Automated Daily Measurements of Soil Pore Space CO2 and O2: Signals Revealing Soil Physical and Biogeochemical Processes agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

We’re thrilled to announce the Society for Freshwater Science 2027 Annual Meeting! 💡Navigating Braided Waters: Past, Present, Future 📍 Omaha, Nebraska 📆 May 23-27, 2027 Explore our meeting website for program details, travel, accommodations, field trips & more: 🔗 www.sfsannualmeeting.org

SFS 2027 Annual Meeting

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Who, who could have foretold this?

Carl Zimmer@carlzimmer.com · 16h ago

Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc

I am tired of having to pretend that the value of studying my discipline solely rests on the "marketable skills" we teach. Sometimes things are just worth knowing and doing because they make your life bigger and richer.

Erin Grievances@erinbartram.bsky.social · 14h ago

I don't want to make civic arguments about history. I don't want to make instrumentalist arguments about history. I want engineers to understand my discipline is rigorous too and if not I want to be able to make fun of them forever because no historian ever built a bridge that broke in the wind.

Student journalists have always been the MVPs. They have skill, tenacity, and, crucially, integrity.

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)@newsjennifer.bsky.social · yesterday

I think it’s fair to say that the student journalists at Cornell are braver than the news networks who just gave up on their WH pool ban even though CNN is still being denied access. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...

Virginia Tech has TWO Assistant/Associate Professor positions open in the Department of Biological Sciences targeting fungal and bacterial molecular biologists. Join some great fungal biologists @mycorican.bsky.social and Kirsten Nielsen! jobs.apply.vt.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant/Associate Professor - Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

Job Description The Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech seeks applicants for two (2) tenure-track research and teaching positions at the Assistant/Associate ...

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Dam removal has proven time after time that rivers—and the living creatures they suport—rebound rapidly when they’re allowed to flow free again. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/c...

Salmon Are Thriving After Klamath River Dam Removals, Study Finds (Gift Article)

The first fall runs of chinook salmon since the project in California and Oregon was completed have surpassed researchers’ expectations.

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Pls share: Two tenure-track positions in Molecular Microbiology at Virginia Tech. I had a great visit there a couple of years ago! jobs.apply.vt.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant/Associate Professor - Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

Job Description The Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech seeks applicants for two (2) tenure-track research and teaching positions at the Assistant/Associate ...

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A good look at the consequences of using AI to generate art, and insights as to how humans actually do it. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opinion | A.I. Shortcuts Are Ruining How We Think (Gift Article)

Anything worth remembering came from a person who did not know where she or he was going until arriving.

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Protists deserve the spotlight and so do scientists! This was such an honor but mostly, this project reminded me why I have the best job and friends/colleagues in the world! 🔬

Carolyn Johnson@carolynyjohnson.bsky.social · 2d ago

Many scientists feel grim right now. Here's a different story - about discovery, friendship, grimness, yes, but how science finds a way! @couchmicroscopy.bsky.social @andrewilloughb.bsky.social In an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/s...

Enjoyed getting lost in garden details for a bit this morning. Trying to take it all in as the mornings get cooler.... 🌱

“As of May 2026, the C.D.C. had 30 percent fewer employees than it did before the layoffs…Interviews with more than 30 current & former employees reveal the agency is now tightly controlled by Mr. Kennedy and his associates, and its scientists are finding it increasingly difficult to do their jobs”

‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission

The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

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Each Friday night, I write a briefing on what happened in US science & higher ed. 🧪  Sept 25 (Year 2, Week 39) - Justice Dept drops 50+ longstanding school desegregation cases - no new NIH EO (but threat isn’t past) - $1B in new pocket rescission & more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

Year 2, Week 39

Sept 19-25 – digging in

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The SFS Urban Chapter invites paper submissions to two special collections inspired by the Symposium on Urbanization and Stream Ecology (SUSE) and SFS meetings held in San Juan, Puerto Rico in May 2025. (1/3)

The SCOTUS decision increases the likelihood that eligible voters will be wrongly labeled as noncitizens due to faulty data and removed from the rolls.

Supreme Court allows Trump to use flawed database to vet voter citizenship

While the impact on the midterms might be minimal, Justice Jackson warns some eligible voters could be disenfranchised.

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Excellent. We should all get boosters if able.

John Hollingsworth@fiatjusticia.bsky.social · 2d ago

Updated CDC guidelines just came out. 👀 EVERYONE 18+can get the COVID booster and your insurance has to pay for it. More info about kids in the video below, which is excellent. #covid #covidcautious #yallmaskingDC

A massive Microsoft data centre was fined after a drone investigation revealed the use of illegally operating gas turbines -->> www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

MIT spent $3 million on 500 AI-capable surveillance cameras while laying people off, shutting down libraries, and canceling journal subscriptions. In this article, 4 faculty & I discuss our new arts initiative to celebrate surveillance and repression on college campuses: fnl.mit.edu/how-we-learn...

🚨🚨🚨 Very urgent for many of us. I also just learned this today. Tell your friends. Tell your grant admins. 🧪

Vaughn Cooper@vscooper.micropopbio.org · 3d ago

FYI to everyone submitting this October NIH cycle You need to re-certify your ScienCV AFTER Sept 26 (tomorrow) for your application or it may not be accepted. Great timing!

Congratulations @melissaberke.bsky.social on being awarded the @agu “Asahiko Taira International Scientific Ocean Drilling Research Prize”!!

We (Biological Sciences at Virginia Tech) are #hiring TWO tenure-track Molecular Microbiology professors! Review of applications starts 1 Nov. I'm happy to answer questions about the department, VT, life in Blacksburg, etc.! More info / to apply: jobs.apply.vt.edu/jobs/assista... 🧪👩‍🔬🦠 #academicjobs

Assistant/Associate Professor - Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

Job Description The Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech seeks applicants for two (2) tenure-track research and teaching positions at the Assistant/Associate ...

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Please repost/share We're hiring! UC Davis Plant Pathology seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in plant health & microbiomes. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07904 My department is full of great colleagues, and we look forward to recruiting our new colleague!

Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

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McGill has a productive group of freshwater scientists working on fish & invertebrate ecology, evolution, invasive species, ecotoxicology and global change. We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow that can forge new collaborations among us. See our job ad here: scasscsa.mcjobboard.net/jobs/235865

Postdoctoral Fellow in Freshwater Science

The GRIL node at McGill University comprises seven aquatic scientists (see below) that span a broad range of expertise; we are advancing knowledge regarding landscape-scale processes, long-term change...

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We are still looking for a postdoc to work on molecular underpinnings of nitrogen fixation in the South Pacific, with potential to inform approaches to mCDR. Please share! proteoceanlab.github.io/assets/img/2...

Join the SFS Urban Chapter for their first webinar of the year on October 1st 4:30-6:00pm ET. The webinar will highlight monitoring and management of algae in urban streams. Pre-registration is required. www.urbanstreamecology.org

SUSE

The Symposium on Urbanization and Stream Ecology is an interdisciplinary meeting held approximately every 3-5 years with the specific aim to further the scientific study of stream ecosystems in…

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Cool. 🧪🌎 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Who Eats Whom? A global food web derived from citizen science

Citizen science photographs contain a vast and underused record of species interactions. This Community Page introduces Who Eats Whom, an interactive, searchable food web created from photographs uplo...

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There's lots of reasons for despair, but here's a small bit of light: it's not hard to make change when you work together. 175 climate researchers volunteered time to ensure communities are informed about climate risks. Led by Melissa Kenney, @bobkopp.net, & me, free to read: doi.org/10.1029/2025...

Research Priorities for Robust Climate Assessments in the United States

A network of climate assessments plays a critical role in synthesizing the state of science to support evidence-based decision-making To support future U.S. and sub-national climate assessments, ...

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Finally published! Redundancy maintains microbial ecosystem functional potential despite taxonomic shifts between serpentine and nonserpentine soils www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

Redundancy maintains microbial ecosystem functional potential despite taxonomic shifts between serpentine and nonserpentine soils

Environmental filtering and buffering are complementary processes responsible for stabilizing ecosystem services across landscapes. The extent to which either of these processes structures microbial c...

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