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Alice Gauthey @a-gthy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

🌳🌡️ Our new paper is out! We show that during extreme heat stomatal decoupling occurred in mature holm oak trees; yet, this mechanism provided very little leaf cooling 🍂 academic.oup.com/treephys/adv... @charlottegrossiord.bsky.social @mdekauwe.bsky.social & many others

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Charlotte Grossiord @charlottegrossiord.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

📢 We’re hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher in Plant Ecophysiology at EPFL/WSL in Lausanne! 🌿 Study physiological mechanisms of leaf browning under heat & drought stress 🔬 Experimental plant ecophysiology 🎓 Mentoring/teaching opportunities Please share! Apply here: apply.refline.ch/273855/1893/...

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ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success @coeplantsuccess.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

📢 New publication 'Leaf Size in #Conifers: Global Associations With Climate and Evolutionary History' by Katya Bandow, Timothy Brodribb, Benjamin Halliwell, Matilda Brown, Kate Johnson and Gregory Jordan in Global Change Biology 🧪🍃 doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... #LeafSize #Phylogenetics

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Leaf Size in Conifers: Global Associations With Climate and Evolutionary History

Global patterns in leaf size are linked to climatic trade-offs, so we explore these relationships in a major group of plants, the conifers. Using contemporary phylogenetic methods, we show that conif...

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Julian Schrader @julianschrader.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

New paper out in @newphyt.bsky.social by Tiantian Pan and others incl. @ianjwright.bsky.social @profchoat.bsky.social: Fast growth comes at a cost: Fast-growing Eucalyptus are less drought-resistant, revealing a clear growth–survival trade-off. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Evidence for a trade‐off between growth rate and xylem embolism resistance in 22 Eucalyptus species

Examples of cross-sectional images of branchlets at 4× and 40×.

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WSL Umweltforschung @wslresearch.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

🍁 Heat and drought are reshaping forests. @charlottegrossiord.bsky.social of WSL and EPFL is studying how forests and their ecosystem services are affected. EPFL has now awarded her a permanent associate professorship, congratulations🎉! www.wsl.ch/en/news/wsl-... #forestecol #forest #heat #drought

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Kate Johnson @kateplantphys.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Listen to Margaux talking hot leaves! 🔥🍃 @creaf.cat @snsf.ch thatsscience.org/2026/07/12/e...

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Charlotte Grossiord @charlottegrossiord.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Excited to share our new paper on leaf scorching. 🔥Early leaf browning during heat and drought is often interpreted as premature leaf senescence - but it may reflect rapid heat damage. Separating these processes is essential. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @wslresearch.bsky.social

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CREAF @creaf.cat · 18/06/2026

We are celebrating🎊 Our researcher Margaux Didion-Gency was awarded 2nd #Prize for best poster at the NPH47 symposium on Extreme Heat🔥, held in Córdoba, Spain, early June! It is great seeing how our #research is steadily acknowledged in the scientific community. Check the site ➡️ buff.ly/tppK4Hi

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Kate Johnson @kateplantphys.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Check out @botanykat.bsky.social's awesome new paper!!! 🍃

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Brendan Choat @profchoat.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

PhD Scholarship to work in the beautiful Blue Mountains! Drought and heat stress responses of temperate forest trees growing across a broad environmental gradient Applications close June 30 Must be Australian citizen, permanent resident, or NZ citizen to be eligible. PS2026_034_CS0791892_HIE

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CREAF @creaf.cat · 02/06/2026

Encara no has vist els treballs guanyadors del concurs FLOh!RA🌺? L'entrega de premis va ser tot un èxit i vam gaudir d'unes creacions artístiques amb molta sensibilitat naturalista🌿 🤗Aquí les podeu veure ➡️ flohra.art @kateplantphys.bsky.social @creaf.cat @ec.europa.eu @horizoneu.bsky.social

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Obres d'art guanyadores de FLOh!RA i propostes del públic/ FLOh!RA winning artworks and people's choice entries

Rok Zonta Ramon Aquest dibuix és un bosc petit. He escollit una tècnica que es diu…

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Kate Johnson @kateplantphys.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

It was a lovely night to conclude FLOh!RA!🎨🖌️ See all the winning artworks and those that were eligible for the people’s choice prize here: flohra.art Thank you to all who participated, helped and supported Keep noticing and celebrating plants!!🌳🌸 @creaf.cat @ec.europa.eu @horizoneu.bsky.social

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Kate Johnson @kateplantphys.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Vote for your favourite artwork, of those eligible for People's Choice, in the FLOh!RA art competition here! flohra.art Voting closes May 17th 🎨🖌️ Find out more about the comp in Catalan, English and Spanish here: lstewart22.github.io/FLOhRA/ @creaf.cat

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Kate Johnson @kateplantphys.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Come on forest- 🌳 and fungi-🍄 filled adventures in our latest episode with the wonderful Henna from @creaf.cat ! listen here or wherever you get your podcasts🎧: thatsscience.org/2026/05/03/e...

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Nadine Ruehr @nadineruehr.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

🌲🌳 PhD opportunity: Forest Vulnerability to Hotter Droughts Interested in forest ecosystems, climate extremes & tree stress resilience? 🎓 Dual PhD (KIT 🇩🇪 + Melbourne 🇦🇺) 🔬 Plant Ecophysiology Lab, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 🇩🇪 🌍 +1-year research stay 🇦🇺 👉 Apply here: t1p.de/g39co

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Kate Johnson @kateplantphys.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Listen to the wonderful Marc from @creaf.cat!!🍃🎇

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Ben Walter @benwaltez.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Well, I guess this is my first ever piece of breaking news - probably the biggest rare plant story in Australia this year. Over at @tasinquirer.bsky.social. tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/very-ex...

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New site of critically endangered Tasmanian species found

A group of bushwalkers walking in remote southwest Tasmania has discovered a new population of a critically endangered plant, King’s lomatia.

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Alice Rosen @alice-rosen.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

The first paper from my PhD is now out in the world 🌲📖 Modelling forest dynamics using IPMs and repeat lidar doi.org/10.1002/rse2...

Pipeline for integrating lidar data with structured demographic models for ecological inference. (a) Forest populations are surveyed at appropriate time intervals with a lidar scanner to produce high-resolution 3D point clouds. Point clouds are processed into canopy height models (CHMs) and digital terrain models (DTMs). (b) Individual tree segmentation is performed using a CHM-based algorithm (e.g. Dalponte & Coomes, 2016). (c) Relevant environmental variables are derived. For example, TWI is an indicator of soil moisture accumulation (Kopecký et al., 2021) and is calculated from the DTM. Local competition is inferred from the canopy density surrounding each tree, using the CHM. (d) Trees are matched across time points using a crown-matching algorithm (Battison et al., 2024; Olsoy et al., 2024), before measuring changes in size and classifying mortalities. (e) Continuous traits (e.g. height and crown area) are evaluated for their ability to predict survival and growth across the life cycle. (f) Selected traits and environmental parameters are used to model the vital rates using regressions. (g) The integral projection model (IPM) is constructed based on the selected vital rate models and key life history traits (e.g. mean life expectancy, longevity, generation time) are calculated. (h) Finally, IPM outputs are analysed to test ecological hypotheses.

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Christiane Werner @chriswernerlab.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Exciting research environment in a great team and a lovely working space

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Alyssa Kullberg @alyssakullberg.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

What happens when trees lose the ability to cool their leaves? 🌳 Although trees can acclimate to heat, drought disrupts thermoregulation, driving a hydraulic–thermal cascade and leaf scorching. 🍂 Just out in PNAS doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

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WSL Umweltforschung @wslresearch.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Even trees can get serious sunburn. A new study by a WSL-EPFL team shows how #heat and #drought affect #trees and how they sustain damage when the two are combined. This helps us understand how they will react to a changing climate: www.wsl.ch/en/news/when...

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When trees get ‘sunburn’

Young trees are able to withstand high temperatures, but only if there is enough water available in the ground.

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Charlotte Grossiord @charlottegrossiord.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

🌿🌳Our new paper, led by the brillant @alyssakullberg.bsky.social, shows that trees acclimate to warming by preserving thermoregulation. Yet, with hot droughts, higher thermotolerance cannot compensate when hydraulic stress prevents leaf cooling. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @wslresearch.bsky.social

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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CREAF @creaf.cat · 31/03/2026

TIC TAC, TIC TAC⏰ Queden pocs dies per poder participar a FLOh!RA, el concurs en què l’art es converteix en missatger de la natura i la ciència🌿 Ja sigui a través de la pintura🎨, el cant🎤 o la fotografia📸, aprofita aquesta oportunitat per mostrar el teu talent i explorar la teva creativitat!

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Kate Johnson @kateplantphys.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Just 5 days left to submit! Submissions close April 6th!! Website: lstewart22.github.io/FLOhRA/ Submission form: forms.gle/rLNHta6F3zv5... 🎨📷🌱 @creaf.cat

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Jonathan Lenoir 🌳🌲🌴 @jonlen.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Genetic diversity matters for species on the move in response to climate change ⬇️ We found that genetic diversity interacts w/ the velocity of climate change to explain the velocity at which species shift their range positions over time shorturl.at/682E3

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Genetic Diversity Impacts Climate‐Induced Species Range Shifts

Genetic diversity may buffer species against climate-driven range contractions and facilitate expansions, but its role at a global scale remains unclear. Using 4673 range shift estimates for 1888 spe....

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That's What I Call Science 🎙 @thatssciencetas.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

In this week’s episode, we talk with Ella Burgun about her Master’s research in forensic shark genetics, using molecular tools to identify species in liver and fish oils, the risks to deep‑sea sharks like gulpers, and her new sci‑comm role at Echoview. 🌊✨ #Tasmania #scicomm #stemmpodcast

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CREAF @creaf.cat · 11/03/2026

Quan va ser l’última vegada que vas parar realment atenció a una planta? Nosaltres et convidem a fer-ho amb FLOh!RA: un concurs per reconnectar amb les plantes i fer una creació artística 🎨🌸 Inspira't! Pots guanyar premis ✨ Consulta les bases i participa-hi! 🔗 www.creaf.cat/ca/articles/...

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Kate Johnson @kateplantphys.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Listen to Lucette, postdoc @creaf.cat and wonderful storyteller! thatsscience.org/2026/03/08/e... 🥭 #forests #scicomm #trees #Congo

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Kate Johnson @kateplantphys.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

One month to submit to FLOh!RA!! Check it out and submit here: lstewart22.github.io/FLOhRA/ 🎨🍂🌸 @creaf.cat #sciart #Catalunya #plantblindness

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Kate Johnson @kateplantphys.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Listen to the wonderful Laura from @creaf.cat and @uab.cat to hear about her fascinating research and her passion for forests🍃 #trees #climatechange #scicomm

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Kate Johnson @kateplantphys.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

We have our judges confirmed! There’s just over a month to enter FLOh!RA🌸 Entries closing April 6th, open to people living in Catalunya Find out more and submit here: lstewart22.github.io/FLOhRA/ Funded by @ec.europa.eu @horizoneu.bsky.social Supported by @creaf.cat #sciart

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That's What I Call Science 🎙 @thatssciencetas.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

✨ International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11 Feb) ✨ Today we celebrate the curiosity, creativity, and courage of women and girls in science and the many ways they are reshaping what STEMM looks like. (1/2) #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience #WomenInSTEM #GirlsInScience #STEMM

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Kate Johnson @kateplantphys.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

🍃Notice the plants around you🍃 Create an artwork on how plants change🍂🌡️❄️👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 & submit to #sciart competition- FLOh!RA lstewart22.github.io/FLOhRA/ Opening today, closing April 6th For people living in Catalunya Please share! Funded by @ec.europa.eu @horizoneu.bsky.social Supported by @creaf.cat

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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Great postdoc opportunity in Sweden!! With the one and only David Wardle 🧪🌐 www.umu.se/en/work-with...

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Post doctor (3 years) within mountain plant community and ecosystem processes across a globally distributed experiment

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Kate Johnson @kateplantphys.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Just 3 days left to apply!! :D, come join us! Abstract submission closing Jan 15th #EGU26

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Charlotte Grossiord @charlottegrossiord.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

🌳PhD Opportunity in plant ecophysiology🌡️ Join EPFL (Switzerland) for fully-funded 4yr PhD on tree responses to air drought and heat. Climate chamber + long-term experiments to uncover physiological thresholds under climate change. www.epfl.ch/labs/perl/pe...

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PhD Position: Tree Physiological Responses to Atmospheric Drought

We invite applications for a fully funded four-year PhD position at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, with a planned start date in June 2026. The selected candidate wil...

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Cam Walker @camwalker.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I hear from friends in WA, where the trees are dying. I hear of the loss in the Adelaide Hills. I see it here in Central VIC. I see it across the higher mountains. The fact that ecologists still manage to function in the face of ongoing loss is a daily miracle. theconversation.com/yes-forest-t...

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Yes, forest trees die of old age. But the warming climate is killing them faster

The warming climate is killing Australia’s forest trees at a faster rate. This offers a glimpse of what may lie ahead for forests globally.

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Patrick Jansen 🐾 @patrickjansen.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Are you a PhD-level #wildlife ecologist committed to research and education for #biodiversity and nature restoration? Our group at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social has a #vacancy for an assistant professor! Deadline for applications is February 19. Please spread the word. www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

Restoring nature and reversing biodiversity loss are urgent societal challenges. Utrecht University invites applications for an Assistant Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Nature Restoration. In this role, you contribute to help solve these challenges through research and education by linking fundamental wildlife ecology to biodiversity recovery and nature restoration.

As an Assistant Professor, you will join a young, enthusiastic team that is eager to make an impact. You will help strengthen the team’s mission to connect fundamental wildlife ecology with the challenges of nature restoration in human-dominated multifunctional forest landscapes, especially in north-western Europe.

Your research will focus on restoration-relevant themes, such as wildlife responses to anthropogenic change, the effectiveness of conservation interventions, and the contribution of wildlife to biodiversity recovery and nature restoration. Close collaboration with colleagues within and beyond Utrecht University is an important part of this role, as well as building sustainable partnerships with conservation practitioners and policymakers.

You will combine fieldwork, experiments and biomonitoring (e.g. using sensor technologies) with laboratory, statistical and theoretical approaches. There is ample opportunity to initiate research projects and to acquire funding.

In education, you will teach in the Biology programs, develop and coordinate a new course, and supervise research projects of BSc, MSc and PhD students.

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Kate Johnson @kateplantphys.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Abstracts due Jan 15th, join us at EGU!! 😄

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Danielle Creek @daniellecreek.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

🎤Hi #dendrometer users! You are invited to join our new Dendrometer Network (catchy name still tbd 😜). Online meeting 10:30-12 CET Friday 12 Dec. Please share and let me know if you want to join and I will send the meeting link 🌴🎄🌳🌲

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

With the disappointing progress at Cop30, evergreen reminder it isn't "we" or "humanity" failing to address the climate crisis — oil-producing nations and fossil fuel interests are actively obstructing action, despite heroic efforts by developing nations, Indigenous peoples, and many, many others.

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End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff

Wealthy countries should triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal

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Tommaso Jucker @tommaso-jucker.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

🚨Job opportunity🚨 We are hiring a 3yr research technician. If you love fieldwork, are passionate about forests & mountains, and want to up-skill in remote sensing, sensor networks and running field experiments this could be the dream job for you! 🧪🌳⛰️🛰️🌡️🍄 www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...

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Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol

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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

📢 NEW ISSUE ALERT 📢 🌷✨ JXB Issue 18 of 2025 is out now ✨🌷 On the cover: A beautiful watercolour painting of a Tulip Poplar sapling by @kateplantphys.bsky.social - see Johnson et al. this issue! 🔗👉 Read the full issue now: academic.oup.com/jxb... #PlantScience 🧪 @sebiology.bsky.social

The cover of Vol 76 | Issue 18 | 2025 of the Journal of Experimental Botany. Light green banners border the top and bottom of the page and in the centre is an image of a watercolour painting. "Sapling of North American tree species and common city tree Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip Poplar). This watercolour painting depicts the young potted trees of this species used in Johnson et al., pp. 5573–5587. Trees were placed in freezers while their leaves were imaged to track ice formation and spread. This research revealed that the pattern of ice spread in these leaves is governed by vein anatomy and provided the first visualisation of freeze-induced xylem embolism (air bubble formation) in leaf veins. (Image credit: Kate Johnson.)"

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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

One of our favourite covers, awesome painting skills! 🌱🎨🧪

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