Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · 09/12/2025www.earth.com/news/tropica... Nice new story on our research in @parched-panama.bsky.socialearth.comTropical trees are growing deeper roots to survive droughtsTrees lost many surface roots in drought but grew more deep roots that reached wetter soil. Fungal partners helped roots take up water. 051
Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Nice coverage from CSU Source news hub on our recent @parched-panama.bsky.social study! warnercnr.source.colostate.edu/tropical-for... 041
Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · 24/11/2025New research from my group @parched-panama.bsky.social showing that rainforest drying suppresses root growth and biomass in surface soils, while stimulating deep root production! Let us know what you think! doi.org/10.1111%2Fnp... 1134
Reposted by Daniela CusackParched-Panama @parched-panama.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Our new website featuring the Panama Drying experiment and other work! 031
Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Check our my new group research website! www.cusackcarbonsystemsgroup.orgcusackcarbonsystemsgroup.orgCusack CarbonSystems Group 030
Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Nice news story on my group @parched-panama.bsky.social research on climate change and tropical roots! news.mongabay.com/2025/07/trop... news.mongabay.com/2025/07/trop... 050
Reposted by Daniela CusackTropical Root Trait (TropiRoot) @tropiroot.bsky.social · 20/05/2025TropiRoot Updates 📢📢📢 TropiRoot held a large group meeting on May 19th, featuring engaging presentations and insightful discussions on various aspects of below-ground traits. If you are interested to joining us or learning more, please visit tropiroottrait.github.io/TropiRootTra... #tropiroots 1164
Reposted by Daniela CusackParched-Panama @parched-panama.bsky.social · 20/05/2025New paper from @parched-panama.bsky.social on climate history effects on microbial responses to stress! Differences in similar microbes from Panama vs. Colorado. academic.oup.com/ismej/articl... N Bouskill, S Chacon @daniela-cusack.bsky.social L Dietterich, L Chen, A Khurram, J Voriskova, H Holman 132
Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Hooray for our new collaborative tropical root data paper from the @tropiroot.bsky.social team! esajournals-onlinelibrary-wiley-com.ezproxy2.library.colostate.edu/doi/pdf/10.1... 092
Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Brunch party to wrap a great @parched-panama.bsky.social research semester with my team at CSU! Processed 192 Panama root biomass samples and another 200+ soil samples! 061
Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Congrats to CSU MS student Grace McLaughlin for receiving a Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Fellowship for her research on @parched-panama.bsky.social rainforest drying effects on soil microbes! 261
Reposted by Daniela CusackAmerican Institute of Biological Sciences @aibsbiology.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Help others understand the breadth of biology by entering the Faces of Biology Photo Contest. #facesofbiology #iambiology #photocontest #aibs www.aibs.org/faces-of-bio... 021
Reposted by Daniela CusackEuropean Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · 02/04/2025EGU expresses its full #support for all #AmericanScientificSocieties, particularly our sibling organisations: the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the Geological Society of America (GSA), and the American Geosciences Institute (AGI). 📷: Jihyeok Park, imaggeo.egu.eu 🔗 Read more : egu.eu/9WTBAC 09533
Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Great day for undergrad root research with @parched-panama.bsky.social today at CSU! Undergrads Ally Lewis,.Maya McCain and Hailey Tharp did a great job, with my MS student Grace McLaughlin helping advise! GOOOOO tropical root research @tropiroot.bsky.social 041
Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Colorado State Community, please join be at the tilt.colostate.edu/oura/curc-da... undergrad research day this Thursday to applaud our great undergraduate researchers!tilt.colostate.eduCURC Day-of Documents | OURA | The Institute for Learning and TeachingImportant information for CURC, including schedules, abstract booklet, building maps, digital presentation gallery, and community guidelines 010
Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Thinking hard at the @tropiroot.bsky.social leadership meeting about next directions in tropical root research! 131
Reposted by Daniela CusackParched-Panama @parched-panama.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Bravo to our stellar undergad @parched-panama.bsky.social root researchers at Colorado State University ES&S! Maya McCain, Ally Lewis, and Hailey Tharpe have been crushing it all semester! 011
Reposted by Daniela CusackNorwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) @ninanatureresearch.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Available position as Researcher in Terrestrial Ecology in Tromsø! nina-english.attract.reachmee.com/jobs/72-rese... 01116
Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Submit an abstract about your tropical research and come present in Oaxaca! The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) abstract deadline is Friday! www.atbc2025.org/call-abstractsatbc2025.orgCall for Abstracts | ATBC2025 032
Reposted by Daniela CusackParched-Panama @parched-panama.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Go @parched-panama.bsky.social dry season 2025 field team! Olivia Aaron, Eric Valdes, Grace McLaughlin and Katie Nelson collecting soils, roots, and trace gases! 171
Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Protest in Boulder CO organized by former Rep David Skaggs: Monday, March 3, at 11:45 outside the NOAA-NIST "campus" on South Broadway, just a bit south of the intersection with Baseline Rd. Those who work at the NOAA labs are at the forefront of understanding and tackling climate change. 1131
Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Today is the deadline for #ESA2025 contributed abstracts! I could definitely use some good time with a giant group of ecologists right about now. If you can, please come meet me in Baltimore and let's chat forests, soils, global change, or anything else ecology-related! esa.org/baltimore202...esa.orgCall for Contributed Abstracts – 2025 Annual MeetingTop of Page 022
Reposted by Daniela CusackDaniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Great @parched-panama.bsky.social poster at CSU grad student poster symposium. Drying alters tropical forest tree growth! 052
Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Great @parched-panama.bsky.social poster at CSU grad student poster symposium. Drying alters tropical forest tree growth! 052
Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Great leadership meeting with @tropiroot.bsky.social this morning! Reach out if you are a tropical root researcher interested in synthesizing and mobilizing your data with us! 1168
Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · 28/01/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/u... Well this is bad. I guess I'll still submit my NSF proposal this week?nytimes.comWhite House Budget Office Orders Pause in All Federal Loans and GrantsThe full extent of the order was not immediately clear, but the directive sent to government agencies on Monday threatened to paralyze a vast swath of federal programs. 021
Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Great @tropiroot.bsky.social leadership meeting today! We have many ideas and plans for understanding tropical root dynamics and responses to global change! With @kaaze7.bsky.social @loutsi.bsky.social @nathalygr.bsky.social @carolmiron.bsky.social @lauratoro.bsky.social @baizalla.bsky.social 0100
Reposted by Daniela CusackDaniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Great @tropiroot.bsky.social leadership meeting today! Many great things in the works to advance our understanding of tropical root dynamics and responses to global change! 051
Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Congrats to Alyssa Schaefer on defending a great undergrad honors these on the importance of research experiences for the undergrad experience at Colorado State Univ! 030
Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Thrilled to see this 2-volume book published on "100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado: Plant and Ecosystem Sci." - A monument to tropical forests, led by H Muller-Landau & SJ Wright! @smithsonianmag.bsky.social @parched-panama.bsky.social smithsonian.figshare.com/articles/boo... 062
Reposted by Daniela CusackRichard Nair @richardnair.bsky.social · 16/11/2024I made a Root Scientists Starter Pack go.bsky.app/46hHLm3! Let me know in the comments or DM if you'd like to be added #roots #rootscientists 164822
Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Alex Hedgpeth dissertation defense at UCLA Geography happening now! ucla.zoom.us/j/9736647097... 040
Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · 11/11/2024Right now I'd like to just say, thank God for comedians. Dear Saturday Night Live, Onion, and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, you are getting me though this dark time 🖤 @theonion.com @npr.org @saturdaynightlive.bsky.social 020
Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · 07/11/2024My enviro sci students were so sad today :( It's hard not to feel hopeless on the climate front now (and other fronts). To cheer ourselves, we devised the "carbon resistance" in which we will sequestered as much carbon as possible under the soil fertility umbrella: "Make America's Soils Great Again" 040
Reposted by Daniela CusackParched-Panama @parched-panama.bsky.social · 06/11/2024@parched-panama.bsky.social is on Bluesky! Happy to be here - check out our work on drying effects on tropical forests in Panama with @daniela7cusack.bsky.social @karis-mcfarlane.bsky.social @bsulman.bsky.social and many others! 084
Daniela Cusack @daniela-cusack.bsky.social · 06/11/2024Ah, I feel better already just being off "X". Hello Bluesky 2170
Reposted by Daniela CusackKaris McFarlane @karis-mcfarlane.bsky.social · 27/08/2024Experimental warming and drying increase the age of C in soil CO2 flux in tropical forest - via different mechanisms!Warming increased decomposition ==> older soil C losses. Drying reduced microbial access to new plant carbon inputs. Read more in our paper with @daniela7cusack.bsky.social &others 052