Fantastic postdoc fellowship opportunity: UCAR's Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is now seeking applications "from across the full breadth of disciplines contributing to Climate and Global Change Science." Find a US-based mentor and apply! cpaess.ucar.edu/cgc/annual-r...

I have resigned from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol's Independent Standards Board. The Protocol is openly violating its own rules and has effectively delegated forest carbon accounting standards to a secret, industry-led working group. ghgpolicy.org/s/2026-06-08...

Important explanation of a myriad of different ways that the act of doing science will be prohibited by this administration. Topics of study, attending conferences, public communications, open access journals, and so much more.

elizabethginexi.bsky.social@elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

Californians: If you bought plants at Costco recently please read👇🏻 www.kcra.com/article/nort...

Northern California counties on alert after invasive insect found on Costco plants

The glassy-winged sharpshooter is a non-native invasive pest that can carry Pierce's Disease, a bacterial infection that can kill grapevines and damage other plants.

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A heartfelt thank you to federal scientists of the USA. The authors of this piece reflect on the massive losses that occurred in 2025 — 10,109 PhDs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and health — either voluntarily or involuntarily. 17% of the workforce gone in a single year!

Federal scientists, a great American invention: a letter to our federal colleagues

Click on the article title to read more.

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Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

After USDA request, Indiana plant biologist locked out of lab by school

Move comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs

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Why would it be such a problem to dismantle NCAR, you might wonder. Well, it’s an institution that provides all kinds of value to the US taxpayer and beyond. Here are some examples. researchworks.ucar.edu

Research Works - NSF NCAR|UCAR

Harnessing the power of research to protect lives and property, support the economy, and strengthen national security.

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Trump moves to pull the US from bedrock climate treaty, UN IPCC and other int'l orgs & UN agencies. In doing so, the US becomes the only country to withdraw from this particular climate agreement dating back to 1992 (UNFCCC). www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/c...

Trump moves to pull US out of bedrock global climate treaty, becoming first country to do so | CNN

The Trump administration is pulling the United States out of the bedrock treaty that underpins international cooperation on climate change, along with dozens of other global bodies.

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A truly gonzo Executive Order from the Trump Administration removes US from not just the UN Framework Convention on Climate change, but also the IPCC (!), the IUCN, the IPBES (the IPCC of biodiversity), and all sorts of other organizations. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States

MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United

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Over the holidays, every single national wildlife refuge, plus some fish hatcheries and marine monuments were directed to conduct a system-wide review. Outrageous deadline of Jan 5 functionally eliminates public input & tribal consultation. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...

Interior to Spend Holidays Studying Refuges for Possible Closure

Congress will have to approve any Interior Department plans to abolish national wildlife refuges as staff members spend the next few weeks completing a review the US Fish and Wildlife Service has orde...

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#Viewpoint: Improving the representation of plant water stress and #water use in Earth System Models Dukes et al. 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue #PlantScience @dukesjeff.bsky.social @changliao.bsky.social @richphillipslab.bsky.social @scottmcadam.bsky.social

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The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)

A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.

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So much drama at @stanfordjrbp.bsky.social

Jeff Dukes@dukesjeff.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Short story Sunday: There once was a California newt heading down a leafy trail 1/??

Short story Sunday: There once was a California newt heading down a leafy trail 1/??

Love maps? (Us too.) Interested in learning more about biodiversity and helping science? (Ditto.) This Wednesday, join Cal Academy researchers for a free, virtual georeferencing training session. 🌱 Learn more and register here: bit.ly/4qJoVbP

1/2 We just published the Global Carbon Budget 2025, with a mix of bad news (CO2 emissions continue to grow) and encouraging news (35 countries saw emissions decline over the past decade while growing their economies). Read the highlights in a short article: theconversation.com/the-worlds-c...

1/2 To support this year's Global Carbon Budget, 2025, we are publishing The big paper, made possible by the strong commitment of a core group of scientists, with @pfriedling.bsky.social at the lead, working with a network of equally committed contributors from 102 research organizations worldwide

Latest from Reuters using @globalenergymon.bsky.social data! Two-thirds of new power projects are solar & wind 🌞💨 Around 950 GW of clean capacity is being built—345 GW of that from solar alone. www.reuters.com/markets/comm...

Hydrology Paper of the Day @dukesjeff.bsky.social on plant hydraulics in Earth System Models: challenges with capturing complexity and spatial variability; water stresses and transpiration in the context of drought and species-specific ecology; the challenges of scaling; and testing new models.

Jeff Dukes@dukesjeff.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Just published this new paper, with a bunch of fantastic colleagues, with many suggestions for "Improving the representation of plant water stress and water use in Earth System Models." Access is free online. We have some great figures, thanks to Victor Leshyk. 🧪🌐🌳🌎

“These things came [to California] clearly from another region, another country — and that means all of our waterways are at risk,” Ransom said, calling the mussels a “serious emerging threat” to farms, water supplies, and recreation. www.mercurynews.com/2025/11/06/e...

‘Emerging threat’: An invasive species is upending life in the Delta, with no help on the way

One year after the discovery that golden mussels had invaded the Delta, thick colonies coat boats and piers and threaten water supplies for cities and farms. Yet the state has no specific funding o…

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Just published this new paper, with a bunch of fantastic colleagues, with many suggestions for "Improving the representation of plant water stress and water use in Earth System Models." Access is free online. We have some great figures, thanks to Victor Leshyk. 🧪🌐🌳🌎

New Phytologist@newphyt.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Improving the representation of plant water stress and water use in Earth System Models Dukes et al. @dukesjeff.bsky.social @changliao.bsky.social @richphillipslab.bsky.social @scottmcadam.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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I had missed this article earlier. An example of what we're losing, in terms of science that could make a difference for people in this time of climate crisis. Just one relatively small research group at one university (my own #NorthernArizonaUniversity). Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

He Studied How Emissions Are Heating Up U.S. Cities

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The latest DroughtNet paper is out in Science today! Using coordinated experiments across six continents and 74 sites, the International Drought Experiment found differences between the effects of extreme droughts and more typical droughts... (1/3) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity

As droughts become longer and more intense, impacts on terrestrial primary productivity are expected to increase progressively. Yet, some ecosystems appear to acclimate to multiyear drought, with cons...

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We are really excited to announce… that our next big DroughtNet paper will be published… next week. And that’s about all we can say for now! 😁 🧪🌐🌎🌍🌏 🚫💧☘️🌾🗓️

Plant Science Research Weekly -- Senescence to nutrient cycling: Top-down effects of climate change (New Phytol.) @dukesjeff.bsky.social (Summary by Xavier Ozowara) buff.ly/oOvMxnX #PlantaePSRW

Senescence to nutrient cycling: Top-down effects of climate change | Plantae

Precipitation plays an important role in shaping leaf tissue composition, and as climate change progresses, we’ll likely see dramatic shifts in precipitation regimes. Changes in leaf tissue…

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New paper led by T. Eren Bilir in AGU Advances—proud to be a coauthor: Satellite-Constrained Reanalysis of the Global Land Carbon Sink. doi.org/10.1029/2025...

Satellite‐Constrained Reanalysis Reveals CO2 Versus Climate Process Compensation Across the Global Land Carbon Sink

CO2 ${\text{CO}}_{2}$-driven terrestrial C gains are ∼4 times greater than climate-driven losses during 2001–2021 and are mainly in live biomass reservoirs In the global sum, CO2 ${\text{CO}}_{2}...

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Threats from invasive species are on the rise in the US as federal job cuts lead to a black market boom ... for ants www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...

Federal job cuts lead to a black market boom ... for ants

There's a black market trade for everything — including ants. (Yes, even ants.)

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In the Scars of L.A.’s Wildfires, Ecological Lessons Bloom www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/m...

What the Bloom After L.A.’s Wildfires Reveals About Our Ecological Future

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New paper from the (long-finished) Boston Area Climate Experiment shows how water stress during plant growth affects the chemistry of leaves, with later consequences for decomposition rates. Led by Vidya Suseela's lab at Clemson. 🧪 #drought nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Climatic stress‐induced changes in plant chemistry alter the compound‐specific degradation of litter during decomposition

Plant litter decomposition sustains ecosystem productivity and modulates soil carbon cycling. Drought directly impacts decomposition by decreasing soil moisture and indirectly by altering plant tiss.....

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