Spring is here, bringing 90°F temperatures and sunny skies to Arizona. The spring has also brought in our last arrivals, and so the first cohort of the Macrosystems Ecology Lab is now assembled. The team is an even mixture of people from abroad and from closer by – from left to right, Pierre Gaüzère (France), Luiza Aparecido (Brazil), Courtenay Ray (United States), Lars Iversen (Denmark), Carolyn Flower (United States), and Benjamin Blonder (United States). I’m pleased to see that we are coming together as a friendly and thoughtful team, and am excited to see how our science develops in the coming months!