Bill Smith

Happy to share a new lab paper, "Proximal Measurements of Solar-Induced Fluorescence and Surface Reflectance Capture
Seasonal Productivity and Drought Stress Dynamics in a Semiarid Grassland Ecosystem" spj.science.org/doi/10.34133...

Conceptual model of the expected role of dryland mechanisms along a climatic gradient from cool and moist towards hot and dry conditions, and their relevance for climate-smart forestry.

Ecophysiology for climate-smart forest management

#TansleyReview by Gessler et al. @wslresearch.bsky.social @arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social @annekempel.bsky.social @josegruenzweig.bsky.social

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#plantscience

HydroTalks: Prof. Sally E. Thompson on ecohydrology, vegetation, climate change and working across continents In episode 7 of the Hydrotalks podcast, our guest was Dr. Sally Thompson ( Sally Thompson – the UWA Profiles and Research Repository ). She is a Professor at the University of Western Australia, and t...

New in series of HydroTalks: Prof. Sally E. Thompson on ecohydrology, vegetation, climate change & working across continents. Exploring how plants, water, and climate interact across diverse landscapes and research cultures.

#ecohydrology #climatechange

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Announcing a new special issue: Focus on Remote Sensing, Artificial Intelligence, and Process Modelling for Advancing Dryland Ecology Research. Please reach out with any questions! @ecology-awesome.bsky.social @villarreal-miguel.bsky.social iopscience.iop.org/collections/...

Massive update to the Global Wood Density Database out today @newphyt.bsky.social led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer. What an amazing community resource!
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You just saved NASA's budget Here's what Congress rejected of the draconian cuts faced by NASA in FY 2026.

In good news, your advocacy for science funding is paying off! Congress has just rejected the massive cuts to NASA's 2026 budget.

(Sadly, they didn't include a provision for saving @ncar-ucar.bsky.social but we use this win to keep fighting!)

🍁Funding for new PhD students ($40k/yr) & postdocs ($70k/yr) coming from outside Canada. Contact me if interested in #Ecophysiology at #UBC in #Vancouver! Possible topics: leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimate, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology, more! michaletzlab.org
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A conceptual framework for the mechanisms driving latitudinal variation in leaf phosphorus concentrations of woody plants in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Asymmetry in leaf phosphorus concentration of woody plants and its divergent drivers in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

Meng et al.

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Interannual dynamics of species richness and aboveground biomass production in response to haying and nitrogen addition over 10 years.

Decadal increases in grassland biomass production from chronic N additions are eliminated by annual hay cutting

Zhang et al.

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NONE OF THIS IS GOING TO STOP UNLESS WE MAKE IT STOP.

#FightFascism #FascismInAmerica

Conceptual presentation of the Ψpd vs Ψmd dehydration trajectory based on current theory (Hartmann et al., 2021).

Real-world testing of the #isohydrocity concept

Matthias Arend, et al.

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#PlantScience

Photosynthesis beyond the visible spectrum detected by a research group from Unipd The study titled "Thylakoids reorganization enables driving photosynthesis under far‐red light in the microalga Nannochloropsis gaditana," published in «New Phytologist» and conducted by the research…

Photosynthesis beyond the visible spectrum detected by a research group from the University of Padua

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Nannochloropsis gaditana is of great biotechnological interest for the production of biofuels, fatty acids, and omega-3.

#PlantScience @elisabettaliistro.bsky.social

Fig. 1 Settings for manipulative global change experiments have changed substantially from their onset around the early 1980s to the present.

#Viewpoint: Moving from an experiment-dominated to an observation-dominated era in #global #change impact research on vegetation

Sebastian Leuzinger & Belinda Medlyn
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Warming‐Driven Abrupt Shifts in Alpine Permafrost Dynamics With Elevation

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MAGA donors may be pressuring Trump to bury their names out of Epstein files: reporter A prominent reporter in the Jeffrey Epstein case floated a startling possibility on Tuesday that powerful donors could be leaning on President Donald Trump to quash any damning information from being ...

GOP: Guardians of Pedophiles. Stinky will make bank just like he’s doing with pardons. I wonder what’s the going rate per name removal?

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Explore '#Anthromes and terrestrial carbon: From the deep past to net-zero' – a new joint Special Collection from Plants, People, Planet and New Phytologist 👇

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#PlantScience

The Stomatal Response to Temperature Is Enhanced by High Evaporative Demand, Consistent With a Partially Hydraulic Mechanism Leaf stomata respond to temperature even when the leaf-to-air vapor gradient is held constant, yet the mechanisms for this response are unknown, and may be mediated by increases in hydraulic conducta...

First PhD chapter from student Colleen Mills (not on Bluesky) just appeared in PCE:

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Reckless destruction of climate science won’t stop climate change from happening.

A conceptual framework describing how leaf carbon economics, drought, and heat tolerance are coordinated through the divergence of leaf habits of both evergreen and deciduous trees.

#Leaf economics links #drought and #heat tolerance across contrasting habitats

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by Wang et al.

@WileyPlantSci #PlantScience

Western University is seeking applications for the Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (CIRC) program, which aims to attract world-leading researchers to come and work at Canadian universities: www.uwo.ca/research/can... 1/3

In the span of four days, we’ve built a coalition of over 80 lawmakers — including several Republicans — to stop the dismantling of NCAR.

I’m grateful to them for their efforts as we work to secure language protecting NCAR in the upcoming CJS appropriations bill.

We will not back down!

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‘60 Minutes’ Staff Threaten to Quit Over Pro-Trump Censorship Controversy has engulfed CBS amid mounting accusations of politicized management under the network’s new MAGA-curious chief.

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Fig. 1 Research history of soil organic matter (SOM) dynamics at the plant–fauna–microbe interfaces under changing precipitation and soil water availability.

✨ Paper spotlight ✨

(🧵 1/6) Soil organic matter dynamics under changing precipitation regimes
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@teamrat.bsky.social @aaberhe.com

Above‐ and below‐ground trait coordination across 90 angiosperm and gymnosperm tree species in a common garden experiment This research highlights the significance of elucidating the mechanisms behind above-and below-ground organs. The varying trait coordination across clades indicates different resource acquisition str...

Just before the Xmas break🎉

In @journalofecology.bsky.social and led by Anvar Sanaei, we provide insight into #trait coordination across 90 common and future European #tree species👇

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@agwirthweigelt.bsky.social @unileipzig.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de

Trump’s closure of national weather center may imperil UW-Madison research The planned closure of the National Center for Atmospheric Research would endanger decades of research at UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee, scientists say.

NCAR has been the magic sauce that has made weather/climate studies and advances in US and the world over great. madison.com/news/local/e... www.jsonline.com/story/news/e...

Fig. 4 Summarized yield and biomass increases reported in published photorespiratory bypass field trials.

#TansleyReview: Shortcutting photorespiration: avenues and challenges toward realizing higher-yielding photorespiratory bypass #crops

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Save NCAR from being dismantled today! The Trump Administration has vowed to dissolve the center that provides critical extreme weather and climate data for our nation.

If you are in the US and you would like to send a message to your elected representative about the proposed dissolution of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, @agu.org makes it easy with a template here: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151... #AGU25

Application Process Image Woman behind a podium presenting. Jessie Golding, BBCS postdoc, presenting at ICCB 2025. Apply to become a Lovejoy Fellow by submitting your resume, cover letter, and contact information for three references through the University of Arizona Talent Portal (link upcoming) by the first review date of January 30, 2026. Your cover letter should: Identify 1-2 Lovejoy BBCS faculty you would be interested in working with and explain the primary research directions you would want to pursue in collaboration with this faculty member. You are strongly encouraged to reach out to faculty before submitting your application. Describe your experience with or interest in inter- or transdisciplinary research. Explain how this experience will positively impact your career trajectory.

New postdoctoral fellowship opportunity! Please pass along. Excited to announce the launch of the Tom Lovejoy Fellowship Program at the University of Arizona for innovative research to protect species, sustain ecosystems, and promote a thriving planet lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/lovejoy-fell... 🧪🌐🌾

That the NCAR Mesa lab is beautiful is no accident. Assigning a beautiful place and building to the important task of understanding our planet speaks of a society that values both this undertaking, and the people who do it. To take that away is emblematic of attempts to undermine this status. 1/2

📢 Dryland folks at #AGU25, please join us at 16:15 for B24C: Intersections of Ecology, Hydrology, and Climatology in Earth’s Drylands II Oral agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me... Also, announcing a new dryland special issue in #ERE iopscience.iop.org/collections/...