Anping Chen

“Why Are We Funding This?” Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.

My latest for American Scientist Magazine helps give scientists the tools to fight back against politicized charges that our research is silly or pointless- tools that will work whether you’re asked “why are we funding this” from your asshole uncle at Thanksgiving or an asshole US Senator.
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Agree that if you submit one paper as a first or senior author, you should do two reviews.

Map of the United States showing Forest Service research lab locations as well as experimental forests and other offices.

There are 6 Forest Service research stations that also manage research labs, 80 experimental forests, a forest product laboratory, & the International Institute of Tropical Forestry. This is the most extensive natural resource research operation in the world--a hidden crown jewel of our country. 2/

Congratulations, friend!!🎉🎉

Losing them also loses $: just think about weather disaster impacts on economy and public safety.

Voices: Research on dust in Utah has never been more important. Trump’s proposed cuts put our economy and public health at risk. “The loss of this science doesn’t just mean fewer data points,” writes Kristina Young. “It means fewer tools to protect water supplies, fewer insights to guide wildfire mitigation and fewer answers wh...

Excellent piece by @kristinayoung.bsky.social on the critical threat facing the USGS's Southwest Biological Science Center. We must rally and fight this senseless attack on science!!

Controlled burns reduce wildfire risk, but they require trained staff and funding − this could be a rough year Uncertainty from Washington along with staff and budget cuts have created turmoil for the US Forest Service’s fire management efforts.

Fun time writing for @theconversation.com ! Please share! Controlled burns reduce wildfire risk, but they require trained staff and funding − this could be a rough year theconversation.com/controlled-b...

For people whose institution does not subscribe to Nature Plants, here is a shared link: rdcu.be/eigV4

For people whose institution does not subscribe to Nature Plants, here is a shared link: rdcu.be/eigV4

It's important that science continues, now more than ever. Hence I am happy to share our recent paper which shows the slowing of post-mortality forest recovery @natplants.nature.com. With great colleagues including @smmunson.bsky.social @wmhammond.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Satellite-based evidence of recent decline in global forest recovery rate from tree mortality events - Nature Plants Satellite data show declining global forest recovery from tree mortality since the 1990s, driven by warming and water scarcity. Canopy water recovers slower than greenness, stressing the need for a mu...

Our new research shows that forest recovery from tree mortality has slowed in recent decades. This reduction is primarily associated with rising temperatures and increased water scarcity. Recovery of forest canopy water content lags behind that of vegetation greenness
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cover image of the March issue of Nature Ecology & Evolution showing a micro-CT scan of a humpback anglerfish. The cover headline reads "Deep-sea diversification"

Our March issue is now live! www.nature.com/natecolevol/...

Featuring research on:

🌲boreal forest resilience
🦠microbial community invasion
🧬evolutionary divergence of X–Y chromosome genes

Cover shows a micro-CT scan of the humpback #anglerfish from Miller et al. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congrats, Laura! Are you going to talk about this paper (or the EL paper, or both) for your seminar next month?

Congratulations to you and Malin!! Very interesting work!

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I'd like to be included. Thanks!

Global Ecology starter pack was full, a Vol. 2 was needed! here it is 🕺

👉 scientists working on biodiversity, ecosystems, and conservation at a large scale, both terrestrial and marine realms

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🚀 Global Ecology feed Digest #8 Jan 20-27, 2025 - 33 posts

✨For the lazy (yes we are) & friends who don't like social media (yes they can) but might benefit from Global Ecology feed, here’s a online DIGEST crafted with 💚 for you to share ! 🌈

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A man jumping, under the words "Make Time For Joy"

Reminder: They're trying to demoralize you, and they're doing a great job of it. Part of resisting is making time for joy despite the attempts to make you feel this is not the time for it. Love your people. Dig the art that speaks to you. Go to the places where life flows into you. You deserve joy.

January reading finished... reading is curing. #onebookamonth

The PDF link provided by Katherine is still downable. I can email you a copy of it still not working.

Thanks! Saved a copy while the PDF is still available.

Bridging the gap in carbon cycle studies: Meteorological station-based carbon flux dataset as a complement to EC towers The scarcity and uneven global distribution of eddy covariance (EC) towers are the key factors that contribute to significant uncertainties in carbon …

In a newly published Agricultural and Forest Meteorology paper, we developed a method that successfully migrates eddy covariance based carbon flux measurements to thousands of meteorological stations. Led by postdoc Dr. Wenqiang Zhang. Check out the paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Causal Inference With Observational Data and Unobserved Confounding Variables As ecology tackles progressively larger problems, we are moving beyond the scales at which randomised controlled experiments are feasible. Using observational data for causal inference raises the pro...

Interesting new paper on inference with observational data in ecology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Thanks, Katherine. Never a fan of large labs at the size of 40-60 people if they are primarily grads and postdocs. Running a research lab is different than running a business, I guess.

One of the best things you can do right now is read books. Buy them. Borrow them from the library. Gift them.

Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is.

Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙

A lab that employs 40-60 people??

Do you mean this 2011 Science paper? www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Yes, reading is curing! I have a one-book-per-month reading plan since December.

Need this