Benjamin Sulman

Oak Ridge National Lab is hiring 3 postdocs for an upcoming project related to ecosystem resilience along the US Gulf Coast. One position is empirical biogeochemistry and the other two are AI/ML and geospatial modeling focused. jobs.ornl.gov/search/?q=eg... 🌎

Are you as excited about #pumpkins as the adorable new #capybara pups? 🎃 Come and meet them while they’re still smaller than one!

During this investigation, we traveled to locations around the United States where President Trump has moved to ease pollution rules, including to Port Neches, Tx. where there is a middle school a few blocks from the chemical plant considered by the EPA the largest cancer threat nationwide.

New memes for the stats course this semester

“I’m not going to work for a gambling company and have blood on my hands.” -- Nicole Noren, 24-year ESPN veteran and winner of Emmy, Murrow, and Peabody awards. Her grandfather, father and one of my brothers "were pretty much destroyed by sports gambling addiction." www.cjr.org/the-intervie...

I think mathematics at this level is a human endeavor, and solving these problems is an exercise in creativity like working on a puzzle. We’re just losing our humanity by letting AI do all the fun stuff while we toil at our desks doing tedious stuff like filling out expense forms.

Vintage Wisconsin State Journal, 1919!

Tidal marsh vegetation survives extreme storms better than expected, with only ~30% average biomass loss. The findings help predict marsh survival during major storms, reducing uncertainty around nature-based flood protection. 🌍🧪 @natureportfolio.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s44...

International students in the US would face a $100,000 price tag to work a science job in the country after graduation under a proposal made public yesterday by the Trump administration go.nature.com/4AWqQi8

We are hiring! 🧪 Tenure-track position in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Great colleagues, nearby mountains, and of course a certain lake... Application info: nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external... www.unr.edu/biology #evolution #EEB #ecoevo #evolsky #academicjobs

I am hiring a Postdoc on Plant Ecophysiology to join our new group at U Nebraska. The link below has the full ad and instructions for applying. Please share widely! #botany #botanyjobs #ecophysiology #ecophysjobs #globalchange employment.unl.edu/postings/102...

I am also looking for new graduate students and will have a postdoc ad out soon. Ping me if you are interested in any of these positions! #botany #ecophysiology #ecosystems #globalchange

Join us through the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in EEB! Conduct your own research, mentored by 2+ EEB faculty. $65k salary + research/moving $. All areas of EEB welcome. Apply by 11/1 I co-chair this search and am happy to field questions Spread the word! eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...

"When my guests come over, it’s gonna be like BLAMMO! Check out my shellacked decorative vegetables, assholes. Guess what season it is—fucking fall. There’s a nip in the air, and my house is full of mutant fucking squash." buff.ly/pykYN6f

Open position! Postdoc project on snow modelling and Arctic ecosystems ❄️🌿🌡️💧 3-yr position with assistant prof @niittynen.bsky.social at @oulu.fi ! See the link and apply by 15.10.2026 oulunyliopisto.varbi.com/fi/what:job/...

It's the time of year when Jews all around the world gather together and commemorate one of the greatest Onion headlines of all time. theonion.com/jews-to-cele...

Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️

Tenure-track assistant professor position in #ecology at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington: apply.interfolio.com/190454

Some well deserved recognition for soil science!

I might be biased a bit, but this is a really neat paper. An elegant quantitative evidence of how a given soil's water retention behavior emerges from texture & structure together, not from texture as a base that structure simply modifies. HABIT outperforms Rosetta for predicting water retention.

Our new paper on an interpretable pedotransfer function is out. Traditionally, PTFs predict the parameters of water retention models. This new model predicts water content directly and exposes its internal attention weights for interpretation. doi.org/10.1029/2025... #SoilScience #MachineLearning

Great piece from @sciencebails.bsky.social and others! Support your local society journal!

#MinCup26 Round 1 Match 1: It's carbonate-vs-carbonate with copper-rich #Azurite against zinc-rich #Smithsonite. Which has your vote? VOTE: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re... RESULTS: www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-re...

Pernilongo! Another great portuguese animal name

I wrote about Dolly Parton in my latest @nytopinion.nytimes.com column. Thank you. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o...

Remember that if you got the Moderna Covid vaccine, you have Dolly Parton to thank, she gave the largest individual contribution toward their research to make it possible.

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

Anyone else hear the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald every time they see this?

"How could you forget? It’s not like orientation takes place on a completely random date, some arbitrary period of time before the first day of school." buff.ly/Gh5LyEF

🚨HIRING NEWS🚨 Come be my colleague! The Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry at UC Merced is hiring for two positions in Biochemistry! One is at the assistant professor level and the other is open rank... if you have questions, let me know! Link: aprecruit.ucmerced.edu/JPF02218

Important article on the vulnerability of the U.S. power grid (and probably of power systems elsewhere): transformers are the weak link. Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/m...

The ag lobby really, really, really, really, really, really, really wants you to think AI is the reason reservoirs are going empty. It's not. It's agriculture.

Thank God It’s FRYday. @theonion.com

Three positions in scientific programming at @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social focusing on ocean biogeochemistry, ocean physics, software engineering. 🌊 #sciencejobs

Attention Ecologists! We are going to need *a lot* of ecologists. The First Lego League Teams need to speak with a scientist about their projects every year. Every year it's a different type of scientist. Last year was archaeologists. This year, ecologists! Sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I've been talking a lot about the disastrous recent loss of American institutional capacity regarding climate science. But today, I'd like to announce something we've been working on, quietly, in the meantime to offer a lifeline to some of those affected. [Thread]

McGill Assistant Professor in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Oceanography & Earth Systems We seek candidates who will pursue research in physical oceanography with a strong modelling, observational and/or theoretical component. Review of applications begins 15 Oct. 2026. Questions addressed […]

Researchers monitored a salt marsh creek in Louisiana for 3 years to learn more about coastal carbon budgets. eos.org/research-spo...

I am excited to announce a job for an Asst Prof in Plant Evolution in the dept. of Evolution and Ecology at @ucdavis.bsky.social. We're looking broadly, from macro (speciation, comparative genomics, evo-devo) to micro (pop biology, adaptive evolution, evo-eco). recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07777

I wouldn't call myself a cartoonist, but I had the vision and just needed it to be on paper to the best of my ability.

🚨 If you're a student, a first-time presenter at #AGU26, or someone presenting from a low and lower-middle income country, apply for the NEW Outstanding Emerging Presenters #OEP Program by 12 August. Apply today! 📲spklr.io/63323ERMyW

Looking for a new job? Want to work with a fun & engaged team of biologists studying plants and animals? Join the Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department as an Administrative Associate at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville! Please spread the word.