Thinking big: The case for experimental macroecology nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Thinking big: the case for experimental macroecology

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I did a paper that considered the response to the 1918 pandemic right as Covid was getting going and we...decided largely to pretend it never happened and with it and the end of the war we went "well that's it, back to normal" then everyone spent the 1920s going insane. bsky.app/profile/erik...

Erika Hall@erikahall.bsky.social · 3d ago

It continues to fuck me up that we stay thinking about 9/11 but want to memory hole Covid so bad we're destroying the entire concept of public health in the US.

Widespread carbon accumulation in mature forests remains underestimated by satellite observations "Satellite estimates indicate near-neutral biomass changes over recent decades, whereas forest inventories estimate an increase of 102 TgC yr−1" www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Widespread carbon accumulation in mature forests remains underestimated by satellite observations - Nature Ecology & Evolution

The authors combine satellites, repeat airborne lidar, dynamic global vegetation models and field plot monitoring across the conterminous USA to show widespread continued carbon accumulation in mature...

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Overnight temperatures are warming up across much of the contiguous United States during the month of August. Some of the largest trends are across the West, especially for daytime maximum temperatures (which I will post later). More U.S. climate change visuals: zacklabe.com/united-state...

I am pleased to announce that we are inviting applications for a Lead Laboratory Coordinator at the University of Arizona’s Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research. Review of applications will begin on September 15, 2026. For details and to apply, visit arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

From the author: "this forest gets 3500 mm of rain/yr and has no distinct dry season...initial hypothesis: these trees grow more when there is more light." "Trees were still more likely to grow under wetter conditions (low VPD ☁️ 🌡️, high soil moisture 💧)" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Water Limits Radial Tree Growth More Than Light in an Everwet Subtropical Forest

We deployed automated point dendrometers on 35 trees representing three life history strategies in an everwet subtropical forest with 3500 mm rain annually and no pronounced dry season. Contrary to t...

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It's not that climate change is "worse than expected". It just feels worse when it happens to *you*

This is disgusting and unacceptable. President Trump withheld much-needed funding for education, energy projects, healthcare, housing, and infrastructure from states that didn't vote for him in 2024. Federal funding should not be subject to political vendettas. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him

Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.

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Industrialization Drives a Late-19th-Century Pulse in Appalachian Fire Activity onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Industrialization Drives a Late‐19th‐Century Pulse in Appalachian Fire Activity

Aim Fire has long influenced forests in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America, but the extent to which 19th-century industrialization reshaped regional fire regimes remains less underst...

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Eastern Old-Growth Forests Are More Than Old Trees I'll be talking about eastern US Old-Growth Forests in Greenwich, CT on Thursday, August 6th and leading a forest walk the next morning, Friday, August 7th. You can register here: greenwichtreeconservancy.org/upcoming-eve...

Last week's terminations at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) total at least 150 grants worth $230M. That is over half of the agency's portfolio. It's the latest assault on healthcare, health equity, and the rule of law. grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #AHRQ 🧪

Termination of AHRQ grants is the latest assault on health equity and the rule of law. – Grant Witness

The agency charged with finding ways to make American health care more effective has been gutted. Last week’s terminations are just the latest blow.

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The Meadowlands had extensive areas of Atlantic White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) forest as recently as the late 1700s (Pearl et al. 2020).

Arif Hasan, but NFL🔨⚒️🛠️@arif.bsky.social · 2w ago

this shot is so bleak lmao

Climate change projected to increase background mortality rates in eastern North America onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Climate Change Projected to Increase Rates of Background Tree Mortality Across Eastern North America

Background tree mortality is the ambient, natural death of trees that occurs without major disturbances. Using data from more than 24,000 forest plots across Canada and the United States, we found th...

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Epic American wildlife is found in the U.S. East too 🦬 Elk are back after successful reintros & #rewilding plus bison & sandhill cranes -- moose, fisher & bear are also rebounding Today at @mongabay.com I interview the author of an inspiring new book "Beasts of the East" that chronicles all this:

‘Beasts of the East’ chronicles the unheralded restoration successes of America’s eastern wildlife

Thinking of America’s iconic wild creatures and places usually brings images of Yellowstone or Denali National Park to mind, or the many wilderness areas scattered across multiple states, but the coll...

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Please blow up the public comment (included below): BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development

These photos of FNs community members fleeing their homes by boat are genuinely apocalyptic (Photo via Wayne Wastaken of Collins, Ontario, who says his “hometown is gone”) www.facebook.com/share/r/1ArN...

Sampled in a remarkable forest recently. Some old trees. More surprising is the combo of species: Liriodendron tulipifera alongside Betula papyrifera. The former more common in the SE US while the latter streams far into northern Canada. I’ve seen Spruce-Oak stands, never TulipPoplar-Paper Birch

Bridge over troubled waters... Sandbanks as far as the eye can see: aerial footage shows the dried-up bed of the Loire River near Varades, in Loire-Atlantique, as France experiences its third heatwave in two months #climate Sponsored by ARAMCO

For folks asking why bother commenting because the OMB won't care: comments help build cases for the courts by explicitly laying out harms. That's why it's really important to have your comments be as specific as possible. Also, contact your senators and reps! They actually do care about this.

Jacquelyn Gill@jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 4w ago

Monday is the deadline for public comment! The Heritage Foundation has been mobilizing its members to leave comments in favor of the rule change, so every unique comment matters (don’t use a form letter or copy/paste—similar comments are batched and treated as one).

I’m looking to recruit a postdoc to join my research group at University of Iowa to work on disturbance ecology and biodiversity! Start date flexible, lots of opportunity for skill development, collaboration, and mentorship. Will review applicants in mid-August! Link: gavinmjones.com/opportunities/

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BIG NEWS! The Jones Lab will be relocating to the School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability (SEES) at the University of Iowa in Fall 2026. Our work on disturbance ecology and conservation sc…

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Perfectly encapsulates the Trump regime approach to pretty much everything: A preposterous Bizarro World political tool designed from the start to lie and damage trust in experts and institutions and headed up by a third-tier failed Twitter troll

Scott Waldman@scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 4w ago

The White House has reconstituted the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which tracks climate change and produces the National Climate Assessment. The Trump version will focus on "positive" climate effects and be used to protect fossil fuel companies from lawsuits. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

🌳 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...

I strongly urge anyone with strong sentiments on this critical issue to offer a public comment by July 13. You don't need to be a scientist; this rule change would affect everything from disaster response to cancer research--and involves your tax dollars: www.regulations.gov/...

Now that millions of electric vehicles have been on the road for a decade or more, we have the data to check in on how their batteries are holding up. Quite well, it turns out.

EV Batteries Are Defying Expectations After Hundreds of Thousands of Miles

Industry experts think newfound knowledge of battery durability is a game-changer for consumer confidence in EVs.

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Trees! Trees! Trees!

Urban trees aren't just nice, scientists say — they're mandatory

Researchers are calling for cities to double down on one of the simplest yet most powerful solutions to many problems - planting more trees.

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Today's NYT jobs report coverage (left) compared to exactly 2 years ago under Biden (right). Notice the numbers.

Currently hiring an ecology research assistant! Fellow Vermonters, please apply and/or spread the word. Full job description and how to apply: docs.google.com/document/d/1... 🧪🌍 #hiring #fieldwork #ecology #vermont #aquatic #freshwater #invasivespecies #champlainvalley #crayfish #snails

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Company Name: Upstream Consulting & Evaluation, LLC Job Title: Ecology Research Assistant - Seasonal Position Start Date: Immediately (July 2026) End Date: Late August/early-mid September 2026 (weath...

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New AMS statement responds to a proposed OMB rule that would restructure federal grantmaking. The rule "would damage the nation’s ability to understand, predict, and respond to ... natural hazards with negative impacts on public safety and the economy." Read more: https://bit.ly/4awoYRO

New Rule Would Upend Science and Rewrite Federal Grantmaking

A new AMS statement and resource page respond to an OMB rule that would restructure federal grants and give political appointees vastly more authority over grantmaking.

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Researchers compared “simulations of the Community Land Model (CLM) to a statistical model built on dendrometer observations, showing that CLM underestimates decreases to growth under elevated VPD by a factor of 2–3” agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Land Models Likely Underestimate the Impact of Future Atmospheric Dryness on European Tree Growth

The land absorbs one third of human CO2 emissions, making it critical to understand how tree growth will respond to climate change Drier air reduces photosynthesis and the processes of cell divis...

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🚨New paper🚨 For decades, it was widely assumed tropical species would be hit hardest by #ClimateChange. Turns out climate-related local #extinctions are already more frequent among temperate species. Read our new study 🧵 @natclimate.nature.com doi.org/10.1038/s415... #BiodiversityLoss #SciSky

Temperate local extinctions from climate change are outpacing tropical extinctions - Nature Climate Change

The authors analyse global-scale resurvey data for 5,151 species to reveal the sensitivity of tropical versus temperate species to climate change. They show significantly higher frequencies of local e...

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