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Benjamin Sulman
@bsulman.bsky.social
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Ecosystem scientist and computational modeler. Living in Knoxville, TN, formerly of Madison, WI
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Benjamin Sulman @bsulman.bsky.social · Jul 3
After all these years I finally built a flux tower! Well, @sciencebails.bsky.social and
Geoff Schwaner did most of the work 😁 Salt marsh near Port Arthur, TX
Three scientists in field shirts and sunglasses in front of a short scaffold tower with white equipment boxes and sensors attached to it A short (around 10 m) scaffold tower with sensor equipment on it standing up in marsh vegetation with open water in front of it
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EGU Biogeosciences Division (BG) @egubg.bsky.social · 2d
🗞️ New article in Biogeosciences #EGU by Martino E. Malerba et al. ⬇️
Technical note: Pondi – a low-cost logger for long-term monitoring of methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide in aquatic and terrestrial systems
Abstract. Understanding the complex dynamics of greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O) fluxes between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and the…
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smitten kitchen @smittenkitchen.bsky.social · 1d
This cake tastes like a glazed apple cider doughnut and will make your kitchen smell like fall blew up (gently, aromatically) in it, but is secretly even more magical: it’s naturally dairy- and egg-free.

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Paolo Segre @paolosegre.bsky.social · 2d
Re-sharing this, with about a week left to apply. UW-Green Bay is hiring an ecologist with a strong statistical background. 🧪🌍🪶
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Paolo Segre @paolosegre.bsky.social · 15d
Come work with us at UW-Green Bay! We're hiring an ecologist with a strong statistical background. 🧪🌍🪶
Assistant Professor - Biology
Current Employees and Students: If you are currently employed or enrolled as a student at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process. Pos...
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 2d
Accurate

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Report: Reuben Rated Top Midsize Sandwich In Its Class
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA—Praising its standard features and overall dependability, J.D. Power and Associates released a new set of rankings Thursday, naming the Reuben the number-one midsize sandwich in i...
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EGU Soil System Sciences Division @egu-sss.bsky.social · 6d
🆕 New publication in SOIL journal!
📖 What if publication bias is the rule and net carbon loss from priming the exception?

👥 Michel et al.

🔗 soil.copernicus.org/articles/11/...

#SoilScience #SoilJournal #Research #OpenAccess #EGU_SSS
What if publication bias is the rule and net carbon loss from priming the exception?
Abstract. Priming effects in soil science describe the influence of fresh carbon (C) inputs on rates of microbial mineralisation of native soil organic matter, which can either increase (positive prim...
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Joshua G. Schraiber @jgschraiber.bsky.social · 7d
Omg this kind of thing is one of my greatest fears. For me it's dropping stuff down a sewer grate or dropping it in the little gap between the jet bridge and the airplane when boarding
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UW–Madison Dept. of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences @uwmad-aos.bsky.social · 9d
Join us today for a Department Seminar at 2:30 CDT! Megan Caldwell, flood and water analyst, Guy Carpenter, will discuss "Private Sector Meteorology: An Introduction to Reinsurance and Catastrophe Modeling."

Livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-D...
Flyer for AOS Department Seminar with Megan Caldwell
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Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 10d
The government’s not shutting down it’s just taking time to atone for its sins
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 10d
Happy Erev Shutdown to all who observe
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Benjamin Sulman @bsulman.bsky.social · 14d
Postdoc job at ORNL! AI-driven Coastal Modeling. Work on a generative AI framework exploring how coastal wetland ecosystems across the Southeastern United States respond to environmental disturbances 🌎🧪 jobs.ornl.gov/job/Oak-Ridg...
Postdoctoral Research Associate - AI-driven Coastal Modeling
Postdoctoral Research Associate - AI-driven Coastal Modeling
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Dan Sloan @sloanevolab.bsky.social · Sep 8
The Department of Biology at Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of plant-microbe interactions! Please spread the word!

jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...
Assistant Professor Plant-Microbe Interactions
We seek a creative, collaborative, and visionary plant biologist to establish an internationally recognized research program at the forefront of plant-microbe interactions aimed at understanding how t...
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 11d
Every time a Tom Petty song comes on, it puts me in a better mood. The guy was just good vibes all the way.
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Benjamin Sulman @bsulman.bsky.social · 14d
Postdoc job at ORNL! AI-driven Coastal Modeling. Work on a generative AI framework exploring how coastal wetland ecosystems across the Southeastern United States respond to environmental disturbances 🌎🧪 jobs.ornl.gov/job/Oak-Ridg...
Postdoctoral Research Associate - AI-driven Coastal Modeling
Postdoctoral Research Associate - AI-driven Coastal Modeling
jobs.ornl.gov
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Paolo Segre @paolosegre.bsky.social · 15d
Come work with us at UW-Green Bay! We're hiring an ecologist with a strong statistical background. 🧪🌍🪶
Assistant Professor - Biology
Current Employees and Students: If you are currently employed or enrolled as a student at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process. Pos...
wisconsin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 16d
The climate crisis is causing increased extreme weather events in Southeast Asia. Could “sponge cities,” a city planning method engineered by Chinese architect, Yu Kongjian, help them weather the storm?
Soaking up the storm: Sponge cities and the future of flood-resilient Southeast Asia
The climate crisis is causing increased extreme weather events in Southeast Asia. Could “sponge cities,” a city planning method engineered by Chinese architect, Yu Kongjian, help them weather the storm?
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mikelink45.bsky.social @mikelink45.bsky.social · 17d
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...
‘They’re Small but They’re Mighty.’ Meet the Wisconsin Sisters Healing the Land.
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Joanna Bagniewska @joannabagniewska.com · 17d
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It is finally here.
Fat Bear Week 2025.
🐻🐻🐻🐻

Vote for the fattest, portliest, chubbiest bear of Katmai NP (@fatbearweek.bsky.social). Some of these chonks weigh more than half a ton, and have gained over 100kg since July.

Who will win this year?

Voting is open: explore.org/fat-bear-week
🧪🌍🦊
Chunk the Bear gaining weight between July and September.
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Fred Worrall @fredworrall.bsky.social · 18d
For a peat to form you don't just need wet conditions you also need stagnant conditions
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Our new study follows the thermodynamic profiles to show how fens and bogs significantly differ in when they become closed. @durhamearthsci.bsky.social
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Dr. Mariana García Criado @nanitundra.bsky.social · 19d
🌲 Boreal-tundra species drive Arctic plant borealization 🌲

Our new study in #EcologyLetters quantifies tundra plant borealization, assesses its main drivers and identifies the species & traits contributing to borealization.

doi.org/10.1111/ele....

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Illustration of a branch of Betula glandulosa (Resin birch). Illustration by Alberto S. Ballesteros (@asbillustration.bsky.social).
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Galen McKinley @oceancarbon.bsky.social · 24d
In the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences @columbiauniversity.bsky.social, we are hiring an Assistant Professor in Atmosphere and/or Ocean Physics. No deadline stated, but review will begin soon, so please do not delay. apply.interfolio.com/173819
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 24d
Style lessons from Robert Redford, one of the most stylish men in the last century. 🧵
Apologies for not adding alt text to all these photos. My cat is screaming her head off and if I don't let her outside right this instance, where I have to accompany her, I might die.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 25d
I’m gonna be crass and say, preorder *my* book!

Kiese Laymon calls it “the most politically audacious book I’ve read in decades”

and

Moiya McTier calls it “deft weave of quantum physics and cultural wisdom”

😻

#BookSky

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
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Shin Asayama @shinasayama.bsky.social · 24d
"Researchers are scrutinizing AI-generated sentences while implicitly enabling these systems to choose which scholars are cited ... which research directions might be promising. They are accepting the outputs even though the underlying information has been distorted."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
AI chatbots are already biasing research — we must establish guidelines for their use now
The academic community has looked at how artificial-intelligence tools help researchers to write papers, but not how they distort the literature scientists choose to cite.
www.nature.com
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Fred Worrall @fredworrall.bsky.social · 25d
How do peats form? Our experiments compares how self-weight compaction compares degradation processes.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Spoiler - degradation is more important @durhamearthsci.bsky.social
The initiation of peat formation – The relative importance of self-weight compaction and decomposition
The early stages of peat formation have been assumed to be marked by: rapid loss of porosity, increasing bulk density, and decreasing permeability lea…
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 28d
"It makes sense to spend the equivalent of fifty-five cars for a house that, at least between 2:34 p.m. and 2:44 p.m. on a Saturday, smells only slightly bad."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/aft...
After Ten Minutes at the Open House, I Am Comfortable Committing to Live in This House Forever
I feel totally fine buying things, as long as I do my research first. That’s why, after ten minutes at an open house, I’m now completely comfortabl...
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