Adam Csank
@acsank.bsky.social
Geographer at U Nevada, Reno. Interested in past and present climate, dendrochronology, forest health, environmental history, and the Arctic. 🇨🇦 (he/him). views my own.
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Karen Budd-Falen, the No. 3 at the Interior Department, didn’t disclose a $3.5 million water-rights contract between her husband and the developers of a Nevada mine, records show.
By NYT Lisa Friedman
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/c...
By NYT Lisa Friedman
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/c...
The Trump Administration Approved a Big Lithium Mine. A Top Official’s Husband Profited.
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Karen Budd-Falen, the No. 3 at the Interior Department, didn’t disclose a $3.5 million water-rights contract between her husband and the developers of a Nevada mine, records show.
By NYT Lisa Friedman
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/c...
By NYT Lisa Friedman
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/c...
And this will all be sold to us as ”this way you will have more time to do research.”
THIS THIS THIS. ALL OF THIS
THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context
THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context
December 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
And this will all be sold to us as ”this way you will have more time to do research.”
Got some good news to end 2025. Found out my promotion to full professor was approved and will be effective July 1. Glad to end the year with some good news :)
December 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Got some good news to end 2025. Found out my promotion to full professor was approved and will be effective July 1. Glad to end the year with some good news :)
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Looking for: postdoc on quantitative history of China; postdoc on measuring wildfire fuels with LiDAR; PhDs on modeling fire in the boreal forest and the Pacific Northwest; MSc’s on earth system science; interns in many topics. Check it out!
I've updated the opportunities part of my website with fresh openings for researchers interested in climate and vegetation science, archaeology, history, and geography at all levels from undergraduate intern to postdoc. Take a look! jedokaplan.github.io/opportunities/
Work with me!
jedokaplan.github.io
December 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Looking for: postdoc on quantitative history of China; postdoc on measuring wildfire fuels with LiDAR; PhDs on modeling fire in the boreal forest and the Pacific Northwest; MSc’s on earth system science; interns in many topics. Check it out!
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Universities are combining departments, eliminating programs, pushing AI, buying out tenured profs and moving from cheap labor to the cheapest most exploited labor imaginable
December 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Universities are combining departments, eliminating programs, pushing AI, buying out tenured profs and moving from cheap labor to the cheapest most exploited labor imaginable
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Art x Climate is an integral part of the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5), restored by Climate.us.
One of the featured artworks is “Rivers Feed the Trees #467” by Meredith Nemirov. Year and Medium: 2022, acrylic on historic topographic map
One of the featured artworks is “Rivers Feed the Trees #467” by Meredith Nemirov. Year and Medium: 2022, acrylic on historic topographic map
December 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Art x Climate is an integral part of the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5), restored by Climate.us.
One of the featured artworks is “Rivers Feed the Trees #467” by Meredith Nemirov. Year and Medium: 2022, acrylic on historic topographic map
One of the featured artworks is “Rivers Feed the Trees #467” by Meredith Nemirov. Year and Medium: 2022, acrylic on historic topographic map
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Even at research intensive (R1) universities in the US, "tenure density" is already below 50%.
December 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Even at research intensive (R1) universities in the US, "tenure density" is already below 50%.
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For geo folks: Barrick and Newmont want to pump groundwater to dewater their gold mines. That lowers groundwater, and groundwater and surface water are connected physically (if not legally).
More details from @danielrothberg.bsky.social, who says Nevada's top water regulator faced pushback from a major gold mining company over raising the possibility of limiting groundwater pumping: invisiblewaters.substack.com/p/the-dismis...
The dismissal of Nevada's top water regulator
Plus: The stalled Colorado River talks and the uneven price of water in the West.
invisiblewaters.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
For geo folks: Barrick and Newmont want to pump groundwater to dewater their gold mines. That lowers groundwater, and groundwater and surface water are connected physically (if not legally).
Happening now! Drop by if you are still at AGU and want to learn what a spatial network of tree-ring Hg has to say.
December 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Happening now! Drop by if you are still at AGU and want to learn what a spatial network of tree-ring Hg has to say.
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Y'all, I just got out of the NSF-BIO webinar where they explained changes to peer review. It's not good. 🧪 scienceforeveryone.science/changes-to-n...
Changes to NSF peer review
They're not good. At all.
scienceforeveryone.science
December 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Y'all, I just got out of the NSF-BIO webinar where they explained changes to peer review. It's not good. 🧪 scienceforeveryone.science/changes-to-n...
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If you are in the US and you would like to send a message to your elected representative about the proposed dissolution of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, @agu.org makes it easy with a template here: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151... #AGU25
Save NCAR from being dismantled today!
The Trump Administration has vowed to dissolve the center that provides critical extreme weather and climate data for our nation.
agu.quorum.us
December 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
If you are in the US and you would like to send a message to your elected representative about the proposed dissolution of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, @agu.org makes it easy with a template here: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151... #AGU25
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Or rather, all too believable. If you want to suppress all knowledge of how a relatively small number are enriching themselves by destroying our shared home then this destruction, following on the heels of the funding freeze for the national Climate Adaptation Science Centers, is completely logical.
Trump officials shut off funding for climate adaptation centers
A third of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Climate Adaptation Science Centers are expected to drastically wind down and possibly close after Sept. 30.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Or rather, all too believable. If you want to suppress all knowledge of how a relatively small number are enriching themselves by destroying our shared home then this destruction, following on the heels of the funding freeze for the national Climate Adaptation Science Centers, is completely logical.
True.
Not sure what to get him for Christmas? Get him a map. Dudes love those things.
December 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
True.
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NSF now planning to let POs largely decide what gets funded, and to send PIs reviews that are only 3-5 sentences long. They don't have to use outside reviewers (except maybe 1) and don't have to convene panels. (1/5)
NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists
Memo cites overburdened staff, but some say move also aims to elevate White House priorities
www.science.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:45 PM
NSF now planning to let POs largely decide what gets funded, and to send PIs reviews that are only 3-5 sentences long. They don't have to use outside reviewers (except maybe 1) and don't have to convene panels. (1/5)
Interesting read.
Is it time to redraw our maps?
Is it time to redraw our maps?
From migration to ecology, new knowledge makes new cartographic demands
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Interesting read.
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A new study of the last 50 years of US pop music shows “a significant increase in stress-related language, alongside declines in positive sentiment and lyrical complexity.”
Societal crises disrupt long-term increases in stress, negativity, and simplicity in US Billboard song lyrics from 1973 to 2023 - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Societal crises disrupt long-term increases in stress, negativity, and simplicity in US Billboard song lyrics from 1973 to 2023
www.nature.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
A new study of the last 50 years of US pop music shows “a significant increase in stress-related language, alongside declines in positive sentiment and lyrical complexity.”
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Interesting model here.
“If universities genuinely want to realize their potential to solve societal challenges, they must create mechanisms to recognize publicly engaged research in the P&T process”
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
“If universities genuinely want to realize their potential to solve societal challenges, they must create mechanisms to recognize publicly engaged research in the P&T process”
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
A New Publicly Engaged Research Pathway to Tenure (opinion)
Recognizing the societal impact of research in the tenure and promotion process is important for restoring public trust in universities.
www.insidehighered.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Interesting model here.
“If universities genuinely want to realize their potential to solve societal challenges, they must create mechanisms to recognize publicly engaged research in the P&T process”
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
“If universities genuinely want to realize their potential to solve societal challenges, they must create mechanisms to recognize publicly engaged research in the P&T process”
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
If 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
Thursday, Heather Haines will present PP43D-1233 Arid zone dendrochronology of the widespread and ecologically critical Mulga tree
1/4
December 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
If 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
Thursday, Heather Haines will present PP43D-1233 Arid zone dendrochronology of the widespread and ecologically critical Mulga tree
1/4
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New study found the largest lahar of the last millennium occurred at Mt Rainier (4.392 m, WA) at the end of the year 1507! 🏔️🌊⌚
Wonderful tree rings... 🥰🌲💍
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/...
Wonderful tree rings... 🥰🌲💍
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/...
December 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
New study found the largest lahar of the last millennium occurred at Mt Rainier (4.392 m, WA) at the end of the year 1507! 🏔️🌊⌚
Wonderful tree rings... 🥰🌲💍
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/...
Wonderful tree rings... 🥰🌲💍
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/...
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I'll be on sabbatical starting January 1, 2026, and if anyone is looking for a guest speaker for department seminars, I'm happy to discuss possible dates. Reskeet widely! 🧪⚒️
August 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I'll be on sabbatical starting January 1, 2026, and if anyone is looking for a guest speaker for department seminars, I'm happy to discuss possible dates. Reskeet widely! 🧪⚒️
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"Overlooked and extensive ghost forest formation across the US Atlantic coast" -- wow what a comprehensive analysis by Yeung, @xiyang.bsky.social et al. 🎉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Overlooked and extensive ghost forest formation across the US Atlantic coast - Nature Sustainability
Large swathes of standing dead trees or ‘ghost forests’ can form owing to rising sea levels in coastal areas, but the extent to which this occurs is unclear. This study maps ghost forests at the indiv...
www.nature.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"Overlooked and extensive ghost forest formation across the US Atlantic coast" -- wow what a comprehensive analysis by Yeung, @xiyang.bsky.social et al. 🎉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This looks like a nightmare. And also a nightmare to enforce.
December 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
This looks like a nightmare. And also a nightmare to enforce.
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Whether the football program is doing well or not so well:
“increased athletic donations come at the expense of academic ones -- calling into question the assertion that athletic success is inherently financially beneficial to an institution’s academic endeavors”
“increased athletic donations come at the expense of academic ones -- calling into question the assertion that athletic success is inherently financially beneficial to an institution’s academic endeavors”
Athletic giving crowds out academic donations, research finds
Successful teams prompt better fund-raising for sports -- but increases in athletic donations correspond with less academic funding, study finds.
www.insidehighered.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Whether the football program is doing well or not so well:
“increased athletic donations come at the expense of academic ones -- calling into question the assertion that athletic success is inherently financially beneficial to an institution’s academic endeavors”
“increased athletic donations come at the expense of academic ones -- calling into question the assertion that athletic success is inherently financially beneficial to an institution’s academic endeavors”