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hydrologist at Indiana University
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Clark Evans
13 days ago
Some exciting news to share: very soon, NOAA Research will be hiring new federal employees into science positions across the agency! A couple of notes: 1) They will only be open on USAJobs for seven days. 2) Multiple positions at different sites may be in one posting. (1/2)
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Just now getting around to posting about this. Nice to be part of this study with Quan Zhang and a host of others! We find that the water use efficiency from increased CO2 does not lead to higher tree growth. You can find the study here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Increased efficiency of water use does not stimulate tree productivity - Nature Climate Change
The authors theoretically delineate the maximal increases in tree growth that can be expected from increases in plant intrinsic water-use efficiency, which increases with rising CO2. They highlight en...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02504-w
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Li Li (æé»)
6 months ago
Do heat waves happen in rivers? How do river heat waves (RHW) compare to air heat waves (AHW)?
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Here we show: 1) RHWs occur less frequently & intensively but last twice as long as AHWs; 2) RHW have risen much faster than AHWs. Congrats to Dr. Kayal Sadayappan!
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Li Li (æé»)
7 months ago
Interested in how river water changes under climate change + human perturbations? Come join our diverse group of learners. You will learn and grow to ask questions, +use big data, reactive transport + machine learning models "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." - Carl Sagan
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Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool.
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9 months ago
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Margaret Zimmer
9 months ago
Wrapping up your PhD? Iâm planning to hire a postdoc in the next few months (start date flexible). Will start formally advertising soon, but you heard it here first!! Possible research topics include - critical zone hydrology, agricultural water quality, SW-GW interactions. Reach out if interested!
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Mina Kimes
10 months ago
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
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derek guy
10 months ago
Am I crazy or did we just have a convo about how we can't fund cancer research?
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UWâMadison
10 months ago
With proposed changes to NIH support, potentially life-saving research at UWâMadison would become slower and less ambitious. And the true cost would fall on those waiting for the next medical breakthrough, who would have to wait even longer.
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The real costs of research funding cuts
UWâMadison could lose tens of millions of dollars in annual research support due to a proposed change in federal funding. But whatâs really at stake? The universityâs ability to advance life-saving re
https://news.wisc.edu/the-real-costs-of-research-funding-cuts/
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Kate Marvel
10 months ago
The people telling you climate change isnât real would also like you to believe that paying rent on an empty building saves money
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/n...
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NASA Office Above âSeinfeldâ Diner Is a Target of Trump Budget Shrinkage
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/nyregion/nasa-office-columbia-seinfeld-toms-restaurant.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Hk8.ijwM.4ziCu9PJ9VRj
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Abigail Swann, PhD
11 months ago
Foundation-funded postdoc funding opportunity to work in WA state! Interested in applying to work with me on climate on land or global carbon cycle dynamics? Reach out! Info sessions in May and June, due date June 26.
www.wrfseattle.org/grants/wrf-p...
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Postdoctoral Fellowships - Washington Research Foundation
Fellowship Details Fellowships include three years of salary support for the postdoc at an eligible research institution in Washington state. The salary for the first year is $80,000, increasing to [âŠ...
https://www.wrfseattle.org/grants/wrf-postdoctoral-fellowships/
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CUAHSI
11 months ago
Applications are open for the Stakeholder-Informed Spatial Modeling for Hydrologic Sciences Workshop! Dates: August 18 - 19, 2025 Location: Northeastern University Marine Science Center, Nahant, MA Apply by: May 16 Details at the link below:
www.cuahsi.org/workshops/st...
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Coastal Massachusetts in August? Sure! Apply to attend our CUAHSI-sponsored workshop on stakeholder-informed spatial modeling for hydrologic sciences. Let me know if you have any questions!
www.cuahsi.org/workshops/st...
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Workshops | Cuahsi.orgfacebookfacebookBlueskytwitterinstagramlinkedinyoutubemagnifyclosechevron-leftchevron-rightchevron-topchevron-bottomSearch iconClose iconSearch iconBluesky
https://www.cuahsi.org/workshops/stakeholder-informed-spatial-modeling-for-hydrologic-sciences
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Coastal Massachusetts in August? Sure! Apply to attend our CUAHSI-sponsored workshop on stakeholder-informed spatial modeling for hydrologic sciences. Let me know if you have any questions!
www.cuahsi.org/workshops/st...
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Workshops | Cuahsi.orgfacebookfacebookBlueskytwitterinstagramlinkedinyoutubemagnifyclosechevron-leftchevron-rightchevron-topchevron-bottomSearch iconClose iconSearch iconBluesky
https://www.cuahsi.org/workshops/stakeholder-informed-spatial-modeling-for-hydrologic-sciences
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Justin Wolfers
12 months ago
Monstrously destructive, incoherent, ill-informed tariffs based on fabrications, imagined wrongs, discredited theories and ignorance of decades of evidence. And the real tragedy is that they will hurt working Americans more than anyone else.
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Benjamin Cook
12 months ago
Fuck droughts, we're doing pluvials now. New work w/ Park Williams, Richard Seager, Jason Smerdon, &
@drkatemarvel.bsky.social
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Megapluvials in Southwestern North America
Pluvials in Southwestern North America occur as often as droughts, including two 20th century megapluvials from 1905 to 1923 and 1978-1999 The 1978â1999 megapluvial was the wettest interval of th...
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2024AV001508
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12 months ago
Our paper on how landscape evolution impacts the trajectory of life is out in
@science.org
! Work by two great post-docs in
@iuearth.bsky.social
and collaboration with the brilliant Tara Smiley of Stony Brook resulted in this.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Direct effects of mountain uplift and topography on biodiversity
Biodiversity hotspots in Earthâs mountain ranges suggest a strong connection between topographic development and biological processes. However, it remains unclear whether high biodiversity in mountain...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp7290
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John Hammond
about 1 year ago
-Climate change challenges traditional drought assessments -Reducing the sensitivity of drought indicators to non-stationarity is essential for accurately assessing drought -Multiple drought definitions or concepts are possible, and needed, to correctly assess drought in a changing climate
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Prioritization of Research on Drought Assessment in a Changing Climate
Climate change adds conceptual and quantitative challenges to traditional drought assessments Reducing the sensitivity of drought indicators to non-stationarity is essential for accurately assess...
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2024EF005276
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about 1 year ago
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AGU (American Geophysical Union)
about 1 year ago
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#NOAA
is essential for weather forecasting, climate research, and public safety. AGU stands with the scientific community in urging Congress to protect and strengthen NOAA, not dismantle it. Our economy, environment, and safety depend on it.
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about 1 year ago
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Rodger Sherman
about 1 year ago
Hard to imagine a more objectively evil scenario than âthe richest person on the planet intentionally chooses to prevent poor children from starving to death.â if a comic book supervillain did it youâd think it was implausibly evil. The sort of thing every religion agrees results in Going To Hell
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Christopher Webb
about 1 year ago
âYouâre terminated becauseâŠ?â Fired federal employees are telling their storiesâno deep state, just career public servants tossed aside. DOGEâs mass firings arenât about efficiencyâtheyâre gutting expertise, wrecking lives, and calling it âreform.â
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Eos
about 1 year ago
Past climate conditions are preserved in tree rings. Researchers, including
@dustybowl.bsky.social
and
@drkatemarvel.bsky.social
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eos.org/research-spo...
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A Warming Climate Is Shifting Eurasian Drought Conditions - Eos
Researchers use tree ring records to help reconstruct hydroclimate patterns and isolate drivers of drought.
https://eos.org/research-spotlights/a-warming-climate-is-shifting-eurasian-drought-conditions
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Kate Marvel
about 1 year ago
Is global warming affecting regional drought across Europe and Asia? Yes. New paper by me,
@dustybowl.bsky.social
and his dad
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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Global Warming Is Likely Affecting Regional Drought Across Eurasia
Rigorous climate change detection and attribution is possible without the use of general circulation model simulations 21st century Eurasian hydroclimate patterns are incompatible with pre-indust...
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024AV001289
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Lawrence Vulis
about 1 year ago
From NSF EAR program director Raleigh Martin on LinkedIn
#climatesky
#greensky
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Julia K. Green
about 1 year ago
Want great summer plans? Look no further! The PSInet workshop is coming to Indiana University, to re-introduce the ecophys community to PSInet, a new open-access network database of plant water potential measurements.
psinetrcn.github.io/posts/2025-0...
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Dr. Jennifer Wade
about 1 year ago
168 colleagues lost yesterday, 6 in Earth Sciences alone. Today we grieved. And strategized.
www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...
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Seth Campbell
about 1 year ago
Please repost this government led survey to get this into every fired government employees hands! đ§Ș
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
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Were you fired by President Trump? | House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
https://democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
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about 1 year ago
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Pete Buttigieg
about 1 year ago
If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.
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The world is awful, but quick question for a minor distraction: what's your favorite font(s) to use in a presentation? Looking to change things up a bit.
about 1 year ago
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AGU (American Geophysical Union)
about 1 year ago
AGU stands with federal scientists. Read more on
fromtheprow.agu.org/standing-tog...
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Tristan Snell
about 1 year ago
CFPB - closed USAID - closed Medicaid - under attack NIH cancer funding - frozen Department of Education - under attack But do you know who just got a NEW government contract for $38,858,978 literally today? SpaceX â owned by Elon Musk
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Laura Lautz
about 1 year ago
Check out this thread with Fact Sheets and interactive tools to learn about NSFâs impact across the US, in your state, and at universities in your community!
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about 1 year ago
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This issue has a nice write-up of our recent Earth's Future paper.
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arstechnica.com/science/2025...
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White House budget proposal could shatter the National Science Foundation
âThis kind of cut would kill American science and boost China.ââŠ
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/02/white-house-budget-proposal-could-shatter-the-national-science-foundation/
about 1 year ago
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Emily Mullin
about 1 year ago
Hi all, I'm a WIRED journalist on the science desk. If you're a government scientist or federally funded researcher with info to share about the Trump transition, please feel free to contact me securely on Signal: emullin.06
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Emilio Grande
about 1 year ago
It took us more than two years but our Nature Water paper is finally published. We studied the effects of terrestrial groundwater on coastal wetlands redox potential in seven US sites. Check it out:
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
PDF access:
rdcu.be/d8qHL
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The hidden influence of terrestrial groundwater on salt marsh function and resilience - Nature Water
This study investigates drivers of redox potential in several salt marsh sites on the basis of time series datasets. Wavelet and mutual information analyses show that the terrestrial groundwater level...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44221-024-00384-6
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AGU (American Geophysical Union)
about 1 year ago
We are alarmed by the Administrationâs actions to freeze science funding and eliminate DEI efforts and climate change initiatives, which go against AGUâs mission and harms our members. We must unite to address these changes, beginning by hearing from you. Read more:
https://buff.ly/4hm8r4e
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Rodger Sherman
about 1 year ago
itâs just kinda sad that millions of people voted for a candidate bc they thought he would press a big nonexistent button that said âmake groceries less expensiveâ and then two weeks in he pressed a big button that says âmake groceries more expensiveâ
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Ken Tremendous
about 1 year ago
Going great so far, sir!
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Anne Jefferson
about 1 year ago
Hey
#water
folks, I created a list of water science organizations now on Bluesky.
@cuahsi.bsky.social
@agu-h3s.bsky.social
@iahs-aish.bsky.social
and 8 of 34 Sea Grants are there. What water science orgs am I missing?
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Rodger Sherman
about 1 year ago
No greater hypocrisy than yelling all day about how meritocracy has been killed by diversity programs in job hiring, then putting profoundly unqualified people in legitimately important positions
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Kyle Cheney
about 1 year ago
BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered a halt to Donald Trump's sweeping aid freeze, issuing a "brief administrative stay" to preserve the status quo for at least a few days while further litigation plays out.
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Jonathan Lambert
about 1 year ago
If you're a scientist that serves on an NSF panel that got cancelled today, I'd love to talk to you about it for an NPR story. DM, email or reach out on signal.
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Peter Gleick
about 1 year ago
Hidden among the Trump administration's first week assault on the American people is withdrawing the long-awaited EPA proposal on PFAS (forever chemicals) effluent limits in drinking
#water
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www.ewg.org/news-insight...
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