We are celebrating our 50th anniversary if the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (where I am based)! Here's a CBS news clip highlighting some of the amazing work being done here to preserve endangered species. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn4E...

Brazil’s supreme court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup

**Fellowship opportunity (graduate/postdoc)** - The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program is accepting applications through October 15. Postdoc fellowships have always received a 2nd year match from the host unit. Come join us! fellowships.si.edu/opportunity/...

**POSTDOC POSITION**: Agroforestry, joint between Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute (DC/Front Royal) and The Nature Conservancy. Come join us!

JOB: The Smithsonian is seeking a Director for our Great Plains Science Program in Montana. The program conducts basic and applied research and innovates, develops, and implements science-based solutions for the conservation, restoration, and management of healthy grasslands and their biodiversity.

FINAL REMINDER - Application deadline today (1/31)!

GEO-TREES (geo-trees.org) is hiring a Program Manager! Application review begins January 10, 2025. Come work on an inspiring project with a wonderful team! Please share with potential candidates.

**FORESTGEO STAFF SCIENTIST POSITION!** We are hiring a Research Ecologist to focus on Central and South American Forest Dynamics, to be based at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Smithsonian staff scientist positions are excellent, as is the ForestGEO team! Come be our colleague!

FANTASTIC PERMANENT RESEARCH POSITION for Ecologist/Statistician (Interdisciplinary) focused on conservation at Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute (Front Royal, VA)! www.usajobs.gov/job/819535900. Come be my colleague! Please repost/ send to qualified candidates.

New faculty position in climate change ecology at UW-Madison, applications due in four days for full consideration. Come join us! jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

The global carbon budget 2024 is out

Interesting affinity group starter packs are forming Pestlands and wetlands go.bsky.app/T9Cp4p2 Land surface Modelers go.bsky.app/Mw4tJ3t Water People go.bsky.app/V1LydbV Climate Science & Research Orgs go.bsky.app/5kuYAhM Eddy covariance? Biogeoscience?

Starter pack of biogeofeminists (I have missed many if not most - pls add yourself below & I can update 🩵💜 go.bsky.app/784EKsF

Here is my attempt at an eddy flux, micromet, surface-atmos starter pack. Happy to add if you let me know! go.bsky.app/QjA83fc

I've made a starter pack of those with interests in tree-ring science e.g. dendroclimatology, dendrochronology, dendroecology. Please let me know if you'd like to be added (or removed!) or to suggest others to add go.bsky.app/LXrT3xb

New publication! Here, we develop a semi-automated process for submitting forest carbon measurements from the global forest C database (ForC) to the IPCC's Emission Factor Database, which currently has sparse forest C data. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW OPPORTUNITY: Smithsonian's Life on a Sustainable Planet program invites postdoctoral research fellow applications. These can include @ForestGEO projects. Contact me or another ForestGEO Smithsonian staff member if interested. science.si.edu/life-on-a-su...

There's still time to submit an abstract for #agu24!! Please join us in session B039: agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/pr...

Colleagues - Please consider our session "B039 - Drivers of forest carbon losses and effective interventions to preserve carbon in forests worldwide" with two exciting invited speakers: Nancy Harris and Robinson Negron-Juarez! agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/pr...