The land carbon cycle, and its fate in a warming world is clearly one of the big "known unknowns" in our climate future. It is particularly crucial to know what happens to the land carbon budget after we achieve net zero. All that carbon we have stocked so far is very vulnerable, being present

Kevin Anchukaitis@thirstygecko.bsky.social · 2mo ago

'by assuming tight coupling between photosynthesis and woody biomass, current earth system models may overestimate long-term carbon sequestration in forests' www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Important to comment on this OMB Science Policy report, esp for you EC folks (and follow the guidance so your comments are not ignored)! Please spread the word as I’m not super savvy on hashtags & all that ;-} Trump’s Assaults on Scientific Research Just Got Worse www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/o...

Opinion | Trump’s Assaults on Scientific Research Just Got Worse

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This research provides critical information to balance renewable energy expansion and ecological function in warm deserts link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Ecovoltaic solar energy development creates novel microclimate, temperature, and soil moisture patterns under solar panels in a warm desert - Ecological Processes

Background As solar energy development expands in desert regions, new installation practices and solar technologies seek to balance ecosystem conservation and energy generation (ecovoltaics). The Gemi...

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Physics-based models outperform AI weather forecasts of record-breaking extremes www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Physics-based models outperform AI weather forecasts of record-breaking extremes

Physics-based models still outperform artificial intelligence-based weather models in forecasting record-breaking extreme events.

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2024 wasn’t just the hottest year on record. It also saw the fastest rise in atmospheric CO₂ ever observed. A new study in @NatureComms shows a sharp drop in the land carbon sink, driven by a surge in ecosystem respiration under hot+wet extremes, despite enhanced GPP. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our new paper in Nature Geoscience reveals a substantial slowdown in the rate of increase in gross primary production (GPP) in drylands, due to water constraints, but a sustained increase in humid regions in response to rising temperature and CO2. Led by Fei Li. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Dryland dominance in the slowdown of global vegetation carbon uptake - Nature Geoscience

Machine learning upscaling analyses of global FLUXNET carbon and water flux measurements indicate that dryland vegetation productivity showed a negligible increase between 1982–2000 and 2001–2022, whe...

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“I was expecting an attack on climate science,” @drkatemarvel.bsky.social said. “But actually, who they went after 1st was pediatric cancer & Parkinson’s research, and childhood vaccines. I was completely unprepared for an attack on science, because it’s a means of finding out & telling the truth.”

Prominent Climate Scientist Resigns From NASA, Citing Trump’s Attack on Science

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Happy to share a new lab #AgrForMet paper, "Proximal measurements of microwave reflectance using GNSS-IR track semi-arid grassland vegetation dynamics during greening and browning phases," led by Dr. Charlie Devine authors.elsevier.com/c/1moi6cFXJs...

The Dual Role of NPP in Mediating and Moderating Climate‐Soil Carbon Pathways Under Warming and Drought Across European Ecosystems 🔗 buff.ly/CZv3USk

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Lichens as Biomonitors of Air Quality and Climate 🔗

The future of Europe’s forest disturbance regimes– a thread. Tl, dr: Disturbances from wildfire, bark beetles & wind will continue to increase in the coming decades. Under unabated climate change disturbances could more than double by 2100. New paper out in @science.org doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Happy to share a new lab paper, "Proximal Measurements of Solar-Induced Fluorescence and Surface Reflectance Capture Seasonal Productivity and Drought Stress Dynamics in a Semiarid Grassland Ecosystem" spj.science.org/doi/10.34133...

Ecophysiology for climate-smart forest management #TansleyReview by Gessler et al. @wslresearch.bsky.social @arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social @annekempel.bsky.social @josegruenzweig.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #plantscience

New in series of HydroTalks: Prof. Sally E. Thompson on ecohydrology, vegetation, climate change & working across continents. Exploring how plants, water, and climate interact across diverse landscapes and research cultures. #ecohydrology #climatechange blogs.egu.eu/divisions/hs...

HydroTalks: Prof. Sally E. Thompson on ecohydrology, vegetation, climate change and working across continents

In episode 7 of the Hydrotalks podcast, our guest was Dr. Sally Thompson ( Sally Thompson – the UWA Profiles and Research Repository ). She is a Professor at the University of Western Australia, and t...

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Announcing a new special issue: Focus on Remote Sensing, Artificial Intelligence, and Process Modelling for Advancing Dryland Ecology Research. Please reach out with any questions! @ecology-awesome.bsky.social @villarreal-miguel.bsky.social iopscience.iop.org/collections/...

Massive update to the Global Wood Density Database out today @newphyt.bsky.social led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer. What an amazing community resource! 🧪🍁🌐 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

In good news, your advocacy for science funding is paying off! Congress has just rejected the massive cuts to NASA's 2026 budget. (Sadly, they didn't include a provision for saving @ncar-ucar.bsky.social but we use this win to keep fighting!)

You just saved NASA's budget

Here's what Congress rejected of the draconian cuts faced by NASA in FY 2026.

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🍁Funding for new PhD students ($40k/yr) & postdocs ($70k/yr) coming from outside Canada. Contact me if interested in #Ecophysiology at #UBC in #Vancouver! Possible topics: leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimate, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology, more! michaletzlab.org Please share!

Asymmetry in leaf phosphorus concentration of woody plants and its divergent drivers in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres Meng et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/JH53DN...

Decadal increases in grassland biomass production from chronic N additions are eliminated by annual hay cutting Zhang et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/URHVZT...

NONE OF THIS IS GOING TO STOP UNLESS WE MAKE IT STOP. #FightFascism #FascismInAmerica

Real-world testing of the #isohydrocity concept Matthias Arend, et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience

Photosynthesis beyond the visible spectrum detected by a research group from the University of Padua www.unipd.it/news/photosy... Nannochloropsis gaditana is of great biotechnological interest for the production of biofuels, fatty acids, and omega-3. #PlantScience @elisabettaliistro.bsky.social

Photosynthesis beyond the visible spectrum detected by a research group from Unipd

The study titled "Thylakoids reorganization enables driving photosynthesis under far‐red light in the microalga Nannochloropsis gaditana," published in «New Phytologist» and conducted by the research…

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#Viewpoint: Moving from an experiment-dominated to an observation-dominated era in #global #change impact research on vegetation Sebastian Leuzinger & Belinda Medlyn 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue

Warming‐Driven Abrupt Shifts in Alpine Permafrost Dynamics With Elevation 🔗 buff.ly/TIJnLVR

GOP: Guardians of Pedophiles. Stinky will make bank just like he’s doing with pardons. I wonder what’s the going rate per name removal? rawstory.com/trump-epstein-2674838346/?utm_source=superhead

MAGA donors may be pressuring Trump to bury their names out of Epstein files: reporter

A prominent reporter in the Jeffrey Epstein case floated a startling possibility on Tuesday that powerful donors could be leaning on President Donald Trump to quash any damning information from being ...

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Explore '#Anthromes and terrestrial carbon: From the deep past to net-zero' – a new joint Special Collection from Plants, People, Planet and New Phytologist 👇 📚 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/anthrome... #PlantScience

First PhD chapter from student Colleen Mills (not on Bluesky) just appeared in PCE: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Stomatal Response to Temperature Is Enhanced by High Evaporative Demand, Consistent With a Partially Hydraulic Mechanism

Leaf stomata respond to temperature even when the leaf-to-air vapor gradient is held constant, yet the mechanisms for this response are unknown, and may be mediated by increases in hydraulic conducta...

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Reckless destruction of climate science won’t stop climate change from happening.

Jessica McKenzie@jessimckenzi.bsky.social · 7mo ago

my editor told us to try to keep our "best of" lists to five or less, but i found a workaround... the climate story of the year, imo, was attacks on science

#Leaf economics links #drought and #heat tolerance across contrasting habitats 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... by Wang et al. @WileyPlantSci #PlantScience