Jeff Corbin
@jeffcorbin.bsky.social
Plant ecologist at Union College. I study habitat restoration and species invasions. Sounds fascinating, I know! https://jeffcorbin.org/
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Jeff Corbin
@jeffcorbin.bsky.social
· Feb 6
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
New paper! Do #bioinvasions exert a legacy after they are removed? My study in a NY pine barren found that yes, they do - though those legacies lessen over time. Exotic species can influence the pathway of ecosystem #restoration. 🌎🧪🌐
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We are hiring!! Asst Prof of Environmental Biology and Public Health! "...interaction between biological systems and the environment as it relates to epidemiology and/or public health."
Deadline 12/31/25. Please apply here: unioncollege.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UnionC...
Deadline 12/31/25. Please apply here: unioncollege.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UnionC...
Assistant Professor of Biology
Union College invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor of Environmental Biology and Public Health beginning September 1, 2026. Review of applications will begin after December 31, ...
unioncollege.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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We are hiring!! Asst Prof of Environmental Biology and Public Health! "...interaction between biological systems and the environment as it relates to epidemiology and/or public health."
Deadline 12/31/25. Please apply here: unioncollege.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UnionC...
Deadline 12/31/25. Please apply here: unioncollege.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UnionC...
Assistant Professor of Biology
Union College invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor of Environmental Biology and Public Health beginning September 1, 2026. Review of applications will begin after December 31, ...
unioncollege.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
We are hiring!! Asst Prof of Environmental Biology and Public Health! "...interaction between biological systems and the environment as it relates to epidemiology and/or public health."
Deadline 12/31/25. Please apply here: unioncollege.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UnionC...
Deadline 12/31/25. Please apply here: unioncollege.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UnionC...
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Researchers challenge claim of a strong Yellowstone trophic cascade after wolf reintroduction
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phys.org/news/2025-10...
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Researchers challenge claim of a strong Yellowstone trophic cascade after wolf reintroduction
A new analysis challenges one of the most publicized claims about Yellowstone's wolves. In a detailed comment published in Global Ecology and Conservation, researchers from Utah State University and C...
phys.org
October 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Researchers challenge claim of a strong Yellowstone trophic cascade after wolf reintroduction
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Super fun day sampling leaves of red maple trees in Schenectady, NY for my student’s @unioncollege.bsky.social thesis about genetic diversity of urban trees.
September 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Super fun day sampling leaves of red maple trees in Schenectady, NY for my student’s @unioncollege.bsky.social thesis about genetic diversity of urban trees.
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"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
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As one can imagine, I have some thoughts. Here’s a thread no one asked for:
1. SCIENCE IN THE US IS POLITICAL. No matter how much you want to ignore that fact, it is supported by taxpayer dollars and is therefore, political by nature.
2. BUT it has had bipartisan support for decades, which…
1. SCIENCE IN THE US IS POLITICAL. No matter how much you want to ignore that fact, it is supported by taxpayer dollars and is therefore, political by nature.
2. BUT it has had bipartisan support for decades, which…
For some scientists fighting partisan attacks, the goal is to defend their work from political interference. But in retaliating, @katherinejwu.com reports, they also run the risk of advancing the narrative that they want to fight.
Scientists Are Caught in a Political Trap
Fighting back against the Trump administration means they start to look more like activists.
bit.ly
August 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
As one can imagine, I have some thoughts. Here’s a thread no one asked for:
1. SCIENCE IN THE US IS POLITICAL. No matter how much you want to ignore that fact, it is supported by taxpayer dollars and is therefore, political by nature.
2. BUT it has had bipartisan support for decades, which…
1. SCIENCE IN THE US IS POLITICAL. No matter how much you want to ignore that fact, it is supported by taxpayer dollars and is therefore, political by nature.
2. BUT it has had bipartisan support for decades, which…
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My new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Scientists’ role in defending democracy
The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...
www.science.org
August 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
My new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
So, my college is considering whether to stop pursuing NSF and NIH grants. (Faculty grants too, of course.) Because we can’t abide the DEI certification. Decision to be made quickly, after discussions.
July 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
So, my college is considering whether to stop pursuing NSF and NIH grants. (Faculty grants too, of course.) Because we can’t abide the DEI certification. Decision to be made quickly, after discussions.
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Restoration of native saltmarshes enhances carbon sequestration & mitigates warming effects following Spartina alterniflora removal 🌊🧪
Suggests future restoration programmes should prioritise multifunctional outcomes 💭🌏
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Suggests future restoration programmes should prioritise multifunctional outcomes 💭🌏
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
July 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Restoration of native saltmarshes enhances carbon sequestration & mitigates warming effects following Spartina alterniflora removal 🌊🧪
Suggests future restoration programmes should prioritise multifunctional outcomes 💭🌏
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Suggests future restoration programmes should prioritise multifunctional outcomes 💭🌏
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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Springer Nature--pioneering the new world of science where facts can be made up and citations generated to support them
July 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Springer Nature--pioneering the new world of science where facts can be made up and citations generated to support them
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To put it another way, it takes the approach of actively penalizing the technologies of the 21st century and subsidizing the technologies of the 19th century. As solar, batteries, and electrification are rapidly adopted by the rest of the world, we are stepping backwards.
June 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
To put it another way, it takes the approach of actively penalizing the technologies of the 21st century and subsidizing the technologies of the 19th century. As solar, batteries, and electrification are rapidly adopted by the rest of the world, we are stepping backwards.
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The US is falling behind the curve on solar power – a key energy source of the 21st century. We are losing our edge to China on the technology that we originally invented.
Now Senate republicans want to take out our solar industry at the knees in their "Big Beautiful Bill":
Now Senate republicans want to take out our solar industry at the knees in their "Big Beautiful Bill":
June 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The US is falling behind the curve on solar power – a key energy source of the 21st century. We are losing our edge to China on the technology that we originally invented.
Now Senate republicans want to take out our solar industry at the knees in their "Big Beautiful Bill":
Now Senate republicans want to take out our solar industry at the knees in their "Big Beautiful Bill":
New paper! "Why are non-native plants successful? Consistently fast economic traits and novel origin jointly explain abundance across US ecoregions" in @newphyt.bsky.social. Another great paper by my amazing collaborators. 🌎🧪 #bioinvasions nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Why are non‐native plants successful? Consistently fast economic traits and novel origin jointly explain abundance across US ecoregions
Are non-native plants abundant because they are non-native, and have advantages over native plants, or because they possess ‘fast’ resource strategies, and have advantages in disturbed environments?.....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
New paper! "Why are non-native plants successful? Consistently fast economic traits and novel origin jointly explain abundance across US ecoregions" in @newphyt.bsky.social. Another great paper by my amazing collaborators. 🌎🧪 #bioinvasions nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
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What is the Human Shield Hypothesis, how do we test it and what do those tests find? New paper out in Ecology Letters today asking these questions. Thanks to @kaitlyngaynor.bsky.social and Mike Noonan for having me.
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Human Shield Hypothesis: Does Predator Avoidance of Humans Create Refuges for Prey?
The human shield hypothesis posits that predators avoid areas of human disturbance due to perceived risk from humans, and prey therefore seeks refuge in these areas of perceived safety. Our systemati...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
What is the Human Shield Hypothesis, how do we test it and what do those tests find? New paper out in Ecology Letters today asking these questions. Thanks to @kaitlyngaynor.bsky.social and Mike Noonan for having me.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Does anyone know when we're getting our speaking slots for #ESABaltimore? The last email (a month ago) said "by the end of May". @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Does anyone know when we're getting our speaking slots for #ESABaltimore? The last email (a month ago) said "by the end of May". @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
Just accepted a request to review today, as a matter of fact.
Instead of declaring "peer review is broken" and doing nothing about it, improvements are in our control...
Review 2-3x the number of papers you submit per year.
dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/y...
Review 2-3x the number of papers you submit per year.
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You’re probably why it takes so long for your paper to get reviewed and your excuses are bad
A weird thing happened in scientific publishing during COVID. And it hasn’t gone away. Publications went up 30-50%. And responses to requests to review went down 30-50%. I know the actual statistic…
dynamicecology.wordpress.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Just accepted a request to review today, as a matter of fact.
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Bhattacharya : Lists all of the amazing advancements of the NIH.
Then he says that the public doesn't trust the NIH... (evidence does not support this) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Then he says that the public doesn't trust the NIH... (evidence does not support this) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries - Nature Human Behaviour
What is the state of trust in scientists around the world? To answer this question, the authors surveyed 71,922 respondents in 68 countries and found that trust in scientists is moderately high.
www.nature.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bhattacharya : Lists all of the amazing advancements of the NIH.
Then he says that the public doesn't trust the NIH... (evidence does not support this) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Then he says that the public doesn't trust the NIH... (evidence does not support this) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
My dog is a pretty effective seed disperser today!
June 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
My dog is a pretty effective seed disperser today!
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Exclusive: Confusion over new DEI language from NSF and NIH leads Williams College to be first institution to pause accepting any grants www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. college is first to decline federal science grants because of new DEI language
Williams College says NSF and NIH requirement related to discrimination “undermines” academic freedom
www.science.org
June 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Exclusive: Confusion over new DEI language from NSF and NIH leads Williams College to be first institution to pause accepting any grants www.science.org/content/arti...
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The US National Science Foundation could lose more than half its budget
https://go.nature.com/4dMdIAZ
https://go.nature.com/4dMdIAZ
Trump moves to slash NSF: why are the proposed budget cuts so big?
Major US science funder could lose more than half its budget — and researchers are reeling.
go.nature.com
June 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The US National Science Foundation could lose more than half its budget
https://go.nature.com/4dMdIAZ
https://go.nature.com/4dMdIAZ
I let my Intro Bio students vote on the topic for the last lecture of the term - Climate change, conservation, or invasive species. To my modest surprise, they picked invasive species!
a man in a green jacket is sitting in a chair with his hand on his knee and says `` alrighty then '' .
ALT: a man in a green jacket is sitting in a chair with his hand on his knee and says `` alrighty then '' .
media.tenor.com
June 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I let my Intro Bio students vote on the topic for the last lecture of the term - Climate change, conservation, or invasive species. To my modest surprise, they picked invasive species!
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If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
June 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.