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Nina Buchmann @nbuchmann.bsky.social · Aug 21

🧪The results are based on a recent article of Yi Wang, defending her thesis next month!!
Wang Y, Klaus VH, Gilgen AK, Buchmann N (2025) Temperate grasslands under climate extremes: effects of plant diversity on ecosystem services. AGEE 379: 109372, doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2024.109372

Departement Umweltsystemwissenschaften (D-USYS), ETH Zürich @usyseth.bsky.social · Aug 21

Trockenheit, Starkregen, Hitze - Wetterextreme setzen der #Landwirtschaft immer stärker zu. 🌦️

Die von Prof. Dr. @nbuchmann.bsky.social geleitete Forschungsgruppe Graslandwissenschaften der @ethz.ch zeigt: Artenreiche Wiesen gleichen Ertragseinbussen besser aus.

www.diegruene.ch/artikel/verm...

Pflanzenvielfalt im Futterbau als Versicherung gegen Wetterrisiken - diegruene.ch

Artenreiche Wiesen bringen nicht nur mehr Ertrag – sie federn auch Wetterextreme besser ab. Die Forschungsgruppe Graslandwissenschaften der ETH Zürich zeigt: Pflanzenvielfalt wirkt wie eine natürliche...

www.diegruene.ch

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Departement Umweltsystemwissenschaften (D-USYS), ETH Zürich @usyseth.bsky.social · Aug 21

Trockenheit, Starkregen, Hitze - Wetterextreme setzen der #Landwirtschaft immer stärker zu. 🌦️

Die von Prof. Dr. @nbuchmann.bsky.social geleitete Forschungsgruppe Graslandwissenschaften der @ethz.ch zeigt: Artenreiche Wiesen gleichen Ertragseinbussen besser aus.

www.diegruene.ch/artikel/verm...

Pflanzenvielfalt im Futterbau als Versicherung gegen Wetterrisiken - diegruene.ch

Artenreiche Wiesen bringen nicht nur mehr Ertrag – sie federn auch Wetterextreme besser ab. Die Forschungsgruppe Graslandwissenschaften der ETH Zürich zeigt: Pflanzenvielfalt wirkt wie eine natürliche...

www.diegruene.ch

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Reto Knutti @retoknutti.bsky.social · Nov 21

Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky

www.science.org/content/arti...

Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky

After recent changes to Elon Musk’s X, a gradual migration turns into a stampede

www.science.org

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Space @redditspaceviewes.bsky.social · Nov 21

Tonight there will be a Blue Supermoon at 9:35 ET

The moon will appear about 8% larger than a normal full moon and 15% brighter than a normal full moon.

The next one won't be until January 2037. Keep any eye out tonight!

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John Saveland @johnsaveland.com · Nov 25

Half the fruits and vegetables consumed in the US are grown in California’s heartland, and half the farmworkers are undocumented. Grocery prices will skyrocket and American agriculture will collapse without these workers

California farmers were big Trump backers. They may be on collision course over immigrant deportation

If Trump's plans for mass deportations penetrate California’s heartland, it almost surely would decimate the workforce farmers rely on to plant and harvest their crops. So, why aren't farmers yelling ...

www.latimes.com

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Lawren Sack @lawrensack.bsky.social · Nov 24

A Theoretical Framework to Quantify Ecosystem Pressure-Volume Relationships

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

A Theoretical Framework to Quantify Ecosystem Pressure‐Volume Relationships

The amount of water contained in, and available to, vegetation strongly constrains the functioning and total biomass of ecosystems. As such, there is a lot of interest in measuring, monitoring and mo...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Lauren McPhillips @lmcp.bsky.social · Nov 25

Every field project has an end, and today is sensor uninstall day at a local solar farm. I had some curious onlookers....

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watson News @watson.ch · Nov 25

Diese zauberhaften Weihnachtsmärkte im nahen Ausland lohnen einen Besuch.

Diese zauberhaften Weihnachtsmärkte im nahen Ausland lohnen einen Besuch

Nicht nur in der Schweiz, auch im nahen Ausland locken in den kommenden Wochen unzählige Weihnachtsmärkte. Wir haben dir hier einige zusammengestellt, die sich für einen Wochenendausflug lohnen.

www.watson.ch

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Spiro’s Ghost @antitoxicpeople.bsky.social · Nov 25

Makes me sad re-reading this amazing letter from ex-Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox sent to high school seniors in 1994 after they asked him “What should Americans learn from Watergate?” 20 years later in ‘94.

His answer is remarkable—unfortunately things didn’t work out so well in 2024.

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Reto Knutti @retoknutti.bsky.social · Nov 27

Der Verkehr in der CH verursacht 24 Mia/Jahr externe Kosten. Drei aus meiner Sicht wesentliche Punkte

Thread...

https://www.infras.ch/de/projekte/aktualisierte-methodik-berechnung-externe-kosten-nutzen-effekte-verkehr-schweiz-2021/ . (1/8)

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Nina Buchmann @nbuchmann.bsky.social · Jan 10

Looking for an interesting PhD position on water vapor fluxes? Join our team at ETH Zurich
gl.ethz.ch/group/jobs.h...

Open Positions

gl.ethz.ch

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Marty Kardos @martykardos.bsky.social · Jan 29

🧪
#consgen

Jente Ottenburghs | Avian Hybrids @jenteo.bsky.social · Jan 29

🚨 New paper published in... Nature 😱

I never thought that I would write these words, but here is a Nature-paper that I contributed to. We found global loss in genetic diversity. But conservation strategies may maintain or increase genetic diversity.

Full paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Adriana Guatame-García @adrianaguatame.bsky.social · Jan 29

👩‍🔬🧪
#WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

SCWIST @scwist.ca · Jan 29

Women in leadership often face a double standard: assertiveness is "too aggressive," while showing empathy is "too soft."

In reality, women who lead with both compassion and determination challenge outdated stereotypes and pave the way for a more inclusive and effective leadership model.

Text on a blue background with a quote from former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern about battling perceptions of weakness, asserting compassion and strength.

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The Keeling Curve @keelingcurve.bsky.social · Mar 2

Kudos to Bill McKibben for this piece on the story behind one of the icons of @scrippsocean.bsky.social science. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Trump’s E.P.A. Seeks to Deny Science That Americans Discovered

It’s in this country that scientists, funded by or working for the government, came to understand the role of carbon in our atmosphere.

www.newyorker.com

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Nicola Spaldin @nicolaspaldin.bsky.social · May 5

It's a privilege to share this honour with @nbuchmann.bsky.social as well as @lbaudis.bsky.social at Uni Zürich!

Departement Umweltsystemwissenschaften (D-USYS), ETH Zürich @usyseth.bsky.social · May 5

🌟Thrilled to share that @nbuchmann.bsky.social and @nicolaspaldin.bsky.social have been elected international members of the @NationalAcademies! 🇺🇸 Their groundbreaking research has earned them this incredible honour, a testament to scientific excellence. Huge congrats!

ethz.ch/staffnet/en/...

Two ETH Zurich professors elected to the National Academy of Sciences

The U.S. National Academy of Sciences inducts Nina Buchmann and Nicola Spaldin.

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Departement Umweltsystemwissenschaften (D-USYS), ETH Zürich @usyseth.bsky.social · May 5

🌟Thrilled to share that @nbuchmann.bsky.social and @nicolaspaldin.bsky.social have been elected international members of the @NationalAcademies! 🇺🇸 Their groundbreaking research has earned them this incredible honour, a testament to scientific excellence. Huge congrats!

ethz.ch/staffnet/en/...

Two ETH Zurich professors elected to the National Academy of Sciences

The U.S. National Academy of Sciences inducts Nina Buchmann and Nicola Spaldin.

ethz.ch

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Nina Buchmann @nbuchmann.bsky.social · May 8

🧪Open Postdoc position (up to 2 yrs) on Integrating Flux Data and Remote Sensing to Quantify Environmental Footprints of Agroecosystems in my lab at ETH Zurich: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

jobs.ethz.ch

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Nina Buchmann @nbuchmann.bsky.social · May 8

🧪 Interested in an unusual greenhouse gas (COS) to study carbon dynamics in a Swiss forest? Check out this PhD position in my lab at ETH Zurich
jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

Doctoral student in ecosystem COS exchange

jobs.ethz.ch

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Carlos Brody @carlosbrody.bsky.social · May 7

we're crowd-sourcing a searchable repository of tangible benefits stemming from federally-funded research. Come enjoy the great stories; or send in an idea; or volunteer to join the team.

publicusaresearchbenefits.com

please share and re-share so we get more great stories in there!

Searchable database of tangible benefits that federally-funded research gave us.

A crowd-sourced site. Health and Well-being. National Security. Prosperity.

publicusaresearchbenefits.com

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Nina Buchmann @nbuchmann.bsky.social · May 6

What an honor! Thanks to the many group members and project collaborators!!! 🧪 @icos-ri.eu @fluxnet.bsky.social @jena-experiment.bsky.social

Departement Umweltsystemwissenschaften (D-USYS), ETH Zürich @usyseth.bsky.social · May 5

🌟Thrilled to share that @nbuchmann.bsky.social and @nicolaspaldin.bsky.social have been elected international members of the @NationalAcademies! 🇺🇸 Their groundbreaking research has earned them this incredible honour, a testament to scientific excellence. Huge congrats!

ethz.ch/staffnet/en/...

Two ETH Zurich professors elected to the National Academy of Sciences

The U.S. National Academy of Sciences inducts Nina Buchmann and Nicola Spaldin.

ethz.ch

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Nina Buchmann @nbuchmann.bsky.social · May 6

Thanks to all who worked with me in the last decades, across the globe!!! This honor also goes to you!!! 🧪

Nicola Spaldin @nicolaspaldin.bsky.social · May 5

It's a privilege to share this honour with @nbuchmann.bsky.social as well as @lbaudis.bsky.social at Uni Zürich!

Departement Umweltsystemwissenschaften (D-USYS), ETH Zürich @usyseth.bsky.social · May 5

🌟Thrilled to share that @nbuchmann.bsky.social and @nicolaspaldin.bsky.social have been elected international members of the @NationalAcademies! 🇺🇸 Their groundbreaking research has earned them this incredible honour, a testament to scientific excellence. Huge congrats!

ethz.ch/staffnet/en/...

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Nina Buchmann @nbuchmann.bsky.social · May 6

What a shame! What a disaster for those having been funded for their PhD or postdoc!!🧪

Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · May 6

For #TidyTuesday this week, we're looking at data on terminations of NSF grants 📊

🎨 Using colour to highlight one category
📈 Transparency to highlight the important data
✍️ Annotations instead of a legend for transparency

#RStats #ggplot2 #DataViz

Bar chart showing 651 NSF-funded research projects, with total terminated days in dark grey or red, completed days in light grey or red. Red highlights projects listed by Ted Cruz as "neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda".

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Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · May 6

For #TidyTuesday this week, we're looking at data on terminations of NSF grants 📊

🎨 Using colour to highlight one category
📈 Transparency to highlight the important data
✍️ Annotations instead of a legend for transparency

#RStats #ggplot2 #DataViz

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Nina Buchmann @nbuchmann.bsky.social · Apr 11

thanks for showing the rich history of @noaa.gov 🧪 Keep it up and running!!!!

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Apr 10

ICYMI: NOAA is in the Trump administration's crosshairs, with some conservatives claiming it's some sort of crazy expansion of government power beyond what the founders wanted.

But NOAA is the descendant of an ocean science agency founded by Thomas Jefferson.
🦑🧪🌎

NOAA carries a two century legacy of America’s first government science agency

NOAA, the US government science and management agency in charge of sustainable fisheries, the national weather service, and ocean exploration, is in the crosshairs of the Trump administration and P…

www.southernfriedscience.com

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Nina Buchmann @nbuchmann.bsky.social · Apr 10

if you are interested to combine remote sensing with fluxes, have a look at our open postdoc position jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP... 😉🧪🧪

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Apr 10

ICYMI: NOAA is in the Trump administration's crosshairs, with some conservatives claiming it's some sort of crazy expansion of government power beyond what the founders wanted.

But NOAA is the descendant of an ocean science agency founded by Thomas Jefferson.
🦑🧪🌎

NOAA carries a two century legacy of America’s first government science agency

NOAA, the US government science and management agency in charge of sustainable fisheries, the national weather service, and ocean exploration, is in the crosshairs of the Trump administration and P…

www.southernfriedscience.com

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Nina Buchmann @nbuchmann.bsky.social · Apr 1

Interested to work on a less-studied greenhouse gas, namely COS exchange of a forest with the atmosphere? We have an open 4-yr PhD position in our international group. at ETH Zurich in Switzerland. 🧪 More details here: 🧪
jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

Doctoral student in ecosystem COS exchange

jobs.ethz.ch

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Nina Buchmann @nbuchmann.bsky.social · Mar 27

🧪a great paper indeed ... on a sad topic ....

climatepebber @climatepebber.bsky.social · Mar 27

The study – which accounted for nearly 100,000 sites across all continents – found that human activities had resulted in “unprecedented effects on biodiversity”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#extinction #diversityloss #environment

Biodiversity loss in all species and every ecosystem linked to humans – report

Sweeping synthesis of 2,000 global studies leaves no doubt about scale of problem and role of humans, say experts

www.theguardian.com

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Nina Buchmann @nbuchmann.bsky.social · Mar 27

🧪🧪any news on slashing the station and NOAA at large? How can the international science community help? Even when this is only one of many open issues. @fluxnet.bsky.social @icos-ri.eu @co2earth.bsky.social @eth-eaps.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social

The Keeling Curve @keelingcurve.bsky.social · Mar 2

Kudos to Bill McKibben for this piece on the story behind one of the icons of @scrippsocean.bsky.social science. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Trump’s E.P.A. Seeks to Deny Science That Americans Discovered

It’s in this country that scientists, funded by or working for the government, came to understand the role of carbon in our atmosphere.

www.newyorker.com

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climatepebber @climatepebber.bsky.social · Mar 27

The study – which accounted for nearly 100,000 sites across all continents – found that human activities had resulted in “unprecedented effects on biodiversity”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#extinction #diversityloss #environment

Biodiversity loss in all species and every ecosystem linked to humans – report

Sweeping synthesis of 2,000 global studies leaves no doubt about scale of problem and role of humans, say experts

www.theguardian.com

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