Reposted by @terrawonderer.bsky.socialCIRES Center for Education, Engagement and Evaluation @ciresceee.bsky.social · 18/08/2026HUGE congratulations to CEEE's Ryan Vachon—research associate and expert film producer—winner of the 2026 Heartland Emmy Award for Best Topical Documentary for his film, "Fracture." 👏 242
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Teamwork with jupyternotebooks, git and Landlab during ESPIN 2026. Always amazing what creative ideas people come up with! @csdms.bsky.social 061
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 06/08/2026What is going on with these circular patterns? 000
Reposted by @terrawonderer.bsky.socialINSTAAR @instaar.bsky.social · 06/08/2026At Antarctica's Blood Falls, rust-colored water cascades from the mouth of the Taylor glacier. An INSTAAR co-authored study has found that many of the microbes in its iron-rich waters have marine origins, suggesting ancient flooding carried them deep inland. buff.ly/cBzIUEApopsci.comAntarctica’s Blood Falls teems with life from unexpected sourceDespite being over 20 miles from the ocean, it's organisms are pretty salty. 041
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Meanwhile here at CU @csdms.bsky.social ESPIN is in full swing! 071
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Following the Suicide Basin levels, from a distance for me, because newly minted NSF PDF Katie Turner is putting her moorings out downstream to measure the glacial lake drainage impacts. Watch for it halfway Aug (8-11th full but when will it then drain?) juneauflood.org/#/flood-forecastjuneauflood.orgJuneau Glacial Flood DashboardInsights, Maps, and Tools for Glacial Flood Awareness in Alaska. 000
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Morning thoughts on bedrocks steps and steep edges in glacial valleys. 031
Reposted by @terrawonderer.bsky.socialEos @eos.org · 31/07/2026The Lower Basin could be hit hard: California, Arizona, and Nevada could be called on to cut their water use from the Colorado by 3 million acre-feet. This terrific @coloradosun.com article breaks it all down: coloradosun.com/2026/07/31/c...coloradosun.comEverything you need to know about the new federal report on the Colorado River's futureFederal agencies released the first of several highly anticipated reports that will outline how the river will be managed for years to come. 172
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 23/07/2026This will be superuseful to read. 010
Reposted by @terrawonderer.bsky.socialDr. Twila Moon @drtwilamoon.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Climate.us is a great place to explore. So much was lost with the destruction of climate . gov and climate.us is making sure we have data, tools, and insights. 🙌climate.usClimate.us Homeindependent, nonprofit, and immune to politics 064
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Luckily I have to do all kind of bureaucratic paperwork today, so no chance to go outside anyway. 000
Reposted by @terrawonderer.bsky.socialUniversity of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) @colorado.edu · 30/06/2026CU Boulder has been named one of the world's leading institutions for climate science, ranking eighth globally in the latest analysis of the most highly cited climate research institutions by Carbon Brief. @cires.colorado.edu was also recognized, ranking No. 43 globally. bit.ly/4wkkgis 042
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Kevin explaining his own PHD mix of drone engineering, permafrost lake fieldwork and isotope-permafrost lake numerical modeling. @instaar.bsky.social @cubouldearth.bsky.social 010
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 22/06/2026New dr.! Kevin Rozmiarek just presented his thesis research on methane emissions from Arctic thaw lakes. Boig congrats!! Big trail lake near Fairbanks is where it happens. 020
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Presentations of the @csdms.bsky.social annual meeting are up for viewing! Very cool stuff on hydraulics, AI, topodata data and stakeholder modeling, all in compact 20 mins lectures. Landing page is here: csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/CSDMS_m... 000
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Our office for 2 weeks… found floating glaciers and extremely cold water. Lots of data collected and instruments in place. Thanks to a great team! 040
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 03/06/2026It is that time! Field prep at its best. Go team. 050
Reposted by @terrawonderer.bsky.socialGreg Tucker @gregtucker.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Why are the Rockies rocky? New work from Matt Rossi and friends - 0103
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Agreed! Brian Yanites at @csdms.bsky.social meeting today! 061
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Leaving a rainy Denver, FINALLLY! to @csdms.bsky.social meeting in Minnesota. 030
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Happy to say that Dr. Josie Arcuri successfully defended her PhD Thesis yesterday. Thesis is not called "River Ice Matters" - but that is what her research revolved around. Josie picked up some field skills on the way, but hydraulic and morphodynamic river modeling is her jam. Huge congrats! 031
Reposted by @terrawonderer.bsky.socialInstitute for Research Software @softwaresaved.bsky.social · 14/05/2026🟣 As part of our new series on Artificial Intelligence in research software, we have published a new guide: Getting Started with ML and AI in Research Software, written by Paul J. Wright. Find out more about the guide and how to access it at www.software.ac.uk/news/new-gui... 122
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 14/05/2026@natgeosci.nature.com editorial highlights how a sweep of recent studies are showing the profound effects of humans on rivers; including the effect of climate change on Arctic systems (our paper!). @geolidf.bsky.social @colorado.edu www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comReshaping river flow - Nature GeoscienceEarth’s landmass has been sculpted by rivers for millions of years. Humans are now reshaping these landscapes as engineered modifications and the impacts of anthropogenic climate change alter river co... 022
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Ahh, we will check it out, with special interest for the Juneau Icefield! @app-glaciers.bsky.social 040
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Supercool footage of the enormous scar! Landslide in Alaska Set Off a Tsunami. There May Be More to Come. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/s...nytimes.comA Landslide in Alaska Set Off a Tsunami. There May Be More to Come. 020
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Your voice matters in planning future community efforts, modeling infrastructure and plans for training. Let CSDMS know ..... The survey should not take too long to fill out (8-10 mins). 021
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Scaling relationship in the inverse, an long known patterns in natural river systems works in reverse in delta distributary channels - shall we cast it as Dong's law? Very nice work Tian and @lvulis.bsky.social and co-authors. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgApparent Hack’s law in river deltasRiver deltas are densely populated, ecologically vital landscapes threatened by rising sea levels. Distributary channel networks disperse sediment to build deltaic land, yet the relationship between t... 020
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Wow Eric, Doug and @jakegearon.bsky.social I love this paper on levees! There is soo much to learn on river sedimentatry processes from analyzing continental scale digital elevation data. @csdms.bsky.social and @opentopography.org agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.comO Levee, Where Art Thou? Measuring the Abundance of Natural River Levees Across the Contiguous USAAll else being equal, natural levees tend to form on gently sloping rivers and rivers that migrate quickly River discharge is a poor predictor of natural levee abundance Natural levees occur on ... 020
Reposted by @terrawonderer.bsky.socialEos @eos.org · 16/04/2026Melting glaciers along Greenland’s coastline are affecting how the ocean breathes and how it reacts to and buffers itself against change, writes @henrychenson.bsky.social of @au.dk. eos.org/science-upda...eos.orgMelting Glaciers Make the Coastal Ocean More Sensitive - EosFresh water from retreating ice does more than raise sea levels. It affects how the ocean responds to acidification and other environmental changes. 032
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 13/04/2026eos.org/editors-vox/...eos.orgSynergistic Integration of Flood Inundation Modeling Methods - EosRecent flood modeling advances are trending into silos that compete rather than complement each other, hampering the opportunity for transformative progress toward protecting lives and communities. 000
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Congrats to Shang Tian and Dongfeng Li, our paper on Arctic river sediment it out today! We highlight how small Arctic rivers have increased sediment and changed disproportionally faster (over the satellite record). New machine-learning approach on landsat data. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comIncreasing river sediment concentration and flux across the pan-Arctic - Nature GeoscienceThe total sediment flux from land to the ocean across the pan-Arctic has risen by 15% since 1980, driven by greater river discharge, intensified thermokarst disturbances and wildfire activity, accordi... 183
Reposted by @terrawonderer.bsky.socialDr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Absolutely fascinating article by @trinamoyles.bsky.social in @cangeo.bsky.social about how declines in dall sheep in southwest Yukon might be (partly) related to increased levels of wind-blown dust following diversion of Ä’äy Chù (Slims River). 🧪⚒️🐏 @carmtree.bsky.social @draeolus.bsky.socialcanadiangeographic.caBorn for this: unravelling the disappearance of Dall sheepWhen scientists started documenting alarming declines in the Thechàl Dhâl herd of Dall sheep, it sparked a vital conversation between biologists and First Nations communities. What was causing the dro... 34213
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Showing Spruce Gulch Wildlife and Research Preserve activities and to visiting CU alumni. I marched everyone through the scars of the 2013 Boulder flood, incised debris flow gullies and toppled mega boulders. Tim and Kat had the pretty wildflowers. @colorado.edu 010
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 07/04/2026@nicolegasparini.bsky.social , @mdpiper.bsky.social and @geolatinas.bsky.social look at this! Coco! 010
Reposted by @terrawonderer.bsky.socialBoulder Reporting Lab @boulderrl.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Thousands rally in #Boulder against Trump as “No Kings” protests sweep the country, drawing millions to more than 3,000 events nationwide. boulderreportinglab.org/2026/03/28/t...boulderreportinglab.orgThousands rally in Boulder against Trump in latest 'No Kings' protestDrummers, singers and thousands of marchers filled downtown Boulder in the latest wave of anti-Trump demonstrations. 1167
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Having difficulty keeping up with all the interesting papers this week, this is one of them! Need summer break to come faster. 000
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Congrats to Dr Brianna Undzis and her advisor Prof Julia Moriarty! One highlight: ROMS modeling of the Beaufort Sea shelf shows that in summer, sediment wafting around is likely due to wave resuspension. @csdms.bsky.social 010
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 24/03/2026The Soilgrids data component get used a lot! Maybe because of the handy example notebook? 010
Reposted by @terrawonderer.bsky.socialMark Piper @mdpiper.bsky.social · 24/03/2026The Topography Data Component fetches land elevation data from OpenTopography and loads it into an Xarray DataArray. Learn more about the Topography Data Component at github.com/csdms/bmi-to....github.comGitHub - csdms/bmi-topography: Fetch and cache land elevation data from OpenTopography through an API, BMI, or CLIFetch and cache land elevation data from OpenTopography through an API, BMI, or CLI - csdms/bmi-topography 122
Reposted by @terrawonderer.bsky.socialMark Piper @mdpiper.bsky.social · 23/03/2026I'd like to do a series of posts this week to highlight CSDMS Data Components. Data Components are software that help connect data sources to numerical models. For more information on the idea behind Data Components and their implementation, see Gan et al. 2024: doi.org/10.5194/gmd-....doi.orgCSDMS Data Components: data–model integration tools for Earth surface processes modelingAbstract. Progress in better understanding and modeling Earth surface systems requires an ongoing integration of data and numerical models. Advances are currently hampered by technical barriers that i... 143
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Eye candy for world glacier day- a flight back south along the Canadian side, Kluane Park, had me glued to the window. Maybe I will get to go there one day! 020
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Heatwave appropriate field class elements: how far downstream do mass wasting events travel. In our case, into the South Platte. We found it. @colorado.edu 000
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Collected survey data with drone in Spruce Gulch-Kevin Rozmiarek showed our class what survey design involves, and how to process data. Big thanks! @instaar.bsky.social 010
Reposted by @terrawonderer.bsky.socialNature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 17/03/2026The authors of a Comment article in Nature highlight concerns over adopting AI in meteorology and call on the weather and climate community to set clear standards, starting with agreed data sets, for testing out-of-sample extreme-event predictions objectively. 🧪 go.nature.comCan AI models reliably forecast extreme weather events?More-rigorous testing is required before artificial-intelligence approaches are widely adopted by public forecasting agencies. 4259
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Doing geomorphology all day, in the best debris flow gullies in my humble opinion. But then students do get REALLY excited about pegmatites, elk vertebrae, xenoliths and fault evidence in rocks. This rock specimen got carried for a 25 min hike. @cubouldearth.bsky.social 011
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Tinkering before fieldwork, improving mounts for river and lake instruments. @cubouldearth.bsky.social CRYSP lab was busy this weekend! @instaar.bsky.social 122
terrawonderer.bsky.social @terrawonderer.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Even did some of our university field classes on our bikes! 010
