Jeff Corbin
@jeffcorbin.bsky.social
Plant ecologist at Union College. I study habitat restoration and species invasions. Sounds fascinating, I know! https://jeffcorbin.org/
Good, NY loosens its deer hunting regs to reduce herd sizes and save forests. It will be easier to harvest does now - they drive pop growth. www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...
NY changes hunting rules to shrink deer herds, reduce foliage loss
New York changed deer hunting rules to help hunters take more does as officials try to reduce booming herds and deer-vehicle crashes.
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Trump celebrating Balogun’s eligibility to play for Team USA when his administration would strip Balogun’s citizenship tomorrow if he didn’t play world class soccer is really a chef’s kiss.
Someone has been projecting images all over D.C. “It’s swampier than ever.” The Kennedy Center one is pretty hilarious. 😂😂😂
Read this. Especially administrators.
Jeff Sharlet@jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 2mo agoAt the end of the term I asked my college creative wriing students to submit anonymous thoughts on AI. No real surprises: Mood ranges from resignation to despair, capitulation from embittered erosion of standards to total, feelings of betrayal from deep to furious. 1/
My favorite baseball writer wrote my favorite article ever. #LGBTQIA+ www.nytimes.com/athletic/735...
Giants pitchers’ Bible verses on Pride Night caps show how they’ve missed the point (Gift Article)
To focus on the perceived sin, Landen Roupp and other Giants pitchers had to step over so much that they professed to believe.
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I wrote an OpEd for my local paper about the importance of restoration- including tree removal - for biodiversity of a very unique habitat. #PineBarren 🌎 🧪 🦋 🌲 www.dailygazette.com/opinion/gues...
Ahhh, Week 2 of sabbatical. Chilling in Toronto visiting our daughter for a few days. Starting west today to spend the rest of the spring in Santa Cruz.
How do we know the extend of biological invasions? Is it a large invasions? A small one? How do we compare invasions of tiny organisms (e.g., ants) and of larger ones (e.g., rabbits)? How do we quantify objectives, or efficiency of management? See our new paper in BioScience! 👇 tinyurl.com/ynuk8cm7
I was honored to be part of this webinar: A critical view on global initiatives on plant conservation. My contribution: Confronting invasive species @~19’ 🌎 #speciesinvasions m.youtube.com/watch?v=k98d...
Webinar "A Critical View on Global Initiatives on Biodiversity Conservation" - ALB/ATBC/IAPT
YouTube video by IAPT Global
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. @noahkahanmusic.bsky.social needs to wrote a follow up to Stick Season called Mud Season.
I'm a paper about giant hogweed control, and a casual conversation with a neighbor turned me onto this 1971 Genesis song - The Return of Giant Hogweed - which is basically a case study of invasive plant ecology! It is also Peak ProgRock. #InvasiveSpecies 🌎 www.youtube.com/watch?v=99JQ...
GENESIS - The return of the giant hogweed (1971) HQ
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Jeff Corbin@jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 9mo agoWe are hiring!! Asst Prof of Environmental Biology and Public Health! "...interaction between biological systems and the environment as it relates to epidemiology and/or public health." Deadline 12/31/25. Please apply here: unioncollege.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UnionC...
We are hiring!! Asst Prof of Environmental Biology and Public Health! "...interaction between biological systems and the environment as it relates to epidemiology and/or public health." Deadline 12/31/25. Please apply here: unioncollege.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UnionC...
Assistant Professor of Biology
Union College invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor of Environmental Biology and Public Health beginning September 1, 2026. Review of applications will begin after December 31, ...
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Researchers challenge claim of a strong Yellowstone trophic cascade after wolf reintroduction 🌎 phys.org/news/2025-10...
Researchers challenge claim of a strong Yellowstone trophic cascade after wolf reintroduction
A new analysis challenges one of the most publicized claims about Yellowstone's wolves. In a detailed comment published in Global Ecology and Conservation, researchers from Utah State University and C...
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Super fun day sampling leaves of red maple trees in Schenectady, NY for my student’s @unioncollege.bsky.social thesis about genetic diversity of urban trees.
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
As one can imagine, I have some thoughts. Here’s a thread no one asked for: 1. SCIENCE IN THE US IS POLITICAL. No matter how much you want to ignore that fact, it is supported by taxpayer dollars and is therefore, political by nature. 2. BUT it has had bipartisan support for decades, which…
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 12mo agoFor some scientists fighting partisan attacks, the goal is to defend their work from political interference. But in retaliating, @katherinejwu.com reports, they also run the risk of advancing the narrative that they want to fight.
My new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Scientists’ role in defending democracy
The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...
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So, my college is considering whether to stop pursuing NSF and NIH grants. (Faculty grants too, of course.) Because we can’t abide the DEI certification. Decision to be made quickly, after discussions.
Restoration of native saltmarshes enhances carbon sequestration & mitigates warming effects following Spartina alterniflora removal 🌊🧪 Suggests future restoration programmes should prioritise multifunctional outcomes 💭🌏 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Springer Nature--pioneering the new world of science where facts can be made up and citations generated to support them
To put it another way, it takes the approach of actively penalizing the technologies of the 21st century and subsidizing the technologies of the 19th century. As solar, batteries, and electrification are rapidly adopted by the rest of the world, we are stepping backwards.
The US is falling behind the curve on solar power – a key energy source of the 21st century. We are losing our edge to China on the technology that we originally invented. Now Senate republicans want to take out our solar industry at the knees in their "Big Beautiful Bill":
New paper! "Why are non-native plants successful? Consistently fast economic traits and novel origin jointly explain abundance across US ecoregions" in @newphyt.bsky.social. Another great paper by my amazing collaborators. 🌎🧪 #bioinvasions nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Why are non‐native plants successful? Consistently fast economic traits and novel origin jointly explain abundance across US ecoregions
Are non-native plants abundant because they are non-native, and have advantages over native plants, or because they possess ‘fast’ resource strategies, and have advantages in disturbed environments?.....
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