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Rachel Ward

@rward8.bsky.social

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tree regeneration, forest ecology, carbon cycling, vegetation modeling

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Paul Voosen @voosen.me · 16/03/2026

Just in: UCAR has filed a lawsuit against NSF, the Commerce Dept, NOAA, and OMB to prevent the dismantling of NCAR, alleging "violations of the Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act."

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UCAR statement on lawsuit filed against federal administrative agencies | NCAR & UCAR News

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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 27/02/2026

The Trump administration plans to dismantle NSF’s National Center for Atmospheric Research, potentially closing its main lab in Boulder. UCS's @carlonimbus.bsky.social explains how NCAR keeps us safe and how you can help protect it. Take action: act.ucsusa.org/4ceWei9

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Rachel Ward @rward8.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

The first chapter of my dissertation is out in Ecology Letters! We pooled data from forest sites across the globe to understand how forests differ in their carbon investment in reproduction (flowers, fruits, seeds). #ForestEcology #GlobalEcology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Forest Age Rivals Climate to Explain Reproductive Allocation Patterns in Forest Ecosystems Globally

Forest allocation of net primary productivity (NPP) to reproduction is poorly quantified globally, despite its critical role in forest regeneration and a well-supported trade-off with allocation to g...

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