Jack Hastings
@jackhastings.bsky.social
Just a guy, out walking in the forest with his dog most of the time. An ecologist, thinking about the forest all of the time. UNH Terrestrial Ecosystems Analysis Lab
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NASA is being told to cancel 19 *active* missions to save $6B, which looks to be less than the ICE *hiring/retention* budget going forward.
I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.
I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
NASA is being told to cancel 19 *active* missions to save $6B, which looks to be less than the ICE *hiring/retention* budget going forward.
I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.
I need people to let that sentence sink into their bones for a minute.
Within the past week, in my terrarium which has been SEALED for 1.5 years...
A violet has flowered!
A beetle has emerged!
A wasp has emerged!
What?!
A violet has flowered!
A beetle has emerged!
A wasp has emerged!
What?!
May 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Within the past week, in my terrarium which has been SEALED for 1.5 years...
A violet has flowered!
A beetle has emerged!
A wasp has emerged!
What?!
A violet has flowered!
A beetle has emerged!
A wasp has emerged!
What?!
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“Since World War II, ‘government R&D investments are pretty consistently driving about 20 to 25 percent of all U.S. private-sector productivity growth.’”
President Trump has proposed slashing federal scientific funding. Economists say the long-term consequences could be dire.
By @gbrumfiel.bsky.social
By @gbrumfiel.bsky.social
Economists warn Trump's research cuts could have dire consequences for GDP
President Trump has proposed slashing federal scientific funding. Economists say the long-term consequences could be dire.
www.npr.org
May 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
“Since World War II, ‘government R&D investments are pretty consistently driving about 20 to 25 percent of all U.S. private-sector productivity growth.’”
Our MS student is leading a huge effort to remeasure soil respiration (200+ collars!) around the Bartlett AmeriFlux tower (US-Bar) after 20 years of rising CO2 and declining N deposition. Is the forest allocating more C belowground to offset N limitation?
...And so many painted trillium!
...And so many painted trillium!
May 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Our MS student is leading a huge effort to remeasure soil respiration (200+ collars!) around the Bartlett AmeriFlux tower (US-Bar) after 20 years of rising CO2 and declining N deposition. Is the forest allocating more C belowground to offset N limitation?
...And so many painted trillium!
...And so many painted trillium!
20 point dendrometers installed and ready for the growing season!
April 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
20 point dendrometers installed and ready for the growing season!
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An underwater camera set up 55 years ago to try and photograph the Loch Ness Monster has been found by accident by a robot submarine.
#LochNessMonster #Photography #UnderwaterPhotography #History #BBCNews #Legends
#LochNessMonster #Photography #UnderwaterPhotography #History #BBCNews #Legends
Camera set up to catch Loch Ness Monster unearthed
No sign of the famous monster was found on the camera that had been in Loch Ness for 55 years.
www.bbc.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
An underwater camera set up 55 years ago to try and photograph the Loch Ness Monster has been found by accident by a robot submarine.
#LochNessMonster #Photography #UnderwaterPhotography #History #BBCNews #Legends
#LochNessMonster #Photography #UnderwaterPhotography #History #BBCNews #Legends
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⚡⚡Did you know that some trees WANT to be struck by lightning?⚡⚡ Well, trees don't "want" anything, but if they did, then Dipteryx oleifera trees would want to be struck by lightning. Just published yesterday (tinyurl.com/ltbnft) and described in this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwX_... (1/5)
How some trees benefit from being struck by lightning
YouTube video by Evan Gora
www.youtube.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM
⚡⚡Did you know that some trees WANT to be struck by lightning?⚡⚡ Well, trees don't "want" anything, but if they did, then Dipteryx oleifera trees would want to be struck by lightning. Just published yesterday (tinyurl.com/ltbnft) and described in this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwX_... (1/5)
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This is unabashed fascism. Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with 'improper ideology' apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with 'improper ideology'
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”
apnews.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
This is unabashed fascism. Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with 'improper ideology' apnews.com/article/trum...
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A global meta-analysis of soil respiration in response to elevated CO2 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A global meta-analysis of soil respiration in response to elevated CO2
Soil respiration (Rs) is a crucial component of the terrestrial ecosystem carbon (C) cycle, which significantly regulates atmospheric CO2 concentratio…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A global meta-analysis of soil respiration in response to elevated CO2 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Just heard that Trump is putting an end to atmospheric monitoring site NY67 that is run out of my lab. This is one of the oldest NADP sites in the US, continually measuring acid rain and other pollutants since 1977. Closing it down is tragic.
March 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Just heard that Trump is putting an end to atmospheric monitoring site NY67 that is run out of my lab. This is one of the oldest NADP sites in the US, continually measuring acid rain and other pollutants since 1977. Closing it down is tragic.
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📢 Our Annual Ecology Symposium is next week! 🌳🔬👨🏽🎓 Zoom in to hear exciting research & education updates from HF researchers & associates. rb.gy/c0bjp5
March 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
📢 Our Annual Ecology Symposium is next week! 🌳🔬👨🏽🎓 Zoom in to hear exciting research & education updates from HF researchers & associates. rb.gy/c0bjp5
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Congrats to Samuel Jurado on his first first-authored paper! We found that larger rain events lead to lower soil moisture, creating dry land-atm feedbacks in the NE US by increasing the height of cloud formation.
Research @harvardforest.bsky.social thx to @ameriflux.bsky.social & NSF REU & LTER
Research @harvardforest.bsky.social thx to @ameriflux.bsky.social & NSF REU & LTER
Increasing Large Precipitation Events and Low Available Water Holding Capacity Create the Conditions for Dry Land‐Atmosphere Feedbacks in the Northeastern United States
Land-atmosphere coupling at Harvard Forest is principally controlled by the low amount of precipitation retained as soil moisture rather than evapotranspiration
More extreme rainfall resulted in ...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Congrats to Samuel Jurado on his first first-authored paper! We found that larger rain events lead to lower soil moisture, creating dry land-atm feedbacks in the NE US by increasing the height of cloud formation.
Research @harvardforest.bsky.social thx to @ameriflux.bsky.social & NSF REU & LTER
Research @harvardforest.bsky.social thx to @ameriflux.bsky.social & NSF REU & LTER
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Firings are happening right now at the National Science Foundation. Essential staff are being cut.
This isn’t about the budget. If it was, they’d be going after the military (17%) or state appropriations (38%). NSF is 0.7% of the federal budget. All federal employees make up only 4% of the budget.
This isn’t about the budget. If it was, they’d be going after the military (17%) or state appropriations (38%). NSF is 0.7% of the federal budget. All federal employees make up only 4% of the budget.
February 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Firings are happening right now at the National Science Foundation. Essential staff are being cut.
This isn’t about the budget. If it was, they’d be going after the military (17%) or state appropriations (38%). NSF is 0.7% of the federal budget. All federal employees make up only 4% of the budget.
This isn’t about the budget. If it was, they’d be going after the military (17%) or state appropriations (38%). NSF is 0.7% of the federal budget. All federal employees make up only 4% of the budget.
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Pretty much every single person among the 100,000s the Trump administration is summarily firing is someone who works hard at a job where they earn much less than they could in the private sector, precisely because they believe in public service.
This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.
February 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Pretty much every single person among the 100,000s the Trump administration is summarily firing is someone who works hard at a job where they earn much less than they could in the private sector, precisely because they believe in public service.
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Worried about illegal take over of our federal agencies by unelected tech bros who are stealing our data and wrecking the good work those agencies do? Then call your entire congressional delegation, representatives and senators, as I did this morning. I was able to leave messages on all four of mine
February 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Worried about illegal take over of our federal agencies by unelected tech bros who are stealing our data and wrecking the good work those agencies do? Then call your entire congressional delegation, representatives and senators, as I did this morning. I was able to leave messages on all four of mine
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This is absolutely batshit crazy. It's infuriating... Weather information is SO important. NOAA weather warnings are life saving, from North Carolina to California to New Jersey to Florida, etc.
Losing NOAA would be devastating. Project 2025 authors want to get rid of it because it monitors climate change, and privatize the information it currently provides for free, so you'll have to buy information about the weather and the winds (imperative for mariners).
I have covered NOAA and it’s work for like 15 years and this is brutal. If you’re there and want to chat or share anything, signal is davelevitan.26
February 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This is absolutely batshit crazy. It's infuriating... Weather information is SO important. NOAA weather warnings are life saving, from North Carolina to California to New Jersey to Florida, etc.
For those in NH -- Concord at noon
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February 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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New Tansley review paper from Zoe Pierrat & friends in @newphyt.bsky.social linking proximal remote sensing with ecosystem fluxes!
Synergies and best practices for hyperspectral reflectance, SIF, thermal, microwave and lidar 🌈🌲🗼🛰️🧪
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Synergies and best practices for hyperspectral reflectance, SIF, thermal, microwave and lidar 🌈🌲🗼🛰️🧪
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
New Tansley review paper from Zoe Pierrat & friends in @newphyt.bsky.social linking proximal remote sensing with ecosystem fluxes!
Synergies and best practices for hyperspectral reflectance, SIF, thermal, microwave and lidar 🌈🌲🗼🛰️🧪
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Synergies and best practices for hyperspectral reflectance, SIF, thermal, microwave and lidar 🌈🌲🗼🛰️🧪
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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really excited to share this new paper led by postdoc shannon bayliss showing species differences account for 17-44% of temperature variation across a tropical forest canopy rdcu.be/d6HPt
Scale-dependent responses to environmental fluctuations in tropical tree species’ crown temperatures
Communications Earth & Environment - Tree temperatures in tropical forests show distinct responses to external changes at leaf and crown levels, with crown temperatures being less sensitive due...
rdcu.be
January 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
really excited to share this new paper led by postdoc shannon bayliss showing species differences account for 17-44% of temperature variation across a tropical forest canopy rdcu.be/d6HPt
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Check out our new article just out in The Conversation highlighting the effects of warming leaves +4°C in tropical trees. 🌿🌡️ theconversation.com/study-shows-...
Study shows hot leaves can’t catch carbon from the air. It’s bad news for rainforests – and Earth
An experiment in the Daintree rainforest found the rate of photosynthesis in leaves warmed by 4°C dropped by an average of 35% compared to non-warmed controls.
theconversation.com
January 15, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Check out our new article just out in The Conversation highlighting the effects of warming leaves +4°C in tropical trees. 🌿🌡️ theconversation.com/study-shows-...
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🌿📷🌡️ Calling all #NearSurfaceRemoteSensing enthusiasts at #AGU24!
Join us for the session "B21B – Advancing Environmental Monitoring through Near-Surface Imaging Technologies"
📅 Tuesday
⏰ 8:30–10:00 AM
📍 Room 151B
Join us for the session "B21B – Advancing Environmental Monitoring through Near-Surface Imaging Technologies"
📅 Tuesday
⏰ 8:30–10:00 AM
📍 Room 151B
December 4, 2024 at 5:26 PM
🌿📷🌡️ Calling all #NearSurfaceRemoteSensing enthusiasts at #AGU24!
Join us for the session "B21B – Advancing Environmental Monitoring through Near-Surface Imaging Technologies"
📅 Tuesday
⏰ 8:30–10:00 AM
📍 Room 151B
Join us for the session "B21B – Advancing Environmental Monitoring through Near-Surface Imaging Technologies"
📅 Tuesday
⏰ 8:30–10:00 AM
📍 Room 151B
Wrapping up litter collection at BEF. Basket almost disappeared in this deep leaf drift!
November 22, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Wrapping up litter collection at BEF. Basket almost disappeared in this deep leaf drift!