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.

Top-up scholarship for Australian #PhD students working with plant #genomics, #dendrochronology, or #InsectEcology, with a focus on snow gum dieback. Advert coming soon; feel free to reach out to Adrienne Nicotra or Matt Brookhouse ahead of time if you're interested.

Are you an Australian-based researcher working on #eucalypts? Apply for our 2027 Research Grants of up to $25,000 per annum for up to two years. eucalyptaustralia.org.au/grants/ Applications close 11th August. 📸: Current Research Grant awardee Dr Liubov Volkova, University of Melbourne

🎉To celebrate #NationalTreeDay, here are the winners of our 2026 Photography Competition, "#OurEucalyptHome"! - Clockwise from left - 🥇 Naidu Kumapatla 🥈 Marianne Broug 🥉 Geoff Murray

Excited to share our new paper on leaf scorching. 🔥Early leaf browning during heat and drought is often interpreted as premature leaf senescence - but it may reflect rapid heat damage. Separating these processes is essential. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @wslresearch.bsky.social

🌳 Tree mortality in 🇫🇷 France rose 1.5–4× (2015–2023). 500k+ trees analysed; warmer winters & springs are top drivers. Even wet springs increase mortality risk via 'structural overshoot'. Seasonal climate combos matter more than single extremes. #forests #climatechange www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We are developing a new Forest Water Stress Index (FWSI) based on tree hydraulic functioning. More information: herve.cochard.free.fr/ISF_EN.html

These maps show the current level of water-stress experienced by forests. The first indicator, called the Forest Stress Index (FSI),

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What a fantastic opportunity to learn about function xylem anatomy!

Brian J. Enquist@bjenquist.bsky.social · last mo.

Looks awesome - Sherwin Carlquist Charitable Trust Field Course in Functional Xylem Biology, which will be held at the Chamela Tropical Biology Station in Jalisco, Mexico, from 25 November to 4 December 2026. 🧪🌾🌐 #FunctionalTraits

Come work with us and do research in Germany’s only national park in the Alps, iconic Berchtesgaden Nationalpark! We are looking to fill a PostDoc position in vegetation ecology (tinyurl.com/PostDocBerch...) and a PhD position in mountain forest dynamics (tinyurl.com/PhDBerchtesg...).

We will soon be advertising a 3-year postdoctoral position at Bristol aimed at enhancing our modelling capacity to better characterise vegetation recovery & legacy effects following fire. Please keep us in mind if this is your speciality 😀 🔥🌳 🌱

New paper out in @newphyt.bsky.social by Tiantian Pan and others incl. @ianjwright.bsky.social @profchoat.bsky.social: Fast growth comes at a cost: Fast-growing Eucalyptus are less drought-resistant, revealing a clear growth–survival trade-off. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Evidence for a trade‐off between growth rate and xylem embolism resistance in 22 Eucalyptus species

Examples of cross-sectional images of branchlets at 4× and 40×.

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PhD Scholarship to work in the beautiful Blue Mountains! Drought and heat stress responses of temperate forest trees growing across a broad environmental gradient Applications close June 30 Must be Australian citizen, permanent resident, or NZ citizen to be eligible. PS2026_034_CS0791892_HIE

🌲 We're hiring a postdoc! Join the Future Forests Excellence Cluster at Uni Freiburg to uncover the molecular basis of stress resilience in forest trees. Work with Douglas fir & sessile oak using epigenomics, RNA-seq, and more. 3-year position, TV-L 13. Apply now! 🧬🌿 uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...

A row of 30-yr-old Eucalyptus dawsonii at Currency Creek Arboretum, with symptoms of 'ginger syndrome' caused by ongoing drought stress. The 3rd photo is the same row of trees in 2019, before the record dry conditions here. Note their pale-coloured trunks, typical of healthy trees of the species.

WSU is seeking a Technical Coordinator to help run the iconic EucFACE site. Work with leading researchers on climate & environmental science, supporting world-class outdoor facilities. Unique technical leadership role with real-world impact. Apply 👉 au.smrtr.io/hq_X Closes 14 June 2026

Job opportunity in Plant Science at Adelaide University in South Australia. Learn more at jobs.adelaide.edu.au/jobs/lecture...

Just out! @awcheesman.bsky.social et al show VPD and CO2 affect the thermal sensitivity of stomatal function in tropical trees, we demonstrate how the model parameter g1 increases with temperature and how accounting for this can improve predictions of stomatal conductance doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Influence of vapour pressure deficit and CO2 on the thermal sensitivity of stomatal function in tropical trees

Examining the potential thermal sensitivity of the model parameter g1 when accounting for the additive nature of underlying components including CO2 compensation point (Г*) and the marginal water cos...

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Continuous plant water potential: best practices and key challenges Restrepo-Acevedo et al. @christina-hn.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/B2K3H7...

Emerging desalination technologies could provide large quantities of slightly saline water for irrigation. We tested the benefits of alleviating drought using this water versus the negative impacts of salt stress on taro and yams in Tonga nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/BBSXRE...

#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob PhD position: Tree-water-relations - Sensing water potentials from leaf to stand scale In @simonhaber.bsky.social ‘s lab @ecosense-sfb-1537.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de Deadline: 15 April 2026 www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...

PhD position open: The weather forecast for groundwater recharge events • Seeking a PhD researcher with expertise in groundwater, climatology or meteorology, interested in tackling the question: • What weather events replenish groundwater and how do climate influences change this? • Using our…

PhD opportunity- fully funded with stipend, fees and project costs covered. Explore the role of phosphite in treating kauri dieback disease. Applications due 8th May. Please spread the word! newzealandecology.org/phd-explorin...

Scientists predict fire-sensitive Alpine Ash forests could be halved in the next 60 years as too-frequent fires prevent forest regeneration. Read: theconversation.com/australias-a... Via @theconversation.com by @itsnotfairman.bsky.social & @trentpenman.bsky.social

Australia’s alpine ash forests are now officially endangered. Can we save them?

One of the most widespread types of forest in Australia’s high country is facing an existential threat. We need bold action before it is too late.

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What a massive and stupid waste closing down these sites.

Katharine Hayhoe@katharinehayhoe.com · 4mo ago

What will happen to the 82 USFS experimental forests around the country? Many sites have decades-long experiments that are tracking how forests are changed by timber harvesting practices and climate change. As I say here, “you can't just pick up an experimental forest site and move it to SLC.”

“The oil and gas industry told the Norwegian government that if you tax us, we won't invest," says David Pocock. "Guess what? They've still invested. Norway has a $3 trillion sovereign wealth fund now.” satpa.pe/jMCRsAo

The difficult path to a gas tax

As multinational gas companies reap huge profits from the Iran war, parliamentarians are pressing the treasurer to overhaul LNG taxes in the May budget.

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🦈 Rare picture of a shark stepping on a Lego. #MadeMeSmile 🤭

Exciting research environment in a great team and a lovely working space

Simon Haberstroh@simonhaber.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Job alert: We are looking for a highly motivated doctoral researcher in our CRC @ecosense-sfb-1537.bsky.social to investigate water potential dynamics and water fluxes across the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum 🌳🌲☀️🌧️ Come and join our team @chriswernerlab.bsky.social uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...

🚨 New paper out in Journal of Plant Hydraulics! jplanthydro.org/article/view... Our team shows that Optical Dendrometry on small branches produces an incredibly tight linear relationship with water potential (R² ≈ 0.99) during drought‑to‑death drydowns in Eucalyptus crebra.

We relaunch our seminar series! Jordi Martinez-Vilalta will talk on the ‘Limits and opportunities in predicting drought-induced forest mortality’ 24 March 2026 at 15:00 UTC www.tree-mortality.net/seminars/