Report on Australian Higher Education finds: 🔹️ Council members have no lived experience of universities 🔹️ Council members have COIs with consultancy firms 🔹️ Council meetings are closed affairs that lack transparency 🔹️ Leaders' exorbitant salaries could not be justified

Science conferences next year: should I go to ASLO-SIL aquatic sciences in Montreal or BIOGEOMON in Umea?? Timing for the latter is much better with my teaching calendar, so really the question is: BIOGEOMON - as great as I imagine it to be? (I’ve never been to one)

With the extinction of dinosaurs, dense, closed-canopy forests could proliferate, leading to shifts in fluvial structure and accumulation of organics. This represented a profound change in the landscape, illustrated here by the incomparable Julius Csotonyi.

Today we celebrate the 20th anniversary AGU’s JGR: Biogeosciences!🎉 For two decades, the journal has published original research, methods, and data articles on the biogeosciences of the Earth system. 🔗 Learn how to submit: buff.ly/RcwG5Ty #AGUPubs @jgrbiogeo.bsky.social

Join our COMPASS-FME project! U-Toledo seeks a postdoctoral research associate to study methane cycling in coastal ecosystems under different flooding regimes careers.utoledo.edu/en-us/job/49...

New work out in GRL: greenhouse gas emissions across human-modified land-to-ocean aquatic continuums. We show how storms shift aquatic emission magnitude & pattern. This arose from (completely unplanned!) estuary sampling during a winter storm. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Today was spent exploring new potential alpine river study sites with Helen, Angus, & Saskia. Back and brimming with so many exciting ideas 🤗👩‍🔬 (Now just to figure out how to make these ideas happen…)

📢Call for Papers!📢 A new #AGUPubs special collection seeks submissions that advance our understanding of human-altered nutrient and carbon cycles along the land-to-ocean continuum. 🔗 Learn how to submit: buff.ly/ZgVTHsm #AOGS2025 #Geoscience #SDGs #Nutrients #Biogeochemistry

Recognised as a changemaker, our Director, Professor Amanda Black opens a brand-new series from the Nature podcast team — and how science, Indigenous knowledge, and leadership can shape the future of our ecosystems. 🎧 Listen now: zurl.co/aV3mu

Excited to share our new global estimate of nitrogen fixation out now in Nature! This work sets a new gold standard for understanding how much nitrogen is fixed in the terrestrial biosphere. Huge thanks so Carla Reis Ely for leading this incredible work! urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt...

Tfw you submitted your manuscript revisions >2 months ago and the revised manuscript is STILL listed as ‘awaiting reviewer assignment’ 🤯😩😭🙏

New @agu.org session! Reduced nitrogen from source to impact: an interdisciplinary session on reduced nitrogen's complex environmental role. Invited speakers include USGS limnologist Dr. Michael Meyer @mishafredmeyer.bsky.social & Georgia Tech atmospheric scientist Da Pan #AGU2025 🧪🔥⚒️

Important editorial in @nature.com. As I said a decade ago in an op-ed in the @nytimes.com (back when they were publishing stuff like that), "If You See Something, Say Something" (www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/o...) www.nature.com/articles/d41...

We'll be hosting a session on #methane cycling & emissions across ecosystems again this year at #AGU2025! Submit your abstract by July 30 to join us in New Orleans for another year of great methane discussions! @drbenrunkle.bsky.social agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...

Nice thread on new work by my friends Tom Moore & Camilla Penney*, which shows how we can use data to address pay disparities in the research sector *the couple that sciences together stays together??

Friends, acquaintances etc. in the broader research system that is trying to consciously uncouple with us all while embracing the woo. Don't forget, the New Zealand Science Review exists and is a wonderful venue for brief comments on your experiences and observations in the system right now.

Now out in Biogeochemistry: a biogeochemical perspective on why ongoing science cuts in the US are devastating - and not just for those in the US. I'm very proud to have contributed some part to this important piece, spearheaded by the indefatigable Kate Lajtha rdcu.be/eqCNM

No advert out yet, but I will recruiting a 2yr postdoc, start date autumn 2025, at @livunigeog.bsky.social soon. Lowland and upland peatlands, GHGs, DOM and water chemistry. Plenty of fieldwork. Feel free to drop me a DM or email if you might be interested, and please spread the word.

Wonderfully snowy weekend up around UC’s Cass field station (est 1914!)

A fantastic new mapping product for the world's inland waters, a critical driver for studying GHG emissions, biodiversity, and much more. Mapping the world's inland surface waters: an upgrade to the Global Lakes and Wetlands Database (GLWD v2) essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...

Scientific publishing is definitely one of the cases where I refer to my pinned post. The problem of course is that the present system also falls solidly under b). bsky.app/profile/jons...

Like Bird of the Year? LOVE Bug of the Year? Vote for NZ's Fungus of the Year 2025! interactives.landcareresearch.co.nz/foty/

We have a unique job opportunity to work on the GLOBAL METHANE BUDGET with the Global Carbon Project, in France. Seeking a dynamic data expert to support the coordination and production of the next Global CH4 Budget. If you are interested, drop an email to [email protected]

🌍 Hello Bluesky! We're the EGU SSS Division, exploring everything from soil processes to sustainability and planetary health. We've officially moved here and are excited to connect with you all. Follow us for updates on research, events, and community highlights! #EGU #SoilScience #SoilSystems

Once again: our entire science system relies on a large group of people being paid less than minimum wage to do research, most of whom have no prospect of an actual career in research in any sector. It sucks and it won't change without more funding. That's the whole of it.

New pub in @aguadvances.bsky.social: "A Soil Scientist Goes to Washington: Navigating the Path to National #ScienceLeadership" #STEM Sharing my journey as DOE Office of Science Director, the challenges faced, and why inclusive excellence in STEM matters now more than ever. Read: tinyurl.com/ms2nhr4f

If you see this, post the most recent photo of yourself from your camera roll. No cheating!

🧵 Today I participated in a French 🇫🇷 PhD defence for the first time and it made me reflect on the various examination models: which might be the most scientifically robust, and which might be the most satisfying to the candidate? And is Germany the only place where the entire thing is also marked?

Hello, Bluesky! We're not just new here, we're brand new! The AGU Distributed Sensing Technical Committee is a new initiative for sharing knowledge & resources across all experience levels and all AGU sections. 🧪⚒️ Let's connect and share! Learn more: connect.agu.org/hydrology/ab...

It’s 2025, and in Aotearoa New Zealand there are a growing number of people who believe that the Earth is flat 🧪🧵

Even when the political winds shift, science must keep moving forward. That’s why @AGU and @ametsoc are stepping up with a first-of-its-kind special collection on climate change in the U.S.—across 29+ peer-reviewed journals. 🌍📚 Read all about it: buff.ly/6G05hQD

Lots of rain in Canterbury over the last two days = decent flow down the cycle path this arvo. (Kayak might have been the better commuting option?)

You recently obtained a Ph.D. or are currently a postdoc, do not live in Canada but are looking to move to Canada? You are interested in watershed-scale carbon storage and transport? There is an oportunity to apply for a 3-year PDF fellowship in my institution (Université de Montréal), get in touch!

How cool! A paper with my UofR crew has just been recognised as a #TopViewedArticle Artificial water bodies are interesting! Link to the paper: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Without clear protocols to catch errors, artificial intelligence’s growing role in science could do more harm than good https://go.nature.com/42nGQt6

First paper from my postdoc is out in WRR with open access! We explored how contrasting watershed features influence NO3 and DOC transport and transformation in an agricultural watershed agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

#WARR talks at the intersection of water science, justice, + governance. Dr. Xenopoulos: inclusive freshwater science + equity in publishing; Dr. Gupta: merging hydrology + intergenerational + procedural justice psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @waterbarnes.bsky.social @devonkerins.bsky.social

Meta has just started activating its slop machine within Whatsapp across Europe Generative AI reminds me of single-use plastic in terms of how it's being rolled out: no one asked for it, everyone lives fine without it, but a company will manufacture demand for it through sheer brute, bloody force

Wanna come work with me? We're advertising a fixed term Lecturer in Animal Behaviour at Waikato. We're especially keen on someone who works on birds, reptiles, bats etc. Let me know if you have questions! www.seek.co.nz/job/83279795...

On why AI doesn’t necessarily belong in higher ed: “The power of learning to write is not the written product itself but the process of LEARNING to write”

For the first time, scientists provide a global data set for roughness parameters to improve the accuracy of derived soil moisture through #CYGNSS observations.🛰️ 🔗Check it out: doi.org/10.1029/2024... #AGUPubs #GNSSR #Soil

In NZ? Make a submission on the proposed removal of cameras from commercial fishing boats! Literally the only justification for this change is short-term profits for the largest commercial fishers. Not good for the oceans, future fisheries, or small-scale fisheries www.mpi.govt.nz/consultation...

If you are a NZ author, I urge you to check the LibGEN database to see if your books have been scrapped by Meta. If so, the NZSA is collecting names (and book titles) in preparation for an international class action lawsuit. #NZWrites #WritingCommunity authors.org.nz/books-scrape...

Super excited to share our new paper out today in Nature Water led by Christina McCabe. @naturewaterjnl.bsky.social “The ecological benefits of more room for rivers” Find the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s44... Free to read version: rdcu.be/eeuBx #rivers #floods #biodiversity #resilience

NEIF has launched an online course developed by our stable isotope teams at BGS and SUERC covering the fundamentals of stable isotopes. Through these 5 videos, covering basic terminology, notations, essential equations, and potential applications of stable isotopes. vimeo.com/1067017318?s... 1/3

I'm keen to hear from any A/NZ researchers involved in projects that have received the "Outreach to Implementing Partners" questionnaire from the US. Also A/NZ researchers working with United States researchers on collaborative projects that may be affected by US funding changes in recent weeks.

Check out my thoughts on RadioNZ Checkpoint on whether we can and should bring back the #moa from extinction - hint, I'm not a fan, and nor are our Māori iwi partners up and down the motu www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

Wondering how to connect with folks with unexpected 13C data from stream consumers (i.e. more depleted than sampled OM sources) that might not be published/findable. Any suggestions on how to make these connections? Or is it you?! 👀

*Please repost* @sjgreenwood.bsky.social and I just launched a new personalized feed (*please pin*) that we hope will become a "must use" for #academicsky. The feed shows posts about papers filtered by *your* follower network. It's become my default Bluesky experience bsky.app/profile/pape...

Submissions are now open for the second phase of the review of the science system in Aotearoa New Zealand 🧪🧵