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Carla Staver
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Ecologist and savanna lover, especially interested in fire and herbivory. Prof @ Princeton EEB. https://staver.lab.princeton.edu/
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andrewdessler.com
I just saw this great climate video with Tim Robinson and Prof. Henri Drake. Tim's "We're all trying to find the guy who did this" skit is one of the funniest bits of all time and this one is also great. From @yellowdotstudios.bsky.social

youtu.be/0O95kvMKPeQ?...
You Expect Me To Believe That?!? Ft. Tim Robinson
YouTube video by Yellow Dot Studios
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October 24, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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canopyinclouds.bsky.social
My colleague Sarah Batterman and others from @caryinstitute.bsky.social are organizing what looks like a great crash course on ecosystem ecology for graduate students at an exceptionally affordable cost:
September 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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davidlowry.bsky.social
Super excited about this new Open Rank tenure-track faculty search for the MSU Plant Resilience Institute. We successfully hired two excellent new faculty in our last search and we are hoping to build on that success with this search. careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Working/Functional Title Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System Position Summary The Plant Resilience Institute (PRI) at Michigan State University invites applications for multiple tenure-st...
careers.msu.edu
September 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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lotuslofgren.bsky.social
Our department (Berkeley PMB) is hiring an asst. prof. in Plant Resilience to Climate Change! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05049
Assistant Professor - Plant Resilience to Climate Change - Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
September 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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andrewdessler.com
Our comment on the DOE CWG report is done. It tips the scales at 439 pages, approx. 3x longer than the DOE report.
This is related to Brandolini's law: The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.

Example: refuting one sentence.
DOE CWG STATEMENT (second paragraph of section 2.1.1, page 3): “Piao et al. (2020) noted that greening was even observable in the Arctic.” COMMENT: This statement implies that the Arctic greening signal was caused by elevated CO2 , however that is not the scientific consensus. Piao et al. (2020) attribute the greening trend in the Arctic predominantly to growing season length driven by warmer temperatures (see also Y. Zhang et al., 2022). Piao et al. (2020) also note that this positive impact of increasing temperatures appears to have weakened over the past four decades, “suggesting a possible saturation of future greening in response to warmer temperature” (see also comment on greenness trends related to Section 2.1.1, first sentence of Page 4). It is also important to put Arctic greening more broadly into the context of the carbon cycle and other impacts. While above-ground plants may have displayed more leaf area over the past decades, rising temperatures also thaw permafrost and drive accelerated decomposition in highly carbon rich soils (Turetsky et al., 2020), a process which is expected to accelerate as climate continues to warm (Miner et al., 2022). Thus even with Arctic greening, high latitude terrestrial systems may become net carbon sources to the atmosphere, causing an amplifying feedback (Braghiere et al., 2023). Other risks to the Arctic linked to higher CO2 levels and rising temperatures are not mentioned in this report (Virkkala et al., 2025). The Arctic is warming at a rate of 2 to 3 times the global average, leading to thawing of permanently frozen soils (permafrost), with downstream impacts including loss of structural support for buildings and subsidence, threatening communities, roads, runways, and other assets across Alaska (Manos et al., 2025; University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Northern Engineering US Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District & Laboratory, 2019).
August 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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avnimalh0tra.bsky.social
Excited to see this paper out! We used NEON data to explore the relationship between fine root and soil carbon stocks. With @sr-weino.bsky.social @katerinageorgiou.bsky.social @aaberhe.com @josephtumber.bsky.social @mingzhenlu.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1038/s432...
Fine root and soil carbon stocks are positively related in grasslands but not in forests - Communications Earth & Environment
A positive relationship between fine root carbon and soil organic carbon stocks is well established in grasslands, particularly at greater depths, but the relationship varies across forests, based on ...
doi.org
July 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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brackenlab.bsky.social
Multiple ecology faculty positions at @notredame.bsky.social. Apply at apply.interfolio.com/171650. (1/2). 🌎🌐🧪
Multiple Early Career Faculty Positions in Ecology The Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame invites applications for multiple, tenure-track assistant professor positions that will enhance existing institutional excellence in ecology. We are searching broadly for creative and collaborative individuals (1) working at any spatial scale, from local to global, in any system, (2) studying any level of biological organization, from genes to ecosystems, and (3) using any mode of inference, from empirical to theoretical. Applicants should demonstrate research excellence that crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries; ongoing growth in the department will emphasize new hires that use quantitative and/or integrative approaches to study ecological processes. Postdoctoral experience is desirable in applicants. Successful candidates will engage with and benefit from UNDERC, Notre Dame’s 8000-acre environmental field station and home to NEON’s Great Lakes domain, superb on-campus chemical and genomic analytical facilities, an experimental research facility located close to campus, cross-disciplinary interactions through multiple centers and institutes including the Environmental Change Initiative, and a unique Interdisciplinary Graduate Training Program in Environment and Society. New faculty will benefit from Notre Dame’s recent campus-wide Strategic Framework that included the Just Transformations to Sustainability Initiative. Modern research facilities exist in a new environmental research building, which opened in 2025.
August 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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thirstygecko.bsky.social
The University of Arizona is hiring a tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor in Physical Geography! Research specialities could include wildfire, climate and water resources, and/or natural hazards, amongst others. Please apply and join us! arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Assistant or Associate Professor, Physical Geography (T/TE) (Updated)
Develop and maintain an active research program.Teach undergraduate and graduate courses.Develop advanced courses at the graduate level.Mentor and adv...
arizona.csod.com
August 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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fukamit.bsky.social
Assistant Professor position in Traditional Ecological Knowledge at Stanford University. Applications due Sept 30, 2025

facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor in Traditional Ecological Knowledge
facultypositions.stanford.edu
August 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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johnwares.bsky.social
FOUR TT positions in ecosystem ecology at Odum School of Ecology, 2 aquatic 2 terrestrial, over next 2 years! visit www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/439... for more info.
Assistant Professor in Ecosystem Ecology
The Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia invites applications for four tenure-track positions in Ecosystem Ecology at the Assistant Professor level. These are academic year, 9-month app...
www.ugajobsearch.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
carlastaver.bsky.social
Delighted to share that the Staver lab has moved to Princeton EEB (on July 1 — I’m a little late)!! Excited for new adventures!
July 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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joshuasweitz.bsky.social
A focus on the futures we will lose if the WH continues to dismantle research across agencies spanning the EPA, DHS, NIH, NSF, USAID, and DoD (via NASA Watch).

When: Tuesday, July 8, 2025, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET
Where: Rayburn Foyer, Rayburn House Office Building

nasawatch.com/congress/con...
Congressional Event: A Science Fair of Canceled Grants
The Things We’ll Never Know: A Science Fair of Canceled Grants.
nasawatch.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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carlingbieg.bsky.social
I’m also thrilled to announce that I will be starting a faculty position with @centreecomgmt.bsky.social @ U of Guelph this fall!

I will be recruiting students & postdocs for 2026 - please reach out or come find me at #CSEE2025 if you’re interested in theory, global change & fisheries ecology 🐟
carlingbieg.bsky.social Carling Bieg @carlingbieg.bsky.social · Jul 6
Getting excited for #CSEE2025!

On Wed morning I’m organizing (& talking in) a symposium - along with Zach Miller and Maxime Clenet - that will bridge theoretical and empirical approaches to understanding spatial and temporal dynamics.

Then @sweeet-ecoevo.bsky.social symposium in the afternoon! 🙌
July 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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mikekaspari.bsky.social
Talking Points Memo is on the HUD-->NSF story. I've subscribed to TPM since 2016, very much worth it. Here's a free article. They are looking for folks on the inside at NSF and HUD to help break open this story of flagrant corruption.

talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/on-th...
On the Trail of the HUD/NSF Switcheroo and the Mystery of the Top Floor Sky Mansion
I wanted to update you on the story I flagged yesterday in...
talkingpointsmemo.com
June 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
carlastaver.bsky.social
Nice article about the very real real-world and long-term ills of efforts to combat “desertification” with tree planting
How an idealistic tree-planting project turned into Kenya’s toxic, thorny nightmare
Introduced from South America, mathenge was intended to halt desertification, but now three-quarters of the country is at risk of invasion by the invasive tree
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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aveneziano.bsky.social
Ethical scientific journals and where to find them....here is DAFNEE, a #database of non-profit journals in #Ecology and #Evolution #EvoBio, to choose an ethical place where to publish your next articles! (1/2)

dafnee.isem-evolution.fr

🧪 #science
DAFNEE, a Database of Academia Friendly jourNals in Ecology and Evolution
dafnee.isem-evolution.fr
June 25, 2025 at 6:14 AM
carlastaver.bsky.social
JFC to the whole thread but this especially
dangaristo.bsky.social Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · Jun 24
Some of his requests, per NSF staff:

- Dedicated suite for him in the 19th floor
- constructing an Executive Dining Room
- reserved parking space for his 5 cars
- exclusive use of 1 elevator for the Secretary
- hosting the Secretary’s executive assistants in the 18th floor.
June 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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simondonner.bsky.social
Awesome new faculty job -- the University of British Columbia is looking for a senior ecosystem scientist to fill a new research chair position.
geog.ubc.ca/job-opportun...
Faculty Position: Canada Excellence Research Chair in Cultures & Ecosystem at Risk - Department of Geography
Posted on June 18, 2025 Canada Excellence Research Chair in Cultures & Ecosystem at Risk – University of British Columbia The Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver) ...
geog.ubc.ca
June 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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timcurran.bsky.social
Lots of great suggestions here on how vegetation around your home can reduce fire hazard, in response to overly prescriptive laws.

California plan to ban most plants within 5 feet of homes for wildfire safety overlooks some important truths about flammability theconversation.com/california-p...
California plan to ban most plants within 5 feet of homes for wildfire safety overlooks some important truths about flammability
Hedges and trees may actually reduce home exposure to radiant heat and flying embers, but they must be well maintained. Two scientists who study how plants burn explain.
theconversation.com
June 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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emilruff.bsky.social
Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
Application Deadline July 31, 2025
Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution
The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...
www.simonsfoundation.org
June 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
URGENT! Contact your senators today to advocate to fund science agencies and programs!

The Senate Appropriations Committee & its subcommittees are writing appropriation bills for the federal FY26 budget now.

Here's how you can help: esa.org/esablog/2025...
the U.S. Capitol building on an overcast day, looking ominous
June 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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petergleick.bsky.social
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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dangaristo.bsky.social
Presidential budget is out. Here's NSF. Biggest cut, by amount, is $1 billion, or 66.8%, from MPS (Physics & Math directorate). nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
MPS budget
May 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
carlastaver.bsky.social
Casey Ryan and I wrote a fun little comment about how carbon finance mechanisms perversely incentivize savanna degradation, arguing that expanding concepts of Loss and Damage might be a better way to think about the effects of woody biomass carbon accumulation in open ecosystems (as in oceans!).
‘Loss and damage fund’ for climate change needs broader remit | Nature
Letter to the Editor
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May 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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marthaalibali.bsky.social
"Imagine the auto industry without 3D printing. NSF funded that. Artificial intelligence? NSF. MRI machines that help doctors diagnose you? NSF. Doppler radar technology that makes aviation safer by conquering wind shear? NSF. Duolingo‘s underlying programming? NSF. The internet itself? NSF."
May 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM