Reposted by Jed O. KaplanHelga Vanthournout @wealthofflows.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Good morning Calgary! #YYC 051
Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026There has been a lot of news lately about smoke from wildfires in Ontario and other parts of the Canadian boreal forest causing poor air quality in parts of the U.S. But smoke knows no borders, and here in southeastern British Columbia we are suffering from smoke originating in Washington state. 012
Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026One of the best parts of my job, maybe the BEST part, is taking students outside to learn geology and environmental science. We are fortunate to have both amazing field sites around Calgary and the greatest curious and engaged students. 060
Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026I’m looking for a postdoc to work on modeling wildfires in boreal peatlands. Check out the job description and other openings in my group here: jedokaplan.github.io/opportunitie...jedokaplan.github.ioPostdoctoral fellowship: boreal forest peatlands and wildfirePostdoctoral fellowship in modeling peatland wildfires in the boreal forest of eastern Canada. Apply by 31 May 2026. 032
Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026I’m looking for a postdoc to work on the deep history of land use in China. Applications from archaeologists, historians, and economists are particularly welcome. Check out the job description and other openings in my group here: jedokaplan.github.io/opportunitie...jedokaplan.github.ioPostdoctoral fellowship in the quantitative history of China over the HoloceneUnderstanding Human-environment interactions in East Asia over the past 11,700 years through environmental, archaeological, and economic history. Apply by 31 May 2026. 020
Reposted by Jed O. KaplanChristina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you? @drclrichards.bsky.social · 12/03/2026So honored to be a part of this outstanding group of scientists! Thanks so much to @plosclimate.org for publishing our ideas! Congrats to all authors, it’s been an incredible journey. Hope it continues! 163
Reposted by Jed O. KaplanHelga Vanthournout @wealthofflows.bsky.social · 26/02/2026"The illegal shipments intercepted included materials such as e-waste, used batteries, waste oil, hazardous scrap metal, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), plastic waste, contaminated scrap paper, and other environmentally hazardous materials." Textiles, too! #BaselConvention #YouWasteItYouOwnItcanada.caCanada prevents illegal export of over one million kilograms of waste - Canada.caDuring the fall of 2025, Canada intercepted more than one million kilograms of hazardous waste before it was exported, as part of Operation Demeter XI. Operation Demeter is an annual global enforcemen... 011
Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 06/01/2026This is so important, and don’t forget that major land use change and deforestation occurred across Europe, Asia, and Africa long before even 1750. 1124
Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Job seekers: Excellent thread from my colleague @watershedlab.bsky.social. If you’re considering applying for any of my open positions, jedokaplan.github.io/opportunities/ consider reading this first!jedokaplan.github.ioWork with me! 010
Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Looking for: postdoc on quantitative history of China; postdoc on measuring wildfire fuels with LiDAR; PhDs on modeling fire in the boreal forest and the Pacific Northwest; MSc’s on earth system science; interns in many topics. Check it out! 0109
Reposted by Jed O. KaplanJed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 18/12/2025I've updated the opportunities part of my website with fresh openings for researchers interested in climate and vegetation science, archaeology, history, and geography at all levels from undergraduate intern to postdoc. Take a look! jedokaplan.github.io/opportunities/jedokaplan.github.ioWork with me! 1910
Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 18/12/2025I've updated the opportunities part of my website with fresh openings for researchers interested in climate and vegetation science, archaeology, history, and geography at all levels from undergraduate intern to postdoc. Take a look! jedokaplan.github.io/opportunities/jedokaplan.github.ioWork with me! 1910
Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Could prehistoric farmers and pastoralists have caused skies to be dustier than normal? What feedbacks could that dust have had to societies downwind? This paper was a long time coming, and I am really glad to see it published! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #envhist #envhumsciencedirect.comIncreasing late Holocene dust deposition in West Africa is amplified by land use changeChanges in dust deposition in West Africa over the mid- to late Holocene have traditionally been attributed to orbital forcing affecting the West Afri… 032
Reposted by Jed O. KaplanBlake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 21/11/2025🚨 Postdoctoral opportunities! 🚨 Hello #econsky! We are hiring 2 postdocs in the department of economics at UCalgary for those working in *electricity economics* Term: 2 years Pay: $80,000/yr + benefits + $10k research allowance Start: July 2026 Details in next two posts 👇 44340
Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Happy to chat about these opportunities and/or life in Calgary if you’re interested! 040
Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Great thread and sub-threads to chase down on a Sunday afternoon. Interesting debate. Having just gotten out of my personal comfort zone to give a seminar on the history and current status of the SSP-RCPs and antecedent scenarios, I was glad to see it remains a very current topic for discussion! 010
Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Summer fermentation experiment homemade pickles. Taste is great but some are mushy. Any ideas to avoid mushy pickles? 050
Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 17/08/2025It's not often that a senior professorship in paleolimnology comes long, but here is one great opportunity. Deadline September 10. If you consider applying and wonder what the process is like, feel free to reach out to me! www.queensu.ca/vpr/crc/oppo...queensu.caCRC Opportunities | Queen's UniversityQueen’s University invites applications for multiple Tier 1 and Tier 2 Canada Research Chairs (CRCs). 01013
Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Really enjoyed this thread and got me thinking about how we could evaluate our fire model output in such a data-rich area. Wonder: what was more important for 20th century suppression, grazing or FS crews? 130
Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Outstanding explainer by @wxmanms1.bsky.social. As someone who teaches intro meteorology and spends a lot of time discussing the challenges of predicting extreme weather, I was especially moved by the highlighted section. open.substack.com/pub/balanced... 032
Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Good thread. Having thought about these issues a lot myself and recognizing that landscape scale wildfires are rarely all of one severity or another, I enjoyed this back and forth. 120
Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Those were the days. I’ll never forget my two weeks in solitary confinement at the Penny’s Bay COVID detention camp. 000
Reposted by Jed O. KaplanDr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Alberta Premier demands @mark-carney.bsky.social build a pipeline to Prince Rupert. Besides the childish demanding, there are important marine geohazards reasons why that could be a spectacularly foolish idea ⚒️🇨🇦 calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...calgaryherald.comBell: Smith to Carney — Wanted Now, a pipeline to Prince Rupert, B.C.Premier Danielle Smith wants Prime Minister Mark Carney to fast-track a pipeline project to Prince Rupert, along with nixing tanker ban. 2513759
Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 15/04/2025I've released the 2025 update of the WGLC global lightning dataset today. Daily and monthly data lightning density and stroke energy covering the period 2010-2024 are now available! doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 13310
Reposted by Jed O. KaplanHelga Vanthournout @wealthofflows.bsky.social · 08/04/2025#Amsterdam's canals don't meet most Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point criteria, and not all scientists agree with declaring the #Anthropocene anyway, but these feathered inhabitants' embrace of 'new' materials is terrifying. There's nothing encouraging about the common coot's adaptation.cbc.caThis bird's nest is made of candy wrappers and face masks. Here's what we can learn | CBC RadioDutch doctoral student Auke-Florian Hiemstra excavated a bird nest, and made a startling discovery. From McDonald's lids to face masks, the nest was built with layers of human trash — the oldest piece... 001
Reposted by Jed O. KaplanNicole Boivin @nicoleboivin.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Looking to start a PhD? Want to work with us on the Gippsland coast of Australia to study how people interacted with marine molluscs over thousands of years? If so, get in touch! Deadline for applications is 27 March, 2025. #Archaeology #biodiversity #PhD www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships... 13115
Reposted by Jed O. KaplanProf Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Interesting different views on whether scientists are also responsible for communication of their work and its importance. 182
Reposted by Jed O. KaplanAdam Csank @acsank.bsky.social · 25/02/2025And this sort of story is exactly why any ideas anyone has about a brain drain from the US as science is cut is likely not happening. 021
Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Headed home from Tucson after an intense week of biome modeling with @elkezeller.bsky.social, dreaming about vegetation of earth millions of years ago. Thanks to @leafwax.bsky.social for making this happen! And great to see you and the new lab @thirstygecko.bsky.social! 0150
Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Ok ok I’ll admit that I was on local television early this morning to talk about the California wildfires and climate change. 050
Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 09/01/2025“If every urban fire that is put out is a problem solved, many wildland fires put out are problems put off.” Wise words from @sjpyne.bsky.social www.stephenpyne.com/blog/posts/4...stephenpyne.comStephen J. Pyne - Commentaries, otherwise unpublishedicon caret-lefticon caret-rightinstagrampinterestlinkedinfacebooktwittergoodreadsquestion-circlefacebook circletwitter circlelinkedin circleinstagr...This website is maintained by Stephen J. Pyne. 120
Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Are you interested in understanding the links between climate change, vegetation, and wildfires? Would you enjoy working with computers? I am hiring paid interns and graduate students: jedokaplan.github.io/opportunities/ Look forward to hearing from you!jedokaplan.github.ioWork with me! 12216
Reposted by Jed O. KaplanAmy Cardinal Christianson @amycardinal.bsky.social · 15/12/2024This is the only international wildland fire social conference - combined again with the Fire Safety Summit! Come join us in Calgary Fall 2025 0175
Reposted by Jed O. KaplanHelga Vanthournout @wealthofflows.bsky.social · 10/12/202440% of the world's waste still ends up in open dumps. We know such dumps deliver a sizable contribution, up to 10%, of manmade GHGs. But as @profkatespencer.bsky.social explains below for the UK, with climate change we can expect further poisoned gifts. theconversation.com/as-floodwate...theconversation.comAs floodwaters rise, toxic contaminants released from old landfills pose more of a hazard to nature and to usAs floods get more severe and more frequent as a result of climate change, the risk of toxic pollutants being released from old landfills rises. 021
Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Tidying up the other day. Procrastinating, I arranged my transit passes - some quite classic by now - in geographical order. 030
Reposted by Jed O. KaplanDr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Want to come to @ucalgary.bsky.social and have awesome colleagues like @shastingssimon.bsky.social @jmtheodor.bsky.social @molszyns.bsky.social @jedokaplan.bsky.social and myself? Consider applying for this! careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1497629... 🧪 #academicskycareers.ucalgary.caAssistant Professor in Data-Driven Modelling for Ecology and Water Conservation in Calgary, ...Assistant Professor in Data-Driven Modelling for Ecology and Water Conservation in Calgary, ... 22616
Reposted by Jed O. KaplanGrumpyUncleSean🔥 @grumpyunclesean.bsky.social · 29/09/2024Can the state of Washington hack and burn its way out of a future of megafires? 🔥seattletimes.comCan WA hack and burn its way out of a future of megafires?Overgrown and unhealthy forests are widespread across Central and Eastern Washington as climate change has primed the region for worse wildfires. 2118
Reposted by Jed O. KaplanMelaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 18/09/2024Last Glacial Maximum (21 ka) pollen-based climate reconstruction for Europe, N Africa and Middle East! 👋 LGM climatic cooling and drying were significantly greater in winter than in summer. Great maps by the way! 🤩 cp.copernicus.org/articles/20/... 083
Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 31/12/2023Gift link to @hannahritchie.bsky.social ‘s thoughtful, pragmatic, and optimistic interview with the NYTimes. I agree with her that while climate action might not be fast enough, there are many reasons to be optimistic and there is a important role for scientists www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comWhat If People Don’t Need to Care About Climate Change to Fix It?“I think the debates on climate change are far too politicized, and that’s doing a disservice to making progress,” says researcher Hannah Ritchie. 020
Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 02/12/2023Would you like some global lightning data?Today I released the latest version of the WGLC lightning climatology and timeseries, covering 2010-2022. zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/... 020
Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 26/10/2023I have complicated feelings about being back in Hong Kong this week. But this transdisciplinary project on the history of China is one of the most inspiring things I am working on at the moment. It is so great to see the progress my incredible collaborators are making. 030
Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 30/09/2023On this National Day of Truth and Reconciliation 🇨🇦, we are thinking about the peoples who first lived at Kootenay Lake, thankful that we can enjoy their temperate rainforest and use the western red cedar that was so important for many First Nations in the Pacific Northwest. 060