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Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Thank you Mike. Media has asked me if we’re in an unprecedented fire season and your chart is very helpful.

Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Can you do dendrochronology on grapevines?

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Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Meanwhile Great Bear Lake appears to be completely frozen. Fire and ice.

Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

When the dewpoint goes even lower, as it often does here on the high plains, we get something called “Alberta mouth” when you wake up with a parched throat. There should be a bloody nose emoji for those high-and-dry conditions.

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Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Graduate study abroad is one of the easiest ways to explore living in another country and eventually settle there, if that’s what you want.

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Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Americans are not applying anyway, at least not to the studentships and postdocs I’ve been advertising for months jedokaplan.github.io/opportunities/. I guess the situation is not as bad as social media makes it out to be.

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One 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.

A man illustrating the concept of a glacially carved “roche moutonnée” landform while being on the top of one of the landforms he is describing. With geologic maps and cross sections in the foreground.

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Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I’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...

Postdoctoral fellowship: boreal forest peatlands and wildfire

Postdoctoral fellowship in modeling peatland wildfires in the boreal forest of eastern Canada. Apply by 31 May 2026.

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Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I’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...

Postdoctoral fellowship in the quantitative history of China over the Holocene

Understanding Human-environment interactions in East Asia over the past 11,700 years through environmental, archaeological, and economic history. Apply by 31 May 2026.

Christina Richards, Ph.D. (she/her) I’m an Ally, are you? @drclrichards.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

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So 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!

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Helga 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 #YouWasteItYouOwnIt

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Canada prevents illegal export of over one million kilograms of waste - Canada.ca

During 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...

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Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

It’s no longer meeting at the water cooler, coffee machine, or smoke break. Now we chat with our colleagues around the communal trash bins…

Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Put them on your students’ term papers when they did a good job.

Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

For 200 bucks just take it. You’ll definitely find some use for that nice wood.

Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Assuming this is a manuscript in your area of expertise, I might be able to review it. You can invite me.

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Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

This was also my experience as an editor at a major journal.

Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Every university in Canada is currently looking for talent from abroad. Reach out to places you might go! www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...

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Canada Impact+ Research Chairs - Canada.ca

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Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

This is so important, and don’t forget that major land use change and deforestation occurred across Europe, Asia, and Africa long before even 1750.

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Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Job 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!

Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Looking 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!

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Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I'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/

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Could 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 #envhum

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Increasing late Holocene dust deposition in West Africa is amplified by land use change

Changes in dust deposition in West Africa over the mid- to late Holocene have traditionally been attributed to orbital forcing affecting the West Afri…

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Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Thanks for this detailed comparison. I use freedom mobile and am satisfied with the speed and the included roaming but I don’t stream much video.

Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

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🚨 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 👇

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Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Looks interesting! What’s the paper about?

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Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Happy to chat about these opportunities and/or life in Calgary if you’re interested!

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Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Great 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!

Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

You assert that "...the conveyor belt of currents in the Atlantic Ocean [is] responsible for Western Europe’s mild climate..." This idea is at the very least debatable. Richard Seager has argued for decades that it is not important at all, e.g., www.jstor.org/stable/27858...

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The Source of Europe's Mild Climate: The notion that the Gulf Stream is responsible for keeping Europe anomalously warm turns out to be a myth on JSTOR

Richard Seager, The Source of Europe's Mild Climate: The notion that the Gulf Stream is responsible for keeping Europe anomalously warm turns out to be a myth, American Scientist, Vol. 94, No. 4 (JULY...

Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Summer fermentation experiment homemade pickles. Taste is great but some are mushy. Any ideas to avoid mushy pickles?

A bowl filled with homemade fermented sour pickles.

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Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

It'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...

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CRC Opportunities | Queen's University

Queen’s University invites applications for multiple Tier 1 and Tier 2 Canada Research Chairs (CRCs).

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Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

It was a lovely day in late March.

Pink and white cherry blossoms adorning the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, Washington D.C.

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Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

I have been waiting for you to comment on this fire. I still vividly remember reading “Fire on the Rim” as a teenager. Looking forward to seeing your thoughts!

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Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Really 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?

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Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Outstanding 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...

Highlighted section from https://open.substack.com/pub/balancedweather/p/latest-on-texas-hill-country-flood discussing how current cuts to NOAAs research programs will make forecasting extreme weather much harder.

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Jed O. Kaplan @jedokaplan.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Great explainer from my colleague Dan.