Yingying Xie

@yingyingxie.bsky.social

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Plant ecologist at Northern Kentucky University, phenology, biological invasion, species interactions, global change, ecosystems, environmental sciences, data science

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Yingying Xie @yingyingxie.bsky.social · 5d

Sea pancake! Students voted to put it on our department t-shirt 😁 I always heard people saying they liked it when I wear it in conferences and events.

Yingying Xie @yingyingxie.bsky.social · 10d

Some foliage colors at NKU REFS on Oct. 28 2025. More colors are coming.

Yingying Xie @yingyingxie.bsky.social · 13d

It sounds quite late in New England. Probably because the unexpected warming this fall delayed the timing of foliage coloration. We started to see beautiful colors recently with consistent cold nights.

Yingying Xie @yingyingxie.bsky.social · 15d

Brilliant fall foliage color of red maple, silver maple, sweetgum, and red oak from Cincinnati and northern Kentucky, although it's about two weeks later than expected 😁

Yingying Xie @yingyingxie.bsky.social · 26d

Agreed. The urgency has never been emphasized enough. More specific guidance of actions is also needed. We have sufficient technology and resources to overcome the crisis but lack the social mindset transition and unity on a broad scale.

Yingying Xie @yingyingxie.bsky.social · 26d

A spotted cucumber beetle on a New England aster. We are having a really warm #fall.

A spotted cucumber beetle on a New England aster purple flower.

Yingying Xie @yingyingxie.bsky.social · Oct 10

Thanks for the second image explaining this... I wouldn't know 😂

Yingying Xie @yingyingxie.bsky.social · Oct 9

After steady rain, hundreds of white Amanita mushrooms come out at NKU REFS, same as last year! Larger than my hand. Have an unpleasant smell when it starts to decay. Are they North America destroying angel, Amanita bisporigera, one of most poisonous fungi? We got so many!😎

Yingying Xie @yingyingxie.bsky.social · Oct 4

Wow. Makes so much sense as I really thought this September was the hottest one I ever had in my life. Not a good sign.🫤

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Simon Hedges @simonhedges.bsky.social · Oct 1

RIP Jane Goodall

Full obituary in NYT, gift article

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91

www.nytimes.com

Yingying Xie @yingyingxie.bsky.social · Sep 2

Thanks for sharing the story of your predictions! Would love to hear more! One of research topics that I am always passionate!

Yingying Xie @yingyingxie.bsky.social · Sep 2

My favorite season is here. This year would be spectacular!

Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · Sep 2

Here is my annual prediction of autumn colors in the eastern deciduous forest. Find out whether they will be bright or dull, and subscribe to Our Trees for updates over the season.

Autumn Colors: Bright or Dull?

Will we have a vivid or boring autumn leaf display this year? Find out here.

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · Sep 2

Here is my annual prediction of autumn colors in the eastern deciduous forest. Find out whether they will be bright or dull, and subscribe to Our Trees for updates over the season.

Autumn Colors: Bright or Dull?

Will we have a vivid or boring autumn leaf display this year? Find out here.

open.substack.com

Reposted by Yingying Xie

The Great Simplification @tgspodcast.bsky.social · Aug 14

Myth #3:
Nature is a (trivial) subset of the human economy

Reality:
The economy is fully embedded in Earth systems

Implication:
Undervaluing nature erodes our long-term foundation

Yingying Xie @yingyingxie.bsky.social · Aug 6

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Yingying Xie @yingyingxie.bsky.social · Aug 4

Thanks for your message! I don't know how the organizers decided, but they did a good job reminding us to have things prepared for the hot environment. This is literally my hottest conference ever! Desert ecosystem is amazing! 😄 Hope to visit Palm Springs in a better time again!

Yingying Xie @yingyingxie.bsky.social · Jul 27

Good morning! Palm Springs! Look forward to the field trip! #Botany2025

View of a parking lot at a hotel at Palm Springs CA with some palm trees and flowers in the morning.

Yingying Xie @yingyingxie.bsky.social · Jul 16

Still remember how worried I was one day in 2014 knowing CO2 got surpassed 400ppm when I was a grad student. Now feel even worse though not surprised showing higher and higher CO2 in the Env Sci courses to my students over semesters.