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Tim Curran

@timcurran.bsky.social

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Assoc. Prof. of Ecology at Lincoln Uni, Aotearoa/New Zealand. Scientist, teacher, dad, bibliophile, cricket tragic, snorkeler, rockpooler (fond of crabs). Uses traits to understand plant responses to disturbance. Likes to BBQ plants.

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Tim Curran @timcurran.bsky.social · Aug 29

I'm so very proud of Niger Sultana and the first chapter of her PhD thesis!!!

She had so many challenges and came through them all with flying colours.

With @loraxcate.bsky.social @azhar06.bsky.social et al.

in @botsocamerica.bsky.social

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Testing key tenets of pyro‐ecophysiology: Indicators of drought response in relation to shoot flammability

Premise Relationships between flammability and drought tolerance influence vegetation dynamics during fires. A goal of the emerging subdiscipline of pyro-ecophysiology is to identify ecophysiologica.....

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Bob Shriver @bkshriver.bsky.social · 8h

Join the Laughlin lab and our new NSF funded project! Awesome opportunity to visit forests across the western US and examine the functional basis of demographic responses to drought and wildfire.

Tim Curran @timcurran.bsky.social · 8h

Great PhD opportunity with an excellent supervisor:

Quantify traits of tree species across the western US to determine how tree populations and forest communities will respond to drought and fire.

plant-traits.net/lab-openings/

Lab openings | Laughlin Research Lab

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Tim Curran @timcurran.bsky.social · 8h

More info on the project here:

www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...

NSF Award Search: Award # 2515915

Collaborative Research: Fire and water in the West: Trait-based demographic dynamics of forest communities

www.nsf.gov

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Lab openings | Laughlin Research Lab

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Evan Frost @wildwoods.bsky.social · 11h

"Research shows wildfires are 4x more likely in areas w/roads than in roadless forests...and >90% of wildfires occur within 1/2 mile of a road. Even USFS's own research undercuts the argument that repealing the roadless rule would have a positive effect on fire mgmt."🌍 www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...

The Trump administration’s latest attack on cherished public lands | Opinion

“For more than two decades, the Roadless Rule has protected nearly 60 million acres of our national forests from industrial development.”

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Cate Macinnis-Ng @loraxcate.bsky.social · 9h

Applications for @ipcc.bsky.social AR7 Chapter Scientists close on 18th October. Great opportunity for emerging researchers from developing countries! 🧪🌎🌱

Cate Macinnis-Ng @loraxcate.bsky.social · 3d

📣 Opportunity for early career researchers from developing countries who work on climate change. IPCC is calling for chapter scientists for assessment round 7. Successful applicants will receive a stipend for 48 months. 🧪🌎
www.ictp.it/opportunity/...

IPCC AR7 Chapter Scientists | ICTP

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is in the process of preparing its Seventh Assessment report (AR7). The IPCC Working Groups are seeking highly motivated early-career researchers f...

www.ictp.it

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Letters for the Environment Central Australia @letterscentral.bsky.social · 9h

Mparntwe Alice Springs burning due to buffel grass again. The old trees are disappearing :(

Meanwhile the cattle industry can and does seed buffel anywhere except in SA

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Tim Curran @timcurran.bsky.social · 10h

NZ’s native lizards are at risk from land development – future policy must ensure better protection
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NZ’s native lizards are at risk from land development – future policy must ensure better protection

All but four of New Zealand’s 120 lizard species are threatened or at risk. But little consideration is given to lizards during most land development projects.

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Evan Frost @wildwoods.bsky.social · 11h

“We just have all of this evidence to show that if you put more roads in there, you’re going to get more fires.” insideclimatenews.org/news/0310202...

Proposal to Undo Roadless Rule Would Open Some of Southern California’s Last Wild Forests to Development - Inside Climate News

The Trump administration claims opening protected areas like Cleveland National Forest to road building will aid the timber industry and reduce wildfires. Opponents see a giveaway that will lead to mo...

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Sally Forsstrom @malurussally.bsky.social · 19h

theconversation.com/the-remarkab...

The remarkable rise of eBird – the world’s biggest citizen science project

In 2002, an online database was set up allowing birdwatchers to record their species observations. It is now a vast resource, shaping scientific research.

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BC Wildfire Weekly - Wildfires + More @bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social · 1d

ARIZONA: “Without protective measures, wildfire smoke could cause tens of thousands more deaths annually across the U.S. by midcentury — and hundreds more in Arizona, a new study warns.” www.axios.com/local/phoeni... - AXIOS Phoenix

#Arizona #AZFire #WildfireSmoke

Arizona faces rising death toll from wildfire smoke

A new study warns wildfire smoke could kill hundreds more Arizonans annually.

www.axios.com

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Tim Curran @timcurran.bsky.social · 2d

Indeed!

Tim Curran @timcurran.bsky.social · 2d

I then repeated this several times before my wife suggested it was time to move on. It was a fair suggestion, as we were on our honeymoon.

Such an amazing experience.

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Tim Curran @timcurran.bsky.social · 2d

For me it has to be the Open Sea tank at Monterey Bay. I visited in Jan 2008 when they still had a juvenile white shark, which is my only time seeing a live one.

My wife describes me as being like a little kid, waiting for it to swim around to the viewing area then walking beside it.

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Tim Curran @timcurran.bsky.social · 2d

Backyard biobank project sets out to save Tasmania's 'spectacular' alpine plants from bushfire threat

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Harry's trying to save Tasmania's 'alien' plants using people's backyards

The backyards of ordinary Tasmanians are becoming urban climate refuges for a "biobank" of alpine plants threatened by climate change and bushfire.

www.abc.net.au

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Alessandra Fidelis @alefidelis.bsky.social · 3d

The Cerrado is really amazing! Post-fire flowering is one of the most interesting and beautiful fire response! It is not a response of a specific species or family! Bulbostylis paradoxa never fails and can be seen flowering already 18 hs after fire! @leveg.bsky.social @programabiota.bsky.social

Bulbostylis paradoxa flowering 24 hs afrer fire

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Bronwen Scott @snailseyeview.bsky.social · 6d

More about the discovery of the beetle here: stories.uq.edu.au/news/2024/ch...

Chance sighting reveals new species of fluffy beetle

A researcher from The University of Queensland has discovered a remarkable new genus of fluffy longhorn beetle while camping within rainforest in the Gold Coast hinterland.

stories.uq.edu.au

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Tim Curran @timcurran.bsky.social · 6d

by @calxcunningham.bsky.social @climate-guy.bsky.social @pyrogeog.bsky.social et al.

Tim Curran @timcurran.bsky.social · 6d

Climate-linked escalation of societally disastrous wildfires | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Climate-linked escalation of societally disastrous wildfires

Climate change and land mismanagement are creating increasingly fire-prone built and natural environments. However, despite worsening fire seasons, evidence is lacking globally for trends in socially ...

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juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 7d

The effect of fire on a resprouting plant at the sub-individual scale!
Final version now published in @journalofecology.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🧪🌍🔥🌿🌳🌾 botany #ecoevo #plantbiology traits
@cideinvestiga.bsky.social @dicv.csic.es

juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · Aug 8

Fire alters the phenotype of individual plants, potentially through epigenetic mechanisms
Saiz-Blanco, @cmhmaliani.bsky.social et al @journalofecology.bsky.social
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🧪🌍🔥🌿🌳🌾 botany #ecoevo #plantbiology traits @cideinvestiga.bsky.social @dicv.csic.es

Phenotypic rebuilding after fire: Understanding within‐individual variability in a Mediterranean shrub

This paper shows that burned resprouting individuals of Anthyllis cytisoides differed significantly in phenotype, global cytosine methylation and the relationship between floral phenotype and fitness...

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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 7d

NZ academics... please take a moment to read this.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Open letter to UniSaver Board members 2025

Tēnā koe, University Workers for Palestine has been trying for over a year to get UniSaver, the preferred superannuation provider for most universities, to divest from Israel and companies complicit ...

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Sarah Bekessy @sbekessy.bsky.social · 8d

How can we intentionally design our homes to co-inhabit with wildlife? That’s the question we explored in an a new work at the NGV - www.whenwildlifemovesin.com

From frog saunas to butterfly puddles: 8 ways to turn your homes into a wildlife refuge
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From frog saunas to butterfly puddles: 8 ways to turn your homes into a wildlife refuge

Urban sprawl has forced native animals and humans to live close together. Here are eight ways to make your home a refuge for wildlife.

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Tim Curran @timcurran.bsky.social · 8d

Great to see another plant BBQ in action!

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Ken Cousins, PhD @kencousins.bsky.social · 8d

Our work for the Natural Resources Defense Council showed that moderate levels of home hardening in high-risk zones could boost the California economy by $26.5B. #riskmitigation

Earth Economics @eartheconomics.bsky.social · 8d

Wildfire resilience is becoming a factor in California’s real estate market. Protecting homes stabilizes real estate prices—Tahoe area homeowners saw 39% lower premiums and 89% lower deductibles after implementing forest management practices. #riskmitigation

Wildfire Resilience Disclosures: A Strategic Investment Opportunity in California Real Estate and Insurance

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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 8d

HISTORIC HEAT IN AUSTRALIA 43 DEGREES

It's the 2nd hottest September day ever recorded anywhere in AUSTRALIA.
Records broken
42.9 Wyndham
41.0 Ngukurr
41.7 Victoria River Downs

It will get worse !

PS:>150 countries are breaking records,
expect MANY tweets later !

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Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 9d

Waiting for the moment when the lightbulb goes on at Labour HQ & Hipkins stands up and says “ you know the billions this Govt has promised to the oil companies? Well, we’re going end that & invest it in YOU with subsidised solar on every roof in 10 years.”

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