Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Nicole Zampieri @nzampieri.bsky.social · 1d

MS position for Fall 2026 available to study Hurricane Ecology w/ me at #UCF and with @jefferybcannon.bsky.social from @thejonesctr.bsky.social! Funded half time as a TA and half as an RA. See web for details: tinyurl.com/9pm33ttt
Please RT and share with your bright undergrads!!

1 10 6

Reposted by Nicole Zampieri

Jeffery Cannon, Landscape Ecology Lab @jefferybcannon.bsky.social · Jul 7

🔥 New study: 85% of remaining #LongleafPine habitat faces tropical storm-force winds every 6 years. We explore how #storms, #fire, insects, and salvage logging interact to shape resilience—and what managers can do about it. bit.ly/44QK3Uk Led by @nzampieri.bsky.social

3 5

Nicole Zampieri @nzampieri.bsky.social · Jul 3

Excited to share I'll be starting as an asst professor in the department of biology @ University of Central Florida @ucf.bsky.social later this year 😀 super excited for this next step and officially recruiting graduate students!!! #GoKnights #ChargeOn

1 2 10

Nicole Zampieri @nzampieri.bsky.social · Jul 1

New pub 🚨 Biodiverse #longleaf habitats are threatened by changing #hurricane regimes 🌀. We review hurricane #ecology, assess risk across scales, and outline adaptive management strategies. We find 85% of habitat sees cyclone winds every 6 yrs and threats are compounded by human management actions

Advancing hurricane ecology to improve ecological resilience in endangered systems

Abstract. Endangered coastal ecosystems, such as biodiverse longleaf pine savannas, have historically been resistant and resilient to the impacts of tropic

academic.oup.com

6 18

Nicole Zampieri @nzampieri.bsky.social · Apr 3

The abstract deadline for #WorldDendro2025 has been extended until April 30th! Calling all dendros! #DendroTilYouDie @treeringsociety.bsky.social

Nicole Zampieri @nzampieri.bsky.social · Jan 14

The 11th WorldDendro call for abstracts is open now! Abstracts due Feb 15th. WorldDendro will be held in Livingstone, Zambia from July 28th - Aug 1st, 2025. See our website for more info: sites.google.com/view/african... please share!!!!

1 2

Nicole Zampieri @nzampieri.bsky.social · Apr 1

Last week presenting our groups research advancing tropical dendrochronology in Zambia #AAG2025 #DendroTilYouDie

1 12

Reposted by Nicole Zampieri

IPBES @ipbes.net · Apr 1

Looking for high quality free videos?🎥 Introducing: Open Planet! 🧪🌍

A rich free-to-use video library to help storytellers create impactful content for our planet.

Find world-class footage to tell your stories about #biodiversity & nature ⤵️🌿

openplanet.org #ForNature

Discover world-class footage of our changing planet.

Open Planet is a global library of high-quality climate and nature footage. It is free to use for educational, environmental and impact storytelling.

openplanet.org

3 53 100

Nicole Zampieri @nzampieri.bsky.social · Apr 1

I am in the middle of a field campaign prepping for my research plot to burn in 2 weeks, so we are taking clip plots to estimate fuels. Heres some wiregrass (Aristida beyrichiana) resprouted ~3 days post clipping, which mimics a rapid fire response!! #PlantsAreCool #RxFire

1

Reposted by Nicole Zampieri

Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Feb 4

Sabotage. Criminal sabotage.

"[The NSF] is planning to lay off between a quarter and a half of its staff in the next two months, a top National Science Foundation official said Tuesday."

www.eenews.net/articles/sci...

Science funding agency threatened with mass layoffs

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

www.eenews.net

36 600 1.3K

Reposted by Nicole Zampieri

KevinDKohl @kevindkohl.bsky.social · Jan 29

We’ve seen periods of darkness before.

But it’s the resolution to keep yourself shining brightly through that darkness which keeps the long arc of progress moving forward ✨

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Jan 29

This is my favorite picture of Stonewall.

They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.

Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.

I think about it a lot in moments like this.

14 52

Reposted by Nicole Zampieri

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Jan 29

NSF grantees - people who have already received their grants based on a previously funded and approved research proposal - are being told to stop any activities related to DEI and accessibility.
Call this what it is: government censorship of ongoing research projects.
www.opm.gov/policy-data-...

41 790 2.3K

Reposted by Nicole Zampieri

Jeffery Cannon, Landscape Ecology Lab @jefferybcannon.bsky.social · Jan 6

Ready to learn how to use LiDAR for research in #forestry and natural resources using #R? This week I am sharing our 7-part series on Bluesky to help you get started! Share with anyone you know who wants to get started. Part 1 covers acquiring, & viewing LiDAR data! bit.ly/lidR-module1

4 25 46

Reposted by Nicole Zampieri

Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · Jan 28

All my ecology peeps slinging the GAM(M)s might find this paper interesting. I was surprised to learn there is a frequentist interpretation of GAM(M)s! (jk) besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Bayesian views of generalized additive modelling

Generalized additive models (GAMs) are a frequently used, flexible framework applied to many problems in statistical ecology. They are commonly used to incorporate smooth effects into models via s...

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

3 31 96

Nicole Zampieri @nzampieri.bsky.social · Jan 14

The 11th WorldDendro call for abstracts is open now! Abstracts due Feb 15th. WorldDendro will be held in Livingstone, Zambia from July 28th - Aug 1st, 2025. See our website for more info: sites.google.com/view/african... please share!!!!

5 7

Reposted by Nicole Zampieri

Lars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · Nov 16

Starter Packs are great, but they favor well established individuals (understandably so). To help prop up new voices, here is a set of early career ecologists (self defined) who are, or would like to become, active on BlueSky

Please reply if you would like to be included!

go.bsky.app/Di74bDy

160 210 450

Nicole Zampieri @nzampieri.bsky.social · Nov 17

Please add me :)

1 1

Nicole Zampieri @nzampieri.bsky.social · Nov 17

Please add me!

1 1

Nicole Zampieri @nzampieri.bsky.social · Aug 28

Registration is now open for the 2024 African Dendro Fieldschool, Nov 2-11 in Livingstone, Zambia. We have scholarship opportunities for students from African or low-income countries. Join us!! sites.google.com/view/african...

#Dendrochronology #STEMEducation #DendroTilYouDie #TreeRingsandThings

ADF

Welcome to the ADF website

sites.google.com

1 6