We’ve got a new paper out where we think through how to apply lessons from collaborative water governance to the WEFC nexus. We provide case examples from flooding on the Mississippi River, drought on the Colorado, and groundwater depletion of the Ogallala #greensky Available to all for 50 days:

Lessons from the Berlin Wall

The light in Dresden has been *incredible* this week

Truly, there is not a single healthcare task in the US—no matter how small—that is ever easy.

It’s also pretty insulting to see a TA’s value reduced to the barest minimum of administrative tasks. Good TAs mentor and connect with students and enrich their college experience. Human connection matters in education

Excited to share our new publication in Geoforum! I joined this project a bit later, but I am so proud of its genuinely collaborative and justice-centered approach. Workshops with disadvantaged communities revealed a gap between residents’ and leaders’ motivations for greening programs #greensky

The outsized English representation has major drawbacks, a growing body of research finds. Non-native English speakers are forced to spend significantly more time reading and writing papers, only to receive more than double the rejections as their counterparts, a 2023 study found.

The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed.

1 in 3 Americans in energy poverty is really bad. Trump cutting relief to vulnerable families makes it so much worse. “In Maricopa county, which includes Phoenix, last year, almost a quarter of the 608 confirmed heat-related fatalities happened inside.”

August reads 📚💙 The Family Fang, The Covenant of Water, The Emperor of Gladness, and The Nightingale were particularly great

I lived in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota for five years. Winter there was so much more bearable than summer in Arizona 🔥

Here's a #GiftLink for those who want to read the full NYT obit of historian of science & gender, Margaret Rossiter. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/s... #histSTM 🧪🗃️

Hard to see how this “economic flow” can benefit communities, when these buy-outs are actively pushing out everyone but the ultra-rich. And it’s not just Malibu…a fire is often just the first step in a long string of losses

Here's the link to share your comments through 9/19/2025. Share far and wide. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Whenever a story appears about increasing risk of wildfires, some helpful chap always likes to comment “that global burned area is declining so stop being alarmist.” A new paper explains the paradox. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #climatechange #wildfire #fireweather

The growing threat of wildfires to water systems Thrilled to have this piece up @highcountrynews.org www.hcn.org/articles/wil...

Sick kids need food too

“It would be unthinkable for urban firefighters… to enter a burning building without wearing a mask. But across the country, tens of thousands of people who fight wildfires spend weeks working in toxic smoke and ash wearing only a cloth bandanna, or nothing at all.”

A good thing on the internet 👇

Proud to be part of this year’s amazing cohort of ASA POP fellows!

So, just to clarify, the choice for homeless people is concentration camps or prison, where the cost of either one is around $4,000-$10,000 a month. Meanwhile, a $500/mo basic income in SF reduced homelessness by two-thirds. It should be considered cruel and unusual to not do Universal Basic Income

International cat day?! Almost 1 year ago exactly, I went for a walk on my 35th birthday. I found this tiny, abandoned kitten with a broken tail, in 100+ degree temps. I took him home, no one claimed him, and now I couldn’t imagine my life without him

A bright spot of resistance, but not over yet

Scientists! @skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, libraries, & more for virtual Q&As! It's easy and fun! We are looking for 750 more volunteers by 8/15 If you're down to chat with 1-5 classrooms this semester, sign up here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

Never ask postdocs what they'll be doing next year, that's considered terribly offensive in their culture.

Our paper about #PFAS water contamination and environmental federalism is now out! A case study of Tucson, AZ, where we looked at local action in the absence of state and federal regulation. Some good lessons here, in the current regulatory context. Happy to share a pdf upon request. #GreenSky

Great #longread about birdsong, language and communication. #envhum

A perfect morning on the river. Even saw a whole family of river otters! #nature

Weird how the right has co-opted the idea of “fairness.” But… Each of the richest 1% produces 100x the emissions of the world’s poorest half Corp. tax avoidance costs poor countries $100B/yr The 100 biggest companies have a 200:1 ratio btw top and bottom pay rates That seems pretty unfair!

July reads! A good month of books, would recommend any and all of them 📚💙

When my newborn niece came home and they brought her outside, a frog jumped onto her to visit. So I made her this cross-stitch. All that’s left is adding her name across the top and cleaning it up a bit 🧶

“Without the endangerment finding, the E.P.A. would be left with no authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate the greenhouse gas emissions that are accumulating in the atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels.”

📣📣 BOOK NEWS 📣📣 I'm excited to share the cover and release date of Book #2, #EdgeOfSpaceTime, which is now available for PREORDER!! You can order from ANY bookstore, including your local indie! More details on preordering here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817... What's the book about? 🧵

I was happy to speak with the @washingtonpost.com for this story on manufactured housing, hazards and resilience: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...

The best kind of riches

To sum up…AI data centers use huge amounts of energy and stress water supplies, provide few local jobs beyond initial construction, and are built on subsidies that cause states and cities to lose millions of dollars

Colleagues are obviously worried about this, but I think it’s not breaking through to a lot of other folks. I try to talk to family & friends about it, so we do not see these critical resources fade away unnoticed while we watch all the other horrors unfold on the nightly news

Summer bounty: cobbler with wild blackberries

A story from my world. USAID funds were committed by Congress to support providing safe #water and sanitation to millions of people. Trump and the GOP eliminated those funds. People will die as a result. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

"We don’t see fossil fuel company CEOs roam our neighborhoods, emissaries of the angel of death, from house to house, taking here one person, there another, out to the killing fields. But they are, and they know they are." jksteinberger.medium.com/climate-necr...

Just finished the book “Starlings: The Curious Odyssey of a Most Hated Bird” by Mike Stark #birds 💙📚 A beautiful ode to a villainized little bird, but also a disturbing look at the lengths of human cruelty, our focus on utility above all else, and our treatment of the “other”—both avian and human

As promised, in light of the WaPo report of Everglades camp detainees being swarmed by mosquitoes in the shower and unable to sleep at night due to being bitten, I want to briefly address concentration camp history and mosquitoes. I won't be comprehensive but will give a few examples. [1/17]

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A statement from university presidents in Gaza: "Constant bombardment, starvation, restrictions on internet access, unstable electricity, and the ongoing horrors of genocide have not broken our will. We are still here, still teaching, and still committed to the future of education in Gaza."

I love seeing stuff like this. Collectively, cities can make a big difference in the face of federal resistance. AND individual people can have a big impact pushing for change at the local level

Are there sociologists studying these History Channel shows about ghosts, aliens, various supernatural phenomena—and how they present loose ideas about “science”? Because these shows definitely have a stranglehold on men of a certain age…

Rainbow cat 🌈🐈

Parts of Arizona are filled with RVs and mobile homes that are pretty much permanently situated in actual washes. There is so much related to flooding that people think they would know or be warned about if it were dangerous, but truly, not so much.

SHARE THIS Is your client or family member missing? Click here to see the list and find out if they’re being held at Alligator Alcatraz. ¿Su cliente o familiar está desaparecido? Haga clic aquí para ver la lista y saber si está detenido en Alligator Alcatraz. 👉🏾 www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

🚨 DON’T LOOK AWAY 🚨 U.S. Professor KIDNAPPED and DISAPPEARED by ICE! He still remains detained. Yesterday a California Faculty Association union leader, Professor Jonathan Caravello, was dragged away by four masked ICE agents while lawfully observing a raid. This is NOT normal.