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Julia Burton
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🌿Forest Ecology 🌳 Silviculture
Traits 🌱 Forest Dynamics 🌳Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
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How cool is this? "Khipus are a unique form of writing based on coloured and knotted cords. Andean people of the past used them as a record of the climate, and studied them to understand the patterns of what was going on. Efforts are now underway to get accurate radiocarbon dates." Read more ...
The Inca string code that reveals Peru’s climate history
Andean people of the past looked at these strings as a record of the climate, and they studied them to understand patterns.
theconversation.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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📢 The @paqlab.bsky.social is recruiting a PhD (or MSc), and you don't want to miss that - best place ever to do you PhD! 😉 To work in IDENT, a network of experiments of the effects of diversity on forest functioning. Foreign student? It's gotten harder 😞 but we can help.
paqlab.uqam.ca
June 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I enjoy the lush herbaceous plants of nutrient rich mesic temperate deciduous forests. These species with more boreal distributions are more diminutive, but also showy, exciting to see, and among my first (botanical) loves from my undergraduate research in the Boundary Waters. #forestecol #Ecology
June 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Done!
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...
June 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Ground layer plant communities are 2-10+ times more diverse than the overstory in temperate forests. They are sensitive indicators of environmental conditions. Our research has shown respond to a complex hierarchy of controls and can be severely limited by dispersal.
June 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
We are taking our first measurements of tree seedlings planted in assisted migration plantings. We are looking at whether we can convert a northern hardwood stand into an oak-hickory stand with some white pine and tulip poplar. #forestecology #climatesciences
#silviculture
#ecophysiolgy
#forestry
May 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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200+ scientists are in the middle of a marathon livestream to show why weather and climate science is so important and needs all our help to continue.

It is here: wclivestream.com/watch
Redirecting to: https://www.youtube.com/@wclivestream/live
wclivestream.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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MLive, a local Michigan News site, today wrote a little article promoting my ongoing interest in "lake-effect sun".

Cloud cover data indicate that the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula is the sunniest location in Eastern North America this time of year.

www.mlive.com/life/2025/05...
Lake effect sun: Michigan has the sunniest summer spot east of the Mississippi River
Find the most sunshine in this unexpected place.
www.mlive.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
We went to see this rock that was estimated to be 3.6 billion years old, and "America's Oldest Rock", it was gneiss 😄. www.sciencenews.org/article/unit...
May 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Awesome can they consider USDA and fire season next? Please and thank you.
House Democrats plan to introduce legislation overnight that would prevent further Trump administration cuts to NOAA funding or staffing after severe storms across the country drew attention to staffing cuts in National Weather Service field offices.
House Democrats will introduce legislation to 'save NOAA'
The amendment to the Republican budget reconciliation bill would prevent further Trump administration cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
nbcnews.to
May 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Serviceberry/saskatoon trees are in full bloom in the UP. These gorgeous flowers will soon turn into delicious sweet fruits that will feed birds and numerous other wildlife species. I love how the dainty and delicate flowers seem to just float in the modstory and contrast with the rugged landscape.
May 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
We kicked off our first year of post-treatment sampling on our Adaptive Capacity Through Silviculture experiment with spring ephemeral surveys. We are comparing alternative climate change adaptation strategies, including resilience and transition, to business as usual and no action.
May 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Our graduate students presented their research at the Ecosystem Science Center at Michigan Tech's annual Student Research Forum last week, a great chance to showcase and celebrate their amazing work! Here is a sample from the students I am honored to work with.
March 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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If you know someone that is looking for a grad student opportunity in 2025 in fire ecology / dendroecology / spatial analyses -- please pass on this announcement. Julia Burton, Jed Meunier, Eric Rebitzke and myself are looking for a student to join our team and be based here at Michigan Tech.
November 13, 2024 at 4:35 PM