Website
www.sandiego.gov

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Tami Lieberman @contaminatedsci.bsky.social · 5d
If you're looking for a faculty position at the intersection of ecology and computing (both broadly defined), please apply to this joint search between the CEE Department and the College of Computing at MIT: cee.mit.edu/people/share...
Faculty Position in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Schwarzman College of Computing - cee.mit.edu
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), together with the Schwarzman College of Computing (SCC) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge MA, seeks candidate...
cee.mit.edu

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6d
Kimberly-Clark, the personal care product giant, will buy Tylenol maker Kenvue for $40 billion.

Consolidating markets like this, especially in the medical industry, can lead to price gouging, life-threatening shortages, and mass layoffs.

Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.
The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)
Robert Reich
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 6d
There's a lotta silliness and falsehoods in this statement, but I'm going to focus on the bigger issue: It is immoral to make low-income folks and their hungry children political pawns. Need is need.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6d
IRS officially saying Direct File is dead. This was clear from back in April when they told engineers to stop working on the project (and the leaders of that team have since left government). Here is what I wrote then.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-death-...

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 6d
New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.

In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.

By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 6d
An important new story on the quiet gutting of one of NASA's most important laboratory campuses, during the federal shutdown. Via @ellanilsen.bsky.social & @jackiewattles.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/s...
Workers fear NASA is quietly gutting the iconic home of Hubble and Webb. The agency says it’s strategically closing buildings | CNN
Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
www.cnn.com

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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 6d
Great article from @virginiagewin.bsky.social showing that across the Federal science ecosystem, research that benefits the American public is being delayed or completely halted, and remaining programs are being consolidated under close partisan political control. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...
www.nature.com

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Florian Altermatt @florianaltermatt.bsky.social · 6d
2-years #postdoc #position: #eDNA 🧬🔬for integrated #ecosystem and #biodiversity assessment

apply.refline.ch/673277/1297/...

In the new Eawag/WSL Biodiversity Monitoring Initiative we will strengthen & advance effective and scalable #biodiversity #monitoring methods & implement into practice. 🌐🌳🐟📈
apply.refline.ch

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Garry Peterson @resiliencesci.bsky.social · 7d
2 new jobs working with our FinBio.org project
@sthlmresilience.bsky.social

Social-ecological systems and Natural capital

Postdoctoral fellow
su.varbi.com/what:job/job...

RA, full-time 12 months:
su.varbi.com/what:job/job...
Postdoktor i social-ekologiska system och naturkapital
Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) är ett forskningscenter för resiliens och hållbar utveckling vid Stockholms universitet. Centret främjar den vetenskapliga förståelsen för komplexa, dynamiska
su.varbi.com

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 7d
Australia has so much clean energy they're literally giving it away. Meanwhile, GOP is in all-out war to stamp out solar

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Australian households to get free electricity three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, the federal government will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au

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Niwot Ridge LTER @niwotridgelter.bsky.social · 7d
For those of you who enjoy the TundraCam, we're happy to announce it's back online after some much-needed TLC.

nwt.lternet.edu/news/the-tun...
The TundraCam is back Online! — Niwot Ridge LTER
A beloved feature on Niwot Ridge, the TundraCam is back online after a critical camera replacement. The TundraCam went offline a few months ago, and heavy sleuthing by Niwot lead field technician...
nwt.lternet.edu

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Elena Litchman @elenalitchman.bsky.social · 7d
Thank you @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social's Theoretical Ecology Section for the Best Theory paper award for our @science.org paper on eco-evo emergence of macroecological scaling!
esa.org/theory/award...

Reposted by Scott C. Doney, Alessandro Tagliabue, Elena Litchman

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GEOTRACES @geotraces.bsky.social · 7d
🌊 Postdoc Opportunity: Ocean Biogeochemical Modelling

Alessandro Tagliabue at the University of Liverpool is hiring a 3-year Postdoctoral Research Associate @altagliabue.bsky.social

🔗Details & apply www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG117/p...

#Postdoc #Oceanography #Biogeochemistry #AcademicJobs #ScienceJobs

Reposted by Elena Litchman, Márk E. Hauber

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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 8d
The Dobzhansky Prize recognizes the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist. The awardee will present the Dobzhansky Prize plenary at #Evol2026. Apply by December 1! shorturl.at/p70wY
Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Dobzhansky Prize to recognize the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist. Nominations due December 1, 2025.

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James McInerney @jomcinerney.bsky.social · 9d
What's a good open access journal that will take an opinion article that is a bit long (4,500 words)?

Reposted by Elena Litchman, Martin Tomko, Silvia Secchi , and 5 more

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Roger Freedman @rogerfreedman.bsky.social · 9d
The first (1955) Danish edition of Ray Bradbury’s FAHRENHEIT 451. Later editions did not convert the title, so this is the only SI-compatible edition! 🎢
Cover of “233 Celsius” by Ray Bradbury

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 11d
The University of Hamburg has opened 14 PhD positions focused on ecological and evolutionary research, including climate change impacts on aquatic populations. Details here: https://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/en/forschung/grk2530/openpositions.html #phd
Open positions
Open positions
www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de

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Ecological Society of America @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social · 13d
The Microbial Ecology Section will host its second virtual Journal Club meeting on Friday at 1:00 PM ET. They will be reading this OA paper by Rain-Franco A et al. https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.01403-24

Contact Ilana Cohen to be added to the registration: icohen1@gradcenter.cuny.edu.

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Elena Litchman @elenalitchman.bsky.social · 13d
"This trend is the total power of Boards of Trustees — self-appointed, self-reproducing, and answerable to no discernable public or regulatory scrutiny... the growth of the power of the board is one of the most important transformations in American colleges ..."
www.chronicle.com/article/rese...
Research Is the U. of Chicago’s Lifeblood. Its Board Is Killing It.
A great university could be reduced to a shell of its former self.
www.chronicle.com

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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 17d
Bobcat at Pt Reyes Wednesday ...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17d
These videos of a rat hunting and eating bats will haunt my dreams.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Jessica R. Glass, PhD @jessicaglass.bsky.social · 17d
🚨 Recruiting 12 PhD students for a new NSF-funded program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences! This program is for U.S. students who received an Honorable Mention on the NSF GRFP within the last 3 years. @uafairbanks.bsky.social

www.uaf.edu/cfos/academi...
EMERGE Alaska | College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
www.uaf.edu

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UW Infectious Disease Fellowship Program @uwidfellowship.bsky.social · 17d
The under-performing, mission-skewed industry that is US healthcare, leading us to the some of the highest cost and lowest performance among economically developed countries… #IDSky #MedSky #healthcare

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Health care in the USA: money has become the mission
Despite extraordinary scientific and medical resources, the US health-care system underperforms. In this Review we consider the damage wrought by decades of market-based policies that have stimulated ...
www.thelancet.com

Reposted by Elena Litchman, Jonathan A. Myers, Orlando Schwery

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Mike Moore @moore-evo-eco.bsky.social · 17d
Bumping this up one last time. I'm looking to hire graduate student(s) to work on an NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts among dragonflies here in Colorado. @cudenverclas.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐙

Applications will be considered until Nov 1. See post below for more details
Lake Agnes in State Forest State Park

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Ilaine S. Matos @ilainematos.bsky.social · 18d
Hello! Could you help me advertise this PhD position on seagrass physiology and conservation? Thanks

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Will Gray @willerstorfi.bsky.social · 18d
Hello! we have a new paper out today in @science.org reviewing Calcifying Plankton : from Biomineralization to Global change 🌊🧪🐚

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Calcifying plankton: From biomineralization to global change
The cycling of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) in the ocean is closely linked to seawater alkalinity and the regulation of atmospheric CO2. In the modern pelagic ocean, almost all CaCO3 is produced by three...
www.science.org

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SIL | International Society of Limnology @sil-limnology.bsky.social · 19d
Registration and abstract submissions for oral and poster presentations are now open for #ASLOSIL2026 !
Don't miss this opportunity to share your insights at the ASLO-SIL 2026 Joint Meeting 12-16 May 2026 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 🇨🇦
@aslo.org

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Elena Litchman @elenalitchman.bsky.social · 20d
Nominate your outstanding senior colleagues for the Ecological Society of America's Eminent Ecologist Award! Nominations due Nov. 13.
esa.org/about/awards...
esa.org

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Ecological Society of America @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social · 20d
Just 2 days left to submit your proposal for an invited paper session for #ESA2026! These are:
*Symposia
*Organized oral sessions
*Inspire sessions
Learn about each type & how to make a successful submission & a major impact on the meeting program! https://esa.org/saltlake2026/call-for-proposals/
a photo of ESA member and professional ecologist Chloe Cho standing in front of cherry blossoms. Superimposed text is a quote from her, "I organized an Inspire session about the science-policy interface because we are at a time when the importance of evidence-based decision-making is abundantly clear. It brought together ecologists from all backgrounds to discuss how we can leverage our research and communication skills to influence rea-world policy for people and the environment."