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Katie Rocci, PhD

@katie-rocci.bsky.social
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Postdoc, Berhe Biogeochemistry Lab, U. of California, Merced - climate change effects on soil biogeochemistry + teaching - Formerly CU, UofM, NCAR, CSU, UNH - (Ross-e) - she/her

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
BREAKING: University Center for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) files suit against NSF, OMB, NOAA and DOC to halt alleged "violations of the Constitution and Administrative Procedure Act" undertaken by agencies to dismantle Nat'l Center for Atmospheric Research. open.substack.com/pub/balanced...
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Breaking News: UCAR files federal lawsuit to stop dismantling of National Center for Atmospheric Research
Lawsuit lists NSF, NOAA, DOC, OMB and their directors as defendents
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Katie Rocci, PhD @katie-rocci.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Just a couple more days! Get your comments in asap.
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Paul Voosen @voosen.me · 10/03/2026
My latest for @science.org on the fraught future of NCAR as NSF's deadline nears. It can still go so many ways.
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White House plan to break up iconic U.S. climate lab moves forward
Bidders have lined up to take over pieces of the National Center for Atmospheric Research
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Katie Rocci, PhD @katie-rocci.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
One month left to submit a comment to NSF about their threat to dismantle NCAR. AGU has a great tool, below. This was easy to do and you can help flood the NSF inbox with messages about how important is it to keep NCAR together! agu.quorum.us/campaign/154...
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Share your comments on NCAR with NSF
Tell NSF the future that you want for NCAR by 13 March
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Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe @aaberhe.com · 22/12/2025
🌟✨New paper: Check out our New Phytologist Tansley review on how changing precipitation patterns (changes in amount, intensity, & frequency of ppt already being observed due to climate change) affect soil organic matter dynamics. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... @ghezzehei.bsky.social
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Katie Rocci, PhD @katie-rocci.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
I have had the great privilege of being a visitor at NCAR for the past ~3 yrs & can tell you that the people there care deeply about making community-driven & useful tools and providing climate & weather info needed for US and global decision-makers, and are just genuinely good & caring people. 1/n
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 18/12/2025
If you are in the US and you would like to send a message to your elected representative about the proposed dissolution of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, @agu.org makes it easy with a template here: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151... #AGU25
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Save NCAR from being dismantled today!
The Trump Administration has vowed to dissolve the center that provides critical extreme weather and climate data for our nation.
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Sam Rabin @samsrabin.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Awesome turnout in support of @ncar-ucar.bsky.social at #AGU25. Take a look at how many people use our products!
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Katie Rocci, PhD @katie-rocci.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
FYI for folks headed to AGU next week! Stay safe out there, particularly international folks. www.agu.org/annual-meeti...
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New Orleans updates | AGU25
AGU is committed to a safe and welcoming Annual Meeting for everyone.
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Siya Shao @siyashao.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
New paper! 📢 Our paper on modeling mycorrhizal carbon costs is out in @jgrbiogeo.bsky.social Running the Myco-CORPSE model across 1800+ eastern U.S. forest sites, we validated modeled tree C allocation to AM & ECM fungi against literature data — the first such test ever! 🌲🍄 doi.org/10.1029/2025...
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Katie Rocci, PhD @katie-rocci.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Tomorrow’s the last day to apply for AGU-B DEI travel grants!!
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AGU Biogeosciences @agubiogeosciences.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
We've extended the application deadline for this award to 9/17! Apply here for the Fall Meeting AGU-B DEI Travel Grant for up to $1500 ( connect.agu.org/biogeoscienc...)
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Travel Grants - Biogeosciences
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Katie Rocci, PhD @katie-rocci.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
📣📣📣 We've extended the deadline for the AGU-B DEI travel grant to next Wednesday, 9/17! Submit an application and spread the word to folks you know who need funding for the annual meeting! ****the link below isn't working - use this one instead: connect.agu.org/biogeoscienc...
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Travel Grants - Biogeosciences
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Katie Rocci, PhD @katie-rocci.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
A reminder that Biogeosciecnes DEI committee is hosting a travel grant for the 2025 AGU meeting! Apply at the link below by September 10th.
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The Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative @thegsbi.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
🎉 Registration for the 4th Global Soil Biodiversity Conference is now OPEN 🎉 Early bird registration is open until December 15th ,2025 🦜 Registration page 👇 globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/registration/
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Registration - Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026
Registration Early-Bird Registrations Until December 15, 2025 at 23:59 PST Early-Bird Delegate$875.00 Early-Bird Student$525.00 Early-Bird Single Day$600.00 Regular Registrations Until February 16, 20...
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AGU Biogeosciences @agubiogeosciences.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Applications for Fall Meeting AGU-B DEI Travel Grant for up tp $1500 (with a minimum award amount of the cost of graduate student early bird registration) ARE OPEN and close September 10th! Apply here. (docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...)
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AGU Biogeosciences DEI Travel Grant 2025
This is the application for the 2025 AGU Biogeosciences DEI Travel Grant. Please submit by September 10th to be considered for the award. More information can be found here: https://connect.agu.org/bi...
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Advyth Ramachandran @advyth.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
At #ESA2025 and interested in the potential for urban forests to cool cities, and tree functional traits? Stop by my poster tomorrow (Tuesday) in PS 25-160, Urban Ecosystems. Excited to chat about our results so far, compare findings with others, and get feedback on further directions!
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Katie Rocci, PhD @katie-rocci.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
AGU Biogeosciences DEI travel grants ARE OPEN and close September 10th. Find info to apply here: connect.agu.org/biogeoscienc...
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AGU Biogeosciences @agubiogeosciences.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
AGU-B DEI will once again host the DEI Travel Grant to support in-person or virtual attendance for the 2025 AGU Annual meeting. Check back in mid-August for the application!
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Katie Rocci, PhD @katie-rocci.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Proud of this one and grateful to my amazing collaborators! See my pinned post for a thread on this work!
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Katie Rocci, PhD @katie-rocci.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
A very fun workshop last week in NH about representing (sub)tropical soils in process-based soil carbon models using data from sub-Saharan Africa. Led by @sophievf.bsky.social with @ultracricket.bsky.social ! Don't we make calibrating models look fun?! Photos from Sophie
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INSTAAR @instaar.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
🦠 Interested in microbes & litter decomposition? Check out this paper & thread by Katie Rocci (postdoc, INSTAAR + IGCB U Mich) et al. Will Wieder (INSTAAR researcher & NCAR investigator) is a co-author too ⬇️
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Katie Rocci, PhD @katie-rocci.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
📣 New paper alert 📣 Out TODAY in GCB! We have a lot of evidence that microbial communities are important for litter decomposition but we haven't evaluated those microbial community effects in ecosystem-scale models using empirical data. Now this work has! doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... 1/n
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Integrating Microbial Community Data Into an Ecosystem‐Scale Model to Predict Litter Decomposition in the Face of Climate Change
Representing observational drivers of ecological processes like litter decomposition in computer models is important for improving confidence in climate change predictions. We calibrate an ecosystem-...
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Elsa Abs @elsa-abs.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
New paper out in Global Change Biology 🤩 doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... We built the first soil carbon model that includes microbial eco-evolution using game theory — and found that adaptation could nearly double global soil carbon loss by 2100. Here is how👇(1/7)
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Sophie von Fromm @sophievf.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
🚨🌍Are you attending #AGU25? Are you working on soil stabilization and change? Than this session is for you: Soils in the Anthropocene: Cross-scale Mechanisms of Stabilization and Change (B081) With @avnimalh0tra.bsky.social @katie-rocci.bsky.social @katerinageorgiou.bsky.social Sam Weintraub-Leff
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AGU Biogeosciences @agubiogeosciences.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Please consider donating to our DEI travel grant fund (www.agu.org/give-to-agu/...). For those who donate $20 or more, please email ecardare@epss.ucla.edu for your DEI Committee stickers. We are providing Fall Meeting Travel Grants to help increase diversity among attendees.
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Katie Rocci, PhD @katie-rocci.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Really interesting paper from some great folks! Love to see us learning more about root effects on soil C!
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Vincent Felde @vincentfelde.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Dear Soil Science friends! There are so many brilliant geoscientists out there who deserve a recognition for their excellent research (e.g. the Alina Kabata-Pendias Medal of the @egu-sss.bsky.social). If you know somebody who you think should get one of the awards, please nominate them 👇
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Shelby C. McClelland @scmcclelland.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
🚨New paper alert🚨 We show that maintaining crop yields lowers the global climate benefits of natural climate solutions on croplands. But, we highlight where win-win opportunities exist for these practices to contribute to climate and production goals. 1/N www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Managing for climate and production goals on crop-lands - Nature Climate Change
Climate mitigation through natural climate solutions in crop-lands may be a way to reconcile climate goals with food security. However, here the authors show that some natural climate solution practic...
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The Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative @thegsbi.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
📢The Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026 abstract submission portal is NOW OPEN 🐛🐜🕷️🦠🪱 Abstracts are due July 15th 23:59 PDT ‼️ Submit an abstract 👇 globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/abstract/
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Katie Rocci, PhD @katie-rocci.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
So fun to be part of this work led by the brilliant @katerinageorgiou.bsky.social - hope folks find it helpful!
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Biogeosciences Early Career Committee @biogeosciences-ecc.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Registration for the Early Career Seminar is still open! Hope to see you there! agu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Spring 2025 AGU Biogeosciences Early Career Seminar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Join us for the Spring 2025 Early Career Seminar! Hosted by the Biogeosciences Early Career Committee, this seminar will spotlight exciting research from three early-career scientists. Come explore cu...
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Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Reminder that this is happening Wednesday. Register here : agu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @agubiogeosciences.bsky.social
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Community empowerment: Thriving together despite the unknowns Part II. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
The past few weeks have presented a lot of unknowns for the scientific community. For many of us, recent changes in policies have threated job security, research programs, and caused elevated stress. ...
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INSTAAR @instaar.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
🚜 New study in @naturecomms.bsky.social finds that agriculture is the main driver of short-term fluctuations in atmospheric carbon Led by Danica Lombardozzi (CSU), the research team includes Will Wieder (INSTAAR, NCAR). Story by CSU's Warner College: warnercnr.source.colostate.edu/agriculture-...
Cornfield under a blue sky with white clouds and a white barn or shed in background on right. Photo: Danica Lombardozzi
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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 04/03/2025
🌎 From tracking extreme weather to protecting fisheries and coastlines, #NOAA’s work saves lives and supports economies. AGU opposes the dismantling of NOAA and calls on Congress to defend this critical agency. The future of climate science, public safety, and industry depends on it.
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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 04/03/2025
We know that many of you have been directly affected by the Administration’s actions. AGU is offering free 2025 membership to those who suffer a job loss. We want to ensure that you have access to important career and community support during this time.
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Katie Rocci, PhD @katie-rocci.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
@agubiogeosciences.bsky.social DEI committee is holding another listening session in two weeks! Join your fellow biogeoscientists to share information and concerns related to the current times. Hope to see you there! #AGU #AGUBiogeosciences
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Katie Rocci, PhD @katie-rocci.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
So glad all these folks stood up for science here in Boulder (and sorry I missed it somehow)!
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Louis Schipper @louisschipper.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
I might have to change careers - this is one prize I would love to win! What a trophy. However, I think I might need to practice for 20+ years first. NZ has some pretty fab science reporters!
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Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
We will be holding virtual listening sessions in the coming weeks (‘Community empowerment: Thriving together despite the unknowns’) to continue building and strengthening our community. The first session will be Wednesday February 19 from 2-3:30pm Eastern. Register here: tinyurl.com/biogeothriving
The past few weeks have presented a lot of unknowns for the scientific community. For many of us, recent changes in policies have threated job security, research programs, and caused elevated stress. The Biogeosciences Section’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee will hold a listenign session for the community where folks can share information, concerns, and gain insights into how others are coping at this time. Please join the rolling conversation anytime during the hour and a half block and stay for as long as you’d like. 

Registration link and date /time are in text in post.
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Dr. Jennifer Glass (she/her) @methanojen.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The @agu.org Biogeosciences newsletter is out w/ DEI committee statement! go.agu.org/index.php/em...
Full statement text here: https://go.agu.org/index.php/email/emailWebview?email=OTg3LUlHVC01NzIAAAGYuiu_Pnm81KH_7XcPHVdcgGmPF2njlpUQIylg0PEWGMF8K1OBh0DqN-htSu1SvB5jD4n0SqqCIwTanvYb-nN6147_oLax2wGWTQFull statement text here: https://go.agu.org/index.php/email/emailWebview?email=OTg3LUlHVC01NzIAAAGYuiu_Pnm81KH_7XcPHVdcgGmPF2njlpUQIylg0PEWGMF8K1OBh0DqN-htSu1SvB5jD4n0SqqCIwTanvYb-nN6147_oLax2wGWTQFull statement text here: https://go.agu.org/index.php/email/emailWebview?email=OTg3LUlHVC01NzIAAAGYuiu_Pnm81KH_7XcPHVdcgGmPF2njlpUQIylg0PEWGMF8K1OBh0DqN-htSu1SvB5jD4n0SqqCIwTanvYb-nN6147_oLax2wGWTQFull statement text here: https://go.agu.org/index.php/email/emailWebview?email=OTg3LUlHVC01NzIAAAGYuiu_Pnm81KH_7XcPHVdcgGmPF2njlpUQIylg0PEWGMF8K1OBh0DqN-htSu1SvB5jD4n0SqqCIwTanvYb-nN6147_oLax2wGWTQ
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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 14/02/2025
AGU stands with federal scientists. Read more on fromtheprow.agu.org/standing-tog...
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Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe @aaberhe.com · 13/02/2025
Professional societies stand together in defense of science & scientists. “science has led to humanity’s greatest advances, improving people’s lives & the health of our planet … (we’re) committed to supporting, elevating, & fighting for science & those who further it.“ www.unitedsciencealliance.org
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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
The main DEI page from @agu.org has been modified to take diversity out of the title. Glad to see it's not deleted entirely, but hey AGU, we're watching what you do and remembering the big game you once talked about supporting your diverse membership. Today vs. January
Screencap of American Geophysical Union DEI webpage (URL at end) reading "Inclusion at AGU" on a banner with "AGU Ethics & Equity Center" link below it.

https://www.agu.org/learn-about-agu/about-agu/diversity-and-inclusionScreencap Wayback Machine archive version of American Geophysical Union DEI webpage (URL at end) from January 04 2025, reading "Diversity & Inclusion at AGU" on a banner with "Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion at AGU" section below it, with link to "Diversity & Inclusion Strategic Plan"
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Franciska de Vries 🟥 @frantecol.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
On #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience let me remind you that we are NOWHERE NEAR parity. A few examples. 1. Women are credited less in science than men. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Women are credited less in science than men - Nature
The difference between the number of men and women listed as authors on scientific papers and inventors on patents is at least partly attributable to unacknowledged contributions by women scientists.
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Katie Rocci, PhD @katie-rocci.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Happy International Day of Girls and Women in Science! I am so grateful to be surrounded by so many amazing women scientists who have trained me, mentored me, and supported me. Women belong in science 👩‍🔬
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Parents for Future Ireland @pffireland.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Powerful ad shared during the Super Bowl by @sciencemoms.bsky.social . Love for children and future generations is one of the most powerful drivers of meaningful climate action. #ClimateActionNow #ForEveryChild #ProtectWhatWeLove
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The Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative @thegsbi.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
📣GSBI Speaks is back this February! Join us to learn about remote sensing and sensing to measure soil biodiversity 📸🎥🐛🐜🦠🪱 Feb. 21, 2025, 9:00 MST, 11:00 EST, 16:00 GMT, 17:00 CET Register 👇 zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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