Our new paper led by Nathan Steiger uses tree rings to show that over the past millennium, megadroughts co-occurred in North and South America significantly more often than expected from chance. Climate modeling points to La Niña as the main cause. nature.com/articles/s4156…

Getting an appointment for our kids covid vaccines feels like I have won the lottery, gotten a paper accepted, and just got a grant funded. It's been a long time coming and I'm ready to get on with life.

That’s right - we are hiring three new positions. Come join our great School!

Check out Maquelle Garcia led paper on variability of intraspecific traits in Amazon tropical trees!

When your grad students give you the nickname #szechuanhammer, the only thing to do is to embrace it! @kinziebailey Brandon Strange, PhD. Collin Gillespie

Could shallow water table regions of Amazonia act as large-scale hydrological refugia from drought? We think so! For more, check out our new New Phytologist Tansley Review (1/5): nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np… Flávia Costa jschietti Scott C Stark MSU Forestry

Congrats to @kinziebailey on her publication. Turns out juniper and willow have similar transpiration rates midsummer, but juniper continue to transpire into fall after willow senesce.

Great opportunity for funding climate resilience goals across college campuses. Apply soon! Applications close March 4. secondnature.org/climate-soluti…

Mutually inclusive mechanisms of drought‐induced tree mortality onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

It is a real pleasure to finally share the acceptance of this paper in Plant Cell & Environment !! 🥳 "Leaf water potential measurements using the pressure chamber: synthetic testing of assumptions towards best practices for precision and accuracy" And here's a thread explaining it...

Interesting ways to track time. My son was born a year after my PhD and now he’s big enough to arm wrestle my PdD student. 😂 @kinziebailey who won?

Proud of our lab winning this “blooper” award for the third year in a row. If you aren’t getting snuck in the snow (and excavated out) or getting flat tires in the field, are you a field scientist? @kinziebailey Brandon Strange, PhD. Collin Gillespie

When you realize your students @kinziebailey Brandon Strange, PhD. are now your colleagues and your colleagues are your friends.#AmeriDendro22

Occult precipitation! Worth a read... Revisiting plant hydrological niches: The importance of atmospheric resources for ground‐rooted plants besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Do changes in tree-ring δ18O indicate changes in stomatal conductance? 📖 ow.ly/BS3M50L2Zg2

Does evapotranspiration increase or decrease during droughts? The answer is not straightforward! We found that evapotranspiration increases in 44% of drought months. Models underestimate this by a half. Plant and soil structure are the causes. Read here rdcu.be/cYpAV

The UA School of Natural Resources and the Environment is hiring an Assistant Professor in Watershed Management and Ecohydrology (tenure-track). Please retweet and apply! 🫧🌲🌵🍃☀️🌧️ arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/careers…

Ponderosa forests struggle in the face of Southwest megadrought - Check out our new paper. news.arizona.edu/story/ponderos… onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gc…

Please come to our panel at Ecological Society next month to talk about the societal impacts of science.