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Nice piece form my former @uwmadison.bsky.social @monicagturner.bsky.social labmate Allison Stegner highlighting the waste of taxpayer resources when publicly funded research goes unfinished

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Lest we forget—environmental protection and an effective EPA is why air and water quality have improved in the US and new threats like PFAS are addressed. We also need to recruit and keep excellent people in our agencies. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

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The Cooperative Wildlife Research Units are under threat. #WildlifeScience #EcologyandConservation www.jsonline.com/story/sports...

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NEW: Sethuraman Panchanathan, director of the National Science Foundation, has uncharacteristically disappeared from public view since 20 January—and is said to be a reclusive figure at the agency’s headquarters. This and more on the Trump Tracker. | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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Need an inspiring story of #NSF leadership? Look towards the former BIO AD. From starting the Graduate Research Traineeship & the Research Coordinated Network, to the National Plant Genome Initiative, Dr. Mary Clutter was a leader among leaders.

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🚨 Now CCN-official 🚨 Trump issues stop-work-order to NASA chief scientist #KateCalvin, who is also co-chair of the IPCC's working group in charge of the next assessment on climate change mitigation. This is brutal, on so many levels. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/21/c...

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Here’s the email everyone is getting from OPM. Embarrassing stuff.

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"These people protected US forests & lands. Their jobs have now vanished due to Trump. 'There are a lot of people saying the national parks are going to be trashed. This is more than just trashed parks. This is the future of our ecosystems and our public lands.'" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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"It is absurd to mindlessly decimate the workforce that has led the world in science over the past 75 years, and to willingly give up excellent scientists and talent," Beyer wrote. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

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For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

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Important thread the NSF-funded community to read (and so sad to have had so many POs fired this week...) We need to do what we can on our end to reduce the burden on the POs and support our colleagues. Thank you, Jeremy.

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I lost my job at the National Science Foundation yesterday, along with 167 of my colleagues, including some dear friends. This was the best job I've ever had, and I thought it would be my last. The PI community has been sympathetic and supportive, without exception. I will miss working for you.

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NSF accomplishes its mission primarily by giving grants. In a $10B budget request, NSF asked for $500M in 'Agency Operations and Award Management', so that's already HIGHLY EFFICIENT... >95% of funds go to research and STEM education programs nationwide. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00_NSF...

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This Op-ed applies to every state in the US, including mine. Research advances save lives, treat diseases like cancer, and sustain our environment. And yes, research investments in academic science power local and state economies, as well.

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This morning, the National Science Foundation fired 168 probationary employees, effective immediately. The number represents roughly 10% of its workforce. Follow Science’s coverage of President Donald Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally. ⬇️ scim.ag/40XtSSi

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Want to go visit the national parks this year? Sorry. The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

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The Faculty of Environment and Natural Resource, University of Freiburg invites applications for a Full Professorship (W 3) for Fire Ecology in the Department of Forest Sciences. uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004...

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AGU stands with federal scientists. Read more on fromtheprow.agu.org/standing-tog...

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Happy to share that my paper on creativity in research labs is out in the "Ten Simply Rules" article series. Ten simple rules for fostering creativity in research labs I hope you find it to be useful. #AcademicSky journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

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A new study from Colorado State University reveals that tree ranges in the interior US West are contracting due to climate change, with limited expansion into cooler, wetter areas. The study highlights the potential need for human-assisted tree migration. phys.org/news/2025-02...

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More waste from the aid freeze: “It’s kind of bonkers. The amount of money it took to get those varieties in the ground is a lot more than just the pennies for labor to keep them going and collect the data.” www.science.org/content/arti...

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Depending on your perspective it's a good/bad week for @science.org's news team to launch our Trump Tracker. Were recent NIH resignations voluntary? Will RFK Jr start firing scientists today? Why did a judge unfreeze U.S. foreign aid needed for clinical trials? www.science.org/content/arti...

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Professional societies stand together in defense of science & scientists. “science has led to humanity’s greatest advances, improving people’s lives & the health of our planet … (we’re) committed to supporting, elevating, & fighting for science & those who further it.“ www.unitedsciencealliance.org

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Job alert: Research ecologist at University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/researc...

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Ouch.

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AIBS Statement on Recent Executive Actions Impacting Science 🧪🌐 www.aibs.org/news/2025/25...

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Important piece on the role of Ockham's razor in the modern world of scientific modeling in @pnas.org. Conclusion: Complex models can be quite useful, and parsimony and complexity can complement each other in helping us to gain new insights! doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

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#Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway. 🧪🌎 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c... 🎁🔓

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“Our infrastructure, worth trillions of dollars, built over decades, was built for a planet that no longer exists.” www.motherjones.com/environment/...

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WA loses access to $200M in wildfire preparedness funding www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

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Just published in @science.org: A World Less Safe & Secure We examine how the US withdrawal from @who.int will: * limit US leadership to protect public health & * challenge WHO governance in facing global challenges. www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....

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Global warming causes extreme temperatures – this is clear to most, but few realize that both droughts and heavy rains are symptomatic of a climate in crisis. @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social explains the far-reaching impacts of climate extremes. ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

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We are recruiting a postdoctoral ORISE fellow to join an interdisciplinary team focused on issues of ecosystem type conversion, directional biodiversity change, and what to do about it. Please spread the word! 🌎🌐🧪 Details here: www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/...

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Our new paper, led by R. Heumann, C. Cleveland finds temp and moisture conditions that favor cryptic N fixation may be frequently asynchronous in lodgepole pine forests of #GreaterYellowstone #NSFfunded @esajournals.bsky.social esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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To keep our members and community informed, we created this resource on new developments in U.S. policy at the federal level, plus other important news. Updated regularly: Check back often! esa.org/esablog/poli...

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Extremely worrying dynamics are unfolding in the US: What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...

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I update this graph (Carbon dioxide from Mauna Loa) almost every time I give a talk. Giving a guest lecture next week and when I tried to access the site - it has been removed. Same for methane. These are observations and the removal the sites are unnecessary and, in my opinion, unacceptable.

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Many U.S. science agencies abruptly abandoned normal operations last week to focus on a slew of executive orders from President Donald Trump. The torrent of activity left many researchers bewildered—and fearful of what might come next. scim.ag/4jMPYiY

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The dismantling of USAID could disrupt many clinical trials and wipe away U.S. “soft power” in developing countries, scientists warn.

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“Our phenomenal faculty are top experts in the field, constantly engaging in innovative research and teaching." Excited to see our 1950s Mass Communications program transition into @uwmadison.bsky.social's brand new Science Communication Ph.D. ...

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New in #PNAS, temp-driven increased seed production in European beech caused 28% reduction in annual tree ring increments since 2005. Important for European forests and good example using long-term data (43 yr) of how past does not predict future #forestdynamics. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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iLand is the first forest landscape model to explicitly simulate forest microclimate. Why? Because microclimate effects propagate across scales and influence important processes such as decomposition, regeneration and bark beetle development. Read more in Braziunas et al. doi.org/10.1007/s109...

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Resources for scientists who are being threatened or targeted below from the @nationalacademies.org www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...

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I estimate if the US Army Corps continues throwing away #water from these reservoirs for three days, Tulare County farmers will lose 5 billion gallons of water that should have been available this summer growing season. About 1.6 billion gallons a day. www.latimes.com/environment/...

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I just spent the week teaching in a course for wildland fire managers and amongst all the BS, these professionals were sponges for the science and asking fantastic questions. They are focused on implementing mgmt that improves ecosystem resilience and I’m grateful for their commitment

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