The value of ‘wasting time’ on deep thinking is often overlooked in a scientific ecosystem increasingly tainted by Wall Street’s productivity mindset. nature.com/articles/d4158…

“Fires across the western United States in particular have been more extreme, more severe, bigger, lasting longer" — CIRES Associate Director for Science Dr. Christine Wiedinmyer discusses wildfire smoke on Rocky Mountain Community Radio. aspenpublicradio.org/environment/20…

This is a cool opportunity to work in a leadership position at CU’s mountain research station. It would be a great fit for an environmental science educator who wants to live in the mountains!

The D-Day has arrived, the website agcj.org of Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry (AGC) journal is launched! What is AGC journal? A DOA journal dedicated for geo/cosmochemistry by and for researchers! More info will come soon!

As this site continues to devolve, I don't know how much longer I can stick around here. A reminder that #OceanDevotion & I are on Threads. I'm also on Bluesky, and OceanDevotion will be too as soon as it has video. Come on over. Let's rebuild #ScienceTwitter there!

To all paleoclimate, paleoceanography, biomarker and/or GDGT lovers: even if I still intend to stay here for now, I recommend you to (also) try out or keep trying out other platforms, such as the 🔵🦋 and 🐘 places, where you can find me.

Single-cell measurement of microbial growth rate with Raman microspectroscopy academic.oup.com/femsec/advance…

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Manganese nodules are at the center of deep-sea mining debates. They begin as a mere fragment: a bit of rock or shell enveloped by precipitates of manganese, iron oxides, other metals (cobalt&zinc). It grows slowly, millimeters per million years. This one is about size of potato

From Ted Chiang's recent New Yorker essay about AI. I totally agree with this:

Growth rate as a link between microbial diversity and soil biogeochemistry nature.com/articles/s4155…

It's now been 1 yr since Microbiology for Earth Scientists came online. I'm thrilled that the book has been downloaded >2000 times by people in 101 countries worldwide! The book can help us better understand roles of microbes in the Earth system and in solutions to env problems.

Excited to share that our perspective piece on microbial growth in soil is now out! What can we learn by measuring microbial activity in soil environments? How can we do these measurements? A synthesis 5 years in the making.