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Jeff Corbin

@jeffcorbin.bsky.social
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Plant ecologist at Union College. I study habitat restoration and species invasions. Sounds fascinating, I know! jeffcorbin.org

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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cycling is one of family’s fav sports. We made a pilgrimage to Montreal to see the men’s and women’s road race. Epic. Even though Wout didn’t win on Sunday, we had a GREAT time.
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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Vancouver, you sure are pretty!
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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky in your camera roll.
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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Good, NY loosens its deer hunting regs to reduce herd sizes and save forests. It will be easier to harvest does now - they drive pop growth. www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...
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NY changes hunting rules to shrink deer herds, reduce foliage loss
New York changed deer hunting rules to help hunters take more does as officials try to reduce booming herds and deer-vehicle crashes.
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Trump celebrating Balogun’s eligibility to play for Team USA when his administration would strip Balogun’s citizenship tomorrow if he didn’t play world class soccer is really a chef’s kiss.
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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Wrapping up a wonderful week of work establishing a #CrustNet node in northern NY.
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Kateration @kateration.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Someone has been projecting images all over D.C. “It’s swampier than ever.” The Kennedy Center one is pretty hilarious. 😂😂😂
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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Read this. Especially administrators.
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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
My favorite baseball writer wrote my favorite article ever. #LGBTQIA+ www.nytimes.com/athletic/735...
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Giants pitchers’ Bible verses on Pride Night caps show how they’ve missed the point (Gift Article)
To focus on the perceived sin, Landen Roupp and other Giants pitchers had to step over so much that they professed to believe.
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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I wrote an OpEd for my local paper about the importance of restoration- including tree removal - for biodiversity of a very unique habitat. #PineBarren 🌎 🧪 🦋 🌲 www.dailygazette.com/opinion/gues...
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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Status update: Chilling in Santa Cruz. Ah, sabbatical…
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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Ahhh, Week 2 of sabbatical. Chilling in Toronto visiting our daughter for a few days. Starting west today to spend the rest of the spring in Santa Cruz.
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Franck Courchamp @franckcourchamp.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
How do we know the extend of biological invasions? Is it a large invasions? A small one? How do we compare invasions of tiny organisms (e.g., ants) and of larger ones (e.g., rabbits)? How do we quantify objectives, or efficiency of management? See our new paper in BioScience! 👇 tinyurl.com/ynuk8cm7
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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Costa Rica, what an amazing trip. #PuraVida indeed!
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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I was honored to be part of this webinar: A critical view on global initiatives on plant conservation. My contribution: Confronting invasive species @~19’ 🌎 #speciesinvasions m.youtube.com/watch?v=k98d...
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Webinar "A Critical View on Global Initiatives on Biodiversity Conservation" - ALB/ATBC/IAPT
YouTube video by IAPT Global
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Erle Ellis @erleellis.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Paul Ehrlich, Population Crisis, R.I.P www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/b...
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Paul R. Ehrlich, Who Alarmed the World With ‘The Population Bomb,’ Dies at 93
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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
. @noahkahanmusic.bsky.social needs to wrote a follow up to Stick Season called Mud Season.
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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I’m in my happy place. (Santa Cruz, CA)
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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I'm a paper about giant hogweed control, and a casual conversation with a neighbor turned me onto this 1971 Genesis song - The Return of Giant Hogweed - which is basically a case study of invasive plant ecology! It is also Peak ProgRock. #InvasiveSpecies 🌎 www.youtube.com/watch?v=99JQ...
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GENESIS - The return of the giant hogweed (1971) HQ
YouTube video by zandola1
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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
🧪🌎
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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
We are hiring!! Asst Prof of Environmental Biology and Public Health! "...interaction between biological systems and the environment as it relates to epidemiology and/or public health." Deadline 12/31/25. Please apply here: unioncollege.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UnionC...
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Assistant Professor of Biology
Union College invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor of Environmental Biology and Public Health beginning September 1, 2026. Review of applications will begin after December 31, ...
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Allan Mee @kerryeaglemee.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Researchers challenge claim of a strong Yellowstone trophic cascade after wolf reintroduction 🌎 phys.org/news/2025-10...
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Researchers challenge claim of a strong Yellowstone trophic cascade after wolf reintroduction
A new analysis challenges one of the most publicized claims about Yellowstone's wolves. In a detailed comment published in Global Ecology and Conservation, researchers from Utah State University and C...
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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Super fun day sampling leaves of red maple trees in Schenectady, NY for my student’s @unioncollege.bsky.social thesis about genetic diversity of urban trees.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
As one can imagine, I have some thoughts. Here’s a thread no one asked for: 1. SCIENCE IN THE US IS POLITICAL. No matter how much you want to ignore that fact, it is supported by taxpayer dollars and is therefore, political by nature. 2. BUT it has had bipartisan support for decades, which…
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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
My new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Scientists’ role in defending democracy
The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...
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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Hello Toronto!
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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
So, my college is considering whether to stop pursuing NSF and NIH grants. (Faculty grants too, of course.) Because we can’t abide the DEI certification. Decision to be made quickly, after discussions.
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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Restoration of native saltmarshes enhances carbon sequestration & mitigates warming effects following Spartina alterniflora removal 🌊🧪 Suggests future restoration programmes should prioritise multifunctional outcomes 💭🌏 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Springer Nature--pioneering the new world of science where facts can be made up and citations generated to support them
Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations


Would you pay $169 for an introductory ebook on machine learning with citations that appear to be made up?

If not, you might want to pass on purchasing Mastering Machine Learning: From Basics to Advanced, published by Springer Nature in April. 

Based on a tip from a reader, we checked 18 of the 46 citations in the book. Two-thirds of them either did not exist or had substantial errors. And three researchers cited in the book confirmed the works they supposedly authored were fake or the citation contained substantial errors.

https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/30/springer-nature-book-on-machine-learning-is-full-of-made-up-citations/#more-132235
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 28/06/2025
To put it another way, it takes the approach of actively penalizing the technologies of the 21st century and subsidizing the technologies of the 19th century. As solar, batteries, and electrification are rapidly adopted by the rest of the world, we are stepping backwards.
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 28/06/2025
The US is falling behind the curve on solar power – a key energy source of the 21st century. We are losing our edge to China on the technology that we originally invented. Now Senate republicans want to take out our solar industry at the knees in their "Big Beautiful Bill":
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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
New paper! "Why are non-native plants successful? Consistently fast economic traits and novel origin jointly explain abundance across US ecoregions" in @newphyt.bsky.social. Another great paper by my amazing collaborators. 🌎🧪 #bioinvasions nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Why are non‐native plants successful? Consistently fast economic traits and novel origin jointly explain abundance across US ecoregions
Are non-native plants abundant because they are non-native, and have advantages over native plants, or because they possess ‘fast’ resource strategies, and have advantages in disturbed environments?.....
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19/06/2025
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
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Eamonn Wooster @predator-smarts.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
What is the Human Shield Hypothesis, how do we test it and what do those tests find? New paper out in Ecology Letters today asking these questions. Thanks to @kaitlyngaynor.bsky.social and Mike Noonan for having me. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The Human Shield Hypothesis: Does Predator Avoidance of Humans Create Refuges for Prey?
The human shield hypothesis posits that predators avoid areas of human disturbance due to perceived risk from humans, and prey therefore seeks refuge in these areas of perceived safety. Our systemati...
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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Does anyone know when we're getting our speaking slots for #ESABaltimore? The last email (a month ago) said "by the end of May". @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Just accepted a request to review today, as a matter of fact.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 10/06/2025
Bhattacharya : Lists all of the amazing advancements of the NIH. Then he says that the public doesn't trust the NIH... (evidence does not support this) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Trust in scientists and their role in society across 68 countries - Nature Human Behaviour
What is the state of trust in scientists around the world? To answer this question, the authors surveyed 71,922 respondents in 68 countries and found that trust in scientists is moderately high.
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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
My dog is a pretty effective seed disperser today!
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Jeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Exclusive: Confusion over new DEI language from NSF and NIH leads Williams College to be first institution to pause accepting any grants www.science.org/content/arti...
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U.S. college is first to decline federal science grants because of new DEI language
Williams College says NSF and NIH requirement related to discrimination “undermines” academic freedom
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Nature @nature.com · 05/06/2025
The US National Science Foundation could lose more than half its budget go.nature.com/4dMdIAZ
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Trump moves to slash NSF: why are the proposed budget cuts so big?
Major US science funder could lose more than half its budget — and researchers are reeling.
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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
I let my Intro Bio students vote on the topic for the last lecture of the term - Climate change, conservation, or invasive species. To my modest surprise, they picked invasive species!
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a man in a green jacket is sitting in a chair with his hand on his knee and says `` alrighty then '' .
ALT: a man in a green jacket is sitting in a chair with his hand on his knee and says `` alrighty then '' .
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 03/06/2025
If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow. The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
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Caitlin MacKenzie @cmacmtns.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
My students' take on the xkcd 'types of scientific papers'. A very cool, interesting moment of reflection on the semester together. This exercise was inspired by Cindy Kohtala's blog about the meme www.cindykohtala.fi/2021/10/14/f...
a comic that comprises three rows and three columns of mock-scientific papers where only the titles are legible. The title of the whole comic is: "Types of scientific paper we read in advanced forest ecology & conservation (with lab)". 

The titles of the first row of papers are: 
"We made a computer model and called it a day"; "It was the past and ecology was easier back then"; "If you ignore the other variables, this finding is shocking!"

The titles of the middle row of papers are: "I hope you like graphs…"; "I found these old documents so now I can do research for free*"; "FIA did the field work so we don’t have to"

The titles of the bottom row of papers are: "Mars Attacks: Forests Invaded by Evil Alien (plants)"; "Oh, god, that’s right, there’s fauna out there"; "Some good news, actually"
 
a comic that comprises three rows and three columns of mock-scientific papers where only the titles are legible. The title of the whole comic is: "Types of scientific paper we read in advanced forest ecology & conservation (with lab)". 

The titles of the first row of papers are: 
"I think I’m obsessed with FIA data"; "I’ve been writing for the last ten years and I refuse to part with a single letter I wrote"; "I just found out about species interactions. Did you know about them?"

The titles of the middle row of papers are: "Crap, we’re screwed."; "I've only talked with academics the last 10 years What do you mean you don't know ___"; "I’ve been studying acid rain for a whole lifetime and the government still won’t listen to me"

The titles of the bottom row of papers are: "I hate that Canham cited me."; "You need 40 pages of history to begin to understand my brilliance"; "I enjoy making my students read my papers"
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Jeff Corbin @jeffcorbin.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Carl Safina @csafina.bsky.social is one of my very favorite writers. Here he applies his biological knowledge to our political future. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/o...
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Opinion | To Take on Trump, Think Like a Lion
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I never want to hear again, in my lifetime, that the GOP is concerned about meeting the challenge of rising China in global economic & geopolitical competition.
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
🧪 Basic science boosts the economy: "The proposed dismantling of NSF [and NIH] raises an urgent question: do these cuts actually save money or merely delay spending until the bill gets larger? The answer is clear: these cuts will cost the economy billions."
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Trump’s NIH And NSF Cuts Estimated To Cost The U.S. Economy $10 Billion Annually
Economists find public R&D drives a quarter of U.S. productivity growth — and pays for itself
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
A colleague who wants to remain anonymous chimed in to say "having run panel at NSF today, can you please tell people that we love seeing them. We love our communities alongside our science"
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
NSF grant terminations are disproportionately affecting underrepresented scientists. 58% of canceled grants have women PIs, despite making up only 34% of awards. 17% of canceled grants have Black PIs (versus 4% of the pool). Hispanic and disabled PIs are twice as likely to have NSF grants canceled.
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Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
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