Are Australia's endangered plant species more likely to go extinct from climate change? Here is a Plant ecophysiology PhD opportunity in sunny South Australia, open to both domestic and international applicants. Contact @ilainematos.bsky.social (ilaine.matos@adelaide.edu.au) for further details.

Job opportunity in Plant Science at Adelaide University in South Australia. Learn more at jobs.adelaide.edu.au/jobs/lecture...

Dr Ilaine Silveira Matos, Adelaide University How prepared are Australian endangered plants for drought, heat and fire extremes? Plant physiologist Dr Ilaine Silveira Matos studies how Australian native plants – especially endangered species – cope with the escalating challenges of climate change.

Fully funded PhD opportunity in my lab to study threatened plant species responses to drought and heat. This is part of mu recently funded DECRA fellowship.

Defect found in plants could alter their role in climate change fight A recent study revealed that plants are starting to lose more water under high temperatures. www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/clim... #Climate

Why leaky plants are a troublesome climate issue for Earth - The Weather Network

A recent study revealed that plants are starting to lose more water under high temperatures. Known as 'leaky plants,' the abnormality is increasing because of climate change, potentially converting…

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Writing papers is hard But, and this is Very important: Not writing papers is also hard The frustration & stress that comes from not getting your papers written and published is huge If you need help with this PLEASE, take a copy of my book from a library, amazon or a friend! I hope it helps💪

47th New Phytologist Symposium: Extreme Heat – extending the thermal limits of life 2–5 June 2026 University of Córdoba, Spain Travel grant and selected speaker application deadline: 2 February 2026 Poster abstract deadline: 2 March 2026 www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps #PlantScience

I have been successful on my first DECRA attempt. What a great surprise. #DECRA Safeguarding Australia's most threatened plants in a drier and hotter world.

Growing old and tolerant? How Eucalypts and Acacias traits vary across life-stages. Come see my poster and talk at ESA 2025 conference. Monday, Nov 24 5:44 PM Tuesday, Nov 25 3:00 PM #ESA2025 #EcologicalSocietyOfAustralia #EcologyAustralia #BiodiversityOnTheBrink #KaurnaCountry #Adelaide

New paper out on the dangers of using patterns across spatial climate gradients to predict what will happen with changing climate. That includes species distribution modeling. Space-for-time substitution can be misleading in sign, not just the magnitude of effects. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Reconsidering space-for-time substitution in climate change ecology - Nature Climate Change

Ecologists often leverage patterns observed across spatial climate gradients to predict the impacts of climate change (space-for-time substitution). We highlight evidence that this can be misleading n...

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Plant Science Research Weekly -- The Shape of Adaptation: Evolution of Venation Patterns in Plants (Nature Plants) @ilainematos.bsky.social‬ @luiza-aparecido.bsky.social‬ (Summary by Elisa De Meo) buff.ly/Zvfna7N #PlantaePSRW

The shape of adaptation: Evolution of venation patterns in plants | Plantae

Leaf venation patterns display remarkable diversity across both living and fossil plant lineages, yet key questions remain about when and how these architectural differences emerged and what…

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Droughts worldwide pushing tens of millions towards starvation, says report - “This is not a dry spell. This is a slow-moving global catastrophe, the worst I’ve ever seen” #climatecrisis Story by @fionaharvey.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Droughts worldwide pushing tens of millions towards starvation, says report

Water shortages hitting crops, energy and health as crisis gathers pace amid climate breakdown

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Time to introduce myself! Recently, I defended my thesis titled "Patterns and Drivers of Leaf Thermoregulation in Rainforest Trees of the Australian Wet Tropics" where I focused on the role of within-species acclimation and adaptation on leaf temperature. Here’s a little summary of what went on…

Happy to share a new paper, "Effects of Hot Versus Dry Vapor Pressure Deficit on Ecosystem Carbon and Water Fluxes," led by the amazing Miriam Johnston w/ @mallorybarnes.bsky.social and others agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

🔥Can heatwaves leave a thermal leaky legacy?🔥 Check out our latest paper on gmin dynamics during and after thermal stress🍃📄 Extremely proud of my student Viviane! Special thanks to @hcochard.bsky.social @torresruizjm.bsky.social @martijnslot.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/plph...

Leaf minimum conductance dynamics during and after heat stress: Implications for plant survival under hotter droughts

Temperatures above a critical threshold can increase leaf minimum conductance after cooling, evidencing a “thermal leaky legacy effect” that can reduce pla

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Michael (Misha) Stemkovski@mishastemkovski.bsky.social · last yr.

I’m very excited to share a paper from an incredible team of evolutionary biologists, community ecologists, paleoecologists, social scientists, and biogeochemists. “Ecological acclimation” unites processes that take minutes to centuries: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I've wanted to write this article for years. About my and other's struggles to even survive sometime in #academia. Thank you to the amazing editors at @plosbiology.org that gave me the forum to write this piece. #science

🔬 Real-time imaging of plant "breathing"! 🌿💨 Stomata are tiny pores on the leaf surface that regulate gas exchange: CO₂ in, O₂ and H₂O out. 🍌 In this video, captured with our PHENOM microscope, you can see #stomata on a banana leaf in action, breathing in real time. #MIAtecs #Photosynthesis

Shout out to the #rstats {performance} package. Its check_model() function is super helpful for model evaluation. #statistics #STEM

New Article: "Leaf venation network evolution across clades and scales" rdcu.be/epLNP Evolution of leaf venation networks, from fewer, corrugated veins to high vein density and smoother loops. Herbivory as a potential driver of venation architectural changes.

In this just published paper we reconstructed the almost 400 million of leaf venation evolution!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Several PhD opportunities at the University of Adelaide, available for both national and international students. scholarships.adelaide.edu.au/Scholarships...

Check it out! New blog post written by my honours student Jaclyn Wilmot!! www.adelaide.edu.au/environment/...

Solving the pearl bluebush seed deficit for post-mining revegetation

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New paper out! Here we discovered that interactions between different species leaf traits can greatly change the propensity of the vegetation to catch fire.

New paper out! Here we investigated wether leaf traits that have been extensively used to reconstruct past climates can also inform how vegetation will respond to future climate changes.

New paper out! Here we invite researchers to use better metrics to quantify drought intensity in experiments.

New paper out! Here we explain that tropical mountain grasslands and cloud forests might be both vulnerable to drought albeit for different reasons.

New paper out! Here we discuss the importance of using adequate metrics of drought intensity when conducting drought experiments.

New paper out! Here we investigate how mixing leaves of different plant species can impact the propensity of litter to catch fire. Check it out!