Last night, we were honored to host Senator John Hickenlooper, whose work in Congress helps shape the funding landscape that makes our science possible. The senator got a primer in everything from mountain ecology to ice cores! A former geologist himself, he kept our researchers on their toes.

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We established a factorial field manipulation in a 130-yr-old pine forest that independently modifies canopy VPD and soil water input using fine-mist VPD reduction, irrigation and throughfall exclusion @newphyt.bsky.social , @wslresearch.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Wrote to AGU about this concern (forms.agu.org/contact-us/) They noted 3 changes to improve flow: the # of poster boards has been reduced; there will be 14ft aisles compared to 10 ft aisles in the past; the AM and PM posters will be staggered in some places. I'm looking forward to the experiment.

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I've now done multiple podcast interviews (what) and still feel like a giddy teenager every time the excellent hosts have nice things to say about me and my work

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Read more on my substack post: tosborn.substack.com/p/the-atmosp... code for the figure on GitHub: github.com/TimOsbornCli...

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