Showing off our figure of global conifer leaf-widths & leaf silhouettes highlighting that conifers can be broad-leaved & angiosperms can be narrow/ needle-leaved! 🍃 Our paper: tinyurl.com/mss2me7v @newphyt.bsky.social @vallicrosah.bsky.social @botanykat.bsky.social & Matilda Brown

Do you define trees as either needle- or broad-leaved? Are you doing this correctly? Read our OA paper: Cones & Consequences @newphyt.bsky.social tinyurl.com/mss2me7v @vallicrosah.bsky.social @botanykat.bsky.social @creaf.cat @wslresearch.bsky.social @rbgkew.bsky.social @coeplantsuccess.bsky.social

Happy 2025 from That's What I Call Science! We kicked off this year with a deep dive into all things TWICS—reflecting on our experiences and brainstorming ideas for 2025. We can’t wait to bring you more incredible episodes this year! #TWICS #Tasmania #twics #scicomm #science #STEMM

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-...

check out these bioluminescent ghost fungi (Omphalotus nidiformis)

Time to introduce myself! Recently, I defended my thesis titled "Patterns and Drivers of Leaf Thermoregulation in Rainforest Trees of the Australian Wet Tropics" where I focused on the role of within-species acclimation and adaptation on leaf temperature. Here’s a little summary of what went on…

i always stop and admire sphagnum on a walk 💚

misty evenings 🩵

Are you in Lausanne, Switzerland next week? Come and hear me (a scientist) and Maja Renn (a performance artist) discuss Maja’s current piece '[Pheno]plasticity' from scientific & artistic perspectives!! Wednesday, 4 December 24, 2.45pm – 3.45pm Salle MED 2 2423 EPFL, Lausanne Free admission (1/4)

this has to be the prettiest cladogram i've ever seen! #botany #plantscience #phylogeny #sciart #twitterrepost

Our new study out in @ScienceAdvances shows human presence in Tasmania at least 41,600 years ago, nearly 2000 years earlier than previously thought, and Aboriginal people burned and used wet forests. Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Hello bsky! My name is Katya, and i am a botany PhD student, wilderness enthusiast, science communicator with @thatssciencetas.bsky.social and an all around plant nerd. Happy to be here 🦋