Greg Goldsmith

A feature engineering technique for enhancing the generalization of machine learning models in estimating crop evapotranspiration Accurate and precise estimation of evapotranspiration (ET) is crucial for understanding the terrestrial carbon, water, and energy cycles. While proces…

A new one from the versatile Dr. Gaku Yokoyama on the next steps in the world of using machine learning to better model crop evapotranspiration. This one melds mechanistic models of leaf conductance, leaf canopy area, and eddy covariance data:

The #IPCC is now hireing ‘chapter scientists’ to support the author teams for the upcoming IPCC Report.

If you are an early career scientist with strong synthesis and organisational skills, and from a developing country or a country in transition, do check this out!

www.ictp.it/opportunity/...

My colleague Sarah Batterman and others from @caryinstitute.bsky.social are organizing what looks like a great crash course on ecosystem ecology for graduate students at an exceptionally affordable cost:

New Precipitation Is Scarce in Deep Soils: Findings From 47 Forest Plots Spanning Switzerland We determined the new and young water fractions of soil lysimeter waters in 47 forest plots in Switzerland Soil characteristics such as lysimeter depth, soil field capacity and soil stoniness exp...

A new study w/ Emily Burt, @scottallenunr.bsky.social, et al. via @aguecohydro.bsky.social made possible by @bafu.admin.ch. We use >3500 lysimeter isotope observations from 47 sites over 3 years to measure how rainfall percolates into soils, with estimates of young water at different soil depths.

Big news! Huge congratulations to you and very best wishes for many successes!

Are you attending #ESA2025? Come join us for for two engaging #SciPol, #SciComm sessions:

📆 8/11: Panel on Addressing the Wildland Fire Crisis at the Federal Level
📆 8/13: Strategic Science Communication Workshop

ℹ️ More details here: www.compassscicomm.org/event/panel-...

See you there!

🌿 Are you presenting at #ESA2025 in Baltimore?
📢 Add your presentation to the ESA LAC Chapter database using the QR code. Let's connect, support, and amplify each other! 🌎💚

#ESALAC #Ecology #LatinAmericanScientists #CaribbeanScience #SciComm

Hey AGU Paleo section, 1 week to get those abstracts in to present at #AGU2025. If you work in W. US paleoclimate we have the session for you agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...

Why do trees preferably transpire winter precipitation? 🌳💦 In our latest commentary we argue that it's not a big surprise but the effect of seasonal differences in soil recharge. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @canopyinclouds.bsky.social @harshberia.bsky.social @scottallenunr.bsky.social

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Symposia at #ESA2025 take deep dives into important themes -- research, practice, collaboration and more -- that can enhance anyone's experience at the event. Check out the lineup and start planning your agenda for Baltimore! esa.org/baltimore202...

Responses of tropical forest trees to rising carbon dioxide - conifers versus angiosperms at James Cook University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Responses of tropical forest trees to rising carbon dioxide - conifers versus angiosperms at James Cook University, listed on FindAPhD.com

I have an opportunity for a new PhD student in tropical tree ecophysiology in my lab. Some more details at the link below. Please pass along!

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

a promotional image describing the program. Mentors needs! SEEDS is looking for mentors for the 2025 ESA Annual Meeting in Baltimore Must: Be an upper-level graduate student or a professional in ecology Attending the Annual Meeting Willing to guide a student through the meeting and share your personal experiences in ecology Mentor an undergraduate as a future collaborator, colleague or friend Click for more information

SEEDS seeks ESA members & #ESA2025 participants to serve as Mentors for 30 undergrad students from August 10-15 in Baltimore. SEEDS Alumni/Faculty, researchers, & education professionals, are encouraged to sign up! esa.org/seeds/meetin...

Lyft driver picked me up from UNC, turned out he was a medicinal chemistry post-doc in a building near mine, until his grant got cut last month.

Worked on novel antivirals.

🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees

Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday

📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful

Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj

This is built on the foundation of one of the most compelling long-term forest studies in Europe. This will be one very lucky postdoc...

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Final call for latebreaking #ESA2025 submissions! Abstract & project proposed poster submissions are both due today at 5:00 PM ET. We've seen a lot of interest in both in the submissions so far, so Thursday in Baltimore is going to be full of action! esa.org/baltimore202...

Come with you project ideas in the form of a poster, no data necessary. Attend ESA, get feedback, meet potential collaborators, and level up your research. Very cool new format...

We begin reviewing applications next week!

please share - 2 postdoc positions available - molecular physiology of stomata and plant water use of efficiency
lab.igb.illinois.edu/leakey/post-... @ripeproject.bsky.social @aspbofficial.bsky.social

Call for Experts for Upcoming IPCC | AGU The U.S. Academic Alliance for the IPCC, hosted by AGU, is facilitating nominations to the Seventh Assessment Cycle.

Very excited to share a new initiative to ensure US climate scientists will be nominated to IPCC AR7 cycle. The new U.S. Academic Alliance for the IPCC (USAA-IPCC) has opened a call for nominations, hosted by AGU: www.agu.org/ipcc-nominat... We encourage eligible scientists to apply by April 4th!

As a Jewish faculty member at one of these institutions, I am saying right now, in the clearest tones possible: not in my name. This violent exploitation of Jews as an alibi for achieving Fascist ends is itself textbook antisemitism.

@standupforscience.bsky.social Los Angeles 3/7 noon at the Federal building docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

‘I really wanted something to happen.’ The students behind the Stand Up for Science protests New group hopes to turn out researchers for 7 March demonstrations against Trump administration policies

Scientists are now organizing events, called Stand Up for Science, on 7 March in Washington, D.C., and state capitals.

So far, they have attracted more than 100 volunteers from some 30 states who are hoping to rally support for research as a public good. scim.ag/4328LAD

Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)

Were you fired by President Trump? | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology

Please share:

The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Democratic Staff, is surveying the impact of the Trump Admin’s mass firings of federal employees from science agencies. If you were terminated since 20 Jan 2025 please fill out this survey:
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings

Dog skull shape challenges assumptions of performance specialization from selective breeding Dog skull shape shows that human breeding effort has driven obvious shape changes but with no associated performance differences.

What if pugs aren't so different than German shepherds?

A moment to pause for cool science. My colleagues Nick Hebdon and Lindsay Waldrop have a new study where they show that dogs supposedly bred for certain functions (smelling, biting) are no different in their performance than any other breed.

National Science Foundation freezes grant review in response to Trump executive orders The National Science Foundation has cancelled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.

The National Science Foundation cancelled over 60 grant review panels today, effectively grinding funding of new projects to a halt.

The so-far indefinite pause comes as NSF grapples with the impact Trump's executive orders will have on their grantmaking process.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Look for studies by Kenneth Feeley and his group (e.g., Belen Fadrique).

🧪 Still looking for PhD candidates interested in water fluxes over grasslands and croplands 😉

Characterizing full-time, non-tenure-track teaching faculty in biology | Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education Institutions of higher education play a major role in teaching undergraduate students. Historically, most courses have been taught by tenure-track (TT) faculty who may also be responsible for research...

Excited to share a new paper, out in the Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education, that @dforsythe.bsky.social and I worked on together! We characterized full-time, non-tenure track teaching faculty (NTT teaching faculty) in biology. (1/7) journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...