Just noticed that the entire OSPA program is on hiatus for #AGU25. Does anyone know the back story?
Published today in Earth System Science Data: The Global Carbon Budget 2025 essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
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...
essd.copernicus.org
Very interesting paper. I have thought about running this experiment using a computer model. Really cool to see it demonstrated from field measurements. This should have important implications for photosynthesis and respiration rates. Increased leaf temperature could offset carbon gains from eCO2.
Dr Scott J. Davidson@wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · 9mo agoVery pleased to be part of this super cool new paper led by William Hagan Brown in @globalchangebio.bsky.social looking at the impact of elevated CO2 on canopy temperatures in an oak woodland at the BIFor-FACE experiment dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
Save the date! 47th New Phytologist Symposium on 'Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life'. Explore how extreme heat affects plants that underpin ecosystem productivity. 2-5 June 2026, Cordoba, Spain. @newphyt.bsky.social www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life
newphytologist.org
Attention Bluesky - @noupside.bsky.social & @rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social say, "To avoid irrelevance when they are needed most, experts & nonpartisan analysts must rethink not just their channels of communication but also their theory of influence." Do you agree? What change is most important? 🧵🧪
Rachel Kleinfeld@rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social · 11mo agoPeople like me, who have spent a lifetime building credibility, face a real problem when most Americans no longer trust institutions. We need to face the new terms of trust for our expertise to matter. Renée DiResta@noUpside & I wrote this to explain why & how: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
How guaranteed are the ESA page fee grants if I apply? I want to submit, but don't really have money for publication fees. @esajournals.bsky.social
"this product is good because it's like having a pocket full of PhDs" just suggests to me you've never actually been in a room with a bunch of experts on a topic. You think you're going to come away with a quick, simple, easy-to-digest summary of their expertise? Think again.
Farthest I've been: N: Edinburgh (55.9° N) E: Shanghai (121.4° E) S: San Juan, PR (18.4° N) W: Kona, HI (156° W)
Jacob T. Levy@jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12mo agoFarthest I’ve been: N: Stockholm (59.3° N— had to look up whether it was higher up than Inverness) E: Dunedin NZ (170.5° E) S: Also Dunedin NZ (45.9° S) W: Victoria BC (123.3° W)
My take: Science gives us knowledge but not wisdom. Wisdom = knowledge + values. So science can tell you what's true, but not what's important. Your values tell you what's important, but those are far more subjective. Your wisdom is your combination of what is true and what you think is important.
Philip Ball@philipcball.bsky.social · 12mo agoI find plenty to agree with in this paper, but also plenty to 🤔. It seems largely couched in terms of the "public understanding vs public engagement" debate that happened in the late 1990s. Which is fine, but are we still at that stage of the debate? www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Today I learned that Python alphabetizes based on Unicode values, where all capital letters are before all lowercase letters. So "Z" will be sorted before "e".
Only a couple more days to submit to our #AGU25 session on Conservation Ecohydrology! It's a very fun session with lots of interesting applied ecohydrology studies. 🌲💧🚜 agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...
Conservation Ecohydrology
In a world projected to become hotter and, in many places, drier over the next century, successful conservation strategies require a better understanding of the interactions between flora, fauna, clim...
agu.confex.com
At some point, I wonder if it makes sense to have newspapers and other longform media outlets supported by endowments in the same way that foundations and universities are.
Will Oremus@willoremus.com · last yr.I would add to this that traditional newsrooms employ lots of people to do forms of journalism that have value but are unlikely to be profitable as standalone products.
Please consider submitting to our #AGU25 session Conservation Ecohydrology (H053). There are always interesting presentations on fun and novel applications of ecohydrology methods. Past presentations have covered everything from beavers to gold mines to power plants. agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...
Conservation Ecohydrology
In a world projected to become hotter and, in many places, drier over the next century, successful conservation strategies require a better understanding of the interactions between flora, fauna, clim...
agu.confex.com
Excited to be a part of this effort!
RRenato Braghiere@renatobrgh.bsky.social · last yr.
🌿 New paper out in ESA Ecosphere! We present the SHIFT campaign: a first-of-its-kind sub-seasonal VSWIR hyperspectral dataset 🌎 ➡️ doi.org/10.1002/ecs2... A goldmine for land surface models — tracking stress, traits, and phenology in unprecedented detail. #SHIFTcampaign #NASA
I believe this is the "don't look up" approach to environmental policy.
Scott Dance@byscottdance.com · last yr.New: A NOAA lab in Hawaii that is connected to the longest-running observation of global greenhouse gas concentrations is slated for closure in August, according to a list of lease terminations Democratic members of Congress shared with @washingtonpost.com.
Just found the greatest scientific article of all time
Thermal infrared remote sensing, both from space and near Earth’s surface, is unlocking new ways to study ecosystems, from individual leaves to entire landscapes, write @mostafaj.bsky.social, @stephpau.bsky.social, and colleagues. eos.org/science-upda...
Sensing Potential, Scientists Refine Thermal Imaging of Ecosystems - Eos
At a recent “bake-off,” researchers judged thermal infrared cameras and developed guidelines for their consistent use in studying vegetation temperatures, which illuminate vital ecosystem processes.
eos.org
It was great to be a part of this effort. I'm really excited for the new infrastructure and protocols that are going to help standardize and scale proximal remote sensing over the next few years.
Troy Magney@troymagney.bsky.social · 2y agoNew Tansley review paper from Zoe Pierrat & friends in @newphyt.bsky.social linking proximal remote sensing with ecosystem fluxes! Synergies and best practices for hyperspectral reflectance, SIF, thermal, microwave and lidar 🌈🌲🗼🛰️🧪 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
During COVID times, I had charts like this for my asynchronous lectures. They looked similar, although the initial drop off wasn't as steep.
antirez@antirez.bsky.social · 2y agoVery few people see a full video on YouTube apparently, even if it lasts just 10-15 minutes.
Each of us contributes incrementally to a future we may never see. If it is in our lifetime, if our science, or our contribution, is part of a practical solution, it will likely be one sentence in a vast tome with contributions from thousands of authors across dozens of (not just science) fields.
The scar of the 2020 Creek Fire is hard to miss when you're driving around Shaver Lake, CA. Lots of stand replacing burns as far as the eye can see. #FireScarFriday
This is a great approach. I think more climate change communication needs to emphasize that it is caused by simple, observable processes that emerge from basic physical principles. Too often, we get caught up in the nuances of empirical methods that are not necessary to establish the basic facts.
Hank Green@hankgreen.bsky.social · 2y agoWhen talking about climate change I’ve started to incorporate a quick physical explanation on the basics before getting into it, like “CO2, a molecule that absorbs heat like a black t-shirt,…” or “carbon dioxide, which is opaque to infrared light,…”