Field biologist, exploring the mysteries of ecology and evolution from the backyards of Connecticut to the wilds of Alaska. Reversing the 6th extinction.
Storrs, CT
Joined January 2012
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Hottest year in recorded history compounds global biodiversity risks | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.25…
What species and regions experienced no-analogue conditions? How well can we predict them? How often are species hit again and again?
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Excited to share our NSF NRT project publication! Over 2+ years of cross-disciplinary collaboration taught us so much and gave us a unique opportunity to grow. Huge thanks to @MarkCUrban and my advisor @AnjiSeth and Guiling Wang for their support throughout this journey. #PhDLife
.@AdamGallaherPhD et al. at @Cornell propose a spatially explicit, techno-ecological solar suitability model to evaluate the trade-offs between ground-mounted #SolarEnergy generation & multiple ecosystem services. #Decarbonization #ClimateChange
ES&T: go.acs.org/bOF
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"My goal was to provide the most up-to-date, transparent, and comprehensive assessment of extinction risk from climate change." @MarkCUrban @uconneeb
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Climate change is happening worldwide, but the Arctic provides an unusually rich and diverse environment to study its effects. Enter: the Evolving Meta-Ecosystems (EvoME) Institute. @MarkCUrban #NSFfunded
today.uconn.edu/2024/05/arct…
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Study led @MarkCUrban with Luc De Meester @LeibnizIGB in Nature Climate Change shows how interactions between #ClimateChange and #urbanisation affect #biodiversity and ecosystem dynamics and how this knowledge can inform urban planning 👉
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Urbanization & climate change are reshaping ecosystems' adaptive capacity, by altering eco-evolutionary dynamics. @evo_urban's new paper nature.com/articles/s41558-0… led by @MarkCUrban proposes a framework to understand their joint effects & calls for integrated strategies to protect biodiversity. Congrats to all co-authors for a wonderful collaboration! @KristienBrans @LucDeMeester @Zhou_HKU @TheRealVerrelli @MartaSzulkin @chloology @AmyMSavage @palaeotropics @ruth_rivkin @EricPalkovacs @urbanevol @Anna_Malesis @drnyc_awe @photopidge @ColinGarroway @sarah_e_diamond @DrSimoneDr @AnneCharmantier #NSF #UWBuiltEnv
The eventual end article for a special issue on climate change adaptation in @EvolLetters
When and how can we predict adaptive responses to climate change?
Our conclusion: difficult, but not impossible!
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Interested in urban pollution, Daphnia and eco-evolutionary dynamics? IGB will have 3 PhD positions opening thanks to funding from the Leibniz Association. For more information, see the advertisements attached or go to the job portal on the IGB website igb-berlin.de/stellenangebot…
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Excited to share 70+ coauthored Comment @NatureEcoEvo
A global #biodiversity observing system to unite monitoring and guide action
Read it here 👇
nature.com/articles/s41559-0…
Press release 👇:
geobon.org/gbios-a-global-ob…
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🚨New article on #GBiOS "A global biodiversity observing system to unite monitoring and guide action" published in @NatureEcoEvo
GBiOS combines global collaboration, tech & data to monitor biodiversity change & target action in support of the #KMGBF
👉 doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-0…
Excited to start my @LeverhulmeTrust visiting professorship at @aberdeenuni with @JMJTravis and @BocediGreta
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New Review article: @ecolforecaster and colleagues discuss how to combine statistical and mechanistic approaches for more biologically-informed projections of biodiversity responses to climate variability and extremes
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To translate data into action, we need data synthesis, uncertainty estimation & trend detection. This session will cover advances in #biodiversity modeling, challenges & new opportunities in artificial intelligence #AI.
Submit abstracts 👉 bit.ly/nH4sjl
#GEOBONconf2023
Great to catch up with @bio_diverse and host his #uconn campus-wide Teale lecture on solutions to the #biodiversity crisis @uconneeb
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Now out in @ESAMonographs:
Using mechanistic insights to predict the climate-induced expansion of a key aquatic predator
doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1575
#MarbledSalamander #ClimateChange #Occupancy #SpeciesDistributions #NSFFunded @NSF @MarkCUrban
ALT Ensemble projections for northern site. On top, marbled salamander's observed (dark blue) and ensemble predicted occupancy through time for hindcasts (green), current model predictions (light blue), and forecasts (orange) with 95 percent credible intervals for equally weighted results from CESM, BCC, and GFDL SSP5-8.5 models. Red line and gray shading indicate 5-year running average with 95 percent credible intervals
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📢Exciting news! GEO BON Global Conference - #Monitoring #Biodiversity for Action will take place in Montreal, 10-13 October 2023.
Call for sessions -> 31 March 2023.
Help us spread the word:
geobon.org/geo-bon-global-co…
#ForNature #NaturePositive #PeoplePositive
The work of the amazing @DrSimoneDr
This stunningly beautiful artwork and PhD graduation gift from @MarkCUrban perfectly captures + celebrates my #salamander dissertation work. 😍
Once a #Herpetologist, always a herpetologist 🦎🦎🦎
#HERper #Plethodontid #RedBackedSalamander #PhDone
ALT A watercolor artwork with the 6 New England states colored green in the background with images of the 3 color morphs is red-backed salamander painted in the foreground.
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How many unsolved problems are there in ecology? How do we know when a problem is solved?
Here’s a perfect book for a reading group - chapters focused on thorny problems grouped into 7 parts.
I see the chapters as a springboard for discussion and debate.
