I'm not sure how many truly grasp what just happened tonight with Hurricane #Ian. It went through a full eyewall replacement cycle, hardly blinked, grew by 50% (as measured by its RMW), and delivered the 3rd highest storm surge since 1913 to Key West in the process. Just wow.

This maps shows the location of Florida herbaria. If any are damaged, ASPT has a herbarium emergency fund that might be able to help with stabilization. Another possible source of help is the Heritage Emergency National Task Force (HENTF, part of FEMA)

The @Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program is now accepting applications. Opportunities in Smithsonian NMNH Botany. Applications due 1 November. fellowships.si.edu/opportunity/sm…

Do you want to estimate traits from herbarium specimens without destroying them? Check out our 🌟 new paper 🌟, open access in Methods in Ecology and Evolution! link and 🧵 below 1/

An email from Sergei Mosyakin, Director, M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, inUkraine revealed that the Institute was damaged in the recent bombings of Kyviv. In particular, The herbarium building was damaged, but no staff were injured and the specimens were not damaged

Congratulations Robin Wall Kimmerer!

New #herbarium #collections job just posted New York Botanical Garden!! Herbarium Collections and Data Coordinator position is open, learn more and apply here: jobs.jobvite.com/nybg/job/oNWil… Society of Herbarium Curators #sciencejobs #sciencecareers #museumjobs

A new important paper for curators and collection managers of #NaturalHistoryMuseums and #herbaria now out (featuring #LagoLab PhD student Janet Mansaray): “Shining Light on Labels in the Dark: Guidelines for Offensive Collections Materials” journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

Know somebody looking to research #mycorrhizal #fungi, climate change, & #forest ecology? Please RT this link to a fully-funded PhD position to join my recently funded Swiss National Science Foundation #Ambizione project at WSL Umweltforschung in SwissForestLab 🍄🌲. Link to apply: apply.refline.ch/273855/1380/pu…

Great article on disambiguating people names and ways of working with Wikidata doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10…

Many of you know Harriet Tubman for leading enslaved people to freedom through the underground railroad. However, Tubman was also a gifted naturalist who used her knowledge of nature & astronomy for activism. Read more about this side of her story. #BlackInNHMs #BlackNaturalists

Dr. Roger A. Young was the first African-American woman to earn a PhD in zoology. Young studied marine organisms & became a professor at several institutions. A fellowship is named in her honor to support Black marine scientists. More about her story below. #BlackInNHMs #BIMS

Really delighted to announce SocHistColl's forthcoming PhD and ECR workshop on the topic 'Collections and Impermanence: Transfer, Exchange, Disposal'. This hyrbid international event will run on the 10th & 17th November. Please do join us! …hehistoryofcollecting.wildapricot.org/event-5009467

Check out the latest posts on The Hand Lens from the New York Botanical Garden #herbarium, celebrating the work of cryptogamic botanists from Latin America, and written by our wonderful team working on the GLOBAL Bryophyte & Lichen Digitization project! sweetgum.nybg.org/science/the-ha…

Zombies are real! If you're an ant. 🐜 Meet Dr. João Araújo, Assistant Curator of Mycology and a globetrotting scientist in search of the creepiest critters in the mushroom kingdom. His work takes him on the hunt for parasitic fungi that take over insects' brains—learn how!

My department is hiring! 🐍🦎🐸 Eco and Evo Biology is looking for a herpetologist working in any of a number of subdisciplines, ideally incorporating collections in their work. Job ad here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/23424

A recent study out of Kew Gardens has found that more than a thousand species of palm tree are at risk of extinction, potentially wiping out a means of food and shelter for a number of individuals. More here: bbc.com/news/science-e…

The fascinating Giles herbarium represents a snapshot of common flora of southern England between 1895 and 1896. Now fully digitised. kew.org/giles-herbariu… Written by Noah Patrick Hearne

The FBI has received credible information of a broad threat to synagogues in NJ. We ask at this time that you take all security precautions to protect your community and facility. We will share more information as soon as we can. Stay alert. In case of emergency call police.