Rainmaker is running a $100,000 Metro ad campaign as part of a larger influence effort by the cloud-seeding startup. It’s a case study of how in the Trump era, it’s better for a startup to be talked about in Washington — even inaccurately — than not known at all. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Ecologists! Plz share! **ESA abstracts due Feb 19th this year - meeting is last week in July in Salt Lake City** This is a change from our normal first week in August bc this is rescheduled from COVID cancelled 2020 meeting. We're hard at work to prepare a great meeting for you.

Nature and Science journalists denied entry to event featuring NIH Director

♻️ Does green stem photosynthesis affect plant drought tolerance and recovery in avocado? by Nadia Valverdi and co-authors Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

Bring your science to Salt Lake City! We are now accepting contributed talk and poster abstracts covering all areas of ecological research and practice for #ESA2026 in July. Ample funding support will be available! https://ow.ly/lYQZ50XTHZS

Trees use predominantly summer water in the Ressi #experimental #catchment. Thank you to Giulia Zuecco for leading this work! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... During the growing season, soil and plant water had a dominant summer origin but seasonality had a major role on their temporal origin.

Exciting news! Student applications for paleoCAMP 2026 are open! Are you a graduate student working on any aspect of past climates or environments? Apply to be part of our 2-week summer school in the eastern Sierra Nevada! More details here: paleoclimate.camp/apply

We are hiring!! Asst Prof of Environmental Biology and Public Health! "...interaction between biological systems and the environment as it relates to epidemiology and/or public health." Deadline 12/31/25. Please apply here: unioncollege.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UnionC...

🥑 New article in @aobp.bsky.social tests whether green stem photosynthesis helps avocado trees cope with drought, revealing extra CO₂ gain doesn’t greatly improve drought tolerance. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/qb92 @canopyinclouds.bsky.social @avila-loveralab.bsky.social

Paul Nurse describing the main job of a PI (From ‘The Thinking Game’, 2024)

Do #trees in different #hillslope positions use different #water #sources in a pre-Alpine #catchment? And is water #uptake mostly related to #summer or #winter #precipitation in this #humid #environment? Find out more in this study led by Giulia Zuecco at Ressi. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Nominate your outstanding senior colleagues for the Ecological Society of America's Eminent Ecologist Award! Nominations due Nov. 13. esa.org/about/awards...

📣The University of Utah is hiring two professors in AI in environmental modelling and monitoring at different levels. See the job posts utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/189... and utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/189... Spread the word!

A new one from the versatile Dr. Gaku Yokoyama on the next steps in the world of using machine learning to better model crop evapotranspiration. This one melds mechanistic models of leaf conductance, leaf canopy area, and eddy covariance data:

The #IPCC is now hireing ‘chapter scientists’ to support the author teams for the upcoming IPCC Report. If you are an early career scientist with strong synthesis and organisational skills, and from a developing country or a country in transition, do check this out! www.ictp.it/opportunity/...

My colleague Sarah Batterman and others from @caryinstitute.bsky.social are organizing what looks like a great crash course on ecosystem ecology for graduate students at an exceptionally affordable cost:

A new study w/ Emily Burt, @scottallenunr.bsky.social, et al. via @aguecohydro.bsky.social made possible by @bafu.admin.ch. We use >3500 lysimeter isotope observations from 47 sites over 3 years to measure how rainfall percolates into soils, with estimates of young water at different soil depths.

Are you attending #ESA2025? Come join us for for two engaging #SciPol, #SciComm sessions: 📆 8/11: Panel on Addressing the Wildland Fire Crisis at the Federal Level 📆 8/13: Strategic Science Communication Workshop ℹ️ More details here: www.compassscicomm.org/event/panel-... See you there!

🌿 Are you presenting at #ESA2025 in Baltimore? 📢 Add your presentation to the ESA LAC Chapter database using the QR code. Let's connect, support, and amplify each other! 🌎💚 #ESALAC #Ecology #LatinAmericanScientists #CaribbeanScience #SciComm

Hey AGU Paleo section, 1 week to get those abstracts in to present at #AGU2025. If you work in W. US paleoclimate we have the session for you agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...

Why do trees preferably transpire winter precipitation? 🌳💦 In our latest commentary we argue that it's not a big surprise but the effect of seasonal differences in soil recharge. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @canopyinclouds.bsky.social @harshberia.bsky.social @scottallenunr.bsky.social

Symposia at #ESA2025 take deep dives into important themes -- research, practice, collaboration and more -- that can enhance anyone's experience at the event. Check out the lineup and start planning your agenda for Baltimore! esa.org/baltimore202...

I have an opportunity for a new PhD student in tropical tree ecophysiology in my lab. Some more details at the link below. Please pass along! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

SEEDS seeks ESA members & #ESA2025 participants to serve as Mentors for 30 undergrad students from August 10-15 in Baltimore. SEEDS Alumni/Faculty, researchers, & education professionals, are encouraged to sign up! esa.org/seeds/meetin...

Lyft driver picked me up from UNC, turned out he was a medicinal chemistry post-doc in a building near mine, until his grant got cut last month. Worked on novel antivirals.

🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday 📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj

This is built on the foundation of one of the most compelling long-term forest studies in Europe. This will be one very lucky postdoc...

Final call for latebreaking #ESA2025 submissions! Abstract & project proposed poster submissions are both due today at 5:00 PM ET. We've seen a lot of interest in both in the submissions so far, so Thursday in Baltimore is going to be full of action! esa.org/baltimore202...

Come with you project ideas in the form of a poster, no data necessary. Attend ESA, get feedback, meet potential collaborators, and level up your research. Very cool new format...

We begin reviewing applications next week!

please share - 2 postdoc positions available - molecular physiology of stomata and plant water use of efficiency lab.igb.illinois.edu/leakey/post-... @ripeproject.bsky.social @aspbofficial.bsky.social

Very excited to share a new initiative to ensure US climate scientists will be nominated to IPCC AR7 cycle. The new U.S. Academic Alliance for the IPCC (USAA-IPCC) has opened a call for nominations, hosted by AGU: www.agu.org/ipcc-nominat... We encourage eligible scientists to apply by April 4th!

As a Jewish faculty member at one of these institutions, I am saying right now, in the clearest tones possible: not in my name. This violent exploitation of Jews as an alibi for achieving Fascist ends is itself textbook antisemitism.

@standupforscience.bsky.social Los Angeles 3/7 noon at the Federal building docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Scientists are now organizing events, called Stand Up for Science, on 7 March in Washington, D.C., and state capitals. So far, they have attracted more than 100 volunteers from some 30 states who are hoping to rally support for research as a public good. scim.ag/4328LAD

Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)

Please share: The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Democratic Staff, is surveying the impact of the Trump Admin’s mass firings of federal employees from science agencies. If you were terminated since 20 Jan 2025 please fill out this survey: democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings

What if pugs aren't so different than German shepherds? A moment to pause for cool science. My colleagues Nick Hebdon and Lindsay Waldrop have a new study where they show that dogs supposedly bred for certain functions (smelling, biting) are no different in their performance than any other breed.

The National Science Foundation cancelled over 60 grant review panels today, effectively grinding funding of new projects to a halt. The so-far indefinite pause comes as NSF grapples with the impact Trump's executive orders will have on their grantmaking process. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

🧪 Still looking for PhD candidates interested in water fluxes over grasslands and croplands 😉

Excited to share a new paper, out in the Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education, that @dforsythe.bsky.social and I worked on together! We characterized full-time, non-tenure track teaching faculty (NTT teaching faculty) in biology. (1/7) journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

We're ready-- Proposal submissions now open for special sessions, short courses, workshops, field trips & Career Central workshops at #ESA2025 in Baltimore! Submit by January 9: www.esa.org/baltimore202...

#ESA2025 submissions now open for workshops, special sessions, Career Central sessions, short courses, field trips. No hybrid sessions this year. Career central sessions are new, with a second "projects in planning" poster session to be announced in February: www.esa.org/baltimore2025/

One of the most compelling accomplishments of #ESA2024 was a special session, organized by early career researchers, that explored the use of AI-enabled real-time from the speakers native language to English subtitles.

📢Call for Abstracts – EGU 2025: BG2.3: Isotope Ecology: Physiological Responses to Stressors across Ecosystems and Spatiotemporal Scales meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio... Submit your abstract by 15th Jan 2025 #EGU25 #Isotope #Ecology @lehmannmm.bsky.social

Interested in how and where trees move water? I'm hiring a plant ecophys postdoc to study hydraulic redistribution in Indiana forests. If you'll be at AGU and want to discuss, please reach out! jobs.carnegiescience.edu/jobs/postdoc...

Please share! The Grand Challenges Initiative is one of the most innovative postdoctoral research and teaching fellowship programs in the country. We have a >85% placement rate into faculty positions! The secret sauce is that we invest in building a supportive postdoctoral community. Join us!

Looking for the latest global #fluxnet carbon NEE, water, GPP, transpiration upscaling 2001-2021 (daily 0.25 degree, monthly 0.05 deg) - Fluxcom-X paper now out in Biogeosciences: @jakenelson.bsky.social and crew, X-BASE: bg.copernicus.org/articles/21/... Data at: meta.icos-cp.eu/collections/...

With all the new people joining the scientific community the past week I wanted to re-post this tenure-track job in environmental data science. There are ~10 days left until we start reviewing candidates. Come join us here in beautiful Upper Michigan on the shores of Lake Superior.

Warning to environmental scientists! 🧪🦑🌎🐟 The journal STOTEN has been placed on hold by Clarivate, meaning it is under investigation and may lose its indexing (including impact factor). Consider publishing elsewhere. mjl.clarivate.com/search-results