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Michael Howe

@mchowe.bsky.social
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Forest Entomologist/Ecologist Assistant Professor Department of Wildland Resources Utah State University 🏔️🌲⛷️🚴‍♂️🏃🐕☀️🦋🪲🤘 I study the irruption dynamics of forest insects, bark beetles, defoliators, disturbance interactions, & climate change.

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Michael Howe @mchowe.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Check out our new work in Journal of Biogeography | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10..... Warming is predicted to expand spruce beetle outbreak distribution across the spruce-dominated boreal forests of North America.
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Warming Temperatures to Expand Spruce Beetle Outbreak Distribution in Northern but Not Southern Picea Forests of Western North America
Aim The biogeography and distribution of irruptive forest insect herbivores are driven by population level responses to host availability, temperature, and precipitation. Because the irruptive dynam...
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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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Michael Howe @mchowe.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Highlights from my final postdoc trip to Alaska.
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Michael Howe @mchowe.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Which of your favorite natural lands could be up for sale? A truly horrific proposal. www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
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250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR budget reconciliation package
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...
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ACLU @aclu.org · 16/06/2025
BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity. This is a major win for public health.
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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Sea surface temperatures in the northern Bering Sea showing changes as sea ice melts. Eastern Norton has been open for a while now and is starting to heat up. Beyond the ice, most of the rest of the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska with near to above average SSTs for mid-May in NOAA data. #akwx #Arctic
Map centered on Alaska showing sea surface temperature departures from the 1991-2020 baseline (ºC) for the week of May 10-16, 2025.
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Michael Howe @mchowe.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Playing around with satellite imagery of #madison to make some office art. #Rstats
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Michael Howe @mchowe.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Interesting survey results (I was a respondent). I am firmly in the “we shouldn’t use AI to create research products camp”.
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Is it OK for AI to write science papers? Nature survey shows researchers are split
Poll of 5,000 researchers finds contrasting views on when it’s acceptable to involve AI and what needs to be disclosed.
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Michael Howe @mchowe.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Unsuccessful morel hunting was still lovely. #iceagetrail
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Antonio Vecoli (@tonyveco on X) @tonyveco.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
🔴⚠️🔥🌡️The #Canada #wildfire season has officially started, with violent wildfires burning across multiple regions, boosted by hight temperatures even in April.⬇️ Landsat 9 view on May 10 of a large wildfire in Saskatchewan with visibile pyrocumulonimbus #ClimateEmergency @volcaholic1.bsky.social
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