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Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So excited for this program— getting folks with already-great experience into the thick of the carbon-climate conversation.

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Gernot Wagner @gwagner.com · 30/09/2026

3(!) climate researchers won @macfound.org genius awards today: @hollyjeanbuck.bsky.social, Kaiyu Guan, Marika Holland! Well deserved. www.macfound.org/programs/awa...

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Investigating the social, ethical, and political dimensions of climate and energy policies and emerging technologies.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you care about keeping the Academy of Natural Sciences open to the public in Philadelphia, I need you to read and share this thread. Trish Wellenbach was sent from the mayor's office to oversee the Academy of Natural sciences situation. She needs to hear from us. Here comes the action item:

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

They warned us Mamdani would impose Sharia law. Instead, he unleashed the real threat: line dancing in Bryant Park.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Good morning, team. We have 3.5 days until Drexel closes the Academy of Natural Sciences. It’s time for you- yeah YOU- to make some calls. Step 1: Tell the following people we need help pressuring Drexel to keep the museum open: Josh Shaprio 717-787-2500 Mayor Parker's 215-686-2181

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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 23/09/2026

🏆 AGU is excited to announce the recipients of the 2026 Union Medals, Awards and Prizes; Fellows; and Section Awards and Lectures. Please join us in congratulating these accomplished individuals. spklr.io/63325ETfjN

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Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Soil health is a concept we often invoke, but struggle to measure. Our team will use some amazing tools -allowing us to measure and model this critical metric, and develop more rigorous strategies to encourage sustainable agriculture and food security.

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Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thanks to a generous award from Novo Nordisk Foundation, we will study how the *active* portion of the soil microbiome shapes biogeochemical processes in soils across Denmark, California, and warming/management studies. Our goal— establish a mechanistic and quantitative understanding of soil health

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Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Just finished a kickoff meeting w the “ActiveSOIL” team— and I can barely believe my good fortune - getting to work on soil health w this amazing group! w/ @andreasrichter.bsky.social @cemess.bsky.social, Caitlin Singleton (Aalborg University), and Michael Obersteiner (University of Oxford)

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Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Sorry, the sentence is a beauty, but I can’t agree. It’s not at all straightforward to measure population growth rates ‘in the wild’. And we have good evidence that culture-based growth rates do not predict wild, community-based growth rates.

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Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It cost far more than the DOE award… but I’m so proud we did it! It brings me great joy to open the app and see we’re living on free energy from the sun. And even more exciting to think that we will someday be a tiny piece of the data that my colleagues put together in the LLNL energy flowcharts…

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Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We installed 7kW solar & 15kW battery, enough to run our household, partly charge the car, and someday run a heat pump & appliances. It took many months. A huge amount of my husband’s time. In Berkeley there are countless hoops, and we’re not paid for what we send to the grid (good reasons).

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Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I listened again & again to make sure it was real. Among many wonderful things—it came with a $$ award. Enough to save for something special. For years it sat in savings … but last fall, w/ the home solar tax credit ending, it was time.

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Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

An energy story: 4 years ago, I got a call from former Sec of Energy Jennifer Granholm (actually a VM — I was on a flight when she rang). With the news that I would receive the DOE Office of Science Lawrence Award. It was utterly unexpected.

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Will Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

1/17 Submissions are now open for the 2027 Microbial Population Biology GRC! We expect this meeting to be extraordinarily oversubscribed. If you want to come, time is of the essence--apply ASAP! June 27–July 2 • Andover, NH www.grc.org/microbial-po...

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It might seem that the existence of a Fetterman is an indictment of the senatorial system’s design but in fairness the Founders would have expected somebody who behaved like this to get killed in a duel by an irate constituent.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Attention Philadelphia! We're hosting a rally to demand that Drexel University maintain The Academy of Natural Sciences Museum open to the public. Join us on Tuesday morning at 10am in front of the academy. Please spread the word, we need all hands on deck! RSVP here: luma.com/1qwnrqz2

A dinosaur on a white background with the text SAve the academy of Natural sciences museum rally Tuesday Sept 8 10am in front of the academy 1900 ben Franklin Parkway. "Tell Drexel University "Keep the museum open!" with the logos for Philly Science Action, Skype a Scientist, and Green Philly

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 01/09/2026

The emissions scenarios underlying the next generation of climate model runs that will be featured in the upcoming IPCC 7th Assessment Report are officially out! I have a big new explainer over at Carbon Brief taking an in-depth look at what they mean and whats changed: www.carbonbrief.org/...

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 24/08/2026

🚨WARNING🚨 Today is the LAST DAY to leave your public comment on the NSF Proposal. The Proposal implements some of Vought's Science-Destroying OMB Proposal plans in advance: zurl.co/9nywR Leave your public comment TODAY using our guide & tool: fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/Pro...

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Stand up for Science

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 21/08/2026

Three more days to comment on NSF's attempt to smuggle in OMB's already-rejected policies of terminating any grant without cause, gutting civil rights obligations and restricting international collaborations. Submit your comment today! Then call your representatives. 🧪

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 19/08/2026

"I have to say I've never been more shocked by the so-called climate "movement." I don't know what I was expecting, but it wasn't the immediate cowering that so many organizations and politicians are doing" - @amywestervelt.bsky.social drilled.ghost.io/the-problem-...

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The Problem Class

Sometime last year, I was asked to participate in a closed door conversation in which a mix of academic researchers, journalists, and climate campaigners were asked to share their unvarnished thoughts...

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Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Follow up— don’t let a ‘pending’ NZeTA prevent you from heading to the airport. Seemed to be no problem for me— and mine was officially approved as we landed in Auckland!

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Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Oh!! Thanks tons— the consulate and folks at LLNL said I had to have it approved first. But am going to try to get on a flight tonight. Looking forward to seeing you!

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Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Ug— well then I’ve got fingers crossed for both of us!

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Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Anyone else having trouble getting a NZ visa for #ISME20? Submitted mine days ago but it is still pending…now looks like I’ll miss Monday as well as the opening ceremony 😞

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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Huge faculty recruitment effort at the University of Chicago -- a division-wide, open-rank search looking to hire about 20 faculty across 5 research areas in biology. Come be our colleague! Full announcement: uchicago.app.box.com/s/ckih9zv3rj...

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Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Ug. So sorry. That’s tough news…

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Cluster of Excellence 'MicroPlanet' @microbesplanet.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Congratulations to CoE Key Researcher @andreasrichter.bsky.social @cemess.bsky.social @univie.ac.at and ActiveSOIL team Caitlin Singleton @aau.dk, @jeffinerca.bsky.social, LLNL and Michael Obersteiner @ox.ac.uk on receiving €10 million from @novo-nordisk.bsky.social @fwf-at.bsky.social

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Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Cool beans! My sis works there— great town.

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Adam Frew @frewecologist.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

We composited soil cores and lost 49 AM fungal taxa doing it. Sequencing individual subsamples found them. The ones that vanish are rare, patchy, and phylogenetically clustered. Also drying vs freezing made no difference really. Sample at the scale your question lives at. doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

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Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Arrgggg. I’m excited to hear about the new gig though!

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Jeff Spence @jeffspence.github.io · 14/07/2026

I just followed this advice to comment on the OMB rule changes. There are about 3 hours left before the deadline (tonight at 11:59p EDT). If you benefit from US Government-funded research make sure to get your comments in. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...

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What We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB-2026-0034)

What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice

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Soil Microbial Ecology Group @soilmicrobes.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Inspired by an incredible week at #ISVC2026! 🌱 Researchers from 5 continents, 14 countries & 28 institutions dug into soil virus ecology. Huge thanks to our invited speakers: Joanne Emerson, @gtrubl.bsky.social, @karthik-a.bsky.social, @simrouxvirus.bsky.social, and @jeffinerca.bsky.social 🦠

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Faith Kearns, Ph.D. @fkearns.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Mark Arax in the style of Mark Arax on California and the through line from the gold rush to ag rush to data center and AI rush, with a good detour on “sustainable” groundwater www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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Welcome to California: land of plunder and hypocrisy | Mark Arax

From gold to water, California’s wealth was built on extraction. The AI boom is reviving an old question: who pays the price?

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Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

#SOM2026 in São Paulo has been amazing! Huge thanks to the hosts who invited me to give a keynote talk about surprising biology in deep soils Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz - ESALQ/USP and the CCARBON/USP - Center for Carbon Research in Tropical Agriculture

Jen Pett-Ridge standing in front of large sign welcoming delegates to Soil Organic Matter 2026 meeting

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Jen Pett-Ridge and Diego Barcellos pose for a photo at the Soil Organic Matter 2026 meeting

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Patrick S. Mitchell @psmitchej.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Thrilled to announce that the Department of Microbiology at the University of Washington, School of Medicine is hiring at the Assistant Professor level (tenure-track)! The Pacific Northwest is an awesome place to live and do science 🧪🦠. Join us! apply.interfolio.com/185622 Applications due 8/1.

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Patrick Samphire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @patricksamphire.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

The next James Bond should be Gary Oldman in his Jackson Lamb persona.

Actor Gary Oldman playing Jackson Lamb in the Slow Horses TV series. He is scruffy, unshaven, with lank, greasy hair.

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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra just took half a million dollars from the fossil fuel industry. This on top of the max contribution from Chevron. When someone shows you who they are, believe them.

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Joe Mason @moreorloess.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

New paper on destabilization of buried soil organic carbon under changing moisture regimes, based on incubation experiments with the Brady Soil, a prominent paleosol in the Great Plains loess sequence. Teneille Nel et al., soil.copernicus.org/articles/12/...

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Destabilization of buried carbon under changing moisture regimes

Abstract. Paleosols formed by the burial of topsoil during landscape evolution can sequester substantial amounts of soil organic carbon (SOC) over millennia due to protection from surface disturbances...

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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Devastating loss of Dr. Adriana Romero-Olivares this week. She was an amazing mycologist, a leader in her field, & my friend & collaborator. This is a tremendous loss for mycology, science, & the world. There is a meal train for her husband & two small children www.mealtrain.com/trains/l3kg64

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Meal Train for Jovani Catalan (Spouse of Adriana Romero Olivares)

Hi all, Please help out the family of Adriana Romero Olivares. Her husband, Jovani, and kids can be helped with meals over the next weeks as Adriana recovers.

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Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge @jeffinerca.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Such heartbreaking news….i have long enjoyed Adriana’s work on fungi and warming, Valley Fever and ways to better engage with the Global South. My heart goes out to her family and colleagues.

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