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Ken Burns (Hampshire class of ‘75)

Invisible groundwater threats to coastal urban infrastructure Nature Cities - Groundwater-associated hazards in coastal cities can be as acute as surface flood hazards, but are often overlooked, more persistent and harder to identify. Here we discuss how...

New Nature Cities comment on how increasing groundwater salinity and levels pose threats to coastal urban infrastructure. Such processes should be included in the IPPC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities. Thanks to all coauthors rdcu.be/ezw0x

Come on @umassamherst.bsky.social let’s step up and show our leadership

This is a horrible decision that will impact us all in the US. One example is the tremendous research in the hydrological sciences that will be lost.

The EPA and Big Oil Are celebrating. The Pacific is not. A super El Niño may be building — possibly the strongest in 140 years. On top of the hottest decade ever recorded. Here's what that means.

#ClimateChange #ElNino #Weather #Meteorologist #Science

Thank you for highlighting this work!

Hydrology Paper of the Day @davidboutt.bsky.social on the interplay between hydrology and lithium ore extraction in the context of groundwater and mining use: the Lithium Triangle region of the Andes; groundflow modelling and hydrogeology; flow dynamics; evaporative losses; and mining footprints.

From early Nirvana to Phish, a Chicago fan’s secret recordings of 10,000 shows are now online. blockclubchi.co/4t6zW7R

New Pub: Identifying hurricane and sea-level rise signatures in coastal oak forests of the Northeastern United States using a multi-parameter approach

Led by Dr. Nicole Davi:

doi.org/10.1016/j.gl...

It was awesome talking with Ian about our recent work modeling groundwater and estimating freshwater over the US.

Drought a huge concern this summer. Palmer drought severity index (PDSI) by state for March 2026 had 6 states with their worst drought on record, with 22 others experiencing a top-10 worst drought. Only Michigan had an above-average lack of drought. From: www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monit...

April 13th 16:00 CEST “Lithium resources in rift basins” 16:00 Francesco Putzolu (Napoli Univ., Italy): Lithium clay mineralization in continental basins 16:20 Assnake Bekele (Addis Ababa Science & Technology Univ., Ethiopia): Lithium occurrence and resource potential in the Main Ethiopian Rift and the Danakil depression 16:40 Hermann Lebit (Alma Energy, Texas, US):The Rio Grande Rift – Emerging Basin for Geothermal Energy, Lithium and other Critical Minerals

⚒️ Why do rifts matter for lithium, the “white gold” of the energy transition? ⚒️

Find out in our #RiftAndRiftedMarginsSeminar

April 13th 2026, 4 pm CEST

with Francesco Putzolu
Assnake Bekele
Hermann Lebit

Register
uni-potsdam.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...

Past talks
www.youtube.com/@riftandrift...

2-5 weeks!

We will
Miss seeing u Nick!

I always love showing these movies in my hydro classes. The students really love finding cool patterns like the monsoons tropical cyclones atmospheric rivers.

U.S. Forest Service unveils extensive closures of research facilities Cost-cutting move is expected to cause resignations and turmoil

What will happen to the 82 USFS experimental forests around the country? Many sites have decades-long experiments that are tracking how forests are changed by timber harvesting practices and climate change. As I say here, “you can't just pick up an experimental forest site and move it to SLC.”

Air Canada plane from Montreal crashed. Photo from Chris Pal.

My husband was on this flight this evening. His plane crashed. He’s ok. He helped others get off the plane. #AirCanada

He was in the row behind the emergency exit. A passenger was able to get it open. He climbed on the wing and slid off, helping other reluctant passengers to slide off, promising to catch them. This happened before the plane tilted.

"Typically, we don't consider summer weather to be normal in winter.”!!!!!

How the historic U.S. heat wave is rattling climate scientists Temperatures are being shattered by large margins over a vast area beyond California. “It’s uncharted territory,” said Baker Perry, Nevada’s state climatologist.

Five climate scientists, five quotes about this Mach heat wave:

“It’s uncharted territory.”

“There’s no analog.”

"Typically, we don't consider summer weather to be normal in winter.”

“Once (records) happen, they can happen again.”

“There's a very clear-eyed picture of what we face this summer.”

Checking in on #groundwater #Mass #drought recovery after snow melt and big rains this week. Interior has moved into normal range and fully recovered. Cape Cod has a ways to go, but the needle is heading in the right direction. @efisherwx.bsky.social @climatechris.bsky.social

And the wind???

Map of projected temperature anomalies next Thursday across the western U.S. from the ECMWF ensemble. The entire map is bright red and pink, indicative of extreme to record-breaking March warmth. Some location will be 25-30F degrees above average, with a few locations warming over 35F (!) above average.

All signs continue to point to an exceptional, long-duration, and record-breaking to (in some cases) record-shattering March heatwave initially centered across U.S. Southwest but expanding to much broader region next week. This is effectively a full-on summer heatwave in March.

Tracking Baseflow Supply Dynamics Using SWOT Data From Small Groundwater‐Dominated Lakes Satellite-based measurements of groundwater flow-through kettle lakes efficiently track dynamic groundwater storage at local to regional scales (modified from USGS Scientific Investigations Report 20...

Excited to share some new work using SWOT satellite data to understand the dynamics of small groundwater-dominated lakes. Demonstrates baseflow supply dynamics at regional scale, providing new GW-focused remote sensing data for resource management
Read here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

OMG this!

A small point of clarification is that all the precipitation does not become runoff. A significant fraction of the precipitation is stored in the soil and shallow aquifers and is delayed in delivery to streams. I just want to make sure its clear that this is how hydrology works

Aberdeen scientist recognised with major international hydrology award A University of Aberdeen hydrologist has been named the recipient of a prestigious international award, recognising a lifetime of outstanding contributions to his field by the world's leading learned ...

Chris Soulsby recognized with AGU Langbein lecture
Maby congrats Chris!
He will present his lecture next week at @agu.org 2025 #AGU25
www.abdn.ac.uk/news/24924/

The extended lab group will be at @agu.org in New Orleans next week. Catch our team and collaborators in Oral and Poster Presentations across the week on topics from lithium and water from New England to Alaska and places in between. @umasshydro.bsky.social @umasscns.bsky.social

looking forward to this!