They are really planning to go through with these cuts at Nebraska, despite recommendations not to. Unbelievable. If you want to hire highly qualified, very successful earth and atmospheric sciences faculty in teaching and research, quite a few are probably looking for jobs for next year.

UNL-AAUP is fighting back against administrator raises while programs get cut. “Decisions are being made behind closed doors & without faculty input. We weren’t invited to the table. There’s no transparency in this process. We’ve been shut out at every turn…” — Sarah Zuckerman, UNL-AAUP president

Lots of folks out to support UNL Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. The department is slated to be cut - a decision that would mean Nebraska would loose its only meteorology degree program (let alone the faculty and students). 🤦‍♀️ eas.unl.edu

Research by my former PhD student, Daniel Gschwentner, on how grassland wildfires impact lakes is now live in Ecosystems: doi.org/10.1007/s100... Wildfires are contributing to P loading in lakes, but lakes are N-limited so that P is likely not being processed by algae. DM if you need access.

What if we all just added as many of these words as possible to our proposals to see what happens? Better yet, squeeze them into empty spaces, but change the text color to white…

Sampling the Niobrara River is one of my favorite parts of being a limnologist in Nebraska! Cool, clean waters, fascinating biodiversity, and beautiful scenery.

Congratulations to my first PhD graduate, Dr. Gschwentner!

🧪 Though a doubling of NSF's budget might seem far-fetched, that's exactly what Congress said what's needed to maintain national competitiveness in science & tech. From the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act of 2022:

Congrats to @unlincoln.bsky.social’s Sherri Fritz on her election to the National Academy of Science!!

I spoke with a university administrator last week who said “NSF is fine. Don’t worry.” No, NSF is not ok. Are other universities responding better? What is your dept or uni doing to support its faculty, staff, and students?

A stunning sunset reflecting on @lakesuperior.bsky.social, viewed from the North Shore. #LimnologyVacations

Need an inspiring story of #NSF leadership? Look towards the former BIO AD. From starting the Graduate Research Traineeship & the Research Coordinated Network, to the National Plant Genome Initiative, Dr. Mary Clutter was a leader among leaders.

It is simply not enough for universities to say, “Our grants & research offices are looking into how research will be affected by the latest directive.” University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.

When writing broader impacts in an NSF proposal feels like an act of rebellion…

My first post on bsky to announce my first solo author paper is out in @aslo.org L&O Letters. doi.org/10.1002/lol2... Thanks to lots of amazing conversations with collaborators and a call out on that other social media to gather info on lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, etc with calcium carbonate.