Owen Atkin
@owenatkin.bsky.social
Professor of Plant Science. Director, ANU Agrifood Innovation Institute. St Kilda faithful. https://biology.anu.edu.au/people/academics/owen-atkin
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High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants
The effect of high temperature on plant performance and survival is a topic of great interest given the ongoing rise in global heatwave frequency, duration, and intensity. The temperature at which ph...
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Congrats to @bposch.bsky.social for leading the writing of the New Phytologist Tansley Review on High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants. @newphyt.bsky.social
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Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life
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Save the date! 47th New Phytologist Symposium on 'Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life'. Explore how extreme heat affects plants that underpin ecosystem productivity.
2-5 June 2026, Cordoba, Spain.
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2-5 June 2026, Cordoba, Spain.
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www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
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Advertising Space 250 px x 1900 px INSIDE UKRAINE’S PHOENIX UNIVERSITIES After being hunted, forced to flee and evading ongoing bombardments, Ukrainian HE leaders are finding new ways to thrive. […]
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From today's Future Campus news: "ANU’s Susanne von Caemmerer &Graham Farquhar have collected their Royal Medal (Biol) from the Royal Society... established in 1660 and “the oldest scientific academy in continuing existence.” @biologyanu.bsky.social is proud as!
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A friendly visitor at Thredbo in southern Australia. Spring in the subalpine region
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Aboveground biomass in Australian tropical forests now a net carbon source - Nature
A transition from carbon sink to source for the aboveground woody biomass of moist tropical Australian forests has occurred, driven by increasingly extreme climate anomalies.
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An important paper - just out in @natureportfolio.nature.com documenting a decline in net C uptake by Australian rainforests. Eventually the same will occur in other rainforests - a reminder that we need to get to net zero ASAP. @biologyanu.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Owen Atkin
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· Sep 30
Monday 29th September 2025 on the Main Range of Kosciuszko National Park - just 2.5 hours drive from Canberra. Great backcountry ski conditions for this time of year!
Owen Atkin
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· Aug 18
Paris Braces for a Future of Possibly Paralyzing Heat
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Paris Braces for a Future of Possibly Paralyzing Heat www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/w...
Owen Atkin
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· Aug 17
Farm Creek - between Perisher and Guthega
Owen Atkin
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· Aug 16
Linalool-triggered plant-soil feedback drives defense adaptation in dense maize plantings
High planting density boosts crop yields but also heightens pest and pathogen risks. How plants adapt their defenses under these conditions remains unclear. In this study, we reveal that maize enhance...
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Plants are such tricky critters - love it.
Linalool-triggered plant-soil feedback drives defense adaptation in dense maize plantings | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Linalool-triggered plant-soil feedback drives defense adaptation in dense maize plantings | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Owen K. Atkin
Nutrient-induced changes in root respiration in 10 woody plant species
Deping Zhai, Ana Clarissa Negrini, Joana Zaragoza-Castells, Kristine Y. Crous, Odhran S. O’Sullivan, Patrick Meir, Kevin L. Griffin, Matthew H. Turnbull, Xuhui Zhou,Owen K. Atkin. This is a p…
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📰Published📰
Nutrient-induced changes in #root respiration in 10 woody #plant species
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Nutrient-induced changes in #root respiration in 10 woody #plant species
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What an amazingly tight round of footy! Eight of nine games decided by 15 points or less! The margins ... 14, 15, 8, 10, 5, 2, 4, draw!! Bloody unbelievable!! #AFLCatsGiants #afltigerseagles #aflnorthlions
Owen Atkin
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· Jul 24
Record-breaking 2023 marine heatwaves
The year 2023 witnessed an extraordinary surge in marine heatwaves (MHWs) across Earth’s oceans, setting new records in duration, extent, and intensity, with MHW activity totaling 53.6 billion °C days...
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"2023 set new records in the duration, extent, and intensity of [marine heatwaves]"
Record-breaking 2023 marine heatwaves | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Record-breaking 2023 marine heatwaves | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Owen Atkin
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· Jul 16
Davis Atkin: Australia’s first out gay male hockey international on showing up for the queer community, representing on the world stage, and redefining masculinity
The Jack Murley Sports Show · Episode
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In June, I went to Antwerp, London and Berlin to watch my son play hockey with Australia’s national field hockey team. The best part was the game in London when all his team mates wore rainbow socks as LGBTQ+ allies. To learn why, listen to this podcast.
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Owen Atkin
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· Jul 13
My walk to work this AM reminds me that for all the stresses created by ANU budget cuts, #canberra remains a great place to live and work.
Owen Atkin
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· Jul 10
NASA Earth Science Division provides key data
In May, the US administration proposed budget cuts to NASA, including a more than 50% decrease in funding for the agency’s Earth Science Division (ESD) (1), the mission of which is to gather knowledge...
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Why would you cut NASA Earth Science Division when it couples a small cost to a high return on investment? Why? ". This investment ...spur(s) technological innovation and high-tech jobs......."
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NASA Earth Science Division provides key data | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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NASA Earth Science Division provides key data | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Owen K. Atkin
Emi Tanaka
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· Jul 10
We're pleased to welcome Yidi Deng, last of 3 postdocs we hired for Analytics for the Australian Grains Industry project!
Yidi has an impressive list of work from his PhD in developing and applying statistical methods for single cell data integration analysis.
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Yidi has an impressive list of work from his PhD in developing and applying statistical methods for single cell data integration analysis.
🔗 anu-aagi.github.io/news/posts/2...
Owen Atkin
@owenatkin.bsky.social
· Jul 2
Impacts of climate change on global agriculture accounting for adaptation - Nature
Analysis of data on six stable crops, capturing two-thirds of global crop calories, allows estimation of agricultural impacts and the potential of global producer adaptations to reduce outpu...
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Even when accounting for climate adaptation strategies, agric production will fall in the coming decades as the planet warms, with a production drop that is equivalent to 4.4% of daily calorie requirements per 1 °C in temperature
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Owen Atkin
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· Jul 1
How the Hottest Place in India Survives
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How the Hottest Place in India Survives www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/w...
Owen Atkin
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· Jun 22
Fantastic to see the Australian mens (field) hockey team beat England 4:3 yesterday in London - wearing rainbow socks to show their support for inclusiveness in sport
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Owen Atkin
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· Jun 18
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Prospects for cereal self-sufficiency in sub-Saharan Africa | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Owen Atkin
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· Jun 16
Tropical forests are heating up. Can they cope?
Scientists are pushing plants beyond their comfort zone to test their resilience to warming
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Great to see a focus in @science.org on impacts of heat on forest systems.
Tropical forests are heating up. Can they cope? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Tropical forests are heating up. Can they cope? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Owen Atkin
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· Jun 5
From the Director: May update
The re-election of Labor in May’s Federal election was soon followed by another drop in the Reserve Bank of Australia’s official interest rate, with the hope that cost of living pressures will fall in...
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my @anuagrifood.bsky.social Director Message for May 2025 is now out. It provide a examples of how we are ensuring researchers and students understand the needs of the agrifood industry, and a new industry member of our Agrifood Hub: PHENOSPEX.
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Reposted by Owen K. Atkin
James Schnable
@szintri.bsky.social
· Jun 2
Protecting against downside risk doesn’t have to come at the expense of continued increases in the yield potential.
No evidence of a tradeoff between yield stability and maximum yield in an analysis of hybrid performance across 34 environments. New pub led by @jensinadavis.bsky.social
No evidence of a tradeoff between yield stability and maximum yield in an analysis of hybrid performance across 34 environments. New pub led by @jensinadavis.bsky.social
Owen Atkin
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· May 22
Global Carbon Budget 2024
Abstract. Accurate assessment of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and their redistribution among the atmosphere, ocean, and terrestrial biosphere in a changing climate is critical to bette...
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For those with an interest in year to year changes in the global carbon cycle, the latest assessment is just out.
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Owen Atkin
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· May 21
A half-century of climate change in major agricultural regions: Trends, impacts, and surprises | PNAS
Efforts to anticipate and adapt to future climate can benefit from historical experiences.
We examine agroclimatic conditions over the past 50 y fo...
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A half-century of climate change in major agricultural regions: Trends, impacts, and surprises | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...