Pauline Grierson
@pfgblue.bsky.social
Plants & soil | Tree rings | Water | Isotopes | Fire |Arid Australia | Biogeochemistry |Botany | Inordinately fond of working dogs, esp. kelpies
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🌿Microgrants for National Eucalypt Day events close this coming Wednesday, 11th Feb!
We have a very limited number of $500 microgrants available to support you to bring your idea to life.
2026 theme: #OurEucalyptHome
🔗Info and submissions here: https://eucalyptaustralia.org.au/host-an-event/
We have a very limited number of $500 microgrants available to support you to bring your idea to life.
2026 theme: #OurEucalyptHome
🔗Info and submissions here: https://eucalyptaustralia.org.au/host-an-event/
February 4, 2026 at 11:59 PM
🌿Microgrants for National Eucalypt Day events close this coming Wednesday, 11th Feb!
We have a very limited number of $500 microgrants available to support you to bring your idea to life.
2026 theme: #OurEucalyptHome
🔗Info and submissions here: https://eucalyptaustralia.org.au/host-an-event/
We have a very limited number of $500 microgrants available to support you to bring your idea to life.
2026 theme: #OurEucalyptHome
🔗Info and submissions here: https://eucalyptaustralia.org.au/host-an-event/
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Two days ago, we discovered Trump has engaged in the most corrupt behavior of any president in history—giving secret technology to China's ally in exchange for the Trump family getting half a billion dollars.
And nobody is still talking about it. #Corruption
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
And nobody is still talking about it. #Corruption
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump accused of ‘corruption, plain and simple’ after UAE invested in family firm
White House says president is not involved in running his businesses. Ethics experts remain concerned
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Two days ago, we discovered Trump has engaged in the most corrupt behavior of any president in history—giving secret technology to China's ally in exchange for the Trump family getting half a billion dollars.
And nobody is still talking about it. #Corruption
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
And nobody is still talking about it. #Corruption
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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'It's not my problem, it's not up to me and my government to take a stance'
Except that it IS, Penny, that's what _genuine leaders_ with a _moral compass and spine_ do.
Except that it IS, Penny, that's what _genuine leaders_ with a _moral compass and spine_ do.
Is there a more disappointing politician right now in Australian politics than @senatorwong.bsky.social?
Like tunicates, it seems Labor MPs fail to ever fully develop a spine.
Like tunicates, it seems Labor MPs fail to ever fully develop a spine.
February 4, 2026 at 11:36 PM
'It's not my problem, it's not up to me and my government to take a stance'
Except that it IS, Penny, that's what _genuine leaders_ with a _moral compass and spine_ do.
Except that it IS, Penny, that's what _genuine leaders_ with a _moral compass and spine_ do.
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It's only 10.30 and Penny Wong can't explain why we don't have the legal responsibility to arrest Herzog, CGT changes on the table, 3 indies voice concerns about what his visit will do to cohesion, Hanson is back after her senate suspension and the Libs/Nats are still a mess.
live.thepoint.com.au
live.thepoint.com.au
The Point Live: Future of Coalition still up in the air, Labor facing internal 'discomfort' over Herzog visit.
The final day of this week's sitting still has the focus on what is happening outside the chambers, with Sussan Ley and David Littleproud still scrapping over the Coalition's future, while Ed Husic vo...
live.thepoint.com.au
February 4, 2026 at 11:30 PM
It's only 10.30 and Penny Wong can't explain why we don't have the legal responsibility to arrest Herzog, CGT changes on the table, 3 indies voice concerns about what his visit will do to cohesion, Hanson is back after her senate suspension and the Libs/Nats are still a mess.
live.thepoint.com.au
live.thepoint.com.au
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But Bezos had $75 million to spend on Melania’s vanity project.
February 4, 2026 at 4:42 PM
But Bezos had $75 million to spend on Melania’s vanity project.
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"Last September, Herzog was named by the United Nations commission of inquiry on the occupied Palestinian territory as having incited genocide against the Palestine people in Israel’s prosecution of its war in Gaza."
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
February 4, 2026 at 8:32 PM
"Last September, Herzog was named by the United Nations commission of inquiry on the occupied Palestinian territory as having incited genocide against the Palestine people in Israel’s prosecution of its war in Gaza."
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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February 4, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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Save the date!
48th New Phytologist Symposium: Forest interactions
📅 13–16 October 2026
📍 Leysin, Switzerland
www.newphytologist.org/events/48-nps
#PlantScience
48th New Phytologist Symposium: Forest interactions
📅 13–16 October 2026
📍 Leysin, Switzerland
www.newphytologist.org/events/48-nps
#PlantScience
Forest interactions
Explore plant interactions in forest environments at all levels from micro- to macro-scales and across the whole spectrum of plant biology.
www.newphytologist.org
February 4, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Save the date!
48th New Phytologist Symposium: Forest interactions
📅 13–16 October 2026
📍 Leysin, Switzerland
www.newphytologist.org/events/48-nps
#PlantScience
48th New Phytologist Symposium: Forest interactions
📅 13–16 October 2026
📍 Leysin, Switzerland
www.newphytologist.org/events/48-nps
#PlantScience
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"Abstract submission deadline February 6, 2026 at 23.59 CET."
It is the last minute to get your abstract submitted for this summer's BIOGEOMON: bit.ly/biogeomon_ab... 🌐🧪
It is the last minute to get your abstract submitted for this summer's BIOGEOMON: bit.ly/biogeomon_ab... 🌐🧪
February 4, 2026 at 1:30 PM
"Abstract submission deadline February 6, 2026 at 23.59 CET."
It is the last minute to get your abstract submitted for this summer's BIOGEOMON: bit.ly/biogeomon_ab... 🌐🧪
It is the last minute to get your abstract submitted for this summer's BIOGEOMON: bit.ly/biogeomon_ab... 🌐🧪
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We published a Teaching Tools on Genomic Analysis of Botanical Collections, including Lectures Notes, a teaching presentation (college level) and activities for a flipped classroom approach. Feel free to use it in your courses! Translations to other languages coming up soon! #PlantScience #Teaching
📣 Check out the latest unit in the Teaching Tools in Plant Biology series, “Genomic Analysis of Botanical Collections: Opportunities and Challenges,” blog.aspb.org/new-teaching.... 🌱
#PlantScience
#PlantScience
February 3, 2026 at 9:55 PM
We published a Teaching Tools on Genomic Analysis of Botanical Collections, including Lectures Notes, a teaching presentation (college level) and activities for a flipped classroom approach. Feel free to use it in your courses! Translations to other languages coming up soon! #PlantScience #Teaching
Disappointing
Luxury development in WA's South West approved by environment minister
A controversial $138 million luxury resort slated for construction in WA's South West is given a long-anticipated green light by the state's environment minister.
www.abc.net.au
February 4, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Disappointing
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Remember her name: Aliya Rahman
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
February 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Remember her name: Aliya Rahman
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself.
It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did.
ICE MUST GO‼️
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Again.
Residents of a far west New South Wales community found tens of thousands of dead fish on the banks of Lake Menindee.
Up to 100,000 fish found dead at Lake Menindee
Residents of a far west New South Wales community found tens of thousands of dead fish on the banks of Lake Menindee.
www.abc.net.au
February 4, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Again.
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I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 3:44 AM
I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...
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This research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source
Researchers say carbon emissions change in Queensland tropical rainforests may have global climate implications
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:26 PM
This research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🧪🌾News - How do trees know when winter has really begun?
New research from the Bhalerao group in @natcomms.nature.com shows that trees don’t just count cold hours - they also use brief warm spells early in winter.
📸 From left: @shkpandey.bsky.social, Bibek Aryal & @sisiphusonbreak.bsky.social
New research from the Bhalerao group in @natcomms.nature.com shows that trees don’t just count cold hours - they also use brief warm spells early in winter.
📸 From left: @shkpandey.bsky.social, Bibek Aryal & @sisiphusonbreak.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 2:17 PM
🧪🌾News - How do trees know when winter has really begun?
New research from the Bhalerao group in @natcomms.nature.com shows that trees don’t just count cold hours - they also use brief warm spells early in winter.
📸 From left: @shkpandey.bsky.social, Bibek Aryal & @sisiphusonbreak.bsky.social
New research from the Bhalerao group in @natcomms.nature.com shows that trees don’t just count cold hours - they also use brief warm spells early in winter.
📸 From left: @shkpandey.bsky.social, Bibek Aryal & @sisiphusonbreak.bsky.social
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Sydney desperately needs public housing, not another high cost privatisation, and this is an excellent site - but it must maximise public parklands and protect heritage. If Labor are serious about delivering public housing do it here, don’t just flog it off to developer mates
February 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Sydney desperately needs public housing, not another high cost privatisation, and this is an excellent site - but it must maximise public parklands and protect heritage. If Labor are serious about delivering public housing do it here, don’t just flog it off to developer mates
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Light pollution is an underappreciated and growing threat to marine #biodiversity. It already affects ~22% of global coastlines and can reach the seafloor.
This video, made with #UNSW, #ADSA, and #DCCEEW, highlights why marine #lightpollution matters 🌊🌐🧪
#ALAN 💡
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtd7...
This video, made with #UNSW, #ADSA, and #DCCEEW, highlights why marine #lightpollution matters 🌊🌐🧪
#ALAN 💡
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtd7...
Light pollution and the marine world
YouTube video by UNSW Science
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Light pollution is an underappreciated and growing threat to marine #biodiversity. It already affects ~22% of global coastlines and can reach the seafloor.
This video, made with #UNSW, #ADSA, and #DCCEEW, highlights why marine #lightpollution matters 🌊🌐🧪
#ALAN 💡
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtd7...
This video, made with #UNSW, #ADSA, and #DCCEEW, highlights why marine #lightpollution matters 🌊🌐🧪
#ALAN 💡
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtd7...
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Get this: the Israeli president’s visit will be so divisive, according to NSW Police, that the appropriate response is to ban all public assemblies while he’s here, rather than, say, him not coming.
February 3, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Get this: the Israeli president’s visit will be so divisive, according to NSW Police, that the appropriate response is to ban all public assemblies while he’s here, rather than, say, him not coming.
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📣 Check out the latest unit in the Teaching Tools in Plant Biology series, “Genomic Analysis of Botanical Collections: Opportunities and Challenges,” blog.aspb.org/new-teaching.... 🌱
#PlantScience
#PlantScience
February 3, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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Here’s a useful reminder of what our federal courts SHOULD be doing to uphold our constitutional traditions:
Annotating the Judge’s Decision in the Case of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE (Gift Article)
Our critic annotates the barbed wordplay of a decision challenging the Trump administration’s theory of executive power.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Here’s a useful reminder of what our federal courts SHOULD be doing to uphold our constitutional traditions:
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🌱IMS Early Career Researcher Travel Award🍄
🎉Congrats to Maycon Cristiano Barbosa 🇧🇷
🏆 Latin America awardee
Award supported by the New Phytologist Foundation
@newphyt.bsky.social
This award supports his participation with an oral presentation at #ICOM2026
#Mycorrhiza
🎉Congrats to Maycon Cristiano Barbosa 🇧🇷
🏆 Latin America awardee
Award supported by the New Phytologist Foundation
@newphyt.bsky.social
This award supports his participation with an oral presentation at #ICOM2026
#Mycorrhiza
February 3, 2026 at 1:24 PM
🌱IMS Early Career Researcher Travel Award🍄
🎉Congrats to Maycon Cristiano Barbosa 🇧🇷
🏆 Latin America awardee
Award supported by the New Phytologist Foundation
@newphyt.bsky.social
This award supports his participation with an oral presentation at #ICOM2026
#Mycorrhiza
🎉Congrats to Maycon Cristiano Barbosa 🇧🇷
🏆 Latin America awardee
Award supported by the New Phytologist Foundation
@newphyt.bsky.social
This award supports his participation with an oral presentation at #ICOM2026
#Mycorrhiza
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Angela Smyth, contemporary artist & illustrator #womensart
February 3, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Angela Smyth, contemporary artist & illustrator #womensart
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February 3, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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The NSW police commissioner admits that the Herzog visit will cause so much animosity that it could hurt communities. That's one of the criteria for cancelling visas under the character test. Instead, he bans protests. Our democracy means nothing. #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
NSW protest restrictions extended ahead of Israel president's visit
The NSW Police commissioner announces restrictions on protests will be extended, ahead of planned demonstrations against the upcoming Sydney visit of Israel's president.
www.abc.net.au
February 3, 2026 at 7:29 AM
The NSW police commissioner admits that the Herzog visit will cause so much animosity that it could hurt communities. That's one of the criteria for cancelling visas under the character test. Instead, he bans protests. Our democracy means nothing. #auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...