Kyla Dahlin
@bristleweed.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Michigan State University. Ecosystem ecologist, remote sensor, mom of humans and a dog, gardener, crafter, e-bike evangelist
Dolly Parton rose from poverty to stardom. She gave $500 to every student in her hometown who finished high school; she built hospitals & bald eagle preserves; her Imagination Library has gifted 300 million books to children. Roger Ebert met her and came away thinking she was a literal angel. RIP.
I'm hiring a new PDRA for my group in Cambridge. Do you like trees, lasers and ecology? Interested in helping us to use 3D data to better understand the relationship between forest structure and tree species diversity across biomes? 🌳🛰️⚡🌳 www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/56666/
Research Assistant / Research Associate in three dimensional forest ecology (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Research Assistant / Research Associate in three dimensional forest ecology (Fixed Term) in the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge.
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Join the MSU Plant Resilience Institute to help set up a state-of-the-art fundamental field research program as we dive into a field to lab to field paradigm! Review of applications for this position will begin on August 5th and continue until filled. #PlantScience #PlantSciJobs
MSU Plant Resilience Institute@msupri.bsky.social · last mo.We are seeking a field research technician for the Great Lakes Advanced Climate Impact & Experimental Research Center (GLACIER) to coordinate day-to-day field and greenhouse experiments related to plant responses to climate stress! #PlantSciJobs Apply now: careers.msu.edu/jobs/field-r...
Mechanisms and scales in modeling forest responses to changing disturbance regimes #TansleyReview by Xu et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Job opening: Postdoctoral Scholar researching chlorophyll fluorescence and gas exchange using mathematical models at Michigan State University buff.ly/Wd2lT15 #PlantSciJobs
Postdoctoral Scholar-Fixed Term - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Position Summary The Waker lab at Michigan State University has a postdoc position available in a Department of Energy project using chlorophyll fluorescence and gas exchange in a novel experimental…
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HAPPY PRIDE from California Native Plants and the Luong Lab!!! 🤍🩷🩵🤎🖤❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 This 2026 Flag from our lab features 152 california native plants! Did you know California is a Biodiversity hotspot with over 6000 native plants? How many plants can you name or spot? 🧐 #CaliforniaNativePlants
Dear colleagues, PLEASE submit a comment against OMB's proposed rule. Elizabeth wrote great guide on drafting a comment. To submit it, go to www.regulations.gov/search and search for OMB-2026-0034. It will take time & effort to write a good comment, but a worthwhile effort to save our profession.
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elizabethginexi.bsky.social@elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 3mo agoCalling all Scientists! Research Administrators! Deans! Fans of Science! No one is coming to save us. Here is your assignment. I have written a step by step, easy to understand "how-to" document to help you comment on the proposed OMB rule. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...
Top 10 reasons why Democrats need to talk about climate change now: 🧵
Me to all of my senior male “colleagues” in my sub-field.😕
I'M Never Gonna Be Good Enough For You, Am I? - Legally Blonde GIF
Alt: I'M Never Gonna Be Good Enough For You, Am I? - Legally Blonde GIF
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NSF LTER program “archived”. LTER=“Long Term Ecological Research”. This program has been incredibly successful, incredibly frugal for what they accomplish, and…of course…targeted by evil know-nothings. My heart is breaking.
A final thought: the most important, efficacious, & sizeable faction on the left is plain old normie Dems, "wine moms," "resistance libs," whatever condescending term you prefer. They're the ones doing the actual work. But they are largely ignored by media, because they're organized & led by women.
The best time to have invested in renewables, walkable cities and transit to avoid the oil crisis shock was twenty years ago. The second best time is today.
Just in: UCAR has filed a lawsuit against NSF, the Commerce Dept, NOAA, and OMB to prevent the dismantling of NCAR, alleging "violations of the Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act."
UCAR statement on lawsuit filed against federal administrative agencies | NCAR & UCAR News
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The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.
First 6 Days of Iran War Cost U.S. $11.3 Billion, Pentagon Says
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The American Academy of Actuaries warns that dismantling NCAR would degrade the catastrophe models insurers depend on to price climate risk—driving up premiums and threatening coverage availability nationwide. "Uncertainty carries a positive cost." www.riskmarketnews.com/trumps-clima...
Trump's Climate Supercomputer Plans Threaten US Insurance Market: Actuaries
A new letter from the American Academy of Actuaries draws a direct line between the planned dismantling of NCAR and higher homeowners insurance costs for US consumers.
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While others are stepping back on climate, Project Drawdown is stepping up! We’re proud to announce the Climate Science Serving America Fellowship to support U.S.-based Ph.D.-level scientists & engineers focused on climate solutions for the public good. drawdown.org/news/project...
Project Drawdown launches Climate Science Serving America Fellowship to support scientists working in the public good
Fellowship seeks early- to mid-career researchers based in America who are committed to science and public expertise
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Happy birthday, Chuck. Proud to carry on your legacy of studying evolutionary biology while going through it
There are no penguins in Greenland you absolute moron.
Attention folks in the weather, climate, disaster, wildfire, and Earth science communities: NSF has just published a new "Dear Colleague" letter inviting feedback (by Mar 13) on the proposal to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). www.nsf.gov/funding/...
Go away, Susan Collins. We need NCAR to remain
Alan Gerard@wxmanms1.bsky.social · 7mo agoPer Senate Press Gallery, CO senators Bennet and Hickenlooper just spoke on the floor about NCAR. Sen Bennet tried to raise their amendment to protect NCAR through unanimous consent, but Sen. Susan Collins objected, killing the motion.
@AGU.ORG STATEMENT ON US WITHDRAWAL FROM CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND TREATIES news.agu.org/press-releas...
AGU statement on US withdrawal from climate and environmental organizations and treaties
The Trump Administration’s announcement that the United States will withdraw from a multitude of international organizations and treaties that support global cooperation on climate and environmental i...
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The Trump administration is closing a NASA research library in Greenbelt, Maryland. The facility houses countless books and records that are unlikely to be digitized. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
Senate g House Approps are out with FY26 Interior, EPA, Commerce, Science, Energy and Water Development text after four months of the fiscal year have already lapsed.
Committee Releases Conferenced CJS, E&W, and Interior Bills | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
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Turns out people still actually link climate change to stuff happening in their actual lives and care about action being taken on it, despite the now widespread idea that we need to stop mentioning it to be successful www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society https://theonion.com/historians-quibbling-over-exact-definition-of-concentration-camp-sign-of-healthy-society/
A point I haven’t seen mentioned in these articles is that the Mesa Lab is (most days) open to the public, and the ground floor is a mini science museum that educates tons of people each year about the science of weather forecasting. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center
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There’s a lot going on these days - don’t forget to consider applying to SPEC School 2026 and/or sharing with the grad students and postdocs you know!
Kyla Dahlin@bristleweed.bsky.social · 9mo agoApplications are open for the Spectral Ecology Summer School (www.specschool.org) a program introducing graduate students and postdocs to hyperspectral and lidar remote sensing using NEON data. This year's application and info is here: forms.gle/ohkeGYvmGQ9C... Applications close December 23, 2025.
