Save the date! 47th New Phytologist Symposium on 'Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life'. Explore how extreme heat affects plants that underpin ecosystem productivity. 2-5 June 2026, Cordoba, Spain. @newphyt.bsky.social www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps

Check out our latest updates! 🌱 New Phytologist #TansleyMedal application deadline 🌱 Upcoming New Phytologist Now webinar 🌱 An exciting announcement from Plants, People, Planet 🌱 Details of next year's New Phytologist Symposium on extreme heat ...and more: 📨 www.newphytologist.org/news/latest-...

Exciting PhD opportunity advertised by superstar colleague Prof. Rachael Gallagher "Genomic and trait-based indicators of restoration success" (collaboration with Botanic Gardens of Sydney). See attached image. Contact Rachael directly for more information (email in advert). Closes 30th Nov.

Yesterday we were treated to an inspirational seminar from Dr Laura Williams from @westsyduhie.bsky.social all about the importance of tree diversity, novel ways to quantify it and its consequences for how forests function. Good luck with the richly-deserved DECRA Laura!!! Ping @bmedlyn.bsky.social

Our global meta-analysis is finally out - we explore the most important influencer on C4 photosynthetic capacity using ~1700 C4 Aci curves! Data are freely available for the community.

One more! Here the stellar Laura Williams leads a review of detection + attribution of change in Australian vegetation. The upshot: with current monitoring, it's remarkably difficult to attribute effects of climate - which has important consequences for management

Drought sensitivity in eucalypts is climate‐adapted and consistently influenced by wood density - great work by PhD student Victoria Perez-Martinez at @deannicolle1.bsky.social Currency Creek Arboretum during the Tinderbox drought besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Analysis of eddy-covariance C and water fluxes during the Australian Tinderbox drought of 2017-2019 showed remarkable resilience and recovery in most Australian forest types. Great work from @clares-hydro.bsky.social and OzFlux community onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Postdoctoral position in Forest Monitoring available. Know your way around spatial datasets? Join us to help monitor changes in Australia's precious forest estate! @westsyduhie.bsky.social jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WesternSydne...

📢🌿Available #traits #FunctionalTraits PhD position in my group @westsyduhie.bsky.social, closes 30th Oct. Topics: “Climate adaptations in Australian native grasses”; OR “Plant resource economics”. Apply via WSU Online Portal. Eligibility and other key info here: wrightlab.wordpress.com/news/

Fabulous #PhD project opportunity on #Eucalypt diversity - super interesting project plus you get to work with the truly amazing Laura Williams

🌿 Eucalypt Australia is offering research grants of up to $50K to advance knowledge of eucalypts. 1-year ($25K) or 2-year ($50K) projects supported. Open to Australia-based researchers with a strong track record. Apply by Tues 12 Aug eucalyptaustralia.org.au/grants/ #LoveAGum #ozplants

How can we save threatened forests from climate change? Refugia can be an answer, but we need to monitor their effectiveness - Our paper out now, on whether topography is effectively buffering the vulnerable Red Stringybark eucalypt 🟥🌳 from hot droughts in South Australia 👉🏻 doi.org/10.1111/csp2...

#ESAus2025 abstracts are due this Friday! If you research vegetation #dieback, consider submitting to the 'Beyond the Brink–Navigating vegetation dieback and climate-succession' symposium chaired by Cal Bryant and @bmedlyn.bsky.social. 🧪🌏 #WildOz #ecology #ClimateChange Symposium description:

"It isn't that the alarm bells are about to ring. They already have & if these last 2 fires are not enough to scare the pants off you, I don't know what is." VIC's mountain forests are on the brink of collapse due to frequent bushfires & lack of regeneration support. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

The #EucFACE canopy has finally recovered from the 19-20 drought and the 21-22 floods. Beautiful time for new Lidar scans! @westsyduhie.bsky.social @kimcalders.bsky.social

@climateandweather.bsky.social at CCRC is re-opening its call for domestic master’s students for 2025. If you’d like to learn about climate and weather, and work together with NSW government agencies to make NSW a safer place to live and work, apply at www.unsw.edu.au/research/hdr...

Congrats to our superstar postdoc Laura Williams for winning a JG Russell Award from the Australian Academy of Science! Award will support Laura's cool research on #spectra and #eucalypt diversity @westsyduhie.bsky.social www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...

#DeadTreeDetective Last year it was Western Australia, this year South Australia is seeing canopy collapse from drought. If you're in SA, please help us figure out how widespread it is!

Forest Dieback: an emerging problem (summary of our recent symposium) biodiversityoceania.com/2025/04/11/f...

🥇Eucalypt Australia is thrilled to announce that the 2025 Eucalypt to the Year has been awarded to the Wondrous Forests of the #WalpoleWilderness in WA! Thank you to all who voted and took part in this year's #EucalyptoftheYear2025 campaign! #NationalEucalyptDay2025

Interested in tree dieback in Australia? Callum Bryant at ANU has started up the Dieback & Climate Succession Network. Virtual meetings monthly! Tomorrow March 21, 1 pm AEDT hear from Mike Dunlop (CSIRO) + Liz Dalgleish-Wright (Parks Victoria) Contact Cal (or me) for details.

Oceania #EcologicalForecasting Folk! Join our community call tomorrow Wed 19 March 3:30 pm AEDT Contribute to our horizon scan manuscript: How can we advance ecological forecasting in the Oceania region? Details: ecoforecast.org/oceania-ecol... @desert-ecology.bsky.social @ecoforecast.bsky.social

Amazing new opportunity! Are you passionate about ecology and conservation science? Western’s Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment is seeking a dedicated Senior Technical Support Officer to join our team supporting the Blue Mountains Hub for Ecology. uws.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm...

Abstract submission is now open for the next FLUXNET Conference, which will be held in Brisbane, Australia, July 8-10, 2025. See here for more details, and please help spread the word: fluxnet.org/community/fl... Hope to see you there! #FLUXNET #TERN #eddycovariance #carboncycle #sustainability

The next bi-annual FLUXNET Conference is open for submissions! Where: Brisbane, Australia When: July 8-10th Abstract submission deadline: 28 March 25. Hope to see you there! fluxnet.org/community/fl... #fluxnet #eddy-covariance

James Cook University has advertised a position for an Associate Professor of Ecosystem Processes Research. Please find full details here: careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/associa...

How many have you visited? I'm only at 6/10 - have got some tourism to do!

It's here! The moment we've all been waiting for! Here are the ten contenders for #EucalyptoftheYear2025: The Travel Edition. This year, instead of celebrating species, the Eucalypt of the Year vote will honour some of the best spots to holiday among the gum trees! 1/11 #NationalEucalyptDay2025

@climateandweather.bsky.social at CCRC is looking for domestic master’s students for 2025. If you’d like to learn about climate and weather, and work together with NSW government agencies to make NSW a safer place to live and work, apply at www.unsw.edu.au/research/hdr...

📢🌶️🌿Tech-savvy with expertise in agriculture or horticulture? This is your chance to make an impact! Join Western Sydney Uni’s APPN team as Senior Technical Officer and support world-leading research in plant phenotyping across state-of-the-art facilities. Closing 8.30pm, 16 Feb. tinyurl.com/47nezhnm

Highly recommended.

The International Tree Mortality Network is now also on Bluesky! Follow bsky.app/profile/tree... for information on exciting upcoming online seminars and other news related to tree mortality.

Check out our new article just out in The Conversation highlighting the effects of warming leaves +4°C in tropical trees. 🌿🌡️ theconversation.com/study-shows-...

Coring karri trees (Eucalyptus diversolor) today. Incredible stem water storage - check it out ( also incredibly challenging trees to core)

Delightful to catch up today with two giants of Australian forest science, Joe Landsberg + Ross McMurtrie

Are you a plant science researcher working towards a PhD or an early career researcher who completed their PhD no more than five years ago? Consider applying to the Next Generation Scientists 2025 meeting, sponsored by New Phytologist! #botany www.newphytologist.org/nextgenevent...