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Isett Prof at PennStateCEE. Water. Quality. Bio.geo.chemistry. Critical Zone. Climate. Change. Extremes. Model. Data. Deep Learning. Mom. Bookworm. She/her/她. https://lireactivewater.wixsite.com/group
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Talk abstracts for Catchment Science Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) before GRC are due on 3/15/25. Submit early for a talk! Exciting venue for science + networking for early careers! Keynote speaker Dr Ryan Emanuel on Environmental Justice. @waterpotential.bsky.social www.grc.org/catchment-sc...

Recording of two amazing talks are now available here: www.cee.psu.edu/events/women...

The Loneliness of Being Ourselves oil on plywood 19 x 29 …the outer edge of the other, which is all we can ever touch — and still it is enough, this sliver of salvation from the loneliness of being ourselves. - THE MARGINALIAN www.lolajovan.com/store/p719/l... #art #painting #landscape

168 colleagues lost yesterday, 6 in Earth Sciences alone. Today we grieved. And strategized. www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...

"I don't know what NSF is going to be now, but it's not more efficient. It's just a mess." My story on today's firings and their impact. www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...

Join us this Thursday on a joint webinar with Penelope Mitchell, organized under the Women Advancing River Research series. I will be talking about complex water resources systems, uncertainty, and using scenario storylines (you know, the usual!) Registration info below ⬇️

"She was the first woman to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, holds the record for the deepest untethered dive and has led countless expeditions across the globe." www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/nation...

1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC 1/31: Crash in Philly 2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle 2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska 2/10: Crash in Scottsdale 2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego 2/16: Crash in Covington, GA 7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”

I'll have a livestream Wed PM (4pm PT on 2/19) to discuss two topics: 1) Recap of recent storm & major debris flow events last week in SoCal, & 2) Update on expanding chaos in federal depts/agencies protecting public from extreme weather, wildfires,& more. www.youtube.com/live...

Do me a favor and compliment someone today. Tell an artist/creator or whoever that the thing they made is cool. This year has started off unimaginably horrible, and it's probably not going to get better anytime soon. Spread a bit of love. Make someone's day. We all need that now more than ever.

Ok, I made a new starter pack: Science Job Accounts! I want to try & collect together account that are likely to post jobs/internships/employment opportunities in science. It is heavily US/Ecology based (and would probably be better as a feed). Please suggest other accounts!! go.bsky.app/QPGnfWu

Happy Valentine's Day! Love is an action and a practice and need not be romantic. Love fiercely, love humbly, love truthfully, love deeply. We all we got.

Hydrology Paper of the Day @ashoswai.bsky.social on how socio-hydrology research can encourage peace in the context of conflicts: water scarcity and human challenges; critical approaches and perspectives; the need for cross-disciplinary research and interactions; and environmental peacebuilding.

Happy Women + Girls in Science Day to all! WARR talk, 2/20 Dr. Antonia Hadjimichael, Penn State Dr. Penelope Mitchell, U. Alabama on Climate, Water, Society, Science, Decision ... Register: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Past talks: www.cee.psu.edu/events/women... @waterbarnes.bsky.social

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This is a really nice, simple distillation of the vital role NOAA and the NWS play and how private companies cannot replace what they do.

met with others from @500womensci.bsky.social leadership - the collective voice i needed to remind me that none of us are alone. read our updated 2024 pledge & join us in illuminating the very real impacts of the administration's actions 💪🧪https://500womenscientists.org/our-pledge-2024

How do artists sustain themselves year after year? Two recent books ask a wide variety of people—dancers, writers, filmmakers, architects—why they keep creating.

I don’t only care about climate change because I’m a scientist. I care about climate change because I’m a mom. Climate change is already impacting the people, places, and things that we love most. And who doesn’t want to protect what we love? Read more:

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

Check out this great general review in Nature on “Fungal impacts on Earth’s Ecosystems - by the CIFAR consortium. @mrccmm.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @funguscrous.bsky.social @msgerc.bsky.social @microbita.bsky.social @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social

Check out this thread with Fact Sheets and interactive tools to learn about NSF’s impact across the US, in your state, and at universities in your community!

“People are always asking me, ‘Who will you pass the torch to?’ ” Gloria Steinem said. “The question makes me angry. There is no one torch—there are many torches—and I’m using my torch to light other torches.” Revisit a Profile of the feminist trailblazer, from 2015.

Beef has a big climate problem. There's just no denying that. However, the industry and its friends are using a wide variety of greenwashing techniques to confuse us. This is a tried and true formula, but we can see past it. drawdown.org/insights/gre...

Hydrology Paper of the Day @lireactivewater.bsky.social on how river water quality is affected by climate change at temporal and spatial scales that involve landscape processes: gradual, episodic and extreme-magnitude events; land-river connectivity; and adequate forecasting for climate adaptation.

I will give a talk on river water quality, data and models (deep learning + process-based reactive transport models) on @ESSICUMD on Monday, 2/3. Feel free to join if you are interested.

Science describes accurately from outside, poetry describes accurately from inside. Science explicates, poetry implicates. Both celebrate what they describe. - Ursula K Le Guin

Happy Year of the Snake! #YearoftheSnake #ChineseNewYear #LunarNewYear

Upcoming seminar “The Invisible River Water Quality: Challenges and Opportunities at the Confluence of ‘Big’ Data and ‘Deep’ Models” by @lireactivewater.bsky.social — see essic.umd.edu/events/the-i...

David Lynch was a magician who believed his own magic, and he made others believe it, too, Joshua Rothman writes. Read his reflections on Lynch’s creative process and inner world.

Climate science never said "we only have 12 years until we fall off a cliff" - but sadly, many thought it did; and even more sadly, that misleading message fed right into the script for Trump's WEF remarks today. Here's what the science has always said:

“The legacy of Chinese exclusion lies in the absence—the lost generations or broken bloodlines—of families that might otherwise have been.” Jane Hu writes about the lasting consequences of the Chinese exclusion laws.

Recording of the talks are now available www.cee.psu.edu/events/women... #wildfire #hotwater #machinelearning #reactivetransport #Matryoshka @waterbarnes.bsky.social

Welcome, climate TikTok refugees. Here is a starter pack for if you want to connect to a thriving climate science and policy community. go.bsky.app/BKRogFu

Plastic actively affects a #river system, it is not passive! 📿 I wrote a feature article on our research for #Geoscientist in 2023 on “The peculiar processes of #plastic riddled #riverbeds”. We are still learning the extent of plastics #environmental impact. 🌍 geoscientist.online/sections/fea...

Who else has a great deal of anxiety over what’s about to happen? Four years is a long time.

I'm pleased to share our recent collaborative publication in the Canadian Journal of Forest Research investigating the impacts and drivers of the 2023 wildfires in British Columbia and identifying six transformative strategies to coexist with wildfire. cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10....

"In the next few years the still-standing older trees might re-seed the ground beneath them.” theconversation.com/how-the-lite...

Choices on Bluesky go beyond reactionary politics and anger farming. With the SciArt Starter Pack, get thought-provoking images from over 100 selected artists engaged in science. Plus, add the popular SciArt Feed 🐡 to your skyline. ✨And no AI images.✨ #medsky #academicsky 🧪 🎨 #illustration

Happening tomorrow 1/16, 11 am US ET. Don't miss it! @waterbarnes.bsky.social

Wildfires can contaminate drinking water systems theconversation.com/wildfires-ca...

People often ask what accessibility considerations to keep in mind when creating data visualizations. For guidance and advice, check out Sarah L. Fossheim's list of 10 things to do (or not do) when designing accessible data visualizations. fossheim.io/writing/post...