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Plant ecologist at Union College. I study habitat restoration and species invasions. Sounds fascinating, I know! https://jeffcorbin.org/

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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · Feb 6

New paper! Do #bioinvasions exert a legacy after they are removed? My study in a NY pine barren found that yes, they do - though those legacies lessen over time. Exotic species can influence the pathway of ecosystem #restoration. 🌎🧪🌐
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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 12d

Super fun day sampling leaves of red maple trees in Schenectady, NY for my student’s @unioncollege.bsky.social thesis about genetic diversity of urban trees.

Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 14d

I gave up listening to or supporting NPR - and affiliates - years ago for faithfully reporting “White House says…” without any pushback.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Sep 8

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · Sep 8

All good thoughts your way, Stephanie. He will always be with you.

Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · Sep 6

Ohh, I misunderstood.

Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · Sep 5

In the last year all academic buildings required key card access. Didn’t used to be during class time.

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · Aug 23

As one can imagine, I have some thoughts. Here’s a thread no one asked for:

1. SCIENCE IN THE US IS POLITICAL. No matter how much you want to ignore that fact, it is supported by taxpayer dollars and is therefore, political by nature.

2. BUT it has had bipartisan support for decades, which…

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Aug 23

For some scientists fighting partisan attacks, the goal is to defend their work from political interference. But in retaliating, @katherinejwu.com reports, they also run the risk of advancing the narrative that they want to fight.

Scientists Are Caught in a Political Trap

Fighting back against the Trump administration means they start to look more like activists.

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · Aug 14

My new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Scientists’ role in defending democracy

The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...

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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · Aug 15

Hello Toronto!

Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · Aug 15

I have my basal carcinoma to prove it.

Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · Jul 25

So, my college is considering whether to stop pursuing NSF and NIH grants. (Faculty grants too, of course.) Because we can’t abide the DEI certification. Decision to be made quickly, after discussions.

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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · Jul 15

Restoration of native saltmarshes enhances carbon sequestration & mitigates warming effects following Spartina alterniflora removal 🌊🧪

Suggests future restoration programmes should prioritise multifunctional outcomes 💭🌏

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · Jul 3

We’ve been spending a ton of time in Toronto now that my daughter goes to Uni there. LOVE it.

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · Jul 3

Springer Nature--pioneering the new world of science where facts can be made up and citations generated to support them

Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations

Would you pay $169 for an introductory ebook on machine learning with citations that appear to be made up?

If not, you might want to pass on purchasing Mastering Machine Learning: From Basics to Advanced, published by Springer Nature in April.

Based on a tip from a reader, we checked 18 of the 46 citations in the book. Two-thirds of them either did not exist or had substantial errors. And three researchers cited in the book confirmed the works they supposedly authored were fake or the citation contained substantial errors.

https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/30/springer-nature-book-on-machine-learning-is-full-of-made-up-citations/#more-132235

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Zeke Hausfather @hausfath.bsky.social · Jun 28

To put it another way, it takes the approach of actively penalizing the technologies of the 21st century and subsidizing the technologies of the 19th century. As solar, batteries, and electrification are rapidly adopted by the rest of the world, we are stepping backwards.

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Zeke Hausfather @hausfath.bsky.social · Jun 28

The US is falling behind the curve on solar power – a key energy source of the 21st century. We are losing our edge to China on the technology that we originally invented.

Now Senate republicans want to take out our solar industry at the knees in their "Big Beautiful Bill":

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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · Jun 24

New paper! "Why are non-native plants successful? Consistently fast economic traits and novel origin jointly explain abundance across US ecoregions" in @newphyt.bsky.social. Another great paper by my amazing collaborators. 🌎🧪 #bioinvasions nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Why are non‐native plants successful? Consistently fast economic traits and novel origin jointly explain abundance across US ecoregions

Are non-native plants abundant because they are non-native, and have advantages over native plants, or because they possess ‘fast’ resource strategies, and have advantages in disturbed environments?.....

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Jun 19

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · Jun 18

Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event

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Eamonn Wooster @predator-smarts.bsky.social · Jun 17

What is the Human Shield Hypothesis, how do we test it and what do those tests find? New paper out in Ecology Letters today asking these questions. Thanks to @kaitlyngaynor.bsky.social and Mike Noonan for having me.

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The Human Shield Hypothesis: Does Predator Avoidance of Humans Create Refuges for Prey?

The human shield hypothesis posits that predators avoid areas of human disturbance due to perceived risk from humans, and prey therefore seeks refuge in these areas of perceived safety. Our systemati...

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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · Jun 11

See my @unioncollege.bsky.social colleague Andrew Morris' explanation of how the Fed Gov got into the business of disaster relief in the first place. www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018...

Perspective | How the federal government became responsible for disaster relief

The Alaska earthquake that put Washington in charge of natural disasters.

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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · Jun 11

No, not yet.

Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · Jun 10

Does anyone know when we're getting our speaking slots for #ESABaltimore? The last email (a month ago) said "by the end of May". @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social

Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · Jun 10

Just accepted a request to review today, as a matter of fact.

John Stinchcombe @johnstinchcombe.bsky.social · Jun 10

Instead of declaring "peer review is broken" and doing nothing about it, improvements are in our control...

Review 2-3x the number of papers you submit per year.

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You’re probably why it takes so long for your paper to get reviewed and your excuses are bad

A weird thing happened in scientific publishing during COVID. And it hasn’t gone away. Publications went up 30-50%. And responses to requests to review went down 30-50%. I know the actual statistic…

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Jun 10

Bhattacharya : Lists all of the amazing advancements of the NIH.

Then he says that the public doesn't trust the NIH... (evidence does not support this) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries - Nature Human Behaviour

What is the state of trust in scientists around the world? To answer this question, the authors surveyed 71,922 respondents in 68 countries and found that trust in scientists is moderately high.

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