If you're waiting on a reply, a peer review, or other effort from me--please be patient. I urgently left to document a developing forest die-off event more intense than any I've seen. No obvious biotic agents, dead & dying include multiple Pinus & Juniperus, many Quercus, & shrubs. #WhatKillsTrees

tired: people AI-generating rando images of themselves as anime

WIRED: AI’s energy use already represents as much as 20 percent of global data-center power demand, new analysis has found

⚠️Highly recommended🐤
Laura Céspedes on her research about the crazy speciation history of Andean Myioborus 🧬
@theaga.bsky.social
blog.theaga.org/eecg-embarka... #birds #andes #genomes #hybridzones

📢Interested in plant drought resistance and tree mortality?🌳🌿

👥Join us to explore key physiological mechanisms behind these processes!

👨‍🎓We’re seeking strong candidates to apply for a MSCA #Postdoc Fellowship in our team.

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#PlantScience #Drought #TreeMortality

So pleased that @crothfels.bsky.social @msundue.bsky.social @mlinkperez.bsky.social @aaronliston.bsky.social @klymiuk.ca et al choose to introduce this great resource in #AppsPlantSci!

Check out the press release & the paper: bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

#pteridophytes #ferns

This year, Science will present a limited #SciencePodcast🎙️ series featuring books that delve into the science of death, exploring the topic through the lenses of biology, sociology, technology, and even astrophysics.

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📰Published📰 Thick leaves are more tolerant to increased temperatures expected under new climatic scenarios in Andean tropical montane forests🌴

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I’m so angry & heart broken. My NSF CAREER grant was stolen today; dream project supporting science teachers/students as climate justice action researchers, tackling urban heat. Truly transformative, the culmination of my life’s work, we won’t stop, not in this climate crisis. Gonna fight like hell!

Excited to share our detailed and comprehensive protocol on leaf clearing that has been developed throughout the years and across institutions. Enjoy! :)

✈️ BSA Travel Awards Now Open – Apply by March 15!

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There’s a good chance your Latino students are not okay. At a minimum, tell them you see their humanity. If you can, go a step further and create community where they feel safe expressing their culture and speaking their language.

What are you doing in solidarity and support??

New paper by @darwinnernz.bsky.social @timcurran.bsky.social in Ecology Letters using @gbif.org mediated data:

Leaf Dry Matter Content Is Phylogenetically Conserved and Related to Environmental Conditions, Especially Wildfire Activity

#CiteTheDOI: ❌

https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70056

How are tree species that we are planting in cities coping with increments in temperatures?
Check this work that was part of my undergrad thesis in Bogotá, Colombia 🇨🇴 @bsalgadonegret.bsky.social

Thermal acclimation of #tree species in a tropical Andean city: Exploring the role of species origin & thermal niche

New #AJB research by María Cuervo-Gómez, Luz Marina Melgarejo & Beatriz Salgado-Negret

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #climatechange #Colombia #Bogota