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Convention on Wetlands @ramsar.org · 19/09/2026

Did you know that one of the barriers to wetland finance can be a lack of relevant data? To help address this gap, @wetlandsint.bsky.social launched The Wetland Atlas, an online tool for mapping the world’s wetlands. www.wetlandatlas.org/en/map?bbox=...

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Dr. Holly P Jones @dochpjones.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I am THRILLED to announce Dr. Reg Francia's publication from her dissertation work, published in @restorationecology.bsky.social today. Title: Are Restoration Benefits Distributed Equitably across the United States? #OpenAccess 🧪 onlinelibrary-wiley-com.auth.lib.niu.edu/doi/10.1111/...

Are restoration benefits equitably distributed across the United States?
Regina Mae Francia1,2,3 , Erin G. Rowland-Schaefer1,4 , Alicia J. Foxx2,5 , Samantha Rosa6 ,
Amelia G. Renner2,7, Evelyn W. Williams8 , Holly P. Jones1,9

Abstract
Introduction: Global restoration initiatives call for the consideration of marginalized communities in restoration decisions and goals.
However, the extent to which marginalized communities benefit from restoration has not been studied at scale.
Objectives: In this meta- and geospatial analysis, we sought to determine the number of restoration projects implemented in marginalized
communities across the United States and how restoration benefits vary across community-level socioeconomic characteristics.
Methods: We screened and mapped restoration projects published in the academic literature since 1990 and examined the impact of
restoration on communities across different socioeconomic statuses.
Results: We found that studies quantifying ecological restoration benefits were conducted at restoration sites in neighborhoods that
were more White, affluent, and educated than the national average. We found that benefits accrued did not differ by socioeconomic
characteristics.
Conclusions: Our results suggest that marginalized communities in the United States receive the fewest benefits from published restoration
work but would benefit more from increased investment.
Implications for Practice: Restoration science can be a tool to repair inequities through a distributional equity approach if practitioners
and scientists explicitly integrate equitable distribution of benefits as a restoration goal. The long-term success of restoration efforts
starts with the contextualization and consideration of the social and economic history of place and people in areas where restoration
sites are located. Thus, marginalized communities should be considered during the developmental stage of research (i.e., defining goals
and site selection) to serve and inc

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Iryna Dronova @irynad.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Very excited to be here and continue the conversation on NWIs with the participants, organizers and incredible hosts. Wetlands need our attention more than ever, and it is precisely our shared knowledge and collaboration across human geographic boundaries that make these borders matter less.

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Yuriy Gorodnichenko @ygorodnichenko.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

New piece with @tderyugina.bsky.social and @ilonasolohub.bsky.social The main message is: Europe in 2025 is #Ukraine in 2014. Not investing in defense, thinking the war is local, letting RUS information space, believing that someone else will protect, trying to make a deal with Putin Big mistakes

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Will Europe Be as Unprepared as Ukraine Was?

Tatyana Deryugina, Yuriy Gorodnichenko and Ilona Sologoub say that the main challenge is not merely to spend more, but to change entrenched habits of mind.

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Neil Tsutsui @neiltsutsui.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We're hiring! Our search for an Assistant Professor in Arthropod Biodiversity just opened. Come join us at UC Berkeley in the amazing Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management! Feel free to contact me if you have questions. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05523

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Assistant Professor - Arthropod Biodiversity - Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Yuriy Gorodnichenko @ygorodnichenko.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

August 24, 2026 #Ukraine's Independence Day 35 years of freedom

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Iryna Dronova @irynad.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It is scary enough to see a tropical storm grow into an hurricane in real time. The first hurricane in Hawaii since 1992, likely fueled by unusually warm Pacific waters. And while Lala eventually moved, the very real, devastating impacts on communities will last - this story offers a great insight.

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Iryna Dronova @irynad.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

What is both newborn and ancient? A volcano. It was such a gift to witness a recent Kīlauea eruption. A reminder that some forces are brand new and timeless at once, like lava, love and creative inspiration.

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Jeff Dukes @dukesjeff.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This Thursday I'm on a panel discussing 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 in California. What is California doing to respond, and how are early detection, prevention, and coordinated management helping protect our state? 🗓️ Thursday, Aug. 20 🕛 12–1 p.m. 🔗 Register here: ca-water-gov.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

A picture with the title of the panel: 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬: 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬

Moderated by: Wade Crowfoot, Secretary, California Natural Resoures Agency
Featuring a discussion with panelists (pictured):
California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross
Jeff Dukes, Ph.D., Senior Staff Scientist, Carnegie Institution for Science
Kristopher Jones, Ph.D., Assistant Manager, Division of Integrated Science and Engineering, California Department of Water Resources
Tanya Meyer, Weed Management Area Coordinator, Yolo Resource Conservation District and Yolo County
Sapna Thottathil, Deputy Director, Sustainable Pest Management, California Department of Pesticide Regulation

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Iryna Dronova @irynad.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

One of the best ways to make peace with uncertainty may be a walk in fog-blanketed woods. Making it through one step at a time.

A trail in the fog with a tree next to it

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Yuriy Gorodnichenko @ygorodnichenko.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

A new piece with @ilonasolohub.bsky.social The USSR perfected deploying "independent" voices to deliver Kremlin messages while appearing to challenge them. Melnichenko's Economist piece is the same playbook. The correct response to such "visions" is one word: nyet. #Ukraine

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Why The Economist Scoop Was a Polite Version of the Same Moscow Threat

The storied British news journal merely flogged a standard Russian threat couched as a “wind of change.”

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Qiusheng Wu @giswqs.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I am excited to release geolibre-rust v1.0: 936 open-source geospatial tools running entirely in your browser, no server, no Python, no install. GitHub: github.com/opengeos/geo... Live demo: opengeos.org/geolibre-rust All the tools are accessible via GeoLibre, Python, Jupyter, and JavaScript.

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Yuriy Gorodnichenko @ygorodnichenko.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

FT editorial on EU sanctions on RUS "the price of short-term efforts to protect national interests could be to embolden RUS to fight on in pursuit of a victory that would have huge costs for Europe’s long-term security and prosperity." The lack of strategic thinking in some EU gov'ts is shocking

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The EU needs to hold together on Russia sanctions

Cost of trying to protect domestic interests may be to embolden Moscow

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Iryna Dronova @irynad.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Plant phenology contrasts at our wildland-urban interface are a good reminder that total vegetation cover is not automatically a proxy for what is available for cooling or other benefits at the hottest time of the year in dry-summer climates.

A view of the wildland-urban interface at the East San Francisco Bay

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Yuriy Gorodnichenko @ygorodnichenko.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Great pleasure to contribute my chapter on #Ukraine to CEPR's Europe 2050 Years ago, #California was the frontier of the “Wild West.” Today, it is the beating heart of innovation and the new economy. In much the same way, Ukraine is poised to become the “Wild East” of the European Union (EU).

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Qiusheng Wu @giswqs.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Working with Planet Tanager Hyperspectral Data (426 Bands) in QGIS with HyperCoast In this tutorial, you will explore freely available Planet Tanager open data and learn how to stream imagery, download HDF5 datasets, inspect spectral signatures, and perform visualization directly inside QGIS.

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American Rivers @americanrivers.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

For nearly 100 years, four large dams on the Klamath River blocked salmon and steelhead trout from reaching more than 400 miles of habitat. 🐟 This World Fish Migration Day, enjoy this footage of their return to historic spawning habitat post-dam removal! 🎥 Swiftwater Films

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 24/05/2026

⚡️Update: Damage reported in every district of Kyiv amid massive Russian missile, drone attack. Officials reported that over 40 locations in Kyiv have sustained damage in the large-scale overnight Russian missile and drone attack on the capital.

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Breaking: Kyiv under massive Russian ballistic missile, drone attack, at least 1 killed, 16 injured

Russian forces launched a large-scale missile attack on Kyiv overnight on May 24, officials reported.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

A poem for World Bee Day.

The Last Bee

After the last ee
had uzzed its last uzz,
the irds and the utterflies
did what they could.

ut soon the fields lay are,
few flowers were left,
nature was roken,
and the planet ereft.

rian ilston

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biometlab @biometlab.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

New pub with Kuno Kasak @etechlab.bsky.social and Anna Lindenberger Data comes from our pasture site in the Delta on Sherman Island next to my Uncle Julio's asparagus barn. Now this is local science in action www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Contrasting carbon dynamics in grazed and flood-prone grasslands on mineral and degraded peat soils

Ecosystem-scale methane (CH₄) flux measurements from grazed grasslands remain scarce, despite their importance for understanding grassland contributio…

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Marko Spasojevic @m-j-spasojevic.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

We are hiring an Associate Director of UC Riverside Natural Reserve System. Come join us! aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02257

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Academic Coordinator II/Associate Director of UC Riverside Natural Reserve System

University of California, Riverside is hiring. Apply now!

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Dr. Katharine Wilkinson 🌱 @kkwilkinson.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

It’s a wild feeling to be on the cusp of releasing a book into the world—especially when it’s one you wish the world didn’t need. My thoughts on the shadow and light of this moment... drkwilkinson.substack.com/p/i-dont-wan...

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I Don't Want the World to Need This Book

Thoughts on the cusp of publication day.

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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

She’s finally out and she is GORGEOUS!!! This is the most detailed map of the Sierra Nevada ever made.

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Qiusheng Wu @giswqs.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

An AI assistant for Google Earth Engine is now available in QGIS! You can explore and visualize any dataset from the 80+ PB Earth Engine Data Catalog using natural language, and run scalable geospatial analysis on demand without writing code. Every interaction automatically generates reusable code.

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Iryna Dronova @irynad.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Someone stopped by our building to say Happy Monday!

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NPR @npr.org · 21/04/2026

Taken together, these four features can create a trancelike state that can keep us stuck on social media apps or video games for hours. Children are particularly vulnerable. n.pr/4mH6i6s

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The surprising origin of 4 features that superglue kids — and adults — to screens

Taken together, these four features can create a trancelike state that can keep us stuck on social media apps or video games for hours. Children are particularly vulnerable.

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Theresa Crimmins @theresacrimmins.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

The @usa-npn.bsky.social's Late Bloom Index is now live! This map shows where conditions associated with the conclusion of the spring season are being reached early or late. This year, the end of spring is quite early in the SW US; FL is average. www.usanpn.org/data/maps/sp... #phenology

USA National Phenology Network's Late Bloom Index map. This map shows where locations have reached conditions associated with the end of the spring season early or late compared to the 1981-2020 average. The southwestern US and southern Texas have reached this index 1-3 weeks early this year; Florida is pretty much average.

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Julie Talbot @julietalbot.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Great article featuring results from my former PhD student Sophie Pouillé - she tracked the geochemical impacts of dust deposition around Ä'äy Chù using lichen and found the high arsenic concentrations reported in the story 🌲

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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I wrote about why every lab should have AI use guidelines, and how to do it. open.substack.com/pub/blekhman...

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You need to make AI guidelines for your lab

Here's why you should, and how to start

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Iryna Dronova @irynad.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Sometimes all we need in the midst of it all is a walk through the verdant spring woodland.

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Andrew Rypel @andrewrypel.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

It’s easy to forget how much land used to be…wet. Like very wet. #Wetlands were the OG way to store/filter #water, while also sustaining #biodiversity & huge #ecosystems. But, like many great things, we killed it. New long-form essay: Killing the Sponge 👇🏞️ tnature.substack.com/p/killing-th...

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Killing the Sponge

The Silent End Of Our Wetlands

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Yuriy Gorodnichenko @ygorodnichenko.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Our book is finally here!! Oli Coibion @empctmacrotx.bsky.social & me with our advance copies Grateful to everyone who helped along the way—colleagues, students, coauthors, & early readers who shaped the project at every stage Official release tomorrow! tinyurl.com/385ak89u #EconSky

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Canadian Geographic @cangeo.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Today on Can Geo: The last northern spotted owl in B.C. is likely gone. Is it too late to bring them back? 🦉 A new federal recovery plan offers hope, yet with no sightings since 2023, the future looks uncertain. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/456jZEt #EndangeredSpecies #NorthernSpottedOwl

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The last northern spotted owl in B.C. is likely gone. Is it too late to bring them back?

A new federal recovery plan for the species offers a glimmer of hope, but with no owls sighted since 2023, it may be too little, too late

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biometlab @biometlab.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

New collaborative paper in Remote Sensing in the Environment with student Eric Romero in @irynad.bsky.social lab Photosynthesis, heat, and structure: an evident hierarchy of environmental conditions driving wetland carbon assimilation doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...

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Redirecting

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Jose D Fuentes @jdfuentes.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Very nice article !

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Michael Wara @michaelwara.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Really great work from PNNL on best practices in utility wildfire management. www.pnnl.gov/sites/defaul...

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Iryna Dronova @irynad.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Hard to believe it's been four years since russia's brutal escalation of its war against Ukraine. Strength and resilience of Ukrainians remind of what we stand for and what we strive to protect. This Petrykivka art from my home region always lives in my heart and brightens even the darkest days.

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Iryna Dronova @irynad.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

One of my favorite native plants - Pink-flowering currant in its spring season. This one bush has been blooming now for more than a month and is still full of blossoms. Not all last year's leaves have fallen off, but the new ones are coming out already.

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Iryna Dronova @irynad.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

It's very special feeling when a friend's creative work blossoms out, ready to meet the big world. Here is a wonderful new poetry collection by Kathie-Louise Clarke, just released today: www.amazon.com/Scarred-Peac...

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The Scarred Peach Is the Sweetest

The Scarred Peach Is the Sweetest [Clarke, Kathie-Louise] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Scarred Peach Is the Sweetest

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 04/02/2026

Most people are worried about climate change - but most don't hear or talk about regularly. That's why I started my free newsletter Talking Climate. Every week I share good news, not so good news, and what people can do. If you aren't a reader yet, see below. I have 6 different ways to subscribe!

A global map showing that most people don't talk about or hear about climate change regularly (except in Scandinavia - I believe this is the Greta Effect!). Source: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.

A global map showing that most people are worried about climate change. Source: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 01/02/2026

“Children were in the crowd screaming.”

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

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Hope Jahren @realhopejahren.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

MN protestors #protip put 2 Idaho Russets in the oven at 420 degrees for 45 min, take them out and foil wrap, 1 in each pocket before you go out. Theyll stay warm for 3-4 hours even in this weather and you can eat em when you like. They used to send us kids out like this back in the 70s trust me.

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Attention folks in the weather, climate, disaster, wildfire, and Earth science communities: NSF has just published a new "Dear Colleague" letter inviting feedback (by Mar 13) on the proposal to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). www.nsf.gov/funding/...

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Iryna Dronova @irynad.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

It was an honor to contribute to this study led by the researchers from the University of Hong Kong - investigating the connections among remote sensing-derived phenological variability and plant functional traits in temperate forest context.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 09/01/2026

In the new season of Autocracy in America, I will ask how the Trump White House is rewriting the rules of US politics. First episode: How ICE and the National Guard are being used not just to enforce immigration, but to project power open.spotify.com/episode/4Baj...

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