David Ackerly
@ucbdavid
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Dean, Rausser College of Natural Resources, UC Berkeley. Climate change biologist and plant ecologist
Berkeley, CA
Joined January 2017
As climate change continues to remake global landscapes, new @UCBerkeley analysis by @KyleRosenblad and Rausser College dean @ucbdavid have uncovered early warnings of a growing mismatch between forest composition in the West and climate change. https://t.co/N6EZRpZE4k
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My holiday present: a global deal for nature. It includes an agreement to conserve 30% of the planet and to restore 30% of degraded areas, as well as $30 billion/yr by 2030 to support the implementation of the new global biodiversity framework. Let’s get to work! #COP15
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We're #hiring a Forestry Youth Education Coordinator. to oversee the Forestry Institute for Teachers program & develop a comprehensive forest education program preparing California’s youth to tackle future forest management needs. Sutter-Yuba County ➡️ https://t.co/HgDqo6VCGE
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Register now for the virtual #BerkeleyGradDiversity Admissions Fair and attend a session with ESPM Advisers this Thursday, Oct. 20, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Sign up here: https://t.co/W6WlIIdhOg
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The Ackerly Lab at UC Berkeley is hiring a post-doc in Climate Change and Biodiversity Conservation. For more information and to apply:
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In this co-authored @latimes @latimesopinion Op-Ed, we frame solutions and policy to address #ClimateCrisis, #wildfire, #RxFire, #IndigenousRx, #Stewardship. Be part of the solution. Why forest managers need to team up with Indigenous fire practitioners
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Western woodlands now vulnerable to megafires evolved to endure far more frequent and less catastrophic burns at the hands of local tribes.
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@Pyrogeographer @CAForestHealth @PepperwoodCA Another view of the @PepperwoodCA field day. Great conversations in that lovely fog.
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Happy Earth Day. Our planet needs us like never before. Each of us can make a difference, in our own communities and across the world. As @KHayhoe says, we maintain HOPE by taking ACTION. We can do this.
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Our new center in partnership w/@BerkeleyDataSci will foster collaboration to address environmental challenges with #datascience tools. Thanks to a gift from @ericschmidt and @wenschmidt, researchers will develop novel solutions with global benefit. https://t.co/92X2GjpbKp
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🌿 On the day following the presentation by French Minister of State for biodiversity @b_abba of the French National Biodiversity Strategy 2030, I was honored to open a crucial 🇫🇷-🇺🇸 discussion about #biodiversity conservation policies and challenges in France and the US 🌱
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I’m deeply honored. Thanks to all.
Our Director Chris Field @chrfield @StanfordHumSci @StanfordEarth has been awarded the Japan Prize for significant contribution to the advancement of basic science in ecology and the environment!
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Congrats to Coast Miwok Citizen Peter Nelson for the "most read" @AmAnthroJournal article of 2021: "Where Have all the Anthros Gone? The Shift in California Indian Studies from Research 'on' to Research 'with, for, and by' Indigenous Peoples."
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Click on the article title to read more.
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We will miss our friend and colleague Tom Lovejoy, who devoted his life to the study and conservation of biodiversity. I remember visiting Camp 41 outside Manaus and spending many wonderful evenings at his home outside Washington DC. We will always remember him.
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Cesar (@EstienCesar; he/him) is one of two co-chairs for the EJ section @ESA! He is currently a PhD student @ESPM_Berkeley working with @cschell_canids on understanding how cities/humans impact carnivores, both individually & on a community level, & centering justice in his work.
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JOB OPPORTUNITY: the @UCBerkeley Institute for Parks, People, and Biodiversity seeks a new executive director to help the institute carry on Berkeley’s legacy of involvement in parks. The application period will close in November:
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Great opportunity to learn about the incredible work going on in ESPM. Register Today!
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Congratulations to Dr. Prahlad Papper. Wonderful dissertation on gene flow, hybridization and phenology in CA white oaks
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Congratulations to @ErikaSZavaleta , appointed to the CA State Fish and Game Commission!
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SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Thuy Mascorro, 47, of Chula Vista, has been reappointed Home Administrator of the Veterans Home of California…
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Evolutionary relationships between drought-related traits and climate shape large hydraulic safety margins in western North American oaks
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Quantitative knowledge of xylem physical tolerance limits to dehydration is essential to understanding plant drought tolerance but is lacking in ma...
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