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Magda Garbowski

@magdagarbowski.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Functional and Applied Ecology at New Mexico State University. Lab website: functionalrestoration.nmsu.edu

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Magda Garbowski @magdagarbowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
And I thought I cut back on reviews 😬
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Anonymous Potato @anonymouspotato.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
EcoEvoJobs 2026-27 just opened for business and we've already got 79 faculty / permanent jobs listed. Please repost! ecoevojobs.net
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ecoevojobs.net 2026-27
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Shersingh Joseph Tumber-Dávila @josephtumber.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A great PhD opportunity! (check it out) The Plant Interactions Ecology Lab at the University of Texas at El Paso is recruiting a PhD students to start in the Spring or Fall of 2027 under the supervision of Dr. @alemtzb.bsky.social @esalatamcarib.bsky.social
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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"I'm begging you: Never write with AI" Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...
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Opinion | I’m Begging You: Never Write With A.I. (Gift Article)
It’s bad for your brain and worse for democracy.
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Don Yee @mosquitolab.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Here is some of that good news you've been looking for.
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Magda Garbowski @magdagarbowski.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Help! A while ago I read an article/opinion describing two graduate students working through research - one using AI and one not using it. The author wrote of the consequences of these two make believe students. Does anyone know what I’m talking about?? I’d love to find it again!
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Smith Fellowship @smithfellows.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Applications are NOW OPEN for Smith Fellows conservation research Fellowships beginning in 2027! View the Proposal Guidelines and apply here: smithfellows.org/proposal-gui...
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Apply — Smith Fellows
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Magda Garbowski @magdagarbowski.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I have a playlist of songs with inaccurate comments about plants (e.g., Dolly Parton et al. “When a flower grows wild, it can always survive Wildflowers don't care where they grow”; Casey Muskgraves “I've driven through New Mexico, where the saguaro cactus grow") Love both artists but…
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Mikko Tuomi @mustapipa.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
In a shocking discovery, scientific journal finds that people work better when actually paid for it. "A biology journal which paid peer reviewers found that the approach cut the time to a first editorial decision by 85% and maintained high-quality reviews." www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Why paying peer reviewers works, according to a journal’s editor-in-chief
A biology journal which paid peer reviewers found that the approach cut the time to a first editorial decision by 85% and maintained high-quality reviews.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/06/2026
"Something remarkable happened in April. For the first time in history, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas across the entire planet. Not in a country. Not in a region. Globally." Tons of great news here from Danny Kennedy (via @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter, which rules).
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Elite Cognitive Dissonance and the Asian Energy Disruption
Notes from the Field — Singapore & Indonesia, May 2026
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Kryštof Chytrý @krystofchytry.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
PLEASE SHARE & DONATE! ❤️ In short, our NGO is raising money to buy a field for (biologically-informed) and community-based ecological restoration. donio.cz/zanechte-sto... A bit more of the context in a 🧵↓↓↓
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Zanechte stopu v pálavské krajině
Mezi Kočičí skálou a mandloňovým sadem leží 1,5 ha pole – bariéra pro lidi i přírodu. Chceme ho koupit a proměnit v živý krajinný koridor: sad, květnatou louku a bezpečnou pěší trasu, která propojí Pá...
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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
No but like seriously everyone go pay for journalism. Pay NPR or if not us pay someone else. Just please pay someone or else seriously all these big ships are going to keep slowwwwwwly sinking.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Cool, so NSF is now going to be used to essentially launder money to tech bros because universities are just too cumbersome and disciplinary oversight and regulations and accountability are all just too stifling for innovation. $1.5B for “X-Labs.”
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NSF X-Labs
NSF's mission is to advance the progress of science, a mission accomplished by funding proposals for research and education made by scientists, engineers, and educators from across the country.
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Nature @nature.com · 30/03/2026
Becoming a parent is much more detrimental to women’s academic careers than it is to men’s Read the full story: go.nature.com/4v4rxmQ
IMPACT OF PARENTHOOD ON UNIVERSITY EMPLOYMENT. Line graph shows how the probability of holding a research position changes from four years before to seven years after having children.
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Sergey Rosbakh @srosbakh.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Ecosystem resilience depends on successful regeneration - not just adult plant performance - yet these processes remain largely overlooked in monitoring and risk assessments. Read more: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Open letter: A call to integrate plant regeneration into sustainability science and policy
This Open Letter highlights plant regeneration as a critical and overlooked dimension of ecosystem resilience under global environmental change. Biodiversity monitoring, conservation and agricultural....
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
To me, the future of ecology is applied ecology. I imagine in the future many of us developing and scaling solutions to ecological problems -- not only in environmental science, but also in agriculture and health. Anywhere species interactions matter, ecology matters.
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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
New York-ass staff never been to the damn desert
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Attention folks in the weather, climate, disaster, wildfire, and Earth science communities: NSF has just published a new "Dear Colleague" letter inviting feedback (by Mar 13) on the proposal to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). www.nsf.gov/funding/...
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Magda Garbowski @magdagarbowski.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Thanks for writing this! Hits spot on as I contemplate getting up to work for a few quiet hours before my 2yo wakes up.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/01/2026
ICYMI: I sat down with political scientist @samuel-bagg.bsky.social to discuss the crisis in our information environment and its roots in social identity.
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The cure for misinformation is not more information or smarter news consumers
Political scientist Samuel Bagg explains why social identity is at the root of the misinformation crisis -- which calls for something deeper than factchecking.
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Magda Garbowski @magdagarbowski.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Thanks for the episode! Sent it to many ppl!
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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 03/01/2026
· #AcademicSky · #EduSky · #AI · “When people rely on large language models to summarize information on a topic for them, they tend to develop shallower knowledge about it compared to learning through a standard Google search.”
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Learning with AI falls short compared to old-fashioned web search
Doing the mental work of connecting the dots across multiple web queries appears to help people understand the material better compared to an AI summary.
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Ingolf Kühn @ingolfkuehn.eurosky.social · 15/12/2025
Interested in pursuing your PhD in Alpine Ecology? How do ecosystems emerge after glacial retreat? Come with us @ufz.de as a PhD researcher on the development of vegetation and microbiome in glacier forelands. recruitingapp-5128.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/33... #ecojobs #ecology #Alps #AlpineEcology
The job
Cooperating in the field of periglacial vegetation development with other Helmholtz centres, we offer a PhD position (f/m/x) to survey and analyse the development of vegetation and associated microbiomes in glacier forelands of the Alps.

Your tasks
• Collection of vegetation data in glacier forelands and surroundings
• Collection of soil and root samples
• Analyses of soil and root associated microbiomes through meta-barcoding
• Analysis of the link between vegetation and microbiome development as a function of (successional) time
• Scientific publications

We offer
A lot of things, but space does not permit. Please see the link for details.

Your profile
• Degree (Master, Diploma) in biology, ecology, geoecology or comparable courses of study
• Experience in the field of vegetation methods (vegetation surveys)
• Field work experience in soil and root sampling for microbiome analysis
• Lab skills to analyse the microbiome like DNA extraction, PCR, and sequencing
• Knowledge of the Northern Alpine flora
• Experience in high mountains and the ability to hike several hours a day and 1000 metres in altitude with luggage and equipment
• Orientation skills in the mountains
• Ability to work independently and solve unexpected problems
• Statistical skills (preferably in R), knowledge of data storage (databases) desirable
• Very good knowledge of English (communication in the working group, reading technical literature, writing technical articles)
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Go Belowground! @exfumo.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
#Novelty isn’t a yes/no, but a #gradient from #replication to #innovation. We should be honest about where our work sits on that gradient, instead of overselling everything as #groundbreaking More▶️ 1url.cz/sJXel #GoBelowground #ExFuMo #linocut @ibotcz.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social
linocut by Jitka Klimesova
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Magda Garbowski @magdagarbowski.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Hello! I’m recruiting three graduate students (MS or PhD) to start in summer or fall 2026 . Projects are broadly focused on the ecology, restoration, and management of rangelands, deserts, and forests. Please share! Lab website: functionalrestoration.nmsu.edu
Students collecting vegetation data in the Organ Mountains Plants with soil and rootsStudents collecting plants from forest understory
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 09/10/2025
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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Ben R Lee, PhD @benrlee.com · 03/10/2025
🚨 Please repost widely!🚨 I am recruiting a PhD student to join my lab next fall to work on forest and climate change ecology projects in southern Appalachia! Come join me in one of the most beautiful, biodiverse, and understudied parts of North America. Details below and happy to answer questions
An ad for a PhD position to start fall 2026 working with me at ETSU. For more info, please email at LeeBR1@etsu.edu.A close-up picture of dimpled trout lilies active in early spring, still largely surrounded by the previous year's senesced tree leaves.A beautiful vista of the Blue Ridge Mountains from on top of Carver's Gap on the border between North Carolina and Tennessee.
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Magda Garbowski @magdagarbowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Meeeee
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Liz Koziol @lizkoziol.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Excited to share our paper on grassland establishment 7 yrs after native #AMF inoculation—showing AMF result in higher diversity + prairie spread into old fields—was selected Editor’s Choice by @femsjournals.bsky.social.🦠🌎 I’ll discuss next week at #SER2025 Denver ! academic.oup.com/femsle/artic...
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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
The first public media station to go dark thanks to Trump’s cutoff of federal funding to public media is a 70 year old station in Pennsylvania. loom.ly/IjOHdzI
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‘The news devastated me’: Pennsylvania NPR station will be first in the US to go dark following Trump’s cuts
A public media organization in a university town just a few hours northwest of Philadelphia is set to be the first in the country to go dark after the Trump administration stripped away federal funding for NPR and PBS. 
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Casey terHorst @ecoevolab.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
The GRFP lives!! (due end of October) www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
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Sean Michaletz @seanmichaletz.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Fully funded PhD in #Ecophysiology at UBC in Vancouver! 🍁 Possible topics include leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimates, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology, and more. Start Sept 2026/Jan 2027. michaletzlab.org Please share! #PlantEcoPhys #Ecology #Botany #PhDposition #GradSchool
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Carlos P Carmona @cpcarmona.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Hot off the press 🔥 New Ecological Monographs paper shows why, when and how to include intraspecific trait variability to enhance functional diversity research. Huge shout out to Facundo Palacio for his vision and leadership. Read here 👉 doi.org/10.1002/ecm.... #traits #functionaldiversity 📏🌐
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Integrating intraspecific trait variability in functional diversity: An overview of methods and a guide for ecologists
Variability in traits within species (intraspecific trait variability; ITV) has attracted increased interest in functional ecology, as it can profoundly influence the detection of functional trait pa....
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Rachel Germain @gerlame.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
🚨postdoc opportunity at UBC🚨 applications are now open for the Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship, due internally Oct. 15 - www.postdocs.ubc.ca/award/killam... I can nominate 1 person and give feedback on that nominee's materials - if interested plz email me by Sept. 10 - join us!
Kayak trip with the lab in Deep Cove BC
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Magda Garbowski @magdagarbowski.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
SER in Denver?
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Magda Garbowski @magdagarbowski.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Congrats!
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Margaret Evans @mekevans.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
New paper out on the dangers of using patterns across spatial climate gradients to predict what will happen with changing climate. That includes species distribution modeling. Space-for-time substitution can be misleading in sign, not just the magnitude of effects. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Reconsidering space-for-time substitution in climate change ecology - Nature Climate Change
Ecologists often leverage patterns observed across spatial climate gradients to predict the impacts of climate change (space-for-time substitution). We highlight evidence that this can be misleading n...
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Go Belowground! @exfumo.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
📢Klimešová et al. (2025) in Trends Plant Sci: Belowground persistence types relevant to severe disturbance - a new classification! ▶️ 1url.cz/FJExZ #GoBelowground #ExFuMo #Clonality #BudBank #Resprouting #Disturbance #Storage
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Belowground persistence types relevant to severe disturbance
Despite recent advances in plant trait ecology, we identified a knowledge gap in understanding how plants strategize to cope with severe and recurrent disturbances. Here, we propose a new classificati...
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Patrick Rafter @oceanandclimate.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
News from the NSF Division of Earth Sciences Informational Webinar: If US scientists want to support NSF EAR, they should continue to submit proposals. The number of proposals is an important metric for quantifying need and therefore influencing the budget
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 02/07/2025
Congressionally mandated climate reports disappeared from their federal websites. www.cnn.com/2025/07/02/c...
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Congressionally mandated climate reports have disappeared from their federal websites | CNN
The National Climate Assessments can no longer be found on their government-hosted websites.
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Susana Wadgymar🌿🔬 @smwadgymar.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
This is true for learning and knowledge retention in higher ed too. Teaching individual units/topics/lectures is not as effective for learning as teaching systems of knowledge (how multiple concepts are related and help fully address a question). Brief and illustrative example in the article below.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19/06/2025
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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Dr. Elise Gornish @restorecal.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Special Feature in *People and Nature*: “Halfway through the UN Decade: taking stock of social-ecological restoration” besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal... We welcome proposals for papers – deadline to submit abstracts is *June 30, 2025*.
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People and Nature Call for Proposals: Taking stock of social-ecological restoration
<em>People and Nature</em> is an international journal publishing interdisciplinary research with ecological relevance that explores the relationships between humans and nature.
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Magda Garbowski @magdagarbowski.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
We’re seeing a lot of grasses, forbs and shrubs suffering (maybe dying?) all over southern NM - the last year of drought seems to have put many species over the edge. Hopefully some things are hanging on - it would be very interesting to know which ones and why.
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Dr. Bala Chaudhary @balachaudhary.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
“…that's the cool thing about basic science: you just don't know what information or knowledge it will generate in the future” Our new open mycorrhizal fungal trait database is published! Read about our science journey: fas.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/05...
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Dartmouth Team Launches Public Database on Soil Fungi | Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Lux in the Bronx @rlux.nyc · 24/05/2025
Another big FU from Harvard… free online courses on the US government, the US constitution, civic engagement, and more. pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
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Government | Harvard University
Browse the latest Government courses from Harvard University.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 23/05/2025
Would it have killed them to mention the fact that this was due to climate change? @powcanada.bsky.social
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Why Whistler's Summer Ski Camps Might Be Over for Good
A nearly 30-year tradition has ended at Canada's largest ski resort.
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