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Michela Audisio @michela-audisio.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The deadline for abstract submission has been extended to *September 8th* 🍂 Open to students and early career researchers working in mixed forests 🌲🌳

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Charlotte Grossiord @charlottegrossiord.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

📢 We’re hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher in Plant Ecophysiology at EPFL/WSL in Lausanne! 🌿 Study physiological mechanisms of leaf browning under heat & drought stress 🔬 Experimental plant ecophysiology 🎓 Mentoring/teaching opportunities Please share! Apply here: apply.refline.ch/273855/1893/...

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

📢 Call for papers in New Phytologist and Plants, People, Planet: Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life. Abstract Deadline: 5 September 2026 Learn more at nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com#extreme-heat... Thank you to the New Phytologist Foundation for being a Bronze Sponsor of #Botany2026!

Illustration of two plants in an arid landscape with a hot sun overhead. One plant is green and alive, and the other is withered and dying. Text reads: Call for papers. Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life. A New Phytologist and Plants, People, Planet Special Collection. Submit your abstract by 5 September 2026. Full details on our website.

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Rebecca Schwutke @rschwutke.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Being 'invited to submit' a manuscript to a Special Collection seems like something I should be excited about, and I am, but I am also thinking that it is not so different from submitting normally... except that in theory it would then be possible for the paper to be part of a themed group...

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Rebecca Schwutke @rschwutke.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

there's gotta be an easy way to ensure consistent font sizing for images produced in R and saved with specific dimensions but i don't know what it is or even if I'm currently doing it wrong

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Rebecca Schwutke @rschwutke.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I still really like this image showing how we attached thermocouples to the undersides of leaves, it's much easier to communicate things visually even with some basic sketches sometimes

Ballpoint pen sketch of how a thermocouple was attached to the underside of a broadleaf.

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Rebecca Schwutke @rschwutke.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

For all Europeans, you can vote on the design for the new bank notes from the European Central Bank here: surveys.ecb.europa.eu/10b/banknote... Some of the designs are quite vibrant and punchy

Back of a proposed European Bank Note for 100 Euros, with buildings, silhouettes of people, the map of Europe, and the Vitruvian Man by Leonardo Da Vinci

Front of a proposed European Bank Note for 200 Euros featuring a portrait of Bertha von Suttner in yellow.

Front of a proposed European Bank Note for 5 Euros, featuring a Wallcreeper bird (Tichodroma muraria) in gray-blue.

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hannahcole04.bsky.social @hannahcole04.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Do humans and birds share an eye for design? 🐦🎨 For my Master's diss, I’m testing if we share aesthetic tastes with bowerbirds. I need 100 responses to finish! Visual, anonymous & under 5 mins. Link: exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... 🧪 cc: @scienseed.com #AcademicSky #SciComm

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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

#FluroscentFriday Fluorescent transgenic roots in a petri dish

Fluorescent transgenic roots (glowing green, illuminated by blue flashlight) in a petri dish

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Rebecca Schwutke @rschwutke.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

things you see if you are an unwanted AI 'Reading Assistant' seconds before being nuked from my vision via uBlock Origin

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Martijn Slot @martijnslot.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

If you sign a publishing agreement with Wiley, you agree that your work can be used for AI models. Other publishers probably do the same. As a federal employee, I can't sign that, so our ms is stuck. Publishers won't buckle for a few of us, so can't I publish anymore? What do universities say?

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Dr. Hilary Rose Dawson @hilaryrosed.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Can we please quit with the oversized 'try AI!' popups on scientific papers that take up readable space? This popup on @newphyt.bsky.social doesn't even have a way to shrink it so I have to give up the bottom couple of inches on my screen.

Screenshot of a New Phytologist article that has a large 'Try AI Companion' bubble that persistently floats on top of the text in a not-subtle way.

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Rebecca Schwutke @rschwutke.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

a privilege and blessing to a PhD student in the 3rd gen. of a Research Training Group. all the plots in the forests I collected my samples in have been explored from the bottom up in various other ways already. there are 6 years of microclimate data I didn't have to collect myself for example

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Belinda Medlyn @bmedlyn.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

PhD position available: Predicting impacts of extreme heat on Australian forests The world is heating up and forests are starting to show the effects. Like maths? Love trees? Apply your skills to help understand and adapt vegetation to heat extremes! www.westernsydney.edu.au/schools/grs/...

Infra-red image of trees in whole-tree chambers during a heatwave

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Charlotte Grossiord @charlottegrossiord.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Excited to share our new paper on leaf scorching. 🔥Early leaf browning during heat and drought is often interpreted as premature leaf senescence - but it may reflect rapid heat damage. Separating these processes is essential. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @wslresearch.bsky.social

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That's What I Call Science 🎙 @thatssciencetas.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Have you tuned in to Ep. 332 yet? Margaux Didion-Gency's exciting new research reveals that leaf shape may influence plant heat tolerance, listen to hear more! @creaf.cat @snsf.ch @kateplantphys.bsky.social #heatwave #climatechange #climateextremes #leaves #adaption #Scicomm

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🌾 Dr. Liz Anna Kozik 🌾 @chaseprairie.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

quick, look at an Andrena vs Colletes comparison before it becomes irrelevant, until like July. Colletes are big spring guys and only show up rarely later in the year.

An image documenting multiple bee species with ID tips
Andrena:
Usually looks like a black bug in a fur coat
Some Andrean will eat anything (Generalists)
Including A. dunningi, a black bug in a brown fur coat, some hair on head, and no colored hair on abdomen
A. milwaukeensis, a black bug in a longer golden-red fur coat. Thorax is all orangey rust fur, top of head has some hair, and T1-T2 have orange hair too

But many Andrena are picky! (Specialists)
A. erigeniae is a spring beauty specialist
A. erythronii is a trout lily specialist
Both of them are black with a soft, sparse gray-fur thorax

Colletes-
C. inaequalis is the Colletes most likely spotted
They are fluffy yellow thorax, fluffy face, and black abdomen with strong white/cream banding.
Likes: Willows and fruit trees (pink apple blossoms, cherry, pear, plum). The Key with Colletes is a heart-shaped face.
Less common is C. thoracicus, which is like C. inaequalis, but more red/rust/orange

Tiny Bee SPRING SHOWDOWN:
Andrena (more common) vs Colletes (more cute, IMO)

Their pollen zones on female bees are different, with Andrena having more of a "knee-pit" / armpit collection that looks like a bulky leg warmer. Colletes is more divided between tibia and femur

Their wings have slight differences, with different scaled submarginal shapes. Additionally, andrena has a straight line where Colletes tends to have an S shape in the middle of their wing

Their butts (abdomens) are different, with proportions exaggerated here. On Andrena T3 and T4 are bigger than T1 and T2, while on Colletes, the opposite is true

Head shapes:
Andrena has a square/rectangular head, while Colletes has a heart-shaped head. They're both cute.

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Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Did you write your comment yet on the OMB rules on federally funded science yet? No? Don’t worry, you can do it this weekend. Here are some resources that can help you get started.

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Rebecca Schwutke @rschwutke.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

have we not lived long enough in a world with 'check your X for free!' claims leading to a 'see the changes for a single payment of €€€!' can we be freed from this

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Rebecca Schwutke @rschwutke.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

yeah yeah, PhD student has no idea what things cost and is shocked by the price of publication for a single paper

Open access charge for a research paper with a total price of 4466 USD

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Rebecca Schwutke @rschwutke.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

would be a perfect summer to monitor in-situ leaf temperatures but as a 3rd-year PhD my only obligation is to write write write... still, would be nice if someone were making use of my big thermocouple datalogger jellyfish monsters... here's an image of one up a Douglas-fir summer 2024

clear plastic box zip tied to a Douglas-fir tree trunk in the forst. the box is filled with a battery, Campbell Sciences Datalogger, and Multiplexer, with brown thermocouple cables coming out of the bottom. a black antennae on the right allows for remote monitoring of collected data

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ICOS RI @icos-ri.eu · 07/05/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Anne Klosterhalfen, postdoc at U. Göttingen and scientific coordinator of ICOS Hainich station, on receiving the #EGU26 Biogeosciences Outstanding ECS Award! Anne's work on ecosystem carbon fluxes is the kind of science that makes the ICOS community shine👏

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Uni Göttingen @uni-goettingen.de · 27/05/2026

Unsere Bioklimatologin Anne Klosterhalfen hat für ihre Forschung zu Kohlenstoff- und Wasserflüssen in Ökosystemen und ihren Einsatz in Bildung und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit den Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award 2026 bekommen. Wir gratulieren. 👏 www.uni-goettingen.de/de/3240.html...

Dr. Anne Klosterhalfen, ausgezeichnete Postdoktorandin aus der Abteilung Bioklimatologie der Universität Göttingen © Anne Klosterhalfen

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Rebecca Schwutke @rschwutke.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

my big news is I've written my first real original paper draft ever (and am now impatiently waiting for feedback from my supervisor)

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Rebecca Schwutke @rschwutke.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

okay, I haven't been on here in a while, my profile picture is also completely out of date!

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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Gentle reminder to fill in the survey on forest disturbance change (below). We have *a lot* of great responses already (thank you!) covering all continents and biomes, but the survey will be open for a few more days! Thanks for making the time, your disturbance expertise is highly appreciated!

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Göttingen Campus @goettingen-campus.de · 13/01/2026

RESEARCH IMAGES OF THE YEAR! The entries are in and you are invited to vote! You'll see pairs of images at random for 25 rounds. You pick the one that explains the research most clearly and creatively. Vote here: pollunit.com/polls/0fpi7x... by 24 Jan Info: goettingen-campus.de/postdoc-event

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WSL Umweltforschung @wslresearch.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

#PostDocAlert! PhD in #ForestEcology, #QuantitativeEcology or #ComputationalBiology? Strong background in statistics & experience with large datasets? Our Forest Diversity and Biodemography research group offers a 2-year #PostDoc position: apply.refline.ch/273855/1824/... #ScienceJobs #PostDoc

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Rebecca Schwutke @rschwutke.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

With all the snow and ice I wish I were up a tree in the summer sunshine... and that my job were only about climbing trees in beautiful forests 🤭 Thank you to Björn Lüdecke for the 📸

Scientist using climbing harness and ropes to ascend a Fagus sylvatica or European beech tree, smiling at the camera.

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Rebecca Schwutke @rschwutke.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Germany may not officially celebrate, but I will take the opportunity presented by today to be thankful for my colleagues in the @enricounigoe.bsky.social research training group. I would not have made it so far without their support and friendship!

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Rebecca Schwutke @rschwutke.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

There are so many ways to deal with the data I have and I am so tempted by all the rabbit holes of 'other people did it this way'. I think I need to meet with my supervisor...

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Rebecca Schwutke @rschwutke.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

My leaf temperature data is refusing to cooperate with my attempts to model it

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images. The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.

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Rebecca Schwutke @rschwutke.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Come crochet some comb jelly brains and learn about your own at the Forum Wissen on Dec 7, 14:00 to 16:00 ! No prior crochet experience required. Please register! www.forum-wissen.de/event/prakti...

A neuron recreated in crochet with a cute face where the nucleus would be. The cell body and dendrites are a light gray/green, and the myelin sheaths along the axon are yellow.

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Paul Kardol @paulkardol.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Explore how soil food webs withstand droughts and heatwaves, and what this means for tree regeneration in Swedish forests! 🌲🪱🌳🍄Become a PhD student in the WIFORCE Research School and work with us at SLU-Uppsala @mycopat.bsky.social #climate #forest #microbes #nematodes www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

I'm preparing for my talk at #BES2025 and want to know what people think the main goal of applied ecological and conservation research is. If everything goes to plan, I’ll be using the poll results in the talk itself, so the more responses the better! @britishecologicalsociety.org

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Göttingen Campus @goettingen-campus.de · 12/11/2025

Calling all researchers across our Campus! Göttingen's Research Images of the Year! You’re invited to share an image that conveys your research - photo, illustration, data visualisation or other by 15 Dec 2025: goettingen-campus.de/postdoc-event #ScienceCommunicationNetwork & #GCPostdocNetwork

Poster to highlight Research Images of the Year contest. All the text is available on the website which you can also reach via the QR code - https://goettingen-campus.de/postdoc-event

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European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · 25/11/2025

TOMORROW👇 Ever received a #media interview request and you weren't sure how to respond? This #workshop will help you to practice both your #writing and interview #skills. 🕑 Wednesday 26 Nov 2025 14:00 CET ⚠️ Places are limited! 📝 Register here: egu.eu/0LAXH4 📸: Rodrigo Balaguer-Romano on #imaggeo

Image description: A scenic mountainous landscape. Text reads: ' How to Communicate Your Research with the Media: An Introduction" scheduled for Wednesday 26 Nov 2025 at 14:00 CET. Places are limited - Register NOW '

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Alberta Community Bat Program/Western Bat Program 🦇 @albertabats.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Bat fact: Bats eat their body weight in insects every night. That’s the equivalent of a 180-lb guy crushing 180 lbs of chicken wings before sunrise. Respect the efficiency.

Image of a Northern Long-eared Bat with a mealworm in its mouth on the left (by Chris Godwin) and an image of a man holding two chicken wings while making "duck face". Text reads albertabats.ca

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WSL Umweltforschung @wslresearch.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

#Praktikum frei! BSc oder MSc in #Biologie oder #Umweltwissenschaften und Kenntnisse zu den wichtigsten einheimischen Insektengruppen🐞? Interesse an selbstständiger Feldarbeit🌳? Die WSL bietet für 6 Monate ein Praktikum in der #Waldbiodiversitätsforschung: apply.refline.ch/273855/1802/...

Stellenanzeige: Die Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL gehört mit rund 600 Mitarbeitenden zum ETH-Bereich. Sie befasst sich mit der nachhaltigen Nutzung und dem Schutz der Umwelt sowie mit einem verantwortungsvollen Umgang mit Naturgefahren.

Im Rahmen von zwei Projekten, eines gefördert von der VELUX-Stiftung zur Biodiversität in lichten Wäldern und eines gefördert vom BAFU/Kantonen zur Biodiversität in Naturwaldreservaten und Wirtschaftswäldern der Schweiz bieten die Forschungseinheiten «Biodiversität und Naturschutzbiologie (Gruppe Lebensraumdynamik)» und «Waldgesundheit und biotische Interaktionen (Gruppe Waldentomologie)» ab April 2026 drei 6-monatige Stellen als
Praktikant/-in Waldbiodiversitätsforschung (w/m/d)
In den sehr anwendungsorientierten Projekten werden umfangreiche Daten zu Insektenvorkommen in lichten Wäldern bzw. Naturwaldreservaten sowie in Kontrollflächen gesammelt. Hauptaufgaben dieser Praktikumsstellen sind Installation, Leerung und Abbau der Insektenfallen in den Studiengebieten, sortieren von gefangenen Insekten nach grosssystematischen Gruppen sowie die Archivierung der Insektenproben an der WSL. Bei dieser Tätigkeit können Sie die Kenntnisse in der Insektensystematik vertiefen und erhalten Einblicke in weitere Projekte in der Biodiversitätsforschung. Daneben können weitere kleinere Arbeiten in den Projekten anfallen.
Sie weisen einen Bachelor- oder Masterabschluss in Biologie oder Umweltwissenschaften auf. Vorkenntnisse zu den wichtigsten einheimischen Insektengruppen sind von Vorteil. Sie sind sich selbständiges Arbeiten gewohnt, sind kommunikativ und speditiv. Sie halten Termine ein, erkennen Probleme frühzeitig und gehen diese bestimmt und kreativ an. Sie arbeiten gerne draussen im Feld, unter verschiedensten Wetterbedingungen. Zudem verfügen Sie über einen Führerausweis (Kat. B) und sind ein/-e sichere/-r Autofahrer/-in.

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Rebecca Schwutke @rschwutke.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

maybe i didn't notice it, but since when does oxford english dictionary dot com require a SUBSCRIPTION to get the definition of a word

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EnriCo - Uni Goettingen @enricounigoe.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Don't miss our upcoming mini-conference! 🌍🌱 Join us for "Linking biodiversity, functions, and climate: Insights from global ecosystems" on 1st December from 11am – 4pm at F01, Busenweg 1, North Campus. Registration: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/581694.html #EnriCo #miniconference

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ForestPaths Project @forestpaths.eu · 10/11/2025

🌲 The European Forest Disturbance Atlas by ForestPaths is now on Forest Information Systems for Europe! Using Landsat data (1985–2023), the maps track fires, storms, bark beetles & harvesting across 38 countries — open-source & updated annually. 🔗 Explore more: forestpaths.eu/news/forestp...

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ForestPaths disturbance maps now available on FISE

With ForestPaths releasing the European Forest Disturbance Atlas - a dataset of annual forest disturbance maps across 38 European countries - it is also now featured on the Forest Information System f...

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Saimi Hanma ⚔️ サイミ @saimihanma.northsky.social · 05/11/2025

These zines are now listed in my shop! In both print and ebook versions. Print version: www.metrofieldguide.com/product/zine... ebook version: www.metrofieldguide.com/product/zine...

copies of my zine, august arthropod art, the front and back covers, the font featuring a leather bug in ink, the back with text about the project, bio and small illustrations of four inverts. two toys sit on them, one is a giant isopod, the other a large stag beetle

the zine open showing two inverts, one is a crane fly, the other a stag beetle, both illustrated in ink, each with text descriptions

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Rebecca Schwutke @rschwutke.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

We are going back to basics measuring light curves on sun and shade leaves of Hedera helix in the practical course for biology Bachelot's students!

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Rebecca Schwutke @rschwutke.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Just want to shout out mynoise.net for providing so many cool and customizable soundscapes for me to use while working, reading, studying, and relaxing. My favorite is Cafe Restaurant for working, the faraway chatter of other people helps me concentrate :) Great for writing R code!

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Background Noises • Ambient Sounds • Relaxing Music | myNoise ®

myNoise sets the standard for online background noise machines and interactive soundscapes.

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Rebecca Schwutke @rschwutke.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Festive PFP this time around, enjoy

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