USA National Phenology Network's Late Bloom Index map. This map shows where locations have reached conditions associated with the end of the spring season early or late compared to the 1981-2020 average. The southwestern US and southern Texas have reached this index 1-3 weeks early this year; Florida is pretty much average.

The @usa-npn.bsky.social's Late Bloom Index is now live! This map shows where conditions associated with the conclusion of the spring season are being reached early or late. This year, the end of spring is quite early in the SW US; FL is average.
www.usanpn.org/data/maps/sp... #phenology

Great article featuring results from my former PhD student Sophie Pouillé - she tracked the geochemical impacts of dust deposition around Ä'äy Chù using lichen and found the high arsenic concentrations reported in the story 🌲

You need to make AI guidelines for your lab Here's why you should, and how to start

I wrote about why every lab should have AI use guidelines, and how to do it.

open.substack.com/pub/blekhman...

California oak woodland

Sometimes all we need in the midst of it all is a walk through the verdant spring woodland.

Killing the Sponge The Silent End Of Our Wetlands

It’s easy to forget how much land used to be…wet. Like very wet.

#Wetlands were the OG way to store/filter #water, while also sustaining #biodiversity & huge #ecosystems.

But, like many great things, we killed it.

New long-form essay: Killing the Sponge 👇🏞️
tnature.substack.com/p/killing-th...

Our book is finally here!!

Oli Coibion @empctmacrotx.bsky.social & me with our advance copies

Grateful to everyone who helped along the way—colleagues, students, coauthors, & early readers who shaped the project at every stage

Official release tomorrow! tinyurl.com/385ak89u

#EconSky

The last northern spotted owl in B.C. is likely gone. Is it too late to bring them back? A new federal recovery plan for the species offers a glimmer of hope, but with no owls sighted since 2023, it may be too little, too late

Today on Can Geo: The last northern spotted owl in B.C. is likely gone. Is it too late to bring them back? 🦉

A new federal recovery plan offers hope, yet with no sightings since 2023, the future looks uncertain.

🔗 Read more: https://bit.ly/456jZEt

#EndangeredSpecies #NorthernSpottedOwl

Photosynthesis, heat, and structure: an evident hierarchy of environmental conditions driving wetland carbon assimilation Wetland ecosystems, crucial for carbon sequestration and coastal hazard mitigation, have experienced tremendous losses in land surface area over the l…

Congratulations @erthromero.bsky.social on this new RSE paper focusing new ways of approaching spatio-temporal complexity in drivers of wetland carbon cycling! Huge thanks to our collaborators, NASA FINESST, @biometlab.bsky.social @cgerleinsafdi.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New collaborative paper in Remote Sensing in the Environment with student Eric Romero in
@irynad.bsky.social lab

Photosynthesis, heat, and structure: an evident hierarchy of environmental conditions driving wetland carbon assimilation

doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...

Very nice article !

Really great work from PNNL on best practices in utility wildfire management.

www.pnnl.gov/sites/defaul...

Hard to believe it's been four years since russia's brutal escalation of its war against Ukraine. Strength and resilience of Ukrainians remind of what we stand for and what we strive to protect. This Petrykivka art from my home region always lives in my heart and brightens even the darkest days.

Pink flowering currant - bush

Pink flowering currant close up

One of my favorite native plants - Pink-flowering currant in its spring season. This one bush has been blooming now for more than a month and is still full of blossoms. Not all last year's leaves have fallen off, but the new ones are coming out already.

The Scarred Peach Is the Sweetest The Scarred Peach Is the Sweetest [Clarke, Kathie-Louise] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Scarred Peach Is the Sweetest

It's very special feeling when a friend's creative work blossoms out, ready to meet the big world. Here is a wonderful new poetry collection by Kathie-Louise Clarke, just released today: www.amazon.com/Scarred-Peac...

A global map showing that most people don't talk about or hear about climate change regularly (except in Scandinavia - I believe this is the Greta Effect!). Source: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.

A global map showing that most people are worried about climate change. Source: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.

Most people are worried about climate change - but most don't hear or talk about regularly.

That's why I started my free newsletter Talking Climate. Every week I share good news, not so good news, and what people can do.

If you aren't a reader yet, see below. I have 6 different ways to subscribe!

“Children were in the crowd screaming.”

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

MN protestors #protip put 2 Idaho Russets in the oven at 420 degrees for 45 min, take them out and foil wrap, 1 in each pocket before you go out. Theyll stay warm for 3-4 hours even in this weather and you can eat em when you like. They used to send us kids out like this back in the 70s trust me.

Attention folks in the weather, climate, disaster, wildfire, and Earth science communities: NSF has just published a new "Dear Colleague" letter inviting feedback (by Mar 13) on the proposal to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). www.nsf.gov/funding/...

It was an honor to contribute to this study led by the researchers from the University of Hong Kong - investigating the connections among remote sensing-derived phenological variability and plant functional traits in temperate forest context.

Interannual Variability in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Challenges Post‐Restoration Net Sink Predictions in California Delta Wetlands 44 site-years of eddy covariance measurements over restored California Delta wetlands show strong interannual variability in CO2 and CH4 fluxes. Vegetation establishment and water management drive wh...

Global Change Biology | Environmental Change Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
New Biomet Lab paper on our @ameriflux.bsky.social work on greenhouse gas fluxes in the Delta led by @etechlab.bsky.social

Wow, incredible! Orion is very visible now

In the new season of Autocracy in America, I will ask how the Trump White House is rewriting the rules of US politics.
First episode: How ICE and the National Guard are being used not just to enforce immigration, but to project power

open.spotify.com/episode/4Baj...

You only live twice: Financial inflows and growth in a westward-facing Ukraine The monumental task of rebuilding postwar Ukraine requires early planning and identification of growth strategies. The earlier accession of Eastern European countries to the European Union and NATO of...

What is a safe growth strategy for post-war #Ukraine?

A new paper by Maurice Obstfeld and me sheds more light on this question:

The earlier accession of Eastern European countries to the EU& NATO offers a template that relies on massive FDI & public structural funds.

#UkrainianView

How do you know whether or not your conservation monitoring program is helping you to deliver outcomes? We have made a checklist of 15 distinct reasons - some more directly connected to outcomes than others.

At this museum, the tide brings in odd treasures that become a lasting lesson At the Plum Island Museum of Lost Toys and Curiosities, one-time treasures bring back memories and are a reminder of the eternal life of plastic waste.

At the Plum Island Museum of Lost Toys and Curiosities, one-time treasures bring back memories and are a reminder of the eternal life of plastic waste. n.pr/4540mx9

Great to hear this - thank you for letting me know! Please share when the Storymap comes out, I will spread the word and share with our urban forestry classes.

In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...

and this nostalgia can also become an effective propaganda tool, very evident in post-Soviet space for example

The most wonderful about this week's #AGU2025 was seeing so many students and early career researchers sharing their work, radiating with their passion and love for science and our planet. This felt like the best New Year's gift amidst the times and much hope for the future. Thank you, @agu.org