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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila
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Assistant Prof of Environmental Studies-Dartmouth College & Harvard Forest Affiliate
PI of the Tumber-Dávila Lab: https://sites.dartmouth.edu/tumberdavilalab/
Ecology | Educator | Forests | terrestrial Carbon
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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · 11d
Interested in learning more about the Tumber-Dávila Lab, check out more information on our website: sites.dartmouth.edu/tumberdavila...
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This looks like a really cool opportunity that combines research and teaching with an amazing mentor!
josephtumber.bsky.social Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · 4d
The Tumber-Dávila Lab and Michael Cox are looking for a postdoctoral Fellow to join the Environmental Studies Department at Dartmouth through the Society of Fellows Program
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November 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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The Tumber-Dávila Lab and Michael Cox are looking for a postdoctoral Fellow to join the Environmental Studies Department at Dartmouth through the Society of Fellows Program
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November 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Dartmouth’s Earth Science Department is hiring in Geobiology and/or Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry!
josephtumber.bsky.social Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · 5d
New Assistant Professor Posting:
@dartmouthears.bsky.social @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social
Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry and/or Geobiology
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November 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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New Assistant Professor Posting:
@dartmouthears.bsky.social @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social
Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry and/or Geobiology
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November 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Dartmouth has a postdoctoral fellowship through the Neukom Institute for Computational Science (due by 12/1), where prospective postdocs can apply to work with Dartmouth faculty on a project with a computational component.
If of interest, reach out to faculty!

neukom.dartmouth.edu/funding/facu...
November 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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UMass Amherst Biology is recruiting a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of Plant Physiology. Deadline Nov 1. Please spread the word and apply!

careers.massachusetts.edu/mob/en-us/jo...
Assistant Professor - Plant Physiology
The Department of Biology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the area of Plant Physiology. The successful can...
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October 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Another great perspective by Tumber-Dávila Lab Manager @sgradywelsh.bsky.social on the value of doing careful, slow, and purposeful work,

In a time where we must learn to trust our instincts

LESSONS IN ROOT ID!
October 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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New on the Belowground blog: Perfection versus feasibility in belowground ecology plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/l...
Life Lessons in Root Identification
Commentary by S. Grady Welsh from Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA. The photo above shows members of the Tumber-Dávila Lab learning to sieve roots and soil. Photo by Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dá…
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October 29, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Interested in learning more about the Tumber-Dávila Lab, check out more information on our website: sites.dartmouth.edu/tumberdavila...
October 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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sciam.bsky.social
This is only the second time we’ve had more than two Category 5 storms in a single Atlantic hurricane season
Hurricane Melissa Is the Third Category 5 Storm This Year—That’s Only Happened Once Before
This is only the second time we’ve had more than two Category 5 storms in a single Atlantic hurricane season
www.scientificamerican.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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egu-sss.bsky.social
🧟 Soil Fun Fact: Zombie carbon, or when the underground comes back to life!

Soil holds more carbon than all plants + the atmosphere, but when disturbed, some of it “rises from the dead” as CO₂!

🎃 Keep that #ZombieCarbon buried this #Halloween 🌱

#EGUSSS #SoilScience #CarbonCycle
October 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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We are extending the deadline until November 09 for submissions to the #2026PeatECRcalendar.

Send us your best #wildlife photos in #peatlands and other #wetlands.

Include the coordinates, peatland and animal name, some information about your project.

Email to peatecr@gmail.com
Promotional poster for the 2026 PEAT (Peatland ECR Action Team) calendar themed "Wildlife." It announces that the photo submission deadline has been extended until November 9. The background shows a wooden path leading through peatland toward distant mountains at sunset. Photo credit: Justinas Sakas.
October 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Grateful to see our paper featured in an Eos Research Spotlight, “How Plant–Fungi Friendships Are Changing.” Cool title!
eos.org Eos @eos.org · 18d
Mycorrhizal fungi provide plants with nitrogen, but in exchange they take up to half the carbon plants pull from the atmosphere. In a new study, researchers investigate how the environment influences this give-and-take.
How Plant-Fungi Friendships Are Changing - Eos
A new framework shows how much carbon plants allocate to their endosymbionts and how that amount might change in the face of warming soil and rising carbon dioxide levels.
eos.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Congrats to @dukesjeff.bsky.social and many other @droughtnet.bsky.social scientists working on studying the effects of different drought patterns in grasslands and shrublands worldwide. Read more below:
droughtnet.bsky.social DroughtNet @droughtnet.bsky.social · 25d
The latest DroughtNet paper is out in Science today! Using coordinated experiments across six continents and 74 sites, the International Drought Experiment found differences between the effects of extreme droughts and more typical droughts... (1/3) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity
As droughts become longer and more intense, impacts on terrestrial primary productivity are expected to increase progressively. Yet, some ecosystems appear to acclimate to multiyear drought, with cons...
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October 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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.@cmarin.bsky.social and 127 co-authors present a global call to strengthen national #SoilBiodiversity action, in an #OpenLetter to policymakers at 27th meeting of the @unbiodiversity.bsky.social SBSTTA taking place in Panamá City this week.

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#SBSTTA27
A quote from the article. Text reads: "The decline of soil biodiversity has visible and growing consequences. The science is clear, the frameworks exist, and the need for action is urgent."
October 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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harvardforest.bsky.social
We're hiring for two full-time, permanent positions: a Senior Scientist (to lead our eddy flux work) and a Director of Administration and Finance. Unfortunately we can't host international visas for these positions. More info here! harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/about/employ...
October 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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A great opportunity to Join Harvard Forest as a Senior Scientist to lead eddy flux work with your very own towers in a place that is deeply connected to ecosystem ecology!
@fluxnet.bsky.social @fluxnetecn.bsky.social @agubiogeosciences.bsky.social @cznews.bsky.social @uslter.bsky.social
harvardforest.bsky.social Harvard Forest @harvardforest.bsky.social · 20d
We're hiring for two full-time, permanent positions: a Senior Scientist (to lead our eddy flux work) and a Director of Administration and Finance. Unfortunately we can't host international visas for these positions. More info here! harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/about/employ...
October 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Canopy which is an amazing urban forestry organization in EPA, CA is hiring a full-time Bilingual Environmental Educator, check out the job posting and the amazing work that Canopy does here: canopy.org/about-us/jobs/
Bilingual Environmental Educator Full-time, hybrid position based in Palo Alto, CA Under the direction of Canopy’s Education Director, the Bilingual Environmental Educator will be responsible for developing and implementing Canopy’s new PreK-12 “From Canopy to Creek” curriculum in collaboration with schools and community-based partners in Santa Clara County, with a focus on Mountain View, Los Altos and Palo Alto. In addition, the Bilingual Environmental Educator plays an integral role in shaping new curriculum and resources, as well as supporting Canopy’s education programming at public events. This is a grant-funded position with a duration of 2 years.
October 16, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Higher Ed in 2025 is opening your mailbox to see that your institution has sent you:

1. A Center for Teaching and Learning call to integrate AI into your classroom; and

2. An Office of Academic Integrity email encouraging you to crack down on students who use AI to cheat.
October 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Martin Zobel is the corresponding author of the recently published #TansleyReview ‘#Symbiont plasticity as a driver of plant success.’

📖 doi.org/10.1111/nph....

#mycorrhiza #PlantScience
Manifestation of symbiont plasticity, expressed as root mutualist flexibility.
October 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Important new carbon markets story from @benelgin.bsky.social in Bloomberg:

Verra acknowledges it issued too many carbon credits to a controversial forest offset project, but hasn't implemented a remedy — despite backing companies' use of these credits.

🎁 Gift link below.
Majority of Carbon Credits From Tarnished Project Deemed Bogus
After a two-year probe, findings by the world's largest offset certifier raise pressing questions for the struggling carbon markets.
www.bloomberg.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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If you are faculty, alumni, staff, student, or a student's parent at any of these places, you have an unusual chance to influence the future right now by communicating with your administration clearly about what's at stake.
October 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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🌱 New framework in plant ecology! Researchers propose 6 Belowground Persistence Types (BPTs) — classifying plants by woodiness, clonality, and resprouting ability. This whole-plant view reveals how species persist after disturbance and could reshape how we study resilience.
🔗 buff.ly/LgaPglR
(MK)
Hypothesized distribution of the belowground persistence types along a gradient of disturbance return time with hump-shaped (first increasing and then decreasing) investment in resprouting (highlighted by intensity of shading). The disturbance return time ranges from less than a year to many decades. source: original paper
October 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Do you study effect of disturbance on large scales? Use Belowground Persistence Types of plants! We hope that they will help us to understand better ecosystem resilience than only plant traits.
sciencecharles.bsky.social Charles University, Faculty of Science @sciencecharles.bsky.social · 27d
🌱 New framework in plant ecology! Researchers propose 6 Belowground Persistence Types (BPTs) — classifying plants by woodiness, clonality, and resprouting ability. This whole-plant view reveals how species persist after disturbance and could reshape how we study resilience.
🔗 buff.ly/LgaPglR
(MK)
Hypothesized distribution of the belowground persistence types along a gradient of disturbance return time with hump-shaped (first increasing and then decreasing) investment in resprouting (highlighted by intensity of shading). The disturbance return time ranges from less than a year to many decades. source: original paper
October 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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New term means a new and returning group of enthusiastic undergrads working in the lab on all sorts of rhizosphere projects! (just missing 3 people)

Can't you tell how excited we all are! 🌳🍂🍁

@dartmouthartsci.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM