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Daniela Cusack
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Just give me world peace and #rainforest #soil #carbon. Associate Prof. CSU. Check out my PARCHED science project in Panama: http://youtu.be/oDm2SKWHw78
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Nice coverage from CSU Source news hub on our recent @parched-panama.bsky.social study!
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December 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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New research from my group @parched-panama.bsky.social showing that rainforest drying suppresses root growth and biomass in surface soils, while stimulating deep root production! Let us know what you think!
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November 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Nice news story on my group @parched-panama.bsky.social research on climate change and tropical roots!
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July 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Hooray for our new collaborative tropical root data paper from the @tropiroot.bsky.social team!
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May 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Brunch party to wrap a great @parched-panama.bsky.social research semester with my team at CSU! Processed 192 Panama root biomass samples and another 200+ soil samples!
May 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Congrats to CSU MS student Grace McLaughlin for receiving a Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Fellowship for her research on @parched-panama.bsky.social rainforest drying effects on soil microbes!
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Great day for undergrad root research with @parched-panama.bsky.social today at CSU! Undergrads Ally Lewis,.Maya McCain and Hailey Tharp did a great job, with my MS student Grace McLaughlin helping advise! GOOOOO tropical root research @tropiroot.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Thinking hard at the @tropiroot.bsky.social leadership meeting about next directions in tropical root research!
April 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Great @parched-panama.bsky.social poster at CSU grad student poster symposium. Drying alters tropical forest tree growth!
February 14, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Great leadership meeting with @tropiroot.bsky.social this morning! Reach out if you are a tropical root researcher interested in synthesizing and mobilizing your data with us!
February 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Great @tropiroot.bsky.social leadership meeting today! We have many ideas and plans for understanding tropical root dynamics and responses to global change! With @kaaze7.bsky.social @loutsi.bsky.social @nathalygr.bsky.social @carolmiron.bsky.social @lauratoro.bsky.social @baizalla.bsky.social
December 6, 2024 at 5:29 PM
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Great @tropiroot.bsky.social leadership meeting today! Many great things in the works to advance our understanding of tropical root dynamics and responses to global change!
December 6, 2024 at 5:26 PM
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Congrats to Alyssa Schaefer on defending a great undergrad honors these on the importance of research experiences for the undergrad experience at Colorado State Univ!
December 6, 2024 at 3:46 PM
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Thrilled to see this 2-volume book published on "100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado: Plant and Ecosystem Sci." - A monument to tropical forests, led by H Muller-Landau & SJ Wright!
@smithsonianmag.bsky.social @parched-panama.bsky.social

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November 23, 2024 at 1:30 AM
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She passed! Congrats Dr. Hedgpeth!
November 20, 2024 at 8:14 PM
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Alex Hedgpeth dissertation defense at UCLA Geography happening now!
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November 20, 2024 at 6:01 PM