Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 27/09/2026At least all references are actual papers. Do they say what the manuscript says they say, I have no idea. 110
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The AI disaster to science has reached my desk. I am reviewing a paper that seems to be written by AI, the data look fake, and all co-authors except the first one don't seem to be real people. 210
Reposted by Hung NguyenKevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I am pleased to announce that we are inviting applications for a Lead Laboratory Coordinator at the University of Arizona’s Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research. Review of applications will begin on September 15, 2026. For details and to apply, visit arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...arizona.csod.comLead Laboratory Coordinator, Tree Ring LaboratoryIn this role, you will:Lead the oversight of a dendrochronology laboratory in collaboration with the Director, including the mentoring, training,... 02024
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 14/07/2026I guess so, at least the birch. We're a bit south of birch range and right on the western limit of tulip range. Tulips are a very common street tree here but I don't see them too often in natural areas. Paper birch not at all. 010
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I have both tulip-poplar and paper birch in my backyard 😁 100
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 19/05/2026"Remember, Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things." 000
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 13/05/2026I asked Claude to find all English words that end in "tionation" and it couldn't find any. I bet my isotope geochemist friends wouldn't be happy with this 😆 020
Reposted by Hung NguyenSimon Donner @simondonner.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Ooof... this paper on AI use in academic writing, based on submissions to the journal Organization Science. Sadly agrees with my anecdotal observations as an editor. AI-tinged submissions have increased, and readability and quality have decreased. pubsonline.informs.org/doi/full/10.... 13011
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 07/05/2026So, they have a "scheduled maintenance" after a cyber attack that affected thousands of institutions. "Scheduled maintenance". 000
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Grrrrr.... Canvas went into maintenance mode when I was in the middle of grading, grrrrr..... 011
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 28/04/2026I use this in my class! Really cool website www.usanpn.org/homeusanpn.orgHome Page | USA National Phenology Network 040
Reposted by Hung NguyenJohn Kennedy @micefearboggis.bsky.social · 07/03/2026For a rainy day Has global warming accelerated? Why? How much? How do we know? What does it all mean? etc. With hand-drawn illustrations, dodgy metaphors, and a complete lack of clear answers. diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2026/03/07/f...diagrammonkey.wordpress.comFor a rainy dayEach month, you put a little aside in a savings account. It’s not always the same amount because – you know – life is life, but each month a little gets squirreled away. Then you … 64516
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 28/02/2026ChatGPT says 3.9 < 3.11 and then goes on to explain why that is the case by showing that 3.11 < 3.9. Logic or just strings of seemingly logical words? 191
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 16/02/2026At least in the US, a key performance metric is grant money brought in. So if journals pay reviewers as discretionary research funds via universities, that will partially relieve that burden and give us more flexibility to do research, e.g., paying for things that can't be bought by grants. 020
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 16/02/2026...participate in the solution instead of leaving researchers to bear the burden. We're already stretched paper thin. Rewards are only fair. 110
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 16/02/2026...Universities can take a cut for handling payments. Better than nothing. And for journals, paying universities would be less of a burden than paying individuals because there are fewer payees to manage. A strained peer review system is a systemic issue. Journals and universities need to... 110
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 16/02/2026...and that money becomes the reviewer's discretionary research fund. In the US context, many researchers have visa restrictions on receiving payments not from their employers, but I'm sure anyone would appreciate having more discretionary research funds and free conferences / memberships... 110
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 16/02/2026I think financial incentives are important but it doesn't have to be paying the reviewer directly. For example, society journals can reward reviewers with free membership or free conference registration. Journals can also pay the reviewers' institutions... 141
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 12/02/2026It was great to see Dr. Katharine Hayhoe's talk on campus yesterday (@katharinehayhoe.com). She raised the message of hope, which is much needed in our time. Thank you. 020
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 26/01/2026As a tree ring scientist, I routinely fix dating problems, if you know what I mean. 170
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 24/01/2026It's so difficult to enter a different field. With today's rejection, I've tried 4 climate history and 4 archaeology proposals, all with excellent historians/archaeologists, but all unsuccessful. These discouraging experiences are telling me to stick to safe, single-field projects. But I'm stubborn. 180
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Last night I had a dream that my NSF proposal was funded. Then I woke up realizing it was a dream. But I grabbed my phone and logged in to research.gov to check anyway. And yep, still pending... Maybe I'm thinking about this stuff way too much. 010
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Last semester I taught a tree ring class, and I also partnered with the local forest preserve to do research & outreach. So putting 2 and 2 together, I took my class to a preserve site for field trip. It was a gorgeous fall day and we had so much fun! esec.illinois.edu/news/2025-12...esec.illinois.edu‘Trees are time machines’ | Department of Earth Science & Environmental Change | IllinoisGeology can take many forms, from the study of rocks and minerals to the living records preserved in trees. 0101
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 24/12/2025A student of mine asked our group to summarize #AGU25 in one word. For me it's HUGS. This year was tough for us scientists, and for some of us it was extremely tough. So it felt good to meet old friends and hugged it out. 180
Reposted by Hung NguyenAdam Csank @acsank.bsky.social · 12/12/2025If you will be at AGU next week check out the following presentations from my lab group and UNR Geography. Thursday, Heather Haines will present PP43D-1233 Arid zone dendrochronology of the widespread and ecologically critical Mulga tree 1/4 161
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Finally, we also contribute to Guleed Ali's talk on using subfossil wood to date the timing of ice sheet maximum for the Juan de Fuca lobe of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet. Definitely check out Guleed's poster too! eppro01.ativ.me/appinfo.php?...eppro01.ativ.meAGU25 010
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 12/12/2025On Wednesday afternoon, I will wrap up with a new method of handling BI data. We identify several issues with using delta BI to correct for the heartwood-sapwood color change, and propose using change point detection and color correction as the way forward. eppro01.ativ.me/appinfo.php?...eppro01.ativ.meAGU25 100
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 12/12/2025On Wednesday morning, @rosie-oaks.bsky.social will present a streamflow reconstruction from blue intensity. BI has almost always been used for temperature reconstructions. This is the first ever streamflow reconstruction from BI. eppro01.ativ.me/appinfo.php?...eppro01.ativ.meAGU25 100
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 12/12/2025On Tuesday, Katieanne Peterson will share results from her investigation of how tree growth responds to dam removal. eppro01.ativ.me/appinfo.php?...eppro01.ativ.meAGU25 100
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Aabhash Bhattarai will kick us off on Monday with a comparison of streamflow obtained from tree rings and from models for the Mekong River Basin. eppro01.ativ.me/appinfo.php?...eppro01.ativ.meAGU25 100
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Here's the lineup of my group's presentations at #AGU25. Come meet with us! 1173
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Update: I contacted Holger Gärtner, a wood anatomist, and was told this is likely aphid impacts. I'm gonna look for an entomologist on campus! linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii... 010
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Yeah our hypothesis is that it's a flood response since these trees are in a floodplain but I don't know the mechanism yet. It's not like they have traumatic resin ducts like conifers 🤔 100
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Yes! We haven't dated the cores yet, just finished scanning. I'll let you know in a few weeks. This is an undergrad project looking at sliver maple in a floodplain. 110
Hung Nguyen @ntthung.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Crowd sourcing from the Bluesky hive mind: what are these patches with what look like ducts inside that I'm seeing on silver maple? They don't occur in every ring, rather sporadically. @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social @l-tulipifera.bsky.social #dendro 264
Reposted by Hung NguyenNeil Pederson @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social · 07/10/2025I am teaching a course on ancient trees and tree rings at the NY Botanical Garden on Sunday, October 26th and Sunday, November 2nd. We will learn about past environments, the amazing lives of trees, and what old trees tend to look like. Sign up at this link: www.enrole.com/nybg/jsp/ses... 15512
Reposted by Hung NguyenKevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Nice article talking about our new NSF-funded radiocarbon and stable isotope facility (The TIME Lab - Tree-Ring Innovations in Mass Spectrometry of Earth Systems) in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona! science.arizona.edu/news/univers...science.arizona.eduUniversity of Arizona opens groundbreaking TIME Lab to link past and presentRun by a team of distinguished researchers, the lab aims to “date the undateable,” linking natural events like eruptions or droughts to human history. With a focus on student training and public outre... 13512
Reposted by Hung NguyenTown and Country Planning Association @thetcpa.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Today is #WorldCarFreeDay. Too many neighbourhoods & cities are designed around cars, & prioritise vehicle movement on our streets. This blog explores how changing & reducing how we use cars can bring a huge range of benefits for people & the planet. www.tcpa.org.uk/low-traffic-...tcpa.org.ukLow traffic neighbourhoods: anti-car or pro-people? - Town and Country Planning AssociationGemma Hyde picks apart the idea that Low Traffic Neighbourhoods are 'anti-car'. 0186
Reposted by Hung NguyenScott Robeson @indianaclimate.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Here's a gofundme to help out Josh Bregy, who recently was fired from his tenure-track job at Clemsongofundme.comDonate to Defend Academic Freedom: Help Dr. Bregy, organized by Steven LamMy name is Steven Lam, and I am a proud alumnus of Clemson University. It breaks my… Steven Lam needs your support for Defend Academic Freedom: Help Dr. Bregy 13130
