Reposted by J. Sebastian TelloAmi Berger @amiberger.bsky.social · 04/02/2025The cognitive dissonance of getting up every morning and making coffee and walking the dog and going to meetings and answering emails and wondering what to make for dinner while there is a real live actual coup d’etat happening is BONKERS 1266410287242
Reposted by J. Sebastian TelloProsanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Such a nice job by @tropicalbotany.bsky.social presenting this month’s #LSUsciencecafe it was a packed house and besides lots of cool facts about botanizing in the Andes, Laura made a compelling argument to #savetheNSF and reaching out to your representatives to stop this grant freeze 0192
J. Sebastian Tello @sebastello.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Join the Missouri Botanical Garden! If you are interested in conservation, restoration, or plant systematics in Latin America, this is a great opportunity to work at an institution driven by a passion for describing and conserving plants. One more week to apply! jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/mbg/CA...jobs.dayforcehcm.comJob Details | Dayforce JobsFind your next adventure 089
Reposted by J. Sebastian TelloToby Pennington @tobypennington.bsky.social · 15/01/2025New review: the role of rivers in the origin and future of Amazonian biodiversity www.nature.com/articles/s44...nature.comThe role of rivers in the origin and future of Amazonian biodiversity - Nature Reviews BiodiversityAmazonia features a highly biodiverse range of organisms and habitats. This Review explores the geological history and characteristics of Amazonian rivers and their role in shaping the biodiversity of... 1167
Reposted by J. Sebastian TelloMongabay @mongabay.com · 04/01/2025In 2024, Latin America continued facing chronic issues of deforestation, ecosystem contamination, violence, habitat loss and political turmoil. Read more on how the year has been for Latin America:news.mongabay.comLatin America in 2024: politics, turmoil and hopeThroughout a year in which Latin America saw elections in six countries and prepared for the biodiversity COP16 in Colombia, the region continued its struggle with extreme weather events, criminal act... 14524
Reposted by J. Sebastian TelloMongabay @mongabay.com · 22/12/2024Scientists studying Peru’s Boiling River found 11% fewer tree species for every 1°C (1.8°F) increase in temperature - hotter areas not only had fewer species overall but were dominated by heat-tolerant trees that typically grow in the warmest parts of South America. Read more:news.mongabay.comAmazon’s Boiling River gives scientists a window into the rainforest’s future“You’re engulfed in waves of steam and sweating buckets and there’s no cool water anywhere,” Kenneth Feeley, a professor at the University of Miami, tells Mongabay. He’s describing the Boiling River i... 26024
Reposted by J. Sebastian TelloJens-Christian Svenning @jcsvenning.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Interesting read: 💰The high costs of peer review & grant writing 📊Bibliometrics as a partial alternative to peer review 🚀Exploring better ways to evaluate impact & fairness www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #grantwriting #funding #science #peerreview #bibliometricspnas.orgThe costs of competition in distributing scarce research funds | PNASResearch funding systems fundamentally influence how science operates. This paper aims to analyze the allocation of competitive research funding fr... 1299
J. Sebastian Tello @sebastello.bsky.social · 12/12/2024The Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG) is seeking a Scientist to join our Latin America Program! The successful candidate will establish a collaborative research program, with a focus on the Tropical Andes or other regions where MBG is engaged. Apply here: jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/mbg/CA... 12020
J. Sebastian Tello @sebastello.bsky.social · 10/12/2024The Missouri Botanical Garden is launching a major initiative to revolutionize species identification! By combining data from our 8-million-specimen herbarium with AI tools, we aim to advance the study of plant biodiversity and provide unique insights for its conservation. 🌿 shorturl.at/tccromissouribotanicalgarden.org Revolutionizing Species Identification (RSI) 14018
J. Sebastian Tello @sebastello.bsky.social · 09/12/2024We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2025 Missouri Botanical Garden International Fellowships! 🌿 This year, we proudly welcome eight exceptional fellows from five countries. Their selection reflects MBG’s ongoing commitment to advancing plant biodiversity and conservation research. 1212
Reposted by J. Sebastian TelloThomas L.P. Couvreur @tlpcouvreur.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Diversification of #Annonaceae. Unravelling the evolutionary history of this major tropical plant family using a near complete species level phylogeny. With ERC GLOBAL project postdoc Laura Holzmeyer & Fabien Condamine from CNRS. 091
Reposted by J. Sebastian TelloFranciska de Vries 🟥 @frantecol.bsky.social · 27/11/2024It’s out!! We subjected soils from 30 different locations across Europe to extreme events and found that soil fungal and bacterial communities showed consistent responses that could be predicted from their origin! With @knightjar.bsky.social and many collaborators! www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comSoil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events - NatureSoils from 30 grasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes fro... 16571164
Reposted by J. Sebastian TelloJens-Christian Svenning @jcsvenning.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Identifying Major Factors for Success & Failure of #Conservation Programs: #Natura2000, #WaterFrameworkDirective & #RewildingEurope 🌿 Challenges: #biodiversity damaging subsidies & conflicting policies; facilitators: outreach & stakeholder involvement -see our study link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comIdentifying Major Factors for Success and Failure of Conservation Programs in Europe - Environmental ManagementIn Europe, various conservation programs adopted to maintain or restore biodiversity have experienced differing levels of success. However, a synthesis about major factors for success of biodiversity-... 23912