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Jürgen Knauer

@juergenknauer.bsky.social
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Chancellor's Research Fellow at University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Land surface and ecosystem modelling, plant ecophysiology, carbon cycle.

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Nick Smith @nickgregsmith.bsky.social · 7h
I am hiring a Postdoc on Plant Ecophysiology to join our new group at U Nebraska. The link below has the full ad and instructions for applying. Please share widely! #botany #botanyjobs #ecophysiology #ecophysjobs #globalchange employment.unl.edu/postings/102...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Plant Ecophysiology
A postdoctoral position examining plant physiological responses to environmental variability is available in the lab of Dr. Nick Smith in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebrask...
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Am Endpunkt dieser Entwicklung stehen groteske Worthülsen wie der »hocheffiziente Verbrenner« und das zum Kampfbegriff verkommene Wort »Technologieoffenheit«, das heute schlicht Schutzgarantien für unterlegene Retrotechnik bezeichnet.” www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
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Meinung: Energiewende: Wie sich Deutschland von 150 Jahre alter Dampftechnik löst - Kolumne
Moderne Hochtechnologie braucht nur Strom, keinen Brennstoff, keinen Wasserdampf. Wie löst sich unsere vermeintliche Hightechnation von 150 Jahre alter Technik? An der Antwort hängt unsere Zukunft.
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Ashish Nerlekar @ashishnerlekar.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🌟Publication alert!🌟Destruction of old-growth grasslands is exaggerating the global biodiversity crisis & we don't fully know why some species recover post destruction and not others. Our new study in @pnas.org addresses this gap. 1/5 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Sami Rifai @samirifai.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Are Australia's endangered plant species more likely to go extinct from climate change? Here is a Plant ecophysiology PhD opportunity in sunny South Australia, open to both domestic and international applicants. Contact @ilainematos.bsky.social (ilaine.matos@adelaide.edu.au) for further details.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 20/05/2026
Your 'moment of doom' for May 20, 2026 ~ Biting the dust. "Senior scientists said it would result in Australia no longer having an international-standard climate model to contribute projections to major assessment reports..." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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‘Foolish’ CSIRO job cuts will mean Australia unable to provide climate projections to global reports, scientists warn
Exclusive: Science agency is planning to sack a third of the team working on the national climate model, sources say
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Pep Canadell @pepcanadell.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
1/1 The GCP-Global Carbon Budget 2025 has just been published in its final form. It is the same data we released at the last COP in Nov 2025, but given the many improvements this budget introduced compared to previous editions, it underwent a longer and more detailed peer review process.
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Global Carbon Budget 2025
Abstract. Accurate assessment of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and their redistribution among the atmosphere, ocean, and terrestrial biosphere in a changing climate is critical to bette...
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in silico Plants @insilicoplants.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
#PlantSciJobs
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Jürgen Knauer @juergenknauer.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
🚨Two fully funded PhD opportunities in Australia! Improving C4 photosynthesis in vegetation models. Supervised by Dani Way (ANU, Canberra) and myself (UTS, Sydney). 1. Lab- and field-based project at ANU – see flyer below 2. Modelling project at UTS – www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Yuzhen Fan @yuzhenfan.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Two PhD opportunities at the Australian National University and the University of Technology Sydney, working on thermal responses and thermal acclimation of C4 photosynthesis. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Xiangzhong (Remi) Luo @xiangzluo.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Vegetation biogeography is a main source of uncertainty in modelling the land carbon cycle!
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Joe Atkinson @joe-atkinson.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
✨ PhD opportunity studying drought and heatwave effects on threatened plants ✨🔥 Funded by an ARC DECRA awarded to the amazing Dr Ilaíne Matos and co-supervised by Dr Sami Rifai and me! Limited by the character limit here, so please see the attached flyer for all the details - please share widely!
PhD Opportunity in Plant Ecophysiology – Adelaide University
We are looking for an PhD candidate to join an exciting research project focused on understanding heat and drought combined impacts on threatened plants’ mortality.
Key Objectives:
Describe drought sensitivity in juvenile and mature individuals of threatened plant species.
Disentangle the effects of elevated temperature, soil dryness, and atmospheric water demand on the sensitivity of threatened species to hotter droughts.
Model threatened species’ risk of mortality under current and future hotter droughts.
Eligibility:
Australians and international applicants with a completed Master's degree (GPA > 5.0) and/or a completed 4-year Bachelor with Honours (GPA > 5.0) in Plant Biology or related areas;
Proof of English proficiency (e.g. IELTS score > 6.5 or equivalent qualification), only for applicants who speak English as a second language.
Strong analytical and programming skills in R or  Python.
Genuine interest in studying plants with previous experience in plant ecology and/or physiology.
Effective writing skills; a passion for reading, writing, and continually improving as a communicator.
Ability to drive in Australia is desirable but not essential.
Start Date: April 2026 (negotiable)
Duration: 3.5 years
Benefits: PhD scholarship (tax-exempt stipend of $36,500 AUD p.a. + $3,000 AUD p.a. top up);
Higher stipend rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates ($ 53,608 p.a.);
Relocation allowances for both domestic and international candidates;
Single Overseas Student Health cover for international applicants.
100% tuition fee waiver.
How to Apply:
Email the following documents to ilaine.matos@adelaide.edu.au before the 15th of February 2026. Women and people underrepresented in research are encouraged to apply. 
1-page cover letter explaining why you are interested in this position and your previous experiences relevant for this opportunity.
Curriculum Vitae in the Adelaide University format.
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Caroline Lehmann @caroaceae.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
"Bond’s work leaves behind an inconvenient lesson for an era of climate urgency: that speed is not a substitute for understanding, and that good intentions, applied without care, can erase ancient worlds as efficiently as neglect." A beautiful tribute to William Bond. Forever missed by many.
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William Bond, defender of grasslands
In recent years, one of the loudest ideas in environmental policy has been that trees are the planet’s universal remedy. Plant enough of them, in enough places, and carbon will be soaked up, water wil...
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Pep Canadell @pepcanadell.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
The Global Carbon Project has just published the most comprehensive Global Hydrogen Budget to date. H2, although not a GHG, has an indirect Global Warming Potential 37 times more potent than CO2. Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/hydrogen-emi... Research paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Hydrogen emissions are ‘supercharging’ the warming impact of methane - Carbon Brief
The warming impact of hydrogen has been “overlooked” in projections of climate change, authors of the latest “global hydrogen budget” say.
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
#Demography, dynamics and data: building confidence for simulating changes in the world's forests 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... by Eckes-Shephard et al. @WIleyPlantSci #PlantScience
Simulated and observed annual mature forest turnover time and woody biomass increment flux at a boreal, temperate and tropical site.
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Peter Cox @coxypm.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Just published, a land-mark paper by Annemarie Eckes-Shephard et al.! It assesses the performance of a new generation of Demography-enabled Dynamic Global Vegetation (D-DGVMs), that attempt to simulate the changing size and age structure of trees in forests.
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biometlab @biometlab.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
I found an obituary for Steve www.renner-wikoffchapel.com/obituary/Ste...
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Stephen Patrick Long Obituary | Urbana, IL | Renner-Wikoff Chapel & Crematory
View Stephen Patrick Long's complete obituary, share memories, and explore 1 tribute posts from the community.
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Belinda Medlyn @bmedlyn.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Postdoctoral position in Forest Monitoring available. Know your way around spatial datasets? Join us to help monitor changes in Australia's precious forest estate! @westsyduhie.bsky.social jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WesternSydne...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Forest Monitoring
Company Description: Western Sydney University is a modern, forward-thinking, research-led institution at the heart of Australia’s fastest-growing and most economically significant region. With 11 cam...
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Yuzhen Fan @yuzhenfan.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Our global meta-analysis is finally out - we explore the most important influencer on C4 photosynthetic capacity using ~1700 C4 Aci curves! Data are freely available for the community.
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Suz Everingham @suzeveringham.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
PhD opportunity available at @westsyduhie.bsky.social with the brillant Dr Laura Williams - hyperspectral data and process-based modelling of tree diversity 🌳🌲 please share with your networks tinyurl.com/ms6mjz8y
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Caroline Lehmann @caroaceae.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Limited carbon sequestration potential from global ecosystem restoration - our paper was born of collective frustration around continual conflation of restoration + reforestation, invariably misrepresenting open ecosystems in global models of ecosystem C storage potential.
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Limited carbon sequestration potential from global ecosystem restoration - Nature Geoscience
The maximum carbon sequestration potential from global terrestrial ecosystem restoration efforts until 2100 is 96.9 Gt, which is equivalent to 3.7–12.0% of anthropogenic emissions until then, accordin...
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Jürgen Knauer @juergenknauer.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
What a pleasure to write a News & Views piece on this intriguing article that found surprising insights into WUE trends --> www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Water-use efficiency driven by water savings - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Analysis of land–atmosphere water and CO2 fluxes suggests that reduced water use by vegetation, rather than increased carbon uptake, is the driving factor behind the well-documented increase in vegeta...
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chenwei-xiao.bsky.social @chenwei-xiao.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
(1/3) I'm thrilled to announce the publication of our new paper on the impacts of land use and land cover changes on ecosystem sensitivity to drought and temperature fluctuations! 🌍🌳 Check it out here: dx.doi.org/10.1029/2024.... 📊 #LandCoverChange #Deforestation #Drought #EcosystemStability
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Deforestation Increases Vegetation Vulnerability to Drought Across Biomes
Satellite observations show that drought impacts on biomass are more severe when forests are converted to non-forests Dynamic global vegetation models generally agree on a more negative drought s...
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Jingfeng Xiao @jingfengxiao.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
A gap-filled and partitioned eddy covariance flux dataset for 34 sites across Northwest China is now publicly available online. Our data paper, led by Xufeng Wang, just came out in Earth System Science Data. essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
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A post-processed carbon flux dataset for 34 eddy covariance flux sites across the Heihe River basin, China
Abstract. The eddy covariance (EC) technique is currently the most widely used method for measuring carbon exchange between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere at the ecosystem scale. Using this...
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Rosie Fisher @rosieafisher.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Newly calibrated grass behaviour in the #FATESmodel :) nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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California annual grass phenology and allometry influence ecosystem dynamics and fire regime in a vegetation demography model
Grass-dominated ecosystems cover wide areas of the land surface yet have received far less attention from the Earth System Model (ESM) community. This limits model projections of ecosystem dynamics .....
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Florian Busch @florianabusch.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Some physiological processes that can be neglected when measuring gas exchange in happy plants become important when dealing with stressed plants. In this paper we outline the things that might cause trouble under suboptimal conditions. Shout out to the new journal @plantecophys.bsky.social !
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Beef has a climate problem. Facing it requires we look beyond greenwashing and focus on hard truths. drawdown.org/insights/gre...
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Greenwashing and denial won’t solve beef’s enormous climate problems
I’ll admit it: I like beef. Like many Americans, I was brought up to believe that beef was a central part of a traditional family meal. My mom made it. My kids ate it. Marketing campaigns told me it w...
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Arthur Gessler @arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Boreal forests are heading for an open state | PNAS
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Boreal forests are heading for an open state | PNAS
The boreal forest biome is warming four times faster than the global average. Changes so far are moderate, but time lags in responses may transient...
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Martin De Kauwe @mdekauwe.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
🚨 New paper led by Gab #nosocialmedia Abramowitz: On the predictability of turbulent fluxes from land: PLUMBER2 MIP experimental description and preliminary results bg.copernicus.org/articles/21/...
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On the predictability of turbulent fluxes from land: PLUMBER2 MIP experimental description and preliminary results
Abstract. Accurate representation of the turbulent exchange of carbon, water, and heat between the land surface and the atmosphere is critical for modelling global energy, water, and carbon cycles in ...
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Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) @ardc.edu.au · 12/12/2024
Congratulations to Dr Jürgen Knauer for winning this year's @ecolsocaus.bsky.social ARDC Award for New Developers of Software! Read our interview with Jürgen about his winning software and research: ardc.edu.au/article/shap... #ESAus2024
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Shaping Research Software: An Interview with Dr Juergen Knauer | ARDC
We spoke with Dr Juergen Knauer, an environmental modeller specialising in vegetation processes and their role in global carbon cycling and the climate. Juergen is the winner of the 2024 ARDC-sponsore...
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Jürgen Knauer @juergenknauer.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
What a nice surprise and recognition from Western Sydney University while overseas!
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Jürgen Knauer @juergenknauer.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
What an honour to receive this year's open source software award! Thanks to @ardc.bsky.social for sponsoring and thanks to @bmedlyn.bsky.social for jumping in to present at #ESAus2024
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Jürgen Knauer @juergenknauer.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Honoured to have been named Australia's leading researcher in Atmospheric Sciences by the Australian. Read the interview here: www.theaustralian.com.au/special-repo...
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Silvia Caldararu🌿 @scaldararu.bsky.social · 20/11/2023
🧪🌏🌾 New paper out! We show more realistic photosynthesis models predict higher CO2 uptake going into the future: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Higher global gross primary productivity under future climate with more advanced representations of ...
Bringing the latest understanding of plant physiology into models suggests larger increases of future plant productivity.
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Belinda Medlyn @bmedlyn.bsky.social · 20/11/2023
Very proud of this excellent work by postdoc Juergen Knauer! Also read his Conversation article about it:
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Plants are likely to absorb more CO₂ in a changing climate than we thought – here's why
Climate modelling that best accounts for the processes that sustain plant life predicts plants could absorb up to 20% more CO₂ than the simplest version predicted.
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