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Hydrology Paper of the Day / Professor / Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society / Editor at ConciliARTe / Experimental Filmmaker / Fine Art Photographer

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JBGarrity Photography @joegarrity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In Greek myth, Orion fell in love with the Seven Sisters. To escape, they prayed to Zeus, who transformed them into doves and flung them into the sky, forming the Pleiades, aka the "Seven Sisters". app.astrobin.com/i/rrqtf9 #astrophotography #astronomy #nature #eastcoastkin #photography
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 11h
Hydrology Paper of the Day @wetlandresilienceresearchgroup.com on how vegetation affects CO2 and CH4 balances for peatlands during dry-wet transitions: effects related to vegetation; models of temperature sensitivity; warming responses and greenhouse gas emissions; and variable relationships.
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hydrology Paper of the Day @icarehb.bsky.social on why cryoturbation processes may not reduce archaeological evidence of fire in cold environments: experiments utilized to explore the lack of evidence of fire in Palaeolithic Europe; moisture content and observations; environments; and materials.
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Hydrology Paper of the Day @efdtoronto.bsky.social on dissolved oxygen in lakes that have twice-yearly homogeneous temperature regimes: understanding biogeochemical cycles: a study of Lake Simcoe, Ontario; hydroclimatological variables during the winter; and differences due to climate change.
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The GeoBreak labs that I am teaching for outreach were recently profiled by the College of the Rockies on their blog. cotr.bc.ca/blog/knowled...
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hydrology Paper of the Day @eees-clemsonu.bsky.social on how PET and PLA plastics break down in soils: 300 days of microbial activity; understanding microbial community composition and biological changes; the role of ions in the context of different soil compositions; and site geochemistry.
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Joe Mason @moreorloess.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
There is a Slide Rule Museum, with many images of the old giants: www.sliderulemuseum.com/DemoSR.shtml
An engraving showing two men, one apparently very tall, holding a giant teaching slide rule. Behind them, three other men, better dressed and apparently teachers or scientists, seem to be comparing results from a small slide rule and from the giant.
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hydrology Paper of the Day @nathangilles.bsky.social on the Pacific lamprey in the Columbia River: the idea of engineering fish passages for lamprey; the need for additional data related to populations; the impact of dams; translocation of lamprey; and the need for Indigenous knowledge.
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hydrology Paper of the Day @adamcalo.bsky.social on why land sparing-land sharing frameworks for management are misaligned with actual needs for adequate land governance: problems with reducing complexity in the context of social transformation and the problem of power and application of praxis.
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hydrology Paper of the Day @nsilbiger.bsky.social on how environmental changes affect the physiology of coral reefs: experimental treatments of a reef in French Polynesia; biogeochemical cycles explained by structural equations; spatial downstream changes; and the role of ecosystem metabolism.
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hydrology Paper of the Day @peatofmind.bsky.social @gregverkaik.bsky.social on the Peat Moisture Code indicator to quantify propensity for fire in a peatland: modelling water balances in the context of seasonality; temporal fire potentials; a validation example from Ontario; and further research.
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Mike Waddington 🇨🇦 @peatofmind.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
8 weeks to when we award the 2026 Nobel Peat Prize. Do you have a fave peat or #peatland paper this year? @nobel-water.bsky.social
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Luis D. Verde Arregoitia @liomys.mx · 01/10/2026
Table of departure times like at an airport but using object classes and file formats as origins and destinations
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A beautiful music video about water 👇
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wonderful reflection by Dana at the College of the Rockies! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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A reflection on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation from Dana Wesley, Executive Director of Indigenization and EDI | Dana Wesley, MA
I wrote a short personal reflection on my work at the College and why it's meaningful to me, especially on a day like today. Please read if you have a moment.
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Rock formations are always beautiful 👇
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hydrology Paper of the Day @nsilbiger.bsky.social @jexpbiol.bsky.social on interactions between golden rockweed and the western banded tegula sea snail: understanding acidification and global warming responses in the context of physiology and hydroclimatology, and spatial differences in processes.
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hydrology Paper of the Day @jbyoder.org on how the flowering of Joshua trees is affected by climate change: Mojave Desert plant communities and the influence of precipitation; crowdsourcing flowering data from iNaturalist; models of weather patterns; and machine learning to predict flowering.
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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 16/08/2026
I’ve been re-reading LOOK TO WINDWARD and just hit this passage in which Iain M Banks, fully 26 years ago, absolutely nailed the point of human creativity in a world of machine superintelligence. (This is an accomplished composer speaking with the avatar of a godlike AI Mind)
Image of a printed page, text:

"Thank you. Ziller continued drying his flanks with the towel, then looked at the avatar.
'Yes?' it said
'I was wondering.'
'What?'
Something I've wondered about ever since I came here, something I've never asked you, first of all because I was worried what the answer would be, later because I suspected I already knew the answer.?
"Goodness. What can it be?' the avatar asked, blinking.
If you tried, if any Mind tried, could you impersonate my style?" the Chelgrian asked. 'Could you write a piece - a symphony, say - that would appear, to the critical appraiser, to be by me, and which, when I heard it, I'd imagine being proud to have written?'
The avatar frowned as it walked. It clasped its hands behind its back. It took a few more steps. 'Yes, I imagine that would be possible?
"Would it be easy?'
'No. No more easy than any complicated task.'
'But you could do it much more quickly than I could?'
'Id have to suppose so.'
'Hmm. Ziller paused. The avatar turned to face him. Behind Ziller, the rocks and veil trees of the deepening gorge moved swiftly past. The barge rocked gently beneath their feet. 'So what, the Chelgrian asked, "is the point of me or anybody else writing a symphony, or anything else?'…
‘Ziller, are you concerned that Minds - Als, if you like - can create, or even just appear to create, original works of art?'
‘Frankly, when they're the sort of original works of art that I create, yes.'
‘Ziller, it doesn't matter. You have to think like a mountain climber'
‘Oh, do I?'
‘Yes. Some people take days, sweat buckets, endure pain and cold and risk injury and - in some cases - permanent death to achieve the summit of a mountain only to discover there a party of their peers freshly arrived by aircraft and enjoying a light picnic.’
'If I was one of those climbers I'd be pretty damned annoyed.' 
‘Well, it is considered rather impolite to land an aircraft on a summit which people are at that moment struggling up to the hard way, but it can and does happen. Good manners indicate that the picnic ought to be shared and that those who arrived by aircraft express awe and respect for the accomplishment of the climbers.’
‘The point, of course, is that the people who spent days and sweated buckets could also have taken an aircraft to the summit if all they'd wanted was to absorb the view. It is the struggle that they crave. The sense of achievement is produced by the route to and from the peak, not by the peak itself. It is just the fold between the pages? The avatar hesitated. It put its head a little to one side and narrowed its eyes. 'How far do I have to take this analogy, Cr Ziller?'
‘You've made your point, but this mountain climber still’wonders if he ought to re-educate his soul to the joys of flight and stepping out onto someone else's summit.’
'Better to create your own. Come on; I've a dying man to see on his way.'
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felinecannonball @felinecannon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Going to have to think about this after seeing the 2020 Almeda Fire in southern Oregon use Populus fremontii as a conduit through an urban corridor. Many aspects of wildfire seem to be non-intuitive, deserve more study.
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hydrology Paper of the Day @grumpyunclesean.bsky.social on why Aspen forests reduce the spread of fire in the Four Corners region of the southwestern USA: remote sensing of fire; landscape-scale effects of vegetation; calculation of fire perimeter effects; and compounding environmental factors.
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Carol Creech @ccreechstudio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
SciArt September, Day 25: Jade. These are Mesoamerican Olmec earflares made of jade from approx. the 10-14th century BCE. 🐡🎨#sciartseptember2026 #jade
Ink and marker drawing in shades of green and black of two round earpieces from ancient Mesoamerican Olmec culture.
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As an editor with ConciliARTe, I am happy that a new issue of Consilience Journal has now been released. Congratulations to everyone who had a poem or art piece accepted in the journal! Issue 26 - Birds is now up for everyone to peruse 👇 www.consilience-journal.com/issue-26
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Birds (Issue 26) — Consilience
Issue 26 of Consilience features poetry and artwork that explores the topic of 'birds'.
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Massimiliano Zappa (it’s fun again) @hydrologywsl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is the summer weather I used to know…. Unfortunately it is already autumn…. Or in other words (german) Endlich richtig Sommer (was vorher in 2026 war braucht einen neuen Namen, bzw hat es eine und wird nicht gerne gelesen)
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Vicky Veritas @vickyveritas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In the dark and silent deep, Where the ancient oceans sleep, Crystalline and fiercely bright, Wakes the cubic form of light. #Halite, born of sun and sea, Bound in perfect symmetry. The Salt of the Earth #MinCup26 ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology #geosky #GIS 🍎 🪐 🔭 🌋 📚 🌿
White cubic halite stalactites. From Mindat: https://www.mindat.org/photo-427956.html
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hydrology Paper of the Day @akkagawa.bsky.social on how Indigenous crops can be conserved by botanical gardens: the need for culture and agronomy in the context of social practices and bottom-up collaboration; records, traditional names, and language; and restoring plants to communities.
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hydrology Paper of the Day @eos.org on teleconnections between oceans and malaria in Malawi: effects of the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean; influence of local soil moisture on mosquito habitats; why climate change and a decline of wetness may cause spatial shifts in areas of risk; and human factors
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hydrology Paper of the Day @jdkirkham.bsky.social on why geoengineering for climate change is not a good idea for polar hydrological systems: changes to solar radiation, ice melt and ice thickness will not be effective, and ocean current engineering will adversely affect sensitive environments.
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hydrology Paper of the Day @natalieceperley.bsky.social on how to ensure that water knowledge supports sustainable and inclusive actions in the context of legitimacy: the importance of people and places; recognizing interconnectiveness and human needs; and a bottom-up approach to relationships.
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hydrology Paper of the Day @baptistegomb.bsky.social on how speckle energy observations from the SWIM sensor onboard CFOSAT can measure ocean waves: spectrum estimation and temporal footprints associated with latitude; modelling to understand observation physics; sensitivities; and inverse models.
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Dr Amelia Dowler @ameliadowler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I’m really pleased that my poem ‘Tori line’ has found a home in Consilience Journal - I focus on the work to mitigate risks to the albatross and other diving birds from fisheries. Huge thanks to editors Sam and Vaishnavi (and to the unnamed reviewer!) #poetry www.consilience-journal.com/issue-26
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Birds (Issue 26) — Consilience
Issue 26 of Consilience features poetry and artwork that explores the topic of 'birds'.
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hydrology Paper of the Day @dnivi.bsky.social on climate-induced forest cover changes in India: global warming and ecotones; hydroclimatology and geography; regional changes and forecasts on a landscape-scale level; models; and the role of humans in the context of systems science.
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thanks for the interesting paper @climatefran.bsky.social!
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Hydrology Paper of the Day @climatefran.bsky.social @kellyhereid.bsky.social on an editorial related to papers associated with climate change risk: spatial procedures for assessing extreme rainfall and climate hazards in context of sociohydrology; weather risks and impacts; and modelling frameworks.
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Hydrology Paper of the Day @cienciaclima.bsky.social on how changing ecosystems in the Amazon are affected by climate change: atmospheric fluxes and hydrological processes involving trees; understanding effects of deforestation; scenarios and area-based measurements; water stresses; and models.
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hydrology Paper of the Day @ricardosegovia.bsky.social on how Weinmannia trees and shrubs spread into the Andes mountains from cooler climates: a south-to-north pattern; mountain formation made corridors for dispersion; and contributions to species richness and evolution over millions of years.
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hydrology Paper of the Day @peteecology.bsky.social on ecosystem service mapping and upscaling via models of spatial interactions: a framework of upscaling steps; expert analyses; the need to consider multiple indicator drivers; selection of a statistical model; and application to German grasslands.
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Hydrology Paper of the Day @egrandehydro.bsky.social on identifying how spring water sources provide recharge and modify water temperatures: volcanic lithologies; stable isotope lapse rates; determining source locations at recharge areas; relating sources to temperatures; and process-based controls.
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Last night it was great to receive my welcome package at the Kin Club Annual General Meeting. We have such a good community here in Cranbrook. I am on the right in this picture, and Kin President Chris is on the left.
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
You are exactly right @pdfops.dev! I did indeed set cache-control explicitly in the worker so that the assets cache at the edge. The setting is very easy to miss.
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hydrology Publication of the Day @mparrington.bsky.social on gridded data of atmospheric composition: global-scale chemistry and meteorology; a system of validation and data assimilation from satellite and ground-based observations; extensive metadata; and capturing fluxes and uncertainties.
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hydrology Paper of the Day @julianapez.bsky.social @fabrovillalobos.bsky.social on how shape, elongation and size of Actinopterygii bony fish are not strongly associated with extinction and formation rates of species: examining eight SecSSE models in the context of lineages and discrete traits.
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Beautiful Music Videos @alwaysbmv.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
MARLENA - Amiga Date Cuenta www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NsN...
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MARLENA - Amiga Date Cuenta
YouTube video by MARLENAVEVO
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Luis D. Verde Arregoitia @liomys.mx · 29/04/2026
📦 new #rstats package to overlay ggplot2 plots, gt tables, or code snippets onto images, with optional perspective warp and transparency. 🪄powered by magick luisdva.github.io/overlay/
Photo of a beach with some buildings, overlaid with a map and a table with weather averages for Dakar Senegal
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Hydrology Paper of the Day @castrona.bsky.social on reproducible research with CUAHSI HydroShare and JupyterHub cloud technologies: no-code configuration pipelines; the use of Docker containers for ensuring modularity; model calibration and evaluation; and application to the Logan River watershed.
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Edge Caching is utilized to serve content from servers that are geographically close to the user. The technology currently available for website deployment is amazing.
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The website is newly written from scratch in HTML, CSS, and Javascript utilizing the Bootstrap front-end framework. The website now has a .CA domain name for Canada and is hosted on Cloudflare using R2 Object Storage for images and Workers & Pages for the static files.
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
After a hiatus of a few years, my Full Deck Visuals website is now up and running in a re-imagined format. The website is my portfolio for #photography #art and #experimental #film. A gallery is provided along with an artist statement and contact information. fulldeckvisuals.ca
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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Hydrology Paper of the Day @esajournals.bsky.social on how mountain habitats, tree cover and landscape-based variability affects species richness and flowering: the effects of polination and elevation; transitions; and detection of flowers by application of machine vision to trail camera footage.
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poet, cold water swimmer, coffee drinker @mirjamwrites.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
In 2025 I challenged myself to swim 125 times in 25 different bodies of water until the end of the year. I will swim on in 2026. My last swim yesterday was swim number 96 of 126 in body of water number 21 of 26. #swim126x26waters
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