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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 4d

#goals

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · Aug 28

How an academic betrayal led me to change my authorship practices | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

How an academic betrayal led me to change my authorship practices

“Every cleaned data set, debugged script, and refined figure deserves acknowledgment,” this researcher writes

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juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · Aug 22

The final version of this paper is now published @newphyt.bsky.social
The onset of phenological plant response to climate warming
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Long-term databases as an antidote to the shifting baseline syndrome in global change.

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juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · Jun 11

Climate warming is not a recent phenomenon; it has had detectable impacts on plants for at least 134 years!

The onset of phenological plant response to climate warming @newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🧪🌎🌿🌐🌳 🍁 #PlantBiology @cideinvestiga.bsky.social @csic.es

Phenology changes for the Japanese cherry tree (Prunus jamasakura) in Kyoto. Left: Day of the year of the flowering peak for the period between 812 and 2024. Right: Relation between March mean air temperature (°C) in Kyoto and the day of the year of the Japanese cherry tree peak flowering for the period between 1890 and 2024.
https://jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2025/06/11/134-years-of-climate-warming-effects/

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Lydia Jennings, PhD @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social · Aug 15

The paper highlights actionable steps to help improve these double standards, including more RESEARCH RELATED LANGUAGE in P &T letters for Black, Hispanic and Indigenous women to improve their outcomes.

Underrepresented minority faculty in the USA face a double standard in promotion and tenure decisions - Nature Human Behaviour

Masters-Waage et al. report that underrepresented minority (URM) faculty in the USA face barriers in the promotion and tenure process, receiving more negative votes and fewer unanimous positive decisi...

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Carsten W. Müller @cwmsoils.bsky.social · Aug 12

Call for manuscripts - joint special Issue #Geoderma / #GeodermaRegional - "Tropical Soil Science: Bridging Knowledge Gaps in Biogeochemistry, Plant-Soil Interactions and Climate change Mitigation"
Geoderma: tinyurl.com/bdf2989c
Geoderma Regional: tinyurl.com/3yarxaan

photos: Sebastian Doetterl

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Aug 12

Climate change is altering the natural world’s soundscape, with declining bird, insect, and amphibian populations leading to quieter environments. This “sensory extinction” is exacerbated by noise pollution from human activities.

Listen to these recordings in this article from @sabs.bsky.social!

How Climate Change Is Transforming The Soundtrack Of The Natural World | Defector

It is easy enough to read about the climate crisis through the dozens of devastating stories that run each week, warning us of the people who will be displaced or otherwise harmed by the planet’s rapi...

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Jadson Jall, PhD @jadsonjall.bsky.social · Jul 20

No, you're not a leader in science just because you publish high-impact articles. True leadership involves inspiring people, fostering collaborative research environments, and driving positive changes at all levels, from staff to organizational.

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Alison E. King @alisonelinor.bsky.social · Jun 16

Partly yes — soils with more SOC at the beginning formed more new SOC during the study. But the 'new SOC' is just what was formed. It's very difficult in this type of study to track how much SOC is lost. Really I think we need more studies in order to answer your question.

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Alison E. King @alisonelinor.bsky.social · Jun 13

Paper now out in Science Advances — “Soil carbon formation is promoted by saturation deficit and existing mineral-associated carbon, not by microbial carbon-use efficiency”

with Noah Sokol

science.org/doi/epdf/10....

Map of the U.S. showing sampling sites (left) and results from subsequent laboratory incubation (right) showing positive association between existing mineral-associated organic carbon (MAOC) and new MAOC formation.

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Glen Dsouza @nonresidentdesi.bsky.social · Jun 13

Thrilled to share our new paper in @science.org describing our discovery that bacteria can switch from competitors to bonafide predators when resources run dry—arming nanoscale “spears” (T6SS) to stab & consume neighbours.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#MicroSKy #Microbiology

Antagonism as a foraging strategy in microbial communities

In natural habitats, nutrient availability limits bacterial growth. We discovered that bacteria can overcome this limitation by acquiring nutrients by lysing neighboring cells through contact-dependen...

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · May 31

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.

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Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe @aaberhe.com · May 30

This represents a systematic dismantling of the US STEM ecosystem that will create lasting negative consequences for innovation and competitiveness.

Kevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · May 30

Trump administration cuts to NSF will result in more than 200,000 FEWER people per year involved in basic science, training, and education - what should have been the next generation of US scientists. This isn't even eating your seed corn, it is setting your seed corn on fire and salting the earth.

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Mike C. Rowley @mike-c-rowley.bsky.social · May 20

I'm glad to announce our latest publication in Soil Letters, a Highlight paper that shows calcium is associated with specific carbon decomposition products across different soil types and ecosystems

soil.copernicus.org/articles/11/...

Calcium is associated with specific soil organic carbon decomposition products

Abstract. Calcium (Ca) may contribute to the preservation of soil organic carbon (SOC) in more ecosystems than previously thought. Here, we provide evidence that Ca is co-located with SOC compounds th...

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Elinor Karlsson @elinork.bsky.social · May 15

Many years ago I ventured down a “what is domestication” rabbit hole w Kathryn Lord @gregerlarson.bsky.social & Robin Allaby. This is where we ended up! @pnas.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

A universally applicable definition for domestication | PNAS

The process of domestication is commonly perceived as a human achievement, and domestic species are typically assumed to be those under human contr...

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · May 10

A victory for the federal scientific workforce! We could not stand by while this irreparable harm continues at NSF, NOAA and all our scientific agencies.

TODAY the judge granted our request to temporarily HALT the mass firings at federal agencies under Trump’s Executive Order.

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · May 1

BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones

US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · May 2

🔔BREAKING🔔

The NSF has frozen all research grant awards—cutting off life-saving science midstream and demanding ideological screenings for future funding.

This is censorship disguised as oversight.

Here’s how you can help us spread the word ➡️🧵(1/3):
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones

US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

www.nature.com

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Matt Dalgleish @meatwatcher.bsky.social · Apr 13

Of course thats the result.... #agsky #econsky
Most Americans want manufacturing to return to the USA - they just don't want to work in the factory.

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Shobita Parthasarathy @shobitap.org · Apr 21

My PhD student's NSF grant was terminated today. Her dissertation investigates why air pollution monitoring, metrics, and regulations don't properly capture the harms experienced by marginalized communities--esp in the most polluted Detroit neighborhoods. She and I are happy to talk with press etc.

NSF Award Search: Award # 2240343 - Constructing Credible Knowledge and Expertise in Air Pollution Regulation and Monitoring: The Problem of Quantification Lock

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Gale Sinatra @galesinatra.bsky.social · Apr 18

NSF will no longer support any research on mis- or disinformation. 😳
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...

Updates on NSF Priorities

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Krystal Vasquez @kvasquez.bsky.social · Apr 18

NSF announced that it has begun terminating awards. It's unclear how many affected. Sources say it could be over 200

It's also re-reviewing proposals that had already been approved for funding

Here's a breakdown of what's happened this week: cen.acs.org/policy/resea...

#ChemSky #Science

DOGE’s orders threaten NSF grants and proposals

Already-approved grants were sent back for review, while 200 active ones may face termination

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Apr 18

“I just have not heard anybody say, ‘We wish the government would spend less money trying to cure cancer or trying to deal with Alzheimer’s,’” said Jeremy Berg, a University of Pittsburgh professor and former director of an NIH institute.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Apr 11

HUGE WIN: A federal judge just issued a lengthy TRO prohibiting the Trump administration from freezing federal funds to Maine over their policies protecting transgender youth.

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A legal document titled "Order on Motion for Temporary Restraining Order" from the United States District Court, District of Maine. The case is "State of Maine v. United States Department of Agriculture, et al.," case number 1:25-cv-00131-JAW. The document grants the State of Maine's request to prevent the USDA from terminating or interfering with federal funds based on alleged Title IX violations without due legal process. The court orders the release of frozen funds and prohibits further interference without following required procedures. The document is marked as Document 12, filed on April 11, 2025, and is page 1 of 70.

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Linus Blomqvist @linusblomqvist.com · Apr 8

I'm generally skeptical of win-wins for agriculture and biodiversity, but this one seems legit: planting perennial crops on marginal land leads to more birds without reduced profit.

Increased avian bioacoustic diversity without lost profit after planting perennial vegetation in marginal cropland

Expansion of arable cropland and intensification of agriculture has driven substantial losses of habitat, biodiversity, and ecosystem services. Balanc…

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · Apr 8

🚨 Not a drill: NSF GRFP results are NOW OUT!!!!!

But...good news and bad news.

👍 I'm *thrilled* for the grad students for whom getting this award will be life-changing, esp now.

👎 # of fellowships went down by 51%

(1000 this year vs. 2036 last year)

See here: www.research.gov/grfp/Awardee...

Research.gov :: GRFP

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