Reposted by Katherine SinacoreNew Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026✨ Paper spotlight ✨ (🧵1/4) Still standing: persistence traits capture belowground plant functions beyond resource exploration and acquisition nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 1109
Reposted by Katherine SinacoreDylan Craven Moore @dylancraven.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Our latest on how climate extremes may affect biodiversity effects in grasslands and forests. #openaccess www.nature.com/articles/s41... @idiv-research.bsky.social 095
Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Work update: I've officially joined Cornell as an Assistant Professor in the section of Natural Resources & the Environment! Looking forward to this next chapter and to meeting new collaborators along the way! Now to introduce my field boots to some new forests. 🥾🌳 #forestrestoration #ecology 4261
Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 10/06/2026New project funded through CCI up and running! What could two plant/tree folks be doing with camera traps? Stay tuned! #forestfarming #monitoring 010
Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 07/06/2026“Due to staffing cuts, all forests will now be asked to monitor themselves, manage their own fires, maintain trails, and complete the paperwork by Friday.” Fund the people doing the work at #USFS! www.npr.org/2026/06/06/n...npr.orgThe Forest Service wants to close research hubs to save money. That could be costlyThe Forest Service is trying to shut down research hubs because it says it needs to live within its means. But the agency plans to close facilities that cost less than $1 to rent while keeping open on... 010
Reposted by Katherine SinacoreSteph likes native plants @dendromecon27.bsky.social · 06/06/2026That math aint mathing! www.npr.org/2026/06/06/n...npr.orgThe Forest Service wants to close research hubs to save money. That could be costlyThe Forest Service is trying to shut down research hubs because it says it needs to live within its means. But the agency plans to close facilities that cost less than $1 to rent while keeping open on... 0113
Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Love seeing our reforestation project getting some buzz! 🐝 000
Reposted by Katherine SinacoreBrooke Rose @mbrookerose.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Check out our new paper! Led by Blair McLaughlin at UC Santa Cruz, we found that many of CA's widespread trees may lose substantial suitable habitat under climate change -- vulnerabilities that are already supported by observed demographic trends 🌡️🌲🌳 news.ucsc.edu/2026/04/cali...news.ucsc.eduThreat of California’s native tree loss is greater than current estimatesNew study finds that many of the state’s valuable and most recognizable trees could decline sooner than expected because current risk calculations don’t incorporate climate change 031
Reposted by Katherine SinacorePBS News @pbsnews.org · 27/04/2026Sabastian Sawe of Kenya won the London Marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds, bettering the previous men's world record by an astonishing 65 seconds. He beat Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha, who was running his first marathon and finished in 1:59.41. to.pbs.org/42j93lrpbs.orgMarathon milestone shattered as Sawe breaks 2-hour barrier by 30 secondsSabastian Sawe of Kenya has become the first person to break the fabled 2-hour barrier in the marathon in a huge moment in sports history. 27814
Reposted by Katherine SinacoreShersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Recruiting a postdoc through Dartmouth's Society of Fellows Program co-mentored with Michael Cox with specialization in forest carbon dynamics, climate policy, and nature-based solutions Apply by January 4th! apply.interfolio.com/176741 🌳🌎🧪 0710
Reposted by Katherine SinacoreMongabay @mongabay.com · 11/10/2025Satellite data and reports from the ground show how a rapid expansion of smallholder cacao farming in southeastern Liberia is causing “alarming” deforestation.news.mongabay.comA cacao rush drives ‘alarming’ deforestation in LiberiaA rush to plant cacao in southeastern Liberia is destroying large tracts of rainforest. According to satellite data as well as interviews with local environmental advocates and government officials,… 01111
Reposted by Katherine SinacoreMongabay @mongabay.com · 04/10/2025In recent years, policymakers have made pledges for huge tree-planting projects a cornerstone for meeting national carbon reduction goals, but failed to cut fossil fuel emissions. But a new study shows the carbon sequestration estimates made for those forestation projects may be wildly optimistic.news.mongabay.comThere’s far less land available for reforestation than we think, study findsJosep “Pep” Canadell, executive director of the Global Carbon Project, says he believes countries large and small need to think twice before pledging to collectively plant billions of trees as a… 22319
Reposted by Katherine SinacoreSally Aitken 🇨🇦 @sallyaitken.bsky.social · 25/09/2025We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs 2224175
Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 23/09/2025A $100K H-1B fee will gut academia. Fewer international professors/scholars = weaker research & classrooms apnews.com/article/h1b-...apnews.comWhat to know about the H-1B visa Trump has targeted with $100,000 fees, generating confusion, fearThe Trump administration’s abrupt decision to slap a $100,000 fee on H-1B visas has stunned and confused employers, students and workers from the United States to India and beyond. 000
Reposted by Katherine SinacoreInternational Union of Forest Research Organizations - IUFRO @iufro.bsky.social · 22/09/2025⚡️Doctoral Researchers, be quick! 📢10 doctoral researcher positions are open at the University Freiburg for research on FORSCALE "Scaling Effects in the Adaptation of Forests to Climate Change" 🚨Closing: 29 Sept 2025🚨 🔗 www.iufro.org/position-ann... #ForestScience #ForestResearch #ClimateChange 045
Reposted by Katherine SinacoreProf. Bob Howarth @profbobhowarth.bsky.social · 05/09/2025New peer-reviewed paper documents massive lobbying by big oil & gas over 20 yrs to promote carbon, capture & storage, spending almost $1 Billion. CCS is a scam. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comTracing sources of funds used to lobby the US government about carbon capture, use, and storageAnalysis of U.S. federal lobbying disclosures from 2005 through 2024 identifies the fossil fuel sector as the primary force behind a multipronged $954… 310468
Reposted by Katherine SinacoreSteve Voelker @thetreecorener.bsky.social · 28/08/2025New Tenure Track Position in Data Science or Biostatistics with us here at MTU is live. We have great people here in a fantastic location that is probably a lot cooler (temperature-wise) than wherever you live during summer! www.employment.mtu.edu/en-us/job/49...employment.mtu.eduAssistant Professor, Environmental Data Science & Biostatistics | Michigan Technological UniversityExplore career opportunities at Michigan Technological University located in Houghton, MI. Browse and filter job listings to find the perfect fit and learn more about each position. 01013
Reposted by Katherine SinacoreLucas Cernusak @lucascernusak.bsky.social · 17/06/2025I have an opportunity for a new PhD student in tropical tree ecophysiology in my lab. Some more details at the link below. Please pass along! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...findaphd.comResponses of tropical forest trees to rising carbon dioxide - conifers versus angiosperms at James Cook University on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - Responses of tropical forest trees to rising carbon dioxide - conifers versus angiosperms at James Cook University, listed on FindAPhD.com 11821
Reposted by Katherine SinacoreSteph likes native plants @dendromecon27.bsky.social · 09/06/2025University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa faculty extension position on fire management and ecology - this would be a great job with awesome collaborators around! www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawa...schooljobs.comAssistant/Associate Professor of Wildfire Management (0083067)Title: Assistant/Associate Professor of Wildlife ManagementPosition Number: 0083067, pending position clearanceHiring Unit: College of Trop... 034
Reposted by Katherine SinacoreSteph likes native plants @dendromecon27.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Reminder that Federal scientists for the most part have no ability to go to conferences right now so if you want to add in how collaborations with these folks have been affected, that would be awesome, thanks. 0116
Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 31/05/2025BRB, going to binge four hours of Bugs that Rule the World, featuring bug enthusiast, researcher, and science communicator @the-bug-hut.bsky.social. www.pbs.org/show/bugs-th... @pbs.orgpbs.orgBugs That Rule the WorldA four-part investigation into insect declines, exploring their diversity and ecological importance. 074
Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Amazing intro for episode 3 of Bugs that Rule the World on @pbs.org, featuring @the-bug-hut.bsky.social! 073
Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Another amazing episode of Bugs that Rule the World is available on @pbs.org, featuring @the-bug-hut.bsky.social! www.pbs.org/video/the-li...pbs.orgBugs That Rule the World | The Lifegivers | Episode 2Pollinators – bees, moths and butterflies – bring color to the world and put food on our plates. 010
Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Episode 2 of Bugs that Rule the World tonight at 10pm est on @pbs.org, featuring @the-bug-hut.bsky.social! Can’t wait! 083
Reposted by Katherine SinacoreKC Cushman @cushmankc.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Delighted to finally watch the first episode with my parents while we had Mother’s Day dessert! Bugs That Rule The World is beautiful and @the-bug-hut.bsky.social is the best ambassador for the bugs. 10/10 052
Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Check out @the-bug-hut.bsky.social on @pbs.org TONIGHT in *Bugs that rule the world* (10 pm eastern) 001
Reposted by Katherine SinacoreCharles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 02/05/2025FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants. "This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."spencer.orgRapid Response Bridge Funding ProgramIn the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap... 6760548
Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Gutted for a brilliant friend and scientist whose NSF PRFB was terminated this week. @jjinsing.bsky.social’s work has expanded the way we see the natural world. It’s infuriating to see visionary science cut short like this. 160
Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Can’t wait to see the first episode of this doc on @pbs.org next week! Bugs that rule the world! Featuring @the-bug-hut.bsky.social www.pbs.org/video/series...pbs.orgBugs That Rule the World | Series PreviewA four-part investigation into insect declines, exploring their diversity and ecological importance. 031
Reposted by Katherine SinacoreInternational Union of Forest Research Organizations - IUFRO @iufro.bsky.social · 22/04/2025🚨 #job 🚨: The Department of Forest Ecology and Management at the Faculty of Forest Sciences, SLU, is hiring a full-tenure Professor in silviculture with a focus on silvicultural systems, mainly in boreal forests. 🗺️ Umeå, Sweden 📅 Apply by: 29 April 2025 ➡️ www.slu.se/en/about-slu... 03530
Reposted by Katherine Sinacoreericrscott.com @ericrscott.com · 21/04/2025@noamross.net has set up a form to track NSF grant cancellations here: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni... Please encourage folks to report cancellations so we can better track what's happening 113
Reposted by Katherine SinacoreSusan Prichard @susanprichard.bsky.social · 31/03/2025My colleague Jen Hollis just shared this awesome job in Perth Australia for a fire ecologist. Sharing with just the community that I follow on BlueSky. WA = Western Australia! search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php?pag...search.jobs.wa.gov.auWA Government Jobs | Research Scientist or Senior Research Scientist (Fire Science) 086
Reposted by Katherine SinacoreSusan Prichard @susanprichard.bsky.social · 31/03/2025This job at UBC (Vancouver Campus) also looks amazing. forestry.ubc.ca/career-oppor...forestry.ubc.caAssistant Professor (Tenure Track): Wildfire Sciences | Job | UBCJob Post: UBC Forestry is seeking an Assistant Professor in Wildfire Sciences to develop an novel research program and teach third-year courses. Apply now. 15337
Reposted by Katherine SinacoreUmmat-bugs @the-bug-hut.bsky.social · 26/03/2025I just wrote a ref letter for a NIH training grant for a student to conduct research on Alzheimer’s … she has spent over 5 years working in a research lab as a PhD student to get here… but they are now terminating these critical opportunities for young, creative minds-it’s bad for science 031
Reposted by Katherine SinacoreNature Sustainability @natsustain.nature.com · 11/03/2025While the local socioeconomic and ecological co-benefits of agroforestry are known, the consequences for deforestation at landscape scale are unclear. Now Hong Chen Teo et al. show that across forests in Southeast Asia, agroforestry has led to a net reduction of deforestation. shorturl.at/ZJUDEshorturl.atReduction of deforestation by agroforestry in high carbon stock forests of Southeast Asia - Nature SustainabilityAgroforestry is a natural climate solution providing ecological and socio-economic benefits at local scales, however whether it reduces deforestation at landscape scale is still unclear. Authors use c... 083
Reposted by Katherine SinacoreTrevor Caughlin @trevorcaughlin.bsky.social · 28/02/2025please share: I am recruiting for a PhD student to join my lab for fall 2025. I am interested in finding someone who is passionate about applying models to study plant ecology. Potential study systems include urban environments, sagebrush steppe, and tropical forest. caughlinlab.com/join-the-lab/ 058
Reposted by Katherine SinacoreDr Lars Markesteijn @lmarkesteijn.bsky.social · 13/02/2025New fully-funded PhD project "Ecologically-based temperate rainforest restoration: effectiveness for biodiversity recovery, carbon sequestration and resilience". We are now advertising to recruit to this PhD researcher post: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...findaphd.comEcologically-based temperate rainforest restoration: effectiveness for biodiversity recovery, carbon sequestration and resilience at Bangor University on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - Ecologically-based temperate rainforest restoration: effectiveness for biodiversity recovery, carbon sequestration and resilience at Bangor University, listed on FindAPhD.com 064
Reposted by Katherine SinacoreLucas Cernusak @lucascernusak.bsky.social · 13/02/2025James Cook University has advertised a position for an Associate Professor of Ecosystem Processes Research. Please find full details here: careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/associa...careers.jcu.edu.auAssociate Professor, Ecosystem Processes Research - Townsville, QLD, AustraliaAre you ready to lead cutting-edge environmental research and make a global impact? James Cook University (JCU) is seeking an accomplished and visionary Associate Professor in Ecosystem Processes Rese... 01818
Reposted by Katherine SinacoreJustine Karst 🇨🇦 @j-karst.bsky.social · 19/01/2025We don’t need better stories. We need to be humble. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comThe effect of seeing scientists as intellectually humble on trust in scientists and their research - Nature Human BehaviourAcross five pre-registered studies, Koetke et al. find that perceptions of scientists’ intellectual humility positively affect the perceived trustworthiness of scientists and their research. 310954
Reposted by Katherine SinacoreNeil Pederson @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social · 15/01/2025New Job opening: Research scientist ecologist with the NY State Natural Heritage program. Responsible for various projects and tasks, the intriguing one to me is being the coordinator identifying old-growth forests: esf.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta... 01413
Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 19/12/2024That’s a wrap on year one of Water Guardians. So proud of the students and how engaged they were in the project. Especially proud of Biocultural Learning director, Andrea, for leading this effort! Follow us on insta for more fun updates @somosguardianesdelagua #waterguardians #participatoryscience 000
Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Yes to long-term fieldwork! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comRemoving institutional barriers to long-term fieldwork is critical for advancing ecologyLong-term fieldwork is essential for ecology and conservation, but is hindered by institutional barriers, such as the publish-or-perish culture of aca… 000
Reposted by Katherine SinacoreSteve Pennings @stevenpennings.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Postdoctoral position, Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER. The postdoc will analyze existing long-term (25 y) data sets on plants and invertebrates at ten sites collected by the GCE-LTER. gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/private/app/...gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu 0717
Reposted by Katherine SinacoreAcer VanWallendael @aceraceae.bsky.social · 10/12/2024I have funding available in my lab at NC State for a graduate student interested in plant evolutionary genetics, especially in weeds. Please email me by Dec 20 for full consideration. Details and contact info on the lab website: avanwallendael.github.io/#joining-the-labavanwallendael.github.ioGenetic diversity in locally adapted, weedy, and invasive plants 02432
Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Global natural regeneration potential in the tropics is impressive. Would be interesting to add social, equity, policy, and governance data layers to this! www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comGlobal potential for natural regeneration in deforested tropical regions - NatureAn estimated area of 215 million hectares has the potential for natural forest regeneration across tropical forested countries and biomes, representing an above-ground carbon sequestration potential o... 010
Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Canela's first snow in many years! #ColoradoDoggo 🐶❄️🌲 031