The fires in Ontario - like so many others - demonstrating viscerally how climate change perpetuates the displacement and dispossession of Indigenous peoples, who have least contributed to emissions and over and over again put their bodies on the line to prevent fossil fuel development.

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These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...

Climate change will kill ∼250,000 extra people every year from 2030-2050,WHO Heat deaths in Europe up 49.9% This is with 1.2°C warming. Imagine 2.5°C. Growth-at-all-costs = death-at-scale.

Submitting a paper using my phone’s hotspot while my husband drives us to the cottage feels like peak academia

Excited to share our new @ThePlantCell Perspective on training plant scientists in the era of #GenAI 🌱🤖 A practical framework for research, teaching & mentorship across career stages. Open access + actionable ideas—please share! "Read the article" (academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...)

Reimagining plant science training in the era of generative artificial intelligence: a global perspective

Abstract. In recent years, a deluge of big and diverse datasets from hundreds of plant species, coupled with spectacular innovations in artificial intellig

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In our latest paper in PNAS, we ask: How can scientific progress be accelerated to meet the urgent challenges of the Anthropocene? We point to significant barriers in forecasting & prediction efforts for the biosphere 🧵👇 🧪🌎🦋 1/n www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #ScienceTwitter #Ecology #Anthropocene

Cambial viability is reduced in water-stressed conifer saplings A #PriorityReport by Meek, Salladay & Pittermann 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue #PlantScience

What a gorgeous figure 🌱

Journal of Experimental Botany@jxbotany.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🌿💧 BRIEF COMMUNICATION 💧🌿 An anthranilate synthase involved in the biosynthesis of L-tryptophan interacts with the stress hormone, abscisic acid (ABA), and is required for ABA-induced closing of stomata - Yu et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

Ecophysiology for climate-smart forest management #TansleyReview by Gessler et al. @wslresearch.bsky.social @arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social @annekempel.bsky.social @josegruenzweig.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #plantscience

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

The fourth chapter of my PhD thesis has been informally sponsored by Alani Nu energy drinks, vibes, and spite

Led by Roel Brienen, our paper in @natcomms.nature.com "Contrasting pathways to tree longevity in gymnosperms and angiosperms" is finally out and formatted. Other bluesky folks contributing to the paper were @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social and @rmtrr.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Contrasting pathways to tree longevity in gymnosperms and angiosperms - Nature Communications

Tree longevity is thought to increase in harsh environments, but global evidence of drivers is lacking. Here, the authors find two different pathways for tree longevity: slow growth in resource limite...

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New paper - Physiological Traits for Climate‐Ready Restoration We argue expanded trait coverage will enhance species selection and performance monitoring, improving restoration and species stabilization in a changing climate. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Physiological Traits for Climate‐Ready Restoration

Plant physiological traits can offer key insights into plant performance under climate change, calling for their increased use to inform restoration via species selection and monitoring. Increased co...

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Congrats to @bposch.bsky.social for leading the writing of the New Phytologist Tansley Review on High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants. @newphyt.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants

The effect of high temperature on plant performance and survival is a topic of great interest given the ongoing rise in global heatwave frequency, duration, and intensity. The temperature at which ph...

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Legend says the ancient Babylonians once tried to sequence and annotate God's own genome, and for their ambition and hubris they were forever cursed to have different annotation formats and standards so they could never do genomics with ease again.

The first chapter of my PhD thesis is officially published. If you're into conifers, climate change or cold acclimation then this paper is for you 🌿❄️ academic.oup.com/plphys/artic... As I wrap up my PhD this year, I'm also beginning the search for postdoc opportunities so keep me in mind

Contrasting effects of warming and drought on autumn phenology of photosynthesis and growth in white spruce

Warming delays the autumn downregulation of photosynthesis in white spruce; however, local adaptation to photoperiod constrains the timing of growth cessat

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Poster printed and set for #AGU2024 🌱 Catch me Thursday afternoon at the Forest Ecophysiology Poster Session (B43C) from 1:40pm to 5:30pm

Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️ So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality? We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary #WomeninSTEM www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... 🧵 1/

Plant Ecophysiology starter pack go.bsky.app/Pbq39H7

Happy to have found a new home to keep up with the latest in plant biology and climate change science as we move away from the cursed site 🌱