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Joshua Culpepper

@joshculpepper.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral Researcher in the York University Dept. of Biology I am a limnologist who studies how climate change and seasonal weather patterns affect lake temperatures, ice cover, and ecosystem health.

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Joshua Culpepper @joshculpepper.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Check out our recent opinion piece in @plosclimate.org that describes the impacts of a potential #SuperElNino on #lakes and how we might take advantage of this upcoming strong #ElNino to look forward in #limnology.
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Joshua Culpepper @joshculpepper.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Check out this excellent conceptual manuscript helmed by the inimitable @mishafredmeyer.bsky.social. Definitions are key to conducting research and 'trophic state' proves to be exceptionally complicated!
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Joshua Culpepper @joshculpepper.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Wondering what kind of #research questions are being asked about the present & future of #limnology during the #winter? Curious about the overlap of sampling, #remotesensing, or #modeling? We ask 100 questions of the future of #lake #ice research. Find it here: dx.doi.org/10.1029/2024...
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One‐Hundred Fundamental, Open Questions to Integrate Methodological Approaches in Lake Ice Research
We formulated 100 questions to progress primary research methods of lake ice research: in situ, satellite remote sensing, and modeling We described avenues to integrate the primary methods and in...
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Joshua Culpepper @joshculpepper.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Out today is our paper in @plos.bsky.social examining the role of warming and ice quality on the safe use of lake ice. Find it here: doi.org/10.1371/jour... Thank you to my co-authors: @sapnasharma.bsky.social, Iestyn Woolway, and Lei Huang!
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Widespread loss of safe lake ice access in response to a warming climate
Millions of people rely on lake ice for safe winter recreation. Warming air temperatures impact the phenology (timing of formation and breakup) and quality (ratio of black to white ice) of lake ice co...
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