"We look ahead to March & April as the time when big storms are possible and the deficits can be made up. Unfortunately, this year has been just the opposite: Instead of much-needed snowstorms, we’re in an unprecedented March heat wave that is accelerating the melting of what little snow is there."

Check out one of several of our #BIEN biodiversity data workflow tools - The Geographic Name Resolution Service: A tool for the standardization and indexing of world political division names, with applications to species distribution modeling journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... 🧪🌐🌾

We know it might seem early, but deadling for abstracts submissions for #Botany2026 are April 13th! Be sure to visit botanyconference.org for more details on the conference! @botsocamerica.bsky.social

54° for an overnight low in Denver is stupid absurd. Not only is that our warmest March low by 6°, it’s almost our warmest April low as well. #COwx

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Our new #BIEN biodiversity data workflow paper is out! BIEN is an ecosystem of modular, open-source BIEN tools for collecting, harmonizing, and validating biodiversity data -- and an integrated global database (BIEN db) of plant occurrences, traits & geographic ranges. doi.org/10.1111/2041... 🧪🌐🌾🌵

If Colorado's snowpack were a sports team, they'd be the 2025 Colorado Rockies. This is big yikes. #COwx

Absolutely crazy heat IN MEXICO 45.1C/113F Sarqui Grande and 44.6C Casa Colorada Hottest 2026 day in Northern Hemisphere as well. Never happened anything like this in March Several records in Baja California,Sonora and Sinaloa exceeded those of April. One even that of May.

Yang Xiao et al. investigated functional traits of four #HeteromorphicLeaf types associated with leaf morphology, anatomy, #Photosynthesis, and activity compounds, to elucidate their niche differentiation within a single tree. #LeafStructure @mapjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jpe/...

✨ The findings highlight the importance of integrating multiple ecological and functional traits to improve extinction-risk assessments in island floras. 🌺 #BOTLAND #Botany #Science #Endemism #Biodiversity #Conservation #BalearicIslands #Mediterranean @uib.cat

⏳ Flowering duration — species with shorter flowering periods tended to show greater vulnerability. 🏔️🌊 Habitat — endemic plants restricted to mountain or coastal environments presented higher risk levels.

Fitness landscapes for species interactions: when do population genetics and adaptive dynamics diverge? https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.17.712462v1

Paul Ehrlich and The Bet The real lesson everyone misses about Paul Ehrlich and his famous wager 🌐🧪

After a dismal season for snow accumulation in most of the West, what little snowpack remains is set to dwindle amid a stunning March heat wave. New post at snow.news has the details on the deepening snow drought and the implications: www.snow.news/p/march-heat...

I cannot emphasize enough how much time this massive expansion of federal admissions data collection is taking universities to complete. I spent two hours on it myself (central admin needed graduate test-optional status), and I'm just the head of a midsize department.

Fair to say that the Western U.S. heatwave has reached record-shattering status, with dozens of locations breaking all-time March monthly heat records & some now approaching *April* records. Swath of record heat extends clear from Pacific to Great Plains, & from Canada to Mexico.

I have a scientist joke, but with an n of 1, it's not that significant.

I must complete the required security training. To do so, I must use the learning platform. The learning platform requires signing up for the new credential system. There is a training to sign up for the new credential system.

And from this earthly monument came a different type of science, disconnected from the frantic egos of professors or the priorities of great powers, based rather on the sharing of knowledge across borders, without condition, so that all could better understand the workings of the planet.

The University of Tübingen seeks applications for a W3-Professorship in Experimental Biodiversity Research starting Oct 1, 2027. Apply by April 26, 2026. More info: https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/213700. #job

Rapid evolution predicts demographic recovery after extreme drought www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🌐🧪

All signs continue to point to an exceptional, long-duration, and record-breaking to (in some cases) record-shattering March heatwave initially centered across U.S. Southwest but expanding to much broader region next week. This is effectively a full-on summer heatwave in March.

Russell Vought's OMB is continuing to hold up funds at NIH. www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/m...

Excited to see this analysis based on AVONET & AVOTREX bird trait data. Do bird radiations tend to avoid regions of trait space already occupied by other lineages? This analysis suggests the answer is yes! The "Birds The Don't Exist" actually do exist, just in related passerine clades.

The chaos of these changes are so costly. The money spent on our unnecessary war and on illegal immigration actions could have created the weather capabilities people want without gutting NCAR or anything else. Weather AND climate science are critical. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

Dr. Catherine Graham (Swiss Federal Research Institute, WSL) is our Funk Biogeography Seminar speaker this month! Join us for an exploration of the past, present, and future of studying biodiversity in environmental space. Learn more and register at: www.biogeography.org/news/news/ma...

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It's official!!!! #Botany2026 here we come!

Folks, the use of AI to write reviews is a clear violation of peer review ethics + it endangers the authors' intellectual property rights. Don't do it.

Ancient forests aren't "resources"—they're living systems sustaining us all. Destroy them for short-term gain? That's planetary sabotage. #Ecocide isn't abstract: it steals stable climate, clean air, future harvests from our children. Time to protect what remains. 🌳🛡️ #BiodiversityCrisis #ActNow

Science funding is an investment. For every $ invested in the NIH, we get $2.56 return. Beyond this, it supports years of sustained support for next generation scientists. Also, 99% of FDA approved drugs came from NIH funded work. It is also important to fund work in non-human model systems.

A good read. Since WW2, the #NIH has operated as a decentralized entity. Priorities were set by Congress, but independently executed by experts. This led to its success. Now, political appointees have unprecedented control over what research gets funded, harming science. 🧪 go.nature.com/4bCwTNh

Join the live online course "Evolutionary Macroecology in R: Exploring Biodiversity Patterns at Large Scales" by Transmitting Science. Register here: https://www.transmittingscience.com/courses/ecology/macroecology-in-r-exploring-biodiversity-patterns-at-large-scales/ #course

Thrilled to share that my first dissertation chapter is now published at Ecology! dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... We embed TPCs into population dynamics to show how changing temperatures' ordering — not just its distribution — increases extinction risk (i.e. heatwaves matter!) @esajournals.bsky.social

Detection of energetic equivalence depends on food web architecture & estimators of energy use ... the "need to integrate food web energetics & trophic structure to better understand body size structure of ecosystems" #allometry #metabolicscalingtheory www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪🌐

‪ 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪

EXCEPTIONAL HEATWAVE BREWING FOR NEXT WEEK IN COLORADO A powerful ridge is about to park itself over the West next week -- stronger and closer to Colorado than anything we’ve seen in a long time. #COWX #Colorado #Snowpack #Heatwave #COsnow

Exciting position at The School of Natural Sciences at Macquarie University. We are looking for an Associate Lecturer in Plant Ecology. A great opportunity to teach, mentor students and contribute to plant ecology research on the Wallumattagal Campus in Sydney.

Striking signal for much above-normal temperatures across California, the Great Basin, northern Rockies and Desert Southwest from March 15-20. Temperatures will be more typical of summer than early spring (potentially 25 degrees above normal) in many areas and monthly records could be shattered.

Nine ways extreme events reshape #river #biodiversity 1. They cause selective mortality that erodes genetic diversity 2. Droughts fragment rivers and refuges can become ecological traps 3. Long‑lasting physical legacies reshape habitats

Insects living in the lowland tropics have evolved to deal with brutal heat. But many of them are close to their limit, according to a massive study that assessed the heat tolerance of hundreds of species. https://scim.ag/406Y5yh

Unifying Ecology Across Scales - Gordon Research Conference. With @jennsunday.bsky.social as Chair www.grc.org/unifying-eco...

TODAY. Take Back our Science Rally. Don't take this administration's assault on science sitting down. Get to a rally: fight2win.standupforscience.... #StandUpForScience #March7 #Rally #science #savescience

TOMORROW: We are joining scientists and science supporters across the US at the National Day of Action. #StandUpForScience Find an event near you: 🔗 www.standupforscience.net/march7

New analysis confirms global warming is accelerating. "all data sources agree: the warming rate has been far higher during the last decade than any previous." agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

🌍 New Publication! We reviewed 1567 studies (1985–2025) on remote sensing for ecosystem monitoring, tracing 40 years of progress & future challenges: AI, multi-sensor fusion, and data gaps in biodiversity-rich regions. 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.sr... #RemoteSensing #EcosystemMonitoring #AI #Biodiversity

Here’s a full draft of the upcoming second edition of my “Data Visualization: A Practical Introduction”: socviz.co

I just submitted my letter to NSF responding to its proposal to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). I argue that doing so would be an astonishing and avoidable misstep, and that federal support for the institution should in fact be *increased.* [1/4]

⏳ Two weeks left to apply to our Summer School, and benefit from the early-bird rate! Don’t miss this opportunity to join us for a week of inspiring lectures and discussions with an exceptional community of researchers - all set in the beautiful Pyrenees ⛰️ ☀️ We look forward to welcoming you! 🧪🌐