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Matthew Bowker @matthewbowker1.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Nice! Thanks Rory for working with us.

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victorleshyk.bsky.social @victorleshyk.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

NEW WARNING about ARCTIC WARMING: My new #sciart accompanies research by Ted Schuur, @ecoss-nau.bsky.social et al that carries urgent warnings for the effects that global warming is having on the Arctic: news.nau.edu/arctic-warmi...

illustration comparing the effects of 2 global warming scenarios: an increase of 1.5 vs. 2.7 celsius. The higher warming scenario will cause loss of all sea ice during Arctic summer, shrinking of Greenland's ice sheet, and thaw of roughly half of existing permafrost by the year 2100

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victorleshyk.bsky.social @victorleshyk.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

My new #sciart accompanies research by @ecoss-nau.bsky.social that outlines drastic changes to come if global warming keeps up and heats up the Arctic: news.nau.edu/arctic-warmi... These four illustrated scenarios show how (thread) -

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Ethan White @ethanwhite.weecology.org · 19/02/2025

The Dems on the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology have setup a site to collect info on the impact of the mass firings at federal science agencies. If you were fired and are willing to share (including anonymously) it’s here democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings

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Were you fired by President Trump? | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Can biocrust #moss hide from #climatechange? Fine-scale habitat sheltering improves summer stress resistance in Syntrichia caninervis New #AJB research by Theresa Clark, Alexander Russell, Joshua Greenwood, Dale Devitt, Daniel Stanton & Lloyd Stark doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience

A four-part graphic: (A) Elevations (m a.s.l.) surveyed for Syntrichia caninervis in the Sheep Range of the Mojave Desert National Wildlife Refuge (DNWR). EPSCoR-NevCAN climate towers are shown at each elevation zone site. Final sample of 92 microsites (20 × 20 cm quadrats enumerated in (C) spanned three aridity exposure gradients: (B) elevation zones, (C) topography zones (northerly, southerly, or flat transects), and (D) microhabitat shade types. For each topography zone in (C), the slope and microhabitat frequency are shown, and missing squares indicate S. caninervis was not found for a given zone or microhabitat type.

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Matthew Bowker @matthewbowker1.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

This is a nice post, with crossover value to multiple scientific fields.

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Matthew Bowker @matthewbowker1.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Hi does anyone have a good suggestion for a documentary film about terra preta and biochar addition to soil. It's for an intro soils class. Had been using an old BBC doc, but it is quite dated now.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Favorite sign so far

A hand-drawn old school doge meme, it's quite good

Text: fake agency, much illegal, very data breach, such treasury, unelected, very cool, wow

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Matthew Bowker @matthewbowker1.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Hi folks, this is just a quick rough cut of a Dryland Ecology starter pack. Help me build it by telling me you want to be on it, or suggesting someone else to list. go.bsky.app/BkjLRGY

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Matthew Bowker @matthewbowker1.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Has anyone out there run across a dryland or desert ecology starter pack?

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Matthew Bowker @matthewbowker1.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Interesting paper. Provides a quantitative basis for giving our postdocs good advice rather than just anecdotes that people say.

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Matthew Bowker @matthewbowker1.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

New paper led by the amazing Sierra Jech, @ecoss-nau.bsky.social post-doc. Crucial steps toward realizing the dream of #biocrust farming. Collaboration between TNC, USGS, NAU's DIRT lab and Mayberry Seed Co. farminghttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0929139324005924

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Developing biocrust field cultivation techniques for soil restoration: An assessment of bacterial communities

Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are a coherent, thin soil surface layer, engineered and inhabited by a diverse community of moss, lichen, cyanobact…

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Kristina Young @kristinayoung.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

🌵✨ When we say biocrusts are "the coral reefs of the desert," we mean it—just look at these vibrant colors! 🟠🟡🔵🔴 They're also reef-like in their roles stabilizing soil, reducing erosion, retaining moisture, and fixing nitrogen 🌿

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Matthew Bowker @matthewbowker1.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

My academic research lab is building a new web page. One thing we'd like is a publications list page. But we'd love for it to update itself! With ORCID, Scopus & Google Scholar, this must be possible! Ours must pool multiple lab member's pubs (not just mine). Has anyone found the way to do it?

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Matthew Bowker @matthewbowker1.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Biocrust researchers and enthusiasts...here's your starter pack

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The Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative @thegsbi.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

📣GSBI Speaks is back this December. Join us in the second of the series to learn about the role of biological soil crusts (biocrusts) in soil 🎉 Dec. 12, 2024, 7:00 MST, 9:00 EST, 14:00 GMT, 15:00 CET Register 👇 zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Matthew Bowker @matthewbowker1.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Upcoming #biocrust webinar put on by the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative. Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Timothée Poisot @ctrlalttim.com · 02/11/2023

New paper in PLOS Biol with @graciellehigino.bsky.social et al.: "Postdoctoral scientists are mentors, and it is time to recognize their work". We argue that ensuring that post-docs receive proper credit for ALL their labour would benefit all academia.

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Postdoctoral scientists are mentors, and it is time to recognize their work

Post-doctoral scientists are effective mentors for graduate students. This Perspective discusses how failures to properly credit them for this role has negative consequence for everyone and suggests p...

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