The beautiful idea of NCAR, to improve understanding of our planet through a cooperative, shared and open intellectual team effort, is literally what has got me out of bed every morning for nearly two decades. This cannot, CANNOT be allowed to happen. eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Emily Dickinson's herbarium – a forgotten treasure at the intersection of poetry and science www.themarginalian.org/2017/05/23/e...

The USDA's shutdown messages are increasingly unhinged. I discovered this looking up lecture materials & the banner blamed the "Radical Left Democrats". Today's is much worse. Other agencies have a simple, uncharged heading.

An important paper - just out in @natureportfolio.nature.com documenting a decline in net C uptake by Australian rainforests. Eventually the same will occur in other rainforests - a reminder that we need to get to net zero ASAP. @biologyanu.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Looks like Minneapolis hit 90°F today, October 4th — the latest 90-degree day in city history.

🚨 1 Week Left to Apply! 🚨 The Krieg Lab is hiring a Research Professional in Plant Ecophysiology & Evolution. 📅 Deadline: October 1, 2025 📧 Sending materials (Cover Letter, CV, References) to: kriegc[at]wfu.edu

Great post-bacc opportunity to work with @stotra.bsky.social and do field work in Kenya!

High tree diversity exposed to unprecedented macroclimatic conditions even under minimal an…... by @bjenquist.bsky.social @jcsvenning.bsky.social published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences using @gbif.org mediated data: #CiteTheDOI: ✅ https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2420059122

Hi All! I'm back from sabbatical and teaching Plant Ecophys again - a class near and dear to my heart! In the past, I've welcomed grad students and post-docs to share their research with students and their stories about how they got into the field.....

Also a statistics position is open at Macalester as well, also linked here. www.macalester.edu/provost/posi...

🧬 🧪 🧬 Tenure-track position in Molecular Genetics at @macalestercollege.bsky.social 🧬 🧪 🧬 Applications due Sept 15! Please share and feel free to reach out to me via email or DM about working at Macalester/living in MN/etc! careers.insidehighered.com/job/3365525/...

The PLANTS program (funded by NSF) at @botsocamerica.bsky.social was a cornerstone of the conference each year, bringing together new-to-science scholars with more experienced mentors. It helped provide community, support, and connection to new scientists. The grant was terminated last week.

This took a minute but excited to share it now link.springer.com/10.1007/s004... Trees get N by resorbing from foliage & foraging in soil - but are the two coordinated? We tested hypotheses about relationships between resorption & root production for 12 spp in mature forests & 9 spp in a garden.

I have an advisee who is switching over from econ to environmental science/ecology who is awesome and would be a great summer researcher! He would love to get field experience and is open to all kinds of opportunities. Thanks!

There’s some inaccurate NSF information spreading and causing extra panic. New increments on existing awards are paused. But: to the best of my knowledge, drawdown (reimbursement) on existing increments is not paused. ACMS is still accessible. Could change at any moment, though. Please share.

How does #hyperspectral leaf reflectance vary with functional traits, site, and evolutionary lineage in #grasses? New paper, part of a special issue "Advancing Spectral Biology to Understand Plant Diversity Across Scales", check it out: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Would it be possible to sue major fossil fuel companies for the resulting climate damage using climate attribution science? This paper says 'yes'. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Great to work with Bruhn et al. on an article on RQ's (i.e. respiratory CO2 efflux:O2 uptake ratio) in plants. Typically we assume the fluxes to be in balance, but in many cases, they are not, with implications for C modeling. @pplplantarum.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

@li-corenv.bsky.social - Please share the inspiration and behind the scenes of this 6800 vs 6400 photoshoot. It's giving distracted boyfriend meme.

Fully funded PhD in Plant Ecophysiology at UBC in Vancouver 🍁! Possible topics include leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimates, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology & more. Start Jan/May/Sept 2026. michaletzlab.org Please share! #PlantEcoPhys #Ecology #Botany #PhDposition #GradSchool

🌱Exciting Opportunity! AoB PLANTS is looking for a new Chief Editor as Professor Tom Buckley steps down this summer. This is your chance to lead a top-tier, open-access plant science journal. ✅ Download full job details 👉 https://wp.me/pdRZhH-lJv Apply by 17 March!

The most iconic figure in the environmental sciences is the Keeling Curve, the CO₂ record from Mauna Loa, Hawaii. @noaa.gov had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!

Everything is terrible, but I bought this triangular shaped pasta at Trader Joe’s (“trianguletti”, pictured below), and my partner dubbed it “Sedge-etti”, which is an early contender for best wordplay of 2025. #SedgesHaveEdges

Hi all, I'll try to check in more often. Always looking for: 1) paid job/research opportunities to share with undergrads 2) cool ecophys/ecology stuff 3) connections for research & collaboration I'm also reachable by my professional email, which is on my webpage: maryheskel.com