iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Ha! Yeah, it's the cover of the issue; not associated with the specific article.

Important paper about the role of modeling in water resources management plans. Long, complex modeling chains and troves of figures/data have the appearance of transparency but can lead to frustration and poor understanding among the public and decision-makers. doi.org/10.1111/1752...

doi.org

Evidence Overload in England's Water Resources Management Plans: Model Abundance and the Transparency Failure

In England's water sector, statutory Water Resources Management Plans (WRMPs) have become increasingly model-led and document heavy. While this expansion is intended to strengthen evidence-based deci...

130

Reposted by Eric Booth

Bathsheba Demuth @brdemuth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Coming in February! An edited collection on rivers past and present and how they move. The code E27RIVER gets you 30% off a preorder from Duke. #envhist #rivers #envhum

Cover of the book Rivers on the Move, edited by Bathsheba Demuth, by Mark Healey, anyone Giacomo Pareinello & Laurence Smith. Cover shows white swirls of a river channel on a blue background

614154

Reposted by Eric Booth

Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The source of the flood in Nepal is a collapsed glacier 🧪⚒️

601507747

Eric Booth @egbooth.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Rush to integrate artificial intelligence indiscriminately across the curriculum ignores the true purpose of higher education, say Jelena Belic and Kritika Maheshwari www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/resh...

timeshighereducation.com

Reshaping universities to suit the untested AI economy is wrong

Rush to integrate artificial intelligence indiscriminately across the curriculum ignores the true purpose of higher education, say Jelena Belic and Kritika Maheshwari

041

Eric Booth @egbooth.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I owe a lot to this duo's collaboration and friendship!

000

Eric Booth @egbooth.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Fantastic tribute to a great human being!

120

Reposted by Eric Booth

Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

As water restrictions hit farmers in the Central Valley, solar is making sense "We had to find a use for this ground," one farmer said. "We see the writing on the wall." @blancabegert.bsky.social @myungchun.bsky.social @latimes.com www.latimes.com/environment/...

latimes.com

As water restrictions hit farmers, solar is making sense

Solar is exploding in the Central Valley as drought-stressed farmers look to alternatives.

13618

Reposted by Eric Booth

USA (CONUS) smoke forecast bot (unofficial) @conus-smoke-forecast.envismo.social · 17/07/2026

Near surface smoke forecast for the CONUS area. Model run: 20260717T10:00 UTC Data from NOAA's HRRR CONUS (rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/hrrr) Note that this product comes with absolutely no guarantee of availability, accuracy or completeness. #Wildfires #Smoke #AirQuality

043

Reposted by Eric Booth

KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Hydrology Paper of the Day @egbooth.bsky.social on a multi-resolution dataset for assessing biophysical processes in aquatic ecosystems within the CONUS: data fusion; a synthesis framework; estimates of N and P; irrigation and agriculture; differences; spatial scales; and quantifying uncertainties.

085

Eric Booth @egbooth.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Vernon County (WI) Flood Mitigation Alliance debates costs and strategy as dam removal looms vernonreporter.com/vernon-count...

vernonreporter.com

Vernon County Flood Mitigation Alliance debates costs and strategy as dam removal looms – VernonReporter

030

Reposted by Eric Booth

Wisconet @wisconet.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Hate that we had to do it, but we added a greater than 80 tier to our dewpoint maps.

Current dewpoints in northeast Wisconsin.

62310

Reposted by Eric Booth

Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

At the end of the term I asked my college creative wriing students to submit anonymous thoughts on AI. No real surprises: Mood ranges from resignation to despair, capitulation from embittered erosion of standards to total, feelings of betrayal from deep to furious. 1/

7455231988

Eric Booth @egbooth.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Interesting and honest discussion of the forces pushing against ag diversification. Policy reigns supreme, but can be changed with care to reflect shifting priorities. "The 180-Million-Acre Lock: Why U.S. Agriculture Remains Anchored to Corn and Soybeans"

agweb.com

011

Eric Booth @egbooth.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I hope it can be useful to other environmental modelers as well as those curious to see the massive changes in U.S. agriculture from 1938-2020 from a new and integrated biophysical perspective.

000

Eric Booth @egbooth.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Data is currently available at 48 and 150 arc-seconds but can be modified using the method.

100

Eric Booth @egbooth.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The method also ensures that spatial resolution changes do not result in changes in the total area of each land cover class (i.e., not a simple majority resampling) by allocating the same land area proportions at the county scale.

100

Eric Booth @egbooth.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

It provides high-thematic resolution land use/cover (including major crop types), nitrogen & phosphorus inputs (fertilizer & manure), and irrigation extent. The method fuses and harmonizes several existing datasets including Census of Ag, FORE-SCE, NLCD, CDL, MIrAD, & USGS nutrient inventories.

100

Reposted by Eric Booth

Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

"Science is not simply a sequence of tasks that can be optimized....The scientific system thrives on inefficiency: redundant efforts, failed attempts, and divergent paths. These are not costs to be eliminated but sources of discovery." Excellent essay! ⬇️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

science.org

Progression without progress

Progress in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to advance scientific discovery has made it increasingly realistic to envision automated “end-to-end science” (ETES) systems: integrated pipelines t...

1421150

Eric Booth @egbooth.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Flood control dams in Coon Creek and West Fork Kickapoo one step closer to removal with approval of design funding vernonreporter.com/flood-contro...

vernonreporter.com

Flood control dams in Coon Creek and West Fork Kickapoo one step closer to removal with approval of design funding – VernonReporter

020

Reposted by Eric Booth

Michael Wara @michaelwara.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Palmer drought index. Worst ever. Worse than the dust bowl. Fire season is coming.

916994

Eric Booth @egbooth.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Highly recommend this piece. I can't help but think that the eventual result of universities and AI tech companies desperately seeking legitimacy from each other will be both of them losing legitimacy from the broader public.

131

Reposted by Eric Booth

Dakota Smith @weatherdak.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Severe and tornadic storms erupt across Iowa and Wisconsin.

1549

Reposted by Eric Booth

Jeff Manuel @jeffmanuel.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

An update on the saga of 45Z, the Clean Fuels Production credit that *might* pay farmers for regenerative practices. This one's had a lot of twists and turns since it was created by the Inflation Reduction Act.

132

Reposted by Eric Booth

Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Incredibly, even *more* locations across U.S. are today experiencing their warmest March temperatures on record--many by a wide margin, with some even breaking April records. This includes most or all of: AZ, UT, CO, NM, WY, NE, KS, MO, IA, plus portions of many other states. 🫠

Map of U.S., from coolwx.com, showing locations currently experiencing record-breaking temperatures. There are countless such locations in the Western U.S., with hundreds of red dots (locations breaking daily record highs) and countless pink dots (locations breaking March monthly record highs). The region of record heat extends from the Pacific Coast to east the Mississippi River, and from Canada to Mexico. The region of red and pink dots is vastly larger even than yesterday's (or the day before, or the day before, or the day before, same as it ever was, same...as it ever was...).

14399193

Reposted by Eric Booth

Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Solidarity with Emily Tucker and her open letter to students. Tucker writes, "But the great thing is, you don’t have to go along with this, and I urge you not to. You can refuse to use the chatbot. You can tell your professors that you don’t want them to use it or to require you to use it."

medium.com

An Open Letter to Georgetown Students, In Response to Recent Announcements about "Generative AI"

Image source: Bibliothèque nationale de France An Open Letter to Georgetown Students, In Response to Recent Announcements by the University about “Generative AI” Dear students, As you know, in …

10624228

Eric Booth @egbooth.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Attention researchers who use USDA datasets

000

Reposted by Eric Booth

Wisconet @wisconet.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

All of Wisconsin, except far northwestern Wisconsin, is now under a BLIZZARD WARNING through tomorrow. Travel should be avoided across all parts of the state until the storm winds down. Stay safe tonight and tomorrow.

Blizzard warning for all but far northwestern Wisconsin.

1228

Reposted by Eric Booth

Anne Jefferson @annejefferson.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Tonight, I was looking at water.noaa.gov to see where the US is flooding. My 11-year old pointed to the ongoing major flooding in North Dakota, and I said "Oh, that's Devils Lake. It's always flooding there." They asked "Why?" and a rabbit hole yawned before me.

water.noaa.gov

National Water Prediction Service - NOAA

39121

Eric Booth @egbooth.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Important commentary here regarding water use of data centers. Data Centers Water Footprint: The Need for More Transparency - Privette - 2026 - AGU Advances - Wiley Online Library agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Data Centers Water Footprint: The Need for More Transparency

Data centers can use a lot of water, especially for cooling and power generation, which can put serious stress on local water supplies There's limited transparency around how much water data cent...

186

Reposted by Eric Booth

Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Federal officials now project that Lake Powell will "most probably" drop below power pool level — meaning Glen Canyon Dam will no longer be able to generate hydropower — before the end of this year: www.landdesk.org/p/the-colora... via @landdesk.bsky.social

landdesk.org

The Colorado River Crisis is Here

States fail to reach a deal; Lake Powell Deadpool appears imminent

16312185

Reposted by Eric Booth

molly taft @mollytaft.com · 18/02/2026

when big tech companies say that AI will save the planet, what kinds of AI are they actually talking about — and what's their proof? i took a look at some great new research from @ketanjoshi.co and talked to other experts about how a lot of this talk is probably bullshit:

wired.com

Big Tech Says Generative AI Will Save the Planet. It Doesn't Offer Much Proof

A new report finds that of 154 specific claims about how AI will benefit the climate, just a quarter cited academic research. A third included no evidence at all.

14269106

Eric Booth @egbooth.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

The Power of Perennial Agriculture Agroecologist and professor Liz Carlisle discusses her latest book, a collection of guest essays that makes the case for more diverse crops on our farms and on our plates. civileats.com/2026/02/18/t...

civileats.com

The Power of Perennial Agriculture

Agroecologist and professor Liz Carlisle discusses her latest book, a collection of guest essays that makes the case for more diverse crops.

020

Reposted by Eric Booth

Eric Booth @egbooth.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I'm really grateful to have been part of this paper led by former MS student Sydney Widell that tells the story of & interrogates what is arguably the largest watershed-wide dam decommissioning effort led by the federal gov following major flooding and breaches in 2018. w/ @creekthinker.bsky.social

doi.org

Fixing Streams: A Biophysical Perspective on the Spatial Fix and Dam Decommissioning in the Driftless Area

The theory of the spatial fix has been increasingly invoked in socioecological contexts to investigate capitalism’s attempts to overcome its interlocking social and ecological crises through spatia...

1114

Eric Booth @egbooth.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

doi.org

Fixing Streams: A Biophysical Perspective on the Spatial Fix and Dam Decommissioning in the Driftless Area

1114