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Neil Pederson

@yellowbuckeye.bsky.social

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I study old-growth forests and climate change from trees to regions and seasons to centuries. A colleague termed it RetroEcology - https://broadleafpapers.wordpress.com/ Love music in 3/4, 6/8, 5/4, 11, & other offbeat signatures (no real pun intended) .. more

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Kristina Anderson-Teixeira @k-andersonteixeira.bsky.social · 6h

The call for proposals for the 2025 ForestGEO Research Awards Program is now open! This is a great opportunity for graduate students / early career researchers to get support for research at ForestGEO sites. Please share with researchers who might be interested. Due Dec 10.

Awards Program

The Call for Proposals for 20245 ForestGEO Research Grants is now open! Deadline is 10 December 2025.

forestgeo.si.edu

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Neil Pederson @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social · 2d

I am teaching a course on ancient trees and tree rings at the NY Botanical Garden on Sunday, October 26th and Sunday, November 2nd.

We will learn about past environments, the amazing lives of trees, and what old trees tend to look like.

Sign up at this link: www.enrole.com/nybg/jsp/ses...

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 5d

UMass Boston seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in microbial ecology, starting September 1, 2026. Apply by December 1, 2025. Details: http://www.umb.edu/academics/csm/biology #job

Biology - UMass Boston

www.umb.edu

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Seth Maxon @methsaxon.bsky.social · 6d

As someone who has been reading both Coates and Klein for 15 years, I thought this summary and diagnosis of their disagreement by @andreapitzer.bsky.social was very good and correct. degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/you-don-t-...

You don't have to swallow frogs

Klein and Coates show that if you don't know what your core beliefs are, you're going to get played.

degenerateart.beehiiv.com

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Neil Pederson @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social · 8d

Umbrella, if anything, is spawned directly from the Wonka home of pure imagination

Neil Pederson @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social · 8d

And, now the finale of the Unbrella Magnolia seed pod season

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Sally Aitken 🇨🇦 @sallyaitken.bsky.social · 14d

We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs

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Neil Pederson @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social · 14d

Lead authors and visionary of these drought atlases, Dr. Edward ‘Dr.Dendro’ Cook getting some of his due.

Really incredible work that will be valuable for years and decades

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Kevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · 14d

Huge congratulations to Ed Cook for receiving the @agu.org Revelle Medal, which 'recognition of outstanding contributions in atmospheric sciences, atmosphere-ocean coupling, atmosphere-land coupling, biogeochemical cycles, climate or related aspects of the Earth system.'

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Kevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · 14d

Congratulations to @dustybowl.bsky.social on being awarded the Piers J. Sellers Global Environmental Change Award from the @agu.org!

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 16d

dailyorange.com/2025/09/suny...
SUNY’s stability plan orders ESF to cut 18.9% of staff…the plan expects ESF to increase its undergraduate enrollment by 16.1%.

The plan will cut 38 full-time employees..also requires cuts to ESF’s athletics program and the school’s five major forest properties.

‘Our hands are tied’: SUNY stability plan orders ESF staff cut, enrollment uptick

SUNY’s new stability plan forces ESF to alter programs and cut 18.9% of its full-time staff by 2029, students call the plan a "betrayal".

dailyorange.com

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Tiffany Lowe-Power 🌱🦠 @tlowepower.bsky.social · 17d

Please repost -- The Univ. California Davis dept of Plant Pathology is hiring a Fungal biologist / Mycologist

Applications due Dec 1

Application portal: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339

Screenshot shows part of the job posting (with alt-text of the same text)

he Department of Plant Pathology at the University of California, Davis is seeking applications for a fulltime, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Mycology, with a focus on plant pathogenic, symbiotic,
or mycotoxigenic fungi and fungal-like organisms (e.g., oomycetes). We are looking for a highly
motivated and creative scientist with a strong background in mycology and/or the biology of fungi and
fungal-like organisms that interact with plants. The successful candidate will be expected to develop a
world-class, externally funded research program that integrates both fundamental and applied aspects
of fungal biology within the context of plant pathology. We welcome applicants pursuing a wide range
of research topics related to plant-associated fungi, including but not limited to mechanisms of fungal
pathogenesis or symbiosis with plants, population genomics and evolution of fungal plant pathogens,
plant-associated fungal microbiomes and plant-microbe interactions, and/or one health approaches to
fungal diseases and antifungal resistance. Applicants working in other relevant research areas involving
pathogenic, symbiotic, or mycotoxigenic fungi or fungal-like organisms that affect plant health are also
encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will have significant opportunities for collaboration with
faculty in plant pathology, microbiology, genomics, and agricultural sciences, and to contribute to
addressing issues of importance to California’s agricultural and natural ecosystems.
The appointee primary teaching responsibilities will be teaching Introductory Mycology, an upperdivision lab class, and SAS 30, Mushroom, Molds & Society, a general education class for non-majors.
Additional graduate and undergraduate teaching responsibilities may be assigned based on
departmental needs and the candidate’s expertise. The department offers modern instructional
facilities, including a newly renovated teaching laboratory.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 17d

The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability

This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.

jamanetwork.com

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Neil Pederson @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social · 18d

Yeah, they are 70-90 or so cm in diameter, with this one and a couple other bigger in the early 1990s.

When I defended my MS in the forestry dept at Auburn, that was all the forestry profs could talk about during the defense. They had just visited & were blown away. They are wonders, these Trees

Neil Pederson @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social · 18d

By rapping, I, obviously inferred singing the best bits from The Chronic and Don’t Sweat the Technique

Neil Pederson @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social · 18d

Congaree National Park.

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Neil Pederson @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social · 18d

Was just sent this photo: the oldest-documented Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) is still kicking.

First scientifically aged in 1992, this lovely is now rapping up its 260 year (260 years at being 1/2 m or so tall; phot by J. Scheff)

A photo of the base of the oldest documented Loblolly Pine, with long, reddish-purple blocky, platy bark, burls and root curls. A roughly 5 foot tall person stands next to it, showing off the tree’s stem that is likely a good bit greater than 1 m diameter. Living in the Congaree National Park, the area around the base of the stem is now open. In 1992, Switch Cane (Arundinaria tecta) surround the tree

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Neil Pederson @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social · 22d

Now peak Umbrella Magnolia seed pod color

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Adam Sobel @adamsobel.bsky.social · 23d

We're hiring! We have an open search for an Assistant Professor in physics of the ocean and/or atmosphere in Columbia's Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Please circulate this information to good candidates, and apply yourself if you are one! Ad & link to apply: apply.interfolio.com/173819

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Scaryanne Denton 🎃🧡 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · 24d

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Sugar Pine

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Tahoe

A sugar pine tree as seen between two boulders in front of a large lake. The sky is mostly cloudy.

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Neil Pederson @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social · 25d

Becoming my favorite microseason: the ripening of Umbrella Magnolia seed pods

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Jennifer Goff, PhD @jlgoff.bsky.social · 27d

Second: send a letter to the governor of NY actionnetwork.org/letters/gov-...

Gov. Hochul: Please invest in the future of SUNY ESF!

Please send this e-letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul urging her to support an $10 million increase to SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, which is needed to financially stabilize this vital ...

actionnetwork.org

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The Jena Experiment @jena-experiment.bsky.social · 27d

Two new studies from our site show that

1. Plant diversity decreases the competitive superiority of non-native invaders (Roscher 2025)
doi.org/10.3897/neob...

2. Traits of the leaf economics spectrum do not always relate to species biomass (Bachmann et al. 2025)
doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

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Traits of the Leaf Economics Spectrum Do Not Always Relate to Species Biomass Proportions in Grassland Communities of Varying Diversity

We studied traits of the “leaf economics spectrum” (LES) in 138 experimental grassland communities composed of 20 grassland species, which represented different strategies in spatial resource acquisi...

doi.org

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🇺🇸Boston Brian🇺🇦 @bostonbrian.com · 28d

Umass given the all clear.. www.wmtw.com/article/umas...

UMass Boston campus cleared after report of shots fired

Video from WMTW's sister station in Boston showed campus employees and students evacuating a school building with their hands in the air amid a large police response.

www.wmtw.com

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NPR @npr.org · 28d

At least seven historically Black colleges and universities across the South received threats Thursday that caused lockdowns and closures. via @wwno.org

Southern University, other HBCUs close due to ‘potential threat’

Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge will be closed through the weekend after officials called a lockdown Thursday morning due to a “potential threat.”

www.wwno.org

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ClimateDynamics @climatedynamics.bsky.social · 28d

A new paper out in AGU Advances led by Xiaoqing Liu in which we try to take the 'time' out of paleo and focus on the pattern of warming for wide range of global warming levels.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/K8WWRP...

Connecting Warming Patterns of the Paleo‐Ocean to Our Future

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agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 29d

GOOD NEWS: Despite RFK Jr saying he would cancel $500 million in mRNA research, the House Committee on Appropriations has passed a spending package, that includes $1.1 billion for “advanced research and development” at BARDA, which includes research on mRNA vaccines.

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Beronda L. Montgomery @berondam.bsky.social · Sep 8

Cover of "When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy"!!! published by @henryholtbooks.bsky.social.
I can't tell you all adequately how proud of & eager I am to share this with the world!!!
Coming January 20, 2026
Pre-order NOW: bookshop.org/p/books/when...

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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · Sep 8

Climate change increasingly alters the interactions between forest disturbances. Here we present a framework for quantifying dist. interactions and compile evidence for their impacts. Led by @dudney-joan.bsky.social with @brian-j-harvey.bsky.social & @julieedtree.bsky.social doi.org/10.1146/annu...

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Tommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · Sep 5

Only a pre-print for now, but after 4 years of hard work I couldn't resist sharing this!

The Global Canopy Atlas: analysis-ready maps of 3D structure for the world's woody ecosystems

📜: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Huge team effort led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer!

Global distribution of forest landscapes covered by airborne LiDAR

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