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Alex Cobb @dynamicpeatlands.bsky.social · 16d

Are you fascinated by how peatlands form and how they are impacted by human land use? I am seeking PhD students to join my lab at the Asian School of the Environment in Singapore. For more, visit dynamicpeatlands.org/phd-programme

Opportunities to join Alex Cobb's group

PhD, postdoc, Masters and undergraduate opportunities with Alex Cobb's group at the Asian School of the Environment.

dynamicpeatlands.org

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Biogeosciences Early Career Committee @biogeosciences-ecc.bsky.social · Aug 29

Attending #AGU25 with caregiving responsibilities? Whether you're joining virtually or in person, our Caregiver Grant is here to support you!

Let us help make your participation at the Fall Meeting possible and meaningful.

Application Link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

2025 Caregiver Grant Application

The AGU Biogeosciences Caregiver Grants, made on behalf of the Early Career Committee, are reserved for applicants who are the primary caregiver for a dependent, have financial need, and who may other...

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David Olefeldt @olefeldt.bsky.social · Aug 28

New study where McKenzie Kuhn, I and co-authors show that accounting for differences among wetland and lake types is crucial for estimating current and future boreal-Arctic methane emissions – out now in Nature Climate Change.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Current and future methane emissions from boreal-Arctic wetlands and lakes - Nature Climate Change

How much methane will be emitted from the boreal-Arctic region under climate change is not well constrained. Here the authors show that accounting for distinct wetland and lake classes leads to lower ...

www.nature.com

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Clarice Perryman @clariceperryman.bsky.social · Aug 18

Thanks Eos for featuring Anthony's new paper! 🤩 #ProudPartner #Number1Fan

Eos @eos.org · Aug 18

New samples collected near Lake Superior are helping scientists fill in the gaps in the history of plate tectonics. #AGUPubs eos.org/research-spo...

Lakeside Sandstones Hold Key to Ancient Continent’s Movement - Eos

Using paleomagnetic samples collected along the shores of Lake Superior, a new study illuminates the movement of a billion-year-old paleocontinent as it crept south toward a tectonic collision.

eos.org

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · Jul 30

The abstract submission deadline for #AGU25 has been EXTENDED to 31 July at 5:00PM ET!

Submit your abstract today: www.agu.org/annual-meeting

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International Peatland Society @peatlands.bsky.social · Jul 21

IPS is proud to announce that it will co-host the AsiaFlux 2025 conference in Riau, Indonesia. Register now if you want to participate in this important event. www.asiaflux2025.com #peatlands #southeastasia #climate

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Clarice Perryman @clariceperryman.bsky.social · Jul 15

Already getting abstracts! Submit yours by July 30 to join us and invited speakers @rswamper.bsky.social (UC Santa Cruz) and @bmcgivern13.bsky.social (UW Eau Claire) in New Orleans for #AGU25!

agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...

Clarice Perryman @clariceperryman.bsky.social · Jun 25

Also convening a session on #peatland and #wetland carbon cycling at #AGU2025! ⬇️

PanAm Peat @panampeat.bsky.social · Jun 25

Our team members are convening an #AGU2025 session on wetland & #peatland carbon cycling. Submit an abstract by July 30 to join us in New Orleans this December!

agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...

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Clarice Perryman @clariceperryman.bsky.social · Jul 15

We'll be hosting invited speakers Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz from Arizona State and Jonathan Gewirtzman from Yale to share their work on methane cycling inAmazonian peatlands and trees! Submit an abstract by July 30 to join us in NOLA for #AGU25

agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...

Clarice Perryman @clariceperryman.bsky.social · Jun 25

We'll be hosting a session on #methane cycling & emissions across ecosystems again this year at #AGU2025! Submit your abstract by July 30 to join us in New Orleans for another year of great methane discussions! @drbenrunkle.bsky.social

agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...

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Clarice Perryman @clariceperryman.bsky.social · Jun 25

I totally acknowledge that many folks who may regularly consider attending AGU will be hesitant and/or unable this year. Hopefully those of us who are able (and feel comfortable) to attend can make the most of it and celebrate the good work our community is doing despite immense challenges.

Clarice Perryman @clariceperryman.bsky.social · Jun 25

Also convening a session on #peatland and #wetland carbon cycling at #AGU2025! ⬇️

PanAm Peat @panampeat.bsky.social · Jun 25

Our team members are convening an #AGU2025 session on wetland & #peatland carbon cycling. Submit an abstract by July 30 to join us in New Orleans this December!

agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...

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Clarice Perryman @clariceperryman.bsky.social · Jun 25

We'll be hosting a session on #methane cycling & emissions across ecosystems again this year at #AGU2025! Submit your abstract by July 30 to join us in New Orleans for another year of great methane discussions! @drbenrunkle.bsky.social

agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...

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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · Jun 19

Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution, provides 3 years of PhD support to perform research in ecology and evolution.

If interested in pursuing a PhD in the Tumber-Dávila Lab, I encourage you to submit an LOI (due July, 31st)

www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution

The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...

www.simonsfoundation.org

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Allison Herreid @aquaticallison.bsky.social · Apr 9

First paper from my postdoc is out in WRR with open access!

We explored how contrasting watershed features influence NO3 and DOC transport and transformation in an agricultural watershed
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Using Spatially Rich Data Sets to Assess the Influence of Channel Characteristics on Biogeochemical Behavior in Agricultural Watersheds

Sampling with high spatial resolution reveals nuanced biogeochemical behaviors and insights missed by fixed-point monitoring Channelized region mainly transports or slightly contributes nitrate a...

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · Mar 12

🧪 The NSF director is lying to you.

Let’s fact check 7 claims from yesterday’s letter to the community, while pointing out 3 critical omissions. 🧵

Long letter from NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan, available here: https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/Letter-to-the-Community.pdf

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pumpkin spice itati|agnostic to the optics @itativcs.bsky.social · Feb 24

If they are really cancelling NSF REUs, then we need to change graduate admissions to exclude or minimize the importance of past research experience. There's just no way to compete unless you are well connected or monied otherwise.

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Feb 24

🚨 Many NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) are being cancelled for Summer 2025.

www.reddit.com/r/REU/commen...

Cancellation megathread

www.reddit.com

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · Feb 4

if you’re 25 years old with control of the entire treasury system and you don’t delete every student debt file, you are the biggest loser the world has ever seen

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Robert Mahon @bedform.org · Feb 5

Absolutely fucked up beyond all recognition.

NSF has an insanely low administrative overhead. Laying off staff saves nothing and the cost to our leadership in scientific advancement (with massive public and business implications) will be long-lived and dire.

Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · Feb 5

NSF plans to lay off a quarter and a half of its staff in the next two months. www.eenews.net/articles/sci...

This reckless move will shatter U.S. scientific leadership and cripple innovation for generations.

Science funding agency threatened with mass layoffs

National Science Foundation staff heard the plans at a meeting Tuesday.

www.eenews.net

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Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · Feb 4

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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Mike Peacock @peatymike.bsky.social · Feb 3

There's a postdoc in peatland biogeochemistry advertised on our project by Dolly Kothawala and Gustaf Granath
at Uppsala University. I can highly recommend Uppsala as a place to live and work.

www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Jan 31

It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives

Trump funding freeze a blatant violation of Constitution, federal law: Legal experts

The Constitution, federal law and court decisions make it clear: President Donald Trump's order to pause federal funding is against the law, legal experts tell ABC News.

abcnews.go.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Jan 31

Watching in real time how the policy of complying in advance actually reduces scientific productivity

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Bitsy Perlman @bitsyperlman.bsky.social · Jan 30

I'm very sad that "I have a paper on this" continues

Funding delays of > 30 days lead to, after 5 years:

- 40% increase in scientists exiting US labor force (constrained among those born in the US)
- 20% decrease in wages
- Burden is born by postdocs, grad students, and staff

Ben Stone @benstemon.bsky.social · Jan 30

It’s official: all funding requests made on Tuesday by postdocs for their salaries have been unilaterally rejected by NSF.

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · Jan 30

Really appreciate Jonathan Lambert pointing out that NSF grants are congressionally mandated to weigh how grants broaden participation in science, putting the administration's executive order against DEIA in conflict with, and potentially undermining, congressional legislation

👻Sewall Fright🎃 @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social · Jan 30

Some coverage from NPR All Things Considered www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · Jan 30

I mean, literally, the answer to this is "I am federally prohibited from telling you anything about my students without a subpoena or judicial warrant; if you have a subpoena or judicial warrant, please submit it to [Legal Officer/Office] to ensure it is in compliance with all relevant federal laws"

✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · Jan 30

If you have students who are trans no you don’t. If you have students of color who may be affected by ICE no you don’t. If anyone asks you gender or racial the makeup of your class you don’t have to tell them.

Protect your class and protect your students by not complying in advance. They trust you.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Jan 29

1. Breaking News: Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting trans youth and teachers in schools who teach for them.

It goes after "social transition" and threatens arrests.

I will go through line by line, as I have the last 3 nights.

Find the EO here:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · Jan 29

🚨PIs of Training Grants and Programs, ESPECIALLY training grants that support students from historically excluded groups (T32s and T34s, IMSD, MARC, PREP, MOSAIC, etc.)🚨

We need to push back on the loss of information and the disappearance of websites about these resources.

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