Please pass along, I’m recruiting PhD students to join our Macroecology Lab @uofa-eeb.bsky.social We study phys ecology, macroecology, biodiversity - spanning scaling, trait-based ecology, theory, comparative biology & ecoinformatics. Several avenues for funding. Please reach out if interested🧪🌐🌾

Academic freedom, along with the bedrock constitutional freedoms of speech, association, expression, and inquiry, form the foundation of American higher education and democracy. alumni.controlshift.app/petitions/tr...

Trump attacks 9 universities: Sign the alumni petition to defend your school now

Are you an alum outraged by Trump's attacks on universities? Defend your school now by signing this alumni petition in support of these 9 universities as well as campus communities across America.

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My heart is full, my cup overflowing. Wonderful dinner out with my @coloradocollege.bsky.social Jabailylab alumni, from the classes of '19, '20, '22, '25, '26. Our currently ill '28 was greatly missed. I am so proud of these people (a second family!) and grateful to be together at #Botany2025

I can't stress enough how close U.S. science is to the cliff. "Numbers released in May by the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that if Congress approves the cuts to the agency proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%" (@science.org)

‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels

“There is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” one Ph.D. student says

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🌷🌷🌷 excited to have a preprint of another PhD chapter out! we looked at how species richness, Shannon diversity and phylogenetic diversity changed with experimental warming and cooling via whole-community transplants up and down an elevation gradient in CO. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Phylogenetic diversity and species diversity are decoupled under experimental warming and cooling in Rocky Mountain plant communities

Aim Nearly 8% of species could go extinct from climate change; many organisms are already experiencing declines in abundance, local extinction, and range shifts. How such changes impact community dive...

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Conejos Valley forest road now, 8,800’ 🌿

very excited that the first paper from my phd is out in ajb!

Botanical Society of America@botsocamerica.bsky.social · last yr.

Rare species do not disproportionately contribute to phylogenetic diversity in a subalpine plant community New #AJB research by @leahveldhuisen.bsky.social, Verónica Zepeda, Brian Enquist & Katrina Dlugosch doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #phylogenetics #fireweed

here's the live link! Please pass it on and spread widely. I'll be talking about Greenland, NSF, melting ice, and why science matters at 11:30 ET.🧪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdtI...

100 Hours to Save America’s Forecasts, Weather and Climate Livestream Part 3

YouTube video by The Weather & Climate Livestream

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Paul Bierman@paul-bierman.bsky.social · last yr.

Spread the word. 100 hours of non partisan climate and weather science @wclivestream.bsky.social. AT 1130 ET today, I'll be speaking about Greenland's fragile ice sheet, climate, and why US NSF supported science matters to everyone, everywhere. Watch at wclivestream.com ❄️🧪 #scicomm #UVMresearch

Today is a day for action, scientist friends. Don't just go back to whatever paper you're editing or experiment you're running. Talking points: bsky.app/profile/davi... Other advice: ecoevoevoeco.blogspot.com/2025/05/tale...

Terry McGlynn@hormiga.bsky.social · last yr.

They are dismantling our entire research apparatus, piece by piece. Make sure everybody knows what they are doing. Call your reps whatever color your district is and demand more action.

Thread with an email being sent to @asn-amnat.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social members today calling for a Tri-society week of action for NSF: Dear members: The tri-societies (ASN, SSE,SSB) are running a ‘Week of Action for NSF’. Your engagement is crucial.

Funding science is an investment for ALL Americans! 📉 Researchers at American University's Institute for Macroeconomic and Policy Analysis found that a 50% reduction of federal science funding would make Americans $10k poorer. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...

Trump’s Cuts to Science Funding Could Hurt U.S. Economy, Study Shows (Gift Article)

Reducing federal support for research and development could cause long-run economic damage and reduce government revenue.

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This is an all-hands-on-deck moment. Read the thread and post public comments and contact your rep.

Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · last yr.

ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM Implementation of Schedule F This is what a lot of us have been worried about. This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs. BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD... 1/n

🙏 We need your help 🙏 The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like. We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants: NIH: forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP... NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni... w/ @noamross.net