Matthew Bowker
@matthewbowker1.bsky.social
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co-lead of DIRT Lab (NAU Forestry & Ecoss); Soil ecologist and restoration ecologist; dryland enthusiast; healer of the living skin of the Earth; biocrust all day and night; bikes, dogs and gardens are great too.
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matthewbowker1.bsky.social
Nice! Thanks Rory for working with us.
rcoconnor.bsky.social
Starting to measure #CrustNet plots, and learning some of our biocrust species! Thanks @sierrajech.bsky.social for coming out to NGBER! @matthewbowker1.bsky.social @ecology-awesome.bsky.social
matthewbowker1.bsky.social
jgi.doe.gov
Today is the LAST DAY to submit a Letter of Intent for our Large Scale call, through our #CommunityScience Program.

We’re looking for projects that leverage systems-based approaches to unravel functional capabilities. More details in the links below! 🖥️🧬

@berkeleylab.lbl.gov
@axelvisel.bsky.social
jgi.doe.gov
DEADLINE 4/10‼️
Submit an LOI to our Large Scale call for expansive sequencing, synthetic biology or metabolomics capabilities. User testimonials below!
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More info: jointgeno.me/LargeScaleCSP
FAQ: jgi.doe.gov/work-with-us/proposals/FAQ

@berkeleylab.lbl.gov @nigelmouncey.bsky.social
matthewbowker1.bsky.social
Upcoming webinar...sounds cool!
thegsbi.bsky.social
📣GSBI Speaks is back again in one week! Join us to learn about soil inoculation 🦠🍄

March 19, 2025, 9:30 MDT, 11:30 EDT, 15:30 GMT, 16:30 CET

Register here: buff.ly/UgQ3EeA

Learn more here:

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matthewbowker1.bsky.social
Had an experience alot like that 2 days ago!
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victorleshyk.bsky.social
NEW WARNING about ARCTIC WARMING: My new #sciart accompanies research by Ted Schuur, @ecoss-nau.bsky.social et al that carries urgent warnings for the effects that global warming is having on the Arctic: news.nau.edu/arctic-warmi...
illustration comparing the effects of 2 global warming scenarios: an increase of 1.5 vs. 2.7 celsius. The higher warming scenario will cause loss of all sea ice during Arctic summer, shrinking of Greenland's ice sheet, and thaw of roughly half of existing permafrost by the year 2100
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victorleshyk.bsky.social
My new #sciart accompanies research by @ecoss-nau.bsky.social that outlines drastic changes to come if global warming keeps up and heats up the Arctic: news.nau.edu/arctic-warmi...
These four illustrated scenarios show how (thread) -
matthewbowker1.bsky.social
You're already in there!
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ethanwhite.weecology.org
The Dems on the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology have setup a site to collect info on the impact of the mass firings at federal science agencies. If you were fired and are willing to share (including anonymously) it’s here democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
Were you fired by President Trump? | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
democrats-science.house.gov
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botsocamerica.bsky.social
Can biocrust #moss hide from #climatechange? Fine-scale habitat sheltering improves summer stress resistance in Syntrichia caninervis

New #AJB research by Theresa Clark, Alexander Russell, Joshua Greenwood, Dale Devitt, Daniel Stanton & Lloyd Stark

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience
A four-part graphic: (A) Elevations (m a.s.l.) surveyed for Syntrichia caninervis in the Sheep Range of the Mojave Desert National Wildlife Refuge (DNWR). EPSCoR-NevCAN climate towers are shown at each elevation zone site. Final sample of 92 microsites (20 × 20 cm quadrats enumerated in (C) spanned three aridity exposure gradients: (B) elevation zones, (C) topography zones (northerly, southerly, or flat transects), and (D) microhabitat shade types. For each topography zone in (C), the slope and microhabitat frequency are shown, and missing squares indicate S. caninervis was not found for a given zone or microhabitat type.
matthewbowker1.bsky.social
This is a nice post, with crossover value to multiple scientific fields.
dingdingpeng.the100.ci
New blog post!

Sometimes, when reviewing a manuscript, it's really unclear to me what precisely the authors are trying to do -- which makes it hard to evaluate the work properly.

So, here's some advice for how to ensure that readers don't get lost.
www.the100.ci/2025/02/17/r...
Reviewer notes: Avoid any ambiguity about analysis aims
For any central statistical analysis that you report in your manuscript, it should be absolutely clear for readers why the analysis is being conducted in the first place – that is, the analysis goal s...
www.the100.ci
matthewbowker1.bsky.social
Sure, will do shortly!
matthewbowker1.bsky.social
Hi does anyone have a good suggestion for a documentary film about terra preta and biochar addition to soil. It's for an intro soils class. Had been using an old BBC doc, but it is quite dated now.
matthewbowker1.bsky.social
Great, you've been added!
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matthewbowker1.bsky.social
Thanks for your response, Marten. Seems like it would be easy for GS to make a way to scrape papers and citations for multiple authors. Shame that they don't. Anyway, one day I'd like to do this for our research center and your example is a nice inspiration.
matthewbowker1.bsky.social
Hi Marten - very cool. May I ask how you built that, I tried to do a page for a group using the "add coauthors" button. But it did not work. Adding co-authors did not capture additionla papers or citations.