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Matthew Bowker

@matthewbowker1.bsky.social

co-lead of DIRT Lab (NAU Forestry & Ecoss); Soil ecologist and restoration ecologist; dryland enthusiast; healer of the living skin of the Earth; biocrust all day and night; bikes, dogs and gardens are great too.

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Nice! Thanks Rory for working with us.

20.06.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@ecoss-nau.bsky.social

10.04.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Upcoming webinar...sounds cool!

12.03.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Had an experience alot like that 2 days ago!

04.03.2025 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
illustration comparing the effects of 2 global warming scenarios: an increase of 1.5 vs. 2.7 celsius. The higher warming scenario will cause loss of all sea ice during Arctic summer, shrinking of Greenland's ice sheet, and thaw of roughly half of existing permafrost by the year 2100

illustration comparing the effects of 2 global warming scenarios: an increase of 1.5 vs. 2.7 celsius. The higher warming scenario will cause loss of all sea ice during Arctic summer, shrinking of Greenland's ice sheet, and thaw of roughly half of existing permafrost by the year 2100

NEW WARNING about ARCTIC WARMING: My new #sciart accompanies research by Ted Schuur, @ecoss-nau.bsky.social et al that carries urgent warnings for the effects that global warming is having on the Arctic: news.nau.edu/arctic-warmi...

10.02.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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My new #sciart accompanies research by @ecoss-nau.bsky.social that outlines drastic changes to come if global warming keeps up and heats up the Arctic: news.nau.edu/arctic-warmi...
These four illustrated scenarios show how (thread) -

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Done!

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You're already in there!

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

The Dems on the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology have setup a site to collect info on the impact of the mass firings at federal science agencies. If you were fired and are willing to share (including anonymously) it’s here democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings

19.02.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A four-part graphic: (A) Elevations (m a.s.l.) surveyed for Syntrichia caninervis in the Sheep Range of the Mojave Desert National Wildlife Refuge (DNWR). EPSCoR-NevCAN climate towers are shown at each elevation zone site. Final sample of 92 microsites (20 Γ— 20 cm quadrats enumerated in (C) spanned three aridity exposure gradients: (B) elevation zones, (C) topography zones (northerly, southerly, or flat transects), and (D) microhabitat shade types. For each topography zone in (C), the slope and microhabitat frequency are shown, and missing squares indicate S. caninervis was not found for a given zone or microhabitat type.

A four-part graphic: (A) Elevations (m a.s.l.) surveyed for Syntrichia caninervis in the Sheep Range of the Mojave Desert National Wildlife Refuge (DNWR). EPSCoR-NevCAN climate towers are shown at each elevation zone site. Final sample of 92 microsites (20 Γ— 20 cm quadrats enumerated in (C) spanned three aridity exposure gradients: (B) elevation zones, (C) topography zones (northerly, southerly, or flat transects), and (D) microhabitat shade types. For each topography zone in (C), the slope and microhabitat frequency are shown, and missing squares indicate S. caninervis was not found for a given zone or microhabitat type.

Can biocrust #moss hide from #climatechange? Fine-scale habitat sheltering improves summer stress resistance in Syntrichia caninervis

New #AJB research by Theresa Clark, Alexander Russell, Joshua Greenwood, Dale Devitt, Daniel Stanton & Lloyd Stark

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience

19.02.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a nice post, with crossover value to multiple scientific fields.

17.02.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sure, will do shortly!

12.02.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi does anyone have a good suggestion for a documentary film about terra preta and biochar addition to soil. It's for an intro soils class. Had been using an old BBC doc, but it is quite dated now.

11.02.2025 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very well done!

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Done!

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Great, you've been added!

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Hi Nico, Done!

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done!

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done!

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A hand-drawn old school doge meme, it's quite good 

Text: fake agency, much illegal, very data breach, such treasury, unelected, very cool, wow

A hand-drawn old school doge meme, it's quite good Text: fake agency, much illegal, very data breach, such treasury, unelected, very cool, wow

Favorite sign so far

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Done!

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Done!

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Done!

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Thanks for your response, Marten. Seems like it would be easy for GS to make a way to scrape papers and citations for multiple authors. Shame that they don't. Anyway, one day I'd like to do this for our research center and your example is a nice inspiration.

05.02.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi Marten - very cool. May I ask how you built that, I tried to do a page for a group using the "add coauthors" button. But it did not work. Adding co-authors did not capture additionla papers or citations.

04.02.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You're already on the list!

02.02.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi folks, this is just a quick rough cut of a Dryland Ecology starter pack. Help me build it by telling me you want to be on it, or suggesting someone else to list. go.bsky.app/BkjLRGY

01.02.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 1

Has anyone out there run across a dryland or desert ecology starter pack?

30.01.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

great team!

30.01.2025 04:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting paper. Provides a quantitative basis for giving our postdocs good advice rather than just anecdotes that people say.

29.01.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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