@CalRivers’ Ron Stork on hazards of Del Puerto Canyon Dam: “The DEIR provides no geotechnical analysis supporting the conclusion that any landslides would be slow and at a scale that would not form a lake tsunami or seiche wave of significant magnitude.” https://t.co/nXHi4nqnp5
Yah, but what about 1936?
A common denier talking point. NASA: summer of 2023 was the hottest summer on record globally at .41 deg F above RECORD. Yes, 1936 summer was VERY hot in the US - many daily heat records in US were set that summer. But US is only 2% of Earth's surface
Catastrophic flooding in Libya - the result of two dam bursts after Storm Daniel dumped massive rain.
A horrific reminder that dams create their own hazard - and can be destabilized by a variety of natural events: rainfall, earthquakes, eruptions, landslides.
my postdoc advisor made the case that for many of us those introductory classes that we teach are far & away bigger and more immediate impact than anything else we do. A lot of those students are never going to see a scientist again. That's your shot.
No plastic — not even soda bottles — has ever been recycled or reused close to a 30% rate, the necessary threshold for something to be considered “recyclable,” according to a Greenpeace report.
Friday Lab Lunch and the PLANETAS lab is building the #Mars2020 Perseverance rover!! We loveeee little Lego Ingenuity :’) stay tuned for our progress completing Percy!
The record low 2022 Antarctic sea ice (thin dashed curve) led to "catastrophic breeding failure of emperor penguins". 4 out of 5 studied sites experienced total breeding failure.
https://t.co/gzARIt2laH
Now look at the data from this year's ice extent (bold dashed curve).
EDITOR'S PICK:
In Douglas et al. (2023), frozen flume experiments reveal the sensitivity of permafrost riverbank erosion to water temperature, bank roughness, and pore-ice content.
@MarisaExplores highlights their work in @AGU_Eos: https://t.co/1ySBbS22v0
#AGUPubs@theAGU
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I’m (finally) defending my PhD on Friday, August 18th at 10am (Pacific).
If you’re in Seattle, stop by Johnson Hall RM 026 in two weeks.
If you’re interested in joining virtually, please fill out this form and I’ll send on a zoom link.
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Here are my very preliminary pre-sleep thoughts about the meeting and this report: The ocean sciences committee is keen to learn from the drilling community about our science, and NSF is here to also learn so they can advocate for us! I feel very hopeful!
This brilliant paper by @sleuthy_ruthie and others could have huge implications for sea level.
The authors find that the Antarctic ice sheet is more stable than previously feared!
However, there are still some big knowledge gaps, so stay tuned...
https://t.co/C21f8mqQY2
The largest dam removal project in U.S. history is underway. Once gone, workers and Native American tribes will plant billions of seeds to try and restore the land to what it was a century ago. https://t.co/Ay6kFkmV80
Is your landscape running?? Then you'd better go catch it...and submit an abstract to our AGU session on rapidly eroding landscapes!! EP017 - Fast & Furious: Drivers of Rapid Erosion and Deposition on Earth’s Surface in the Anthropocene 🏁📷<🏎️