Professor at Indiana University. Climate and forest ecology. Post about trees, forests, drought, and tropical cyclones.
Justin Maxwell
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Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr
Move comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs
More on the immediate effects of the institution’s support of the attack on Roger Innes www.ipm.org/news/2026-05...
Tuliptree flowers are still close to peak but that’ll likely end this week with warm temperatures in the forecast. I’ve enjoyed them!
Indiana University, not the UD Department of Agriculture, ordered the Inness lab to be locked down.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
New paper out in @newphyt.bsky.social by Tiantian Pan and others incl. @ianjwright.bsky.social @profchoat.bsky.social:
Fast growth comes at a cost: Fast-growing Eucalyptus are less drought-resistant, revealing a clear growth–survival trade-off.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Check this new paper out! by Kersti Leppä et al ! Interpreting inter- and intra-annual environmental signals in tree-ring δ18O using isotope-enabled modeling academic.oup.com/treephys/art...
Hello little paw paws!
Very cool version of this monthly global average surface temperature anomaly chart showing both El Niño and La Niña years
We're searching for a postdoc fellow to conduct research on biological nitrogen fixation in boreal forests! The postdoc will join a dynamic and fun research group in Umeå. Deadline Aug 27th. Reach out if you have any questions! www.slu.se/en/about-slu... @michael-gundale.bsky.social
The Trump administration has spent months investigating the lab after a Chinese postdoc was charged with smuggling biological material into the country.
www.nature.com
Decoupled carbon assimilation and growth responses to aridity in temperate deciduous oaks
Led by @mukund24rao.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...