Under editor Damià Barceló, STOTEN’s output surged to nearly 10,000 articles a year—each costing over USD 4,000 to publish—while quality declined under incentives to accept mediocre work. We must prioritize publishing in society-run journals, where editors are accountable to the community?

UC Merced marks Native American Heritage Month by spotlighting our student-led NISC, where leaders like Chance Zucco and Marissa Bigfeather-Garcia are building community, visibility and belonging on campus. 🔗 https://ow.ly/gjXl50XuSij

What if your old T-shirt could feed a field? UC Merced researchers are leading a project to recycle cotton waste into compost, helping build a more sustainable future from the ground up. 🔗 ucm.edu/o75o1l

As we transition to "clean" energy, we must make sure that it is clean for "everyone". In Europe, experts say, some recycling factories are spotless. But that requires millions of dollars in technology. So we are doing for cheap in Africa poisoning children & adults. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Dr. Michael Mann shares the urgency of climate change and the agency we have to deal with it. Distinguished Climate Speaker, Sierra Nevada Research Institute @ucmerced.bsky.social

Kicking off #canvas25 with a moving land acknowledgement, some Back to the Future fun, and a future-looking panel discussion that ranged from funding and investment, to food equity and security, to advances in data and genetics, to the massive impact AI will have on agriculture.

Bzzz-worthy news 🐝 UC Merced has officially been certified as a Bee Campus USA affiliate, joining campuses nationwide working to create healthier habitats for pollinators. 🔗 ucm.edu/zbj8li

UC Merced is ranked in the Top 25 Best Public Schools by @usnews.com and holds the No. 3 spot in social mobility for the second year in a row. 🔗 ucm.edu/nwhjdw

Congratulations to the newly minted PhD from our group, Dr. Jennifer Alvarez/Sagrero. @ucmerced.bsky.social

Two UC Davis Feed the Future Innovation Labs, which have strengthened America’s leadership in agricultural innovation and reduced global hunger and malnutrition by empowering people in low-income regions worldwide, are closing because of loss of USAID funding. @ucdavis.bsky.social

A colleague suggested a circular authorship list without any order, and I thought it would be fun to ask Claude.ai (@anthropic.com) to create one with a wordplay using soil orders. I had a quick chat with it for 2 minutes, and it came up with this result without me writing a single line of code #AI

Looking forward to hosting a discovery session dedicatd to Unearthing soil's secrets at TED2025. We'll get folx to explore one of the earth's most vital and threatened resources —soil; and learn how the complex system beneath your feet is beautiful and key to the diversity of life. lnkd.in/gnYvQJNa

👋 Hello Bluesky! Ghezzehei Soil Physics lab at UC Merced is here. We combine computational modeling with experimental soil science, mainly focused on sustainable agricultural solutions. Here are selected recent papers from our group. #SoilScience #ComputationalModeling #SustainableAgriculture