William Hammond
Assistant professor of plant ecophysiology #EcoPhys at the University of Florida. he / him. Studying #WhatKillsTrees http://ecophyslab.com
- Reposted by William HammondWe are hiring a postdoctoral researcher!🌲 🌳 🌍 📍Interested in boreal and temperate forest productivity and respiration? 💻 Like to work with large datasets, remote sensing and models? 🏔️ Love an alpine setting in a small town? Come and join us at KIT! Application details: t1p.de/qctj7
- Reposted by William HammondHere is a working Starter Pack for Plant Ecophysiologists! Please let us know if you want to be added to this list in a comment or DM. #botany #plantecophys #PhysFam go.bsky.app/Pbq39H7at://did:plc:ww6vvvbhh5gmjts6zye4soms/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3l5ccs4l24k2b
- Reposted by William HammondFrom growth potential to drought survival: a trait- and time-based framework for plant water economics across vascular species Volaire et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Reposted by William HammondSpring drought could be more detrimental for tree regeneration than summer drought, particularly as climate warms and tree phenology shifts. Results from an experiment in walk-in climate chambers, investigting four contrasting tree species. Led by @munozmazon.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
- Reposted by William HammondTrump has been in office for one year. We at @nature.com did a deep dive looking at the administration's disruption of science in numbers. Take a look—the numbers are staggering. By me, @dangaristo.bsky.social, Jeff Tollefson, @kimay.bsky.social, & help from @noamross.net @scott-delaney.bsky.social
- Reposted by William HammondNice to see strong support in Congress: “In an 82-15 vote, the Senate approved a minibus budget bill to fund agencies involved in science and the environment, among other issues, through Sept. 30. The bill passed in the House last week by a vote of 397 to 28.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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- Reposted by William Hammond🌳PhD Opportunity in plant ecophysiology🌡️ Join EPFL (Switzerland) for fully-funded 4yr PhD on tree responses to air drought and heat. Climate chamber + long-term experiments to uncover physiological thresholds under climate change. www.epfl.ch/labs/perl/pe...
- Reposted by William HammondNew research from our group: A pervasive increase in tree mortality across the Australian continent - driven by rising temperatures rdcu.be/eXSa7
- Reposted by William Hammond'Yes, forest trees die of old age. But the warming climate is killing them faster' #ClimateEmergency #Globalwarming #trees #eucalypts #plantscience #ecology 🪴🌳🌾🌱🌡️ theconversation.com/yes-forest-t...
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- Reposted by William HammondPervasive increase in tree mortality across the Australian continent | Nature Plants share.google/RL9wdpMxxGRh...
- Reposted by William HammondLocating a control of plant and ecosystem water fluxes deep in the leaf | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
- Reposted by William Hammondblanket apology for all the emails I forgot to answer this year, and for all the emails I will forget to answer next year
- Reposted by William HammondFirst PhD chapter from student Colleen Mills (not on Bluesky) just appeared in PCE: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Reposted by William HammondThis was a nice little Christmas present, with Boyd Wright and Rod Fensham. Vegetation flammability contributes to alternative stable states in arid Australia #flammability #Triodia connectsci.au/wf/article/d...
- Reposted by William HammondRecruiting a postdoc through Dartmouth's Society of Fellows Program co-mentored with Michael Cox with specialization in forest carbon dynamics, climate policy, and nature-based solutions Apply by January 4th! apply.interfolio.com/176741 🌳🌎🧪
- Reposted by William HammondReposting this, to remind us that climate and weather models do not make themselves...
- Many thanks to @eilifursinreed.bsky.social for translating this nice piece he wrote on the ESM development prcess... :)
- Reposted by William HammondA new paper in @nature.com led by Jeff Chambers, finds evidence of climatic mortality thresholds combining heat and drought, & explores the emergence of 'hypertropical' climates in future climates. Amazing multi-decadal effort by the field teams involved 👏 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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- Reposted by William HammondYou can do this right now: Think of a person who wrote a paper you love, whose work influenced or helped you, or has made your professional life better. Search up their email address. Shoot them a quick email of thanks. It means so, so much. This is a rough time of year, share some joy.
- Reposted by William HammondReposting this as a reminder that we will continue to accept applicants for this postdoctoral position until December 23rd.
- I am currently searching for a new postdoctoral researcher to study the evolution, genetics, and physiology of cold acclimation and freezing tolerance in switchgrass at Michigan State University. This work will be funded by a newly funded five-year DOE grant. careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...
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- Reposted by William HammondSave the date! 47th New Phytologist Symposium on 'Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life'. Explore how extreme heat affects plants that underpin ecosystem productivity. 2-5 June 2026, Cordoba, Spain. @newphyt.bsky.social www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
- Reposted by William HammondExtreme Heatwave Causes Immediate, Widespread Mortality of Forest Canopy Foliage, Highlighting Modes of Forest Sensitivity to Extreme Heat 🔗 buff.ly/CfdgwRy
- Reposted by William HammondAre you studying vegetation dynamics 🍃, tree mortality 🪵, or other aspects of the terrestrial carbon cycle? 🌍 Consider submitting to our #EGU26 session "Present & future global vegetation dynamics & carbon stocks from observations & models". We'd be delighted! ☺️ 👉 www.egu26.eu/session/57391
- Reposted by William HammondWe’re opening the doors for community meetings. Your chance to influence our next steps & get more involved in the network. Join one of our upcoming sessions: 🗓 Dec 4 — 06:00 UTC t1p.de/m3gty 🗓 Dec 4 — 18:00 UTC t1p.de/xaxsu 🗓 Dec 5 — 13:00 UTC t1p.de/c4icd Help guide where ITMN goes next! 🚀
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- Reposted by William HammondI am currently searching for a new postdoctoral researcher to study the evolution, genetics, and physiology of cold acclimation and freezing tolerance in switchgrass at Michigan State University. This work will be funded by a newly funded five-year DOE grant. careers.msu.edu/jobs/researc...
- Reposted by William Hammond#UBC Botany is hiring an Assistant Professor in Non-Seed Plant Diversity - come work with us in beautiful #Vancouver, BC! Please repost! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
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- Reposted by William HammondWhen people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same. Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
- Reposted by William HammondPyro-ecophysiology of 11 woody Karst species: Leaf flammability analysis reveals fire-safe species for green firebreaks development www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Tomorrow when I wake up, I'll be older than I've ever been, for the first time in 20 years. It's an odd story of the time I spent in a coma. In my early 20s, I had a near-fatal lung infection, 90 days in the ICU. As a last-ditch effort, doctors put me in a medically induced coma. 1/5
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- Reposted by William HammondGreat PhD opportunity with an excellent supervisor: Quantify traits of tree species across the western US to determine how tree populations and forest communities will respond to drought and fire. plant-traits.net/lab-openings/
- Reposted by William HammondSuch a sad story, but good that it can be told in full in museums now. doi.org/10.1126/scie...
- Reposted by William HammondApply to become the next MSU EEB Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow! These are two year positions with research stipend, working with 2+ MSU EEB faculty. Applications due 10 November 2025. More here: eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...
- Reposted by William HammondSheng et al. call for greater survey efforts and broader conservation initiative to protect the 11 (ELEVEN!) felid species of the Tibetan Plateau. (Strong contender for the Correspondence, or indeed article of any kind, with the best figure we ever published) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by William HammondI am teaching a course on ancient trees and tree rings at the NY Botanical Garden on Sunday, October 26th and Sunday, November 2nd. We will learn about past environments, the amazing lives of trees, and what old trees tend to look like. Sign up at this link: www.enrole.com/nybg/jsp/ses...
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- Reposted by William HammondGreat to see this paper out!📰 Fifty shades of fade: linking transmittance loss to cellular death during leaf dehydration 🌿🔬 @irnase.bsky.social
- Reposted by William HammondOur 300th episode!!! What a team, what a show💙🧡. Check us out on most major podcast platforms, or here: thatsscience.org
- 🎉 Episode 300 is here!! 🎉 That’s What I Call Science has hit the big 3-0-0 and we’re celebrating with a special episode introducing the amazing team behind the mic (and behind the scenes). Thanks for being part of this wild ride! #TWICS #Podcast #ScienceCommunication
- Reposted by William HammondDrought and insects have killed an unprecedented number of Oregon’s Douglas fir trees during the last decade, costing billions in timber value, damaging infrastructure and ramping up wildfire danger. What is Douglas fir dieback? Where is it happening? What is being done? tinyurl.com/5n9amvx6
