PhD opportunity: Elucidating diet of northern Australian rangeland cattle ~$44K stipend/year Aus/NZ candidates only Lots of fieldwork in remote Australia, embedded with industry partners. Link to advert: www.seek.com.au/job/86116228... Deadline: 11 September

Check out my @utas.edu.au PhD student Xin's new paper! It looks at published mineral composition (e.g. calcium, selenium, iodine etc) of Atlantic salmon, and investigates environmental and management effects on that composition. Enjoy! www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

📢 New #PhD offer. You have a MSc degree in agronomy, soil science or plant ecophysiology AND you are from Kenya? This offer might be for you. "Contribution of #agroforestry systems 🌳 🌽 🥑 🐐 to provisioning ecosystem services, #climatechange adaptation and mitigation in Kenya" Deadline: 31.05.2025.

📢 @ipcc.bsky.social is calling for the nominations of authors for the Seventh Assessment Report! 🌍🧪 Find out how to become an author or review editor here 👉 bit.ly/4krWMTu More information on the process 👉 bit.ly/AR7Nm Submissions close 17 April

It was such a pleasure to be part of this special issue of Phytogen!

@charlesdarwinuni.bsky.social staff are here at NT Farmer Association's Northern Food Futures conference. Come and chat to us about food production in northern Australia!

One of Australia's most common #gynaecological #cancers could be detected sooner and more accurately thanks to a specialised #AI model, new research shows: go.cdu.edu.au/f3eq

Last week my Honours student Sam and team GPS tagged 100 sheep on a station in arid South Australia and set up a weather station! Sam is looking at the effect of wind direction and speed on grazing. Can't wait for the results!

The wonderful University of Aix-Marseille @univ-amu.fr is recruiting U.S. researchers in climate, immunology and other fields threatened by the Musk-Trump takeover. News story below, and their official announcement is here: www.univ-amu.fr/fr/public/ac...

Calling all Darwin residents 📣Help us plan for the future of energy in the NT! This quick 12-minute online research survey will help us understand how Darwin locals use their energy and will contribute to our student's PhD thesis. Find the survey here👉 bit.ly/household25

I love the wet season in the Territory!

Call for Fellows! 🚨 @ipbes.net is seeking #EarlyCareer experts to join the #GlobalAssessment2. Contribute to assessing progress towards achieving the goals of sustainability! 🌍🧪 🗓 Apply by 28 March 2025 🔗 More info: www.ipbes.net/second-globa...

Are you, or do you know, a national of Gabon, Cameroon, Congo or DRC interested in studying the climate, ecology or economy of the Congo Basin? CBSI has 28 fully-funded scholarships across a wide range of projects, applications due February 28th. More info here: shorturl.at/5flYY Please share!

If this is true, then it's scary. When I was 18 months old, I nearly died from encephalitis that I contracted as a complication from chicken pox. It is >10 x more likely to occur with measles. GET YOUR CHILDREN VACCINATED, PEOPLE

Hey #rangelands people! Is anyone going to the International Rangelands Congress in Adelaide in June? I'm potentially running a workshop just after the IRC and am looking for guest speakers, plus looking to explore research synergies with potential Australian and international collaborators!

Grassland and rangeland folks! We are seeking someone for our rangeland ecology Chair position. Full title OR at least 10 years experience outside of academia. LOTS of financial support: arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree... Work with me!!!!!! #range @sustainablerangeland #grassland

@nitinsawhney.bsky.social's Beyond Skin is one of the most underrated albums of all time open.spotify.com/album/41qn4o...

Australia’s frogs need your help. Our frogs are threatened by habitat loss, disease, and climate change. Record frog calls with the free FrogID app and help gather essential information to better understand and conserve Australia’s frogs. https://buff.ly/2kbfh1p #frog #CitizenScience #FrogID

Check out this great piece on my student @charlesdarwinuni.bsky.social Wes' PhD with some great insights from @stationmum.bsky.social! Wes is looking at management of inorganic waste on remote cattle stations www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...

Where in the world would you see a massive crocodile being craned high above the streets of a capital city?.... .... Only in the Territory! (Photo courtesy of Crocosaurus Cove)

mvh: An R tool to assemble and organize virtual #herbaria from openly available specimen images New in #AppsPlantSci by @tvasconcelos.bsky.social & @jboyko.bsky.social bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @r-foundation.bsky.social @gbif.org #botany #biodiversity #iamabotanist

PhD student in agriculture or aquaculture in northern Australia? If so, we have the conference for you! In conjunction with the Northern Australia Food Futures Conference, we are running a two day post grad conference. Abstracts due 19 Feb. More details: www.cdu.edu.au/rina/naua-po...

FYI- you can define your own definition of 'success'

@charlesdarwinuni.bsky.social allow us to swap public holidays for other days This means I am in work today writing papers and raving to Roni Size and other Bristol drum n bass without disturbing anyone!

Work with me! AWC is hiring a field ecologist to join the science team here at Mt Gibson. Please share with your networks. nrmjobs.com.au/jobs/2025/20...

I still get excited when I see a frilly!

I'm at home with a cold today- one of those ones that makes your legs weak. Why is it that I feel really guilty about resting?

Please help us find an illustrator from Senegal/The Gambia/Mauritania! 🙏 I am part of a team of environmentalists making a children's book about overfishing in West Africa and its links to salmon farming and greenhouse agriculture. #art #childrensbook #environment #education

A diverse range of academic and professional jobs in #agriculture, #veterinary, #dentistry, #paramedicine, #media and #IT are available at Charles Sturt University across multiple campus locations. #AgSky #AcademicSky external-jobs.csu.edu.au/cw/en/listing/

*** Call for papers for Special Collection *** Diego Hernán Rotili + I are guest editors for a Special Collection of papers relating to Sustainable Livestock Systems at npj sustainable agriculture www.nature.com/collections/... Please consider submitting your paper! Deadline: 16 October 2025

My PhD student Wes was on the ABC Country Hour today talking about his PhD project looking at enabling pastoralists on remote cattle stations to recycle more of their inorganic waste - at the moment there are few options apart from stockpiling www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... from about 40 mins in!

**PhD opportunity** I am looking for a PhD student to work with me on the link between agricultural practices and human nutrition in Timor Leste. Only open to domestic candidates www.seek.com.au/job/81412646... Please message, email or call for more information

** Leads wanted ** I'm looking to buy some rhizobia, and finding it difficult to find companies to buy it from! I'm looking for: CB1717 (for burgundy bean) CB8756 (for butterfly pea) Does anyone know of any companies in Aus (or Indo) I can buy from?

First World problem, but I am disproportionately annoyed that the good cafe on campus (there are two, one is ok, the other is great) is closed until early February

We're hiring an ecosystem ecologist (open rank) @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social It's a great place to work and live! Lots of opportunities for collaboration including with @kbslter.bsky.social KBS Long Term Agroecosystem Research careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista...

Top tip for when you have a long (daytime) layover in Melbourne... Woodlands Historic Park is 11 mins taxi drive from the airport, has a cafe, walking tracks, retired racehorses and lots of kangaroos! It's making our 9 hour layover much more pleasant!

I'm on holiday in Tasmania at the moment, but caught up with my awesome PhD student for lunch, and sh brought me some flowers from her garden! Such a talented gardener and researcher- can't wait to see what she does in 2025!

Elva Gemita, a steadfast advocate for wildlife and forest conservation in Indonesia, passed away on November 24 at the age of 44. www.butlernature.com/2024/12/22/o...

Diversity and productivity of a natural grassland decline with the number of global change factors https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.17.628835v1

If you have a spare 10 to 15 minutes this summer break and live in Victoria or NSW (Australia) please complete this short survey by clicking here: swinuw.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

New article in journal pre-proof Ungulate browsing patterns and forage abundance determine the regeneration of palatable tree species: using new perspectives in assessing ungulate browsing pressure in temperate forests www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Hey scientists! Want to share your science with classrooms via video chat in 2025? Sign up for @skypeascientist.bsky.social! You can volunteer to chat with 1-5 classrooms between January and August. It's easy, it's fun, it's life-affirming. Sign up www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html 🦑 🧪

Delighted to announce our paper on the advantages of feeding maize and soybean silage on cattle live weight in Vietnam is finally published! This is advantageous for producers as they are able to realise the benefit of intercropping on both soil and their animals www.mdpi.com/2673-933X/4/...

I've got it down to 60 emails with 20 minutes to go- phew!

📢 18-month postdoc in my lab doing drought modelling with either the UK land surface model JULES or machine learning. Up to you which. Please share widely (thanks) www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de... Closes: 18th January

I go on leave today for a few weeks I'm looking for summery music 🎵 🎵 recommendations that remind you of when you were in your teens/early 20s and the world felt full of possibilities. Examples of mine are Ben Howard's Old Pine and Elbow's One Day Like This

#agsky callout: Have you completed the University of Canberra Regional Wellbeing Survey and live in NSW? Keen to chat with folks living on the land about what they think of the survey, and why it's important to amplify rural and remote voices! 📨 [email protected]

Taking down sails, bringing in anything on the deck, putting all the stuff in the storage unit..... .....preparing to go on holiday is so much more complicated when you live on a boat in the tropics, unless you go on a sailing holiday!

This week I have been trying to get my emails down from 460 to a manageable number before I leave for holidays tomorrow. I'm on 144 already (yay, go me!). Wish me luck!

Does anyone have connections to soil scientists in India or experience sampling in India? I'm working on a Nutrient Network study and trying to negotiate the process of shipping soils back from India to the US for processing. Would love to connect with anyone who has done this before! #soil