Fangfang Yao

Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida. Surface hydrologist focusing on water resources, lakes, climate change.

[Fangfang Yao @bg2012reg]

I’m happy to share that I just joined the University of South Florida as an Assistant Professor in the School of Geosciences today. I will miss many great colleagues and students at Brown and the University of Virginia. I look forward to new connections at USF and beyond.

[Fangfang Yao @bg2012reg]

It was an honor to receive this award. Thanks to all for your kind words and congratulations.

[UVa EnviSci @uvaevsc]

Congratulations to post-doc Dr. Fangfang Yao @bg2012reg for being awarded the Early Career Award from the Remote Sensing Specialty Group of the American Associate of Geographers @theAAG! 👏

[INSTAAR @INSTAAR]

Application deadline is coming up soon: Wed Feb 28th

[Fangfang Yao @bg2012reg]

A new evidence of the changing hydrologic cycle in the Amazon: River may be altered forever by climate change | Science | AAAS https://t.co/qWxpDe2rUP

[Fangfang Yao @bg2012reg]

Out in WRR today, we developed an improved method for reconstructing multi-decadal lake levels globally based on long-term satellite images, with the potential to enhance capacities of high-resolution altimeter missions like #ICESat2 and #SWOT for decades. https://t.co/J3HZZmIFEO

[Fangfang Yao @bg2012reg]

Invited by @sciencebreaker, we provide a lay summary of our science paper "Earth’s large lakes are shrinking" https://t.co/9P3yW9g9LE #thesciencebreaker #climatechange #lakes #waterloss #humanwateruse #sedimentation

[Yifan Cheng @YifanCheng4]

Great opportunity to work with @MusselmanKeith! I have been working with Keith for the past three years and it has been a great experience. Highly recommended 👍

[Ben Abbott @thermokarst]

So much to think about in this comparison of Bear River Bay in 22 and 23. The increase in water is obvious, but how different is our current situation regarding prospects of recovery.

I'm deeply grateful for all those working to protect and restore Great Salt Lake.

@EcoFlight1

[Fangfang Yao @bg2012reg]

It was great to visit Dr. George Allen’s Global River Group at VT in the second week of the new semester. Thanks @hydroAllen for arranging all meetings with students and colleagues.

[Fangfang Yao @bg2012reg]

Very useful for those who are on job market.

[Earth and Environmental Science Faculty Jobs @earth_jobs]

It's gearing up to be academic jobs season, so get your CVs ready!

On that note, I'm very pleased to announce that the 2023-2024 EES Jobs List is LIVE!

Access the list here: https://t.co/j9zFLsRqFD

[Fangfang Yao @bg2012reg]

Interviewed by Eos, I missed their story but it is nice to see it today. Thanks @XiaoYan20198978 for the comments!

[AGU's Eos @AGU_Eos]

Between 1992 and 2020, more than 1,000 of the world's largest lakes and reservoirs lost an average of 21.5 gigatons (600 cubic kilometers) of water per year.

New research from @bg2012reg @ResilienceUVA; input from @XiaoYan20198978 @SMUDedman.
https://t.co/B05PZ7U8AN

[Fangfang Yao @bg2012reg]

Out in Geophysical Research Letters today, we developed a new tool for assessing reservoir sedimentation and capacity losses using high-resolution satellite imagery and water level data. Thanks @CIRESnews @cublibraries @ResilienceUVA for the support. https://t.co/ICvOkgOevW

[Fangfang Yao @bg2012reg]

@IrinaOvereem @mhc205 @ScienceMagazine @CIRESnews Thanks, Irina. Happy to chat if any questions.

[Fangfang Yao @bg2012reg]

Thanks @mhc205 @ScienceMagazine for putting our research together in this nice video! Being in front of the camera for the first time, I managed to overcome nervousness with enthusiasm. Thanks @CIRESnews for the tips and support! 🙌🔬 #NASA #research https://t.co/7Vg8cg4Ykt

[Fangfang Yao @bg2012reg]

@sarahwcooley Big congrats, Sarah!

[Fangfang Yao @bg2012reg]

We thank @laurapaddison from CNN for reporting our study: https://t.co/mZ706hNPLO

[UVA Environmental Institute @UVAEnvironment]

The Environmental Institute's Climate Fellow, @bg2012reg , is on the front cover of Science with research conducted while at @CIRESnews. Satellites show a widespread decline in global lakes. What does this mean? And is there hope?

[Sarah Cooley @sarahwcooley]

Congrats to @bg2012reg + @JidaWang83 (and others) on this fantastic new study on the cover of Science!! Really striking findings about the prevalence of water loss in large lakes.

I was honored to write a Perspective piece for Science about this work: https://t.co/nyYwxrvFUm

[Fangfang Yao @bg2012reg]

@sarahwcooley @JidaWang83 Thanks, Sarah!

[Fangfang Yao @bg2012reg]

Explore your area in the interactive map: https://t.co/8mIXE0NGNb

[Fangfang Yao @bg2012reg]

Out in Science today, our study revealed that 53% of the world's large lakes have declined using three decades of satellite observations. Two billion population resides in a basin with a drying lake, underscoring the importance of management solutions.
https://t.co/4CzHOHnKPR