Ecological Society Travel Awards up to $500 for upcoming ESA 2024 at LongBeach, CA. Apply!! Link: forms.gle/d45DrW4MX7tHqc… Application due: May 31, 2024

Attention #biocrust researchers 📣 We're starting a monthly internationally biocrust reading group! Each month we'll read and discuss a biocrust paper from around the world. Sign up below to join in on the fun! (Amazing idea by @PhillipsMichala!) forms.gle/HDHqgu1qFxk11m…

Want to live on the beach? Late-stage capitalism and unchecked greed got you priced out of oceanfront living in the US? Wanna buy some cheap land in Mexico?? Locals would like you to think twice. I talked to some of them. hakaimagazine.com/features/buyin…

Abstract submission is live for the SERestoration Southwest Chapter annual meeting in Tucson AZ this Sept! Students are especially encouraged to submit abstracts – a limited number of registration waivers will be available. event.fourwaves.com/sersouthwestco… ESA Southwestern Chapt ESA Restoration Ecological Restoration Institute

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Really enjoyed reading this new paper on dryland connectivity, seed capture, & ConMods by Tyler Turk Greg Okin & @faistlab. 👏 Check it out!! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Great article discussing the interplay between sustainable ranching, biocrust, and climate change in the Southwest ambrook.com/research/envir…

Woohoo! Loved doing this restoration project with my amazing biocrust mentors!

Always fun to talk with friends about biocrust! Thanks for the invitation ESA Southwestern Chapt!

📣Attention #biocrust researchers (at all career stages!) We're having our second international biocrust reading group next week! August 20th at 16:00 GMT. We'll be discussing the below paper. Message me or @PhillipsMichala if you want to join! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

The Dryland Ecology and Management Lab is recruiting an MS or PhD student interested in plant functional traits & restoration to join our team in Spring or Summer 2025. Applications are due September 30. Please retweet and visit drylandecology.com for more information!🌱static1.squarespace.com/static/605b7af…

Very cool paper connecting biocrust functions with hyperspectral remote sensing! 🤩

Koppa & al show in Science Magazine science.org/doi/full/10.11… how drylands contribute less moisture & more heat to downwind humid regions as they dry, reducing precipitation & increasing atmospheric water demand. This causes their aridification & explain their ongoing expansion

Hey biocrust researcher 📢 Our next international biocrust reading group meeting is October 21st! Want to join us? Sign up below and tell your crusty friends! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Which crusty topic should we read about in the next #biocrust reading group meeting?! @PhillipsMichala

🎉🎉Our Earth's Future paper by Andrew Feldman, Sasha Reed & the #ARID team w/ an overview and status of the #ARID scoping study is out now!! Utmost thanks to the large community that has rallied and given incredible input to shape this effort!! agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/20…

Thrilled that Joint Genome Institute will be facilitating this -omics research with The Jornada team! Exploring dryland soils from Jennie McLaren & Dylan Stover's nutrient addition experiment at Jornada Basin LTER, including essential collabs w/ @PChuckran, Robin Reibold, Sasha Reed!

Final PhD paper out now in Global Change Biology, where we show the fundamental role of #biocrusts in regulating soil C cycles in #drylands, and how some of the most essential #biogeochemical #processes are diminished under #climate #change @Nardaluu @CarstenWMueller (see link below)

Really nice work showing revegetation drives big declines in soil erosion across China, with large consequences for soil carbon. Authors call out this biophysical pathway is largely ignored in practice changes designed to build and maintain soil carbon. pnas.org/doi/full/10.10…