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By Virginia Commonwealth University 8/12/2019 Forests in the eastern United States that are structurally complex — meaning the arrangement of vegetation is highly varied — sequester more carbon, according to a new study led by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University. The study demonstrates for the first time that a forest’s structural complexity is a better predictor of carbon sequestration potential than tree species…
In This Issue: 104th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America convenes in Louisville, KY Meeting plenaries and symposia explore the meeting theme “Bridging Communities and Ecosystems: Inclusion as an Ecological Imperative.” Honeybees in the Crosshairs EPA affirms the use of the pesticides chlorpyrifos and sulfoxaflor. Congress White House, Congressional leaders reach an agreement to boost nondefense discretionary spending…
In This Issue: Foreign Influence and Collaborations Under Scrutiny in Agencies and in the House National Defense Authorization Act NSF issues ‘Dear Colleague’ letter addressing foreign interference in research. Congress House passes 2020 National Defense Authorization Act including and foreign interference in science provision. Executive Branch A White House plan to critically review climate science in on indefinite hold. Courts…
In This Issue: President’s Budget Releases, Proposes Deep Cuts to Science and Environmental Programs The president’s budget proposal reflects the administration’s priorities across the federal government for fiscal year (FY) 2020. ESA submits requests to Congress for science funding. ESA Goes to the Hill for Climate Science Day The Climate Science Working Group held its 9th annual Climate Science Day…
[toggles] [toggle title = “NSF BIO Introduces One Proposal Cap for PIs, ESA and Other Societies Respond”] Under a new National Science Foundation Directorate for Biological Sciences (NSF BIO) policy, researchers can only submit one grant proposal to the BIO directorate’s core funding programs per year as a principal investigator (PI) /Co-PI. Scientists can serve as “senior personnel” on an…
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[toggles] [toggle title = “103rd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America convenes in New Orleans, La.”] The Opening Plenary featuring a talk entitled, “Ecosystem design approaches in a highly engineered landscape of the Mississippi River Delta,” by Robert Twilley will be live-streamed, Sunday, August 5th at 5:00 pm central time. Environmental scientists, educators, and policymakers will gather at…
[toggles] [toggle title=”UN-administered IPBES Identifies Impact of Land Degradation on Climate Change”] Land degradation caused by human activities, is a significant driver of climate change and biodiversity loss according to a series of major reports approved at the sixth session of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Plenary in Medellin, Columbia, March 17-24. The reports provide assessments of…
Bees are not the only animals that carry pollen from flower to flower. Species with backbones, among them bats, birds, mice, and even lizards, also serve as pollinators. Although less familiar as flower visitors than insect pollinators, vertebrate pollinators are more likely to have coevolved tight relationships of high value to the plants they service, supplying essential reproductive aid for which few or no other species may substitute.
[toggles] [toggle title=”President’s Budget Proposes Cuts to Science, Research”] * Check ESA’s federal appropriations tracker for updates on the president’s FY 2019 budget request and funding levels for agencies and programs of interest to the ecological community. * On Feb. 12, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2019 (FY 2019) budget…
A special issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment looks for new solutions to old problems by pooling the knowledge of scientists, ranchers, feds, community groups, and tribes Thursday, 8 February 2018 For Immediate Release Ecological Socitey of America Contact: Liza Lester, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, LLester@esa.org University of Idaho Contact: Phillip Bogdan, 208-885-4155, pbogdan@uidaho.edu Tension between the needs of…
[toggles] [toggle title=”National Park System Advisory Board Resigned en masse”] Earlier this month, nine of twelve members of the National Park System Advisory Board resigned en masse. Board members are citizen advisors and not necessarily scientists. The board was chartered by Congress in 1935 “to help the National Park Service care for special places saved by the American people so…
[toggles] [toggle title=”EPA Cancels Its Ecologists’ Speaking Appearances”] Read ESA’s statement in response to this cancellation in the article below. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cancelled the speaking appearances of three scientists at an event launching the “State of the Narragansett Bay and Watershed” report in Providence, RI. The report includes the effects of climate change on the bay. EPA…
[toggles] [toggle title=”Trump Administration Review of National Monument Designations Rapidly Continues“] Submit Comments on National Monument Review On June 29, the Ecological Society of America sent an action alert encouraging members to submit comments to the Department of the Interior and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on the administration’s review of national monuments, marine national monuments, and national marine…
[toggles] [toggle title=”Budget Blueprint Slashes Non-Defense Discretionary Budgets“] On Monday, March 13, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch” directing the director of the Office of Management and Budget “to propose a plan to reorganize governmental functions and eliminate unnecessary agencies.” That order, combined with the president’s previously announced federal hiring freeze,…
– April 21-23 Stockton University, Galloway NJ Theme: Biodiversity in the Mid-Atlantic: Present and Future Please join us for an exciting conference, hosted by Stockton University in the New Jersey Pine Barrens and Coastal Zone. The conference theme includes biodiversity throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region. The plenary programs will focus on the North American Coastal Plain, recently designated as the world’s…
[toggles] [toggle title=”How Will A New Administration Affect Science”] This is a developing story and some statements in this article will change. With the elections behind us, many in the academic and scientific sphere are bracing for the next administration’s policy platforms and subsequent implementation. Congress and the Executive Branch now share the same political party and federal funding for…
The MacArthur Award, presented by the Ecological Society of America in alternate years, recognizes the contributions of an outstanding ecologist in mid-career. Anurag Agrawal of Cornell University has shown consistent leadership in opening up new research themes in ecology and continues to push the envelope with novel approaches to science, teaching, and community building. Like Robert H. MacArthur, Dr. Agrawal…
Special Issue: Network governance and large landscape conservation, in the April edition of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, 6 April 2016 Contact: Liza Lester, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, LLester@esa.org Organizational models known as “network governance” can help big conservation alliances govern themselves, researchers argue in a special April issue of the Ecological Society of America’s…