We just published a paper that shows including lateral flow of soil moisture matters for climate once you get down to km-scale modelling of the land surface. More and more of our work is at these scales so we need to start including processes like this. 🧪 hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/...

New paper alert (thread)! "Whitebark pine [WBP] in the United States projected to experience an 80% reduction in climatically suitable area by the mid-21st century" In this paper, we modeled WBP climatic suitability under reference period (1961-1990) and mid-21st century climate 1/6

Anthropogenic warming drives earlier wildfire season onset in California www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow. The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.

New research finds that spring runoff consists of more "old" water than new snowmelt, whereas "new" snowmelt infiltrates to replace previously stored water. Forests likely depend on groundwater that has been stored for multiple years. Funded by Natl Science Foundation www.nature.com/articles/s43...

NEW: US weather forecasting is in worse shape than previously known, with 30 NWS forecast offices missing meteorologists-in-charge and about a dozen offices at risk of no longer serving their communities 24/7. www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/w...

Even when the political winds shift, science must keep moving forward. That’s why @AGU and @ametsoc are stepping up with a first-of-its-kind special collection on climate change in the U.S.—across 29+ peer-reviewed journals. 🌍📚 Read all about it: buff.ly/6G05hQD

What is a forest? Our review discusses different definitions of "forest" and implications for assessing status and trends such as deforestation, degradation, and encroachment. US NFI definition is broader than the UN FAO or Resources Planning Act Assessments. doi.org/10.1016/j.tf... 🍁

Super excited to share our new paper out today in Nature Water led by Christina McCabe. @naturewaterjnl.bsky.social “The ecological benefits of more room for rivers” Find the paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s44... Free to read version: rdcu.be/eeuBx #rivers #floods #biodiversity #resilience

Commentary by editors-in-chief of AGU journals: A diverse, equitable, and inclusive scientific community improves the quality of science. Research without political pressure or interference increases public trust in science. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/... 🧪🧑‍🔬

"If science is to honour one of its core values — a commitment to the truth wherever it might lead — scientists must stand up for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in science." -- Arthur Caplan Don't wait out four hard years: speak truth to power NOW www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪

Trump admin looking at @forestservice.bsky.social budget cuts: - $316 million cut from forest and rangeland research, which is most of its annual budget - $40 million from urban & community forestry, virtually its entire budget via @eenews.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

This is insane. In a time of climate and biodiversity crises, we need Forest Service Research more than ever.

Sharing as a member of AGU's pubs committee: AGU is joining a lawsuit in support of federal workers. They need stories/examples of how loss of federal jobs is affecting society. Please share this request with your colleagues & communities. Deadline is this week.💧🧪🌲 forms.monday.com/forms/f553b2...

1/n Our team just published a new paper in Global Change Biology 🧪🔥 The title succinctly describes the main take home message, but here's the deal: We produced gridded, fine-scale (resolution = 30m) daily fire progression maps for 623 wildfires in the SW US using satellite fire data. read on ...

"As political parties in the US and beyond seek to recodify white supremacist philosophies, STEM leadership must take urgent action to protect and support all members of our diverse scientific community" 👏👏👏 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I have written a short statement responding to mass firings today of #NOAA / National Weather Service (#NWS) staff (which were concentrated among recent hires as well as highly experienced staff who had recently been promoted). Please see below screenshot & below for full text.

The New Mexico Reforestation Center is hiring a director. We are looking for a dynamic leader that can develop and execute a plan to establish NMRC as a leader in science-based reforestation. Please help advertise the position and reach out if you have questions. careers.nmsu.edu/jobs/dir-new...

I’m working hard to find glimmers (micromoments of joy, peace, and happiness) and I wanted to share one of today’s glimmers. Here is a river otter sunning himself on the banks of the American River.

Is there a link between #ClimateChange & increasing risk/severity of #wildfire in California--including the still-unfolding disaster? Yes. Is climate change the only factor at play? No, of course not. So what's really going on? [Thread] #CAfire #CAwx #LAfires iopscience.iop.org/a...

When monitoring whitebark pine and limber pine, how accurate are species identifications of these similar species? This paper answers the question, suggests future data quality improvements, and got an Editor's Choice award from Forest Science. Uses Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) data. 🌲 🍁🧪

Very interesting/useful analysis of climate effects on major tree species across CONUS, considers both survival and growth. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Tree rings reveal mixtures of aspen and spruce exhibit greater drought resilience in a planted field experiment https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112724007734

From mapping forest function and disturbances, exploring forest dynamics to mortality from drought, 2024 has seen several analyses we've been working on for years finally come out. Here's a quick summary of them, @julenastigarraga.bsky.social @n-acil.bsky.social @daijunliu.bsky.social

Curious how forest microclimate and soil microbes drive carbon cycling in a changing climate? 🌡️🌳🍄We're offering a 4-year PhD position at @mycopat.bsky.social, SLU-Uppsala. A cool new project in collaboration with @linegreis.bsky.social Apply now or help spread the word! www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

If anyone wonders what the terms "AI" or "ML" have meant historically in computer science, this image is a great summary. 👇 Missing from this image is more specific terms like "LLM". That's a smaller area inside of the "Deep Learning" bubble. And "GPT" is even smaller inside of "LLM".

**FORESTGEO STAFF SCIENTIST POSITION!** We are hiring a Research Ecologist to focus on Central and South American Forest Dynamics, to be based at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Smithsonian staff scientist positions are excellent, as is the ForestGEO team! Come be our colleague!

We have an open postdoc position in the Quantitative Ecosystem Dynamics lab at UC Berkeley: forms.gle/Nx1EHYiCv3yR... in the areas of ecohydrology, land-atmosphere interactions, and global change ecology. Please spread the word!

Very glad to see so much science activity here! 🧪💧 www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagaz...

Hurricanes cause tremendous damage to forests, whether natural or plantations, but we know very little about what actually happens to trees during high winds (for obvious reasons). In our latest work we have the answer... 🧵👇🧪🌏 1/12

Climate action is like a giant boulder already past its tipping point and rolling downhill toward a greener future. Governments + corporations can slow it—with serious consequences for people and planet alike—but they can't push it back up the hill. Gravity, history, and progress are on our side.

Ever consider that one hydrologic model might not perform well everywhere? This CUAHSI synthesis series investigates how key processes, fluxes, and controls differ regionally. Join us Sept 24 to explore perceptual models for western mountain & coastal regions. 🧪 💧 www.cuahsi.org/cyberseminar...

Join us online as this year's CUAHSI and H3S Cyberseminar series launches on September 12th with "Bridging the Gap: Aligning Academic Training with Professional Expectations" at 1pm ET. Register here: www.cuahsi.org/cyberseminar...

#Hydrology, this year's @agu-h3s.bsky.social Navigating Academic Waters webinar series, a collaboration with CUAHSI, starts this Thursday. It's not too late to register, make plans with friends, and come hang with us for this exciting panel discussion. #EarlyCareer #AGU_H3S

Apply to participate in the CUAHSI and SINTER hosted Snow Measurement Field School in January 2025 with support from NASA. Hands-on experience with snow measurements for graduate students, post-docs, professionals and senior scientists, modelers, and remote sensors. bit.ly/4e0iJW2

Hydrology Paper of the Day @mkjainiitr on a gridded dataset relating soil erosion to rainfall: merging satellite-based and reanalysis datasets; Gaussian regression and rainfall erosivity measured at global stations; and classification and feature importance from Random Forests. rdcu.be/dSiz7

You don't need another reason to never, ever publish in an MDPI journal. But in case you do, consider this one: pretending it's OK to plagiarise a thesis because it isn't "prior publication"

“When dams were breached, the coastline near [Elwha] river’s mouth was completely remodeled. Sediment built stretches of sandy beaches & swirling sand bars that peek above water’s surface. These… allowed water to pool, forming… brackish lagoons. Plants & animals quickly colonized the new ecosystem.”

Here's what everyone needs to know* about climate change: 🌍 It's real 👥 It's human-caused ⚠️ It's serious 💡 With immediate action, it's solvable ⌛ Later is too late * social science shows these msgs increase acceptance of the issue, awareness of the risk and, most importantly, willingness to act.

Hydrology Paper of the Day @Hydro_Woodburn @rcarrollcb on examining linkages between groundwater and streamflow in a mountainous watershed indicative of headwater processes: data fusion for model application indicating water budget in the context of forests and climate change.

The Frontiers for Young Minds journal is dedicated to making science available to a younger audience by having scientists work directly with young readers to craft top quality, age appropriate, accessible STEM content. Spread the word about this great resource!

The next article in the Frontiers for Young Minds IF/THEN Collection is out! This work by Lindsey Rustad and Wendy Leuenberger titled "Ice Storms: Not as Cool as They Seem", explores how ice storms impact forests. 🧪 kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

🧪 🌿PhD opportunity

🧪Science bsky please share!

Do you want to be generous (inclusive) with authorship? Great blog post on authorship criteria (hint: substantive contributions) and how to be inclusive. "Authorship is a responsibility, not just a privilege...[set] up research teams so that more folks deserve authorship."

Hydrology Paper of the Day @ross_cuthbert @zarahpattison.bsky.social on the high cost of invasive species: a global geographical overview; understanding cost in the context of spatial and biological processes; trends, taxa, and regions; and spatial clustering and prediction.

You know what's cool? >20 years of #remotesensing data that allows one to produce #wildfire progression, or day-of-burning, maps. Such maps have enabled some cool studies. The pub below describes a process to produce such maps. I distribute code, with no strings attached, to anyone who asks.🧪

Here's a new edition of the Lost Streams of Washington, DC map. I've added more stream names, historic springs, and the pipes that carry runoff today.

Please check out our new paper in Nature Communications titled "Fire suppression makes wildfires more severe and accentuates impacts of climate change and fuel accumulation" 🧪🌏 Lead author = U Montana PhD student Mark Kreider!