President of the Royal Society Paul Nurse responds to the Russian attack on Ukrainian Academy of Sciences: royalsociety.org/news/2026/09...

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Paul Nurse, President of the Royal Society, responds to the attack on the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.

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

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Digital Brain@yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 2w ago

A wild red fox drops its guard to play fearlessly with a Siberian husky, a bond that only forms when foxes lose their fear of humans through close contact on farms.

Fast fires burn more area, and more of that area is severely burned. What’s more, new research finds, severely burned patches will struggle to find seeds to regrow the same tree types. 🔥🧪🌍 eos.org/articles/fas...

Fast, Severe Wildfires Can Change How Forests Grow Back - Eos

These blazes can cause ecological shifts even in fire-adapted forests.

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Take the time to nominate a colleague. It matters, and we all know deserving colleagues!

Ecological Society of America@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social · 3w ago

Most people who deserve recognition never nominate themselves. Someone has to notice. That could be you. 2027 ESA Award nominations (incl. Fellow & Early Career Fellow) are open through Nov 19. Be the person who noticed: https://ow.ly/UtMr50ZQGcc

Is there generality in decomposition across substrates? We tested this in an experiment across elevation, studying carrion, dung, leaves & wood. We found idiosynchratic patterns of decomp, with local conditions being more important than macroclimate @sebseibold.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ecm....

Scientist here: It is widely known inside science that this—top-down imposition of a research agenda—leads to mostly rote, boring, non-innovative work. Building an institute to do discovery science is hard: you hire young people, put them together, hope synergies arise and ideas fall out.

Jeffrey Mervis@policyhound.bsky.social · 4w ago

A deep dive into the memo that marks the end of how NSF has done business for 76 years www.science.org/content/arti...

NSF has reduced the research budget for all atmospheric, ocean, and earth sciences by ~80%. 80%! A lot of us will not be conducting new research or training new students for the foreseeable future.

The USDA published a proposed rule to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule on August 20. Comment on the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule at https://ow.ly/RFV450ZOVxS before October 6. See more information at https://ow.ly/t84M50ZOVxR

Science in this country is the goose that lays the golden eggs. Science and research are what give us quality of life, quantity of life, innovation, new businesses and industries. We know this. Why cut it’s budgets? For a very small number of people to have more power and more money, of course.

Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · 3w ago

The Trump admin has decimated American science budgets, taking away life saving opportunities, and the potential for groundbreaking discoveries. This is how you destroy American innovation. apnews.com/article/trum...

NSF is touting a dozen new solicitations announced this week as evidence that basic research still rules. But that's not what's really going on. www.science.org/content/arti...

Is NSF’s new call for research proposals good news? Scientists and staffers have doubts

The long-delayed 12 solicitations only cover some disciplines—and promise to give them much less money

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The Trump administration has pulled federal funding for the Arctic Report Card. Every year for the past two decades, the report has provided a checkup on the health of the region, which is heating up at several times the pace of the rest of the globe.

Trump Administration Kills Annual Arctic Report Card

The top of the world is warming faster than any other region. For 20 years, the Arctic Report Card chronicled the extraordinary transformation.

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Yikes

Rachel Frazin@rachelfrazin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

NOAA pulls support from Arctic climate report The lead editor of this year's report said "We are frantically working to find a way" to make it happen anyway thehill.com/policy/energ...

Join our team! The UW–Madison Aquatic Sciences Center, which administers both Wisconsin Sea Grant and the Water Resources Institute, is hiring an Associate Director for Outreach and Engagement. https://jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/associate-director-for-outreach-and-engagement-madison-wisconsin-united-states

Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.

So much to reflect on in this book, thanks , Juli for mentioning it. Lots of wisdom.

juli g pausas@jgpausas.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Foreword “For us of the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important than television, and the chance to find a pasque-flower is a right as inalienable as free speech”

A dangerous heat wave will bring record-breaking temperatures to parts of the Western U.S. this weekend, prompting warnings for people to stay inside and heightening wildfire risks in areas that already are dry or burning. https://to.pbs.org/452eNRL

Heat wave expected to bring record-breaking temps, heighten wildfire risk to parts of Western U.S.

A ridge of high pressure is holding heat close to the ground — what’s known as a heat dome — from Arizona to Montana, though the good news is that it will be relatively short-lived, National Weather S...

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The future of science won't be shaped by AI alone — it will be shaped by the choices researchers make about using it. A new @issuesinst.bsky.social article explores how researchers can integrate AI into the scientific process while preserving the principles that make science trustworthy. 🧵

Early defoliation, leaf browning and wilting and shedding of green leaves in Switzerland (Jura) and Southern Germany (Black Forest) - beech but also cherry and maple affected - heat and drought stress - and no rain forecasted for the next weeks. This is not unexpected - this is climate change!

Gavin is a great mentor and collaborator and does very cool science. Apply early and often 🦉🌎🌐

gavin jones@ecologyofgavin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I’m looking to recruit a postdoc to join my research group at University of Iowa to work on disturbance ecology and biodiversity! Start date flexible, lots of opportunity for skill development, collaboration, and mentorship. Will review applicants in mid-August! Link: gavinmjones.com/opportunities/

New guidance directs Interior employees, including park staff, not to confirm deaths or the severity of injuries in national parks. Coalition Board Member Alexandra Picavet warns this “prescriptive and in some ways threatening guidance” will not be effective. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Internal memo orders staff not to reveal deaths in national parks

Guidance issued by the Interior Department instructs National Park Service staff not to confirm deaths, the severity of injuries or other details.

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We will soon be advertising a 3-year postdoctoral position at Bristol aimed at enhancing our modelling capacity to better characterise vegetation recovery & legacy effects following fire. Please keep us in mind if this is your speciality 😀 🔥🌳 🌱

I was struck when I corrected data for inflation and population growth. In no way is Trump policy a correction of some overreach. The Biden years were middling for science funding in the 21st century. This is retrenchment to a time before most Americans were born. grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... 🧪

Reminder about this webinar tomorrow!

Ecological Society of America@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Our final episode of the season is next week! Join Aaron and our guests Rich Pouyat & Alex Neal for reflections on building a career as an ecologist and how to navigate a meaningful, successful pathway. June 9 at 2:00 PM ET! https://ow.ly/ck2P50Z77MN

The top Democrats on a Republican-led congressional committee that historically opposes most U.S. interactions with China are slamming President Donald Trump for firing all the members of the board that oversees the National Science Foundation. https://scim.ag/43Usj9i

Democrats on House China committee decry dismissal of National Science Board

Letter also blames Trump for letting China surpass United States in research spending

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I am working on my public comment. All scientists should do so, this would be devastating to US science and the innovation and leadership that has been a real gold standard.

Peter Griffith@carboncyclist.org · 4mo ago

Re OMB proposed rules on grants: You’ve got to admire how thoroughly they studied the conduct of science in order to create rules that would destroy the system. They did their homework

Good report via @npr.org “NPR would like to hear from more people with information about federal agencies and the proposed reorganization of the Forest Service.” Contact “Chiara Eisner, at ceisner@npr.org, or contact her on the end-to-end encrypted platform Signal, here. Her username is: ceis.78.”

KJZZ Phoenix@kjzz.org · 4mo ago

The Forest Service is trying to shut down research hubs because it says it needs to live within its means. But the agency plans to close facilities that cost less than $1 to rent while keeping open one that costs $1 million.

The U.S. research community is asking the Senate to do something it hasn’t done in more than 3 decades: Hold a hearing on the president’s nominee to lead the National Science Foundation before voting on whether to confirm him. https://scim.ag/4dWgoxE

Research groups want Senate to vet Trump’s nominee for NSF head

A hearing would air questions about James O’Neill’s qualifications to lead the agency

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Born #OnThisDay in 1951 was astronaut and physicist Sally Ride. Ride became the first American woman to go into space as part of NASA's seventh space shuttle mission, and was the third woman overall to go into space. #WomenInSTEM https://bit.ly/4dH5k6b

Democrats in Congress are criticizing President Donald Trump’s unprecedented firing of all members of the National Science Foundation’s governing board—and demanding answers on what the administration plans to do next. https://scim.ag/3R288TX

Democratic lawmakers demand Trump explain—and reverse—termination of NSF’s governing board

Letters from Senate and House of Representatives question purge of the National Science Board

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