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Erika C. Freeman

@ecfreewoman.bsky.social

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🌳🌲💧 Scientist @ Eawag | Gates Cambridge | Future Collaborator? 🇨🇦➡️🇬🇧➡️🇨🇭| | 🧗🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️⛰️ webpage: https://erikacfreeman.com https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=E6WubOUAAAAJ&hl=en & LinkedIn

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Erika C. Freeman @ecfreewoman.bsky.social · Feb 4

🧪 💡 🗣️ Just as genomics revealed the hidden world of individual microbes and their interactions, it's time to uncover the "ecology of molecules"—how individual compounds and compound communities shape ecosystem processes. 🌐🌍🦑🍁💧🧬🔬🔎🌱📚 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Ecosystem ecology needs an ecology of molecules

Ecosystem ecology needs a framework that explicitly considers the roles of organic compounds. The ecology of molecules integrates compound identity, d…

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Convention on Wetlands @ramsar.org · 14d

🔸Innovative finance is driving a wetland investment revolution.

🔸Breakthroughs such as blue bonds, carbon markets and biodiversity credits are scaling up action.

Learn more: www.global-wetland-outlook.ramsar.org

#WetlandsWednesday #GWO2025

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Erika C. Freeman @ecfreewoman.bsky.social · 15d

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Ecosystems and Global Change Group @ecochangegroup.bsky.social · 15d

🤔 coverage of our latest paper with @ecfreewoman.bsky.social @waterik.bsky.social (www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...) @forbes 🌳🍃 Read the story 👉 www.forbes.com/sites/suwann...

Carbon Capture Has a Hard Limit and Wind Power’s Out

Plans for carbon capture and sequestration have an effective limit of 0.7 degrees. So mitigation is perpetually proven to be the best green energy strategy.

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David Green, PhD @ecologistgreen.bsky.social · 27d

Null results matter, but too often, they never see the light of day.

When journals only publish splashy findings, we lose valuable science.

That's why I'm excited about 2-pagers at @StacksJournal.bsky.social. Streamlined publishing for results that deserve to be shared.

🧪 #SciPub #AcademicSky

Researchers value null results, but struggle to publish them

Survey finds that fear of reputational harm and a lack of support and publication platforms are among respondents’ key concerns.

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 27d

I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN.

It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.

Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats

ggplot2 4.0.0

A new major version of ggplot2 has been released on CRAN. Find out what is new here.

www.tidyverse.org

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · Aug 8

Lakes contain most of the liquid fresh water on the planet, but they are also among the most rapidly degrading ecosystems.

Ahead of #WorldLakeDay on August 27, see how you can take #GenerationRestoration action to safeguard these vital freshwater bodies: www.decadeonrestoration.org/lakes

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Erika C. Freeman @ecfreewoman.bsky.social · Aug 29

Hot off the press! 🌐🌍🦑🍁💧🧬🔬🔎🌱📚 🧪 💡 🗣️

Ecosystems and Global Change Group @ecochangegroup.bsky.social · Aug 29

We are so excited our newest paper led by @ecfreewoman.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social is now out @pnas.org 🤩
Read it here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
🌲 We followed a forest as it was logged to understand what happens to soil carbon at a molecular-scale. Here's what we learned. 1/n

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Ecosystems and Global Change Group @ecochangegroup.bsky.social · Aug 29

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · Aug 27

"By contrast, in 2025 thus far, Bluesky has driven "a hundred times as many page views" to Southern Fried Science as Twitter." arstechnica.com/science/2025...

More scientists choose Bluesky over Twitter

It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…

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Penny Johnes @pennyjohnes.bsky.social · Feb 6

Deadline for applications is 28 February 2025. Do get in touch if you have any questions.

Penny Johnes @pennyjohnes.bsky.social · Dec 11

We have three 4-year UKRI PhD studentships now available under the ERC REFRESH programme Researching the role of dissolved organic matter (DOM) as a nutrient resource in freshwater systems. Do get in touch via the links if you have an questions! Details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/program... 🧪

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Erika C. Freeman @ecfreewoman.bsky.social · Jul 9

Congrats Penny!

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MERLIN project @merlin-project.bsky.social · Jun 30

The full programme is now available! Take the chance, learn more about freshwater restoration, Nature-based Solutions and Ecosystem Services.

The webinar is open for everyone and FREE to join.

🔗 Register here: project-merlin.eu/webinars.html

MERLIN project @merlin-project.bsky.social · Jun 20

𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗦 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀! Didn’t get to go to Darwin but want to know what’s happening and how you can be part of next year’s #ESP conference? This briefing webinar is for you!

📅 July 3rd, 9-11:30 CEST.

🔗 project-merlin.eu/webinars.html

#EcosystemServices

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MERLIN project @merlin-project.bsky.social · May 23

🚨 The next MERLIN webinar will take place very soon! This time it is all about 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀, from the funding gap, the introduction of an integrated modelling framework, to embedding a wide array of ecosystem services in an extended CBA. Register here: project-merlin.eu/webinars.html

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · May 6

Around 15% of the world’s peatlands have been drained for agriculture alone.

UNEP’s Global Peatland Hotspot Atlas highlights the major threats facing these vital ecosystems and offers a global snapshot of their current status: www.unep.org/resources/re...

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Erika C. Freeman @ecfreewoman.bsky.social · May 6

Woohoo! Congrats :) love to see the women in biogeosciences crushing it

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Erika C. Freeman @ecfreewoman.bsky.social · Apr 30

Very good news

Researchers' Desk @researchersdesk.bsky.social · Apr 29

"Drawing quantitative linkages between individual emitters and particularized harms is now feasible, making science no longer an obstacle to the justiciability of climate liability claims."

Great news! 🎉👏🙏

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

Carbon majors and the scientific case for climate liability - Nature

A transparent and reproducible scientific framework is introduced to formalize how trillions in economic losses are attributable to the extreme heat caused by emissions from fossil fuel companies, whi...

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Erika C. Freeman @ecfreewoman.bsky.social · Apr 28

🧪 Zombies 🦠🧟🌎

James Bradley @drbradbrad.bsky.social · Apr 28

How can zombie microbes interact with the Earth system? 🦠🧟🌎

Microbes, even when dormant, play a massive role in shaping Earth's ecosystems & biogeochemistry 🌎

In @natcomms.nature.com I explore dormancy in the context of Earth’s geosphere-biosphere co-evolution

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

Microbial dormancy as an ecological and biogeochemical regulator on Earth - Nature Communications

Dormancy enables microbes to withstand periods of environmental harshness. It occurs throughout diverse ecosystems and spans vast timescales, and could play an important role in shaping the co-ev...

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Erika C. Freeman @ecfreewoman.bsky.social · Apr 14

Hello fellow Erika!

Erika C. Freeman @ecfreewoman.bsky.social · Apr 14

Research that resolves chemicals in an environment is key to understanding how ecological systems work. 🧪🌐💧🧬🔬🦠https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp7174

Pharmaceutical pollution influences river-to-sea migration in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Despite the growing threat of pharmaceutical pollution, we lack an understanding of whether and how such pollutants influence animal behavior in the wild. Using laboratory- and field-based experiments...

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Erika C. Freeman @ecfreewoman.bsky.social · Apr 10

Complexity isn't default locked into a one-way trajectory of perpetual increase. It can rise, fall, or stabilize depending on various factors and conditions within the system.

Erika C. Freeman @ecfreewoman.bsky.social · Apr 10

very nice! In the biogeochemical community we study dissolved organic matter; one of the most complex natural mixtures we know about. Indeed, it seems to grow more complex across environmental gradients that relate to time: www.nature.com/articles/s41... and oceans: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Persistence of soil organic carbon caused by functional complexity - Nature Geoscience

Dynamic interactions between chemical and biological controls govern the stability of soil organic carbon and drive complex, emergent patterns in soil carbon persistence.

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Erika C. Freeman @ecfreewoman.bsky.social · Apr 10

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Erika C. Freeman @ecfreewoman.bsky.social · Apr 10

Carbon at the bottom of the ocean is so structurally complex and soil complexity increases with depth. 🌍🧪 #biogeochemistry #ecologyofmolecules

Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.bsky.social · Apr 9

Is life itself, and perhaps consciousness and higher intelligence, inevitable in the universe? That depends on how complexity evolves.

Why Everything in the Universe Turns More Complex | Quanta Magazine

A new suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the nonliving world, promises to rewrite notions of time and evolution.

www.quantamagazine.org

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Erika C. Freeman @ecfreewoman.bsky.social · Apr 9

To make discoveries, scientists need to master a pre-existing body of knowledge that is specialised and grows exponentially. This burden is why scientists that make transformative discoveries are increasingly interdisciplinary and lead large, collaborative teams. Collaboration is essential. ⚗️🧪🧫🧬🔬🔭📡

Dr. Srivi Ramasubramanian (PhD), she/her @drsrivi.bsky.social · Apr 9

The loneliness epidemic is a byproduct of hypercapitalism. Hypercapitalism relies on intense competition, which can lead to social isolation, alienation, and loneliness. Collaboration is a core skill to teach & learn.

#hypercapitalism #collaboration #codeshift #wisdomwednesdays #academicsky

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SAME18-BCN @same18-bcn.bsky.social · Mar 22

🌊 Save the Date! 🌍
#SAME18 — Aquatic Microbiomes on a Changing Planet
📍 Barcelona, Spain | 🗓️ Sept 28 – Oct 3, 2025
At the iconic PRBB 🧬🌿
Join us to explore the frontiers of aquatic microbial ecology.

📢 Stay tuned for more info and follow us on Bluesky!

#MicrobialEcology #MarineMicrobiology #SAME18

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · Mar 13

Academic interested in moving to Canada? 🇨🇦 Canada Excellence Research Chairs program is now live. @ucalgary.bsky.social is looking for (amongst others) senior research chair in Mountain Water Security. 🧪⚒️❄️ #academicsky Please repost far and wide! research.ucalgary.ca/research/our...

Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) Competition 2026

research.ucalgary.ca

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