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Christine M. Cornish, PhD

@cmcornish.bsky.social
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Aquatic ecotoxicologist | dog mama | aspiring mycologist | novice embroiderer | mountain lover 🌎 MO --> ND --> VA --> KS sites.google.com/view/cmcornish-con…

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Society for Freshwater Science @freshwaterscience.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We’re thrilled to announce the Society for Freshwater Science 2027 Annual Meeting! 💡Navigating Braided Waters: Past, Present, Future 📍 Omaha, Nebraska 📆 May 23-27, 2027 Explore our meeting website for program details, travel, accommodations, field trips & more: 🔗 www.sfsannualmeeting.org
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SFS 2027 Annual Meeting
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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
OTD in 1962, Silent Spring was published. “Nature has introduced great variety into the landscape, but man has displayed a passion for simplifying it. Thus he undoes the built-in checks and balances by which nature holds the species within bounds.” ― Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
Rachel CarsonThe front cover of Silent Spring.
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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Flooded my boots just a bit today.
Woman neck deep in a river placing a sensor in the water
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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I'm always excited to dust off the waders!!
Two women sitting in waders, smiling about doing stream workFour people smiling and posing by the Sinclair dinosaur Two people in a shallow stream getting ready to fish shock
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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
28 hours of field work wrapped up in two photos 💪🏻
Woman standing upstream of a periphyton samplerFour women on a boat getting ready to collect sediment cores
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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The group spent the morning touring the Bowersock Hydroelectric Dam in Lawrence, KS. Had a blast learning about the history and positive impact in the community, as well as getting in a quick cycling workout!
6 women standing in the power generator room of a Hydroelectric Dam Catwalk view from Hydroelectric Dam of tail waters flowing on the Kansas RiverWoman on an electricity generating bike
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Dr. Hilary Rose Dawson @hilaryrosed.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Heartbroken to see that UC Davis Stable Isotope Facility is closing in a couple days after nearly three decades of service. UCDavis SIF was integral to the research I did before and during my PhD. They made stable isotopes accessible even for small scale projects, and will be sorely missed. 🧪
Email screenshot that reads:
"Dear Friends, Colleagues, and Clients of SIF,
 
We are writing to inform you that UC Davis will be permanently closing the Stable Isotope Facility on July 26, 2026. Beyond this date, SIF staff emails and other SIF contacts (e.g., sif@ucdavis.edu) will no longer be monitored. If, after the closure date, you have questions about billing, data reporting, or sample disposition they can be directed to the Dept. of Plant Sciences Chief Administrative Officer, Madhu Sharma (mssharma [at] ucdavis.edu).
 
We are sorry for any disruption this may cause in your research program and are proud to have supported your research over these past 28 years.
 
Sincerely,
The SIF Team"
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La Toya Kissoon-Charles @aquatoya.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Happy Friday! Look what I found while walking around the yard after some morning rain. These are fluted bird’s nest fungi ( #Cyathus striatus). They look like miniature bird’s nest with eggs. The “eggs” are spore sacs that eject millions of spores when raindrops hit them! Source: Wikipedia #fungi
Fluted bird’s nest fungi growing on mulchFluted bird’s nest fungi growing on mulchFluted bird’s nest fungi growing on mulch
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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
We received almost 300 applications to our Graduate Research Excellence Grants this year. We expect to fund around 50 proposals. Help us fund an additional 10 by making a tax-deductible donation to our GREG GoFundMe campaign! www.gofundme.com/f/support-st...
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Donate to Support Students on their Scientific Research Journey!, organized by SSE Communications
The Graduate Research Excellence Grants are awarded by the So… SSE Communications needs your support for Support Students on their Scientific Research Journey!
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Jill Hamilton @jillahamilton.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The Schatz Center is recruiting a postdoctoral scholar with experience in whole-genome resequencing to study how demography, genetic variation, and selection interact to contribute to range expansion and adaptation. Come join us!! #evolutionarygenomics psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
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Postdoctoral Scholar - Adaptive Evolutionary Genomics
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
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Dr. Carly Kenkel @drcarl.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2027 is live! PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/MAGd4ohyPeoY... students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely! 🧪
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Ecology/Evolution/Marine Biology labs recruiting for Fall 2027
Please complete this form if you are a PI recruiting graduate students for a Fall 2027 start. If you are NOT recruiting, feel free to share the response sheet with prospective students looking for lab...
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 30/05/2026
I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”
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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Day 0 vs. Day 7. Working our way to a nice tank bloom 💚
Mesocosm tank with water on Day 0Mesocosm tank with greener water on Day 7 that is starting to grow an algal bloom
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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
May so far as told by Chara
Black, brown, and white dog cozied up on a couch Black, brown, and white dog rolling around on the concrete Black, brown, and white dog with big perked ears staring down some foodBlack, brown, and white dog splooting on a blanket outside looking at squirrels
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Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Check out this new global mapping tool to understand nutrient pollution sources to lakes across the world! www.ceh.ac.uk/press/new-gl... 🧪 @ukceh.bsky.social @aslo.org @sil-limnology.bsky.social @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social
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New global map helps protect the world’s lakes
A new, interactive global map, known as the Global Lakes Explorer, helps scientists, policymakers, educators, and the public to explore where nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrogen are entering lak...
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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The team had a day off the water to set up a PFAS and HABs mesocosm experiment. Great kickoff to the summer field season!!
A group of people setting up stock tanks for an experiment A group of people sampling stock tanks for an experiment A group of people measuring water quality in stock tanks
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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Wow #ASLOSIL26! My feet are killing me, I can barely talk, and I'm running on maybe 10 hrs of sleep for the whole week -- all signs of a great time! Thanks to everyone who made this week happen!
Woman standing at a podium giving a presentation to a crowd at a conference Woman standing next to a conference information sign
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Lauren M. Seyler, Ph.D. @darkmicrobio.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Graduation was yesterday and one of my students just sent me this, with the following: "I didnt get to show you yesterday, but I decorated my cap with the best piece of advice I've ever been given" I said this to him. He is quoting me, on his graduation mortarboard. I'm having very big feelings.
Graduation mortarboard printed with a stylized DNA double helix and the following quote:

It's not about being smart.
It's about being stubborn and being brave. 

That, in my opinion, is what makes a good scientist.
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Abby Lewis @aslewis.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I am recruiting graduate students to start in fall 2027! Several potential projects, generally focused on analyzing and forecasting changes in aquatic carbon cycling. #ASLOSIL26 I am around all week—please reach out if you would like to find a time to chat! abbylewis.github.io/join_the_lab...
a lake at sunriseautochambers in a marsh at sunrise
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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
My traveling nerves have kicked in, but I'm still very excited to attend #ASLOSIL26! Nothing like a week filled with new connections, great people, and great science to rejuvenate you 🙂
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Alex Scott Fairley @alexscottfairley.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
As I said, I know it's neither #FungiFriday nor #MushroomMonday, but these are definitely SexyStipeSunday (or something similar). Less sure of IDs for these stunning #fungi from Mount Dial in #Tasmania. IDs in ALT, but corrections welcome! #fungus #mushroom #mycology #nature #Australia #FungiFriends
One of the small, blue Tasmanian brittlegill species, possibly Entoloma discrepans?Another photo of one of the small, blue Tasmanian brittlegill species, possibly Entoloma discrepans?A pretty thicc looking brittlegill, maybe Russula clelandii?What I think is Lactifluus clarkeae, obligingly flashing its gills.
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Dr. DioxiNation @djzaber.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Toxic chemicals gonna get ya.... 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Impacts of environmental stressors on fertility and fecundity across taxa, with implications for planetary health - npj Emerging Contaminants
npj Emerging Contaminants - Impacts of environmental stressors on fertility and fecundity across taxa, with implications for planetary health
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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Happy May!! What else starts with "m" -- MUD! We are taking name suggestions for our new sediment mascot.
Woman standing on a boat hugging a freshly collected sediment core.Woman holding a sediment blob molded into a small mascot
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 27/04/2026
The United States now has the most government restrictions on academic freedom of any high-income country. www.chemistryworld.com/news/academi... Raw data from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social —> academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...
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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
On Friday, the Trump administration fired the National Science Board, a move that continues it's politicization at NSF and risks further interference at the nation's premier scientific research agency. My thoughts in a new post: blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...
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Cutting Science Out: Trump Administration Fires National Science Board Members
This is an attempt to silence independent scientists, shut down evidence-based decision making, and keep the public in the dark.
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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 for wundergrad Emily!! She presented twice in two weeks on her first poster with her very own R-created figures!
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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Working with age-depth models to date reservoir sediments is making my head spin. Our reservoirs are polymictic and pretty young, and we are working with Pu activity, so every model has major caveats.
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a woman is making a funny face and making a funny face with her hands .
ALT: a woman is making a funny face and making a funny face with her hands .
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Shelly Gaynor @shellygaynor.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
What is your Biology or EEB departments minimum PhD stipend? Update it here: mlgaynor.com/BiologyPhDSt...
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Biology PhD Stipends
Biology Ph.D. stipend database with live summaries from the shared Google Sheet.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
These incredible Buff Tip Moths blend in so well with branches that you might mistake them for sticks. Nature's masters of disguise are truly fascinating!
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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
A perfect day on Cross Reservoir teaching limnology and playing with all of our lake toys!!
Woman standing in a boat holding a white board teaching limnology Students holding a van dorn sampler observing surface water
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Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography @aslo.org · 17/04/2026
📣 #ASLO_LO invites submission of studies with broad implications for all fields of #oceanography and #limnology for Special Collection “Greenhouse Gas Dynamics in Aquatic Ecosystems: Mechanisms, Impacts, and Future Directions”. 🔗 Learn more: www.aslo.org/lo-special-c... #aquaticsciences
Cover of "Limnology and Oceanography," featuring a headline for a special issue on greenhouse gas dynamics in aquatic ecosystems. The text emphasizes mechanisms, impacts, and future directions, along with a call for papers targeting completion in late 2027. The background shows water waves.
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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
I have never had a green thumb. So let me tell you, I am ready to defend these little sprouts with my life! We have sugar pumpkins, carrots, and lettuce in the works 😊
Planter box with large sproutsPlanter box with tiny plant sprouts
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Robert Hirschfeld @rfhirschfeld.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
More ethanol. More corn. More fertilizer. More nitrate in your water. Policymakers keep pushing for more, more, more, but don't have the courage to make ag actually address its vast pollution problem. So they'll ask for more of your money to fund failed voluntary conservation.
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Warming winters lead to more nitrate pollution in the drinking water near farms
Pollution levels in Iowa's water have been abnormally high this winter. That's forcing the state's largest city, Des Moines, to run an expensive nitrate removal system that they usually only use in th...
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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Ending March with a manuscript submission feels pretty good!!
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Alex Figueiredo @alexfig.eurosky.social · 30/03/2026
Looking for MSc student(s) to be involved in some really cool germ-free experiments with house sparrows at @niooknaw.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social ! 🐣🦠Get in touch if you're interested and please share :) nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
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Early-life microbiome assembly and its effects on bird phenotypes
We are looking for a motivated Masters/HBO/internship student to partake in upcoming microbiome manipulation experiments, investigating how this fascinating community impacts phenotypes in birds. Star...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 29/03/2026
Over eight million Americans took to the streets today, which makes No Kings 3 the biggest single day of protest in the history of our country. #NoKings
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Walz: Our weather may be a little cool, but our people are warm and we're fierce. Don't ever mistake our kindness for weakness. We demand justice for Renee Good and Alex Pretti. We demand justice for every single person who was hurt or traumatized. We will never forget what they did
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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
We love buoys!!
3 people on a boat celebrating deployment of a water monitoring buoy in Tuttle Creek Reservoir, KS
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Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
🚨 I am pleased to share that our book Microplastics and Nanoplastics in the Environment has now been published by the Royal Society of Chemistry. books.rsc.org/books/edited... #Microplastics #Nanoplastics #Environment #PlasticsTreaty
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Leanne C. Powner @leannecpowner.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Academia is an environment of people w. unstable social skills in a context that doesn't really value being nice. It revolves around us making an internal (or even external) hierarchy of people whose work is better than others'. Breathe. It's not YOU, it's THEM & the circumstances we live & work in.
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Andy Lee, PhD @andylee.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
I am still actively looking for postdoc positions — please lmk if you (or your friends and colleagues) need a hardworking postdoc with field, lab, and bioinformatic skills! I am broadly interested in evolution in the ocean, conservation and population genetics, and rapid evolution.
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Jim Elser @drlimnology.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
So fun to hear my #limnology colleagues talking about changing lake ice conditions and impacts on our winter well-being. 🧪 Northern communities are losing lake ice as winter get warmer — and weirder www.npr.org/2026/03/05/n...
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Northern communities are losing lake ice as winter get warmer — and weirder
More than a thousand people recently gathered on frozen Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisc., for a celebration of winter. But a changing climate is affecting life above the ice.
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Max M. @ambystomax.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
HEY‼️ Come work with my team this summer! We're hiring 2 crew leads and at least 4 crew members to work on ecological research projects across OR, WA, and CA. Postings below 👇
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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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Christine M. Cornish, PhD @cmcornish.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Kicked off field season in 20-something °F weather 🥶 Worth it.....for the sunshine and inverts!! (sorry no buggy pics, my hands were frozen)
3 people bundled up, holding nets wading in a stream getting ready to sample bugs for winter time data
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
If the USA Women’s Hockey team wants a real celebration and invite ,,, I’ll host them in Las Vegas. Do some nice dinners and shows and good times. I’m sure I can get a hotel and airline to help me out here and celebrate these women for real for real. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
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a man in a suit and tie is wearing a crown and saying yeah boyy !
Alt: Flavor Flav says YEAH BOOYYYEEEE,!!!
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Abby Lewis @aslewis.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
We are excited to officially share GHG-Depths, a database of depth-resolved CO2 and CH4 concentrations in 522 lakes, ponds, and reservoirs worldwide. Congrats to Joe Rabaey and a huge team of collaborators! @gleonetwork.bsky.social
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Depth-resolved carbon dioxide and methane concentrations in 522 lakes, ponds, and reservoirs worldwide - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Depth-resolved carbon dioxide and methane concentrations in 522 lakes, ponds, and reservoirs worldwide
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Mason Heberling @jmheberling.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Exciting new undergraduate research opportunities here at Carnegie Museum in Botany! Applications due March 1. drive.google.com/file/d/1jNNy...
four people happy in the forest with trillium flowers everywhere
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🌈 Dr Ross Brooks @rossbrooks.co.uk · 30/01/2026
My first book, Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life, will be published by Yale University Press on 11 August (UK) and 8 September (US). Please help spread the word! 🙏 UK: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... @yalebooks.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈📚🐵 US: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... @yalepress.bsky.social 🏳️‍⚧️ 🗃️🦋
Jacket design for Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life: A History of Sex and Science by Ross Brooks. It features a historic, drawn image of a gynandromorph gypsy moth, with distinctive female patterning on its left side and male on its right. Against a black background, the image and text (title and author's name) are brightly rendered in a spectrum of colours resonant of the Progress Pride Flag.
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Nadine Ruehr @nadineruehr.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
We are hiring a postdoctoral researcher!🌲 🌳 🌍 📍Interested in boreal and temperate forest productivity and respiration? 💻 Like to work with large datasets, remote sensing and models? 🏔️ Love an alpine setting in a small town? Come and join us at KIT! Application details: t1p.de/qctj7
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