Neil Pederson
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Neil Pederson
@yellowbuckeye.bsky.social
I study old-growth forests and climate change from trees to regions and seasons to centuries. A colleague termed it RetroEcology - https://broadleafpapers.wordpress.com/

Love music in 3/4, 6/8, 5/4, 11, & other offbeat signatures (no real pun intended)
They consulted with scientists at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, including Wally Brocker, when developing the movie. Campus was excited when folks arrived
November 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Because I enjoy SciComm, I offer public talks and tree-ring workshops. The two-day tree-ring workshops include opportunities to interpret and then synthesize information gleaned from each tree as a class.

If either of these activities fit your institution or communities, please reach out.
October 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I don’t know how much it might be out of the norm, but up here, a bit west pf Boston, a noticeable number of Red Maple kept their leaves until rather recently, some turning nice colors. It felt quite late (but was beautiful)
October 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Then, we ran a simulation for a megadrought in 2070 and nary got a vegetation response. A hot, multi-annual drought will do nothing? Hard to fathom.

Then, @dendroecologist.bsky.social realized the soil component might be holding too much water.
October 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM