Benjamin Sulman

A threatening and creepy tree I don't like at all, which speaks out of its bellybutton and is advancing towards me in tiny tree steps which it thinks I haven't noticed, and repeatedly asking me why I will not "Come inside where it is warm, for a nice treat."

THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent trees I have met on walks.

You will find the all-important captions to each photo in the alt text.

It's time for March Mammal Madness! I hope you're all ready to play!
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Leading US Research Lab Appears to Be Squeezing Out Foreign Scientists House Democrats are demanding answers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and urging it to halt rumored changes they say could undermine its mission.

House Democrats are demanding answers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and urging it to halt rumored changes they say could undermine its mission. www.wired.com/story/leadin...

The more of these fascist atrocities I see, the more I become an immigration maximalist. Let everyone in, give everyone work permits/green cards. Make it possible to get citizenship within a few months. Make it as easy as getting a driver's license.

It's a dangerous complication of pregnancy -- but a new drug holds promise Researchers celebrate early results of a drug that may become the first treatment for a serious complication of pregnancy called preeclampsia. It's got the potential to save many lives.

Researchers celebrate early results of a drug that may become the first treatment for a serious complication of pregnancy called preeclampsia. It's got the potential to save many lives.

I am hiring a postdoc @ Univ of Iowa. Potential project focuses include flood-risk infrastructure planning, disaster recovery processes and outcomes, insurance program externalities, or uncertainty in climate damage attribution. Please consider applying/sharing! jobs.uiowa.edu/postdoc/view...

MEDALHA DE OURO BRASIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLL

Lucas Pinheiro Braathen becomes the first South American ever to win a medal in any Winter Olympic event!!!!!

What can toughen Louisiana coast against worsening storms? 4 years and 30,000 trees In the wetlands of coastal southeast Louisiana, conservation groups are wrapping up a four-year project to plant 30,000 trees.

“We’re one part of a larger movement to resist this sort of ‘doomerism’ mindset, and to show that recovery is possible .... we know that likely we’ll never return to that pristine image of the past. But we can gain something back.” 🌎🧪🌿

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Hey folks, if you like stories about your heroes turning out to be bad people, and uh, like wizards and shit, I have a book out now.

Notable Sandwiches #138: Reuben Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where my editor David Swanson and I trip merrily through Wikipedia’s List of Notable Sandwiches. This week, a...

i wrote about the reuben sandwich (an all time classic), the food feud behind it, and the totally washed and failson life of its namesake, the biblical patriarch reuben: buttondown.com/theswordandt...

Outlook's "react to this email with an emoji" feature would be outlawed in any reasonable society.

This is very sweet

Hey Knoxville, let's help our neighbors today!

Fig. 2 Individual and interactive impacts of soil physicochemistry, microbes, fauna, and plants on soil organic matter (SOM) dynamics.

#TansleyReview: #Soil organic matter dynamics under changing #precipitation regimes

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Microbial growth rate is a stronger predictor of soil organic carbon than carbon use efficiency - Nature Ecology & Evolution Microbial carbon use efficiency is a strong predictor of soil organic carbon stocks. Here the authors reveal that the microbial growth rate is a more reliable and informative predictor, and that model...

Soil microbes grow, respire, die. Because their biomass eventually becomes necromass, and necromass can be stabilized in soil, growth rate emerges as a powerful predictor of soil carbon: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Incredible art of gritty playing fiddle on the roof of a west Philadelphia row home. In Yiddish it says Fidler Oyfn Fakh פֿידלער אױפֿן דאַך)

We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was

We're hiring a full-time technician to support radiocarbon analyses. If you have some experience with analytical instruments and background in chemistry, earth sciences, archaeology, and/or ecology, this could be the job for you! arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

When will Amtrak passenger trains come to Madison? A new push to bring an Amtrak station to Madison has returned despite passenger rail’s fraught history in the state.

The Star newspaper in Sun Prairie ran one of our recent stories.

Nationwide Soil Microbiome Mapping Project Connects Students and Scientists - Eos Researchers and students are building a comprehensive picture of the microbial life beneath our feet.

“Soil is one of the last frontiers on Earth,” says @avahoffman.com. A new project aims to map it.

Research Assistant I Full-time Research Assistant for the Tumber-Dávila lab. The RA’s duties (outlined in detail in the Key accountabilities) include: 1) lab management, 2) field work and research travel, 3) lab work and ...

The Tumber-Dávila Lab, Dartmouth College Dept. of Environmental Science, is seeking a full-time lab manager/research assistant to contribute to research on belowground ecosystems response to global change.

COME JOIN US! 🧪🌳🌲🌎

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Mood on the third cancelled school day following a 2 inch snowfall over the weekend

Captain Haddock looking very frazzled, saying, “What a week, huh?” Tintin leans into the frame and says, “Captain, it’s Wednesday.” Snowy aka Milou is very excited about the drink he has found.

We are recruiting a postdoc to study wetland plant-soil-microbe interactions using isotope labeling in our greenhouse at LLNL with me and Erin Nuccio as part of a multidisciplinary project. Experience with wetland plants and SIP a plus. Please share!
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Seu Jorge’s Lovely Tribute to David Bowie For his 2004 film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Wes Anderson enlisted Brazilian musical artist Seu Jorge to perform several of David Bowie’s songs in Portuguese. Jorge released an album of the songs about a y

An hour-long set of Seu Jorge singing David Bowie covers in Portuguese (from Wes Anderson's Life Aquatic) to mark the 10th anniversary of Bowie's death. "Just an acoustic guitar, a microphone, and the beautiful coastline of São Paulo." [kottke.org]

Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

Here's how it works:

1. Make a donation to ***ANY*** of the MN rent funds or ***ANY*** Minnesotan who is in need of rent. You know someone who's in need and has a Venmo? Great, it's fastest and we are all about trust right now.

Find a bunch of rent funds here: www.standwithminnesota.com#mutualaid

As Some Soils Warm, Microbes Stockpile Essential Nutrients - Eos A study in Iceland found that microbes are hoarding more nitrogen for themselves, altering nutrient cycling and leaving less for plants.

A study in subarctic Iceland finds microbes hoard nitrogen under higher temperatures, with effects on the whole ecosystem.

‘Ghost forests’ are even more widespread than we thought These haunting landscapes, with their unmistakable gray, barren tree trunks rising like sentinels, offer one of the most startling and recognizable signals of a changing climate.

As sea levels rise, droughts grow and storms become more intense, saltier water has increasingly made its way into coastal woodlands from surrounding water bodies.

In some places, forests have given way to shrubland.

The kids are not okay.

ICE OUT! Walkout and March in Knoxville.

#AbolishICE #ICEoutforGood

Providing a novel indicator to understand soils’ potential to mitigate climate change - AI4SoilHealth A new international study, carried out as part of the AI4SoilHealth project, has shown that combined measurements of soil organic matter (SOM) and soil

How can we gain a greater understanding of soils’ potential to fight climate change? Find out about a new approach to calculating Soil Organic Carbon (SOC), an essential measure for climate mitigation, in the blog: ai4soilhealth.eu/providing-a-... @ukceh.bsky.social