People say that all the animals in Australia are dangerous. It's not true. Wait, what...?

It certainly (and thankfully) won't be the wettest year on record in Darwin. We may be on track for one of the top 5 at this rate... With devastating floods across many northern Aus regions, thankfully, this wet season is almost at a close... #hydrology 🧪

This should generate a lot of interest from researchers and research users. On one hand, it is a highly profitable company automating parts of the process. On the other, more papers are being submitted ( #AI a factor), and reviews take ages. #academicsky Thoughts?

Paper led by @dalhydro.bsky.social on Groundwater Temperature Processes and Patterns, Implications for Thermal Regimes in WIRES Water. #openaccess #hydrology 🧪💧 wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Be careful out there everyone. There's a veritable shopping list of catchments on flood watch in the NT, with at least one cyclone on its way.

I love me some Heavy Devy: Almost Again is such an amazing song. youtu.be/Yk-8k5Bzvp4?... The fact that he can sing like that, while playing guitar like that. Wow.

This weekend Darwin's wet season rain will likely reach 2000 mm. Wow. As much of northern Australia is flooded, or in flood watch, more rains to come... #dataviz #hydrology

Hmm. It's a bit hard to see what I do most of my research on. Oh wait, IT'S GROUNDWATER!

AI hasn't led to massive increases in efficiency? Perhaps it's because of the soul crushing admin that takes up 120% of working hours... I do use AI, & I do think there's efficiency gains. I'd give it all back for a 50% reduction in pointless admin tasks. #AcademicSky fortune.com/2026/02/17/a...

The lack of radar coverage in the Northern Territory amazes me with the frequency of flooding up here. Not all decisions should be based on population density... www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

What drives #groundwater recharge in arid regions? #OpenAccess paper led by @hydrogeoscience.bsky.social shows that groups of smaller rain events are more important than one off large events. Implications for climate change. 🧪 @charlesdarwinuni.bsky.social iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Please check out our #openaccess paper published in Ecological Indicators that provides an approach to inform lateral connectivity between #rivers and #wetlands using #RemoteSensing. Codes to apply the approach are provided. @charlesdarwinuni.bsky.social 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

This paper about Global Subsidence of #River Deltas looks great, and I'm keen to read it. However, I think it should be illegal to use the word "global" if #Australia is not included. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Academia's a funny game. In 2026 I've had a paper accepted (yay) and seen a paper based on an idea I discussed with someone at a conference (boo). It wasn't my idea, but the paper included someone that I've collaborated with in the past. Thought I may have gotten involved. Oh well... #academicsky

Interesting to see my home town in the news... www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

After using almost an entire roll of gaffer tape in an attempt to keep them together, this is the final state of my shitty Hard Yakka boots after a week's fieldwork in the desert. Utter garbage of a product. Never again 💩🧪

The views are stunning in central Australia. Far from the worst place to do work. As a guide, the Devil's Marbles Hotel is AWESOME! 😎👍

I'm a slow learner. Here are 2024 and 2025 photos of my boots that melted during fieldwork (to be fair, in the desert in Nov/Dec). Hard Yakka boots... Never again. 🤬

Man, I listened to 123,888 minutes of music this year. That's 86 days. Wow.

So, there aren't many #Slipknot fans on Youtube Music then 🤘. I don't listen to them that much...

Following extreme #water shortages caused by #drought and decades of over extraction, there are serious discussions around evacuating Tehran, a city of 10 million people. theconversation.com/irans-presid... 🧪💧

I normally don't find news from Mars that interesting (I'd prefer that we focus on understanding #Earth), but even I think that lightning on #Mars is very interesting ⚡🧪 www.abc.net.au/news/science...

Wow, we don't deserve Nicola Jokic. youtube.com/shorts/TrOQ8...

It's been a wet start to the 2025/26 wet season in #Darwin. Who would have thought that the second-wettest November on record (and it's not over yet) would lead to this? #rain 🧪💧

Yikes. #CycloneFina in #Darwin brought down some MASSIVE mahogany trees. Blocking two lanes on Lee Point Road.

What a legend the weather guy, Nate Byrne from ABC news is. There's a #cyclone in #Darwin, so he's in Darwin. #Respect

It's going to be a wet year in #Darwin. I hope that the storms forming off the coast don't develop into cyclones... We're approaching the 95th percentile for #rain, and it's trending upwards... 🧪 💧

Wow, the #water situation in Tehran is dire. 15 million people with very limited water access to. Inefficient irrigation practices and international sanctions are major issues. It's so bad, evacuations are being considered 💧 theconversation.com/irans-capita...

#Groundwater over-extraction action www.livescience.com/planet-earth... 🧪💧

It's meetings and/or needlessly long training courses, am I right #academicsky? www.popularmechanics.com/science/a691...

If Australian govt wants more Australian University students, remove the cap on the funding received for Australian students. It's not rocket surgery Mr Clare. m-economictimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/m.econom...

Given the topic of my PhD (groundwater and temperature) I can't believe I've never thought about this. Abandoned onshore gas wells and geothermal energy... So smart (assuming sufficient temps, etc.). 🧪 theconversation.com/geothermal-e...

I'm a scientist... Just keep your #onions in the fridge. Presumably (i.e., my hypothesis) this changes the viscosity of the onion juice. #NoMoreTears. Done. I've been doing this for years. Please credit me in the resulting paper 😀🧪 share.google/KyH5qOBp4Vuy...

You can hate his music (and most probably would, if they've ever heard of them) but Les Claypool from #Primus is a really down to Earth dude. This Rick Beato video is great youtu.be/YDdHdKtD-uM?...

This Galah at the Douglas Daly Holiday Park is really enjoying chewing my boots to pieces, so I'm making it work for it...

While declining a review from an #MDPI journal, I (politely) mentioned that I do not with to publish in or review for MDPI. I asked to be removed from their reviewing register. I feel like an asshole, but I don't want to keep declining reviews. What do you think #academicsky? 🧪

Happy to see JaVale Magee in the NBL (and sad to see my NBL2 Darwin Salties no longer be a team, boo). basketnews.com/news-231970-...

I'm not a rap fan in the least, but surely most people can agree that Snoop Dogg doing the pregame entertainment at the #AFL grand final was fun. Like, super fun.

Just a reminder that Elizabeth Zharoff (The Charismatic Voice) on YouTube is equal parts awesome, wholesome, fun and informative... That is if you like singing and heavy music. She's just so awesome. 🤘

#academicsky, what do you think about in person lectures? What about this article to save them? With external students, it's then not fair to make the in-person lectures something that the online folks can't experience... theconversation.com/to-save-in-p...

This story is utterly horrific. A 20 year gas leak that no one attempted to fix, or even report. The whole system is broken. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Just submitted my 1st 1st-authored #RemoteSensing manuscript. I'm lucky to work with such great colleagues (thanks Kaline De Mello & Porni Mollick). An #MNDWI approach to determine #river #wetland connectivity in the Daly #River coming to you soon? Let's hope so. @charlesdarwinuni.bsky.social 🧪💧🛰️👍

#Graduation is such a joyous time. Watching students celebrate their hard work is so heartwarming. In this case, seeing the now DR Steve Tickell get his well deserved honorary PhD! 🎉🎉🎉 #CDU

I'm increasingly pessimistic that any meaningful action will come on #ClimateChange. We're going to know the consequences and run towards the cliff anyway. #Climate 🧪 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#EarthScience is more important now than ever. We need more people to investigate Earth's various complex, interacting systems ( #climate, #hydrology, #geology, #biology). We DON'T need science cuts from universities www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/eart...

I'm currently teaching first year #EarthScience. This couldn't be a more apt, or terrifying combo of Earth, Atmospheric, Hydrological and Biological sciences: www.realestate.com.au/news/hidden-.... It's almost as if there needs to be more regulation and taxation on profits to fix the messes... 🧪

CDU ran a #TEDx event a few weeks ago. I gave a talk about the important role that #groundwater plays in many people's lives. Feel free to check it out on YouTube if you've ever got a spare 12 mins... youtu.be/c6gcQAISIeY?... 🧪 #science #water

While also incorrect, it'd be better described as "there's a lot more #groundwater than we thought". Please stop with this "underground ocean nonsense". 🧪 "Massive ocean discovered beneath the Earth's crust containing more water than on the surface share.google/w0IxLmQSbeSD...

Tomorrow, I've got my personal best Outlook calendar effort. Quintuple booked! Not a bad effort really.

Man, I'm thinking a lot about the passing of Mastodon's Brent Hinds. He'd be in my top 3 guitarists. In no particular order: Brent (his DILIGAF attitude, like playing banjo on a metal album) Adam Dutkiewicz (same), and @tommorelloofficial.bsky.social because he is a total innovator on the guitar.