Hot off the presses! If you need a bigger size to print your stickers let me know!

Here are some great opportunities at UNC-Chapel Hill, in a very strong biology department.

Sometimes Crows look black and sometimes they don't #birds

Rosie the Ribbiter

Ecological resilience is the ability of a system to resist or recover from perturbations It’s a mystery to me why so many think the term suffers from a definition problem and why we get more & more papers seeking to define it

A closeup of a gray catbird perched on a branch against a gray morning sky. #birds

Matelea cyclophylla, a vining succulent #milkweed vine with a corky #caudex from western Mexico, hairy burgundy #flowers

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Growth–survival trade‐off in temperate trees is weak and restricted to late‐successional stages - Bordin - Journal of Ecology. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW). The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

Imagine if the Republican obsession with colleges was focused on how prohibitively expensive they are for average people.

Republicans are currently going around the media to claim the nationwide peaceful No Kings protest on 10/18 is a “Hate America” rally. Actually, No Kings is a rally of love—love for the founding ideals of America, love for the democracy and freedoms we cherish, love for one another. Let’s show it:

58% of Americans think the president should not send armed troops to police American cities. - Reuters/Ipsos poll. Are we a silent majority, or will we get LOUD in 8 DAYS at the No Kings National Protest? Freedom hangs in the balance. 🇺🇸 Will you defend it? Find a location: www.nokings.org#map

I am proud of MIT, where our branch of AAUP has voted unanimously to endorse this statement urging MIT leadership and the MIT Corporation to reject the Compact wholesale docs.google.com/document/d/1...

My quote of the day We have managed to unite a country tearing down the barriers the regime built to divide us. Ours is a fight of a nation united against a criminal tyranny, in defense of its human rights, freedom, and democracy. That is why we have no alternative but victory María Corina Machado

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Great PhD opportunity with an excellent supervisor: Quantify traits of tree species across the western US to determine how tree populations and forest communities will respond to drought and fire. plant-traits.net/lab-openings/

Big fan of this weevil's color scheme, pointy snoot, and huge feet! www.inaturalist.org/observations...

are economic valuations of ecosystem services a slippery slope? or worse, a trick? here is a case study for pondering, told in a creative way by my colleague John Van Stan 🧪🍁🌐 doi.org/10.1093/bios...

"American civil society has more than enough financial and organizational muscle to stop this authoritarian offensive. But it requires collective resolve. And it requires leadership, which has been in painfully short supply." www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

are economic valuations of ecosystem services a slippery slope? or worse, a trick? here is a case study for pondering, told in a creative way by my colleague John Van Stan 🧪🍁🌐 doi.org/10.1093/bios...

hmmmmmm... if you think economic valuations of nature are insufficient, this looks like a good read

📢 #postdoc position with Kim Novick and @richphillipslab.bsky.social (Indiana University) on #forest #carbon uptake and storage indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/30636. Great team & topic - apply!

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Shout out to the American Presidents who didn't... (checks notes)... hate Americans.

An eastern bluebird sits on a fencepost on a windy day. #birds

The new Wiley journal review system is an absolute nightmare. Editorial assistants have been replaced by a clunky, AI-enabled website that makes it harder to find and invite reviewers. Associate editor workloads have increased. I'm not convinced the invitations to reviewers are even going through.

“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow

Nighttime Warming Enhances Tree Growth in Temperate Tree Species

Good timeline cleaner...

ok, but how do we get politicians and consumers to actually show their support, to act on it? what counts is what we do, not what we say.

Simply reducing beef and lamb consumption to one serving a week -- as recommended by EAT-Lancet -- could reduce emissions by almost 3 billion tons CO2-eq. The equivalent of all of Russia's annual emissions. Thanks to @melinawalling.bsky.social for including my thoughts in this article.

Some days (as you all know) it's tough to focus on projects, on creativity and positivity. I hope y'all are hanging in there. Working on photos this pm so here's a Southern Rock Agama (Agama atra) playing peekaboo. W. Free State, South Africa. THAT BLUE! 💙 #herps #lizards #NaturePhotography 🌿

well now, everything dies baby, that's a fact but maybe everything that dies someday comes back

🦇 Mededeelingen uit 's Lands Plantentuin Batavia: G. Kolff & Co. [Source]

Basile et al. Urban tree canopy cover over 30 % and native trees enhance bird insectivory and tree biosecurity www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ornithology

🦝 The mammals of Australia.. London, Printed by Taylor and Francis, pub. by the author, 1863.. [Source]

A flock of American kestrels were hanging around and one of them actually stayed put as I approached. Usually as soon as I get inside of 75 feet, they're gone. #birds

It wasn’t me Love the look of this Cotton Bollworth moth as it has exited the flower and the pollen shed. OM1 mkii and 90mm and MC-14 teleconveter SS1/3200 F8 ISO1250

That sounds like a lot of power. I hope we’re doing useful things with ChatGPT. 🙃

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

🚨Our new paper introduces the #AirQualityStripes – a visual tool to show how outdoor air pollution (PM2.5) has changed in 🌍 cities since 1850. Inspired by the iconic #WarmingStripes. Led by @kirstypringle.bsky.social & @jimmcquaid.bsky.social 🔗 airqualitystripes.info 📄 doi.org/10.5194/gc-8... 🧵👇

Shutdown rules aren’t neutral. They favor agencies aligned with GOP priorities, while those aligned with Democratic priorities bear the brunt of furloughs. Furlough Rates: EPA: 89% Dept. of Education: 86% Dept. of Labor: ~75% DHS / ICE / CBP: ~0% Bad incentives → biased outcomes.

🌳 Sugar maples sacrifice nitrogen use efficiency for greater water use efficiency while keeping photosynthesis steady. This field test of least-cost theory has big implications for land carbon models. Blog 👇 research.reading.ac.uk/lemontree/tr... @eaperkowski.bsky.social @nickgregsmith.bsky.social

New research reveals how to better monitor tree #drought #stress! We combined remote sensing data (greenness & photoprotection indicators) with leaf water potential measurements to track drought impacts across different tree species. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

And, now the finale of the Unbrella Magnolia seed pod season