BREAKING: University Center for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) files suit against NSF, OMB, NOAA and DOC to halt alleged "violations of the Constitution and Administrative Procedure Act" undertaken by agencies to dismantle Nat'l Center for Atmospheric Research. open.substack.com/pub/balanced...

Breaking News: UCAR files federal lawsuit to stop dismantling of National Center for Atmospheric Research

Lawsuit lists NSF, NOAA, DOC, OMB and their directors as defendents

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Just a couple more days! Get your comments in asap.

Katie Rocci, PhD@katie-rocci.bsky.social · 6mo ago

One month left to submit a comment to NSF about their threat to dismantle NCAR. AGU has a great tool, below. This was easy to do and you can help flood the NSF inbox with messages about how important is it to keep NCAR together! agu.quorum.us/campaign/154...

My latest for @science.org on the fraught future of NCAR as NSF's deadline nears. It can still go so many ways.

White House plan to break up iconic U.S. climate lab moves forward

Bidders have lined up to take over pieces of the National Center for Atmospheric Research

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One month left to submit a comment to NSF about their threat to dismantle NCAR. AGU has a great tool, below. This was easy to do and you can help flood the NSF inbox with messages about how important is it to keep NCAR together! agu.quorum.us/campaign/154...

Share your comments on NCAR with NSF

Tell NSF the future that you want for NCAR by 13 March

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🌟✨New paper: Check out our New Phytologist Tansley review on how changing precipitation patterns (changes in amount, intensity, & frequency of ppt already being observed due to climate change) affect soil organic matter dynamics. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... @ghezzehei.bsky.social

I have had the great privilege of being a visitor at NCAR for the past ~3 yrs & can tell you that the people there care deeply about making community-driven & useful tools and providing climate & weather info needed for US and global decision-makers, and are just genuinely good & caring people. 1/n

USA TODAY@usatoday.com · 8mo ago

Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.

If you are in the US and you would like to send a message to your elected representative about the proposed dissolution of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, @agu.org makes it easy with a template here: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151... #AGU25

Save NCAR from being dismantled today!

The Trump Administration has vowed to dissolve the center that provides critical extreme weather and climate data for our nation.

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Awesome turnout in support of @ncar-ucar.bsky.social at #AGU25. Take a look at how many people use our products!

FYI for folks headed to AGU next week! Stay safe out there, particularly international folks. www.agu.org/annual-meeti...

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AGU is committed to a safe and welcoming Annual Meeting for everyone.

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New paper! 📢 Our paper on modeling mycorrhizal carbon costs is out in @jgrbiogeo.bsky.social Running the Myco-CORPSE model across 1800+ eastern U.S. forest sites, we validated modeled tree C allocation to AM & ECM fungi against literature data — the first such test ever! 🌲🍄 doi.org/10.1029/2025...

Tomorrow’s the last day to apply for AGU-B DEI travel grants!!

AGU Biogeosciences@agubiogeosciences.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We've extended the application deadline for this award to 9/17! Apply here for the Fall Meeting AGU-B DEI Travel Grant for up to $1500 ( connect.agu.org/biogeoscienc...)

We've extended the application deadline for this award to 9/17! Apply here for the Fall Meeting AGU-B DEI Travel Grant for up to $1500 ( connect.agu.org/biogeoscienc...)

📣📣📣 We've extended the deadline for the AGU-B DEI travel grant to next Wednesday, 9/17! Submit an application and spread the word to folks you know who need funding for the annual meeting! ****the link below isn't working - use this one instead: connect.agu.org/biogeoscienc...

A reminder that Biogeosciecnes DEI committee is hosting a travel grant for the 2025 AGU meeting! Apply at the link below by September 10th.

Katie Rocci, PhD@katie-rocci.bsky.social · last yr.

AGU Biogeosciences DEI travel grants ARE OPEN and close September 10th. Find info to apply here: connect.agu.org/biogeoscienc...

🎉 Registration for the 4th Global Soil Biodiversity Conference is now OPEN 🎉 Early bird registration is open until December 15th ,2025 🦜 Registration page 👇 globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/registration/

Applications for Fall Meeting AGU-B DEI Travel Grant for up tp $1500 (with a minimum award amount of the cost of graduate student early bird registration) ARE OPEN and close September 10th! Apply here. (docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...)

AGU Biogeosciences DEI Travel Grant 2025

This is the application for the 2025 AGU Biogeosciences DEI Travel Grant. Please submit by September 10th to be considered for the award. More information can be found here: https://connect.agu.org/bi...

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At #ESA2025 and interested in the potential for urban forests to cool cities, and tree functional traits? Stop by my poster tomorrow (Tuesday) in PS 25-160, Urban Ecosystems. Excited to chat about our results so far, compare findings with others, and get feedback on further directions!

AGU Biogeosciences DEI travel grants ARE OPEN and close September 10th. Find info to apply here: connect.agu.org/biogeoscienc...

AGU-B DEI will once again host the DEI Travel Grant to support in-person or virtual attendance for the 2025 AGU Annual meeting. Check back in mid-August for the application!

Proud of this one and grateful to my amazing collaborators! See my pinned post for a thread on this work!

Global Change Biology@globalchangebio.bsky.social · last yr.

Integrating Microbial Community Data Into an Ecosystem‐Scale Model to Predict Litter Decomposition in the Face of Climate Change 🔗 buff.ly/gcynPT1 @katie-rocci.bsky.social

A very fun workshop last week in NH about representing (sub)tropical soils in process-based soil carbon models using data from sub-Saharan Africa. Led by @sophievf.bsky.social with @ultracricket.bsky.social ! Don't we make calibrating models look fun?! Photos from Sophie

🦠 Interested in microbes & litter decomposition? Check out this paper & thread by Katie Rocci (postdoc, INSTAAR + IGCB U Mich) et al. Will Wieder (INSTAAR researcher & NCAR investigator) is a co-author too ⬇️

Katie Rocci, PhD@katie-rocci.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 New paper alert 📣 Out TODAY in GCB! We have a lot of evidence that microbial communities are important for litter decomposition but we haven't evaluated those microbial community effects in ecosystem-scale models using empirical data. Now this work has! doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... 1/n

📣 New paper alert 📣 Out TODAY in GCB! We have a lot of evidence that microbial communities are important for litter decomposition but we haven't evaluated those microbial community effects in ecosystem-scale models using empirical data. Now this work has! doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... 1/n

Integrating Microbial Community Data Into an Ecosystem‐Scale Model to Predict Litter Decomposition in the Face of Climate Change

Representing observational drivers of ecological processes like litter decomposition in computer models is important for improving confidence in climate change predictions. We calibrate an ecosystem-...

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New paper out in Global Change Biology 🤩 doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... We built the first soil carbon model that includes microbial eco-evolution using game theory — and found that adaptation could nearly double global soil carbon loss by 2100. Here is how👇(1/7)

🚨🌍Are you attending #AGU25? Are you working on soil stabilization and change? Than this session is for you: Soils in the Anthropocene: Cross-scale Mechanisms of Stabilization and Change (B081) With @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social @katie-rocci.bsky.social @katerinageorgiou.bsky.social Sam Weintraub-Leff

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Please consider donating to our DEI travel grant fund (www.agu.org/give-to-agu/...). For those who donate $20 or more, please email ecardare@epss.ucla.edu for your DEI Committee stickers. We are providing Fall Meeting Travel Grants to help increase diversity among attendees.

Really interesting paper from some great folks! Love to see us learning more about root effects on soil C!

Avni Malhotra@avnimalh0tra.bsky.social · last yr.

Excited to see this paper out! We used NEON data to explore the relationship between fine root and soil carbon stocks. With @sr-weino.bsky.social @katerinageorgiou.bsky.social @aaberhe.com @josephtumber.bsky.social @mingzhenlu.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1038/s432...

Dear Soil Science friends! There are so many brilliant geoscientists out there who deserve a recognition for their excellent research (e.g. the Alina Kabata-Pendias Medal of the @egu-sss.bsky.social). If you know somebody who you think should get one of the awards, please nominate them 👇

European Geosciences Union (EGU)@egu.eu · last yr.

The EGU Awards & Medals honours #scientists every year for their outstanding #research contribution in the Earth, planetary and space sciences Nominations are now open until 15 June 2025! 👉 Learn more and submit here: egu.eu/1WJWEA

🚨New paper alert🚨 We show that maintaining crop yields lowers the global climate benefits of natural climate solutions on croplands. But, we highlight where win-win opportunities exist for these practices to contribute to climate and production goals. 1/N www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Managing for climate and production goals on crop-lands - Nature Climate Change

Climate mitigation through natural climate solutions in crop-lands may be a way to reconcile climate goals with food security. However, here the authors show that some natural climate solution practic...

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📢The Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026 abstract submission portal is NOW OPEN 🐛🐜🕷️🦠🪱 Abstracts are due July 15th 23:59 PDT ‼️ Submit an abstract 👇 globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/abstract/