Isla Myers-Smith
@IslaHMS
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Ecologist studying global change in the Arctic and beyond. @TeamShrub leader | @our_codingclub founder | @EdinburghUni Prof | @InsideNatGeo Explorer
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined October 2013
RT @TeamShrub: Last chance to apply for #postdocs and #PhDs on spatial patterning in #tundra and #savanna ecosystems for the @ERC_RESILIENC….
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At the current time, the MSc and PhD positions within the lab are filled. If you would like to work on Team Shrub, feel free to reach out and keep in touch in future as opportunities may open up in…
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RT @JTKerby: Great to see our team's project on Arctic Climate Change reaching different audiences! #Qikiqtaruk @TeamShrub @ivarstudios @nw….
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RT @ArcticBasecamp: 📈🔍 Melting sea ice, shifting vegetation, and thawing permafrost – the Arctic is facing unprecedented challenges. Follow….
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RT @TeamShrub: Just a reminder about the upcoming deadline of 16 Jan. 2024 for PhD and MSc positions on @TeamShrub at @ubcforestry on globa….
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At the current time, the MSc and PhD positions within the lab are filled. If you would like to work on Team Shrub, feel free to reach out and keep in touch in future as opportunities may open up in…
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RT @TeamShrub: Team Shrub @ubcforestry is recruiting for fully-funded PhDs, MScs, postdocs, a research manager and a data scientist for two….
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RT @TeamShrub: In the @NSERC_CRSNG-funded Canada Excellence Research Chair on Global Change Ecology of Northern Ecosystems, we'll work coll….
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RT @TeamShrub: In the @ERC_Research-funded @ERC_RESILIENCE project on 'Pathways of Resilience and Evasion of Tipping in Ecosystems'. We're….
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RT @TeamShrub: Our team’s research sits at the interface of field ecology, data synthesis and remote sensing. I am keen to recruit a divers….
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RT @TeamShrub: I encourage students to develop their own specific projects and lead collaborations inline with their research interests wit….
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RT @annebeejay: 📣TWO four-year PhD positions in Arctic plant 🌱 ecology/environmental science (with me and @APEGU1). Please share and/or app….
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RT @ubcforestry: With the rising temperatures observed in the Arctic, #UBCForestry’s Professor Isla Myers-Smith (@IslaHMS) emphasizes the c….
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Clouds way up in the stratosphere act like a blanket, trapping heat in the Arctic and Antarctica. That could help explain why models keep underestimating how fast they’re warming.
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RT @Dr_AlexM: Calling all Black ecologists/energy policy researchers: @ubcforestry & @ubcLFS are hiring 2 scholars engaged in research rela….
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RT @ubcprez: [1/3] Congratulations to Drs. Kayla King (@kaylacking), Isla Myers-Smith (@IslaHMS), and Corey Stephenson (@crjsteph) on being….
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RT @ubcforestry: Congratulations to #UBCForestry's Dr. Isla Myers-Smith (@IslaHMS) on being appointed one of UBC’s newest Canada Excellence….
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RT @YaleE360: Vasts swaths of abandoned farmland are ripe for rewilding, experts say, with huge potential to boost wildlife and draw down c….
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Abandoned farmland has been increasing, with a billion acres — an area half the size of Australia — lost globally. Ecologists are increasingly pointing to the potential of these lands and of degraded...
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Spread the word!.
Final days to apply for the Tundra Time postdoc to work on tundra plant phenology change over time at UEdinburgh!. Apply here by 28th Aug. 2023:. More about the project:. Other Team Shrub opportunities:.
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RT @UBCNews: .@ubcforestry professor Dr. Isla Myers-Smith (@IslaHMS) led a project which used virtual reality to explore changes to vegetat….
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Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park in the Yukon is using a virtual reality program to show people the effects of climate change on the community.
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RT @ubcforestry: 🌍 Immerse yourself in the realities of climate change with this groundbreaking virtual reality project set in the Yukon wi….
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The virtual reality project transports people to Yukon’s northernmost point without them ever having to leave home
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RT @nanitundra: Honoured to have our latest paper @NatureComms featured in the Editors Highlights for Ecology & Evolution, together with a….
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Nature Communications - Functional trait data could guide predictions of species responses to environmental change. Here, the authors show that winner and loser shrub species in the warming tundra...
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