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Brooke Propson

@bprops.bsky.social

Temporarily Not Soil™️ | Ph.D. candidate @ UW-Madison Soil Science | NSF GRFP fellow | studying microbial mechanisms mediating C fluxes in forests | she/her

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My NSF PRFB on the genetics of female polymorphism in hummingbirds was terminated yesterday.

I don't have much to say, I'm just sad. We've discovered so much, and could have gone so much further.

If anyone else is in the same boat, esp postdocs, please reach out, it would be good to connect.

26.04.2025 12:06 — 👍 706    🔁 219    💬 74    📌 9

I got an email yesterday afternoon that my NSF SPRF Postdoctoral Fellowship was terminated. My grant focused on testing interventions to address online misinformation and I was 8 months into a two year appointment.

19.04.2025 16:43 — 👍 1049    🔁 463    💬 72    📌 25
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🚨 #NOAA is essential for weather forecasting, climate research, and public safety.

AGU stands with the scientific community in urging Congress to protect and strengthen NOAA, not dismantle it.

Our economy, environment, and safety depend on it.

28.02.2025 12:30 — 👍 407    🔁 156    💬 9    📌 5
Synthesis of ecosystem changes over successional time. The three columns (A, B, C) correspond to the three experimental designs described in Methods: Experimental design, which correspond to three semi-discrete developmental phases that collectively span 200 years of succession. Column A shows trends inferred through the paired chronosequences (particularly the Burn Plots) over the first century of stand development. Column B corresponds to FASET, the paired comparison of background reference vs. experimentally accelerated succession Illustration by Jennifer Kalejs. footprints, over a 2-decade period from stand age ~90-100. Column C highlights the three old reference forests, with ages ranging from 130 years for the two pine-dominated stands to approximately 200 years in the uneven-aged hemlock-northern hardwoods stand. See Discussion: Synthesis of ecosystem changes over succession for accompanying narrative.

Synthesis of ecosystem changes over successional time. The three columns (A, B, C) correspond to the three experimental designs described in Methods: Experimental design, which correspond to three semi-discrete developmental phases that collectively span 200 years of succession. Column A shows trends inferred through the paired chronosequences (particularly the Burn Plots) over the first century of stand development. Column B corresponds to FASET, the paired comparison of background reference vs. experimentally accelerated succession Illustration by Jennifer Kalejs. footprints, over a 2-decade period from stand age ~90-100. Column C highlights the three old reference forests, with ages ranging from 130 years for the two pine-dominated stands to approximately 200 years in the uneven-aged hemlock-northern hardwoods stand. See Discussion: Synthesis of ecosystem changes over succession for accompanying narrative.

🆕 in Ecological Applications: Plots representing 200 yrs of forest succession show how carbon cycling is shaped by disturbance, community shifts & climate

📄Carbon cycling across ecosystem succession in a north temperate forest: Controls and management implications
doi.org/10.1002/eap....

25.02.2025 20:56 — 👍 11    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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Check out @bprops.bsky.social's interview with @uwmadscience.bsky.social about her recent paper in Ecology: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... Great job Brooke! (Part 1/2 here, see comment for part 2)

25.02.2025 14:52 — 👍 231    🔁 24    💬 2    📌 0

So nice to meet you! Hopefully see you again next year!

14.12.2024 23:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Had a wonderful time at AGU 2024. Great science and great conversations. Already looking forward to next year!

14.12.2024 10:38 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Starter pack of biogeofeminists (I have missed many if not most - pls add yourself below & I can update 🩵💜 go.bsky.app/784EKsF

10.11.2024 22:47 — 👍 62    🔁 34    💬 29    📌 0
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Gains in soil carbon storage under anthropogenic nitrogen deposition are rapidly lost following its cessation In the Northern Hemisphere, anthropogenic nitrogen (N) deposition contributed to the enhancement of the global terrestrial carbon (C) sink, partially offsetting CO2 emissions. Across several long-ter...

Grateful for the highlight from ESA about @bprops.bsky.social's new paper in Ecology. Check out the press release here: tinyurl.com/4daxjk6p and the #OpenAccess paper here: doi.org/10.1002/ecy....

07.11.2024 22:06 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Gains in soil carbon storage under anthropogenic nitrogen deposition are rapidly lost following its cessation In the Northern Hemisphere, anthropogenic nitrogen (N) deposition contributed to the enhancement of the global terrestrial carbon (C) sink, partially offsetting CO2 emissions. Across several long-ter...

Check out our ✨new paper✨ led by @bprops.bsky.social in Ecology!

“Gains in soil carbon storage under anthropogenic nitrogen deposition are rapidly lost following its cessation”

esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

23.10.2024 16:36 — 👍 21    🔁 9    💬 2    📌 0

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