roses are red violets are blue both make sugars from atmospheric CO2 🌹🌹🌹

Registration is open for *C460- From Kranz to Crops: Celebrating 60 Years of C4 Discovery and Innovation* Celebrating 60 years since the discovery of C4 photosynthesis! 23-25 July 2026 at Lancaster University, UK Generously funded by @annbot.bsky.social, @newphyt.bsky.social, and others!

Got enough methane for the ground to be *on fire*? We can measure that! (The methane, not the fire. Please don't expose our instruments to open flame). Photo courtesy of Dr. Ian Smillie, who was visiting researchers in Grenoble last week.

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! This day is celebrated annually to promote the full and equal access and participation of women in science and technology 👩‍🏫 Take a moment to reflect: what opportunities could you take to increase gender equality in your workplace or community?

The #Botany2026 Call for Abstracts is OPEN! Join 1,000+ botanical scientists to share research, spark collaborations, & explore this year’s theme: Biodiversity at the Boundaries. Submission Deadline: April 13, 2026 Submit abstract here: www.xcdsystem.com/botany/abstr... www.botanyconference.org

Using controlled genetic approaches, RIPE researchers altered soybean leaf shape and found that narrower leaves can improve how efficiently plants use available light. This work was led by RIPE researchers Bishal Tamang and Lisa Ainsworth. Read about it here: go.illinois.edu/ripenews

From the fjords to the only "ocean front property in Arizona", LI-COR instruments are working to help researchers understand our world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSjn... (sorry about the George Strait earworm)

Researchers at the UMCES took the LI-7810 and a DIC system out into the fjords and made a video about it. Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOIZ...

New results to share? New methods? Your science matters, and #ESA2026 is the perfect venue for it. Share, get (and give!) feedback, and build your professional network in ecology. Contributed talk & poster abstract submissions open through 2/19! https://ow.ly/OpyP50Y62qh

🍃 Plenary 🍃 photosynthesis2026.com Lisa Ainsworth @ibioillinois.bsky.social 🌿Lisa’s research into the mechanisms of plant responses to climate change aims to maximize crop production in a future climate of elevated carbon dioxide, ozone, higher temperatures and drought #ICPR26 #plantscience

5 days remain to submit your speaker abstracts, travel grant applications and early-bird registrations for the 47th New Phytologist Symposium: Extending the limits of thermal life! 📅 2–5 June 2026 📍 Córdoba, Spain Deadline: 2 February 👇 www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps #PlantScience

#NatuRAproject #ecosystemgasfluxes in the #drakensberg with a custom made tent setup and a @li-corenv.bsky.social LI-7810. @anna-dam.bsky.social on the chain ladder to the high site. @btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social @cesam-uib.bsky.social @biodiversa.eu @vvandvik.bsky.social @audhalbritter.bsky.social

All chapters of A Hitchhiker's Guide to Leaf-Level Gas Exchange are now available to read: www.licor.com/podcast/leaf.... Printing commences soon! I hope you find this an excellent gift for the gas exchanger in your life. Remember, you don't need to wait for a holiday to show someone you care...

Are you interested in attending a training course for your photosynthesis, soil flux, or eddy covariance instruments? We have training classes! Here's the link for photosynthesis training: www.licor.com/products/pho...

🌿 Meeting Plant Scientists | @botany.one 🎙️ Kasey Barton 📝 “Seedlings Are Not Merely Smaller Adult Plants” A new interview from Botany One. 🔗

Dans le cadre du projet CARBONIQUE et en collaboration avec le EcoFlux Lab de la professeure Sara Knox à l'université McGill, une tour à covariance des turbulences a été installé dans un marais aménagé par Canards Illimités. Voici la vidéo de l'installation d'avril 2025 ☀️🚜🦆🌱 youtu.be/z37eCc8C8bw

This is another flux tower we installed this spring/summer for the @carbonique.bsky.social project. This time the tower was installed on a floating platform in a restored marsh near Baie-du-Febvre. Thank you to my colleague Léonie @cpaleolab.bsky.social for putting together this video 💚

♻️ Vitis vinifera L. varieties (cv. Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay) vary in leaf water flux in response to elevated CO2 growing conditions and a gradual water deficit by Alessandra Zuniga and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

Cake! our department has an annual Botany Bake Off, which this year was won by Josua. That is a £D printed flux tower with a functional CO2 sensor. Hlf the cake has a lot of different colouts, represnting plant diversity in the real world and the other half has only two, like in a model.

New exciting paper with Lu Fluxes involvement, highlighting how trees, ponds and grazing strongly shape greenhouse gas dynamics in Sahel savannas, showing how complex and dynamic semi‑arid ecosystems really are. Well Done Alek! @beccsweden.bsky.social @lund-university.bsky.social

Here comes Santa Flux, here comes Santa Flux Right down Santa Flux Lane Mixin’ and Fixin’ and all his reindeers Pullin' on the reins Bells are ringin', children singin' All is merry and bright So hang your stockings and say your prayers 'Cause Santa Flux comes tonight.

We're headed to #AGU25 next week! Time for beignets, boudin and booth goodies. See more of what you can expect at Booth 311 here: www.licor.com/conference/A....

The final episode of our podcast is available, which means that the entire book is now available. Check out Episode 10 here: www.licor.com/podcast/leaf...

Episode 9 of the podcast is now available. This time: Mesophyll Conductance -- what is it, why would you measure it, and what can go wrong if you try? www.licor.com/podcast/leaf...

Tuning the C4 supercharger: improving #photosynthesis and #yield in C4 #crops #TansleyReview by @mariaermakova.bsky.social, Robert E. Sharwood and Robert T. Furbank nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience @monashbiol.bsky.social.

The Fall Newsletter is OUT! 🍁 Feat: Riverdale students doing salamander research, a recap from @hannahgais.bsky.social , and forest updates. Read it now: www.blackrockforest.org/newsletter #BlackRockForest #FieldResearch #Science #FieldStation

California just hit a major milestone for #ClimateScience! In the heart of CAL FIRE’s Jackson Demonstration State Forest, a brand-new carbon monitoring tower listens to the forest breathe. youtu.be/rFE3ZBrgoMY #ClimateAction #ForestManagement #Redwoods #Sustainability

In our ECOSENSE forest we are monitoring ecosystem processes and stresses in real-time using distributed sensor networks: Our new @egu.eu preprint discusses the implementation of this major technical infrastructure and its data management @ecosense-sfb-1537.bsky.social - doi.org/10.5194/egus...

We are going back to basics measuring light curves on sun and shade leaves of Hedera helix in the practical course for biology Bachelot's students!

Episode 8 of the podcast is available now. This week, we're focusing on the fluorescence and gas exchange measurements combo-pack and our "guest speaker" is Dr. Ian Smillie from our European support team. www.licor.com/podcast/leaf...

There's no conductance from this sunflower leaf. Maybe we should call tech support?

Episode 7 of our podcast is out today! Listen to Seton and Elizabeth (yes, that Elizabeth!) describe the considerations to choose the perfect leaf for your gas exchange measurements. www.licor.com/podcast/leaf...

Catch up: Part 2 (July 26th, dry heath) - #CarbonFluxes in control & warmed plots ( #OTC ≈ +1 °C), rapid weather shifts ⛅, plus plant height 🌱 and other environmental drivers' measurements. bsky.app/profile/blan...

On the cover of our #LatestIssue: Blepharis furcata at Klein Aus Vista, Namibia, is one of three Blepharis species with intraspecific variation in C4 cycle integration. Image courtesy of Matt Stata. 📖 See Stata et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🌿New article in @aobp.bsky.social addressing how stomatal traits can be used to breed crops resilient to heat and drought and why now is the time to move from characterization to application. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

Get you a support team that will put on a life jacket and paddle a canoe if that's what's needed to explain the details of leaf area index measurements. Photo credit to Erik Johnson in our sales team.

Another two days of great talks and discussions at the Baldocchi Symposium in Göttingen. Lots of fun at the visits of our flux towers Reinshof and Hainich. Thanks everyone for coming and making it a wonderful event.

Episode 6 of the Leaf to Leaf podcast has been posted. This week: Water, temperature, and Ghostbusters jokes.

My first PhD paper is out! It describes the fluxible #rstats package, a toolbox to process and quality check #ecosystem #gasfluxes in a reproducible and automated way. @unibergen.bsky.social @btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social @bjerknes.uib.no @li-corenv.bsky.social @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social

The next episode of our podcast has been released. This week: CO2, math, and baked goods. www.licor.com/podcast/leaf...

Honoring the 2025 Physiological & Ecophysiological Section Awards Recipients! 🏅 LI-COR Prize Presentation Award: Daniel Mok 🏅 LI-COR Prize Poster Award: Amelie LeTierce 🏅 Presentation Award: Malinda Barberio 🏅 Poster Award: Osedipo Adegbeyeni Visit: botany.org/home/awards.... #BSA2025AwardsBlitz

Up in the canopies! 🌲 Nice to be in #Pfynwald helping Giovanni Bortolami assess Scots pine trees' responses to vpd and drought in the amazing #VPDrought field site! Looking forward to seeing the results! More info about the project here: www.wsl.ch/it/progetti/... @wslresearch.bsky.social

What an inspiring and energizing kick off to the week at #PEPG2025. We spent the morning getting up to speed on our themes, and the afternoon in hands on practical activities thanks to our manufacturing partners! @sebiology.bsky.social

More pictures from theDay 2 for the PEPG 2025 workshop Many thanks to Mengjie Fan for an impressive video

Day 1 of the #PEPGWorkshop kicked off with inspiring talks on leaf gas exchange, fluorescence, water relations, roots & soil, and ecosystems 🌱✨ Afternoon = hands-on + networking!

Have you listened to our Leaf to Leaf Podcast? Episode 4 was released yesterday and should be en-light-ening if you've ever wondered about how and why to set your instrument light levels. www.licor.com/podcast/leaf...

Field working day at the Finnish Open Lab of the rewet-he.eu project. We have been running Eddy Covariance measurements in this remote site since summer 2023, along with the biodiversity studies. The peatland is protected by Natural Heritage Foundation.

We recently received this photo of two photosynthesis instrument "cousins" doing their work at Rocky Mountain Biological Lab. The photo is courtesy Carrie Wu (@carriewu.bsky.social) and posted with permission.

Have you listened to our new podcast, Leaf to Leaf? Episode 3 is out now and focuses on stability or the lack thereof (for your instrument, if not your life). www.licor.com/podcast/leaf...