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Kaci Zarek

@kacizarek.bsky.social
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PhD student at Cornell • Holgerson Lab • biogeochem & hydro • study gassy waters 🫧

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Alan Taylor @kokogiak.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The 2026 Audubon Photography Awards - Winners and honorable mentions from the Audubon Society’s 17th annual competition featuring some of the best images of bird life from around the world. Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
A merganser flies over water with a fish in its beak. (Gail Bisson / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards)Two raptors stand on the ground near a lake, with dramatic rocky mountains standing in the background. (Timothy Dhalleine / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards)A colorful hummingbird hovers near flowers. (Camilo Sanabria Grajales / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards)A spoonbill with pink feathers splashes around in shallow water. (Jacqueline Burke / 2026 Audubon Photography Awards)
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
We wrote a review paper about bubbles in the ocean, and then the lead author wrote a summary about the paper. Give it a read if you want to know how bubbles affect the exchange of gases between the atmosphere and the ocean. 🌊🧪
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How Bubbles Reshape Air-Sea Gas Exchange - Eos
Bubbles produced by breaking waves provide an important but often overlooked pathway for exchanging carbon dioxide, oxygen, and other gases between the ocean and atmosphere.
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Eos @eos.org · 17/07/2026
New research identified 160 million small wetlands largely overlooked by typical wetlands surveys. The data reveal the surprising emissions from small wetlands. 🧪 eos.org/articles/big...
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Big Trouble from Little Wetlands - Eos
New research suggests that small wetlands, previously unaccounted for in the global methane budget, are responsible for about 25% of global methane emissions.
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SoulScratches @soulscratches.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
New research identified 160 million small wetlands overlooked by typical wetlands surveys. The data reveals the surprising increase in methane emissions from small wetlands. 👩🏻‍🔬🧪 eos.org/articles/big...
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Big Trouble from Little Wetlands - Eos
New research suggests that small wetlands, previously unaccounted for in the global methane budget, are responsible for about 25% of global methane emissions.
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Kaci Zarek @kacizarek.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
First round of sampling ponds for methane in NY done! Some photos of our beautiful ponds and green filter from water sampling. 🫧✨
Pond in Adirondacks Very green filter Pond
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Erin Hotchkiss @fluvialbenthos.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Fantastic talk today by @freshwaterscience.bsky.social Hynes Award winner Dr. Audrey Goeckner @pondgator.bsky.social on her award paper "Subtropical stormwater #ponds are more frequently net #nitrogen fixing compared to natural ponds" link.springer.com/article/10.1... #2026SFS #SFS2026 💧🌎👩‍🔬
Dr. Goeckner receiving her Hynes award Dr. Goeckner starting her talk with title slide "Characterizing N cycling processes in human-made ecosystems"Dr. Goeckner showing that human-made ponds were more likely to N sources that natural pondsDr. Goeckner concluding her talk by stating that "Artificial ecosystems are still ecosystems and we need to start treating them that way"
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Connor Brown @connorbrown.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
📸 New #rstats package: {flowcam} Download and animate #USGS #stream-gage camera images straight from #R. Discover cameras, pull image series, and stitch them into GIFs or MP4s. Powered by the USGS #NIMS API. Pairs with {dataRetrieval}. 🔗 connorb.github.io/flowcam/ 📦 install from #R-universe
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Jackie Webb @jackiewebb.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I have an exciting opportunity for a PhD student to work with me on my DECRA project at UniSQ: Artificial aquatic ecosystems – sources or sinks of nitrous oxide? Currently only open to Australian residents. Learn more here: www.unisq.edu.au/scholarships... #UniSQResearch
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Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography @aslo.org · 17/04/2026
📣 #ASLO_LO invites submission of studies with broad implications for all fields of #oceanography and #limnology for Special Collection “Greenhouse Gas Dynamics in Aquatic Ecosystems: Mechanisms, Impacts, and Future Directions”. 🔗 Learn more: www.aslo.org/lo-special-c... #aquaticsciences
Cover of "Limnology and Oceanography," featuring a headline for a special issue on greenhouse gas dynamics in aquatic ecosystems. The text emphasizes mechanisms, impacts, and future directions, along with a call for papers targeting completion in late 2027. The background shows water waves.
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Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies @caryinstitute.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Cary ecologist Taylor Maavara trekked around Mount Everest for 16 days, taking water samples to study carbon emissions from streams fed by melting glaciers. She shares highlights, challenges, preliminary results, and incredible photos here: www.caryinstitute.org/news-insight...
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Beaver scientist @emilyfairfax.bsky.social, who consulted with Pixar on "Hoppers," loved the film's message. “We need to partner with nature to deal with the climate crisis. We need to partner with nature to deal with the biodiversity crisis." www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/pixar-hopp...
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Everyone go see 'Hoppers' ASAP
In Pixar's new film, humans and animals fight to block a freeway overpass that would destroy a wetland habitat. It's a brilliant climate parable.
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Kaci Zarek @kacizarek.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Does anyone know if it’s recommended to measure TN/TP on a SEAL with the alkaline potassium persulfate digestion method or acidic potassium persulfate digestion? Thanks!!
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Teresa Silverthorn @tksilver.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Happy World Wetlands Day! Photos from some beautiful Swedish wetlands to brighten your feed 🌱💧
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Anthony Stewart @ajstewart04.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Happy world wetlands day from the wetlands of New York! Hopefully soon our Cornell Atkinson project will be able to characterize their carbon cycling
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
The rule also removes protections for ephemeral streams (waterways that flow only after rain or snow) despite their importance to downstream water quality. In short, this proposal rolls back long-standing protections and leaves millions of acres of waterways more vulnerable to pollution.
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EPA & Army Corps Unveil Clear, Durable WOTUS Proposal | US EPA
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Adam Telle, today announced a proposed rule that would establish a clear, durable, common-sense definition of “waters ...
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Anna Virkkala @annvirkk.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
It has taken more than two years (plus all the years data contributors have spent on their data collection), but finally our data descriptor manuscript preprint on Arctic-boreal carbon fluxes across terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems is out: essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es... Go have a look!
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ABCFlux v2: Arctic–boreal CO2 and CH4 monthly flux observations and ancillary information across terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems
Abstract. Measurements of surface-atmosphere carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) fluxes have been relatively sparse across the Arctic tundra and boreal biomes, causing significant uncertainties in ...
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Ben Bond-Lamberty @benbondlamberty.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
A fabulous #postdoc opportunity to work with my colleague Nick Ward at PNNL on forest trace gas cycling, studying a poorly constrained component of the Earth system! Please share widely: careers.pnnl.gov/jobs/10985?l...
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Post Doctorate Research Associate – Forest Trace Gas Cycling in Sequim, Washington | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PNNL is hiring a Post Doctorate Research Associate – Forest Trace Gas Cycling in Sequim, Washington. Review all of the job details and apply today!
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SIL | International Society of Limnology @sil-limnology.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Registration and abstract submissions for oral and poster presentations are now open for #ASLOSIL2026 ! Don't miss this opportunity to share your insights at the ASLO-SIL 2026 Joint Meeting 12-16 May 2026 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 🇨🇦 @aslo.org
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Delaney Peterson @thatsmedelp.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
super excited to share that my first dissertation chapter is out in WRR! here, we operationalize the river corridor of a headwater Coastal Plain network into hydrogeomorphic features to characterize hydrologic connectivity across dimensions check it out here: doi.org/10.1029/2024...
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Using Hydrogeomorphic Features to Quantify Structural and Functional Hydrologic Connectivity in a Coastal Plain Headwater Stream
Hydrogeomorphic features provide a key framework to study streamflow generation along the river corridor Across the study watershed, hydrogeomorphic features demonstrated distinct patterns of gro...
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Caroline Weidner @carolineweidner.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
My first paper of my PhD research on catchment biogeochemistry in Michigan is live! Wetlands, Groundwater and Seasonality Influence the Spatial Distribution of Stream Chemistry in a Low-Relief Catchment agupubs-onlinelibrary-wiley-com.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/doi/10.1029/...
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Li Li (李黎) @lireactivewater.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
What mechanisms underlie near-universal export patterns of dissolved carbon from land to rivers? Reactions at different depths regulate their directionality (+ or -); subsurface flow paths control strength Congrats to Dr. Bryn Stewart! rubyfu.caltech.edu/people/bryn-... doi.org/10.1029/2024...
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Hydrology Paper of the Day @profbobhilton.bsky.social on transport of river-dissolved inorganic carbon on a global scale: isotopic analyses indicating decadal and millennial-age carbon stores; constraining river carbon emissions; and landscape-scale controls in context of the global carbon budget.
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Margaret Zimmer @margaretzimmer.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Wrapping up your PhD? I’m planning to hire a postdoc in the next few months (start date flexible). Will start formally advertising soon, but you heard it here first!! Possible research topics include - critical zone hydrology, agricultural water quality, SW-GW interactions. Reach out if interested!
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George H. Allen @geoallen.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Hydrologists! Ever heard of a Spatial Hydrograph? Our new paper in @agu.org GRL shows that the SWOT satellite can capture spatial flow waves propagating down rivers—something previously only only observable at river gauges: doi.org/10.1029/2024... #SWOT #hydrology #RemoteSensing #EarthObservation
Example of how the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite's water surface elevation measurements can be used to record flow wave propagation over space and generate a “spatial hydrograph.”
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AGU (American Geophysical Union) @agu.org · 13/03/2025
The relationship between topography & the terrestrial water cycle has been documented for thousands of years, yet there is still much to learn about Earth’s complex dynamics–both above, at, & below the surface.🏔️🌧️ 🔗 Learn more in @eos.org : buff.ly/y6r3yAr #AGUPubs @reviewsgeophysics.bsky.social
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Topography and the Terrestrial Water Cycle - Eos
The relationship between topography and the terrestrial water cycle has been documented for thousands of years, yet there is still much to learn about Earth’s complex dynamics – both above, at, and…
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Society for Freshwater Science @freshwaterscience.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Congratulations to Dr. Amy Burgin (@burginam.bsky.social), our 2025 Leadership Award recipient! Dr. Burgin received this Career Award for her extraordinary work in furthering SFS' mission. freshwater-science.org/2025-leaders... We look forward to celebrating with you at #2025SFS!
Lake in the background, the SFS logo in the foreground with title The Society for Freshwater Science 2025 Career Awards. Subtitle Leadership Award for extraordinary work in furthering the Society's mission by an early- or mid-career SFS member. Dr. Amy Burgin Iowa State University.
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Margaret Zimmer @margaretzimmer.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Latest paper out of the WS hydrology lab! Here we show spatial variability in lithology is important for streamflow behavior and carbon export, but geogenic solute export behavior is similar. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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The Role of Lithology on Concentration‐Discharge Relationships and Carbon Export in Two Adjacent Headwater Catchments
Bedrock lithology drives differences in streamflow and carbon export in adjacent catchments, controlling variability in shallow flow paths Both catchments display similar in-stream major ion conc...
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Eos @eos.org · 15/04/2025
When streams dry up, it can mean big changes for the nitrogen cycle—but those changes don’t appear to be what scientists expected. eos.org/research-spo...
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The “Surprising” Effect of Drying Headwaters on Nitrogen Dynamics - Eos
Contrary to predictions, spring rains caused a decrease in nitrogen at watershed outflows in Alabama.
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Abagael Pruitt @abagaelpruitt.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
I passed! I’m so grateful for all the support :) Dr. Pruitt sounds pretty cool!
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Kaci Zarek @kacizarek.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
So excited for my first first author paper of my master’s research to be published!! Woohoo!! Couldn’t have done it without the amazing coauthors and AIMS team!
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Abagael Pruitt @abagaelpruitt.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I’m defending next Thursday (March 27, 9am ET)! If you want the zoom link, let me know!
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Nate Jones @floodhydrology.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
EPA's "WOTUS Notice" press release. With this updated guidance, most wetlands will lose federal protections under the Clean Water Act. www.epa.gov/newsreleases...
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Administrator Zeldin Announces EPA Will Revise Waters of the United States Rule | US EPA
EPA News Release: Administrator Zeldin Announces EPA Will Revise Waters of the United States Rule
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Nate Jones @floodhydrology.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Celebrating paper acceptance with @kacizarek.bsky.social and @thatsmedelp.bsky.social!!!
Three academics posing for a selfie!
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Gabriel Bosslet @gbosslet.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
For anyone curious about what "indirect" (Facilities and Administrative) costs related to government-sponsored research, this video is helpful F&A are imperative to be able to perform research and a massive cut to this would jeopardize American science writ large www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxTD...
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Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Costs Explainer
YouTube video by Association of American Universities
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Li Li (李黎) @lireactivewater.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Happy new year! Thrilled to announce Women Advancing River Research (WARR) 2025, featuring inspiring women on water research from around the world. 11 am, US eastern, 3rd Thursday every month. Register: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Recordings 2021- 2024: www.cee.psu.edu/events/women...
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Sarah Flynn @ecosarahflynn.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Fellow nonperennial stream enthusiasts and researchers! We are excited to announce that we are hosting a special session at SFS 2025 “From the mountains to the seas: Expanding the sciences of non-perennial streams."
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Delaney Peterson @thatsmedelp.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
... AND got to present a poster on our new project understanding the drivers of channel initiation across the larger Southeast! thank you to Mark DeGraff for the opportunity to share this work with the larger community, and excited to see where it goes from here!
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Erin Hotchkiss @fluvialbenthos.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Looking forward to seeing LOTS of amazing science & scientists at #AGU24 next week! Reach out if you're going & would like to connect. One panel, several posters, & two talks I'm associated with are listed below. (Thurs will be busy!) #wetlands #streams #carbon #AGU #biogeochemistry #hydrology 💧🌎🧪👩‍🔬
Image with header that reads: 

"AGU24 
Washington, DC | 9-13 December 2024 
What's next for Science 
Hotchkiss Lab & Collaborators at AGU24" 

Text below the header lists panels, posters, and talks Hotchkiss is participating in, leading, or coauthoring. Session IDs are listed below if you would like to search for them in the AGU program. Images on the right are logos for Virginia Tech, the Hotchkiss Lab, Reversing Freshwater Salinization, Delmarva Disco, and MacroCO2 projects. 

Mon 9 Dec: 12:30-13:30 Marriot Marquis 1-2 - TH13D Panel. 

Thurs 12 Dec: 8:30-12:20 Convention Posters B-C - Poster #s B41I-1407, B41N-1498, B41N-1504, & H41Q-0744. 

Thurs 12 Dec: 16:00-16:10 talk # H44H-01 in 143 A-C. 

Thurs 12 Dec: 16:42-16:52 talk # B44D-05 in 150 B.
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Nate Jones @floodhydrology.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
@thatsmedelp.bsky.social giving a great talk on hydrogeomorphic features at AGU Fall Meeting!
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Jo Latimore @jolatimore.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Registration for Michigan State University Extension's award-winning Introduction to Lakes Online course is open! This six-week online class is designed for anyone interested in gaining a greater appreciation for inland lakes. Come learn about lakes with us! www.canr.msu.edu/courses/intr...
Registration for the award-winning Michigan State University Extension Introduction to Lakes Online course is open! This introductory six-week online class is designed for anyone interested in gaining a greater appreciation for inland lakes including concerned residents, decision makers, local leaders, and lakefront property owners. Course instructors include faculty from MSU Extension and state agency personnel.

 

The course covers a variety of topics including lake ecology, watershed management, shoreline protection, aquatic plants, Michigan water law, and community engagement. These topics are explored online through video lectures, interactive activities, and discussion forums. Additional resources are also provided for those looking to dive deeper. Participants communicate with each other and instructors through lively discussion forums and biweekly Ask-an-Expert webinars which include guests from organizations such as the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.

 

Registration is open now through January 28, 2025. The cost of the course is $115 per person. Register by January 6 for an early bird price of $95 per person. Scholarships are available. Current individual members of the Michigan Lakes and Streams Association are eligible to receive a $95 reimbursement upon successful completion of the course.

 

A certificate of completion is awarded to those who complete the class. Participants also can receive continuing education credits including 16 Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Pesticide Applicator Re-Certification credits (8 commercial core and 8 aquatic) and educational hours in the MSU Extension Master Gardener, Master Citizen Planner, and Michigan Naturalist programs. Learn more and register at www.canr.msu.edu/lakesonline.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 28/11/2024
Worried about the climate convo with your uncle at Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow? Jimmy and I have you covered.
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Dr. Katharine Hayhoe Teaches Us How to Talk to People Who Don’t Believe in Climate Change
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Rachel Gabor @riverchem.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Hi BluSky! I want to brag about a paper we published in August (I didn't post then b/c I was having knee surgery). We investigated the competing influences of the Maumee River and algal blooms on the carbon budget of Lake Erie's Western Basin. (1/6) agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Seasonal Carbon Budget Succession in Lake Erie's Western Basin
Carbon in the Western Basin of Lake Erie is heavily influenced by river input Spatial and temporal variability of inorganic and organic carbon is high in Maumee Bay Seasonal bloom dynamics trans...
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Kaci Zarek @kacizarek.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I personally use option B because it makes sense to apply it in the geom function, but I love the idea of option C for mapping your aes and then doing your geometry functions separately. Either way all options need to be taught to new R users. Great post — check it out!
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Geo Santiago-Martínez @geosantiagom.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
The #UConn Microbial Ecophysiology Lab studies the biology of methane-producing microbes (methanogens or methanogenic archaea) and their role in ecosystems & host-associated microbiomes. We are people who do science, but we also actively work to include diverse perspectives in higher education.
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Ben Maas @masbenmaas.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Adult walleye in lakes with zebra mussels had 72% higher mercury concentrations than in lakes without... yellow perch, had mercury concentrations 157% higher. Mercury via coal-fired power plants. Zebra mussels change ecosystem & conditions for mercury to accumulate. www.mprnews.org/story/2024/1...
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Study: Walleye in lakes with zebra mussels have higher mercury levels
Researchers found adult walleye in lakes infested with zebra mussels had 72 percent higher mercury concentrations than in lakes without the invaders. Smaller walleye also were more likely to exceed me...
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Hilary McMillan @mcmillanhydro.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Save the date and apply earlier for the GRC catchment science conference, 22-27 June, and the early career GRS seminar. The best conference for wonderful invited talks, networking, field trips and activities! Happy to answer any Q's about the conference.
Advert flyer for GRC Catchment Science conference, and associated earlier career seminar. Link to GRC.org
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Michelle Busch, PhD @bugginbusch.bsky.social · 22/10/2024
Do you study or work in non-perennial, intermittent or ephemeral streams? Please take our survey to better understand the data, opportunities, and challenges of your research!
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Erin Hotchkiss @fluvialbenthos.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Happy to share this paper led by @carlalopezpr.bsky.social assessing drivers of #CO2 & #CH4 in headwater #wetlands! Recently published #OA in #Ecosystems: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #wetland #biogeochemistry #carbon #water #DelmarvaDisco 💧🧪🌎👩‍🔬
Fig 1 from the paper is a multi-panel plot showing the location of our study sites on the Delmarva peninsula of Maryland and within a landscape with many headwater headwater wetland complexes. The graph in the bottom right corner shows the range of wetland areas (<500, >5000 m2) and mean water levels (0.1-0.8m) at our core study sites.Three panel plot showing (a) lower CO2 concentrations in wetland surface water compared to shallow groundwater adjacent to each study wetland, (b) higher CH4 concentrations in wetland surface water compared to shallow groundwater, and (c) positive relationships between CO2 and CH4 for surface water (R2 = 0.2) and shallow groundwater (R2 = 0.4).Six panel plot showing (a) no relationship between wetland area and CO2, (b) a positive relationship between wetland perimeter:area and CO2, (c) a slightly positive relationship between height above drainage network [HAND] and CO2, (d) a negative relationship between wetland area and CH4, (e) a positive relationship between  wetland perimeter:area and CH4, and (f) a positive relationship between height above drainage network [HAND] and CH4
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
This is such a great resource, and if you are feeling unmoored or helpless or lost or burnt out, consider signing up.
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