How does variation in ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity affect tree growth? What are the knowledge gaps to more fully answering this question? See my review out today in Fungal Ecology: doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...

We all know more and more people are hiring private firefighting crews in L.A. But who are the private firefighters? Their price? Their vibe? I drove up the Sierra Hwy to spend the day with a stuntman/teamster/firefighter to find out… For @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

The Private Firefighters On Call for the Californians Who Can Afford Them

Andrew Sarvis of West Coast Water Tenders on the LA fires and the demand for private firefighers in Malibu and the Palisades.

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Happy to share this work that just came out. Emily Bechtold and co-authors collated a huge amount of field microbiome data to identify microbial signals associated with high methane fluxes from freshwater terrestrial wetlands - more here 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Metabolic interactions underpinning high methane fluxes across terrestrial freshwater wetlands - Nature Communications

The authors created a multisite database to link microbial methane-cycling networks to CH4 fluxes across diverse wetlands, revealing differences in microbial cross-feeding and methanogen dynamics that...

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📣 Our paper on soil carbon response to tree planting is out in J. of Env. Management: 🌲 Temperate grassland conversion to conifer forest destabilises mineral soil carbon stocks Open access ➡️ tinyurl.com/3krerb92 A short thread ⤵️

10 degrees and snowing means perfect weather to get rid of some slash piles….

Took about 20 seconds of the Severance season 1 ‘recap’ for me to realize I had absolutely no recollection of what happened. Re-watch it is then…..

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Scott Lowe@tropicostation.bsky.social · 2y ago

jesus christ www.latimes.com/california/s...

With today's report outlining risks on mirror life www.science.org/doi/full/10.... many have asked: Could mirror life survive in the wild? Yes. While mirror life in the wild could have some significant disadvantages (like finding food it can digest), they do not appear to be insurmountable: 🧵

Confronting risks of mirror life

Broad discussion is needed to chart a path forward.

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Well I guess it's time to restart the postcards from the anthropocene thread over here 📷 @asssociatedpress.bsky.social

The Willige Lab in the Department of Soil & Crop Sciences at CSU is looking for new graduate students. Position and application details below 👇

Christmas gathering for members of the Colorado State Microbiome Network!

Great end to the semester in our grad student presentation class! Kya Sparks spoke about her work investigating forest soil microbiomes, capping off 16 weeks of engaging presentations from grad students in the Soil & Crop Sciences department. Pic courtesy of Kelly Wrighton @jchrispires.bsky.social

The outcry over the Hunter Biden pardon is a symptom of a party that has not yet mourned the kind of political norms that will never return. Wrote about it for Bad Faith Times: bad-faith-times.ghost.io/the-dogs-con...

The Dogs Continue To Dunk On Us

It’s well past time for leading Democrats to lead a national mourning of the norms that will never return.

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Smart of Jerry Jeudy to conserve his effort for his last two seasons in Denver just so he could be fresh for this game

Our sister department here at Colorado State (Agricultural Biology) is looking for a new department head. Position details here: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/153...

Professor & Head, Department of Agricultural Biology

We seek an engaged, innovative, and visionary leader and accomplished scientist to catalyze new initiatives and collaborations, identify strategic priorities, and provide leadership in research, schol...

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Hey Colorado peeps, especially those that live in Summit/Park Co. Someone I attended high school with is missing. Please be on the lookout for Jayna Lang. Last seen 11/24 in her 2016 white Toyota 4Runner, license plate “JAYNA.” If you’ve seen it please call the police. Share this widely

Pair of mountain lions cruising on through the property… 📍Bellvue, Colorado

I know Georgia beating Georgia Tech isn't an upset but you should rush the field after 8 overtimes just to avoid deep vein thrombosis

I'm looking for a new grad student interested in microbiology of ancient groundwaters, a fascinating journey into an enigmatic environment with opportunities for fundamental discovery and relevance to groundwater remediation. Contact me if you like fieldwork, mesocosm experiments and metagenomics.

It was a pleasure to work on this project! Check it out if you’re interested in genome-resolved insights into river microbiomes

J. Chris Pires@jchrispires.bsky.social · 2y ago

Kelly Wrighton & colleagues out in Nature today "A functional #microbiome catalogue crowdsourced from North American rivers" www.nature.com/articles/s41... commentary: agsci.source.colostate.edu/researchers-... @csusoilcropsci.bsky.social on #environment #microsky 🧬 🦠🧪

wait why does the dept of government efficiency have two co-chairs

Today, I wrap up teaching the writing part of my #SciComm class for the 8th (& possibly last) time. It is so gratifying to see the growth and reflection amongst the students in the class. At the end, I give the class my synopsis "Schimel Sheet": burginlab.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... Please share.

Starter pack of biogeofeminists (I have missed many if not most - pls add yourself below & I can update 🩵💜 go.bsky.app/784EKsF

A rollercoaster read: Convergent evolution of viral-like Borg archaeal extrachromosomal elements and giant eukaryotic viruses www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Do... do borgs package themselves in capsids... or vaults ?

Almost a work of art: gas bubbles trapped in the ice in a beaver pond in northern Colorado

Excited to see this out - Dr. Kaela Amundson led this forward-looking review on anthropogenic impacts on the terrestrial subsurface biosphere www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Anthropogenic impacts on the terrestrial subsurface biosphere - Nature Reviews Microbiology

In this Review, Amundson et al. examine the importance and diversity of microbial life in the deep terrestrial subsurface and discuss how anthropogenic activity can affect microbial activity and compo...

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I consulted for a Kurzgesagt cartoon about the Deep Subsurface Biosphere, and it turned out AMAZING! These guys must have had a blast putting all this together. Check it out here m.youtube.com/watch?v=VD6x...

There Is Something Hiding Inside Earth

YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

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I wrote about the merciful end of Leslie Knope politics: bad-faith-times.ghost.io/democrats-ar...

Democrats Are Saying No to Leslie Knope Politics

The Harris campaign is the first Democratic campaign to understand that once you throw policy details into the wind, they will be used against you, never for you.

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New National Academies report on linkages between soil and human health. Discussions on the microbial components will be happening this afternoon at ASM, 515p, room 304 nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2745...

Exploring Linkages Between Soil Health and Human Health

Read online, download a free PDF, or order a copy in print.

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