Dana Johnson
@danabeecher.bsky.social
PhD candidate @ UW-Madison studying fire effects on soil carbon in boreal forest ecosystems
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![4-panel comic. (1) PERSON 1: We haven’t checked in on the geology department for a while. I wonder if they’re doing okay. (2) PERSON 2 with ponytail: I’ll go see what they’re up to. (3) [Person 2 opens door to room where a person is gesturing at a projector screen and explaining to two other people] PERSON 3: 49 million years ago, Heart Mountain, Wyoming slid sideways 15 miles like a giant stone hovercraft. (4) PERSON 2 [returning to Person 1]: ...They’re not okay. OFF-PANEL PERSON: Hey, *you* come up with a better explanation!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreigkmmwkcyhpp7flvvqlj5dwg26hn4rssqln4c3zrtidabl4y3efvy@jpeg)
November 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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🆕 in Ecosphere's "Vegetation Ecology" track: A hot & dry future may shake up Yellowstone forests—think fewer spruce, more fire-tolerant neighbors
📄Simulated postfire tree regeneration suggests reorganization of Greater Yellowstone forests during the 21st century
doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...
📄Simulated postfire tree regeneration suggests reorganization of Greater Yellowstone forests during the 21st century
doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...
October 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🆕 in Ecosphere's "Vegetation Ecology" track: A hot & dry future may shake up Yellowstone forests—think fewer spruce, more fire-tolerant neighbors
📄Simulated postfire tree regeneration suggests reorganization of Greater Yellowstone forests during the 21st century
doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...
📄Simulated postfire tree regeneration suggests reorganization of Greater Yellowstone forests during the 21st century
doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...
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Soil on the Antigo Flats, northern Wisconsin, cooling into winter. wisconet.wisc.edu.
October 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Soil on the Antigo Flats, northern Wisconsin, cooling into winter. wisconet.wisc.edu.
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Well this is cool. A new peat paper with a possible mechanism for Will-o’-the-wisps in @pnas.org
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 15, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Well this is cool. A new peat paper with a possible mechanism for Will-o’-the-wisps in @pnas.org
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Meet @ameliarnelson.bsky.social, our featured scientist of the week! She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern Indiana!
#EarlyCareer #AGU #
#EarlyCareer #AGU #
October 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Meet @ameliarnelson.bsky.social, our featured scientist of the week! She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern Indiana!
#EarlyCareer #AGU #
#EarlyCareer #AGU #
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I am considering having a class dedicated to “busting microbiological/molecular biological myths”. Please comment with ideas! Concepts should be things we all are/were told but in reality are more complicated. Example: “Eukarya have their DNA within a separate membrane bound compartment,…
April 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I am considering having a class dedicated to “busting microbiological/molecular biological myths”. Please comment with ideas! Concepts should be things we all are/were told but in reality are more complicated. Example: “Eukarya have their DNA within a separate membrane bound compartment,…
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Tiny bit of good news out of Wisconsin
Judge says UW-Madison international student with terminated visa can't be deported for now
A federal judge barred the government from taking any action against a University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering student from India.
www.jsonline.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Tiny bit of good news out of Wisconsin
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This is a calorimeter with a burning core being used to simulate a boreal crown fire🌲🔥
Learn about these results in "Effects of fire and fire-induced changes in soil properties on post-burn soil respiration" published in Fire Ecology here: fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10....
Learn about these results in "Effects of fire and fire-induced changes in soil properties on post-burn soil respiration" published in Fire Ecology here: fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10....
March 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This is a calorimeter with a burning core being used to simulate a boreal crown fire🌲🔥
Learn about these results in "Effects of fire and fire-induced changes in soil properties on post-burn soil respiration" published in Fire Ecology here: fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10....
Learn about these results in "Effects of fire and fire-induced changes in soil properties on post-burn soil respiration" published in Fire Ecology here: fireecology.springeropen.com/articles/10....
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New video out:
Making first contact for a collaboration in science (aka how to write that email....)
#AcademicSky
youtu.be/fv1neKOUcBY?...
Making first contact for a collaboration in science (aka how to write that email....)
#AcademicSky
youtu.be/fv1neKOUcBY?...
Making first contact for a collaboration
YouTube video by Life in academia
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January 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
New video out:
Making first contact for a collaboration in science (aka how to write that email....)
#AcademicSky
youtu.be/fv1neKOUcBY?...
Making first contact for a collaboration in science (aka how to write that email....)
#AcademicSky
youtu.be/fv1neKOUcBY?...