? for aquatic ecologists: I was telling my class about the EPT index. A student asked if fish preference for these pollution sensitive benthic macroinvertebrates skews the index because of its sensitivity to predation and not just pollution... I don't know enough about the interactions - thoughts?

It's over. Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut. www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...

I am beyond furious at the U. Nebraska administration and Regents for this decision. They are moving ahead with eliminating programs despite nearly 6 hours of public comments arguing they should not do so.

Sad to see that my colleagues in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at UNL saw their combined department eliminated late this afternoon by the UNL Board of Regents. No more meteorology no more geology at UNL. Words escape me!

⚒️🧪 Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (among other programs) to be eliminated at University of Nebraska-Lincoln #UNL. A tragedy all around. #Geosciences

University of Nebraska formally ends its storied meteorology program, furthering concerns about the future of the atmospheric science academic sector. open.substack.com/pub/balanced...

Universities have historically been (unwitting to willing) agents of segregation and patriarchy. Recent decades have brought some progress (often more rhetorical than substantive). We now face an existential test in many dimensions, but I'd like to focus here on faculty promotion and tenure (P&T) 1/

Stories coming from around the country that students are having their SEVIS status randomly restored, just as randomly as it was terminated. Suggests that ICE is either reversing these terminations on a large scale or having actual human beings finally look at cases and make decisions.

🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨 We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely! airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...

The rationale for this cancellation is climate denial. There is no dressing it up, there is no tiptoeing around it. Yet climate change doesn’t care if we believe it. It will destroy our homes, multiply insurance rates, wreak economic havoc and more — regardless of our opinions or voting record.

These mass terminations of our nation’s brightest scientists — including in Boulder and beyond — are clearly unlawful, and we will do everything we can to reverse them! coloradosun.com/2025/02/27/n...

President Trump’s War on Water #Conservation -- Brian Richter (SustainableWaters.org) coyotegulch.blog/2025/02/22/p...

I'm a scientist because 52 years ago the National Science Foundation supported me, as a high school student, to do real research at a university summer science program. The destruction of US science by Trump and the Republicans today will weaken the country for decades.

These are war crimes under the Geneva Convention and its 1977 Additional Protocols. qudsnen.co/oxfam-israel...

Federal science agencies are under threat. AGU has made it easy to advocate for NSF, NOAA, NASA and more. Visit AGU’s Science Policy Action Center to stand up for science. fromtheprow.agu.org/standing-tog...

Yesterday was the darkest day of my professional life so far. Many of NSF’s best and brightest people fired indiscriminately. The terms of their firing cruel. My colleagues matter, they are valued and they make a difference. I have no words. www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...

NOAA’s vast public weather data powers the local forecasts on your phone and TV – a private company alone couldn’t match it theconversation.com/noaas-vast-p...

One of the main issues wee outlined in our fire/water report was about water availability during fires. Despite article focus on this being an LA problem, it’s a widespread problem. Many recommendations here for addressing (hint: during a fire is too late) innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/u...

If you happen to be one of the approximately 12 people left at #AGU24 this afternoon, come hear me talk about urban trees and machine learning (H53W-03) from 2:34-2:46!

This afternoon are the Urban Environmental Interactions oral sessions (H53W and H54F) at #AGU24 - 2:10 pm in 147A @cgerleinsafdi.bsky.social

It's an initial attempt, and it was interesting for me to learn the tensorflow package (and run it myself!) CNN does a good job, but work needs to be done in matching the training protocol (every image one at a time) with the use case (finding evidence of flow over a long period of time).

In case you missed my #AGU24 Monday poster with @aditibhaskar.bsky.social and Jorge Santiago Ramírez Núñez, here it is! Using CNN image classification to predict flow presence and absence at West Stroh Gulch.

This afternoon at #AGU24 is the poster session for Urban Environmental Interactions: People, Plants, and Water in the Built Environment (1087-1111) @cgerleinsafdi.bsky.social

#AGU2024 - "Climate Science and Big Oil Need to Go Their Separate Ways" NASA Earth Scientist Dr. Peter Kalmus wrote an opinion piece this week on the importance of The American Geophysical Union (AGU) cutting ties with the fossil fuel industry. Read about it here: bit.ly/3VzOTQO

I remember 20+ years ago Exxon funding the AGU student networking breakfast. It was all a little sus then. But now?! Get with the times. That industry is whatever the opposite of honest broker is when it comes to science. Regardless of anything else, a science org can't take their money. #AGU24

In case no one told you: @agu.org session numbers actually mean something! First letter(s) = Discipline First number = Day (1 = Monday, 2 = Tuesday, etc.) Second number = Timeslot (1, 2 = morning; 3, 4 = afternoon; 5 = evening) Last letter = Concurrent session

NSF makes you say who you got conflicts (coauthored) with. We (really just Jordan Matelsky) just built you a tool for that. Literally one click: bib.experiments.kordinglab.com/nsf-coa

What metrics can we use to compare across watersheds how well stormwater control networks are doing? 🧐 I recently presented at University of Minnesota for the Stormwater Seminar Series on "Stormwater Control Measures: Selection and Watershed-Scale Effectiveness". https://buff.ly/40IWwb6

Haven’t come across a water people list so I made my first starter pack! A broadly defined set of #water experts go.bsky.app/V1LydbV

We are seeking a domestic PhD student with a background in Civil and Environmental Engineering or a related field to participate in a graduate program focused on the resilience and sustainability of the built environment. Read more about the projects at www.colorado.edu/gaann-infras....

Saw an electric BBQ in operation today. Fundamentally indistinguishable from a fossil gas BBQ in the heating it provides. Draws 2.3 kW which is......meaty.

Starting in 2020, we've been monitoring streamflow in West Stroh Gulch, a watershed south of Denver. This is rangeland that is right now under development to become housing (www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3df...). This drone footage was captured recently by Santiago Ramírez and Junwon Lee

Glad to be on BlueSky and connect with people here! It's been a while since I left Twitter, and I joined Mastodon but didn't ever connect much there.

Friends, I wrote up a quick guide to getting started on Bluesky for folks who are used to old Science Twitter. Please share it with your folks who are joining. And please let me know if I missed anything or got anything wrong. 🧪 www.southernfriedscience.com/bluesky-is-n...

Do you want to learn more about graduate opportunities in Civil Engineering at CU Boulder at the #2023NDiSTEM meeting? Sign up here to talk with me at the SACNAS meeting Thursday or Friday this week at calendly.com/aditibhaskar...