YES to checking citations (and having read what was cited, and correctly citing what the paper actually said.)

One of the premier U.S. graduate fellowships is mired in uncertainty as would-be applicants await overdue details about how to apply for the upcoming year’s awards. https://scim.ag/4nlRhqc

New Science Advances paper on the feedback loop between loss of snow feeding more wildfire, and wildfire resulting in earlier snowmelt. As to latter, in snow obs, under average conditions, snow melts earlier during 1st-yr postfire in 99%(!) of western snow zones. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Thanks to @natecoevo.nature.com for publishing this short essay on our Costa Rica hummingbird/heliconia work!

Here's the link to the full NAS report: nap.nationalacademies.org/initiative/c...

Forest ecologist Mark Harmon has been exhaustively examining dead logs for 40 years, and he’s found a complex world few people see

This looks like a great opportunity in a great location!

We asked Americans about 16 federal agencies. The National Park Service and National Weather Service were among the most favorable. www.pewresearch.org/...

”As long as countries burn oil, gas and coal, global temperatures will rise and the risk of massive, fast-spreading fires will continue to increase,” said @frediotto.bsky.social, a climate science professor at the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College…” www.politico.eu/article/clim...

Susan Monarez, who clashed with the U.S. health secretary over vaccine policy, refuses to step down from her role as CDC director. https://scim.ag/3JBAj8w

The population directly exposed to wildland fires increased by 40% globally from 2002 to 2021, according to a new study in Science. https://scim.ag/4oUL1Y1

The restoration of bison to the Yellowstone region has had a remarkable impact on grasslands, a new study finds.

New paper: The role of fire on Earth doi.org/10.1093/bios... BioScience @aibsbiology.bsky.social Fire affects all major components of the Earth system: atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, anthroposphere, & biosphere. Fire is an intrinsic factor on our planet. 🧪🌍🔥🌳🌿🌐 wildfire

Forests are burning MUCH bigger and hotter in the Western US... annual area burned increased 10-fold from 1985-2022, and area burned severely increased 15-fold! And hotter, drier fire weather is part of the problem (plus fire suppression & fuels buildup, ofc) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Thank you to the editors and pubs committee of @agu.org for strong statement the EO on "Restoring Gold Standard Science". Please read! agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Multiple ecology faculty positions at @notredame.bsky.social. Apply at apply.interfolio.com/171650. (1/2). 🌎🌐🧪

Today 14 scientific societies in #ecology #evolution and #marineScience are publishing the results of a survey that finds negative impacts of federal policies on food security, flood mitigation, infectious disease preparedness, and wildlife conservation: 🧪👩‍🔬 www.firsthandaccounts.org/impacts/2025...

Important paper, thanks! We are seeing this play out.

Several small reserves hold more beetle, spider and bird species than a single large reserve of the same size in Central Europe, with habitat heterogeneity being an important driver. First PhD paper by Anne Huber (not on Bsky), w/ @sebseibold.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

The #TurnerLab was well represented at #ESA2025 and we appreciated the energy, enthusiasm and awesomely good science! Thanks for a great meeting @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social

Extremely large fires shape fire severity patterns across the diverse forests of British Columbia, Canada esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1... Interesting and important study by Luke Collins et al. in Ecosphere @esajournals.bsky.social‬

And counter to some comments in my state, the fires do NOT reflect forest mismanagement in Canada (our wonderful neighbor!), but a hotter, drier climate conducive to fire.

Are you looking for a PhD position and want to spend your summers in the Rocky Mountains? My lab @cudenverclas.bsky.social is looking for 1 PhD student to work on a NSF-funded project to study elevational range shifts in Colorado! 🧪🌍🐙 Apply by Nov 1! Details here docs.google.com/document/d/1...

New article alert 🚨 for the #FireEcology Journal! Lindsey Jasperse, Brandon M. Collins, Michelle Coppoletta, Kyle Merriam and Scott L. Stephens #SNFECO 🔥 Read it here: ow.ly/GhyE50WG8eo

We're hiring for a second position in my department this year! Assistant Professor in Environmental Geochemistry. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05078

Biologist Jeff Coller says he’s baffled by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision to cut $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine research. “This technology has literally saved millions of people's lives, and has such tremendous potential to revolutionize medicine,” he says. buff.ly/6yQyYf0

Go Bears! 3/3 new faculty positions available at Berkeley ESPM. Come join one of the best Environmental Sciences Departments there is! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05082

As winters warm, small lakes at high latitudes are suffocating. In a recent @pnas.org commentary, #NASmember James Elser and Helena C. L. Klip explain how reduced ice is cutting off oxygen supply, threatening aquatic life in shallow lakes. Read more: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

I wrote this in 2016 but relevant today. Space Act of 1958 mandated study of Earth by NASA www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...

Tropical storm to Category 4 hurricane in a day. 🤯 Rapid intensification is conventionally defined to be an increase of at least 35 mph in 24 hr. This is at 75 mph in 24 hr. (soon to be Category 5 #Erin?)

Scientists decry Trump energy chief’s plan to ‘update’ climate reports: ‘Exactly what Stalin did’ [yeah, that was me] | Mark Oliver for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The @nationalacademies.org launches a fast-track review of latest evidence for whether greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and welfare. The committee has issued a request for information with a submission deadline of August 27. www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/08...

Larry Richardson appeared to be an early-career mathematician with potential, racking up more than 130 citations in 4 years. It would all be rather remarkable—if the studies weren’t complete gibberish. And if Larry wasn’t a cat. #InternationalCatDay scim.ag/4lg3wTp

Hey #ESA2025 #Baltimore! I'm seeking a #PhDstudent interested in #ForestEcology to join my lab, fall 2026. More here: www.landscapesofchangelab.com/join-us DM me if you'd like to chat in person. Would love to connect and learn about your interests. Non-traditional backgrounds welcome! 🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿🔥

I am horrified. One of the most remarkable advances in public health. And prep for future pandemics. Not good.

In 1988, wildfires razed one-third of Yellowstone National Park. While most park woodlands are regenerating, some have turned into meadows. A new study digs into why. 🧪🌿🌎

Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.

Excited to read!

"It’s because of my community and Land connections that my postdoctoral work is flourishing." #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/45l1RGx

Please, please, please-submit to good journals (society + reputed publishers), respect peer review, and do your reviews with integrity. So important. Thanks to all of you who do. @steve-carpenter.bsky.social @esajournals.bsky.social #Ecosystems

The anti-science Trumpers may be planning to destroy two working satellites that provide vital measurements about carbon dioxide & climate (and data that forecasts crop yield, drought conditions, & more). They cost $750 million to make but only $15 million/yr to operate. www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...

We have a new paper that is the result of a working group on nature-based climate solutions using forests. We identify challenges in quantifying net cooling, durability, additionality, and leakage and provide solutions and research needs for each of the challenges. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Interested in managing graduate ecology programs and supporting excellent students? Come join us in the Dept. of Integrative Biology at @uwmadscience.bsky.social Apply by August 10. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/graduat...

Not your Grandfather's summer. Changes in July temperatures from 1950 to 2024. Enough of the "it's just the same summer it's always been...." narrative

"The private sector cannot fill this void. The National Weather Service processes over 6 billion observations daily and issues approximately 1.5 million forecasts and 50,000 warnings annually. No private entity possesses infrastructure that can match this scale and reliability."

FOUR TT positions in ecosystem ecology at Odum School of Ecology, 2 aquatic 2 terrestrial, over next 2 years! visit www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/439... for more info.

Very happy to continue field research in Greater Yellowstone and learn more about forest ecosystems over 35+ years. Science matters. #NSFfunded

Happy to share our new paper: we show that human-caused climate change is raising the odds of extreme climate-driven fire years across forested regions of the globe @climate-guy.bsky.social @pyrogeog.bsky.social rdcu.be/evJkX #ClimateChange #Wildfires