Pauline Grierson
@pfgblue.bsky.social
Plants & soil | Tree rings | Water | Isotopes | Fire |Arid Australia | Biogeochemistry |Botany | Inordinately fond of working dogs, esp. kelpies
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#CSIROcuts
A DMer has reported that researchers working in areas Minister Ayers said would be cut (nutrition) first found this out via media reports of the Minister’s statements.
It wasn’t ’til the following day that CSIRO told them their specific area would be targeted.
Nice.
A DMer has reported that researchers working in areas Minister Ayers said would be cut (nutrition) first found this out via media reports of the Minister’s statements.
It wasn’t ’til the following day that CSIRO told them their specific area would be targeted.
Nice.
November 21, 2025 at 4:55 AM
#CSIROcuts
A DMer has reported that researchers working in areas Minister Ayers said would be cut (nutrition) first found this out via media reports of the Minister’s statements.
It wasn’t ’til the following day that CSIRO told them their specific area would be targeted.
Nice.
A DMer has reported that researchers working in areas Minister Ayers said would be cut (nutrition) first found this out via media reports of the Minister’s statements.
It wasn’t ’til the following day that CSIRO told them their specific area would be targeted.
Nice.
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This is utterly outrageous by the Group of Eight unis, and deeply insulting and undermining for environment and climate experts trying their hardest to achieve a more sustainable future for society. Shameful stuff.
1/ No surpirise that Business Council of Australia's leading the charge for further regressive changes to Watt's already regressive EPBC package
But 🤯 that the Group of 8 Unis (ANU, Monash, UAdelaide, UMelb, UNSW, USyd, UQ, UWA) have signed the 'Letter from the Alliance of 26 industry Groups' 🤬🤬🤬
But 🤯 that the Group of 8 Unis (ANU, Monash, UAdelaide, UMelb, UNSW, USyd, UQ, UWA) have signed the 'Letter from the Alliance of 26 industry Groups' 🤬🤬🤬
Alliance of Industry Groups: Letter on EPBC - Business Council of Australia
www.bca.com.au
November 21, 2025 at 5:30 AM
This is utterly outrageous by the Group of Eight unis, and deeply insulting and undermining for environment and climate experts trying their hardest to achieve a more sustainable future for society. Shameful stuff.
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🌱 EXPERT VIEW 🌱
In all land plants, small secreted peptides belonging to the CLE family move from cell to cell and activate their cognate receptors to control a plethora of developmental processes - Cornelis & Hazak
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪 @hazaklab.bsky.social
In all land plants, small secreted peptides belonging to the CLE family move from cell to cell and activate their cognate receptors to control a plethora of developmental processes - Cornelis & Hazak
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪 @hazaklab.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🌱 EXPERT VIEW 🌱
In all land plants, small secreted peptides belonging to the CLE family move from cell to cell and activate their cognate receptors to control a plethora of developmental processes - Cornelis & Hazak
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪 @hazaklab.bsky.social
In all land plants, small secreted peptides belonging to the CLE family move from cell to cell and activate their cognate receptors to control a plethora of developmental processes - Cornelis & Hazak
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪 @hazaklab.bsky.social
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#UBC Botany is hiring an Assistant Professor in Non-Seed Plant Diversity - come work with us in beautiful #Vancouver, BC! Please repost!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
University of British Columbia, Botany
Job #AJO31140, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN NON-SEED PLANT DIVERSITY (BRYOPHYTES, FERNS, LYCOPHYTES), Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
academicjobsonline.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
#UBC Botany is hiring an Assistant Professor in Non-Seed Plant Diversity - come work with us in beautiful #Vancouver, BC! Please repost!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
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November 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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In our new review in WIREs WATER, we synthesize knowledge on ecosystem (dis)services, multifunctionality, and trade‐offs in urban ponds and highlight garden ponds as a specific subtype that deserves more attention
🏙️🔵🏡
doi.org/10.1002/wat2...
@epcn.bsky.social
🏙️🔵🏡
doi.org/10.1002/wat2...
@epcn.bsky.social
Urban Ponds and the Emerging Role of Garden Ponds: Ecosystem Services and Disservices, Multifunctionality, and Trade‐Offs
Urban ponds and garden ponds—a specific subset of the former, usually located in private gardens—are both typical examples of ponds in the urban landscape. They deliver multiple ecosystem services bu...
doi.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
In our new review in WIREs WATER, we synthesize knowledge on ecosystem (dis)services, multifunctionality, and trade‐offs in urban ponds and highlight garden ponds as a specific subtype that deserves more attention
🏙️🔵🏡
doi.org/10.1002/wat2...
@epcn.bsky.social
🏙️🔵🏡
doi.org/10.1002/wat2...
@epcn.bsky.social
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PM @albomp.bsky.social says "his government was a “friend of science”"
@australiainstitute.org.au graph says NO
(Australia's pitiful R&D spend includes tax breaks to private companies; h/t @rodcampbell.bsky.social, @tomswann.bsky.social)
#WithFriendsLikeTheseWhoNeedsEnemies
@australiainstitute.org.au graph says NO
(Australia's pitiful R&D spend includes tax breaks to private companies; h/t @rodcampbell.bsky.social, @tomswann.bsky.social)
#WithFriendsLikeTheseWhoNeedsEnemies
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
PM @albomp.bsky.social says "his government was a “friend of science”"
@australiainstitute.org.au graph says NO
(Australia's pitiful R&D spend includes tax breaks to private companies; h/t @rodcampbell.bsky.social, @tomswann.bsky.social)
#WithFriendsLikeTheseWhoNeedsEnemies
@australiainstitute.org.au graph says NO
(Australia's pitiful R&D spend includes tax breaks to private companies; h/t @rodcampbell.bsky.social, @tomswann.bsky.social)
#WithFriendsLikeTheseWhoNeedsEnemies
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Calling yourself a 'Friend to science' is a bit on the nose when the majority of universities, CSIRO, and ANSTO are cutting or have cut staff in the last year. Our institutions punch above their weight DESPITE successive government policies giving them the squeeze. We are such a wealthy country […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Calling yourself a 'Friend to science' is a bit on the nose when the majority of universities, CSIRO, and ANSTO are cutting or have cut staff in the last year. Our institutions punch above their weight DESPITE successive government policies giving them the squeeze. We are such a wealthy country […]
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@readfearn.bsky.social:"The loss of corals at Ningaloo was part of the 4th & worst global mass bleaching event on record that exposed >80% of reefs in >80 countries to temperatures high enough to cause bleaching."
2024 was 1st calendar year w mean 🌏 temp exceeding 1.5°C above pre-industrial level
2024 was 1st calendar year w mean 🌏 temp exceeding 1.5°C above pre-industrial level
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
@readfearn.bsky.social:"The loss of corals at Ningaloo was part of the 4th & worst global mass bleaching event on record that exposed >80% of reefs in >80 countries to temperatures high enough to cause bleaching."
2024 was 1st calendar year w mean 🌏 temp exceeding 1.5°C above pre-industrial level
2024 was 1st calendar year w mean 🌏 temp exceeding 1.5°C above pre-industrial level
Blimey! Just missed it at Myalup. That’s one heck of a downpour 💧💧💧
Myalup Recorded 49.4mm Of Rain In 30 Minutes Up To 2:45pm Today And Williams Recorded 30.4mm Of Rain In 1 Hour Up To 2:37pm 💦 #GreatSouthern #PerthNews #SouthWestWA #Wheatbelt #WesternAustralia
November 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Blimey! Just missed it at Myalup. That’s one heck of a downpour 💧💧💧
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Four on the Hills Hoist and one in the tree, taken on my phone at dusk just now before they embark on a big night of feeding. Thrilled that all youngsters have made it thus far, given that I’m seeing so many chick losses reported on my tawny socials… #tawnyfrogmouth #ausbirds #wildoz #birds
November 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Four on the Hills Hoist and one in the tree, taken on my phone at dusk just now before they embark on a big night of feeding. Thrilled that all youngsters have made it thus far, given that I’m seeing so many chick losses reported on my tawny socials… #tawnyfrogmouth #ausbirds #wildoz #birds
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A magnificent multi-stem oak in Borders Forest Trust’s Dairy Wood historic wood pasture at Ericstane just north of Moffat, Dumfrisshire 🏴
We have done Dendro here showing the oak stems originate in the early 19th century.
#ThickTrunkTuesday
We have done Dendro here showing the oak stems originate in the early 19th century.
#ThickTrunkTuesday
October 28, 2025 at 6:32 AM
A magnificent multi-stem oak in Borders Forest Trust’s Dairy Wood historic wood pasture at Ericstane just north of Moffat, Dumfrisshire 🏴
We have done Dendro here showing the oak stems originate in the early 19th century.
#ThickTrunkTuesday
We have done Dendro here showing the oak stems originate in the early 19th century.
#ThickTrunkTuesday
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A new collaboration with the dendro group at the University of Gothenburg initiated. Together, we will study the establishment of woody shrubs in Greenland and tree growth variability in relation to ongoing climate change. 🌳💍🔬
November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A new collaboration with the dendro group at the University of Gothenburg initiated. Together, we will study the establishment of woody shrubs in Greenland and tree growth variability in relation to ongoing climate change. 🌳💍🔬
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Our thanks to Dr @dendro-aoife.bsky.social for her talk at the Discovery 2025! Conference on Saturday 8th November.
#irisharchaeology
#ulsterarchaeology
#irisharchaeology
#ulsterarchaeology
November 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Our thanks to Dr @dendro-aoife.bsky.social for her talk at the Discovery 2025! Conference on Saturday 8th November.
#irisharchaeology
#ulsterarchaeology
#irisharchaeology
#ulsterarchaeology
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Tree-ring dating has revolutionised our understanding of the age of ancient buildings. A house in Norwell (Notts) which was thought to be 18th century turned out to be 14th century.
To find out more about dendrochronology please join us on 25 Nov:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
To find out more about dendrochronology please join us on 25 Nov:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
November 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Tree-ring dating has revolutionised our understanding of the age of ancient buildings. A house in Norwell (Notts) which was thought to be 18th century turned out to be 14th century.
To find out more about dendrochronology please join us on 25 Nov:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
To find out more about dendrochronology please join us on 25 Nov:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
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Ed Husic grills ANZ CEO Nuno Matos & asks how it’s fair that ANZ ripped off 65K customers & the worst punishment received by Senior Execs was not getting a bonus, while at same time the bank is sacking 3500 workers who didn’t do a thing wrong.
Matos says he’s not proud about it. #Estimates
Matos says he’s not proud about it. #Estimates
November 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Ed Husic grills ANZ CEO Nuno Matos & asks how it’s fair that ANZ ripped off 65K customers & the worst punishment received by Senior Execs was not getting a bonus, while at same time the bank is sacking 3500 workers who didn’t do a thing wrong.
Matos says he’s not proud about it. #Estimates
Matos says he’s not proud about it. #Estimates
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🌊 What is the Meridional Overturning Circulation
and why is it important?
The Meridional Overturning Circulation (#MOC) – critical for transporting heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients across the globe – is weakening under climate change.
and why is it important?
The Meridional Overturning Circulation (#MOC) – critical for transporting heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients across the globe – is weakening under climate change.
November 19, 2025 at 1:31 AM
🌊 What is the Meridional Overturning Circulation
and why is it important?
The Meridional Overturning Circulation (#MOC) – critical for transporting heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients across the globe – is weakening under climate change.
and why is it important?
The Meridional Overturning Circulation (#MOC) – critical for transporting heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients across the globe – is weakening under climate change.
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Also relevant in Australia where contrary to all available evidence & advice from conservation science & environmental legal experts, the @albomp.bsky.social Labor govt is trying to insert #PayToDestroy biodiversity offsets into the #EPBC reform package
🌿 “You can't buy back biodiversity.” We agree with #CANBill supporter, Neil Duncan-Jordan MP, at the Planning Bill debate. Nature isn't a nice to have, it’s all we have. Restoring nature must be at the centre of the Government's plans.
November 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Also relevant in Australia where contrary to all available evidence & advice from conservation science & environmental legal experts, the @albomp.bsky.social Labor govt is trying to insert #PayToDestroy biodiversity offsets into the #EPBC reform package
done. Stupid is a very polite way of describing the continued decimation of Australia's national science agency.
November 19, 2025 at 12:39 AM
done. Stupid is a very polite way of describing the continued decimation of Australia's national science agency.
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Where to start, with a statement like this?
"Tim Ayres said the cuts were aimed at refocusing … CSIRO towards research priorities, such as critical minerals, iron & steel production in Australia."
From some rando down the bus stop, one would brush it off.
But this is from our Science Minister 🤯
"Tim Ayres said the cuts were aimed at refocusing … CSIRO towards research priorities, such as critical minerals, iron & steel production in Australia."
From some rando down the bus stop, one would brush it off.
But this is from our Science Minister 🤯
CSIRO to cut up to 350 research jobs in major overhaul
After 440 positions were slashed last year, the CSIRO has announced more staff cuts across the country in a bid to remain financially viable.
www.abc.net.au
November 19, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Where to start, with a statement like this?
"Tim Ayres said the cuts were aimed at refocusing … CSIRO towards research priorities, such as critical minerals, iron & steel production in Australia."
From some rando down the bus stop, one would brush it off.
But this is from our Science Minister 🤯
"Tim Ayres said the cuts were aimed at refocusing … CSIRO towards research priorities, such as critical minerals, iron & steel production in Australia."
From some rando down the bus stop, one would brush it off.
But this is from our Science Minister 🤯
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That liberal arts college that DeSantis is bragging about having remolded into a conservative institution? New College of Florida now spends over 10x as much per student as other public colleges in FL and has dropped almost 60 places in the national rankings in the 2 yrs since the takeover. Winning!
November 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
That liberal arts college that DeSantis is bragging about having remolded into a conservative institution? New College of Florida now spends over 10x as much per student as other public colleges in FL and has dropped almost 60 places in the national rankings in the 2 yrs since the takeover. Winning!
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I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
