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An Australian perspective on how the cuts to science in the USA will affect researcher collaborations linking the two countries. futurecampus.com.au/2025/02/28/g...

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The abrupt nature of the Trump cuts to @altusaid.bsky.social is going to have a profound impact on some of the most vulnerable people in the world, with those who rely on HIV antivirals being immediately affected. www.science.org/content/arti...

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A global research team, including ANU scientists, discovered that an enzyme known as a ‘NUDIX hydrolase’ is used by many fungal pathogens as a weapon to cause disease in plants. The findings are published in Science. science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...

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Nice to see Reshmi Gaju’s paper in @jxbotany.bsky.social Highlighting the use of high throughput respiration measurements in wheat. academic.oup.com/jxb/article/...

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Jessie’s new paper on the vertical variation in leaf carbon economy is a great example of modelers and observation people working together and making more sense of the world as a result (and also of the federally funded science which facilitates all that) nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

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Climate change has never been clearer, and this is in part due to brilliant work by US climate scientists. Yet the Trump administration is trying to outlaw even the word 'climate'. The "leader of the free-world" is undermining that title in every possible way.

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🌱Exciting Opportunity! AoB PLANTS is looking for a new Chief Editor as Professor Tom Buckley steps down this summer. This is your chance to lead a top-tier, open-access plant science journal. ✅ Download full job details 👉 https://wp.me/pdRZhH-lJv Apply by 17 March!

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Congratulations to the Danforth Center to recruiting Giles Oldroyd to succeed Jim Carrington as its next President. In these challenging times, science needs strong leaders! www.danforthcenter.org/news/interna...

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My thoughts to all of those affected by the President cuts to US AID and associated agricultural research www.science.org/content/arti...

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My thoughts go out to all in the USA scientific community who are being negatively affected by recent President executive orders. The @aspbofficial.bsky.social has made a call out to researchers; a summary of impacts and the state of play, at least up to one week ago. blog.aspb.org/research-imp...

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Excellent article on the new ARIA-funded programme on Forecasting Climate Tipping Points. Much needed investment in an area of research that is of critical importance for the well-being of humanity. @gsiexeter.bsky.social

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At #evokeag in Brisbane. Proud to have @anuagrifood.bsky.social support students from several disciplines understand the challenges of the Agrifood sector. Including weight loss drugs!

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“If you had unrestricted time, energy or clean water you could fix anything,” Professor Caitlin Byrt says. “The issue is that we have limited time, energy resources and clean water.” Here's how her research is solving some of our biggest environmental problems: science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...

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Assuming both left and right wing governments enjoy chocolate, but struggle to deal with climate change drivers, perhaps impacts of rising temps on cocoa production will provide an incentive to reduce emissions??? #cocoa @anuagrifood.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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Cuts to indirect costs in the USA will create a tidal wave of impacts through the higher ed/research sectors, not just in the US, but ultimately overseas. Increase reliance/competition for international student income could be one such impact. A direct hit | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Unstated benefits in this job will likely include deciding that you have a Favorite LI-COR Support Team Member.

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History making Silver Medal in Nordic ski racing by a young Australian - awsome! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

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Game day! Final Pro League match between Australia and The Netherlands in Sydney. Go Kookaburras!

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Lots of fun watching the Australian (field!) Hockey team - the Kookaburras- beat the Olympic champions, Netherlands, 4:2 last night in Sydney. www.codesports.com.au/more-sports/...

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Thanks to @docaharper.bsky.social and Simon Jones for their thoughtful commentary on Asao et al. (2024; doi: 10.1111/nph.20315). While I agree that substrates could limit respiration in leaves, we should not forget importance of adenylate control. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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A paper that looks at how "heat-related and cold-related mortality in European urban areas.....with no adaptation to heat, the increase in heat-related deaths consistently exceeds any decrease in cold-related deaths....." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Temp records being broken in Western Australia www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...

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"This rata #forest is the most stunning example of #crownshyness I have ever seen... It’s found on Enderby Island, one of the most remote places on the planet." This phenomenon occurs when trees’ crowns don't touch, forming a distinct pattern among their canopies. Video by @michaelgeorge on IG

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150+ Nobel and World Food Prize Laureates have made an unprecedented plea for financial and political backing to develop “moonshot” tech to avert future hunger catastrophe. Will require 'mission-style' investments in fundamental and applied R&D. www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates...

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@science.org overview highlighting the need to consider long term trends when assessing whether we have passed the 1.5°C set in Paris in 2015. Likely to be 5-10 years before temps consistently are above the 1.5°C threshold, despite it be breached last year. www.science.org/content/arti...

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Professor Ute Roessner AM FAA has been appointed as ARC CEO by the ARC Board. They are Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research, at ANU at the moment. Their appointment starts 31st March and lasts for 5 years.

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We used a morphological approach to identify #megadroughts globally over the past 40 years and applied plant-greenness indices to determine the impacts on vegetation. Megadroughts are increasing in frequency, area and intensity on the global scale.

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Article in @naturegeosci.bsky.social highlighting the complexity of heat stress when considering human-stress indices based on dry vs wet bulb temperatures. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Please circulate: Postdoc position on responses of Australian mammal pests to climate change. Part of my ARC Laureate Fellowship research. Lots of hands-on fieldwork. Learn about biophysical models. Remote locations. Collaboration with #EcologicalHorizons and #AWC jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91880...

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Last day in the USA. Spent well visiting @lawrensack.bsky.social. Super impressed that Lawren works in a building with ‘BOTANY’ in the title! Ok, so the dept is EEB…..but botany is clearly the heart and engine room! And at the risk of stirring possums, let’s MAKE BOTANY GREAT AGAIN!

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🧪 Still looking for PhD candidates interested in water fluxes over grasslands and croplands 😉

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Friday at ⁦‪Phoenix Desert Botanical Gardens‬⁩ discussing with Clark Miller (ASU), Kevin Hultine and ⁦‪Brad Posch on how extreme heatwaves of the near future will impact living systems - and strategies to adapt

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From Science - examples of how the public do not understand the difference between preprint articles and articles that have been through the peer review process. www.science.org/content/arti...

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NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold. We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940. 2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.

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Global temps for 2024 now out - spoiler, 1.5oC barrier exceeded and extreme heat waves more common climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...

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Scientists are starting to study—and debate—how the unique features of Bluesky might affect discussions of research and workplace culture, and efforts to engage with the public. scim.ag/428RTYG

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Huge thanks to Shawn Serbin and Andrew Feldman at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre for their time today - discussing of extreme heat on terrestrial ecosystems, and how technology (particularly spectral reflectance) can help us predict impacts of future heatwaves . ⁦@scienceanu.bsky.social ⁩

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In a world where there is so much bad news, so nice to hear of a miraculous outcome. 13 days lost in really hard country that I know well. And the capacity to put yourself in a place to be found. Amazing. Wonderful. abc.net.au/news/2025-01... via @ABCaustralia

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Congrats to Tianyu Zheng for his excellent study looking at temp responses of leaf respiration in the dark/light of field-grown alpine plants growing in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Direct message me if you need access to the article. @scienceanu.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Thursday spent discussing the quirks of leaf respiration in plants that use the C4 photosynthesis pathway with UoT’s Rowan Sage and Yuzhen Fan. Guess which one is Santa. Lots still to learn! @scienceanu.bsky.social

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BoM data finds 2024 was Australia’s second-hottest year on record www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Five years on: the relentless spread of the #BlackSummer fires down the east coast of Australia over six months between 2019-2020. The scale and speed of the fires is still pretty shocking and difficult to comprehend. (Geoscience Australia #DigitalEarthAU Hotspots data)

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Spectacular view of the Kosciusko Main Range from Olsens Lookout in SW NSW, Australia. Highest peak in the shot is near 2200 m. Heat place to visit today on the way home.

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Solid-state batteries promise to revolutionize #EVs and more—if they can overcome technical and financial hurdles. In PNAS Front Matter: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #SolidStateBattery #LithiumIonBattery #ElectricVehicles #electrolyte

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47.2C yesterday in a place that experienced 49.4C earlier this year www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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