Elliott Smith

Climate advocate, budding insect ecologist, and @citizensclimate volunteer. UMich Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity '22

[Ecosphere @ESAEcosphere]

A new study shows that by elbowing out other old-field plants, #goldenrod can reduce predator & detritivore abundance

https://t.co/94pJrc3QAX

#SolidagoCanadensis #TrophicStructure #Arthropods #OpenAccess @Nate_J_Sanders @elli0smid @UMichEEB

[Elliott Smith @elli0smid]

This paper is the product of many field and lab hours, and it wouldn't have happened without the leadership of Julia Eckberg, the hard work of my fellow co-authors Eva Schwarz and Akane Hubbard, the guidance of @Nate_J_Sanders, and the support of the entire Sanders-Classen lab.

[Elliott Smith @elli0smid]

I'm stoked to share that my first peer-reviewed paper just got published! We find that a dominant plant—Canada goldenrod—reduces subdominant plant productivity, which in turn suppresses the abundance of ground-foraging arthropod predators and detritivores. https://t.co/0cYOvQvXKy

[Nate Sanders @Nate_J_Sanders]

First paper alert! This is grad student Julia Eckberg's first paper, and she co-authored it with 3, count 'em, 3 @UMich undergrads.
https://t.co/dAoa0hhXCT

@UMichEEB @elli0smid

[Elliott Smith @elli0smid]

@arthurtvvv Jiggle Jiggle didn't make the cut?

[Jeffrey Harvey @Jeffrey75327765]

Our new paper: 'Scientists' Warning on Climate Change and Insects' has just come online. Please disseminate it on Twitter!
https://t.co/YNTqWTJElE

[Kate Aronoff @KateAronoff]

Wrote about all the damage Republicans can do on climate with control over just one chamber of Congress: a lot! (Plz vote) https://t.co/WZbQOVs3I2

[Elise Joshi @EliseJoshi]

Why does voting matter for climate justice? A 🧵coming from a progressive that truly understands your voter apathy.

[The White House 46 Archived @WhiteHouse46]

There’s just two days left to apply for student loan forgiveness under temporary changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

Here’s all you need to do to hit the deadline:

[Elliott Smith @elli0smid]

@SeanCasten If we don't know the emissions impact, why are you supporting the bill?

[Elliott Smith @elli0smid]

Interesting take

[Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @JPHilllllll]

Seeing the push for 100,000 new cops right after a teenager is killed by law enforcement for playing with a water gun in the heat is a tragic but accurate summary of how our government is responding to climate change and societal collapse: more policing.

[Elliott Smith @elli0smid]

@stephensemler Bipartisanship is alive and well

[Dr. Robert Rohde @RARohde]

Nothing says commitment to action on climate change quite like flying halfway around the world to fist bump a murderer and beg for more of his oil.

[Elliott Smith @elli0smid]

@ajplusespanol Trump, pero si fuera un demócrata...

[Elliott Smith @elli0smid]

Either they are all stupid and incompetent, or we need to realize that the elite political class has no stake in climate change. They will always be okay, even as the world burns. It's easy to sell out a future that you can watch unfold from your vacation home.

[Elliott Smith @elli0smid]

It's about Manchin. But it's also about the Republican senators who publicly "care" about climate change, but not enough to support a climate bill. It's also about the 5+ other Democratic senators who Exxon et al. would tap next to be their spoiler if Dems had 51 or 55 seats.

[Elliott Smith @elli0smid]

It's about House Progressives giving up their leverage and passing the BIB last summer. It's about Biden being a hapless negotiator who refuses to create any repercussions for people who walk all over him.

[Elliott Smith @elli0smid]

https://t.co/ks7mkPaX6W

[Elliott Smith @elli0smid]

Still 6 months until midterms and we've watered Biden's climate "agenda" down to almost nothing. It makes me sick.

[Joshua Siegel @SiegelScribe]

Republican @SenKevinCramer says discussion in Manchin’s bipartisan energy meeting today is entirely focused on clean energy tax credits. But he says members are nowhere close to defining what a deal space looks like there