ICOS Talks: Remote sensing of the land biosphere to support quantification of carbon emissions and removals Time: Tuesday 26th May 2026, 14:00-15:00 CEST.Agenda:Introduction by Rona Thompson (NILU, Norway)Philippe Ciais (LSCE): Mapping biomass change in Europe from AI and satellite dataMarko Scholze (Lund U...

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In 2025, the world started construction of nuclear power plants that would generate 12 GW of power if completed.

In the same year, it installed 108 GW of batteries and 600 GW of solar capacity.

Forest interactions Explore plant interactions in forest environments at all levels from micro- to macro-scales and across the whole spectrum of plant biology.Abstract submission now open - deadline 20 May 2026

Join our exciting line-up of speakers – submit your abstract for the 48th New Phytologist Symposium: Forest interactions!

Deadline: 20 May

📅 13–16 October 2026
📍 Leysin, Switzerland

www.newphytologist.org/events/48-nps

#PlantScience

Preach! And don't get me started on "linkage."

You have a little under two weeks to apply for BSA's @botsocamerica.bsky.social Impact Award! Deadline 5/1. Reach out with questions or with nominations, and apply! 💚

Patterns of decomposition rates in Central European forests differ amo... sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Hey @nytimes.com serve me ads in your excellent cooking app (which I pay for on top of my subscription!) and I’ll 100% stop using it. FYI.

A black-and-white studio portrait photograph of Emma Lucy Braun, the pioneering American botanist and plant ecologist widely regarded as one of the most influential scientists in the study of eastern North American forests. Shown from the shoulders up against a soft, neutral gradient background, Braun appears in her later years with a calm, intelligent gaze directed straight at the viewer. Her white hair is neatly styled and swept back from her face, and she wears delicate round wire-rimmed glasses. A gentle, knowing half-smile softens her expression, conveying quiet authority, warmth, and scholarly poise. She is dressed in a light-colored, pleated blouse with a gathered neckline and a prominent dark floral brooch pinned at the center of her chest; the visible sleeve features subtle decorative patterning. The tight, centered composition focuses entirely on her face and upper torso, creating an intimate and dignified mood that emphasizes intellect and dignity over ornamentation.

Botanist/plant ecologist E. Lucy Braun is one of the most influential ecologists in North American history.

+ First woman President, Ecological Society of America, 1950
+ Helped establish plant ecology as a rigorous academic discipline

She was born #OTD in 1889. #WomenInSTEM #conservation #ecosky

10 years ago, Elisabeth Bik published a preprint heard around the world Elisabeth Bik If you are at all familiar with scientific sleuthing, you’re familiar with Elisabeth Bik. She is quoted so often in the mainstream media it is probably difficult to imagine a time bef…

10 years ago today, @elisabethbik.bsky.social published a preprint heard around the world.

A kauri tree looking towards the canopy.

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...

GitHub - RILAB/statements: Successful Job Applications and Grants Successful Job Applications and Grants. Contribute to RILAB/statements development by creating an account on GitHub.

That time of year again! If you'd like an example of job apps in academia or industry, here's a good resource. If you got a job in industry or academia in the last few years, please consider adding yours! github.com/RILAB/statem...

Overconfident humans who don’t listen to anybody else scare the hell out of me.

📢 Are you an early-career researcher with a passion for plant ecology and data analytics? Lincoln University is offering a three year postdoc looking at online trade and plant invasions 🌱

Click the link for more info!

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Widespread Higher Soil Respiration Rates at Nighttime Than Daytime Across Global Forest Ecosystems

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Check out this popular science article I wrote for @eos.org about the influence of glacial runoff 🧊 on our coastal oceans 🌊

#Arctic #Oceanography #Freshening #PopularScience

Locations of the two field study plots in the Brazilian Amazon.

Stem CH4 emissions are driven more by belowground biogeochemistry than species ID in Amazon floodplains

Blincow et al. @hollyblincow.bsky.social

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Global Dendrometer Network at EGU Hi all, The Global Dendrometer Network will be hosting a splinter meeting at EGU, and you are very welcome to join us! Please let us know if you plan to attend by filling out this form by Friday 24th ...

🌍 The Global Dendrometer Network is coming to EGU!

Join our splinter meeting:
🗓️ May 5 | ⏰ 16:15–18:00
📍 Room 2.61 (SPM40)

✨ Network launch
🌱 Talks
🤝 Meet dendro people from around the world

👉 Sign up: forms.gle/kyAUzFgqW4Mk...

(+ dinner after!)

All welcome—spread the word! #EGU26 #Dendrometers

WANTED: Lead Collections Manager. Smithsonian NMNH Botany is looking for a Supervisory Museum Specialist to manage the United States National Herbarium and a top-notch collections team. For more information, visit USAJOBS (www.usajobs.gov/job/864499200). Applications due in two weeks (1 May 2026).

"The authors have gone to great lengths to address the concerns of the reviewers multiple times. If the reviewers would like to write a different paper, they are free to do so in future work."

WELL SAID, Dr. journal editor, well said! 🙌

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

The production of ERA6, coming up in 2027, has started. The next‑generation climate reanalysis from #CopernicusClimate will offer >2× finer resolution than ERA5, a coupled ocean–atmosphere–wave model, improved data access & more.

Read more: climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-c...

@ecmwf.int

🌲🌳 PhD opportunity: Forest Vulnerability to Hotter Droughts

Interested in forest ecosystems, climate extremes & tree stress resilience?

🎓 Dual PhD (KIT 🇩🇪 + Melbourne 🇦🇺)
🔬 Plant Ecophysiology Lab, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 🇩🇪
🌍 +1-year research stay 🇦🇺

👉 Apply here: t1p.de/g39co

"The authors have gone to great lengths to address the concerns of the reviewers multiple times. If the reviewers would like to write a different paper, they are free to do so in future work."

WELL SAID, Dr. journal editor, well said! 🙌

Ecosystem modeling postdoc The Earth Systems Ecology Lab ( www.hurteaulab.org ) at the University of New Mexico is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher with a strong background in ecosystem modeling or spatial data analysis to....

I am hiring a new postdoc to work on an ecosystem modeling project with colleagues in hydrology, computer science, and the social sciences, including @mojisadegh.bsky.social

If you want to do impactful work to understand the forest-water relationship, apply:
www.hurteaulab.org/blog/ecosyst...

llustration of the molecular structure of photosystem II showing green, blue and yellow areas.

A man, Johannes Messinger, with a red shirt and glasses is sitting in a dark room next to a table with technical equipment. He is smiling into the camera. Phtot credit: Mattias Pettersson, Umeå University

Three men, all with moustaches, are smiling into the camera: Jack Forsman (right), André T. Graça (left) and Wolfgang Schröder.

🧪🌾NEWS - Plants split water to produce sugars and oxygen but how does water reach the reaction site?🔬

A new study from Messinger & Schröder groups published in @newphyt.bsky.social reveals a “water valve” in Photosystem II that helps control the flow.

Read more: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

Great opportunity and team if you are interested in ecophysiology.

Weathering without realizing inorganic CO2 removal revealed through base cation monitoring Abstract. Enhanced Weathering using basalt rock dust is a scalable carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technique, but quantifying rock weathering and CDR rates poses a critical challenge. Here, we investigat...

New #enhancedweathering paper: Cation tracing reveals substantial weathering but no inorganic C sequestration. While inorganic C storage may lag behind, secondary reactions & cation retention may support soil organic C stabilization.
#CDR
@arthurvienne.bsky.social
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Tree growth after a major hurricane reflects predisturbance vigor rather than canopy damage | PNAS Tree crown damage from disturbance events strongly influences forest demography, yet its effect on stem growth remains poorly quantified, with both...

What drives tree growth after a hurricane? 🌀🌳

Hot off the press in @pnas.org today!

We tracked 1,082 trees in Puerto Rico and found that pre-disturbance growth outperformed crown biomass loss and competitive release as a predictor of post-storm growth.

The paper: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Wildfire alters nitrogen cycling to increase soil emissions of nitric oxide (NO) and the heterogeneity of nitrous oxide (N2O) in California chaparral Wildfires drive ecosystem nitrogen (N) loss globally through combustion of plant biomass and by depositing N-rich ash onto soils to stimulate emission…

In new work by Elizah Stephens, she looks at soil N emissions after wildfires.

Wildfire increased soil NO emissions. N2O emissions did not differ significantly; however, only burned soils produced N2O fluxes that were statistical outliers up to ∼165 × higher.
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#WARR this Thursday, 4/16!
The tales of water at Artic hillslopes and river deltas!
@joanmarie.bsky.social + Anastasia Piliouras

Register here: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...