@mchowe
Forest Entomologist/Ecologist Assistant Professor Department of Wildland Resources Utah State University 🏔️🌲⛷️🚴♂️🏃🐕☀️🦋🪲🤘 I study the irruption dynamics of forest insects, bark beetles, defoliators, disturbance interactions, & climate change.
We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs
Highlights from my final postdoc trip to Alaska.
Which of your favorite natural lands could be up for sale? A truly horrific proposal.
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity.
This is a major win for public health.
Map centered on Alaska showing sea surface temperature departures from the 1991-2020 baseline (ºC) for the week of May 10-16, 2025.
Sea surface temperatures in the northern Bering Sea showing changes as sea ice melts. Eastern Norton has been open for a while now and is starting to heat up. Beyond the ice, most of the rest of the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska with near to above average SSTs for mid-May in NOAA data. #akwx #Arctic
Playing around with satellite imagery of #madison to make some office art. #Rstats
Interesting survey results (I was a respondent). I am firmly in the “we shouldn’t use AI to create research products camp”.
Unsuccessful morel hunting was still lovely. #iceagetrail
🔴⚠️🔥🌡️The #Canada #wildfire season has officially started, with violent wildfires burning across multiple regions, boosted by hight temperatures even in April.⬇️ Landsat 9 view on May 10 of a large wildfire in Saskatchewan with visibile pyrocumulonimbus #ClimateEmergency @volcaholic1.bsky.social