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Katherine Sinacore

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restoration ecologist | she/ella | assistant professor at cornell | research associate at STRI | views my own | katherinesinacore.com

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New 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/...
Fig. 1 Conceptual linkages between traits and plant functioning lead to three dimensions of variation in the belowground functional space.
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Dylan Craven Moore @dylancraven.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Our latest on how climate extremes may affect biodiversity effects in grasslands and forests. #openaccess www.nature.com/articles/s41... @idiv-research.bsky.social
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Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Work 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
Hiking through forestSingle track trail through forest
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Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
New project funded through CCI up and running! What could two plant/tree folks be doing with camera traps? Stay tuned! #forestfarming #monitoring
Two scientists in a forest setting up a camera trap
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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...
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The Forest Service wants to close research hubs to save money. That could be costly
The 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...
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Steph likes native plants @dendromecon27.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
That math aint mathing! www.npr.org/2026/06/06/n...
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The Forest Service wants to close research hubs to save money. That could be costly
The 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...
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Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Love seeing our reforestation project getting some buzz! 🐝
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Brooke Rose @mbrookerose.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Check 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...
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Threat of California’s native tree loss is greater than current estimates
New 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
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 27/04/2026
Sabastian 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/42j93lr
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Marathon milestone shattered as Sawe breaks 2-hour barrier by 30 seconds
Sabastian 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.
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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Recruiting 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 🌳🌎🧪
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 11/10/2025
Satellite data and reports from the ground show how a rapid expansion of smallholder cacao farming in southeastern Liberia is causing “alarming” deforestation.
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A cacao rush drives ‘alarming’ deforestation in Liberia
A 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,…
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 04/10/2025
In 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.
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There’s far less land available for reforestation than we think, study finds
Josep “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…
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Sally Aitken 🇨🇦 @sallyaitken.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
We 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
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Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
A $100K H-1B fee will gut academia. Fewer international professors/scholars = weaker research & classrooms apnews.com/article/h1b-...
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What to know about the H-1B visa Trump has targeted with $100,000 fees, generating confusion, fear
The 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.
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International 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
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Prof. Bob Howarth @profbobhowarth.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
New 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...
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Tracing sources of funds used to lobby the US government about carbon capture, use, and storage
Analysis of U.S. federal lobbying disclosures from 2005 through 2024 identifies the fossil fuel sector as the primary force behind a multipronged $954…
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Steve Voelker @thetreecorener.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
New 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...
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Assistant Professor, Environmental Data Science & Biostatistics | Michigan Technological University
Explore 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.
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Lucas Cernusak @lucascernusak.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
I 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...
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Responses of tropical forest trees to rising carbon dioxide - conifers versus angiosperms at James Cook University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Responses of tropical forest trees to rising carbon dioxide - conifers versus angiosperms at James Cook University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Steph likes native plants @dendromecon27.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
University 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...
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Assistant/Associate Professor of Wildfire Management (0083067)
Title:                                Assistant/Associate Professor of Wildlife ManagementPosition Number:           0083067, pending position clearanceHiring Unit:                     College of Trop...
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Steph likes native plants @dendromecon27.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Reminder 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.
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Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
BRB, 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.org
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Bugs That Rule the World
A four-part investigation into insect declines, exploring their diversity and ecological importance.
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Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Amazing intro for episode 3 of Bugs that Rule the World on @pbs.org, featuring @the-bug-hut.bsky.social!
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Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Another 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...
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Bugs That Rule the World | The Lifegivers | Episode 2
Pollinators – bees, moths and butterflies – bring color to the world and put food on our plates.
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Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Episode 2 of Bugs that Rule the World tonight at 10pm est on @pbs.org, featuring @the-bug-hut.bsky.social! Can’t wait!
Researcher Ummat Somjee holding a flag footed bug
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KC Cushman @cushmankc.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Delighted 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
Bowl with cobbler and ice cream in the foreground, TV with Ummat’s head looking across the savanna in the background
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Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Check out @the-bug-hut.bsky.social on @pbs.org TONIGHT in *Bugs that rule the world* (10 pm eastern)
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
FYI: 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."
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Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In 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...
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Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Gutted 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.
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Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Can’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...
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Bugs That Rule the World | Series Preview
A four-part investigation into insect declines, exploring their diversity and ecological importance.
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International 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...
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ericrscott.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
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Susan Prichard @susanprichard.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
My 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...
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WA Government Jobs | Research Scientist or Senior Research Scientist (Fire Science)
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Susan Prichard @susanprichard.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
This job at UBC (Vancouver Campus) also looks amazing. forestry.ubc.ca/career-oppor...
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Assistant Professor (Tenure Track): Wildfire Sciences | Job | UBC
Job Post: UBC Forestry is seeking an Assistant Professor in Wildfire Sciences to develop an novel research program and teach third-year courses. Apply now.
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Ummat-bugs @the-bug-hut.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I 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
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Nature Sustainability @natsustain.nature.com · 11/03/2025
While 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/ZJUDE
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Reduction of deforestation by agroforestry in high carbon stock forests of Southeast Asia - Nature Sustainability
Agroforestry 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...
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Trevor Caughlin @trevorcaughlin.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
please 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/
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Dr Lars Markesteijn @lmarkesteijn.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
New 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...
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Ecologically-based temperate rainforest restoration: effectiveness for biodiversity recovery, carbon sequestration and resilience at Bangor University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Ecologically-based temperate rainforest restoration: effectiveness for biodiversity recovery, carbon sequestration and resilience at Bangor University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Lucas Cernusak @lucascernusak.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
James 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...
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Associate Professor, Ecosystem Processes Research - Townsville, QLD, Australia
Are 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...
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Justine Karst 🇨🇦 @j-karst.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
We don’t need better stories. We need to be humble. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The effect of seeing scientists as intellectually humble on trust in scientists and their research - Nature Human Behaviour
Across five pre-registered studies, Koetke et al. find that perceptions of scientists’ intellectual humility positively affect the perceived trustworthiness of scientists and their research.
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Neil Pederson @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
New 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...
Landscape picture of an old-growth forest in the Adirondacks
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Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
That’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
Katherine and Andrea attending the El Jiral learning fair to share year 1 results of the Water Guardians project
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Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Yes to long-term fieldwork! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Removing institutional barriers to long-term fieldwork is critical for advancing ecology
Long-term fieldwork is essential for ecology and conservation, but is hindered by institutional barriers, such as the publish-or-perish culture of aca…
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Steve Pennings @stevenpennings.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Postdoctoral 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/...
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Acer VanWallendael @aceraceae.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I 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-lab
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Genetic diversity in locally adapted, weedy, and invasive plants
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Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Global 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...
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Global potential for natural regeneration in deforested tropical regions - Nature
An 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...
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Katherine Sinacore @ksinacore.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Canela's first snow in many years! #ColoradoDoggo 🐶❄️🌲
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