Illustration of projected changes in leaves. Three possible scenarios are shown as green shoots of different lengths with different densities of projected leaves.

Changes to a leaf trait due to adaptive evolution and plasticity can rescue subalpine populations from the detrimental effects of climate change
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Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by Diane R Campbell, @jellyturtle.bsky.social, and Justin Kipness

Illustration by J. Francis

Take a Hawaiian plant, evolve it over millions of years of volcanoes erupting/diving under the waves...and the species that pop out attract the same moth? With different smells? That change at night? But, why don't they hybridize? And if they did, how would the hybrids smell? doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...

Team Schiedea (How to save a species from going EXTINCT) | Plants are Cool, Too Highlighting one of the coolest and most ambitious projects in the history of rare species conservation, this episode ("Team Schiedea") takes us to Kaua'i, Hawai'i, where a group of passionate plant people are working to save some of the rarest plants on the archipelago -- and tell us why we need a new generation of biodiversity lovers to help battle the extinction crisis. Selected for inclusion in the 2022 Cinema Verde International Environmental Film and Arts Festival. [Episode shot in 2019.] @PlantsAreCoolToo Teaching topics: extinction, biodiversity conservation, rare species, conservation jobs, invasive species, island evolution, Hawaiian biodiversity Host/Producer/Writer: Chris Martine @MartineBotany Producer/Videographer/Editor/Graphics: Paul Frederick Field Producer: Tim Kramer Drone footage: Tobias Koehler Scientists featured: Ann Sakai, Stephen Weller, Steve Perlman, Lauren Weisenberger, Alex Loomis, John Powers, Warren Wagner, Mike Moore, Krissa Skogen, Norm Wickett, Ava Adler With photos by: Ken Wood, Alex Loomis, Stephen Weller, Ann Sakai Institutional affiliations: University of California, Irvine; Plant Extinction Prevention Program; National Tropical Botanical Garden; US Fish and Wildlife Service; Duke University; Chicago Botanic Garden; Oberlin College; Bucknell University; Smithsonian Institute Funding: National Science Foundation More on Ann Sakai and Stephen Weller's research: https://sakaiweller.bio.uci.edu/ More on Steve Perlman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Perlman Plant Extinction Prevention Program: http://www.pepphi.org/

Check out this cool video about my rock start plant scientist colleagues and friends, Ann Sakai and Steve Weller! @UCIrvine @UCIBioSci @UCIEEBvia @YouTube

youtu.be/Y1zNfODhM4o

Woah I've never made that connection, I just figured they were trying to scare other birds off their territory!

A Gila Monster

See you in Salem at noon! Fund weird spit!

FUND WEIRD SPIT, says the baby gila monster walking past its exendin-4 peptide

Sign sketch for tomorrow's science rally ... FUND WEIRD SPIT! You never know what you're going to get.

📢 Only 2 days until the Stand Up For Science rally in Salem, OR! RSVP on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/myevent?eid=.... Join your fellow nerds to uphold the integrity of science, protect its accessibility, and ensure its benefits serve all people. #standupforscience @standupforscience.bsky.social

Yes I'd love to share - we will know a bit about the chemical composition of its evening scent, as soon as I get around to analyzing the data! My labmate and I did smell roadtrip to sniff a bunch of populations of Ipos and compare them.

Thanks ti everyone who leaned into this project and into the warming chambers!

Schiedea waiahuluensis, first collected March 2022. Described and published in PhytoKeys (Oct 2024). Potentially undescribed mirid insect just below the open flower.

The Mamba collecting arm making a collection of Schiedea waiahuluensis, Waimea Canyon, Kauai.

Newly-described species!! 📒

Schiedea waiahuluensis (Caryophyllaceae)

Perhaps the first new species to be located, then collected by drone.

Our plant collecting drone has been a game changer for documentation and conservation of cliff flora in Hawaii.

Bonus: maybe a new insect too! 🪲

In light of publication of schiedea waiahuluensis, I present Schiedea adamantis photographed with UVIVF In light of publication of schiedea waiahuluensis, I present Schiedea adamantis photographed with UVIVFby CPBurrowsPhoto

In light of publication of schiedea waiahuluensis, I present Schiedea adamantis photographed with UVIVF

www.allforgardening.com/1067703/in-light-of-publ...

In light of publication of schiedea …

A small petri dish with seeds and seedlings inside, sealed up with parafilm.

A small petri dish with seeds and seedlings inside, sealed up with parafilm.

My colleague Steve sent me more Schiedea seeds; and they are germinating! It’s the best news of this week, tbh.

We had the privilege of scent sampling this baddie next to the rodeo grounds! Very cute indeed.

Why aren't we talking about the engine running our world? It's more important than ever that we understand the drive behind the world's most powerful men.

I've occasionally seen the pt elsewhere too - such as @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social - but I agree w/Celeste Davis: more understanding is needed of the performative, patriarchal masculinity that's key today: open.substack.com/pub/celestem... And to why & how masculinity could & should be different.

And, my @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social-inspired op-ed is online at LNP/Lancaster Online — in print, it's alongside a piece from two geoscientists with local roots on the front page of the Sunday Perspectives section

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Warming alters floral volatile emissions and nectar production in subalpine plants, with potential effects on pollinator attraction and herbivore interactions. These findings highlight the need for long-term studies to better understand how temperature changes influence plant-animal interactions and reproductive success.

🌸👃 #PlantReproductionWeek

Effects of experimental warming on floral scent, display, and rewards in two subalpine herbs by Carrie Wu et al. in @annbot.bsky.social

#openaccess article
👉 doi.org/n5p7

#PlantScience