Anne Jefferson
@annejefferson.bsky.social
Watershed hydrology and geomorphology prof and Lake Champlain Sea Grant Director here for science, the environment, and life as an academic & mom. Formerly @highlyanne.
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Anne Jefferson
@annejefferson.bsky.social
· Dec 20
Watershed Lab’s 2024 in Review – Dr. Anne Jefferson's Watershed Lab
all-geo.org
Year in review wrap up post for the Watershed Lab at UVM, in which I brag about how many cool things my lab group is doing.
all-geo.org/jefferson/wa...
all-geo.org/jefferson/wa...
"Mend it, don't end it." People who accept FEMA flood buyouts tend to stay local, but in less risky areas. But many houses sold after floods just result in new people living in the flood zone. theconversation.com/fema-buyouts...
FEMA buyouts vs. risky real estate: New maps reveal post-flood migration patterns across the US
In general, people are moving to safer homes after disasters, but the vast majority are selling, meaning someone else is now taking on that risk. Buyout programs can help.
theconversation.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"Mend it, don't end it." People who accept FEMA flood buyouts tend to stay local, but in less risky areas. But many houses sold after floods just result in new people living in the flood zone. theconversation.com/fema-buyouts...
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ghoulish behavior
ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
October 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
ghoulish behavior
Check out this great new video on a resilient rain garden that got buried by sediment in the 2023 Vermont flood and today is more beautiful and functional than ever. all-geo.org/jefferson/ne...
September 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Check out this great new video on a resilient rain garden that got buried by sediment in the 2023 Vermont flood and today is more beautiful and functional than ever. all-geo.org/jefferson/ne...
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Upcoming #WARR talks on water chemistry + pollution in substantially modified urban streams flowing through densely populated landscapes
Drs. Elizabeth Herndon + Anne Jefferson @annejefferson.bsky.social
REgister: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@waterbarnes.bsky.social @devonkerins.bsky.social
Drs. Elizabeth Herndon + Anne Jefferson @annejefferson.bsky.social
REgister: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@waterbarnes.bsky.social @devonkerins.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Upcoming #WARR talks on water chemistry + pollution in substantially modified urban streams flowing through densely populated landscapes
Drs. Elizabeth Herndon + Anne Jefferson @annejefferson.bsky.social
REgister: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@waterbarnes.bsky.social @devonkerins.bsky.social
Drs. Elizabeth Herndon + Anne Jefferson @annejefferson.bsky.social
REgister: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@waterbarnes.bsky.social @devonkerins.bsky.social
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SCOOP: Revolution Wind employed 80 fishermen over the past 2 years, paying out $9.5 million to captains, deckhands, and fishing boat owners. Trump's pause means he just put Trump-voting fishermen out of work.
When Trump paused Empire Wind, the fishermen stayed quiet.
This time, they spoke to me.👇
When Trump paused Empire Wind, the fishermen stayed quiet.
This time, they spoke to me.👇
‘It’s madness’: Trump-voting fishermen oppose Revolution Wind halt
The Rhode Island offshore wind project, now nearly finished, employed 80 fishermen to help with construction. With Trump's pause, they are losing vital…
www.canarymedia.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
SCOOP: Revolution Wind employed 80 fishermen over the past 2 years, paying out $9.5 million to captains, deckhands, and fishing boat owners. Trump's pause means he just put Trump-voting fishermen out of work.
When Trump paused Empire Wind, the fishermen stayed quiet.
This time, they spoke to me.👇
When Trump paused Empire Wind, the fishermen stayed quiet.
This time, they spoke to me.👇
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According to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol data, Northern Border Crossings are down 39.27% from July 2024 to 2025 and down 36.13% in Northern New York (including Champlain Rouses Point Crossing and Trout River Crossing).
#Boycott #ViveLeCanada #Canada 💪🏻🍁
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
#Boycott #ViveLeCanada #Canada 💪🏻🍁
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
With Canadian tourism on the decline, Vermont leaders work to repair cross-border relations
Lindsay Kurrle, Vermont’s Secretary of Commerce and Anson Tebbetts, Vermont’s Secretary of Agriculture, said they have recently returned from a trip north to meet with a member of the Canadian Parliam...
www.ctvnews.ca
August 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
According to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol data, Northern Border Crossings are down 39.27% from July 2024 to 2025 and down 36.13% in Northern New York (including Champlain Rouses Point Crossing and Trout River Crossing).
#Boycott #ViveLeCanada #Canada 💪🏻🍁
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
#Boycott #ViveLeCanada #Canada 💪🏻🍁
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
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Hydrogeologists say no, absolutely positively no. 😭 ⚒️
Forget phd level, most 2nd graders could do better. Maybe even kindergartners.
Forget phd level, most 2nd graders could do better. Maybe even kindergartners.
August 20, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Hydrogeologists say no, absolutely positively no. 😭 ⚒️
Forget phd level, most 2nd graders could do better. Maybe even kindergartners.
Forget phd level, most 2nd graders could do better. Maybe even kindergartners.
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Flood managed aquifer recharge paired with forecast-informed reservoir operations led to a 40-60% reduction in aquifer overdraft. That’s pretty significant! But still need to reduce withdrawals.
August 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Flood managed aquifer recharge paired with forecast-informed reservoir operations led to a 40-60% reduction in aquifer overdraft. That’s pretty significant! But still need to reduce withdrawals.
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Scientists have identified the microbial culprit responsible for the largest sea star wasting disease (SSWD) epidemic ever documented in the wild: A strain of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida, which proliferates in warm water during seasonal variations and anomalous marine heating events.
Scientists identify bacterium behind devastating wasting disease in starfish
After 90% loss of global sunflower sea star population in 10 years, researchers hope decline can now be tackled
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Scientists have identified the microbial culprit responsible for the largest sea star wasting disease (SSWD) epidemic ever documented in the wild: A strain of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida, which proliferates in warm water during seasonal variations and anomalous marine heating events.
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⚒️ Does anyone have any more info on this ‘7 volcanoes in Kamchatka wake up’ story? It doesn’t match with the latest bulletins from KVERT (kvert.febras.net) and the stories don’t really give many details. Would be nice to know which 7, and what they’re actually doing…
Seven volcanoes wake up in Russia's Kamchatka after powerful quake
Klyuchevskoi, Krasheninnikov, Avachinsky and others have all woken up following the 8.8 magnitude quake, the strongest in the region since 1952.
apnews.com
August 6, 2025 at 10:42 AM
⚒️ Does anyone have any more info on this ‘7 volcanoes in Kamchatka wake up’ story? It doesn’t match with the latest bulletins from KVERT (kvert.febras.net) and the stories don’t really give many details. Would be nice to know which 7, and what they’re actually doing…
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Whether you’re in Alaska or not, please consider donating to keep Kotzebue Public Radio on the air. 💔
On Sunday AM KOTZ (our public radio station) plays hymns sung in Inupiaq. My dad loves hearing Inupiaq. Another thing we'll miss if KOTZ closes (now slated to close in May without federal funding). They also have a huge stash of "Eskimo stories", all in Inupiaq, that aren't available anywhere else.
KOTZEBUE BROADCASTING INC.
Site for Kotzebue Broadcasting Inc.
kotz.org
August 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Whether you’re in Alaska or not, please consider donating to keep Kotzebue Public Radio on the air. 💔
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⚒️ Overnight there was an M8.8 #earthquake off the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia Earthquake (160.2°E, 52.5°N), at a depth of 20.7 km, close to the Kamchatka Trench: a subduction zone boundary between the Kuril-Kamchatka and Pacific plates. The USGS PAGER alert level is RED
Compiled info🧵follows:
Compiled info🧵follows:
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earthquake.usgs.gov
July 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
⚒️ Overnight there was an M8.8 #earthquake off the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia Earthquake (160.2°E, 52.5°N), at a depth of 20.7 km, close to the Kamchatka Trench: a subduction zone boundary between the Kuril-Kamchatka and Pacific plates. The USGS PAGER alert level is RED
Compiled info🧵follows:
Compiled info🧵follows:
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Polar Icebreakers May Be Key to Jumpstarting American Shipbuilding New Report Finds
Polar Icebreakers May Be Key to Jumpstarting American Shipbuilding New Report Finds
The recently-signed ICE Pact, focused on the development of icebreakers, represents a unique opportunity to revitalize American shipbuilding, a new report by the Wilson Center, a think tank, finds.…
gcaptain.com
July 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Polar Icebreakers May Be Key to Jumpstarting American Shipbuilding New Report Finds
So much waste. Loss of research, loss of talent, and loss of capacity for years to come.
The National Science Foundation plans to abruptly end operation of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer, the sole U.S. research ship capable of braving the farthest reaches of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. scim.ag/4mB8LOX
NSF plans abrupt end to lone U.S. Antarctic research icebreaker
Imminent termination of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer shocks polar scientists
scim.ag
July 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
So much waste. Loss of research, loss of talent, and loss of capacity for years to come.
Even as someone who has read a lot & done research on beach #microplastics, this story from the BBC is horrifying. I really hope the companies involved can be held more responsible. www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC uncovers lasting toxic legacy of cargo ship disaster off Sri Lanka
Scientists warn the damage to the environment after the 2021 X-Press Pearl disaster could be much more enduring.
www.bbc.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Even as someone who has read a lot & done research on beach #microplastics, this story from the BBC is horrifying. I really hope the companies involved can be held more responsible. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Interested in #bigdata #river #Biogeochem #interdisciplinary collaboration? A postdoc opportunity in the Sullivan group, one of the most supportive & nurturing mentors I ever know.
sites.google.com/oregonstate....
sites.google.com/oregonstate....
Sullivan Lab - Opportunities
Recruiting Postdoc Scholar in Big Data and River Biogeochemistry
sites.google.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Interested in #bigdata #river #Biogeochem #interdisciplinary collaboration? A postdoc opportunity in the Sullivan group, one of the most supportive & nurturing mentors I ever know.
sites.google.com/oregonstate....
sites.google.com/oregonstate....
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A discarded toy on a Lake Champlain beach may take a different form one day: millions of microplastic bits, says @uvmvermont.bsky.social prof. @annejefferson.bsky.social.
Learn about what Jefferson and colleagues are finding as they scour Lake Champlain for microplastic sources: go.uvm.edu/xen2p
Learn about what Jefferson and colleagues are finding as they scour Lake Champlain for microplastic sources: go.uvm.edu/xen2p
Microplastics are in Lake Champlain and in us. These scientists want to know their source
Researchers on Lake Champlain are doubling down on years of research to try to figure out how tiny pieces of toxic plastic are getting into the lake, which serves some 200,000 people with drinking wat...
go.uvm.edu
June 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A discarded toy on a Lake Champlain beach may take a different form one day: millions of microplastic bits, says @uvmvermont.bsky.social prof. @annejefferson.bsky.social.
Learn about what Jefferson and colleagues are finding as they scour Lake Champlain for microplastic sources: go.uvm.edu/xen2p
Learn about what Jefferson and colleagues are finding as they scour Lake Champlain for microplastic sources: go.uvm.edu/xen2p
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National Science Foundation staff were notified that their office space will be taken over by Department of Housing and Urban Development. It's unclear where the 1,800+ NSF employees will work. Renovation plans apparently include a personal gym for the HUD secretary & family eos.org/research-and...
National Science Foundation Staff Booted From Headquarters - Eos
Staff at the National Science Foundation (NSF) were notified on 25 June that the agency’s office space, located in Alexandria, Va., will be taken over by Department of Housing and Urban Development (H...
eos.org
June 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
National Science Foundation staff were notified that their office space will be taken over by Department of Housing and Urban Development. It's unclear where the 1,800+ NSF employees will work. Renovation plans apparently include a personal gym for the HUD secretary & family eos.org/research-and...
Universities must respect academic freedom. Tulane apparently does not.
www.wwno.org/education/20...
www.wwno.org/education/20...
Tulane scientist resigns citing university censorship of pollution and racial disparity research
Kim Terrell, a researcher with the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, resigned Wednesday, saying in a letter the university had sacrificed academic integrity for political expediency.
www.wwno.org
June 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Universities must respect academic freedom. Tulane apparently does not.
www.wwno.org/education/20...
www.wwno.org/education/20...
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Hasn’t a couple of decades of increasing reliance on phone navigation taught us it’s a seriously bad idea to trust a computer to shorten your route?
In Vermont, we annually place bets on how long it will take a truck to get stuck in Smuggler’s Notch (a “shorter” mountain route) once it opens.
In Vermont, we annually place bets on how long it will take a truck to get stuck in Smuggler’s Notch (a “shorter” mountain route) once it opens.
June 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Hasn’t a couple of decades of increasing reliance on phone navigation taught us it’s a seriously bad idea to trust a computer to shorten your route?
In Vermont, we annually place bets on how long it will take a truck to get stuck in Smuggler’s Notch (a “shorter” mountain route) once it opens.
In Vermont, we annually place bets on how long it will take a truck to get stuck in Smuggler’s Notch (a “shorter” mountain route) once it opens.
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Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
Working with folks fighting plastic pollution in the Lake Champlain Basin continues to give me hope for the future of civic engagement. Here's a great profile of one of our local environmental leaders. www.sevendaysvt.com/news/lakekee...
Lakekeeper Julie Silverman Is a Watchdog for Lake Champlain
On the beach, on the water and at the Statehouse, the educator and advocate works to protect the 450-square-mile lake that links two states and two countries.
www.sevendaysvt.com
June 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Working with folks fighting plastic pollution in the Lake Champlain Basin continues to give me hope for the future of civic engagement. Here's a great profile of one of our local environmental leaders. www.sevendaysvt.com/news/lakekee...
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When we communicate science, we often don't say where the resources for it come from. This is clearly a mistake: people consuming science should know who is funding it--and if that funding is being taken away. So, I decided to document the funding sources of every scientist mentioned in my book.
May 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
When we communicate science, we often don't say where the resources for it come from. This is clearly a mistake: people consuming science should know who is funding it--and if that funding is being taken away. So, I decided to document the funding sources of every scientist mentioned in my book.
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Seeing Blatten buried again and again, from every angle...
Properly staggering! 😮😱
Properly staggering! 😮😱
May 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Seeing Blatten buried again and again, from every angle...
Properly staggering! 😮😱
Properly staggering! 😮😱
A beautiful essay by former colleague Jacqueline Curtis on how changes to the best-laid plans can end up working out OK - or even wonderfully - in the end. This feels needed and timely as so many scientists struggle with the cruelties of 2025.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Abandoning my long-held career plans was painful—but I love where I landed
The author was about to start law school when Hurricane Katrina sent her back to science
www.science.org
May 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A beautiful essay by former colleague Jacqueline Curtis on how changes to the best-laid plans can end up working out OK - or even wonderfully - in the end. This feels needed and timely as so many scientists struggle with the cruelties of 2025.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...