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John L Field @johnlfield.bsky.social · Sep 2

New in @globalchangebio.bsky.social- "Which Plant Traits Increase Soil C Sequestration? Empirical Evidence From a Long-Term Poplar Genetic Diversity Trial". We sampled soils & roots from 24 black cottonwood genotypes in a 13-y.o. Center for Bioenergy Innovation common garden.
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Which Plant Traits Increase Soil Carbon Sequestration? Empirical Evidence From a Long‐Term Poplar Genetic Diversity Trial

This study measured soil carbon concentrations and stocks in a 13-year-old poplar common garden study, exploring the degree to which soil carbon storage is affected by biological diversity or attribu...

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Rose Abramoff @ultracricket.bsky.social · Aug 16

*jazz flute begins to play in my office*
The revolution will not be tenure track.
The revolution will not be peer-reviewed, double-blind, or formatted in LaTex.
The revolution will not require institutional affiliation or be published in Nature with a $12,000 processing fee…

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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · Aug 15

CLIVAR has a climate risk webinar series. Sign up to receive notices here: mailchi.mp/usclivar.org...

US CLIVAR Usable Climate Risk Science Webinar Series

Sign up to receive notifications of upcoming webinars.

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Scientist Rebellion Turtle Island (US/Canada) @srti.bsky.social · Aug 13

HAPPENING NOW! SRTI live projections @ Tesla dealership in San Francisco.

📍Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

Go check it out. Tag us! 🧚🏼

#StopBillionaireSummer #ScienceWeek

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Dr. Jennifer Krauel @freetailed.bsky.social · Aug 13

A bunch of scientists 🧪 🥼 are in the Bay Area this week for #GoodTrouble as part of #StopBillionaireSummer and we have warnings about billionaire #oilygarchs. Some of us brought our free speech to the local Tesla dealership last night.

#ScienceWeek @srti.bsky.social #TeslaTakedown

A street scene in San Fransisco showing the Tesla dealership. Two people in labcoats stand with with their backs to the camera and raising their middle fingers to the building. The backs of their labcoats are spray painted with the words Scientist Rebellion and colorful logos. Projected on the building are the words Tesla Sucks in the Tesla font.

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Outdoor Alliance @outdooralliance.bsky.social · Aug 12

Since February, the Forest Service has lost nearly 15,000 employees. Now it's planning on a reorganization, and the public has a chance to comment before the end of the month:

The Forest Service Wants to Hear from You About its Staffing and Reorganization Plan — Outdoor Alliance

Before August 26, the USDA is accepting public input on its staffing plan, in the wake of massive layoffs over the spring and summer.

www.outdooralliance.org

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Sophie von Fromm @sophievf.bsky.social · Jul 29

It was indeed a very fun and productive workshop with participants from Africa, Europe, Asia and North America!

🙏🏼 Thanks to our sponsors @theneukominstitute.bsky.social @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social and the Departments for Biology and Geography @dartmouthcollege.bsky.social

Katie Rocci, PhD @katie-rocci.bsky.social · Jul 29

A very fun workshop last week in NH about representing (sub)tropical soils in process-based soil carbon models using data from sub-Saharan Africa. Led by @sophievf.bsky.social with @ultracricket.bsky.social !

Don't we make calibrating models look fun?!

Photos from Sophie

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Sean for Congress (VA-01) @subletteweather.com · May 20

For my NOAA colleagues:

H/T @cdelawalla.bsky.social

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · May 20

🚨ATTENTION SCIENTISTS🚨

👀 Are you looking for a way to connect with the press to share your story?

📰 We are excited to announce the *safe and secure* SUFS Press Connect System. Whether you are looking to be a face or stay anonymous--we have you covered.

actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-u...

SIGN UP: Press Connection

Are YOU willing to speak to the press? Join the Summer Fight for Science Air Game by signing up to be a source for break science news stories. We will provide media training and keep your information ...

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · Apr 30

More than 80 Harvard faculty members have signed on to a pledge to donate 10% of their paycheck to support staff and students, as long as the University resists Trump's unlawful demands. I am so proud of my colleagues. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Senior Faculty Pledging to Donate a Portion of Salary in Defense of University Community

Senior Faculty Pledging to Donate a Portion of Salary in Defense of University Community We are heartened by the University’s rejection of the Trump administration’s unlawful demands. We also recogn...

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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · May 14

1/7 Check out a new UCS report, "Decades of Deceit: The Case Against Major Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Fraud and Damages." Drawing on dozens of internal industry documents, it provides a decades-long review of the fossil fuel industry's campaign of disinformation and delay on climate action:

Decades of Deceit

Why the case against the major fossil fuel companies for fraud and climate damages is so strong.

www.ucs.org

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Wellkeepers @wellkeepers.bsky.social · May 1

Interested in connecting with others in the Waldo County area to support grassroots organizing in our community and beyond?

Come to the Resistance Faire: Rebuild, Recharge, Reconnect, Reimagine, and Resist Together!

Saturday, May 10, 2025

1 PM - 5 PM

Hosted at UUCB
37 Miller St Belfast, ME

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · Apr 30

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MAY DAY STRONG PROTESTS
MAINE PAGE-AT-A-GLANCE LIST
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As of Apr 29, 6:15PM. Check back DAILY for updates.

#MAYDAYSTRONG – Day to Honor Workers, Protect Immigrants, Demand an Equitable Society, & #RESIST through #PeacefulProtest!

REPOST & SHARE
#MEpolitics

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Rose Abramoff @ultracricket.bsky.social · Apr 22

Does anyone know of efforts to rescue this data from NOAA that is being decommissioned soon? www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/docume... @datarescueproject.org

Notice of Changes

Notices of changes are formal public announcements of planned services changes to applications and other products.

www.nesdis.noaa.gov

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Jenna McLaughlin @jennamclaughlin.bsky.social · Apr 18

Happy Friday everyone. Thanks for reading NPR.org this week.

Wanted to take a second to also remind you: I interviewed whistleblower Dan Berulis to accompany my lengthy written story on NLRB. Hear from him in his own words:

one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5355...

🔊 Listen Now: A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data

All Things Considered on NPR One | 7:13

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Katherine Franke @katherinefranke.bsky.social · Apr 19

Breaking: a judge in GA ordered that the fed'l gov't CANNOT pull the visas of foreign students. The order applies ONLY to students who are part of the lawsuit. If you want to join the lawsuit, reach out to: [email protected] and [email protected] youtu.be/FS6B8CM8uf4

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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · Apr 5

They are now estimating 2.3 million across the country. Keep it going folks.

#handsoff #50501protests

Images of protests and crowds across the country.

HANDSOFF APRIL 5TH 2025
BOSTON
NEW YORK
CHICAGO
PORTLAND
SAN FRANCISCO
SAN DIEGO
IDAHO
UTAH
OAKLAND
(AND SOOOO MANY MORE!)

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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · Apr 5

THIS. #HandsOff

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Scientist Rebellion Turtle Island (US/Canada) @srti.bsky.social · Apr 5

#HandsOff !

We hope to see you all out on the streets!

@ultracricket.bsky.social

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Rose Abramoff @ultracricket.bsky.social · Apr 3

March was busy! I did some guest lectures, joined @srti.bsky.social @xrboston.bsky.social @jrvollhardt.bsky.social and many amazing artists as scientists from a zero-emissions future in the final act of this production www.arrowstarts.org/climate, & of course #TeslaTakedown

A panel of scientists in lab coats onstage. One is speaking into a microphone. Photo credit Kristina Lauer

A theatrical production cast in various costumes singing together onstage. Two musicians with guitars are leading. Photo credit Kristina Lauer

A person standing on the side of a big street holding a sign that says “Tax the motherfucking rich”

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Rose Abramoff @ultracricket.bsky.social · Mar 31

I remember learning in school about the desaparicidos under Videla in Argentina - the echo is deafening. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothers...

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · Mar 27

1/ On April 5, there are nationwide protests happening literally everywhere in the US. Find more details here: handsoff2025.com

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · Mar 30

The ICE arrests are meant to terrorize dissenters and crush the intellectual freedom that’s the whole point of universities—and the tactic is having its intended effect. Thanks to these professors for fighting back. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

We’re Harvard Professors Suing the Trump Administration. Here’s Why. | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

Universities are currently on the front lines of a battle for basic civil liberties. We must fight for the values — and the people — that define us. This lawsuit is a start.

www.thecrimson.com

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Pam McElwee @pammcelwee.bsky.social · Mar 20

Very excited to share a new initiative to ensure US climate scientists will be nominated to IPCC AR7 cycle. The new U.S. Academic Alliance for the IPCC (USAA-IPCC) has opened a call for nominations, hosted by AGU: www.agu.org/ipcc-nominat... We encourage eligible scientists to apply by April 4th!

Call for Experts for Upcoming IPCC | AGU

The U.S. Academic Alliance for the IPCC, hosted by AGU, is facilitating nominations to the Seventh Assessment Cycle.

www.agu.org

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Scientist Rebellion @scientistrebellion.bsky.social · Mar 4

How can we organize and speak up against the attempts of silencing critical voices around the academic world?

Join our panel on organizing within Academia, with @srti.bsky.social , @scientistrebellion.nl and Allianz für Kritische und Solidarische Wissenschaft

actionnetwork.org/events/acade...

Academia under attack - How do we speak up and organize?

Trump's policies have affected US academia in the last weeks, with attacks on all diversity-related programs, the National Institute of Health, NOAA, and much more. Everything is happening so fast it ...

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Rose Abramoff @ultracricket.bsky.social · Feb 28

Developers of curriculum - what is your go-to place for scientific illustrations? When putting slides together I'm constantly web searching for grainy images of biomolecules and trees, or making janky powerpoint roots and hyphae. Any tips or is this how everyone does it?

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