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Jürgen Knauer

@juergenknauer.bsky.social

Chancellor's Research Fellow at University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Land surface and ecosystem modelling, plant ecophysiology, carbon cycle.

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Sami Rifai@samirifai.bsky.social · 2d ago

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.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson@climatecasino.net · 3mo ago

Your 'moment of doom' for May 20, 2026 ~ Biting the dust. "Senior scientists said it would result in Australia no longer having an international-standard climate model to contribute projections to major assessment reports..." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

‘Foolish’ CSIRO job cuts will mean Australia unable to provide climate projections to global reports, scientists warn

Exclusive: Science agency is planning to sack a third of the team working on the national climate model, sources say

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Pep Canadell@pepcanadell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

1/1 The GCP-Global Carbon Budget 2025 has just been published in its final form. It is the same data we released at the last COP in Nov 2025, but given the many improvements this budget introduced compared to previous editions, it underwent a longer and more detailed peer review process.

Global Carbon Budget 2025

Abstract. Accurate assessment of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and their redistribution among the atmosphere, ocean, and terrestrial biosphere in a changing climate is critical to bette...

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Joe Atkinson@joe-atkinson.bsky.social · 7mo ago

✨ PhD opportunity studying drought and heatwave effects on threatened plants ✨🔥 Funded by an ARC DECRA awarded to the amazing Dr Ilaíne Matos and co-supervised by Dr Sami Rifai and me! Limited by the character limit here, so please see the attached flyer for all the details - please share widely!

PhD Opportunity in Plant Ecophysiology – Adelaide University We are looking for an PhD candidate to join an exciting research project focused on understanding heat and drought combined impacts on threatened plants’ mortality. Key Objectives: Describe drought sensitivity in juvenile and mature individuals of threatened plant species. Disentangle the effects of elevated temperature, soil dryness, and atmospheric water demand on the sensitivity of threatened species to hotter droughts. Model threatened species’ risk of mortality under current and future hotter droughts. Eligibility: Australians and international applicants with a completed Master's degree (GPA > 5.0) and/or a completed 4-year Bachelor with Honours (GPA > 5.0) in Plant Biology or related areas; Proof of English proficiency (e.g. IELTS score > 6.5 or equivalent qualification), only for applicants who speak English as a second language. Strong analytical and programming skills in R or Python. Genuine interest in studying plants with previous experience in plant ecology and/or physiology. Effective writing skills; a passion for reading, writing, and continually improving as a communicator. Ability to drive in Australia is desirable but not essential. Start Date: April 2026 (negotiable) Duration: 3.5 years Benefits: PhD scholarship (tax-exempt stipend of $36,500 AUD p.a. + $3,000 AUD p.a. top up); Higher stipend rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates ($ 53,608 p.a.); Relocation allowances for both domestic and international candidates; Single Overseas Student Health cover for international applicants. 100% tuition fee waiver. How to Apply: Email the following documents to ilaine.matos@adelaide.edu.au before the 15th of February 2026. Women and people underrepresented in research are encouraged to apply. 1-page cover letter explaining why you are interested in this position and your previous experiences relevant for this opportunity. Curriculum Vitae in the Adelaide University format.
Caroline Lehmann@caroaceae.bsky.social · 8mo ago

"Bond’s work leaves behind an inconvenient lesson for an era of climate urgency: that speed is not a substitute for understanding, and that good intentions, applied without care, can erase ancient worlds as efficiently as neglect." A beautiful tribute to William Bond. Forever missed by many.

William Bond, defender of grasslands

In recent years, one of the loudest ideas in environmental policy has been that trees are the planet’s universal remedy. Plant enough of them, in enough places, and carbon will be soaked up, water wil...

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Pep Canadell@pepcanadell.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The Global Carbon Project has just published the most comprehensive Global Hydrogen Budget to date. H2, although not a GHG, has an indirect Global Warming Potential 37 times more potent than CO2. Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/hydrogen-emi... Research paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Hydrogen emissions are ‘supercharging’ the warming impact of methane - Carbon Brief

The warming impact of hydrogen has been “overlooked” in projections of climate change, authors of the latest “global hydrogen budget” say.

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biometlab@biometlab.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I found an obituary for Steve www.renner-wikoffchapel.com/obituary/Ste...

Stephen Patrick Long Obituary | Urbana, IL | Renner-Wikoff Chapel & Crematory

View Stephen Patrick Long's complete obituary, share memories, and explore 1 tribute posts from the community.

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Sebastian Schornack@dromius.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Saddened to hear about the passing of Steve Long. His work had a profound impact on plant science. A true loss to the scientific community. @ripeproject.bsky.social emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/4...

Belinda Medlyn@bmedlyn.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Postdoctoral position in Forest Monitoring available. Know your way around spatial datasets? Join us to help monitor changes in Australia's precious forest estate! @westsyduhie.bsky.social jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WesternSydne...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Forest Monitoring

Company Description: Western Sydney University is a modern, forward-thinking, research-led institution at the heart of Australia’s fastest-growing and most economically significant region. With 11 cam...

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Caroline Lehmann@caroaceae.bsky.social · last yr.

Limited carbon sequestration potential from global ecosystem restoration - our paper was born of collective frustration around continual conflation of restoration + reforestation, invariably misrepresenting open ecosystems in global models of ecosystem C storage potential.

Limited carbon sequestration potential from global ecosystem restoration - Nature Geoscience

The maximum carbon sequestration potential from global terrestrial ecosystem restoration efforts until 2100 is 96.9 Gt, which is equivalent to 3.7–12.0% of anthropogenic emissions until then, accordin...

nature.com

Jürgen Knauer@juergenknauer.bsky.social · last yr.

What a pleasure to write a News & Views piece on this intriguing article that found surprising insights into WUE trends --> www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Water-use efficiency driven by water savings - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Analysis of land–atmosphere water and CO2 fluxes suggests that reduced water use by vegetation, rather than increased carbon uptake, is the driving factor behind the well-documented increase in vegeta...

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Weiwei Zhan@weiweizhan.bsky.social · last yr.

Interested in how plant intrinsic water-use efficiency (iWUE) responds to rising CO2? Our new paper shows that CO2-enhanced iWUE is mainly driven by reduced canopy conductance, while stimulation of ecosystem photosynthesis is less detectable given current data length. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@chenwei-xiao.bsky.social · last yr.

(1/3) I'm thrilled to announce the publication of our new paper on the impacts of land use and land cover changes on ecosystem sensitivity to drought and temperature fluctuations! 🌍🌳 Check it out here: dx.doi.org/10.1029/2024.... 📊 #LandCoverChange #Deforestation #Drought #EcosystemStability

Deforestation Increases Vegetation Vulnerability to Drought Across Biomes

Satellite observations show that drought impacts on biomass are more severe when forests are converted to non-forests Dynamic global vegetation models generally agree on a more negative drought s...

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Jingfeng Xiao@jingfengxiao.bsky.social · last yr.

A gap-filled and partitioned eddy covariance flux dataset for 34 sites across Northwest China is now publicly available online. Our data paper, led by Xufeng Wang, just came out in Earth System Science Data. essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...

A post-processed carbon flux dataset for 34 eddy covariance flux sites across the Heihe River basin, China

Abstract. The eddy covariance (EC) technique is currently the most widely used method for measuring carbon exchange between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere at the ecosystem scale. Using this...

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Rosie Fisher@rosieafisher.bsky.social · 2y ago

Newly calibrated grass behaviour in the #FATESmodel :) nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

California annual grass phenology and allometry influence ecosystem dynamics and fire regime in a vegetation demography model

Grass-dominated ecosystems cover wide areas of the land surface yet have received far less attention from the Earth System Model (ESM) community. This limits model projections of ecosystem dynamics .....

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Florian Busch@florianabusch.bsky.social · 2y ago

Some physiological processes that can be neglected when measuring gas exchange in happy plants become important when dealing with stressed plants. In this paper we outline the things that might cause trouble under suboptimal conditions. Shout out to the new journal @plantecophys.bsky.social !

Diego A. Márquez@dmarquez.bsky.social · 2y ago

Excited to share our paper with Anna Gardner and @florianabusch.bsky.social in Plant Ecophysiology!🌿 We review challenges in interpreting plant stress responses using gas exchange data, offer solutions to improve accuracy and discuss gaps in our current knowledge. www.sciltp.com/journals/Pla...

Detailed representation of H2O gas exchange (left) and CO2 gas exchange (right) at the adaxial (upper) and abaxial (lower) leaf surfaces in an amphistomatous leaf. This panel illustrates the separate gas exchange processes for each leaf surface, which can be measured individually if the upper and lower cuvettes are analysed separately—though this setup is not common in commercial gas exchange systems. Stomatal, cuticle, and boundary layer resistances are depicted for both surfaces, along with the mole fractions of water vapour and CO2.
Martin De Kauwe@mdekauwe.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨 New paper led by Gab #nosocialmedia Abramowitz: On the predictability of turbulent fluxes from land: PLUMBER2 MIP experimental description and preliminary results bg.copernicus.org/articles/21/...

On the predictability of turbulent fluxes from land: PLUMBER2 MIP experimental description and preliminary results

Abstract. Accurate representation of the turbulent exchange of carbon, water, and heat between the land surface and the atmosphere is critical for modelling global energy, water, and carbon cycles in ...

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Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC)@ardc.edu.au · 2y ago

Congratulations to Dr Jürgen Knauer for winning this year's @ecolsocaus.bsky.social ARDC Award for New Developers of Software! Read our interview with Jürgen about his winning software and research: ardc.edu.au/article/shap... #ESAus2024

Shaping Research Software: An Interview with Dr Juergen Knauer | ARDC

We spoke with Dr Juergen Knauer, an environmental modeller specialising in vegetation processes and their role in global carbon cycling and the climate. Juergen is the winner of the 2024 ARDC-sponsore...

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Jürgen Knauer@juergenknauer.bsky.social · 2y ago

What an honour to receive this year's open source software award! Thanks to @ardc.bsky.social for sponsoring and thanks to @bmedlyn.bsky.social for jumping in to present at #ESAus2024