Honoured to have our latest paper Nature Communications featured in the Editors Highlights for Ecology & Evolution, together with a great selection of articles! Browse featured articles here: nature.com/collections/ja… Our paper here: nature.com/articles/s4146… Team Shrub School of GeoSciences @ University of Edinburgh

🌍 Immerse yourself in the realities of climate change with this groundbreaking virtual reality project set in the Yukon with #UBCForestry's Isla Myers-Smith! Check out the article by The Globe and Mail to learn how it's creating awareness and inspiring action: tgam.ca/43xMI1v

.@ubcforestry professor Dr. Isla Myers-Smith (Isla Myers-Smith) led a project which used virtual reality to explore changes to vegetation on Qikiqtaruk in Yukon. via APTN News aptnnews.ca/national-news/…

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Vasts swaths of abandoned farmland are ripe for rewilding, experts say, with huge potential to boost wildlife and draw down carbon. e360.yale.edu/features/aband…

Congratulations to #UBCForestry's Dr. Isla Myers-Smith (Isla Myers-Smith) on being appointed one of UBC’s newest Canada Excellence Research Chairs. The position comes with an $8 million grant towards Isla’s research in Arctic greening. TIPS_SPIIE Team Shrub 🔗 : bit.ly/47iCF2W

[1/3] Congratulations to Drs. Kayla King (@kaylacking), Isla Myers-Smith (Isla Myers-Smith), and Corey Stephenson (Corey Stephenson) on being appointed UBC's newest Canada Excellence Research Chairs!

Calling all Black ecologists/energy policy researchers: @ubcforestry & UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems are hiring 2 scholars engaged in research related to Food, Forests, and BioFuels as part of a Black Faculty Cluster Hire Initiative. More details included below. Please share and apply, apply, apply!

With the rising temperatures observed in the Arctic, #UBCForestry’s Professor Isla Myers-Smith (Isla Myers-Smith) emphasizes the crucial role of realistic projections in understanding the impending climate shift via WIRED. 📈☁️ Read here: bit.ly/47XsGAi

📣TWO four-year PhD positions in Arctic plant 🌱 ecology/environmental science (with me and @APEGU1). Please share and/or apply! Deadline Jan 19. web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/1035/… 📷: Kai Sattler, of our field site 😍

Team Shrub @ubcforestry is recruiting for fully-funded PhDs, MScs, postdocs, a research manager and a data scientist for two new #tundra projects! Share and/or apply! Deadline for grad student applications is 16 Jan. 2024. See link for info. 📷: Jeff Kerby teamshrub.com/team-shrub/opp…

In the NSERC / CRSNG-funded Canada Excellence Research Chair on Global Change Ecology of Northern Ecosystems, we'll work collaboratively in the Yukon, NWT and around the Arctic to capture responses to climate change. Come join the team! 📷: Isla Myers-Smith news.ubc.ca/2023/11/16/wor…

In the European Research Council (ERC)-funded ERCSynergy_RESILIENCE project on 'Pathways of Resilience and Evasion of Tipping in Ecosystems'. We're working across disciplines to explore tipping points and spatial patterns in biomes undergoing rapid change. Join us! 📷: Jeff Kerby ercsynergy-resilience.eu

Our team’s research sits at the interface of field ecology, data synthesis and remote sensing. I am keen to recruit a diverse team that are interested in collaborative research, quantitative skills and engagement with Northern partners and Indigenous communities. 📷: Isla Myers-Smith

I encourage students to develop their own specific projects and lead collaborations inline with their research interests within our broader project goals. For info on how to apply for PhD and MSc graduate student positions see our website. 📷: Jeff Kerby teamshrub.com/team-shrub/opp…

Just a reminder about the upcoming deadline of 16 Jan. 2024 for PhD and MSc positions on Team Shrub at @ubcforestry on global change ecology of northern ecosystems. Please spread the word! For more info and to apply check out the following link: teamshrub.com/team-shrub/opp…

📈🔍 Melting sea ice, shifting vegetation, and thawing permafrost – the Arctic is facing unprecedented challenges. Follow us for more at eventbrite.ch/cc/arctic-base… @jtkerby @teamshrub Isla Myers-Smith #WEF2024 #ArcticVR #ClimateCrisis

Great to see our team's project on Arctic Climate Change reaching different audiences! #Qikiqtaruk Team Shrub IVAR Studios Aurora Research Institute National Geographic Society Meridian Treehouse Arctic Basecamp @ARC_AU CHARTER Project

Last chance to apply for #postdocs and #PhDs on spatial patterning in #tundra and #savanna ecosystems for the ERCSynergy_RESILIENCE project on #TeamShrub @ubcforestry! Also check out the postdocs on tundra plant phenology and vegetation change! Links to apply: teamshrub.com/team-shrub/opp…

A very cool Arctic phenology paper. Check it out!