On Thu, Sep 25 @ 11am ET, join us for a virtual science seminar with @caryinstitute.bsky.social‬'s Vanessa Rubio: The Role of Stochastic and Deterministic Processes in Forest Dynamics. Free + open to all. #ecology Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-role-o...

Graduate students in ecology, environmental studies, or related fields can apply now for Cary's 2026 FEE course - an intensive overview of ecosystem ecology. Course dates: JANUARY 6-16, 2026 Application deadline: October 5, 2025 For more info + to apply: caryinstitute.org/fee

On Thu, Sep 18 @ 11am ET, join us for a virtual science seminar with Montclair State University's Dr. Matthew Schuler: Effects of Salinization on Aquatic Community Structure and Function. Free + open to all. #ecology Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/effects-of...

“The magnitude and extent of this cyanobacteria bloom is unprecedented, and concerning. While Microcystis is often observed in the Hudson, and sometimes produces blooms, this is by far the largest bloom we have observed” - Cary aquatic ecologist Chris Solomon. www.caryinstitute.org/news-insight...

Urban spaces in the Hudson Valley support a lot of wildlife! @caryinstitute.bsky.social #NatureinCities

Breakthroughs happen when diverse expertise is woven together. Collaboration can be messy—different vocabularies, different tools—but it’s worth it. We made a video with @MinuteEarth about it. 🎥 @fviromics.bsky.social @payeldas.bsky.social & Drew Kramer #EEID

Thank you @granitegeeknh.bsky.social for including a look at how scientists at Hubbard Brook continue to collect water samples during dry conditions. Read more and subscribe: bit.ly/4n55N5m 📹: @caryinstitute.bsky.social's Tammy Wooster 🧪

Cary’s Amy Zanne studies how carbon moves through forests, savannas, polar deserts, + other ecosystems. In this Q&A, she discusses her interest in the plant afterlife, her collection of hot sauces from around the world, the importance of being curious, and more www.caryinstitute.org/news-insight...

Congratulations to the 2025-2026 Cary Research Experience for Teachers (BIORETs) participants, who just wrapped up six weeks of summer field research. Now, they will take what they learned about the scientific process to implement innovative, authentic STEM experiences for their students.

🏆 William H. Schlesinger, President Emeritus of the @caryinstitute.bsky.social‬, is recipient of this year's Eminent Ecologist Award. His pioneering work on global element cycles and biogeochemistry has reshaped ecological science. A past ESA President, he is also a true scicomm champion.

The @caryinstitute.bsky.social‬'s Winslow D. Hansen is recognized as an Early Career Fellow for his forest resilience research & leadership in fire policy. His remote sensing & modeling work informs management across western landscapes.

Tara E. Stewart Merrill of the @caryinstitute.bsky.social‬ is recognized as an Early Career Fellow for her work on freshwater disease ecology. Her research explores how parasites shape ecosystems from individuals to communities.

A new study assessed air quality impacts of the Jan 2025 #LAwildfires, w/ suggestions on how to improve the accuracy of regulatory monitors by integrating low-cost sensors + satellite data. Led by members of WFFRC, a Cary program. More: caryinstitute.org/news-insight... @UCLA #wildfiresmoke

Calling all community scientists in Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, & Kingston! Cary Institute + @scenichudson.bsky.social are working w/ community-based orgs to study how changing green spaces in cities impact plants, animals, & people. You can help at an upcoming Bioblitz: rb.gy/aiom8g #NatureInCities

It was great to hear Dr. LaDeau speak about this project at our Newburgh Teacher Center course on July 1st!

Special @pnas.org issue explores how cities can harness nature-based solutions to climate change while advancing equity and public health. Contributors include @timonm.bsky.social‬ and Elizabeth Cook. www.pnas.org/about/specia...

New global inventory in @nature.com ‪co-authored by Cary’s @sarahbatterman.bsky.social reveals natural areas receive 25 million tons less nitrogen each year than previously thought — which could limit carbon storage in plants and soils. www.caryinstitute.org/news-insight...

Thunderstorms are a major — and growing — threat to tropical trees, reports a new analysis in Ecology Letters led by Cary’s @evangora.bsky.social. Insights are critical to guiding decisions about forest restoration and conservation www.caryinstitute.org/news-insight...

Tammy Wooster, @caryinstitute.bsky.social, contributes to these data sets: Continuous precip and stream chemistry data 1963 – ongoing: bit.ly/4jn0SKN Chemistry of Mirror Lake outlet streamwater 1967 – 2021: bit.ly/43Hwczb Stream bryophytes promote cryptic productivity, 2018-2021: bit.ly/4ky7vLl

CBS News reporter Tony Aiello visited Cary's campus and spoke to Rick Ostfeld about this year's surge in emergency room visits for tick bites, and what we can do to be safer while still enjoying the outdoors. See the full story: www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

In partnership with Scenic Hudson, Cary's Shannon LaDeau is exploring how the expansion of urban green spaces is impacting #biodiversity and residents in the River Cities of Kingston, Newburgh, and Poughkeepsie, NY. @scenichudson.bsky.social www.caryinstitute.org/news-insight...

On Thu, May 15 @ 11am ET, join us for a virtual science seminar with @colorado.edu's @lauradee.bsky.social: Causal Inference for Ecology and Conservation. Free + open to all. #ecology #conservation Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/causal-inf...

Termite populations are slow to recover in Australia's replanted rainforests, finds a new Journal of Applied Ecology study led by Baptiste Wijas. The research team recommends termite transplants for quicker forest recovery. @bapswijas.bsky.social @jappliedecology.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yywmd295

‪On Thu, May 8 @ 11am ET, join us for a virtual science seminar with @mobotgarden.bsky.social's Kelly M. Anderson: Nutrient Limitation in Tropical Forests. Free + open to all. #ecology #tropicalforests #nutrient_cycling Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/nutrient-l...

HUGE congratulations to Cary’s @tarasite-ecology.bsky.social + Winslow Hansen, who have been named 2025 Early Career Fellows by @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social for their “outstanding contributions to advancing or applying ecological knowledge”. Read the full press release: www.esa.org/blog/categor...

On Thu, May 1 @ 11am ET, join us for a virtual science seminar with @umich.edu's @aclassen.bsky.social: Microbes to Mountains: Interactions and Functions Across Ecosystem Scales. Free + open to all. #ecology Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/microbes-t...

Two new species of disease-carrying #ticks are invading the Hudson Valley, and @caryinstitute.bsky.social will be keeping an eye out for them. Drs. Rick Ostfeld and Shannon LaDeau hope to monitor their whereabouts and reduce risks to people and animals. www.caryinstitute.org/news-insight...

New A Biro, SA Batterman, @jane-lucas-phd.bsky.social paper finds S African trees grow better w/ native soil microbes than sterile soil but trees + microbes both suffered in drought conditions, w/ implications for savanna carbon sinks. @yale.edu besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

This Thursday @ 8pm ET (5pm PT), tune into a virtual panel discussion on how science can inform living more sustainably with wildfire. Hosted by the Western Fire & Forest Resilience Collaborative and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; an offering of SF Climate Week. RSVP: tinyurl.com/5hatzvne

On Thu, Apr 24 @ 11am ET, join us for a virtual science seminar with Cary Institute's Dr. Chris Solomon: The Metabolic Regimes of Lake Ecosystems. Free + open to all. #ecology #lakes #ecosystems Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-metabo...

On Fri, May 2 @ 7pm ET, join us for an in-person + live stream event. @cornelluniversity.bsky.social's Dr. Bernd Blossey will discuss 'Where Have All the Wildflowers Gone? Restoring Healthy Woodlands'. Free + open to all. For more info + to register: www.caryinstitute.org/events/where...

On Thu, Apr 3 @ 11am ET, join us for a virtual science seminar with @maristuniversity.bsky.social's Dr. Katherine Weiss: Human-wildlife Coexistence in the Anthropocene. Free + open to all. #ecology #biodiversity #wildlife #anthropocene Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/human-wild...

Getting hit by lightning is usually bad news, but a new study led by Cary's Evan Gora reveals a tree species that actually benefits from ⚡️ strikes, and may have evolved to act as a natural lightning rod. @newphyt.bsky.social www.caryinstitute.org/news-insight...

1️⃣Steward T.A. Pickett 🌿🏙️ Dr. Steward T.A. Pickett, Distinguished Senior Scientist at @caryinstitute.bsky.social, has spent decades unraveling urban social-ecological dynamics. A pioneer in the field, his recent work explores the ecology of segregation. #IUWC2025

Join our team! We're hiring for several positions including a Director of Major Gifts and Campaigns. To learn more and apply, visit caryinstitute.org/about/careers-cary #jobopportunity #HiringNow #science

On Thu, Mar 27 @ 11am ET, join us for a virtual science seminar with Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s Dr. Scott Yanco: Why Do Species Decline? Free + open to all. #ecology #evolutionaryfitness Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/why-do-spe...

We share our 2,000-acre research campus in NY's Hudson Valley with many wildlife neighbors, among them this bobcat. Photo credit to the talented Loren Merrill.

Recent Cary and U of Wyoming paper in #Ecosystems finds responsible logging allows warm-adapted trees to move into forests, boosting #ClimateResilience and protecting NE carbon storage. But we must preserve native trees in some places, too. www.caryinstitute.org/news-insight...

#TOMORROW Thu, Mar 20 @ 11am ET, join us for a virtual science seminar with @ethzurich.bsky.social's Dr. Camille Delavaux: The Role of Mutualisms in Structuring Plant Communities in a Changing World. Free + open to all. #ecology #plants Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-role-o...

#WaterQuality research from the University of #Maryland. @caryinstitute.bsky.social founder Gene Likens said research revealed "chemical cocktails packing a one-two punch to water quality along the freshwater-marine continuum with cascading effects on ecosystems, agriculture and infrastructure."

New #Biogeochemistry paper provides a salinization risk framework to predict + manage the impact of salt ion pollution on drinking water, freshwater ecosystems, infrastructure, agriculture, & more. Cary's Gene Likens a co-author; led by @umdgeology’s Sujay Kaushal. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

On Fri, Mar 14 @ 7pm ET, join us for an in-person + live stream event. Mt. Holyoke's Dr. Angelica Patterson will discuss Climate Change, Tree Migration, and the Future of Northeastern Forests. Free + open to all. For more info + to register: www.caryinstitute.org/events/clima...

On Thu, Feb 20 @ 11am ET, join us for a virtual science seminar with @mitofficial.bsky.social's @sarameghanbeery.bsky.social: AI-enabled Scientific Discovery in Image Collections. Free + open to all. #ecology #images #ArtificialIntelligence Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-enabled...

Cary senior scientist Richard Ostfeld in @gristnews.bsky.social “Somehow science and scientists, information and facts, are perceived as the enemy. The casualties of all this, in addition to the scientists, are the American people.” grist.org/science/trum...

If you live in the Northeast, you’ve likely noticed less snow accumulation in recent winters. A new @plosclimate.org paper led by Cary’s Geoff Wilson at @hubbardbrook.bsky.social draws on long-term data to reveal if less snowfall or more melting is to blame www.caryinstitute.org/news-insight...

On Fri, Feb 21 @ 7pm ET, join us for an in-person + live stream event. @caryinstitute.bsky.social's Evan Gora will discuss the Gigante project - Tracking the Fate of the World’s Big Trees. Free + open to all. For more info + to register: www.caryinstitute.org/events/gigan...

Preprint out by me, Greg Albery, Barbara Han (@bahanbug.bsky.social ), and Amy Sweeny about how coinfection dynamics affect our ability to measure parasite/pathogen diversity. This research was funded by @viralemergence.org. ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... 🧪🧵(1/4)

New paper led by Rohan Simkin exploring global patterns of zoonotic hosts in the wildland-urban interface. WUIs are a complex and expanding contact zone with many potential host species that are likely to be consequential for spillover transmission on a rapidly urbanizing planet. bit.ly/WUI-zdx

"Probably the most intensive control effort of an established invader was targeted at the sea lamprey." Check out this excerpt from the newly published book "Beyond the Sea: The Hidden Life in Lakes, Streams, and Wetlands" by David Strayer: www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/12/inva...

In honor of #WorldWetlandsDay and #BlackHistoryMonth, check out this @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social panel on Black Ecologists-Shaping the Science of Ecology, featuring Dr. Rashidah Farid, Dr. Amina Pollard, and Dr. Steward Pickett. Recorded in 2021, it still resonates today. esa.org/black-ecolog...