I hope I'm wrong about the future. See my Memory Transfers two-book #dystopian #science-fiction series. Shanya's Saga books2read.com/ShanyasSaga Elite Memories books2read.com/EliteMemories

There's some interesting botanical forensic evidence in this video. What is/are the plants? (prob. something growing close by) If they were grabbed from the yard, then did the suspect leave footprints in the soil? #forensicbotany #botany #forensics

Publication alert. Just accepted @jpecol.bsky.social Li, K., Y Wang, X Wang, BS Foster, AJ Wood, DJ. Gibson, G Li. Li, K., et al. Increasing precipitation exacerbates the negative effect of nitrogen addition on diversity of semi-arid steppe early in the growing season. Congratulations Kunyu! 🎉

Thanks @scotlandyardcsi.bsky.social for the shoutout! #authors #amwriting #writerscommunity #crimefiction #Books #BookSky #CrimeWriters #forensics #botany #plants

It's good to see the 'seed source matters' issue for climate change informed restoration being looked into for UK native plants by Kew @rbgkew.bsky.social. We've been looking into this topic for big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi) in US tall grass prairies. www.kew.org/read-and-wat...

#Climatechange evidence in your back garden. Great work @bsbibotany.bsky.social New Year Plant Hunt reveals influence of rising temperatures on British and Irish flora. www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

Academic frustration… Journal Editor: your study is within scope for the Special Issue, please submit. Me: Great, here it is. Reviewer 2: The paper is out of scope. Handling Editor: Reject. Me: Huh?

Starbucks corporate #greenwashing It’s difficult for me to accept #Starbucks argument that buying bottled water is a good thing.

Why we edit proofs... because the author of the chapter probably didn't mean to say, "prostate plants". #ImABotanist

Proofing our chapter for our forthcoming Handbook of Grasslands. Did we really write that?

‘Soil is more important than oil’: inside the perennial grain revolution

Publication alert! Our latest #NSF #NoyceProgram funded survey instrument Measuring teachers’ motivation, beliefs, leadership engagement, and networks: validation of instruments for teacher education and professional development programs doi.org/10.1080/1941...

Apply! Every journal has a great team. My fav… @journalofecology.bsky.social

This is going to be fun. Correcting 582 pages of proofs and writing the index for our new book. 📕 With co-editors Heather Hagar and Jonathan Newman. @tandfresearch Routledge Handbook of Grasslands. routledge.com/Routl…

Britain's Ponds are Disappearing. theconversation.com/britains-pon... I'm seeing this happen around my home village of Cuckfield, West Sussex.

There's a need to better bring young people's mental well-being into climate action. My daughter, Lacey Ramirez, has been looking into it. Mind the gap: bringing adolescents and young adults and emotional resilience into climate action. www.frontiersin.org/journals/cli...

Congratulations, Saroj Thapa - PhD manuscript. W/ Ruopu Li. @siucarbondale.bsky.social #remotesensing #ClimateChange #EcosystemServices Forest Transition Under Climate Pressure: Land Use Land Cover (LULC) Change in the Greater Shawnee National Forest (GSNF) www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...

Shanya's Saga is now published! 🍾🎉🎉 Following the struggles of a woman scientist, it's a dystopian sci-fi biomedical thriller with some romance. Available in print and as an ebook, everywhere. A great Holiday gift. shorturl.at/eD9CS amzn.eu/d/5Vtlbso a.co/d/eGir2ZQ

Release countdown... Shanya's Saga - a dystopian sci-fi biomedical thriller, with a romantic undertone. eBook preorder now. a.co/d/6qH… Print - Monday, December 1st.

@inaturalist.bsky.social Personal yearly stats are out. I added a few more observations on some interesting taxa, mostly plants, of course. How about you? www.inaturalist.org/stats/2025/d...

Listen to my latest podcast on Book Banter with Dianna Burckhardt. We had a great chat about #writing, #books, and my #novels. #expatlife Listen here: tinyurl.com/David-J-Gibs...

You've got to admit this is cool research! 'Mosses in space'. www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

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Great example of using pig cadavers to learn how colonizing plants can be used to find clandestine graves. I discuss similar examples in Chapter 3 of my book, Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes (OUP, 2022). #forensics #botany #cadavers #clandestinegraves www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Leave the leaves.

I hope this plant biology program can be retained. c.org/ycyKPXsb6y

This is important reading if you have concerns about #AI. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

Save the date and time! I'm excited to see my talk scheduled in the Wild Things 2026 program. 1:00 pm, Jan 31, 2026, O'Fallon, IL. Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes. I'll be talking about #forensic #botany and #landmanagement. wildthingscommunity.org

ARC opportunity! 🎉 Are you ready to be an ARC reviewer for my forthcoming dystopian science-fiction romance, Shanya's Saga? This exciting stand-alone novella is the prequel to my full-length novel Elite Memories (books2read.com/Elite…). Note: Unpaid opportunity. Apply here: forms.gle/1n6p3���

Excited to review proofs of our upcoming article today. #TeamEffort #STEM #ScienceEducation #NSFNoyce Ekmekci et al., in press. Measuring teachers’ motivation, beliefs, leadership engagement, and networks: validation of instruments for teacher education and professional development programs.

Here I am settled in to @barnesandnoble Galleria #SaintLouis ready to sign books and meet you from 11 to 2 pm. It’s raining outside so now is a great time to come in and shop for books.📚

I'll be signing copies of two of my biology books tomorrow 11-2, in the Galleria @barnesandnoble.com #bookstore in #SaintLouis. Stop by and chat with me about #forensicbotany #forensics #TrueCrime #botany #dogs #dystopia #sciencefiction #mindtransfers. #IAmABiologist #BiologyWeek @rsb.org.uk

Authors - how excited do you get when your book is published? I'll never forget the excitement from three years ago when my Planting Clues was the number one 'hot new release'. It's still available and currently discounted at $16.95. a.co/d/0N3Zoyt #truecrime #forensics #botany

The value of long-term vegetation studies and keeping old datasets. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Excited that our paper has just been accepted. Ekmekci, Aqazade, Gibson & Rushton. Measuring Teachers' Motivation, Beliefs, Leadership Engagement, and Networks: Validation of Instruments for Teacher Education and Professional Development Programs @pdiejournal.bsky.social #professionaldevelopment

Publication alert! Our Routledge Handbook of Grasslands is available for pre-order at a discount. Check out the all-star list of authors of the 36 chapters. #grasslands #grassand #prairie #savanna #climatechange #sustainability #ecosystems www.routledge.com/Routledge-Ha...

How far do *𝐲𝐨𝐮* have to scroll down to find 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 in this Epic Sci-Fi & Fantasy bookfunnel indie book promo? Try it! books.bookfunnel.com/augsff002b/l...

This... Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

I’m a biased plant nerd, but I love the @journalofecology.bsky.social International Biological Flora accounts. Reading them is like meeting a new friend. Hello Eastern Hemlock. doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Beta reader opportunity still open! My WIP draft novella is ~35K words) #quickread #readershelpingreaders #indieauthors #sciencefiction #dystopia Please fill out the form to apply. (Don't respond if you are planning to charge or offer 'marketing opportunities')

My books are in a brick-and-mortar bookstore! #SaintLouis #TrueCrime #ScienceFiction Ahead of my Oct 18th book signing, the Saint Louis Galleria @barnesandnoble.com has copies of Elite Memories and Planting Clues available NOW for pickup. stores.barnesandnoble.com/event…

Barrier Islands are important. #erosioncontrol #biodiversity #coastalecology #barrierislands Great article by Rachel Dunn, a former student and @siucarbondale.bsky.social plant biology alumna. interpnet.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

Beta readers needed! *Shanya's Saga* is a biomedical thriller prequel to my full-length dystopian sci-fi adventure, *Elite Memories*. Apply 👇 forms.gle/vmmXstDC1AfA... (Unpaid opportunity)

So what are the "1437 likely questionable open-access journals"? I hope I've not published in any of them. 🙁 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Grassland ecologists...take a look at the amazing work of fiber and mixed-media artist Shin-hee Chin. shinheechin.com/grassland/

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It's still got legs! I'm thrilled to see a recent $0.99 purchase of my short eBook, Juice of Cursed Hebenon. Do you want to know how forensic botany is portrayed in crime fiction, as seen in works by Agatha Christie, Conan Doyle, NCIS, and CSI? 🕵️‍♂️🔬📖🌱 a.co/d/0G7V5qW

Latest royalties statement from @oxunipress.bsky.social ... Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes is now my best-selling book, edging out Grasses and Grassland Ecology. academic.oup.com/book/43764 #TrueCrime academic.oup.com/book/53887 #Grasslands (not a living income, but enough for coffee.) 🤣

Another great review of Elite Memories has come in! You can get your copy anywhere: books2read.com/Elite… Reviews inspire authors!

There is some discussion about this issue... www.abc.net.au/news/science...