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The WARR website has been updated with 2026 schedule.
www.cee.psu.edu/events/women...
The page includes registration link, 2026 schedule in pdf, and all archived talks from 2021 - 2025.
@margaretzimmer.bsky.social @waterbarnes.bsky.social @agucatchhydro.bsky.social @lmcp.bsky.social
The taste of early summer ☀️ 🍓
"The grid operators in MI and PA said they hadn’t asked for the orders and hadn’t planned on using the plants this summer.
The costs to keep the plants open, which could total TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, ARE EXPECTED TO FALL ON CONSUMERS."
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/c...
They're terminating OPT.
Today the nominee to head USCIS stated directly: he will end Optional Practical Training, the single largest channel for high-skill immigrants to work in the US.
6 weeks ago I warned about this & summarized the research on impacts of this drastic action—> @piie.com
Just a plug that the UMD Integration and Application Network (IAN) has some absolutely stellar scientific graphics- mostly Chesapeake Bay watershed & enviro sci related, but also lots of other work beyond as well ian.umces.edu/media-librar...
On a day when all research grants at Harvard were terminated, and in a context where Congress seems to broadly accept the notion that destroying science and health research in the US is fine, it’s worth noting that this is not what the public wants.
Nature reports that the National Science Foundation has stopped awarding new grants and allotting funds to existing ones. All of them. @colincarlson.bsky.social says that unless the freeze is lifted, it “is going to destroy people's labs.” 2/10
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Nice, that was my guess with the old barn. Cool!
Where do you set these up?
🚨 Another major round of #NSF terminations today 😞. Please report and encourage your colleagues to as well! We need this info to shed light on the damage caused, and to organize and advocate for science that includes and benefits all. airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni... 🧪
Buy books. But not from Amazon. Buy them from Bookshop.org, the independent site. This move by Amazon is shameful.
Here is a link to my book on Bookshop.org.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Exclusive: The director of the National Science Foundation announced his resignation today, 16 months before his 6-year term ends, in a letter to staff obtained by Science. scim.ag/42vc3fn
Yes we have used several MX water level loggers in catch basins/ storm sewer pipes a few years ago where we wanted to download data w/o removing each time. The Bluetooth feature was great!
You know I’ve liked paying less for water and am still enjoying my showers. If the ‘water barely comes out’ you might have a plumbing problem www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
graph of grey and green infrastructure showing increase of green infra in 2017 and then decrease, while increase in grey infra since 2018
Intriguing trends in grey vs green stormwater infra strategies in the new ASCE infra report card. "Although green infrastructure is critical in addressing localized drainage and water quality, these systems cannot provide sufficient capacity to manage large-scale stormwater events."
Penn State is hosting the regional American Soc of Civil Engineers Student Symposium. Day 1 is in the books! So much energy and creativity in these student competitions ❤️
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My son thought this was very cool :)
Awesome, good luck to them! Also, a bit funny that PA championships seem to be at WVU :)
Happy vernal equinox! Every year I am amazed again at nature's rebirth, the ability of plants to push through the depths of soil to grow again 🌱
There is a need to develop common performance standards for large-scale NBS and for guidance on which measures are key to consider for flood mitigation and co-benefits. Success of NBS for fluvial flood mitigation depends on research and practice guided by transdisciplinary systems thinking.
While we find that NBS can mitigate fluvial floods, our study also highlights that inconsistencies in methods, a dearth of empirical studies, and variability in reported values limit generalization and comparison across NBS. Co-benefits are numerous, but few are quantified.
New review paper out on fluvial flood reduction 🌊 from nature-based solutions (NBS) 🏞 🌳led by Marina Howarth w/ Alfonso Mejía & @drericasmithwick.bsky.social
#flooding #ecosystemservices #naturebasedsolutions
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No, the mission of the EPA should not be "to make it cheaper to buy cars, heat homes and run businesses." ...unless we're actually achieving the triple bottom line (planet, people, & profit) www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/c...
The USGS plays a critical role in monitoring rivers nationally. As scientists we rely on the data to understand, for example, how streams that had historic flooding during Hurricane Helene are recovering (& the people who rely on them). Ask your reps to keep them open! ww2.aip.org/fyi/usgs-fac...
“This communicative aspect, now embodied in the science communication movement, must become a formal technical frontier of the scientific enterprise, and not patronizingly summarized as ‘outreach’ or ‘activism.’”
Standing up for science is a family affair today
We are #StandUpForScience2025
