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Dave Klinges @thenaturedave.bsky.social · Aug 25

(Plz share) We're hiring! 5-year PhD student to join our new lab at Rutgers University. Broadly, exploring how climate change impacts terrestrial species, ecosystems and biodiversity – compute, field, or lab! See here:
ecoclimateglobal.org/join/
(hiring a 2-yr postdoc too, more news on that soon)

Join the Lab

Current Opportunities Please see below for current and upcoming opportunities to join the group. We always welcome inquiries from motivated potential members with research interests that fit our group...

ecoclimateglobal.org

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Jonas Lembrechts @jlembrechts.bsky.social · Aug 16

New for all microclimate enthusiasts!

A step-by-step workflow to build your own sensor network - with awesome R code for site selection + tips on engagement, fieldwork & outreach.

Led with @thenaturedave.bsky.social and @rebeccasenior.bsky.social

🔗 the3dlab.org/2025/08/16/h...

How to set up your own microclimate network

Back in 2021, we had an important thought: maybe we should start treating microclimate the same way we treat macroclimate. Weather and climate are monitored by national governments through organize…

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Erin Sauer @sauerscientist.bsky.social · Mar 27

Excited to share the news that I have accepted a TT assistant professor position at @rutgersuniversity.bsky.social in the Dept of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources! I will be recruiting a postdoc and grad students soon for my wildlife disease ecology lab, so check back in here!

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Dave Klinges @thenaturedave.bsky.social · Aug 12

Great to have this one finally out-- our open-access workflow for optimized deployment of microclimate networks! Collab b/w ecologists, data scientists and computational engineers. Check out the GitHub repo for the R software (soon to be a package):

github.com/dklinges9/Mi...

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Dave Klinges @thenaturedave.bsky.social · Jul 14

Yes because us Jerzians are mild-mannered non-opinionated folk

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Dave Klinges @thenaturedave.bsky.social · Jul 14

Having grown up in central NJ, can confirm! Land of the Taylor roll, pork ham, and Philadelphia Jets.

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Dave Klinges @thenaturedave.bsky.social · Jul 14

Thrilled to have accepted a TT faculty position in the Dept of Ecology, Evolution & Natural Resources at Rutgers ‪@rutgersuniversity.bsky.social‬! Keen on climate change ecology, Madagascar, amphibians, range shifts? Visit our lab website & watch for upcoming PhD + postdoc ads! ecoclimateglobal.org

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Dave Klinges @thenaturedave.bsky.social · Jul 2

And if you want quality biodiversity data, cost-effectiveness, or local economic dev, it's always optimal to include community members. We're hoping to integrate more local communities into Mada park wildlife monitoring. Congrats to Lydia & Lalatiana who led this charge! (4/4)
tinyurl.com/53h6vx84

Dave Klinges @thenaturedave.bsky.social · Jul 2

Sampling from real data from 6 protected areas in Mada, we simulated different combos of wildlife surveys by Malagasy scientists (great observations, expensive) and Malagasy community members (good observations, inexpensive) to see what proportion scientist vs community yielded best outcomes (3/4)

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Dave Klinges @thenaturedave.bsky.social · Jul 2

Natural resource managers can have different (non-mutually exclusive) priorities: eg "eco-centric" that prioritizes knowledge of ecological outcomes, and "people-centric" that prioritizes socioeconomic development for local peoples. We can represent each with value functions...(2/4)

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Dave Klinges @thenaturedave.bsky.social · Jul 2

The capstone paper from our community-based wildlife monitoring project in Madagascar, led by @lysoifer.bsky.social : employing local communities is more cost effective than hiring just scientists, even when you put a high premium on quality biodiversity data
BioCon paper: tinyurl.com/53h6vx84 (1/4)

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Dave Klinges @thenaturedave.bsky.social · Jul 2

And if you want quality biodiversity data, cost-effectiveness, or local economic development, it's always optimal to include community members. We're hoping to expand integration of local communities into Mada park wildlife monitoring. Big congrats to Lydia & Lalatiana who led this charge! (4/4)

Dave Klinges @thenaturedave.bsky.social · Jul 2

Building on real data from 6 protected areas in Mada, we simulated different combos of wildlife surveys by Malagasy scientists (great observations, expensive) and Malagasy community members (good observations, inexpensive) to see what proportion scientist : community yielded best outcomes (3/4)

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Dave Klinges @thenaturedave.bsky.social · Jul 2

Natural resource managers can have different (non-mutually exclusive) priorities: eg "eco-centric" that prioritizes positive ecological outcomes and associated data, and "people-centric" that prioritizes socioeconomic development for local peoples. We can represent each with value functions...(2/4)

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Jonas Lembrechts @jlembrechts.bsky.social · May 31

The word is out officially, now: SoilTemp has finished its transformation into 'The MEB-network' - a fully-fledged research network that goes far beyond just being a database. And boy, does that make me proud!

Let me show you all the ways you can get involved here:

the3dlab.org/2025/05/31/s...

SoilTemp is now MEB!

Over the past six years, I’ve poured my heart into SoilTemp. What started as a vision for a global soil temperature database quickly grew into something much more: a living, breathing community of …

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Rebecca Senior @rebeccasenior.bsky.social · May 11

I FOUND IT. I once read a great line about how weather station data are only useful for things living on the weather station. I wanted to cite it but could never remember the damn paper! By sheer luck, it found me. From @mikekaspari.bsky.social in @globalchangebio.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2jyd4z72

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Karen R. Lips @karenrlips.bsky.social · May 10

www.science.org/content/arti...

NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring

Smaller future budgets will require fewer people, NSF official tells staff

www.science.org

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Jonathan Lenoir 🌳🌲🌴 @jonlen.bsky.social · May 9

In response to climate change #CC, #species #shift in many dimensions, moving in space along many climatic clines, including #microclimatic ones (horizontally & vertically) & adjusting their #phenology & #behaviour in time

🧪🌐🌍🍁🌳🌲🌴🦔🦅🦎🐝🦐🦑🐠🦈🐋

@cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social

shorturl.at/W9fGd

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Daniel Bolnick @danielbolnick.bsky.social · May 5

Thread with an email being sent to @asn-amnat.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social members today calling for a Tri-society week of action for NSF:

Dear members:
The tri-societies (ASN, SSE,SSB) are running a ‘Week of Action for NSF’. Your engagement is crucial.

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Dave Klinges @thenaturedave.bsky.social · Apr 14

I wish I could say I can’t believe this. But I guess I could.

Ethan White @ethanwhite.weecology.org · Apr 14

"Under the agreement being pursued by the University of Florida, participating officers would have the authority to interrogate “any alien or person believed to be an alien” about their right to remain in the country, as well as the power to make arrests without a warrant in some cases."

UF, other Florida universities to deputize campus police for immigration enforcement

The police departments of at least three public universities in Florida are seeking agreements with the federal government to carry out immigration enforcement on campus.

www.wuft.org

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Ethan White @ethanwhite.weecology.org · Apr 14

"Under the agreement being pursued by the University of Florida, participating officers would have the authority to interrogate “any alien or person believed to be an alien” about their right to remain in the country, as well as the power to make arrests without a warrant in some cases."

UF, other Florida universities to deputize campus police for immigration enforcement

The police departments of at least three public universities in Florida are seeking agreements with the federal government to carry out immigration enforcement on campus.

www.wuft.org

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Dave Klinges @thenaturedave.bsky.social · Apr 5

Worth a visit at the Yale Peabody for those in the New Haven area!

Life Science Studios - Scientific Illustration @lifesciencestudios.bsky.social · Apr 4

It’s so cool to see my paintings in a museum! Dream come true. Check out the new exhibit showcasing @marthamunoz.bsky.social and @saulguerrero.bsky.social’s work on anole heat tolerance at the Yale Peabody Museum!

#sciart

Special thanks to @thenaturedave.bsky.social for sending me the photo

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Microclimate Ecology & Biogeography (MEB) conference @mebconf.bsky.social · Mar 28

We are very happy to announce that the next Microclimate Ecology & Biogeography (MEB) conference will happen in Montpellier (FRANCE), 1 - 5 June 2026 ☀️
meb-network.com/meb-2026/
Microclimate scientists: save the date in your agenda!!

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Emilio M Bruna @brunalab.bsky.social · Mar 12

Trying to confirm. This is terrible for so many reasons

Brian Taylor @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social · Mar 12

Getting informal reports that as part of the mass layoffs at the Department of Education, the International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE) Office has been "abolished."

IFLE administers Title VI and Fulbright-Hays grant and fellowship programs.

A disaster.

www.ed.gov/about/ed-off...

International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE)

The International and Foreign Language Education (IFLE) office administers Title VI (domestic) and Fulbright-Hays (overseas) grant and fellowship programs.

www.ed.gov

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Dave Klinges @thenaturedave.bsky.social · Mar 14

I’m pretty stubborn about avoiding graveyard projects, and so quite fulfilled to see this one through...even if almost a decade later than expected. Better late than never! And, recommend a visit to south Louisiana and LUMCON, I loved my time down in the swamp:
lumcon.edu