Excited to get started! ☺️ Tag me/ @besmacro.bsky.social if you have info to share with the @britishecologicalsociety.org macro ecology community!

Finally feeling recovered after the field and lab crash! Our field sites cover different vegetation types in the tundra, and we have been sampling to see what’s going on below the ground. We’ve been in the lab processing some samples since we got back; I’m excited to get on with the analysis now…

It’s been a month since I started working with the Wild lab at @stockholm-uni.bsky.social and we are heading out to the field! We’re heading up to Inuvik to see what’s going on under the tundra 👀🌿🍄‍🟫 w/ @larissafrey.bsky.social and Lewis!

Our manuscript on #Arctic root exudation of functionally different and dominant #tundra plants is out in SBB! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Amazing last day at #rhizosphere6! Some wonderful talks, and I loved this quote from Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social: “Whatever discipline you come from, whichever goddess you relate to, be it physics, biology, poetry… you can be a rhizosphere researcher”.

Craig presenting to #rhizosphere6 some of the fantastic research and facilities here at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social this morning!

Presenting some data from multiple field sites and multiple bits of my thesis, looking how root traits vary within and across Arctic and alpine sites and with methodologies. Come say hi! #rhizosphere6

School’s out and I’m at #Rhizosphere6 in Edinburgh! Excited to hear some exciting research!

First look at preprint of the AMAP Arctic Climate Change Update 2024 report www.amap.no/documents/do... and Chapter 4 on #Arctic & high-latitude #wildfires with thanks to co-authors @jmccartygeo.bsky.social Juha Aalto @morganahcrowley.bsky.social @queenofpeat.bsky.social & @mikeflannigan.bsky.social

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I want to connect with and highlight more trans voices working with plants, wildlife, and the natural environment so I've created a starter pack! If this sounds like you, introduce yourself by quote-posting this skeet and I'll add you to the list 🏳️‍⚧️

You can’t learn #rstats just by reading books or watching videos of other people writing R code. You will learn faster if you find some data that you are curious about and use your new coding skills to answer a question about it. How to find fun data to play with....

I was feeling pretty rubbish this morning (my hockey teams both lost last night and I have killer hay-fever), but I read a really great essay from one of my tutees that engaged in all the things we’ve discussed this term, and it’s genuinely made my day! ☺️😌 feels like a rare teaching win #academicsky

Of course. Special shoutout to my colleagues who thought "diversity had gone too far," especially the ones who pretended that diversity statements were oppression.

Just ten years ago the UK was top of the list - the best place in Europe for LGBT rights. We are now 22nd The only country to drop faster in one year than us is Hungary The government needs to act in a major way before this becomes their entire legacy

In tundra ecosystems, roots don’t stop growing when the leaves do — they keep growing late into the season. We found that plant community type drives these below-ground patterns. Graminoids especially show a big late-season growth pulse 🌱 Check our our new GCB paper! #Phenology #Roots #ArcticEcology

Do you want to be part of our team this season, maintaining and sampling field experiments in which we test the effect of extreme weather on grassland C storage? We have a 6-month technician position available - apply here before May 23rd! Please RT or forward! werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

🚨 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...

Back to book pitching, so here I am caring about the # of followers I have 🤦‍♀️ HELLO! I'm a 🦑 scientist on a mission to get people to take action to protect earth's biodiversity. Alongside others, I use street art, zines, photography, collabs, & more to encourage action. Tell ur friends 😅

The BES CASCADE network aims to be a bridge between science and taking action We are a community to ecologists in their journeys as advocates and activists Our first newsletter soon - sign up by following the link below mailchi.mp/f9261900f1d8...

🚨 Don’t forget your photo ID (and suncream! ☀️) when going to vote today.

🌸Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic 🌸 Our new study @nature.com analysed plant diversity change in >2000 tundra plots over 4 decades. We found that plants changed unevenly, mostly driven by warming and biotic interactions. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵 (1/7) 🌐🧪🌱🌍

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... In common with many nations the UK is growing more fiery as the climate warms. We are going to need to adapt to more frequent and severe fires.

Happy Earth day! Things can be rough for people and planet, but there’s so much beauty around us worth fighting for. Saw some beauties today. Spring has sprung! 🥰🐸🦋🌷

Cool that I’ve hit 1000 followers! I feel like some recently might not be real people, but for those who are, I will reintroduce myself: I am an Arctic/alpine ecologist, studying tundra+ roots and how they vary over space and time, and how we can relate this to aboveground and remotely-sensed data

Hey we won Best Science pod at the iHeart Awards among some fierce competition. Thanks to everyone who listens & thank you to our small but mighty team. If you want to convert someone to an Ologite, but don’t know where to start, ologies.com is like a menu of topics. Science matters. Like, A LOT.

Had a lovely evening seeing Fungi: Web of Life and listening to a varied and funny Q&A with Dr Sheldrake and an enthusiastic crowd!

Two years ago, I discovered a love story hidden within Scott’s last Antarctic expedition—between two of his officers, Pennell and Atkinson. They survived the tragedy which took Scott’s life and shocked the world, but further dangers still lay ahead for them. magazine.atavist.com/from-antarct...

So lovely to have @ymalhi.bsky.social visit the @uniofnottingham.bsky.social school of geography this week for a insightful and thought provoking talk, and to discuss research in the our biodiversity and ecology group! Thanks @dr-sam-booth.bsky.social for organising!

We are looking for a grant-funded doctoral resarcher on a project focusing on how tree and shrub expansion into the tundra impact biodiversity and carbon balance @Department of Geosciences and Geography @helsinkiuni.bsky.social! DM me if you are interested, and please share!

Lovely end to the semester - hearing fieldwork stories from @peterrmartin.bsky.social @lauraloubio.bsky.social and other colleagues from the School of Geography (not on this site). Now time for mince pies, Christmas music and not checking my emails until January… 🎄

🚨There is so much #Climate news that it is often hard to zoom-out & see the bigger picture. But every now & then you read a report that brings it all together & stops you in your tracks! 'Collision Course' by @djspratt.bsky.social is one such report. Here are its 10 key take aways: 🧵1/n

open.spotify.com/playlist/5It... one of the many ways I procrastinated finishing my thesis was by making a themed playlist to accompany writing up. Songs were either related to my field sites or general below ground/arctic/alpine themes. Any suggestions? #academicsky #phdsky

I've put together this Starter Pack because I still miss connecting with many Arctic colleagues on this platform. Apologies if I missed adding some of you, but you're all welcome to join! go.bsky.app/KRYFusr

If you're new to #Bluesky, our #Plant Modelling Scientists starter pack can help you find users you can follow to help you get started: bsky.app/starter-pack... #PlantScience Let us know in the comments or DM if you'd like to be added.

I hope this starter pack helps bring our community together on this platform. If you identify as an ECR, work in community ecology, and would like to be added, please reply! 🌱 It's currently too land-centric, but I'd love to see folks from marine and freshwater systems join! 🌊 go.bsky.app/5XJXVyX

🔥 New paper out 🔥 Seed dispersers help plants tracking climate change on mountains! Animals are dispersing plant species to higher elevations... but over half of the plants arriving at higher elevations were exotic. 🦎🐦💩🌿 @newphyt.bsky.social 🧪🍁🌐🌏 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Five speculative novels that can help to understand our relationship with soil

Today (Dec. 1) is World AIDS Day. Spare a thought for all those who perished. 🌈🏳️‍🌈 www.instagram.com/p/DDC6vPzPj5...

Interested in learning more about how pest and plant identities influence the function of mycorrhizal networks? Check out this PhD project and apply!! www.findaphd.com/phds/project... please circulate to people who might be interested! This is a #NERCACCE DTP funded project

I’m also looking for a PhD student to investigate crop-mycorrhizal interactions, more info about the project and application process here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

🚩Shedding light on fern stems! 🪴🌿 Read more by @rafadscruz.bsky.social 1url.cz/41ke0 The #stems of #ferns are important as #functional response #traits in #competition for space and light, as well as for reaching optimal #microhabitats in #stressful #environments #GoBelowground #clonality #rhizome

Great starter pack by @tinaadcock.bsky.social! I couldnt find the original link sharing so: go.bsky.app/5wCpeBA

I’m increasingly upset that there isn’t a good root emoji (no shade to tubers etc, not the belowground organ I’m interested in) 🫚🥔🍠

The @uniofnottingham.bsky.social campus is so pretty in the snow!

Happy #PolarPride day! I wish we were making biscuits again this year…

Tomorrow is #PolarPrideDay2024 #PolarPride #LGBTSTEMDay

Aloe there 👋🏽 Here is a starter pack with Black researchers, practitioners & orgs working with plants in the broadest sense (botany, forestry, plant ecology, crop science, herbaria, botanic gardens) Hoping this will help set seed for a nurturing community! Reply 🔽 to be added go.bsky.app/7Gn2NCb