KC Cushman
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Ecologist studying forests with remote sensing — books, running, my cat, reality TV — views my own
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Katherine Sinacore
5 months ago
BRB, going to binge four hours of Bugs that Rule the World, featuring bug enthusiast, researcher, and science communicator
@the-bug-hut.bsky.social
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www.pbs.org/show/bugs-th...
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Bugs That Rule the World
A four-part investigation into insect declines, exploring their diversity and ecological importance.
https://www.pbs.org/show/bugs-that-rule-the-world/
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Emilio M Bruna
5 months ago
It’s hard to see how international field research continues under an 89.6% cut to NSF DEB.
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Very excited to read this Paint Rock ForestGEO paper! 🌳
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Relationship between topographic variables and live aboveground tree biomass on a large temperate forest plot
Understanding local variation in forest biomass allows for a better evaluation of broad-scale patterns and interpretation of forest ecosystems’ role i…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2197562025000478
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Delighted to finally watch the first episode with my parents while we had Mother’s Day dessert! Bugs That Rule The World is beautiful and
@the-bug-hut.bsky.social
is the best ambassador for the bugs. 10/10
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Becca Dzombak
7 months ago
These trees are into getting shocked. Dipteryx oleifera towers above the rest of Panama’s rainforest — arboreal lightning rods. They’re more likely to survive ⚡ than their neighbors, giving them a competitive edge. Read more at:
@nytscience.bsky.social
:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/s...
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This Tree Wants to Be Struck by Lightning
Before a discovery in a Panamanian rainforest, “it seemed impossible that lightning could be a good thing for the trees,” a scientist said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/science/trees-lightning-rainforest.html
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him)
7 months ago
NEW: Ten voting House Republicans have now signed on to a resolution that says Congress "should take all appropriate measures" to make sure USPS remains an independent government agency and "not subject to privatization,” including Reps. Sam Graves and Thomas Kean
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Evan Gora
7 months ago
When lightning strikes D. oleifera trees - and apparently trees of several other taxa - it kills nearby trees that compete for resources and the woody vines that infest their crowns without causing meaningful damage to the directly struck tree. (2/5)
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Evan Gora
7 months ago
⚡⚡Did you know that some trees WANT to be struck by lightning?⚡⚡ Well, trees don't "want" anything, but if they did, then Dipteryx oleifera trees would want to be struck by lightning. Just published yesterday (
tinyurl.com/ltbnft
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwX_...
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How some trees benefit from being struck by lightning
YouTube video by Evan Gora
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwX_aEeKr5w
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him)
7 months ago
My latest
@npr.org
story: Under President Trump, the Justice Department is starting to step away from legal actions that had begun during the Biden administration to combat racial discrimination in elections — including voting rights cases in Louisiana, Texas and Georgia’s Houston County
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Under Trump, the Justice Department is stepping away from some voting rights cases
Under the Trump administration, the Justice Department has stepped away from some voting rights lawsuits, leaving behind a gap in enforcement of protections against racial discrimination in elections.
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/24/nx-s1-5332145/voting-rights-act-1965-justice-department
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Update: it turns out Arden was the first member of our family to notice a bluebird finally using our box!
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7 months ago
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Recharging during the first weekend of spring 🌼
7 months ago
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Laura Boeschoten
7 months ago
I'll be presenting my work on tree growth in an everwet forest in Puerto Rico at the ForestGEO seminar next week! Mar 19, 2025 09:00 AM, EST time. Register here for the link:
smithsonian.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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The Tennessee Holler
8 months ago
Fascism is here. Name it. This is not what we are supposed to be about. 🇺🇸
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Saeed Jones
8 months ago
My mentor and dear friend
@roxanegay.bsky.social
recently joined me here at Harvard Medical School for an incredible event. We both read new work and then had a wide-ranging discussion about the creative life, politics and culture. I’m delighted to be able to share the video now:
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Creative Nonfiction in Conversation: Roxane Gay and Saeed Jones
YouTube video by HMS: Global Health and Social Medicine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dex1IEz9zVY
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Elsa Ordway
10 months ago
I'm delighted to share the final
#PANGEA
White Paper:
tropicalforestscoping.com/news-2/
(English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, & Indonesian) Thank you to the 800+(!) ppl who contributed their ideas, input, time, & energy. Truly a community concept for a
#NASA
Terrestrial Ecology Field Campaign
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News
The PANGEA White Paper is out! See below for the draft white paper Final white paper PANGEA White Paper (English)Download PANGEA White Paper (French)Download PANGEA White Paper (Spanish)Download PA…
https://tropicalforestscoping.com/news-2/
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Happy to contribute this review of remote sensing research in the Barro Colorado Nature Monument to the BCI 100 book! Check out the SI for a table listing all the refs, data they used, and links to available remote sensing datasets over BCNM 🛩️
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Remote Sensing of Forest Structure and Dynamics in the Barro Colorado Nature Monument
The structure of tropical forests provides globally important information about carbon storage and dynamics, but ground measurements remain relatively sparse. Remote sensing instruments have the abili...
http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.26882398
9 months ago
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Love our cozy backyard view on a snowy weekend ❄️
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Linda Holmes
11 months ago
I don’t always have good news to share first thing in the morning BUT… IT’S BOOKS WE LOVE DAY!!!!!
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Books We Love
Here are 350+ great reads from 2024 hand-picked just for you by NPR staff and trusted critics.
https://apps.npr.org/best-books/#view=covers&year=2024
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Great to see this out, I love the gorgeous cover art! Check out page 706 for picture of my parents next to Big Tree (RIP Big Tree) in my ode to the mega flora of BCI 🥹🌳
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11 months ago
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Martijn Slot
11 months ago
The BCI book is out! Almost 100 chapters of science about Barro Colorado Island plant and ecosystem science.
scholarlypress.si.edu/store/all/th...
Edited by STRI colleagues Helene Muller-Landau and Joe Wright. When I get my hardcopy, I'll want to read this cover to cover (1/2)
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Here’s something joyful that happened to me—I’ve had a pair of corduroy pants for a year that I love except they don’t have pockets 🙄 Today I realized that they DO have pockets, they’re just camouflaged 🥳
11 months ago
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12 trick-or-treaters this year, up from 2 or 3 last year…happy Halloween 👻
12 months ago
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him)
12 months ago
Dear mail-in voters, If your state's return deadline is Election Day (Nov. 5), the U.S. Postal Service recommends that you mail your ballot by Tuesday (Oct. 29). Sincerely, The reporter who wrote this:
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Voters are advised to return their ballots early because of mail delay concerns
Election officials are raising concerns about the U.S. Postal Service's ability to handle this fall’s expected influx of election mail. But USPS say it’s ready to deliver the country’s ballots.
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/20/nx-s1-5111883/us-postal-service-absentee-ballot-mail-voter
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Arden’s favorite time of year, watching leaves fall 🍂😻🍁
12 months ago
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I’ve reached 50 review requests for the year, and 17 have come since August 😱 doing what I can, sorry for the declined invites!
about 1 year ago
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Enjoying slightly cooler mornings while they last!
#seenonmyrun
about 1 year ago
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over 1 year ago
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Katharine Hayhoe
over 1 year ago
If the economic damages of climate change are at least 6x > the cost of mitigation (and probably much more imho), why aren’t we acting like it? Because it’s not about economics: it’s about injustice. Those who hold the balance of power + wealth are not those who bear the brunt of the impacts.
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The economic commitment of climate change - Nature
Analysis of projected sub-national damages from temperature and precipitation show an income reduction of 19% of the world economy within the next 26 years independent of future emission choices.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07219-0#Sec6
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Emily J. Francis
over 1 year ago
Post-doc opportunity in wildfire geospatial science in my lab at Colorado State! Work on developing geospatial data products to support fuel treatment planning/monitoring in southwestern US forests. w/
@mhurteau.bsky.social
, me & others. Details and apply by 03/25:
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/140...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Forest and Wildfire Geospatial Science - Fort Collins, CO
The Postdoctoral Researcher will work on a Joint Fire Science Program-funded project to develop geospatial products to quantify forest structure and fuel conditions in the upper Rio Grande watershed i...
https://jobs.colostate.edu/postings/140826
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Katharine Hayhoe
over 1 year ago
Big cuts in US research budgets were recently announced. Summary below, read
www.science.org/content/arti...
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I will forever regret not seeing Usher’s Vegas residency when we were living in Los Angeles 😭 were those summer conferences actually important 😭😭
over 1 year ago
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Haven’t left the house since Sunday bc of snow/ice but Arden is content with some good books!
@roxanegay.bsky.social
over 1 year ago
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There are few things more polarizing than Grape Nuts, evidently! 🥣
about 2 years ago
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hello (bluesky) world / we moved to TN! excited to be starting a staff position at ORNL 😁
about 2 years ago
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