Juan Rocha
@juan-rocha.bsky.social
Scientist interested on how to achieve sustainable development.
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New Preprint: "Scaling laws in biological thermal performances" with a great team led by José Ignacio Arroyo and Amahury J. Lopez-Diaz, including Alejandro Maass, Pablo Marquet, Geoffrey West, and Christopher P. Kempes www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Scaling laws in biological thermal performances
Understanding the extent to which genetic correlations change in response to environmental factors, such as temperature, is a poorly explored question, despite the importance of understanding how diff...
www.biorxiv.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
New Preprint: "Scaling laws in biological thermal performances" with a great team led by José Ignacio Arroyo and Amahury J. Lopez-Diaz, including Alejandro Maass, Pablo Marquet, Geoffrey West, and Christopher P. Kempes www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher and a research assistant join the FinBio research programme. You will work in an interdisciplinary team, in collaboration with Stanford University’s NatCap project.
Learn more and apply by 23 November: www.stockholmresilience.org/4.aeea46911a...
Learn more and apply by 23 November: www.stockholmresilience.org/4.aeea46911a...
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher and a research assistant join the FinBio research programme. You will work in an interdisciplinary team, in collaboration with Stanford University’s NatCap project.
Learn more and apply by 23 November: www.stockholmresilience.org/4.aeea46911a...
Learn more and apply by 23 November: www.stockholmresilience.org/4.aeea46911a...
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🚨 Last days to submit!!!! 👇
📢 Keynotes unlocked: 11/12. Thrilled to have Vito Latora as a keynote speaker in Complenet’26! Join us to learn more about #dynamics and #networks!
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November 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Good news.
Faculty expressing their concerns seems to be having effects.
If you are in academia, make sure your administration knows your views on the compact.
Faculty expressing their concerns seems to be having effects.
If you are in academia, make sure your administration knows your views on the compact.
UNC-Chapel Hill's chancellor says the university will not sign on to a higher education compact from the Trump administration.
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
After faculty raise concerns, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor says university will not sign Trump's higher ed compact
Lee Roberts called the "preferential treatment" proposal a clear infringement on academic freedom.
www.wunc.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Good news.
Faculty expressing their concerns seems to be having effects.
If you are in academia, make sure your administration knows your views on the compact.
Faculty expressing their concerns seems to be having effects.
If you are in academia, make sure your administration knows your views on the compact.
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dr roger cremades
@rogercre.bsky.social
· 22s
What are the regional mid-term economic ripples of climate cascading shocks?
#researchquestions #climatesky #academicsky #econsky
@rogercre.bsky.social
· 22s
What are the regional mid-term economic ripples of climate cascading shocks?
#researchquestions #climatesky #academicsky #econsky
"Combined losses linked to climate change topped at least $1.4tn last year across 25 markets. After a serious extreme weather event, about 40% of small businesses in the affected area do not reopen and a further 25% close within a year of the catastrophe"
on.ft.com/4nLCPas
on.ft.com/4nLCPas
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
dr roger cremades
@rogercre.bsky.social
· 22s
What are the regional mid-term economic ripples of climate cascading shocks?
#researchquestions #climatesky #academicsky #econsky
@rogercre.bsky.social
· 22s
What are the regional mid-term economic ripples of climate cascading shocks?
#researchquestions #climatesky #academicsky #econsky
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PhD position - Changing Ecological Role of Coral Reef Marine Protected Areas.
One of the new @exageo-dla.bsky.social advertised projects: www.exageo.org/phd-student-... - deadline for applications 9th January. International applications welcome.
Come and join us @lec-reefs.bsky.social
One of the new @exageo-dla.bsky.social advertised projects: www.exageo.org/phd-student-... - deadline for applications 9th January. International applications welcome.
Come and join us @lec-reefs.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
PhD position - Changing Ecological Role of Coral Reef Marine Protected Areas.
One of the new @exageo-dla.bsky.social advertised projects: www.exageo.org/phd-student-... - deadline for applications 9th January. International applications welcome.
Come and join us @lec-reefs.bsky.social
One of the new @exageo-dla.bsky.social advertised projects: www.exageo.org/phd-student-... - deadline for applications 9th January. International applications welcome.
Come and join us @lec-reefs.bsky.social
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What is the origin of diversity in allometric laws scaling across species? Check our new paper led by Andrea Tabi where
we propose a new theory of metabolic scaling grounded in thermodynamics and stochastic fluctuations at the cellular level.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
we propose a new theory of metabolic scaling grounded in thermodynamics and stochastic fluctuations at the cellular level.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
What is the origin of diversity in allometric laws scaling across species? Check our new paper led by Andrea Tabi where
we propose a new theory of metabolic scaling grounded in thermodynamics and stochastic fluctuations at the cellular level.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
we propose a new theory of metabolic scaling grounded in thermodynamics and stochastic fluctuations at the cellular level.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Conrad Hal Waddington was born OTD in 1905.
His “epigenetic landscape” is a diagrammatic representation of the constraints influencing embryonic development.
On his 50th birthday, his colleagues gave him a pinball machine on the model of the epigenetic landscape.
🧪 🦫🦋 🌱🐋 #HistSTM #philsci #evobio
His “epigenetic landscape” is a diagrammatic representation of the constraints influencing embryonic development.
On his 50th birthday, his colleagues gave him a pinball machine on the model of the epigenetic landscape.
🧪 🦫🦋 🌱🐋 #HistSTM #philsci #evobio
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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We're hiring 2 Assistant Professors of Sociology: Gender and Sexuality and Environmental Sociology. At @tcdsociology.bsky.social, we aspire to be a method-agnostic group of solution-oriented sociologists. Join our welcoming community at @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social. Deadline 1 Dec. Link in the comment.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
We're hiring 2 Assistant Professors of Sociology: Gender and Sexuality and Environmental Sociology. At @tcdsociology.bsky.social, we aspire to be a method-agnostic group of solution-oriented sociologists. Join our welcoming community at @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social. Deadline 1 Dec. Link in the comment.
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Videos from September's posit::conf data science conference are already live on YouTube! 🎉🎉🎉See the full playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
So many interesting talks you can now watch free, on topics like #RStats #Python #GenAI #LLMs @posit.co 's #PositronIDE #QuartoPub
#PositConf2025
So many interesting talks you can now watch free, on topics like #RStats #Python #GenAI #LLMs @posit.co 's #PositronIDE #QuartoPub
#PositConf2025
posit::conf(2025) - YouTube
Welcome to the official playlist for posit::conf(2025)! Dive into the latest innovations, cutting-edge techniques, and inspiring insights from the premier op...
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Videos from September's posit::conf data science conference are already live on YouTube! 🎉🎉🎉See the full playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
So many interesting talks you can now watch free, on topics like #RStats #Python #GenAI #LLMs @posit.co 's #PositronIDE #QuartoPub
#PositConf2025
So many interesting talks you can now watch free, on topics like #RStats #Python #GenAI #LLMs @posit.co 's #PositronIDE #QuartoPub
#PositConf2025
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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I am slow to react to this recent Stockholm Declaration on scientific publishing. A lot of it sounds good, but I don't see how we get from here to there. I worry nothing substantial will happen until the cost disease kills the host.
November 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I am slow to react to this recent Stockholm Declaration on scientific publishing. A lot of it sounds good, but I don't see how we get from here to there. I worry nothing substantial will happen until the cost disease kills the host.
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GREAT read on how generative AI might affect our knowledge and skills once we start relying on it to perform intellectual work. There's historical context far beyond how calculators affect our ability to do math. By Kwame Anthony Appiah
Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
#GenAI
Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
#GenAI
The Age of De-Skilling
Will AI stretch our minds—or stunt them?
www.theatlantic.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
GREAT read on how generative AI might affect our knowledge and skills once we start relying on it to perform intellectual work. There's historical context far beyond how calculators affect our ability to do math. By Kwame Anthony Appiah
Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
#GenAI
Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
#GenAI
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My department is hiring an assistant professor of forest regeneration. The University of Minnesota department of forest resources is a great place to work, I really really like it here, and hope we end up hiring someone I can collaborate with. hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/370...
Careers
The Department of Forest Resources at the University of Minnesota seeks outstanding applicants for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor faculty position focused on forest regeneration dynamics. This may include focus areas of early stand dynamics, forest genetics, climate-adaptive seed/tree selection, nursery systems, or environmental stress physiology, which may fall within broader disciplines such as silviculture, restoration ecology, or forest operations. This is a 9-month, full-time, tenure-track faculty position with research (50%) and teaching (50%) responsibilities. The successful candidate will have access to office and laboratory space in the department. The position is available beginning August 2026, with review of applications beginning December 8, 2025.ResponsibilitiesResponsibilities include but are not limited to:
hr.myu.umn.edu
October 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
My department is hiring an assistant professor of forest regeneration. The University of Minnesota department of forest resources is a great place to work, I really really like it here, and hope we end up hiring someone I can collaborate with. hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/370...
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Interesting. This says in words some stuff that has bothered me for a long time - like why European and American scientists get to parachute in to research the African fauna that I literally grew up with, but it would seem really odd if I started a project on moose or reindeer.
🦒Biologists are often drawn to charismatic species but they do not always have the opportunity to study them. This study reveals some fierce competition in certain academic fields, and illustrates unequal social distribution of research opportunities➡️https://buff.ly/kjYUIBg
October 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Interesting. This says in words some stuff that has bothered me for a long time - like why European and American scientists get to parachute in to research the African fauna that I literally grew up with, but it would seem really odd if I started a project on moose or reindeer.
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📢 Keynotes unlocked: 8/12. Thrilled to have Andrea Migliano as a keynote speaker in Complenet’26! Join us to learn more about #anthropology and #networks!
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🚨 Call for contributions open – submit by Nov 15, 2025!
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October 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
📢 Keynotes unlocked: 8/12. Thrilled to have Andrea Migliano as a keynote speaker in Complenet’26! Join us to learn more about #anthropology and #networks!
🌐 Info & registration: complenet.weeblysite.com
🚨 Call for contributions open – submit by Nov 15, 2025!
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🚨 Call for contributions open – submit by Nov 15, 2025!
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US Fed, FDIC and OCC
“do not believe principles for managing climate-related financial risk are necessary”
"Rescinding the principles is short-sighted and will make the financial system riskier even as climate-related financial risks grow"-M Barr dissenting Fed board member
“do not believe principles for managing climate-related financial risk are necessary”
"Rescinding the principles is short-sighted and will make the financial system riskier even as climate-related financial risks grow"-M Barr dissenting Fed board member
"The climate shocks that could trigger wider market turmoil"
on.ft.com/4hclUfC
"...we’ve seen with the LA fires and other unexpectedly destructive disasters is that we’re already now in the territory where physical risks could be a threat to the financial system” - finance professor Patrick Bolton
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"...we’ve seen with the LA fires and other unexpectedly destructive disasters is that we’re already now in the territory where physical risks could be a threat to the financial system” - finance professor Patrick Bolton
How the next financial crisis starts
The climate shocks that could trigger wider market turmoil
on.ft.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
US Fed, FDIC and OCC
“do not believe principles for managing climate-related financial risk are necessary”
"Rescinding the principles is short-sighted and will make the financial system riskier even as climate-related financial risks grow"-M Barr dissenting Fed board member
“do not believe principles for managing climate-related financial risk are necessary”
"Rescinding the principles is short-sighted and will make the financial system riskier even as climate-related financial risks grow"-M Barr dissenting Fed board member
Another ongoing regime shift: "Aboveground biomass in Australian tropical forests now a net carbon source"
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Aboveground biomass in Australian tropical forests now a net carbon source - Nature
A transition from carbon sink to source for the aboveground woody biomass of moist tropical Australian forests has occurred, driven by increasingly extreme climate anomalies.
doi.org
October 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Another ongoing regime shift: "Aboveground biomass in Australian tropical forests now a net carbon source"
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Re-upping this paper by @sethwynes.bsky.social and @simondonner.bsky.social which finds a median climate vote in Canada associated w 34 tons, vs 2.4 tons for car free for a yr. Individual action charts look pretty different with collective action.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Re-upping this paper by @sethwynes.bsky.social and @simondonner.bsky.social which finds a median climate vote in Canada associated w 34 tons, vs 2.4 tons for car free for a yr. Individual action charts look pretty different with collective action.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
If you work in Sweden, please sign the following petition so the government keeps the night trains running between Sweden and Germany.
Night trains have been key for institutions like universities to reduce their carbon footprint from travel.
www.mittskifte.org/petitions/ra...
Night trains have been key for institutions like universities to reduce their carbon footprint from travel.
www.mittskifte.org/petitions/ra...
Rädda SJ:s nattåg till Berlin
Det pågår en nattågsrenässans över hela Europa. I land efter land startas nya nattågslinjer, helt enkelt därför att människor älskar att resa hållbart och civiliserat. Samtidigt går Sverige åt helt an...
www.mittskifte.org
October 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If you work in Sweden, please sign the following petition so the government keeps the night trains running between Sweden and Germany.
Night trains have been key for institutions like universities to reduce their carbon footprint from travel.
www.mittskifte.org/petitions/ra...
Night trains have been key for institutions like universities to reduce their carbon footprint from travel.
www.mittskifte.org/petitions/ra...
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new publication:
Institutional network relationships and environmental governance in the Colombian and Peruvian Amazon
open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Institutional network relationships and environmental governance in the Colombian and Peruvian Amazon
open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Institutional network relationships and environmental governance in the Colombian and Peruvian Amazon - Ambio
The Amazon—the most biodiverse biome in the world—faces huge conservation challenges. Multiple institutional and technological actors, organized in environmental networks, collaborate to support improved environmental governance. However, these efforts are understudied and underrecognized, particularly in the case of the Colombian and Peruvian Amazon. Employing a social network analysis, this study evaluates the actors, the institutional–technological relationships, and the network addressing socio-environmental challenges. We identified 392 development actors (nodes) with different levels of international, national, and regional participation. They use transnational technologies, but have limited integration of local actors where environmental challenges are most pressing. To combat the biome's rapid degradation, these countries could strengthen their environmental agendas, governance, and policy design—for greater environmental impact—by effectively integrating cooperation between international and local partners. Both countries should develop their local networks, create participatory collaborative spaces to enhance national capacities, and promote diverse and coordinated coalitions.
link.springer.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
new publication:
Institutional network relationships and environmental governance in the Colombian and Peruvian Amazon
open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Institutional network relationships and environmental governance in the Colombian and Peruvian Amazon
open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Scientific migration and the Noble prizes, an interesting analysis by Jenna Ahart at Nature:
doi.org/10.1038/d415...
doi.org/10.1038/d415...
More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys
The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.
doi.org
October 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Scientific migration and the Noble prizes, an interesting analysis by Jenna Ahart at Nature:
doi.org/10.1038/d415...
doi.org/10.1038/d415...
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No words
May 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
No words
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Science teachers scramble as U.S. climate resources vanish
As government websites go dark, some nonprofits are trying to fill the void www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
As government websites go dark, some nonprofits are trying to fill the void www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Science teachers scramble as U.S. climate resources vanish
As government websites go dark, some nonprofits are trying to fill the void
www.science.org
October 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Science teachers scramble as U.S. climate resources vanish
As government websites go dark, some nonprofits are trying to fill the void www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
As government websites go dark, some nonprofits are trying to fill the void www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪