Uriel Menalled
@urielmenalled.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at Virginia Tech studying the #agroecology of apple orchard systems 🍎. #Rstats, #ecology #sustainability, #FunctionalDiversity
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a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐
November 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐
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2) But the real elephant in the room is *your effect of interest*. @aaronjfisher.bsky.social is right in that statistical significance doesn't tell you if an effect is practically or theoretically meaningful. But that neither means that p-values are useless, nor does it depend on the sample size. >
October 31, 2025 at 8:13 AM
2) But the real elephant in the room is *your effect of interest*. @aaronjfisher.bsky.social is right in that statistical significance doesn't tell you if an effect is practically or theoretically meaningful. But that neither means that p-values are useless, nor does it depend on the sample size. >
You can find anything on the Earth's surface. Anything detectable from space using Earth Index, an AI tool that you train quickly by selecting examples of your target (i.e., farms, wastewater, etc).
What an epic tool from @earthgenome.org for geospatial analysis: www.earthgenome.org/earth-index#...
What an epic tool from @earthgenome.org for geospatial analysis: www.earthgenome.org/earth-index#...
Earth Index | Find anything, anywhere
Empowering environmental defenders with AI to understand local trends.
www.earthgenome.org
October 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
You can find anything on the Earth's surface. Anything detectable from space using Earth Index, an AI tool that you train quickly by selecting examples of your target (i.e., farms, wastewater, etc).
What an epic tool from @earthgenome.org for geospatial analysis: www.earthgenome.org/earth-index#...
What an epic tool from @earthgenome.org for geospatial analysis: www.earthgenome.org/earth-index#...
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🚀 🌪️ Launched Storm Events Database today w/ #thecommons & #internetofwatercoalition. We're unlocking 1.9 million US severe weather events from 1950 to the present!
🔗https://ourcommoncode.org/digital-service-case-studies/sed
Explore the platform: stormevents.internetofwater.app
🔗https://ourcommoncode.org/digital-service-case-studies/sed
Explore the platform: stormevents.internetofwater.app
October 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
🚀 🌪️ Launched Storm Events Database today w/ #thecommons & #internetofwatercoalition. We're unlocking 1.9 million US severe weather events from 1950 to the present!
🔗https://ourcommoncode.org/digital-service-case-studies/sed
Explore the platform: stormevents.internetofwater.app
🔗https://ourcommoncode.org/digital-service-case-studies/sed
Explore the platform: stormevents.internetofwater.app
Sampling plant and soil microbe communities in apple orchards across the mountains and valleys of Virginia!
The prettiest field season I’ve ever had!
Now time for some chemical analyses of apple phytochemicals 🧪🍎
The prettiest field season I’ve ever had!
Now time for some chemical analyses of apple phytochemicals 🧪🍎
October 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Sampling plant and soil microbe communities in apple orchards across the mountains and valleys of Virginia!
The prettiest field season I’ve ever had!
Now time for some chemical analyses of apple phytochemicals 🧪🍎
The prettiest field season I’ve ever had!
Now time for some chemical analyses of apple phytochemicals 🧪🍎
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New "Fidelity" #rstats package release with Abbey Neat can
quantify and compare the specificity of #microbiome communities associated with certain hosts or groups!
It intelligently handles rare taxa removal.
And check that handcrafted hex sticker! 😍
quantify and compare the specificity of #microbiome communities associated with certain hosts or groups!
It intelligently handles rare taxa removal.
And check that handcrafted hex sticker! 😍
October 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
New "Fidelity" #rstats package release with Abbey Neat can
quantify and compare the specificity of #microbiome communities associated with certain hosts or groups!
It intelligently handles rare taxa removal.
And check that handcrafted hex sticker! 😍
quantify and compare the specificity of #microbiome communities associated with certain hosts or groups!
It intelligently handles rare taxa removal.
And check that handcrafted hex sticker! 😍
I'm excited about this nice way to collect plot-level species observations, calculating percent coverage or species counts!
If you haven't checked our Pl@ntNet, I find it to be the best app for plant ID.
@plantnet.bsky.social #PlantEcology #OpenData #CitizenScience
youtu.be/BU4ckJgRlHg?...
If you haven't checked our Pl@ntNet, I find it to be the best app for plant ID.
@plantnet.bsky.social #PlantEcology #OpenData #CitizenScience
youtu.be/BU4ckJgRlHg?...
Intro to Pl@ntNet plots
YouTube video by PlantNet
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October 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I'm excited about this nice way to collect plot-level species observations, calculating percent coverage or species counts!
If you haven't checked our Pl@ntNet, I find it to be the best app for plant ID.
@plantnet.bsky.social #PlantEcology #OpenData #CitizenScience
youtu.be/BU4ckJgRlHg?...
If you haven't checked our Pl@ntNet, I find it to be the best app for plant ID.
@plantnet.bsky.social #PlantEcology #OpenData #CitizenScience
youtu.be/BU4ckJgRlHg?...
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Source: ScienceDaily
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Why some plants are taking over the world
Plants are spreading across the globe faster than ever, largely due to human activity, and new research shows that the very same traits that make plants thrive in their native lands also drive their s...
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September 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Source: ScienceDaily
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After a master's, PhD, and postdoc at Cornell, I now set my sights on Virginia Tech, where I will be doing my second postdoc. At VTech, I'll be in Susan Whitehead's lab studying how plant and soil microbe diversity impacts apple quality. I'm looking forward to learning some chemical ecology!
September 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
After a master's, PhD, and postdoc at Cornell, I now set my sights on Virginia Tech, where I will be doing my second postdoc. At VTech, I'll be in Susan Whitehead's lab studying how plant and soil microbe diversity impacts apple quality. I'm looking forward to learning some chemical ecology!
Okay, this is super cool! I wonder if we could use some similar approach to think about the diversity of ancient cropping systems 🤔. Anyone want to collaborate?
#Agroecology #STEM #Paleobotany
#Agroecology #STEM #Paleobotany
📖Published📖
Cooper et al. present DeepDiveR, an R package companion for the DeepDive Python program, facilitating estimation of biodiversity from fossil occurrence data. Read more here 👇
buff.ly/jkCtFzH
Cooper et al. present DeepDiveR, an R package companion for the DeepDive Python program, facilitating estimation of biodiversity from fossil occurrence data. Read more here 👇
buff.ly/jkCtFzH
August 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Okay, this is super cool! I wonder if we could use some similar approach to think about the diversity of ancient cropping systems 🤔. Anyone want to collaborate?
#Agroecology #STEM #Paleobotany
#Agroecology #STEM #Paleobotany
I can’t access the Fourth National Climate Assessment—the Trump admin took it down. It shows extreme precipitation will rise across much of the U.S., supporting my case for tillage reduction research. Farmers and researchers need this info!
Below is an old screenshot.
#ClimateChange #Farming
Below is an old screenshot.
#ClimateChange #Farming
August 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I can’t access the Fourth National Climate Assessment—the Trump admin took it down. It shows extreme precipitation will rise across much of the U.S., supporting my case for tillage reduction research. Farmers and researchers need this info!
Below is an old screenshot.
#ClimateChange #Farming
Below is an old screenshot.
#ClimateChange #Farming
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Predictions of climate change are uncertain. That’s why we need to keep finding out how our atmosphere works, says Tim Palmer
go.nature.com/414QrVV
go.nature.com/414QrVV
Just how bad will climate change get? The only way to know is to fund basic research
Predictions of climate change are uncertain. That’s why we need to keep finding out how our atmosphere works.
go.nature.com
August 13, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Predictions of climate change are uncertain. That’s why we need to keep finding out how our atmosphere works, says Tim Palmer
go.nature.com/414QrVV
go.nature.com/414QrVV
Do you ever get frustrated when you open old code and find that functions that ran in the past were deprecated?
Enter {renv}, a package that stores all package version information in a within-project library! I've been using it for reproducible analysis and long-term code storage.
#Rstats
Enter {renv}, a package that stores all package version information in a within-project library! I've been using it for reproducible analysis and long-term code storage.
#Rstats
July 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Do you ever get frustrated when you open old code and find that functions that ran in the past were deprecated?
Enter {renv}, a package that stores all package version information in a within-project library! I've been using it for reproducible analysis and long-term code storage.
#Rstats
Enter {renv}, a package that stores all package version information in a within-project library! I've been using it for reproducible analysis and long-term code storage.
#Rstats
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Forest cover enhances pest control by birds and bats independently of vineyard management intensity 🌲🧪
Highlights the ecological and economic value of birds and bats as natural pest control agents in vineyards 🦇🌏
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Highlights the ecological and economic value of birds and bats as natural pest control agents in vineyards 🦇🌏
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
July 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Forest cover enhances pest control by birds and bats independently of vineyard management intensity 🌲🧪
Highlights the ecological and economic value of birds and bats as natural pest control agents in vineyards 🦇🌏
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Highlights the ecological and economic value of birds and bats as natural pest control agents in vineyards 🦇🌏
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Shout out to the #rstats {performance} package. Its check_model() function is super helpful for model evaluation.
#statistics #STEM
#statistics #STEM
June 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Shout out to the #rstats {performance} package. Its check_model() function is super helpful for model evaluation.
#statistics #STEM
#statistics #STEM
As someone who enjoys meat but is concerned about the environment, I found it interesting to see that poultry is relatively "light" in terms of GHG emissions per 100 g of protein and land use. Is there a catch to eating chicken that I'm missing?
Full paper: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Full paper: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
June 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
As someone who enjoys meat but is concerned about the environment, I found it interesting to see that poultry is relatively "light" in terms of GHG emissions per 100 g of protein and land use. Is there a catch to eating chicken that I'm missing?
Full paper: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Full paper: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Two global meta-analyses of cover cropping report that, on average, cover crops increase the yield of following crops by 2.6% (Peng et al. 2024) to 9.1% (He et al. 2025)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
June 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Two global meta-analyses of cover cropping report that, on average, cover crops increase the yield of following crops by 2.6% (Peng et al. 2024) to 9.1% (He et al. 2025)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Interested in modelling multiple ecosystem services and their interactions but don't know where to start? Check out our OA new paper! We combined expert knowledge and network analyses to build conceptual system maps and guide data-gathering efforts. 🌎🧪🌐 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
May 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Interested in modelling multiple ecosystem services and their interactions but don't know where to start? Check out our OA new paper! We combined expert knowledge and network analyses to build conceptual system maps and guide data-gathering efforts. 🌎🧪🌐 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Conventional and organic farms with more intensive management have lower soil functionality | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Conventional and organic farms with more intensive management have lower soil functionality
Organic farming is often considered to be more sustainable than conventional farming. However, both farming systems comprise highly variable management practices. In this study, we show that in organi...
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April 25, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Conventional and organic farms with more intensive management have lower soil functionality | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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In putting together the new version of the Mapping with R course, I came across lots of great resources for learning to make maps in #rstats. Here are some of my top recommendations, all of which are available online for free.
April 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
In putting together the new version of the Mapping with R course, I came across lots of great resources for learning to make maps in #rstats. Here are some of my top recommendations, all of which are available online for free.
Just so we are all clear, the Trump administration has not reduced total government spending. The graph below compares the last two years of spending (blue lines) to Trump (red line).
Laying off federal workers and cutting research funding undermines us.
Laying off federal workers and cutting research funding undermines us.
April 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Just so we are all clear, the Trump administration has not reduced total government spending. The graph below compares the last two years of spending (blue lines) to Trump (red line).
Laying off federal workers and cutting research funding undermines us.
Laying off federal workers and cutting research funding undermines us.
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As someone who researches greenhouse gases, I’m absolutely sickened by this. What’s next??Smoking is healthy? Mercury is great in cocktails?
EPA will reverse its acknowledgement that greenhouse gasses are harmful
The EPA plans to reverse its 2009 declaration recognizing greenhouse gasses as harmful to the environment.
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March 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
As someone who researches greenhouse gases, I’m absolutely sickened by this. What’s next??Smoking is healthy? Mercury is great in cocktails?
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This #rstats package 📦 is absolute treasure trove🤌🚀
Super well done, kudos to the authors👏👏👏
Super well done, kudos to the authors👏👏👏
📖Published📖
Denelle et al. present bioregion, a package that includes all the steps of a bioregionalization workflow under a single architecture 🌎 🧪 Read more here 👇
https://buff.ly/3CHqC5p
Denelle et al. present bioregion, a package that includes all the steps of a bioregionalization workflow under a single architecture 🌎 🧪 Read more here 👇
https://buff.ly/3CHqC5p
February 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This #rstats package 📦 is absolute treasure trove🤌🚀
Super well done, kudos to the authors👏👏👏
Super well done, kudos to the authors👏👏👏
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New #rstats pkg gander is now on CRAN!
gander is a coding assistant that knows how describe the objects in your global R environment. So, when you're working with data, LLMs will know the names, types, and distributions of data columns, resulting in much more effective completions.
gander is a coding assistant that knows how describe the objects in your global R environment. So, when you're working with data, LLMs will know the names, types, and distributions of data columns, resulting in much more effective completions.
February 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
New #rstats pkg gander is now on CRAN!
gander is a coding assistant that knows how describe the objects in your global R environment. So, when you're working with data, LLMs will know the names, types, and distributions of data columns, resulting in much more effective completions.
gander is a coding assistant that knows how describe the objects in your global R environment. So, when you're working with data, LLMs will know the names, types, and distributions of data columns, resulting in much more effective completions.
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It does not take long (<3 mins) to send a message to your US representatives urging them to protect our public lands. Our current admin wants to sell our public lands
monumentsforall.org
monumentsforall.org
February 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It does not take long (<3 mins) to send a message to your US representatives urging them to protect our public lands. Our current admin wants to sell our public lands
monumentsforall.org
monumentsforall.org