Biogeochemistry, often using stable isotopes, trying to figure out where nitrogen goes (& sometimes also carbon). Working at Lincoln University (New Zealand). Wellesley College alum. Homepage: https://sites.google.com/view/wells-soil-and-water/home
Naomi S. Wells
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“The issue is not whether ecology should use AI, but how to approach it with greater transparency, critical evaluation, and ecological grounding.”
Just checked the status for a few new manuscripts that I’m handling as an editor. Two manuscripts. Four reviewers invited. Four accepted 🤯😱🤠
Neat validation of a pattern I’ve certainly observed in my own work: the harder I have to work to get a paper through review the better the finished product (& as a corollary published versions >>>> preprints).
Excited to see our piece advocating for embracing (or at least acknowledging) artificial aquatic ecosystems published! Indefatigable leadership from @jackiewebb.bsky.social to transform our casual conference chats to this powerful (imho) piece. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
"Researchers found undisturbed primary forests store 83% more carbon per acre than the managed forests that are replacing them."
This study is "shocking" - as in "we've been lied to by the forest industry" and... it's not in our climate models.
sustainability.stanford.edu/news/shockin...
📢 Thrilled to share that our new paper is out!
🔗 lnkd.in/eiYnv6R7
🪱 Exploring earthworms + phosphorus using the ¹⁸O‑phosphate method
👏 Kudos to Chiara Pistocchi & Andreas Burr for leading the work.
🏆 Special congratulations to Andreas Burr, whose MSc contribution earned him a Best Thesis award.
I enjoyed contributing to this thought-provoking paper led by @jackiewebb.bsky.social. You should read it if you like ditches, canals, constructed wetlands and ponds. You should also read it if you wonder why on earth people like us are interested in these systems.
‘When the government replaces a New Zealand public servant with AI, what really happens is this: money that used to be paid to someone living in Wellington, Lower Hutt or Palmerston North gets paid instead to a tech giant in California or Seattle’ newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/21/b...
Come and work with me at @universityofotago.bsky.social Review of apps begins 21 May www.linkedin.com/posts/te-pun...
This is fascinating and the fact that this study may be wrong is no surprise to anyone who teaches any level of students....
A new study finds old-growth forests in Sweden store far more carbon than the industrial tree plantations that are rapidly replacing them, with soil accounting for most of the difference. Protecting u...
We're looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work at the intersection of ecology and data science.
You will analyse existing datasets from New Zealand species, including isotopic data, but there will a...
New Zealand is badly under-prepared for mass deployment of AI in the public sector - and the latest Budget measures are being made without safeguards, writes Professor Alexandra Andhov
Excited to see our piece advocating for embracing (or at least acknowledging) artificial aquatic ecosystems published! Indefatigable leadership from @jackiewebb.bsky.social to transform our casual conference chats to this powerful (imho) piece. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Ecology is not yet ready for AI—and why that matters www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... h/t @stevenjsmith.bsky.social
What doesn’t kill a paper can make it more highly cited. An analysis of peer-review records for thousands of papers finds that those receiving tough reviews go on to have a higher impact than those that sail through the review process. My latest story for @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A big study that was cited as evidence that text generators are good for students has been retracted:
www.linkedin.com/posts/ben-wi...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Naomi S. Wells
Ketan Joshi
Ben Bond-Lamberty
Mariana Lenharo
An AI-led analysis of publicly available peer-review reports links requests for major revisions with papers that end up having high impact.
