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Kristina Anderson-Teixeira @k-andersonteixeira.bsky.social · 22d

We are celebrating our 50th anniversary if the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (where I am based)! Here's a CBS news clip highlighting some of the amazing work being done here to preserve endangered species. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn4E...

How Smithsonian scientists are working to preserve endangered species

YouTube video by CBS News

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26d

Brazil’s supreme court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup

Former president faces decades-long jail sentence for seeking to forcibly cling to power after losing 2022 election * Anatomy of a coup plot: why Jair Bolsonaro is on trial A majority of Brazil’s supreme court judges have voted to convict the country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a military coup, leaving the far-right populist facing a decades-long sentence for leading the criminal conspiracy. Justice Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha ruled on Thursday that Bolsonaro – a former paratrooper who was elected president in 2018 – was guilty of seeking to forcibly cling to power after losing the 2022 election, meaning three of the five judges involved in the trial had found Brazil’s former leader guilty. Continue reading...

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Kristina Anderson-Teixeira @k-andersonteixeira.bsky.social · Aug 25

**Fellowship opportunity (graduate/postdoc)** - The Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program is accepting applications through October 15. Postdoc fellowships have always received a 2nd year match from the host unit. Come join us!

fellowships.si.edu/opportunity/...

Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP)

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Kristina Anderson-Teixeira @k-andersonteixeira.bsky.social · Jul 18

**POSTDOC POSITION**: Agroforestry, joint between Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute (DC/Front Royal) and The Nature Conservancy. Come join us!

Postdoctoral Fellow (Agroforestry)

Job Opening: Postdoctoral Fellow (Agroforestry) at Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.

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Kristina Anderson-Teixeira @k-andersonteixeira.bsky.social · Mar 14

JOB: The Smithsonian is seeking a Director for our Great Plains Science Program in Montana. The program conducts basic and applied research and innovates, develops, and implements science-based solutions for the conservation, restoration, and management of healthy grasslands and their biodiversity.

Supervisory Research Ecologist/Director Great Plains Science Program (IS-0408-13)

Job Opening: Supervisory Research Ecologist/Director Great Plains Science Program (IS-0408-13) at National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Bozeman, MT.

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Kristina Anderson-Teixeira @k-andersonteixeira.bsky.social · Jan 31

FINAL REMINDER - Application deadline today (1/31)!

Kristina Anderson-Teixeira @k-andersonteixeira.bsky.social · Dec 2

**FORESTGEO STAFF SCIENTIST POSITION!** We are hiring a Research Ecologist to focus on Central and South American Forest Dynamics, to be based at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Smithsonian staff scientist positions are excellent, as is the ForestGEO team! Come be our colleague!

ForestGEO Staff Scientist - Research Ecologist, South & Central American Tropical Forests

The Forest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO) is a global network of forest research plots and scientists dedicated to the study of forest function and diversity.

forestgeo.si.edu

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Kristina Anderson-Teixeira @k-andersonteixeira.bsky.social · Dec 10

GEO-TREES (geo-trees.org) is hiring a Program Manager! Application review begins January 10, 2025. Come work on an inspiring project with a wonderful team!

Please share with potential candidates.

Program Manager of GEO-TREES

Program Manager, GEO-TREES IS-0340-13 ForestGEO, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC The Forest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO) is a global ...

forestgeo.si.edu

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Kristina Anderson-Teixeira @k-andersonteixeira.bsky.social · Dec 2

**FORESTGEO STAFF SCIENTIST POSITION!** We are hiring a Research Ecologist to focus on Central and South American Forest Dynamics, to be based at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Smithsonian staff scientist positions are excellent, as is the ForestGEO team! Come be our colleague!

ForestGEO Staff Scientist - Research Ecologist, South & Central American Tropical Forests

The Forest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO) is a global network of forest research plots and scientists dedicated to the study of forest function and diversity.

forestgeo.si.edu

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Kristina Anderson-Teixeira @k-andersonteixeira.bsky.social · Nov 25

Smithsonian is a wonderful place to work, and our permanent research positions are highly desirable.

Feel free to reach out with questions.

Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, VA

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Kristina Anderson-Teixeira @k-andersonteixeira.bsky.social · Nov 25

FANTASTIC PERMANENT RESEARCH POSITION for Ecologist/Statistician (Interdisciplinary) focused on conservation at Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute (Front Royal, VA)! www.usajobs.gov/job/819535900.

Come be my colleague!

Please repost/ send to qualified candidates.

Ecologist Statistician (Interdisciplinary)

<p>The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo. The mission of the National Zoo and Conservation Biology...

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Monica G. Turner @monicagturner.bsky.social · Nov 20

New faculty position in climate change ecology at UW-Madison, applications due in four days for full consideration. Come join us!
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant Professor of Climate Change Ecology - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Job Summary: The Departments of Integrative Biology and Botany are seeking candidates for a tenure-track faculty position in Climate Change Ecology. The selected candidate will mount a vigorous rese...

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Pierre Friedlingstein @pfriedling.bsky.social · Nov 13

The global carbon budget 2024 is out

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biometlab @biometlab.bsky.social · Nov 11

Interesting affinity group starter packs are forming

Pestlands and wetlands
go.bsky.app/T9Cp4p2

Land surface Modelers
go.bsky.app/Mw4tJ3t

Water People
go.bsky.app/V1LydbV

Climate Science & Research Orgs
go.bsky.app/5kuYAhM

Eddy covariance? Biogeoscience?

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Dr. Rebecca Barnes (she/her) @waterbarnes.bsky.social · Nov 10

Starter pack of biogeofeminists (I have missed many if not most - pls add yourself below & I can update 🩵💜 go.bsky.app/784EKsF

Biogeofeminists starter pack image with 7 little circles of the over 130 Bluesky accounts included

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Kristina Anderson-Teixeira @k-andersonteixeira.bsky.social · Nov 11

Please add me

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Ankur Desai @profdesai.bsky.social · Nov 11

Here is my attempt at an eddy flux, micromet, surface-atmos starter pack. Happy to add if you let me know! go.bsky.app/QjA83fc

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Tim Osborn @timosbornclim.bsky.social · Nov 11

I've made a starter pack of those with interests in tree-ring science e.g. dendroclimatology, dendrochronology, dendroecology.

Please let me know if you'd like to be added (or removed!) or to suggest others to add
go.bsky.app/LXrT3xb

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Kristina Anderson-Teixeira @k-andersonteixeira.bsky.social · Nov 11

Please add me.

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Kristina Anderson-Teixeira @k-andersonteixeira.bsky.social · Oct 11

New publication! Here, we develop a semi-automated process for submitting forest carbon measurements from the global forest C database (ForC) to the IPCC's Emission Factor Database, which currently has sparse forest C data.

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Informing forest carbon inventories under the Paris Agreement using ground‐based forest monitoring data

Human interactions with forests have shaped Earth's climate for millennia and will continue to do so as we target net-zero emission goals. Accurately characterizing these climate impacts requires mak....

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Kristina Anderson-Teixeira @k-andersonteixeira.bsky.social · Sep 12

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW OPPORTUNITY: Smithsonian's Life on a Sustainable Planet program invites postdoctoral research fellow applications. These can include @ForestGEO
projects. Contact me or another ForestGEO Smithsonian staff member if interested. science.si.edu/life-on-a-su...

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Kristina Anderson-Teixeira @k-andersonteixeira.bsky.social · Jul 31

There's still time to submit an abstract for #agu24!! Please join us in session B039: agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/pr...

Kristina Anderson-Teixeira @k-andersonteixeira.bsky.social · Jul 30

Colleagues - Please consider our session "B039 - Drivers of forest carbon losses and effective interventions to preserve carbon in forests worldwide" with two exciting invited speakers: Nancy Harris and Robinson Negron-Juarez!

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Drivers of forest carbon losses and effective interventions to preserve carbon in forests worldwide

The international community is envisioning a large and indispensable role of forests in limiting warming to <2 °C. Forest-based reduction of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) can be achieved in two maj...

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