Great paper on Arctic tundra soil invertebrates by Jesse Jorna Best line = "Preserving soil biodiversity in a changing Arctic is essential for Inuit communities who rely on intact tundra ecosystems for their health and well-being." link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Stoked to be a panelist for the Wilkes Climate Summit 2023, and wow, what an impressive line-up! Come ask questions and help us move the needle on science and policy! wilkescenter.utah.edu/summit/

❄️👀Reminder - 2nd US Antarctic Science Meeting (no registration fee) 🚨📷Abstract deadline May 24! ➡️ usscar.org/2023-us-antarc…

The alarming anomaly in #Antarctic sea-ice extent continues to increase. But there's something even more extraordinary going on... (a short thread) Graphic: Phil Reid, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia

Happy #InternationalBiodiversityDay! On a spring day, Diana Wall Diana Wall of Soil Biodiversity @SOGES_CSU Colorado State University reminds us: Protection of #biodiversity means protection of #SoilBiodiversity. 🪱🍄🦠🌱 Please RT! CSU_Ecology Global Biodiversity Center UN Biodiversity FAO Land, Soil and Water

Loved this by Bill Henske about his experience with McMurdo LTER doing long term ecological research. Bill is an awesome scientist and teacher. His students are super lucky to have him, and so are we! US LTER BYU Biology

Things heat up at the Spanish Fork town hall on the proposed inland port. Eldon Neves, President of the Lake-Shore Livestock Association says that he feels the justifications are BS and the rural community is about to get "raped and told to enjoy it."

🚨Starts Tomorrow, June 20!! ❄️2nd US Antarctic Science Meeting. 🗓️June 20-23. Zoom meeting w/no registration fee. Meeting is only 2 hours each day. Register today! Meeting program book w/schedule & abstracts now available. 👉 usscar.org/2023-us-antarc…

"This is a critical moment, impacting our wellbeing, future generations and ecosystems globally." 🇦🇶 A communique from the international Antarctic community at #SCARBiology2023 Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) @Antarcticmoss @cassandrafish 🔗theguardian.com/world/commenti…

Today's the 1st day of our open climate change course BYU! Whether you're an official student or interested community member, you're invited every Tuesday and Thursday at 9:30 (Zoom or in person). The course info and links are all in the syllabus here: pws.byu.edu/ben-abbott-lab…

Here's a better explanation than the one I've been tossing around as to why our field season is so messed up this year: science.org/content/articl… BYU College of Life Sciences BYU Biology

New paper out of our lab promoting a cool research program in ecological genomics: doi.org/10.1016/j.apso… BYU College of Life Sciences BYU Biology

Cool student-led paper out today in PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environment on the origin and evolution of plague in the US: peerj.com/articles/16007 #Bioinformatics #ComputationalBiology #Genomics #Microbiology #MolecularBiology BYU College of Life Sciences @byu

Obituary: Diana Wall (1943-2024) ecologist who foresaw the importance of soil biodiversity go.nature.com/4bgmMMt

The work of Diana H. Wall (1943–2024), founder of the field of soil biodiversity, "led to improved understanding of the role of soils in climate change and a global campaign for soil health." Read about her life in a new #ScienceRetrospective: scim.ag/79q