Jeff Corbin

Cruciverbology Cruciverbology: puzzles with a nerdy twist

Well, ahem, check my daughter’s cruciverbology.com.

And daily crossword links will compile all of them. dailycrosswordlinks.com

Here was mine in NY!

YouTube video by zandola1 GENESIS - The return of the giant hogweed (1971) HQ

I'm a paper about giant hogweed control, and a casual conversation with a neighbor turned me onto this 1971 Genesis song - The Return of Giant Hogweed - which is basically a case study of invasive plant ecology! It is also Peak ProgRock. #InvasiveSpecies 🌎 www.youtube.com/watch?v=99JQ...

My alma mater! Go Slugs!

Legacies of past housing discrimination in the present-day urban forest of a moderate-sized US city Street trees are known to provide a variety of services to the public. Understanding the makeup of the street tree community, and therefore the extent…

If you don’t mind me self-promoting, we documented one of those efforts to plant in underrepresented areas: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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We get less precip in upstate NY, I'm pretty sure, in polar vortexes.

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I'd love to connect with Feds including those in e.g. EPA. Ideas, @dendromecon27@bsky.social?

We are hiring!! Asst Prof of Environmental Biology and Public Health! "...interaction between biological systems and the environment as it relates to epidemiology and/or public health."

Deadline 12/31/25. Please apply here: unioncollege.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UnionC...

Researchers challenge claim of a strong Yellowstone trophic cascade after wolf reintroduction A new analysis challenges one of the most publicized claims about Yellowstone's wolves. In a detailed comment published in Global Ecology and Conservation, researchers from Utah State University and C...

Researchers challenge claim of a strong Yellowstone trophic cascade after wolf reintroduction
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Super fun day sampling leaves of red maple trees in Schenectady, NY for my student’s @unioncollege.bsky.social thesis about genetic diversity of urban trees.

I gave up listening to or supporting NPR - and affiliates - years ago for faithfully reporting “White House says…” without any pushback.

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

All good thoughts your way, Stephanie. He will always be with you.

Ohh, I misunderstood.

In the last year all academic buildings required key card access. Didn’t used to be during class time.

As one can imagine, I have some thoughts. Here’s a thread no one asked for:

1. SCIENCE IN THE US IS POLITICAL. No matter how much you want to ignore that fact, it is supported by taxpayer dollars and is therefore, political by nature.

2. BUT it has had bipartisan support for decades, which…

Scientists’ role in defending democracy The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...

My new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Hello Toronto!

I have my basal carcinoma to prove it.

So, my college is considering whether to stop pursuing NSF and NIH grants. (Faculty grants too, of course.) Because we can’t abide the DEI certification. Decision to be made quickly, after discussions.

Restoration of native saltmarshes enhances carbon sequestration & mitigates warming effects following Spartina alterniflora removal 🌊🧪

Suggests future restoration programmes should prioritise multifunctional outcomes 💭🌏

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We’ve been spending a ton of time in Toronto now that my daughter goes to Uni there. LOVE it.

Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations Would you pay $169 for an introductory ebook on machine learning with citations that appear to be made up? If not, you might want to pass on purchasing Mastering Machine Learning: From Basics to Advanced, published by Springer Nature in April. Based on a tip from a reader, we checked 18 of the 46 citations in the book. Two-thirds of them either did not exist or had substantial errors. And three researchers cited in the book confirmed the works they supposedly authored were fake or the citation contained substantial errors. https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/30/springer-nature-book-on-machine-learning-is-full-of-made-up-citations/#more-132235

Springer Nature--pioneering the new world of science where facts can be made up and citations generated to support them

To put it another way, it takes the approach of actively penalizing the technologies of the 21st century and subsidizing the technologies of the 19th century. As solar, batteries, and electrification are rapidly adopted by the rest of the world, we are stepping backwards.

The US is falling behind the curve on solar power – a key energy source of the 21st century. We are losing our edge to China on the technology that we originally invented.

Now Senate republicans want to take out our solar industry at the knees in their "Big Beautiful Bill":

Why are non‐native plants successful? Consistently fast economic traits and novel origin jointly explain abundance across US ecoregions Are non-native plants abundant because they are non-native, and have advantages over native plants, or because they possess ‘fast’ resource strategies, and have advantages in disturbed environments?.....

New paper! "Why are non-native plants successful? Consistently fast economic traits and novel origin jointly explain abundance across US ecoregions" in @newphyt.bsky.social. Another great paper by my amazing collaborators. 🌎🧪 #bioinvasions nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event

The Human Shield Hypothesis: Does Predator Avoidance of Humans Create Refuges for Prey? The human shield hypothesis posits that predators avoid areas of human disturbance due to perceived risk from humans, and prey therefore seeks refuge in these areas of perceived safety. Our systemati...

What is the Human Shield Hypothesis, how do we test it and what do those tests find? New paper out in Ecology Letters today asking these questions. Thanks to @kaitlyngaynor.bsky.social and Mike Noonan for having me.

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