Nice! Thanks Rory for working with us.

Upcoming webinar...sounds cool!

NEW WARNING about ARCTIC WARMING: My new #sciart accompanies research by Ted Schuur, @ecoss-nau.bsky.social et al that carries urgent warnings for the effects that global warming is having on the Arctic: news.nau.edu/arctic-warmi...

My new #sciart accompanies research by @ecoss-nau.bsky.social that outlines drastic changes to come if global warming keeps up and heats up the Arctic: news.nau.edu/arctic-warmi... These four illustrated scenarios show how (thread) -

The Dems on the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology have setup a site to collect info on the impact of the mass firings at federal science agencies. If you were fired and are willing to share (including anonymously) it’s here democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings

Can biocrust #moss hide from #climatechange? Fine-scale habitat sheltering improves summer stress resistance in Syntrichia caninervis New #AJB research by Theresa Clark, Alexander Russell, Joshua Greenwood, Dale Devitt, Daniel Stanton & Lloyd Stark doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience

This is a nice post, with crossover value to multiple scientific fields.

Hi does anyone have a good suggestion for a documentary film about terra preta and biochar addition to soil. It's for an intro soils class. Had been using an old BBC doc, but it is quite dated now.

Favorite sign so far

Hi folks, this is just a quick rough cut of a Dryland Ecology starter pack. Help me build it by telling me you want to be on it, or suggesting someone else to list. go.bsky.app/BkjLRGY

Has anyone out there run across a dryland or desert ecology starter pack?

Interesting paper. Provides a quantitative basis for giving our postdocs good advice rather than just anecdotes that people say.

New paper led by the amazing Sierra Jech, @ecoss-nau.bsky.social post-doc. Crucial steps toward realizing the dream of #biocrust farming. Collaboration between TNC, USGS, NAU's DIRT lab and Mayberry Seed Co. farminghttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0929139324005924

🌵✨ When we say biocrusts are "the coral reefs of the desert," we mean it—just look at these vibrant colors! 🟠🟡🔵🔴 They're also reef-like in their roles stabilizing soil, reducing erosion, retaining moisture, and fixing nitrogen 🌿

Wouldn't it be cool if there was a way to suppress invasive plants and replace them with #biocrust? We're not quite there, but we're not so far way either. New paper from the DIRT lab (Ecoss & Forestry, NAU) & MPG Ranch. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... @restorationecology.bsky.social

My academic research lab is building a new web page. One thing we'd like is a publications list page. But we'd love for it to update itself! With ORCID, Scopus & Google Scholar, this must be possible! Ours must pool multiple lab member's pubs (not just mine). Has anyone found the way to do it?

Biocrust researchers and enthusiasts...here's your starter pack

📣GSBI Speaks is back this December. Join us in the second of the series to learn about the role of biological soil crusts (biocrusts) in soil 🎉 Dec. 12, 2024, 7:00 MST, 9:00 EST, 14:00 GMT, 15:00 CET Register 👇 zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Upcoming #biocrust webinar put on by the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative. Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

New paper in PLOS Biol with @graciellehigino.bsky.social et al.: "Postdoctoral scientists are mentors, and it is time to recognize their work". We argue that ensuring that post-docs receive proper credit for ALL their labour would benefit all academia.