🌎 🤖 💻 ☘️🌳 Interested in the intersection between #ecosystem #ecology and tech development? We're still looking for a research assistant to help with our projects about how roots - the 'hidden half' of plants - work here at Trinity College Dublin. Find the job ad here: www.tcd.ie/botany/vacan...

See you in Oaxaca next week for the 61ˢᵗ Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC). Check out our symposium on nutrient addition experiments across tropical forestshttps://www.atbc2025.org/symposia/s-75 @kmander7.bsky.social

Please pass along - postdoc position! with our working group on #FunctionalTraits and rarity. This is part of the FREE (Functional Rarity in Ecology and Evolution) working group led by Cyrille Violle in Montpellier France 🧪🌐🌾 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

The seasonality of the Amazon water cycle is intensifying. -> Bruno Cintra and colleagues use decades of oxygen isotopes in tree rings to show how the dry season has got drier, and the wet season wetter. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Check out our new publication! bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/... This was a cool collaboration between modellers and field experimentalists where we implemented root traits and mycorrhizal fungi into a dynamic vegetation model. Led by the awesome Mateus Dantas de Paula! @tropiroot.bsky.social

Até 18 de junho! Oportunidade no coração da Amazônia: Vaga para Pós-Doc vinculado ao INCT SIBIAM sobre as Consequências ecológicas dos estressores climáticos na resiliência da vegetação da Amazônia. -> [email protected]

We have started a LinkedIn group "TropiRoot Trait Initiative". Please free to join and share your research stories/articles in the group. #tropiroot #tropicalecosystems #ecology www.linkedin.com/groups/13255...

A new Data Paper in "Ecology"👇

TropiRoot Updates 📢📢📢 TropiRoot held a large group meeting on May 19th, featuring engaging presentations and insightful discussions on various aspects of below-ground traits. If you are interested to joining us or learning more, please visit tropiroottrait.github.io/TropiRootTra... #tropiroots

Please delight yourselves in the magic of belowground research! wur.yuja.com/V/Video?v=89... Amazing video produced by the team of @moniqueweemstra.bsky.social from Wageningen University

Hooray for our new collaborative tropical root data paper from the @tropiroot.bsky.social team! esajournals-onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy2.library.colostate.edu/doi/pdf/10.1...

🎉 Our collaborative TropiRoot data paper “TropiRoot 1.0: Database of tropical root characteristics across environments” is out in Ecology! Explore 8,000+ standardized tropical root trait records from 104 studies across 25 countries. Data are freely available ! 🌿 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... #tropiroots

New paper out! Led by the amazing Amanda Longhi, as part of one more of our @tropiroot.bsky.social efforts! esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Making tropical root data available to help us answer what happens belowground!

#oneforjournalclub Amazon rainforest adjusts to long-term experimental drought 🌐🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Job Opportunity: Lecturer in Ecology and Global Change at University of Leeds. We welcome dynamic applicants from across the world to join our team of tropical ecology and global change scientists. jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

‼️Looking for a plant #anatomist interested in comparative #functional #anatomy! We’re offering support for the preparation of #MSCA #Postdoctoral #Fellowship #proposal 1url.cz/yJJVD. Would you like to explore #storage and conductive functions during #rhizome #development? Let's talk! #GoBelowground

Extended deadline until May 31st to apply for postdoc positions, working with us at the AmazonFACE. Position 1) Wood Traits and Growth Relationships with elevated CO₂ Position 2) The impacts of elevated CO₂ on biogeochemical cycling. More information here amazonface.unicamp.br/oportunidades/

Very cool PhD opportunity at Western Sydney University working with Catriona Macdonald, bridging experiments in different countries!

🚨 PhD alert. PhD opportunity studying how nutrient availability impacts the ability of ecosystems to absorb more CO2 as CO2 levels rise. With Catriona MacDonald and Ben Smith at Western Sydney University and myself here @sheffieldpps.bsky.social Sheffield www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

We have updated our database of funding opportunities for Early-Career Researchers (private foundations, federal, international) We have 456 entries, for which we provide $ amount, deadline, eligibility criteria, etc. Download this massive database here for free: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

Vaga de pós doutorado com o @josbarlow.bsky.social, a Joice Ferreira e eu focando na recuperação de florestas amazônicas após distúrbios antrópicos (o fogo tá incluído aí). Por favor repassem pra quem tá terminando o doc e outros pós-docs da ecologia 👇

We projected tree species distribution under a collapse of the AMOC onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Tomorrow (Monday) at #EGU25 I’ll be stepping in to present the science plan for the AmazonFACE experiment on behalf of my colleagues 17.47 in session BG3.11 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...

Super happy to be in Vienna again for EGU25 @egu.eu! If you're here and is interested in understanding tropical forest's functioning, make sure to stop by our session (oral and poster) tomorrow!

Future projections of Europe’s forests focus on warming & drought, but what if AMOC collapses? @anjarammig.bsky.social's lab has a thought-provoking paper suggesting massive forest disruption & reorganisation, inc. spruce collapse in central Europe & forest loss in the north doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Forest productivity response to elevated CO2 in free‐air CO2 enrichment experiments: the 23 percent solution, revisited

We're organizing an invited talk series featuring authors of recent publications on roots and belowground dynamics, focusing on their role in shaping aboveground functions and ecosystem processes. Please feel free to comment or email us relevant paper suggestions at [email protected]. Thanks

When I decided to openly disclose my #ADHD 1/2 year ago, early career scientists started asking me for tips & how did I reconcile (undiagnosed) #ADHD with a science career. It’s been a long learning journey and some of it is laid out here: www.nature.com/articles/d41... #ADHDAwarenessMonth 🧠🌶️🌈

Come work with us @AmazonFACE! We have 4 postdoc positions open: 1) Wood Traits and Growth Relationships 2) Impacts on Biogeochemical Cycling 3) Vegetation Modelling – hydrological/hydraulic processes 4) Functional Traits related to Photosynthesis More info: amazonface.unicamp.br/oportunidade...

Incrível oportunidade para Pesquisadores em início de carreira da Amazônica Brasileira se envolverem em pesquisas na U de Birmingham (Reino Unido) sobre temas relacionados à Mudança Climática, Biodiversidade, Conservação e Restauração na Amazônia. www.birmingham.ac.uk/collaborate/...

AmazonFACE está contratando pós doc. Vagas de: 1- Traços funcionais relacionados à fotossíntese 2- Características da madeira e relações de crescimento 3- Impactos no ciclo biogeoquímico 4- Modelagem de vegetação - processos hidrológicos/ hidráulicos

INPA procura candidato(a) para pós-doutorado no Projeto “Integrando a hidrologia do solo e características hidráulicas para entender os riscos de mortalidade às secas das árvores gigantes” com o projeto “GIGANTE” (www.caryinstitute.org/science/rese...). @treeco-db.bsky.social @evangora.bsky.social

Are tropical #forests keeping up with climate change? Not quite, it turns out. In study led by @jeaggu.bsky.social in @science.org, we used a massive plot dataset from across Americas to check whether tree characteristics are tracking #climatechange. They hardly do. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

West-east gradient across Amazonia in fast-slow life history strategies of forests beautifully illustrated by new ATDN paper; forests are 'fast' in the west and 'slow' in the northeast of Amazonia doi.org/10.1038/s420...

Great #postdoc opportunities for ecological research 🌳🐝🧪🦠🌍 @creaf.cat based near Barcelona in a vibrant and friendly research centre. 📣'ERC recruitment program' for people planning to apply for @erc.europa.eu Starting or Consolidator grants: creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/... [1/2]

Are you attending #EGU25? Then why not try pitching your research to a panel of policymakers & #Science4Policy experts? This panel will then give you feedback on how to improve & engage with the policy community! To participate, you can submit your research topic here👇 www.egu.eu/forms/Pitchi...

Are you a postdoc interested in soil biodiversity and ecosystem functioning? Have you applied for a MSCA in the 2023 or 2024 call and obtained a high (>85%) score? Josep Peñuelas and I are open to endorse applicants to these postdoc positions @creaf.cat creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/...

Please feel free to read the quick short summary of the above research article "Studying how roots behave. Root dynamics over time in a hyperdiverse tropical forest" #tropiroots #tropicalforest #fineroots #belowground fesummaries.wordpress.com/2025/01/07/s...

We are happy to share the new research findings on below-ground root trait dynamics, led by TropiRoot members: Oscar Valverde‐Barrantes, @laylugli.bsky.social @loutsi.bsky.social @kmander7.bsky.social @kaaze7.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #fineroots #tropiroots

Although NOAA's page on atmospheric CO2 levels has vanished, you can still get this vital information from Ralph Keeling's team at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego keelingcurve.ucsd.edu Please follow bsky.app/profile/keel... for updates and share Don't let science be hidden

📢📢TropiRoot has transitioned to a new leadership team for next two years and is gearing up for exciting projects ahead! We’re expanding our outreach efforts and networking. If you’re a tropical root researcher, interested in synthesizing and mobilizing your data, we’d love to connect with you!

Great leadership meeting with @tropiroot.bsky.social this morning! Reach out if you are a tropical root researcher interested in synthesizing and mobilizing your data with us!

And academia confirms once again that when white men fall, they fall upwards.

Check this piece on BBC Future where I talk a bit about how large-scale experiments, like AmazonFACE, can transport forests into the future, so we can capture a glimpse (before it's too late) of what would happen with climate change www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Abstract submission to @eurogeosciences.bsky.social 2025 ending on January 15th. We are hoping for a great session on tropical forests this year!

For #EGU25 consider submitting your abstract to our session "Tropical forests in transition - ecosystems of global significance". We are looking forward to bringing together what we know about tropical forests and climate change 🌳🌎 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...

Did you always want to know how tropical forest roots respond to N and P additions? Find out now!!! doi.org/10.1111/oik.... Congratulations to Laynara Lugli for leading this great effort and to all the team for their support (including washing huge amounts of roots!!!) 😎