Jill Baron @jbaron4.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Ecosystems Mission Area of USGS getting some much needed attention. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/c...nytimes.comTrump’s Proposed Budget Would Cut a Major Ecology Program 053
Reposted by Jill BaronNational Wildlife Federation @nwf.org · 22/05/2025A huge THANK YOU to our partners, speakers, and the over 2,000 attendees of our virtual rally to save the U.S. Geological Survey Ecosystems Mission Area! Join the movement and make a call to your representatives for native bees, birds, & other wildlife. 📲 support.nwf.org/page/83400/c... 0286
Jill Baron @jbaron4.bsky.social · 20/05/2025I'm attending National Wildlife Federation's event, “Virtual Rally to Save the Cornerstone of Conservation Science” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nwf/event/79...mobilize.usVirtual Rally to Save the Cornerstone of Conservation Science · National Wildlife FederationWe need YOU as we rally in support of critical federal government services at risk of being lost forever. The U.S. Geological Survey Ecosystems Mission Area is responsible for many of the programs tha... 000
Reposted by Jill BaronDavid Cwiertny @dcwiertny.bsky.social · 08/05/2025“I’m a farmer. We don’t want to admit that we messed up, but we did. We’ve over-applied fertilizer, we’ve over-applied water, and we drove nitrates down into the ground, and we have nitrates in groundwater.” www.agriculture.com/pillen-admit...agriculture.comPillen Admits He and Other Farmers ‘Messed Up,’ Expects New State Agency to Improve Water ManagementIn marking the merger of two water-focused state agencies, Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen on Wednesday said he and other farmers “messed up” in managing water resources. “What’s really, really important is ... 045
Jill Baron @jbaron4.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Involved or interested in Critical Zone science? Please join in on weekly CZ Connections webinars. Schedule and links are available at docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comCritical Zone Connections Webinar Series - Spring 2025International Critical Zone Network of Networks CZ Connections Webinar Series, Spring 2025: Critical Zone Research Networks Driving Collaboration and Discovery Part 1, April 15 - May 13, 12:00 PM ... 000
Jill Baron @jbaron4.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Job openings at Packard: www.packard.org/about/career...packard.orgCareers • The David and Lucile Packard FoundationLearn about working at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. 000
Reposted by Jill BaronMike Dettinger @mdettinger.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Trump has ordered closure of ~½ of USGS Water Sci Centers that monitor US waters for flooding & drought, measure levels & quality in ground & surface water with 1000s of gages, & do sci studies (in coop w/local-to-federal agencies) allowing successful water mgmt. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comTrump officials gut 25 centers that monitor flooding and drought in the USWhite House orders closure of USGS water science centers, which shares data with weather service for flood warnings 713192
Jill Baron @jbaron4.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Honored to be the Fobes Ronald lecturer at Iowa State University this week. Great university, great students, and an abiding interest in nitrogen - what could be better? 030
Jill Baron @jbaron4.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Two thought-provoking new papers on the role of plant invasions on biotic homogenization, brought to you by the Powell Center: Global Ecology and Biogeography: Buonaiuto et al. doi.org/10.1111/geb.... and Bradley et al. doi.org/10.1111/geb....doi.orgUsing Plant Invasions to Compare Occurrence‐ and Abundance‐Based Calculations of Biotic Homogenisation: Are Results Complementary or Contradictory?Aim Beta diversity quantifies the similarity of ecological assemblages. Its increase, known as biotic homogenisation, can be a consequence of biological invasions. However, species occurrence (prese... 011
Reposted by Jill BaronKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 21/04/2025Pope Francis leaves behind a legacy of compassion, courage, and a continuing call to protect our common home and all who share it with us. In his 2023 exhortation, Laudato Deum, he spoke out strongly against those who reject what science tells us about climate and deny their own responsibility. 🧵apnews.comLive updates: Pope Francis dies at 88Pope Francis, Latin America’s first pontiff who ministered to poor people with a message of mercy, has died. Francis stressed humility over hubris for a Catholic Church beset with scandal and indiffer... 211010225
Reposted by Jill BaronSarah Whorley, Ph.D. 🦬⚔️ @dralgaegirl.bsky.social · 21/03/2025OMG I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!! It will be in my head all day #SewerStar 2223
Jill Baron @jbaron4.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Vaccines Cause Adults! One of my favorite signs from yesterday’s Fort Collins Stand Up for Science rally. 116016
Jill Baron @jbaron4.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Gebetic Diversity paper doi link is broken. Here is citation (withoout offending doi:) Schmidt, C., Karachaliou, E., Vandergast, and others (2025), A Survey of Mammal and Fish Genetic Diversity Across the Global Protected Area Network. Conservation Letters., 18: e13092. 000
Jill Baron @jbaron4.bsky.social · 04/03/2025 New paper by Schmidt et al. (doi.org/10.1111/conl...) genetic diversity finds mammal populations more genetically diverse near multiple protected areas. Older marine protected areas had more genetically diverse fish populations. Brought to you by the Powell Center (powellcenter@usgs.gov)doi.org 110
Reposted by Jill BaronDr. Rebecca Barnes (she/her) @waterbarnes.bsky.social · 18/02/2025nearly 11% of the NSF workforce was fired today. this WILL slow scientific progress. this is hurting families. we need to educate folks about all the GOOD that the gov't can do! To help @500womensci.bsky.social has made social media cards for what #NSF funds in each state: bit.ly/NSF_bystate 03825
Jill Baron @jbaron4.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Proud to be a long-time member of 500 Women Scientists AND a public servant. 060
Reposted by Jill Baron500 Women Scientists @500womensci.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Dear Public Health Workers, you are the Anti-Body to misinformation! 04213
Reposted by Jill Baron500 Women Scientists @500womensci.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Thank you Federal Workers. You're out of this world! 03710
Reposted by Jill Baron500 Women Scientists @500womensci.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Dear Public Health Workers, our love for you is CONTAGIOUS! 04116
Reposted by Jill Baron500 Women Scientists @500womensci.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Dear EPA Workers, you are Air-Replacable! 03815
Reposted by Jill BaronFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations @fao.org · 11/02/2025New report: Sustainable Nitrogen Management in agrifood systems🌱 Nitrogen is vital for life, but mismanagement harms ecosystems, degrades soils, and drives climate change. Discover solutions to boost productivity, cut pollution, and secure food systems.🌍 🔗bit.ly/3PLv1XJ 13013
Reposted by Jill BaronTyler Prize for Environmental Achievement @tylerprize.bsky.social · 11/02/2025It's official: Sandra Díaz & Eduardo Brondízio Win the 2025 Tyler Prize! 💬 "The climate crisis, biodiversity loss & inequalities are all connected." – Díaz & Brondízio Let’s celebrate these changemakers! #TylerPrize #Biodiversity #Sustainability #ClimateAction #GlobalSouth 69428
Reposted by Jill BaronGrumpyUncleSean🔥 @grumpyunclesean.bsky.social · 10/02/20251/n Please see our new paper in Nature Communications! We used 1,851 tree-ring fire-scar sites and contemporary fire perimeters to quantify the prevalence of wildfire from 1600-1880 compared to 1984-2022. 🧪🌍🔥 Our key findings are as follows ...nature.comA fire deficit persists across diverse North American forests despite recent increases in area burned - Nature CommunicationsAcross many North American forests, recent years with exceptional area burned are not unprecedented when considering the multi-century perspective offered by fire-scarred trees. Nevertheless, abundant... 19306136
Jill Baron @jbaron4.bsky.social · 10/02/2025New paper out today by Parks et al. Nature showing widespread fire deficit still present across North America, despite recent iuptick in fires. doi.org/10.1038/s414.... Further, contemporary fire extent is not unprecendented in tree rig record. Synthesis by Powell Center.nature.comFig. 4: Conceptual figure illustrates the impacts of fire exclusion and suppression on area burned and fire severity in historically frequent-fire North American forests and woodlands represented by t... 131
Jill Baron @jbaron4.bsky.social · 08/01/2025New Powell Center publication by Margolis and others doi.org/10.1111/geb.... finds that the increasing aridity that has driven widespread synchronous fire occurrence in recent years is not unprecedented according to dendrochronology but will likely continue in the future.doi.orgSpatiotemporal Synchrony of Climate and Fire Occurrence Across North American Forests (1750–1880)Aim Increasing aridity has driven widespread synchronous fire occurrence in recent decades across North America. The lack of historical (pre-1880) fire records limits our ability to understand long-... 050
Jill Baron @jbaron4.bsky.social · 05/12/2024First bluesky post! Will never be a must-read, but proud to make 40 years of field notebooks available online: Field Notebooks from Loch Vale watershed, Rocky Mountain National Park, research from 1981 through 2023: U.S. Geological Survey data release, doi.org/10.5066/P1CX.... 031
Jill Baron @jbaron4.bsky.social · 04/12/2023Congrats to Katie Rocci on publication about local N deposition. We found no evidence of high traffic in RMNP driving higher roadside deposition at open or forested sites, possibly due to the topographic complexity at RMNP. link.springer.com/article/10.1.... Reach out if you need access. 070
Reposted by Jill BaronSarah Whorley, Ph.D. 🦬⚔️ @dralgaegirl.bsky.social · 22/11/2023I love this graph but I'd like to see the amount left to just flow through. You could assume that it's the 4% that's going to hydroelectric uses. The categories themselves leave 1% unaccounted for. So best case guess, 5% of the river makes it to the ocean.... 062
Reposted by Jill BaronSarah Whorley, Ph.D. 🦬⚔️ @dralgaegirl.bsky.social · 21/11/2023Woohoo!! Welcome @freshwater-science.bsky.social !!! 094
