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There had been many issues in the handling of the crisis on the Columbia campus last year and this year, yet this agreement is a first in US academic history, ending academic independence and freedom apnews.com/article/colu...

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Tucson, Arizona today. Original projected attendance was 3,000 people. 23,000 showed up.

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🌳 On #IntlForestDay: It’s time to rewild #forest management 🌍 Conventional forestry is failing #biodiversity & #climate🍂 In @cp-oneearth.bsky.social, we propose #rewilding inspired #forestry: restoring natural processes, trophic complexity & #resilience 🍃🐂♨️ ➡️ shorturl.at/aeS96 #NatureBasedSolutions

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#mustreadlater "A westward shift of heatwave hotspots caused by warming-enhanced land–air coupling." Zhang et al., Nature Climate Change www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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“…populations of big trees are increasing at an annual rate of 0.49% in the west and 2.9% in the east. One exception is the Sierra Nevada region, where big trees are declining…” www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado. 11,000 people showed up. Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.

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In the US and interested in serving as an IPCC author for the 7th assessment report? This group is putting together nominations.

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UAV-based models are effective for monitoring vegetation characteristics but may lose accuracy under extreme environmental change. Our new research led by @blackburnrc.bsky.social tests the limits of model transferability using a long-term climate manipulation link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Canada is home to world-class scientists and researchers. We have a unique opportunity to recruit top US talent amid their recent major research cuts. What's our plan? 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦

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Do sagebrush communities with different focal species respond differently to drought? Short answer, YES! check out our new paper to see how non-tridentata Artemisia cana and Artemisia arbuscula sagebrush communities express divergent responses. esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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🚨 HUGE news from Canada's tricouncils who are harmonizing their scholarship & fellowship programs, upping the total number (huzzah!), and critically, allowing foreigners to apply for doctoral and postdoc fellowships. Want to work with me? Get in touch! 🇨🇦🧪⚒️ www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...

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Using long‐term field data to quantify water potential regulation in response to VPD and soil moisture in a conifer tree

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Our study on the impact of warm winters on the #CO2 fluxes of evergreen needleleaf forests is now published in #Biogeosciences: bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/... #WinterWarming #CarbonCycle #forests @icos-ri.eu

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The DOE E3SM version 2.1: overview and assessment of the impacts of parameterized ocean submesoscales gmd.copernicus.org/articles/18/...

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Leaf Temperatures in an Indian Tropical Forest Exceed Physiological Limits but Durations of Exposures Are Currently Not Sufficient to Cause Lasting Damage 📄

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Populations of large-diameter trees are increasing across the United States | PNAS

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Excited to share a new paper led by Andrew Feldman www.nature.com/articles/s41..., demonstrating the key role of rainfall intensity/frequency on carbon cycling.

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Are tropical forests in the Americas changing as adaptation to ongoing climate change? Yes, they are! Are these changes enough to track their suitable climate? Not quite! Check out our paper in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... to see more of what our network has been working on!

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Tropical forests are not all the same: they show many shades of geographical variation. Our new paper in Nature led by @jeaggu.bsky.social combines field and satellite data to make a first map the canopy functional traits of the world’s tropical forests: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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AGU has joined a lawsuit challenging the firing of probationary employees at federal agencies. These actions weaken science, harm public health & the environment, and threaten national security. 🧵 #StandWithScience

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Iconic Saguaros May Struggle to Survive in a Drier Future 🌵 Now in @botany.one 🌵 botany.fyi/a6krso Full paper: doi.org/n5qd #PlantScience

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Hi - I'd like to share this story of what is happening at NOAA GFDL, where some of my colleagues and I worked until the mass firings at NOAA last week. "...the birthplace of weather and climate forecasting"

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Reducing Fire Severity and Extent Bolsters Subalpine Forest Resilience to Global Change Through Key Demographic Pathways 📄 buff.ly/caNXNoC #forestecology #climatechange

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How can AI for #EarthObservation deliver for social good? Read our recent #openaccess IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine article, co-authored by @hostertp.bsky.social and @philrufin.bsky.social!

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Statement: U.S. leadership in scientific innovation is at risk, with wide-ranging consequences for public safety and the economy. The AMS urges strong support for NOAA & other federal scientific agencies working in weather and climate. Read the rest of our latest statement: bit.ly/3DhfegUI

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Thank you SRM for your words! rangelands.org/srm-addresse...

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Happy to share a new paper with novel insights into the impacts of precip variability in a semiarid #rangeland ecosystem. Unfortunately, with unconstitutional layoffs at #USDA #ARS, we have been forced to transition this longterm experimental facility into dormancy. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

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We studied the changes in global ecosystem quantum yield (max light use efficiency) using long-term eddy covariance data. Spolier alert - no clear trend in quantum yield! Likely CO2 effect offset by VPD. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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The new White House EO that came out yesterday will be disastrous for the entire scientific community: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential....

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This just hit my USGS colleagues while we are at a conference. Some folks were planning on using that card to get home. And if this conference occurred even a few days later all the good science discussed here wouldn’t have happened.

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The determination of leaf size on the basis of developmental traits - Zeqing Ma, Thomas N. Buckley, Lawren Sack - New Phytologist @tombuckleylab.bsky.social t.co/EFgmQo1qWy

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Excited to welcome @triptychphrases.bsky.social (back) to the University of Arizona this week for the (entirely student-organized!) SAGA Lecture! If you're in Tucson, be sure to join us on Friday afternoon!

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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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Maybe only a small act, still good to show broad concern - union of concerned scientists is seeking signatures on a letter urging congress and administration to ensure that NOAA and its sub-agencies remain fully funded and staffed act.ucsusa.org/4kajJuk

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Want great summer plans? Look no further! The PSInet workshop is coming to Indiana University, to re-introduce the ecophys community to PSInet, a new open-access network database of plant water potential measurements. psinetrcn.github.io/posts/2025-0...

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Six DEB program officers were fired in yesterday's round of layoffs. A kudos board has been created for each of them to give thanks and support. Please DM me if you would like links to these boards.

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Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)

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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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Notes from the field - a post about my recent trip to Panama in support of the NASA AVUELO (Airborne Validation Unified Experiment Land to Ocean) campaign earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromth...

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ACTION THIS WEDNESDAY: Researchers from New York universities are holding a rally to protest the funding cuts at Washington Square Park at 4 pm. This will be part of a national day of action, with rallies at HHS in DC and all around the country. RSVP HERE: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Our opinion piece in our local newspaper - Cutting funding for science in Arizona hurts our economy and our future 🌐🧪🧮🌾 tucson.com/opinion/colu...

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Planted Forests in China Have Higher Drought Risk Than Natural Forests 📄 https://buff.ly/4hnKcCT

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Grassland and rangeland folks! We are seeking someone for our rangeland ecology Chair position. Full title OR at least 10 years experience outside of academia. LOTS of financial support: arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree... Work with me!!!!!! #range @sustainablerangeland #grassland

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Our thermal workshop summary paper was just published in EoS - check it out!

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📣 New in Remote Sensing of Environment! PhD candidate @lasseharkort.bsky.social and team introduce a novel Phenological Feature Space (PFS) approach for mapping fractional vegetation cover in Sub-Saharan rangelands using Sentinel-2 time series. 🛰️ 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...

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www.politico.com/news/2025/02... things are not looking good for US forests

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📣PNAS piece led by @philrufin.bsky.social: commercial very-high-resolution EO data is needed for monitoring SDG 2 indicators in smallholder landscapes but costs are prohibitive. A call for open access for sustainability-centered research: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @humboldtuni.bsky.social

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