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Temporal Ecology Lab @temporalecology.bsky.social · 9d

Our department at UBC is hiring for a professor of forest ecophysiology, including "tree ecophysiology; plant abiotic or biotic stress physiology; forest mortality and climate change responses; forest carbon balance; tree water relations; or nutrient use." Learn more at: tinyurl.com/5da56f5c

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Jessica Tierney @leafwax.bsky.social · 21h

I am currently seeking a Lab Manager for our Organic Geochemistry Lab at the University of Arizona! Full time position with benefits. If you have a chemistry/biology/geology degree and like fixing things and working with students, this position could be for you! arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Laboratory Coordinator I - Geosciences

Maintenance and repair of the Organic Geochemistry Laboratory equipment, including but not limited to gas chromatographs, liquid chromatographs & ...

arizona.csod.com

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Rachael Smith @rachaelsmith.bsky.social · 1d

NAP COMIX! #331

The Nap Comix BOOK will be available to order through Kickstarter from October 20th! Please sign up here to be notified as soon as the page goes live: kickstarter.com/projects/flimsykitten/nap-comix

Thank you! xxx

A 10-panel black and white comic

Panel 1)
Rachael getting Henry dressed in his room.
Rachael: We're going swimming today, Henry!
Henry: I don't want to go swimming...

Panel 2)
Closer view of Henry and Rachael.
Rachael: Aw babe, you always enjoy it when we get there...
Henry: I don't want to go swimming!

Panel 3)
Closer view of Henry and Rachael. Rachael is stroking Henry's hair.
Rachael: How about we walk there and see how you feel when we get to the pool?
Henry: Nooooo.

Panel 4)
Rachael pushing Henry in his buggy in the park.
Caption: And so...
Rachael pushing Henry in his buggy. He looks grumpy.
Rachael: What a lovely day!
Henry: I don't want to go swimming!

Panel 5)
Closer view of grumpy Henry.
Rachael (off-screen): OK love, let's just get there and say hi to the teacher. She might have some ideas to make it more fun for us! And you like the teacher!
Henry: I don't want to go swimming, Mummy!

Panel 6)
Rachael and Henry entering the swimming pool building.
Rachael: How about we just get changed and look at the pool and if you still really don't want to go swimming we don't have to, OK?

Panel 7)
The swimming teacher is coming in to talk to them.
Teacher: Hi, I'm really worry but class today is cancelled! We can't use the pool!
Rachael: Oh!

Panel 8)
Rachael has bent down to put her hands on Henry's shoulders.
Rachael: Well, Henry wasn't really feeling it anyway, were you buddy. We don't have to go swimming, Henry – let's go home, OK?

Panel 9)
Same shot.
(beat)

Panel 10)
Same shot but Henry is in floods of tears,
Henry: But I want to go swimming!!!
Rachael: Mate...

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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · 1d

Well this is cool. A new peat paper with a possible mechanism for Will-o’-the-wisps in @pnas.org

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Dr Scott J. Davidson @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com · 1d

The Conversation article that @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social and I wrote about the PeatPic Project and the power of harnessing people, community science and the importance of research networks is now online too

theconversation.com/harnessing-t...

#Peatlands #PeatColour

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Kelsey Malloy @kmalloy.bsky.social · 2d

An atmospheric general circulation model you can run on a Python Jupyter notebook?! Heck yeah! Check out this project- both an educational tool for undergraduates/graduate students, and a research tool for scientists interested in idealized climate modeling.
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...

journals.ametsoc.org

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 4d

🔥fresh new pots🔥
www.roseschmits.com
international shipping available

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 4d

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

A comic strip in six panels. The panels inerlock like a jigsaw with knobs and sockets. Two stick figures walk right to left through all the panels.

Panel 1: Person 1 says "I hear you're working on a new theory."
Panel 2 & 3: Person 2 says: "Yes, I'm calling it the jigsaw model. I think it could change our whole View of reality."
Panel 4: Person 1 says "When Will you publish?:
Panel 5: Person 2 says "But a couple of things are still bothering me." (this piece/panel is a bit squint)
Panel 6: This piece is rotated ninety degees and fits to the others very badly. Person 2 is saying "Soon. I feel like I'm really close"
A second look at the whole comic shows that the last two panels read in the wrong order because the jigsaw has been put together incorrectly.

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EGU Biogeosciences Division (BG) @egubg.bsky.social · 7d

🗞️ New article in Biogeosciences #EGU by Martino E. Malerba et al. ⬇️

Technical note: Pondi – a low-cost logger for long-term monitoring of methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide in aquatic and terrestrial systems

Abstract. Understanding the complex dynamics of greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O) fluxes between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and the…

bg.copernicus.org

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smitten kitchen @smittenkitchen.bsky.social · 7d

This cake tastes like a glazed apple cider doughnut and will make your kitchen smell like fall blew up (gently, aromatically) in it, but is secretly even more magical: it’s naturally dairy- and egg-free.

smittenkitchen.com/2024/10/glaz...

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Paolo Segre @paolosegre.bsky.social · 7d

Re-sharing this, with about a week left to apply. UW-Green Bay is hiring an ecologist with a strong statistical background. 🧪🌍🪶

Paolo Segre @paolosegre.bsky.social · 20d

Come work with us at UW-Green Bay! We're hiring an ecologist with a strong statistical background. 🧪🌍🪶

Assistant Professor - Biology

Current Employees and Students: If you are currently employed or enrolled as a student at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process. Pos...

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 7d

Accurate

theonion.com/report-reube...

Report: Reuben Rated Top Midsize Sandwich In Its Class

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA—Praising its standard features and overall dependability, J.D. Power and Associates released a new set of rankings Thursday, naming the Reuben the number-one midsize sandwich in i...

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EGU Soil System Sciences Division @egu-sss.bsky.social · 12d

🆕 New publication in SOIL journal!
📖 What if publication bias is the rule and net carbon loss from priming the exception?

👥 Michel et al.

🔗 soil.copernicus.org/articles/11/...

#SoilScience #SoilJournal #Research #OpenAccess #EGU_SSS

What if publication bias is the rule and net carbon loss from priming the exception?

Abstract. Priming effects in soil science describe the influence of fresh carbon (C) inputs on rates of microbial mineralisation of native soil organic matter, which can either increase (positive prim...

soil.copernicus.org

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Joshua G. Schraiber @jgschraiber.bsky.social · 12d

Omg this kind of thing is one of my greatest fears. For me it's dropping stuff down a sewer grate or dropping it in the little gap between the jet bridge and the airplane when boarding

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UW–Madison Dept. of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences @uwmad-aos.bsky.social · 14d

Join us today for a Department Seminar at 2:30 CDT! Megan Caldwell, flood and water analyst, Guy Carpenter, will discuss "Private Sector Meteorology: An Introduction to Reinsurance and Catastrophe Modeling."

Livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-D...

Flyer for AOS Department Seminar with Megan Caldwell

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Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 15d

The government’s not shutting down it’s just taking time to atone for its sins

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 16d

Happy Erev Shutdown to all who observe

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Benjamin Sulman @bsulman.bsky.social · 19d

Postdoc job at ORNL! AI-driven Coastal Modeling. Work on a generative AI framework exploring how coastal wetland ecosystems across the Southeastern United States respond to environmental disturbances 🌎🧪 jobs.ornl.gov/job/Oak-Ridg...

Postdoctoral Research Associate - AI-driven Coastal Modeling

jobs.ornl.gov

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Dan Sloan @sloanevolab.bsky.social · Sep 8

The Department of Biology at Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of plant-microbe interactions! Please spread the word!

jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...

Assistant Professor Plant-Microbe Interactions

We seek a creative, collaborative, and visionary plant biologist to establish an internationally recognized research program at the forefront of plant-microbe interactions aimed at understanding how t...

jobs.colostate.edu

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 16d

Every time a Tom Petty song comes on, it puts me in a better mood. The guy was just good vibes all the way.

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Benjamin Sulman @bsulman.bsky.social · 19d

Postdoc job at ORNL! AI-driven Coastal Modeling. Work on a generative AI framework exploring how coastal wetland ecosystems across the Southeastern United States respond to environmental disturbances 🌎🧪 jobs.ornl.gov/job/Oak-Ridg...

Postdoctoral Research Associate - AI-driven Coastal Modeling

jobs.ornl.gov

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Paolo Segre @paolosegre.bsky.social · 20d

Come work with us at UW-Green Bay! We're hiring an ecologist with a strong statistical background. 🧪🌍🪶

Assistant Professor - Biology

Current Employees and Students: If you are currently employed or enrolled as a student at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process. Pos...

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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 22d

The climate crisis is causing increased extreme weather events in Southeast Asia. Could “sponge cities,” a city planning method engineered by Chinese architect, Yu Kongjian, help them weather the storm?

Soaking up the storm: Sponge cities and the future of flood-resilient Southeast Asia

The climate crisis is causing increased extreme weather events in Southeast Asia. Could “sponge cities,” a city planning method engineered by Chinese architect, Yu Kongjian, help them weather the storm?

globalvoices.org

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mikelink45.bsky.social @mikelink45.bsky.social · 22d

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...

‘They’re Small but They’re Mighty.’ Meet the Wisconsin Sisters Healing the Land.

www.nytimes.com

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Joanna Bagniewska @joannabagniewska.com · 23d

🐻🐻🐻🐻
It is finally here.
Fat Bear Week 2025.
🐻🐻🐻🐻

Vote for the fattest, portliest, chubbiest bear of Katmai NP (@fatbearweek.bsky.social). Some of these chonks weigh more than half a ton, and have gained over 100kg since July.

Who will win this year?

Voting is open: explore.org/fat-bear-week
🧪🌍🦊

Chunk the Bear gaining weight between July and September.

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Fred Worrall @fredworrall.bsky.social · 24d

For a peat to form you don't just need wet conditions you also need stagnant conditions
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Our new study follows the thermodynamic profiles to show how fens and bogs significantly differ in when they become closed. @durhamearthsci.bsky.social

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