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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 29d

One in six species on Earth experienced extraordinarily high temperatures across more than 25% of their range in 2024--the hottest year on record. For most, this was the second year of extreme heat, likely compounding risks. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The number of terrestrial vertebrate species highly thermally exposed (>25% range) over time versus the mean global terrestrial temperature anomaly (denoted by color scale of points).

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Brian Maitner @maitner.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Miles de especies estuvieron expuestas en 2024 a un calor que nunca habían sufrido

La sucesión de años calurosos pueden llevar a muchos animales a incurrir en deudas ecológicas que no podrán pagar

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Mark Urban @mark-urban.bsky.social · Aug 27

Hottest year in recorded history compounds global biodiversity risks | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
What species and regions experienced no-analogue conditions? How well can we predict them? How often are species hit again and again?

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Between the Fjords Research Group @btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social · Aug 26

Our own Vigdis Vandvik will be Coordinating Lead Author on the upcoming seventh #IPCC report, co-leading the chapter on climate change, #biodiversity, #ecosystems and ecosystem services on land and in freshwater. A big, challenging, and very exciting task! @vvandvik.bsky.social

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Joseph Gaudard @jogaudard.bsky.social · Aug 26

fluxible R package CRAN update (v1.3.0): new functions, vignette for tent setup, various fixes, and a logo!
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#rstats #ecosystemgasfluxes #carbonfluxes
@btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social @hilaryrosed.bsky.social @jonastrepel.bsky.social @martabaumane.bsky.social @kristabirk.bsky.social

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Brian Maitner @maitner.bsky.social · Aug 25

2024 was the hottest year on record, but how bad was it? Our new paper shows that one in six terrestrial vertebrate species were exposed to unprecedented temperatures across at least 25% of their range!

@pnas.org #climatechange #news #conservation
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Hottest year in recorded history compounds global biodiversity risks | PNAS

As climate change accelerates, effectively monitoring and managing the growing impacts on biodiversity is an urgent priority. Here, we identify the...

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Brian Maitner @maitner.bsky.social · Aug 11

Fair. And since these are McFarlane figures, they're really more statues than action figures anyway, so not much point in opening them.

Brian Maitner @maitner.bsky.social · Aug 4

Interested in #Biodiversity #Informatics? Cool new work led by Xiao Feng examines the current state of the field and proposes how to improve things!

doi.org/10.1093/bios...

The next stage of biodiversity informatics: community-driven synthesis and integration of biodiversity databases

Abstract. Developing a predictive science of the biosphere depends heavily on the rapidly expanding biodiversity data that are commonly stored in biodivers

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Brian Maitner @maitner.bsky.social · Aug 4

Mike's right, I open my toys so I can play with them ;)

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Brian Maitner @maitner.bsky.social · Jun 24

Tree species exposure to novel climates in #Florida by end-of-century. The green dot indicates @usf.edu's Tampa campus. Data are from our new paper in @pnas.org (doi.org/10.1073/pnas...)

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Jens-Christian Svenning @jcsvenning.bsky.social · Jun 24

New in @pnas.org we assess future #climate exposure for 32,089 species of #trees🌳
🔹69% face unprecedented climates in ≥10% of range
🔹In taiga & Amazonia >50% of local tree diversity exposed
🔹 31% of species retain >90% of range in stable climates -> important climate refugia♨️
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

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Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · Jun 17

The total amount of public land that Trump wants to make available for sale is equivalent to more than TWICE the size of CALIFORNIA.

All to pay for tax cuts to some of the richest people in world history.

Janessa Goldbeck @janessagoldbeck.bsky.social · Jun 16

This would be the largest public lands sell-off in modern U.S. history and it's happening with no hearings, no debate, and no public input.

See what public lands would be available for sale:
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

120 million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR budget reconciliation package

The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 120 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...

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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · Jun 18

We're going to find out why a Christian nationalist “Appeal to Heaven” flag—linked to Jan. 6 and evangelical extremism—was flown on a federal building.

We’re filing a FOIA request to get answers from the SBA.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · Jun 18

A CONTROVERSIAL “APPEAL to Heaven” flag that has recently become associated with the “Stop the Steal” movement and Christian nationalism was flown above the Small Business Administration (SBA) agency last week in Washington, DC.

Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · Jun 17

Things continue to go great.

(Killer scoop from @telliotter.bsky.social @leahfeiger.bsky.social for @wired.com)

www.wired.com/story/far-ri...

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Brian Maitner @maitner.bsky.social · Jun 18

Also note that even folks who work outside of China may find this work useful! Given the large number of species and higher taxa shared between the flora of China and other regions around the world, this can be very helpful in imputing missing traits in other reigons.

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Brian Maitner @maitner.bsky.social · Jun 18

This paper is part of a growing number that focus on plant traits in a particular region to try make progress on the Sisyphean task of assembling plant trait information. This seems like a great way of mobilizing relevant datasets.

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Brian Maitner @maitner.bsky.social · Jun 18

Cool new #OpenScience dataset focusing on #seed #traits in #China led by Hao-Yu Wang!

doi.org/10.1111/nph....

The paper, data, and code are all readily available (CC-BY), and the code makes good use of R markdown to document the analyses used in the paper.

Chinese Seed Trait Database: a curated resource for diaspore traits in the Chinese flora

Click on the article title to read more.

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Brian J. Enquist @bjenquist.bsky.social · Jun 17

Please pass along - postdoc position! with our working group on #FunctionalTraits and rarity. This is part of the FREE (Functional Rarity in Ecology and Evolution) working group led by Cyrille Violle in Montpellier France 🧪🌐🌾 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Offre de post-doctorat en écologie (H/F)

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Lithuania MFA | #StandWithUkraine @lithuaniamfa.bsky.social · Jun 15

On June 15 in 1940, the USSR occupied Lithuania. The USSR did not care about international treaties. Deportations, murders, and terrors followed for the next 50 years.
Russia took on USSR's legacy, waging wars against its neighbours, yet to be contained.

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Brian Maitner @maitner.bsky.social · Jun 13

Everyone is awesome! Happy Pride Month!

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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · Jun 12

Sen. Alex Padilla was forcefully removed and handcuffed for daring to ask a question at a Kristi Noem press conference — a chilling abuse of power.

We've previously warned about her extremist religious views and the danger she poses to our country.

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Birds of the World | The Cornell Lab @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social · Jun 11

A monumental taxonomy unification effort has just been published - thanks to all those who've collaborated for years to make this happen!
birdsoftheworld.org/bow/news/avi...

Birds of the World - AviList: A Unified Global Checklist of the World’s Birds is Now Available

AviList, a unified global checklist of birds, that provides the most current and authoritative taxonomy of birds around the world was released today by experts in taxonomy, nomenclature, and bioinform...

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Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · Jun 5

🧵New paper + open database drop!
The Marine Organismal Body Size ( #MOBS ) Database is now live—85,000+ marine species, from plankton to whales, with standardized size data.
A huge leap for biodiversity, conservation, and climate science. #science #marinelife onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

MOBS 1.0: A Database of Interspecific Variation in Marine Organismal Body Sizes

Motivation Body size is a fundamental trait influencing an organism's life history, ecology, physiology and evolutionary dynamics. While extensive body-size databases exist for terrestrial vertebrat...

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Jens-Christian Svenning @jcsvenning.bsky.social · May 24

Wonderful new trophic #rewilding poster: naturbeskyttelse.dk/2025/05/22/n... #restoration #biodiversity #megafauna #natureart

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Iris Hordijk @iris-hordijk.bsky.social · May 23

Publication out on the effect of climate on traits of dominant and rare tree species in the world’s forests in natcomms.nature.com‬rdcu.be/enby2

Effect of climate on traits of dominant and rare tree species in the world’s forests

Nature Communications - Species’ traits and environmental conditions determine the abundance of tree species across the globe. Here, the authors find that dominant tree species are taller and...

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Emilio M Bruna @brunalab.bsky.social · May 31

Proposed cut to NSF Biology budget is 70%.

70%. Seventy.

Call your senators & reps nonstop. Give them numbers on NSF impact for state/district. tableau.external.nsf.gov/views/NSFbyN... explain this will decimate the economy if their districts, especially if it has a major research univ. 🧪

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