Lauren Buckley

Thanks for visiting. So much exciting science.

Fun to be part of this group laying out a vision for advancing predictive modeling to inform biodiversity conservation.

🚨 NCA5 is now LIVE! 🚨

They took it down, but we've brought it back at: nca5.climate.us

Bookmark. 👏 this. 👏 page. 👏

This is just our first step in restoring trusted science information that Americans need to understand what's happening with the climate.

The next stand-alone meeting of the American Society of Naturalists @asn-amnat.bsky.social will be on the East Coast!!! Mark your calendars for January 8-12, 2027 and we'll talk evolution, ecology, behavior, and integrative organismal biology at www.themansionatglencove.com/meeting-venues

Impacts on Science - 2025 July Survey A technical report on the impacts of federal policies since January 20, 2025 on Ecology, evolution and marine science: Summer 2025

A technical report on the impacts of federal policies since January 20, 2025 on Ecology, evolution and marine science: Summer 2025
www.firsthandaccounts.org/impacts/2025...

"first systematic evaluation of how policy changes have disrupted scientific work"

Upcoming events Upcoming conference by Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary biology (SORTEE)

Members of the American Society of Naturalists @asn-amnat.bsky.social can get free registration to the 2025 SORTEE conference Oct 15-16 sortee.org/upcoming/

This is a devastating loss. Climate.gov is home to the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit, a major resource for local governments and businesses working to understand and prepare for climate risks. Another huge blow to U.S. adaptation capacity (along w/ 6th National Climate Assessment, IRA cuts, etc).

SORTEE Conference 2025 SORTEE Conference 2025

Registration for the SORTEE conference is now open (events.humanitix.com/sortee-confe...)

@asn-amnat.bsky.social is a sponsoring society and ASN members get free registration to the SORTEE conference

Postdoc call in Mechanistic Biodiversity Modelling (up to 6 ya) at my lab @unibonn.bsky.social. We focus on modelling terrestrial plant communities, island biogeography, range dynamics, eco-evolutionary feedbacks, diversity gradients, tropical forests, vascular epiphytes. Pls rt! shorturl.at/CL1ny

🧪 Though a doubling of NSF's budget might seem far-fetched, that's exactly what Congress said what's needed to maintain national competitiveness in science & tech.

From the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act of 2022:

Help the evolution tri-societies #SupportNSF #SaveNSF

Action Alert: Ask Your U.S. Representative to Support Investment in NSF Congress has begun debating funding levels for federal programs for fiscal year (FY) 2026. Please show your support for the National Science Foundation (NSF) by asking your Representative to sign a De...

Action Alert: Ask Your U.S. Representative to Support Investment in NSF by signing a Dear Colleague Letter. AIBS has this nice template that you can send to your Rep! www.congressweb.com/AIBS/3?frame...

See How Butterfly Numbers Are Dropping Near You (Gift Article) Populations are falling in the United States, a new study has found. Look up what’s happening in your area.

🦋 In 20 years, the contiguous U.S. lost 22 percent of its butterflies, according to a groundbreaking new study published today.

We got the data, and I made a tool that lets you find out what's happening with butterfly species in your town.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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NSF downsizes summer research program for undergraduates Many participants are from groups underrepresented in science

Devastating to hear from disappointed undergrads about all the summer programs being cut. NSF, NIH, and the complete cancelation of Mosaics in Science national park internship program focused on broadening participation. NSF REUs were crucial to my start in science www.science.org/content/arti...

As Trump Goes After Universities, Students Are Now on the Chopping Block Uncertainty about how much money colleges and universities stand to lose has led some schools to reduce the number of doctoral students, in some cases reneging on offers.

A relief to see the devastating impacts to science students as the top story in the @nytimes.com along with articles about other impacts to the upcoming generation of scientists.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...

Great letter from AIBS in response to cuts to US science funding and scientific agencies 🧪🌎 happy to see some familiar societies @systbiol.bsky.social @asn-amnat.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social SSAR etc www.aibs.org/news/2025/25...

NSF fact sheet

The National Science Foundation benefits communities in every state.

If you have experienced direct harm to your work/lab/job due to recent changes at US NSF, & are willing to share this on behalf of the Am. Society of Naturalists and NSF, please DM/ email me ASAP (this is time-sensitive) or submit story here sites.google.com/view/scienti...
Please share widely

The NOAA layoffs aren't just crude, they're a direct attack on US capacity to do climate science by firing highly productive young researchers. @zachlabe.com has an insanely strong publication history, part of the Fresh eyes CMIP team, WMO task teams etc. /1 www.gfdl.noaa.gov/zachary-labe/

Please help us at @asn-amnat.bsky.social show the impacts of recent federal funding cuts and lay offs by sharing your stories.

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Briefly putting on my hat as @asn-amnat.bsky.social President: The ASN Council has just distributed an updated message to the American Society of Naturalists members with information about actions that can be undertaken to advocate for science, and scientists, within the US:

Scoop: U.S. delegation pulled from key U.N. climate science meeting The IPCC meeting in China is slated to determine the content in the group's next series of reports.

‼️The US-based @ipcc.bsky.social technical support unit (TSU) for Working Group 3 Co-Chairs has been terminated, and the US won’t be attending next week’s IPCC meeting where the AR7 chapter outlines will be approved.

More by @afreedma.bsky.social here:

As past VP of @asn-amnat.bsky.social, I am happy to hear ideas about how the ASN might better support members and our scientific mission in this time of change when our science is crucial to addressing pressing global challenges.

Excited to share our body size findings, based on an amazing historical resource of many thousands of grasshopper specimens and surveys, uncovering ways to anticipate climate change winners and losers. Thanks to lead author Cesar Nufio and many others for so much measuring.

JOB ALERT: We're recruiting research technicians to participate in a resurvey study examining butterfly ecological and evolutionary responses to climate change. Physiology lab work based in Seattle, WA and field work in a central WA ghost town! huckleylab.github.io/opportunities

A leather couch, wooden craftsman style furniture and lamps in a large hall with a blazing fire flanked by stacks of wood.

There is still time to register for the coziest, chat by the fire with your colleagues sort of EcoEvo conference, the @asn-amnat.bsky.social meeting in Asilomar, California. The meeting is Jan 3-6, 2025, and you still have a few weeks (until Dec 1) to get your abstracts in!
asnasilomar2025.org

Virtual #Evol2024 is off to an exciting start and I look forward to continuing the momentum tomorrow morning at the ASN VP Symposium on Functional Resurveys

Join us for the @asn-amnat.bsky.social VP Symposium on Functional Resurveys to detect global change responses @ Virtual #Evol2024. June 28 9am ET. Permafrost viruses, resurrected flowers, historic pollination, and fish in rum!?! @seemasheth.bsky.social @julianresasco.bsky.social