Have you ever looked at a complex model and wondered what variables explain the most variance, an idea from colleagues who live in the multiple linear regression world. Not sure if I did it right for GAMs, so I posted the question with reproducible code ... stats.stackexchange.com/questions/67...

It's like if you mentor somebody and invest time you benefit ... Strange 🤔 Yes, that was sarcasm. Accepting a student (as a graduate student) is an investment in the future and your legacy. It should be taken seriously. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I've been listening to a lot of @classicfm.com lately, it makes me feel like I'm listening to a little box radio, sitting next to a fireplace in a comfy chair, sipping tea in some cottage in the Cotswolds or Lakes District. ... close, just 5000 km away. But still got the fireplace and comfy chair

Probably the last good weekend to catch the autumn colors, albeit muted due to the drought. As expected, there was a water/limnological based theme 😉. We visited ESF Pond 1 in Heiberg Memorial Forest, Clark Reservation State Park, Chittenango Falls State Park, and Nelson Swamp unique area (no pic).

Looking at the titles of manuscripts from the past is fun ... it seems much more relaxed. Like this one "Sveriges geologiska undersöknings torvinventering och några av dess hittills vunna resultat." roughly translated to "Sweden's peatlands geological survey and some results gained so far."

I was reading a paper today about stable states ... and they have ASS throughout the paper as an acronym for Alternative Stable States. In the associated code, they have a data.frame where they combined two very large datasets and called it bigass ... couldn't stop laughing whilst reading the paper.

While digging through some code from a manuscript I recently read ... yes, that rabbit hole I came across this line and I think I just found my new favorite set.seed(...) 🤣 set.seed(i+42) # Don’t Panic. “What is the meaning of life, the universe, and everything?” #Rstats

While I understand the intent of this message, it also doesn't negate the need for A) the user to read and understand the script and B) the developer to write functional code. My personal code usually has this in it to help my OCD brain function. But if I share the code I remove this line.

Checked out Lake #George for #WorldLakeDay 🌊 Just 60 mi from Lake #Champlain, but water levels tell a different story: while trending down its not as drastic as Champlain 📉

Following up on Lake Champlain levels: USGS data show major tributaries (Saranac, Ausable, Boquet, Lamoille, Winooski, Otter) are at record-low summer flows. Most <5th percentile. Drought or shifting climate? 🌦️🌊 #fedopendata

Lake Champlain is at its lowest for this time of year in over 50 years, much earlier than it should be. To visualize this, I created a calendar plot that bins 50 years of lake stage data into quantiles. #OpenScience #RStats #DataVisualization

Every summer, algae blooms erupt across Florida’s largest lake, choking the ecosystem and threatening our economy. We collaborated with the National Park Service using decades of ecosystem monitoring data to develop a predictive algae model. www.evergladesfoundation.org/post/bloom-w...

The wet season is taking it's sweet time kicking in. What does that mean for our environment and our way of life. Here is a blog post/article thingy we (a The Everglades Foundation team effort) did discussing it. www.evergladesfoundation.org/post/the-sea...

If you work with censored data in R, you might have noticed the absence of NADA and NADA2. Due to CRAN package management actions, these packages were unexpectedly archived. NADA2 is now functional again and removed any NADA dependencies. github.com/SwampThingPa...

Have you ever been homesick for a place you've never been? I have been struggling with this feeling for a while. I love my home, our garden but there is this nagging feeling I'm not where I should be. Maybe it's just wunderlust, mental and emotional exhaustion and/or romanticizing an idea ...

🌊 New study alert! We modeled what drives harmful algal blooms in Lake Okeechobee using decades of data. The LOK-HABAM model links hydrology + nutrients to bloom risk—helping guide smarter restoration + ops. Science that informs action! www.frontiersin.org/journals/wat...

"Sorry for the delay in responding to your message, I've been watching a live stream" I actually used that today as a colleague texted me and it took me a while to respond. 😂😂

How do people leave this (picture #1) and say I'm moving to "paradise" (picture #2)? It made me nauseous looking at where I used to live and grateful that we are no longer there.

A beautiful blooming Columbine (Aquilegia app). Not the native but excited to see its beautiful bloom. We will still be planting the native and slowly transitioning this area to native dominate. Plus we don't want to completely rip out everything the prior owner loving cared for. #bloomscrolling

On our evening walk last night we came across this plant. We've been trying to ID it but the closest we've come is Sorbus americana (American Mountain Ash). The American cousin to the European Mountain Ash ... as in Rowan trees!! 🤞🤞 We're right, I would love to have a native "Rowan".

1/4 If you know me, you know that I love to garden. I especially love planting and growing plants. While I grow fruit & veg, I'm more of an ecological gardener, a gardener for wildlife rather than a showy & pretty garden. Granted, you can garden for wildlife & make it look pretty. #seagrass #garden

Friday even after work we decided to go for a short hike, so we packed the dogs up and headed 20 minutes south to Spruce Pond in the Morgan Hill State Forest. Absolutely stunning ... still can believe we live here.

Friday even after work we decided to go for a short hike, so we packed the dogs up and headed 20 minutes south to Spruce Pond in the Morgan Hill State Forest. Absolutely stunning ... still can believe we live here.

Wow, it's been forever since visiting and/or posting here. We've been super busy with the move, working in the garden and exploring our new area. I've started a substack to document the garden and woodland. Here is the last post. open.substack.com/pub/wildstra...

Last night's sunset was absolutely amazing, which helped ease the ending of a challenging day.

Trying something new ... I started a substack to document and share the new garden. wildstrawberryhill.substack.com/p/welcome

I've hopefully captured all the wetlands and peatland people I follow in this starter pack - apologies if I missed you out. I think I can edit if need be. go.bsky.app/T9Cp4p2

Is it just me or was last week's episode of @gardenersworldmag.bsky.social (pic#1) reminiscent of the 2011 episode (pic#2) of #MontyDon pruning the limes? Oh how they have grown!! ...the limes I mean 😁 #GardenersWorld #reflexction #jobsfortheweekend

It's been a couple of days in the new house, some of the "WTF did we do" has passed now that we are starting to bang things out (2 contractors scheduled for basement & foundation repairs), getting ready to epoxy the garage floor and paint the living room. But the real reason we jumped in is this

Does anyone know of any #CommunityScience for #bioacoustic monitoring? Let's say someone owns lands in a rural area or a wildlife coordinator and wanted to establish a bioacoustic monitoring station (potentially long term), what could/should they do?

On our 22+ hour drive north I had lots of time to think. About lots of things ... A for fun project I've been mulling over is a new "blog" and figured out how I'm going to structure my substack to document our new adventure in NY. We will see how it evolves.

After 22+ emotion filled hours we left what we knew to embrace what we don't (caveat, I grew up in the NE and went to undergrad in the Midwest, so I know most). With 2 dogs, 4 birds and some plants in tow we arrived at our new home. Now we wait for the rest of our stuff to arrive ...

A perfect way for me to practice my swedish ... Plus its technical/science so it gives me an extra challenge. I love reading about riparian ecosystems ... speciellt på svenska😁

Who wants to review a paper about machine-learning assisted screening in evidence synthesis? I have asked 6 people so far and had no takers. It looks like an interesting study! Let me know if you would be keen to review in this field.

My ever so talented wife has been doing a gardening YouTube channel as a little experiment, mostly as a means to share our garden with others. Her recent video is about something important to us ... #trees, how they improve the garden and the environment. Check it out 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=ZF6K...

In my role as part of an environmental NGO we are at the table with Federal and State agencies to move Everglades Restoration forward. Today I confided in my colleagues that I don't know if I have the mental and emotional batteries to last the next 3.99 years. I hope I can prove them wrong ...

Alright friends, I have a 21 + hour road trip in seven days 😱 ... Any good podcast recommendations? Environmental, gardening, folklore or science are my jam. German, Norwegian or Swedish language get bonus points. #RoadTrip #Podcast

I'd like to share another science presentation, which I gave to a class visiting GFDL almost exactly 24 hours before being fired in the NOAA mass layoffs. Unfortunately, the animations do not work in this format though: www.slideshare.net/slideshow/th.... This one has more of an Arctic focus.

Welcome to BlueSky @freshwaterbio.bsky.social! All you freshwater ecology enthusiasts, give this account a follow! 🧪 💦 🐟 🦠 🧫 🦆 #freshwater #ecology #wildlife #rivers #lakes #ponds

After yesterday's rather emotional 10k (and later leg workout), I decided for a shorter 5k this morning after a less than stellar "push" workout (chest, shoulders and triceps). Still hitting a good pace, hopefully in the next couple of months my pace will get faster. #runforsanity #nerdfit

Spring is getting an early start ... The beautiful but deadly spotted water hemlock (Cicuta maculata) is taking full advantage of the warmer weather. #FLnativeplants

I thought that as I progressed in my career (leaving ECR in the dust 😱) that I would eventually settle in and not always have the feeling like I'm not doing enough. Like FOMO but not sure what I'm missing out on, at least I've (temporarily) got past imposter syndrome 🙃

yes, exactly.

Hi #limno and #nutrient #stoichiometry friends, I've been thinking about variability in lake sediment nutrients and ratios lately (for lots of reasons) and was curious if anyone knew of a synthesis study (or would like to kick one off)? I can imagine a plethora of C:N:P sediment data is available?

The Chickasaw plum (Prunus angustifolia) is loaded with blooms and buzzing with activity. #floridanativeplants #floridanativegardening #garden

The mighty mycelium!!! It's that time of the year when dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) occurs frequently in the garden on our wood chip/mulch paths. I don't know who gave it it's common name but I hope their dog is (was) ok 🤣😂

The mighty mycelium!!! It's that time of the year when dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) occurs frequently in the garden on our wood chip/mulch paths. I don't know who gave it it's common name but I hope their dog is (was) ok 🤣😂

Dear men of the world, I wrote this because I know too many men who still think it’s weird to have conversations with each other about how we feel. It isn’t weird or weak, it is stronger and better to be open and talk. We are all going through something. www.wildway.info/p/how-garden...

Lately, especially given the current state of affairs I've been struggling with the best way to connect and "do more" for our larger science community. I always feel like a lone wolf and while joining a pack feels daunting I still would like to contribute to the community. Ideas?

The only thing holding me together right now (especially this week) is coffee, peanut butter, and seeing our seasonal resident hummingbird every morning.