Ethan Shaw
@cutoffmountain.bsky.social
Naturalist. Landscape: physiography, ecosystem geography, etc. Wallowa-Blue Mtn Snowfield Project (Insta: wallowasnowfields). Wisconsin to the Columbia Plateau.
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Beach ridge complexes in bays of Lake Superior, northwest of Marquette, Michigan. Northern hardwoods in fall color on the points between the bays and on high ground inland, conifers on the beach ridges. Sentinel 2, October 26, 2025.
October 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Beach ridge complexes in bays of Lake Superior, northwest of Marquette, Michigan. Northern hardwoods in fall color on the points between the bays and on high ground inland, conifers on the beach ridges. Sentinel 2, October 26, 2025.
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Cornus alternifolia (pagoda dogwood) is easier to spot at this time in the fall and it surprises me again how much of it there is unobtrusively growing under the oaks here.
October 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Cornus alternifolia (pagoda dogwood) is easier to spot at this time in the fall and it surprises me again how much of it there is unobtrusively growing under the oaks here.
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Wind River Range,
10/15/2025, 3:29:50 PM
10/15/2025, 3:29:50 PM
October 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Wind River Range,
10/15/2025, 3:29:50 PM
10/15/2025, 3:29:50 PM
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An atmospheric river event favors increased chances of stormy weather over the Western U.S. during late October.
October 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
An atmospheric river event favors increased chances of stormy weather over the Western U.S. during late October.
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CORN-ADO CHASING! It was another hot, sunny day with record heat in the Midwest, ripe for dust devils. During the harvest season when cornbelt dust devils fill with corn stalks, I call them corn-adoes! Got my drone into a few of them today.
October 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
CORN-ADO CHASING! It was another hot, sunny day with record heat in the Midwest, ripe for dust devils. During the harvest season when cornbelt dust devils fill with corn stalks, I call them corn-adoes! Got my drone into a few of them today.
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The impact extreme rainfall events can have in a year - check out Tescott, KS. They'd probably be running near average year-to-date, but a pair of 6"+ rain events Jul 22 and Sep 9 have them running a 10"+ surplus.
Recap your 2025 precip story: ag-wx.com
Recap your 2025 precip story: ag-wx.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The impact extreme rainfall events can have in a year - check out Tescott, KS. They'd probably be running near average year-to-date, but a pair of 6"+ rain events Jul 22 and Sep 9 have them running a 10"+ surplus.
Recap your 2025 precip story: ag-wx.com
Recap your 2025 precip story: ag-wx.com
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Something good: a new, nonprofit newsroom run by some wonderful, experienced folks (core crew from Outside mag's glory days) dedicated to journalism about American public lands! Looks like the plan is to collaborate a fair bit with other outlets.
RE:PUBLIC
INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM FOR PUBLIC LANDS.
www.republic.land
September 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Something good: a new, nonprofit newsroom run by some wonderful, experienced folks (core crew from Outside mag's glory days) dedicated to journalism about American public lands! Looks like the plan is to collaborate a fair bit with other outlets.
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West Blue Mound, highest point in southern Wisconsin, on the horizon from a ridgetop in Lafayette County, Wisconsin. East Blue Mound is also visible at the right edge of the photo.
September 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
West Blue Mound, highest point in southern Wisconsin, on the horizon from a ridgetop in Lafayette County, Wisconsin. East Blue Mound is also visible at the right edge of the photo.
Snowpatch fieldwork up in the "Skyland Block"...
September 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Snowpatch fieldwork up in the "Skyland Block"...
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Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 10th lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 50,000 km² above the 2010s mean
• about 1,040,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,020,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,760,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 50,000 km² above the 2010s mean
• about 1,040,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,020,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,760,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
August 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 10th lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 50,000 km² above the 2010s mean
• about 1,040,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,020,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,760,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 50,000 km² above the 2010s mean
• about 1,040,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,020,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,760,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
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In the meantime, check out our bio and follow us here and on our other social channels:
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August 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Welcome to our page! We are glad you are here.
Stay tuned for more exciting news to come.
In the meantime, check out our bio and follow us here and on our other social channels:
climate.us
Stay tuned for more exciting news to come.
In the meantime, check out our bio and follow us here and on our other social channels:
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Glacier du Pays Bâché (Neouvielle, Pyrénées) ✝️
1896 | 2023
This glacier east of Pic Long (3192 m) disappeared more than 15 years ago! 📈
Was 900 m-long and 30+ ha during the LIA! 🧊💪
Only witnesses: a magnificent moraine and a glacial lake!
Who's next? 🔥
📷1896: Lucien Briet
2023 Mathieu Lavi 🙏
1896 | 2023
This glacier east of Pic Long (3192 m) disappeared more than 15 years ago! 📈
Was 900 m-long and 30+ ha during the LIA! 🧊💪
Only witnesses: a magnificent moraine and a glacial lake!
Who's next? 🔥
📷1896: Lucien Briet
2023 Mathieu Lavi 🙏
August 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Glacier du Pays Bâché (Neouvielle, Pyrénées) ✝️
1896 | 2023
This glacier east of Pic Long (3192 m) disappeared more than 15 years ago! 📈
Was 900 m-long and 30+ ha during the LIA! 🧊💪
Only witnesses: a magnificent moraine and a glacial lake!
Who's next? 🔥
📷1896: Lucien Briet
2023 Mathieu Lavi 🙏
1896 | 2023
This glacier east of Pic Long (3192 m) disappeared more than 15 years ago! 📈
Was 900 m-long and 30+ ha during the LIA! 🧊💪
Only witnesses: a magnificent moraine and a glacial lake!
Who's next? 🔥
📷1896: Lucien Briet
2023 Mathieu Lavi 🙏
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I'm concerned about a potential uptick in fire activity across western Canada in late August and early September - risk has been trending up with dryness over the last week, upcoming week of hot + dry conditions will put pressure on early September rainfall opportunities.
August 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I'm concerned about a potential uptick in fire activity across western Canada in late August and early September - risk has been trending up with dryness over the last week, upcoming week of hot + dry conditions will put pressure on early September rainfall opportunities.
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We saw this plume of smoke from a fire in the Wind River Mtns/Green River Lakes area today. It was reported this afternoon and within just a few hours was estimated at 600 acres. Insane. #wildfire
August 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
We saw this plume of smoke from a fire in the Wind River Mtns/Green River Lakes area today. It was reported this afternoon and within just a few hours was estimated at 600 acres. Insane. #wildfire
One lonesome snowpatch still shining in this high-country viewshed...
August 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
One lonesome snowpatch still shining in this high-country viewshed...
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I'm thrilled to see this paper out, which I co-led with @ditchontologist.bsky.social, and featuring input from loads of excellent co-authors. It's our interdisciplinary perspective on ditches; what they do, why they matter, and how we should look after them.
It's out! 🧪 "Lines in the landscape," on the under-appreciated importance of #ditches as diverse ecosystems: doi.org/10.1038/s432.... By @peatymike.bsky.social, @fluitans.bsky.social, @drtatariw.bsky.social, @timaukel.bsky.social, @jordannabergman.bsky.social, @juliecrabot.bsky.social, ...
Lines in the landscape - Communications Earth & Environment
Ditches have many overlooked environmental and societal roles, including impact on biodiversity and pollution, and management strategies to enhance their multifunctional landscape-scale benefits are n...
doi.org
August 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I'm thrilled to see this paper out, which I co-led with @ditchontologist.bsky.social, and featuring input from loads of excellent co-authors. It's our interdisciplinary perspective on ditches; what they do, why they matter, and how we should look after them.
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Cloud-to-ground lightning bolt pierces a scud tag ahead of storms in central Illinois on Saturday night. This was around 10 PM, looking north across the farm fields of Champaign County, IL.
August 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Cloud-to-ground lightning bolt pierces a scud tag ahead of storms in central Illinois on Saturday night. This was around 10 PM, looking north across the farm fields of Champaign County, IL.
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Soil color at the scale of the Midwest. Two patterns depending on depth: 1. At 125 cm, it's about parent material. Greenish-gray Des Moines Lobe till to the west/southwest, and reddish-brown sediment of the Superior Lobe and others to the northeast. Sandstone colors in the northern Driftless Area.
August 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Soil color at the scale of the Midwest. Two patterns depending on depth: 1. At 125 cm, it's about parent material. Greenish-gray Des Moines Lobe till to the west/southwest, and reddish-brown sediment of the Superior Lobe and others to the northeast. Sandstone colors in the northern Driftless Area.
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Elk Mountain,
8/17/2025, 4:59:35 PM
8/17/2025, 4:59:35 PM
August 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Elk Mountain,
8/17/2025, 4:59:35 PM
8/17/2025, 4:59:35 PM
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Anvil crawler heaven here in the stratiform precip region of a thunderstorm cluster southeast of Champaign, IL
August 17, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Anvil crawler heaven here in the stratiform precip region of a thunderstorm cluster southeast of Champaign, IL
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One of the most spectacular lightning displays I've seen in my backyard in many years. I felt like I was fumbling my way through shooting most of the show & was just hoping I'd capture one image that conveyed how insane the show felt.
Looking east from Urbana, IL around 12 AM:
Looking east from Urbana, IL around 12 AM:
August 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
One of the most spectacular lightning displays I've seen in my backyard in many years. I felt like I was fumbling my way through shooting most of the show & was just hoping I'd capture one image that conveyed how insane the show felt.
Looking east from Urbana, IL around 12 AM:
Looking east from Urbana, IL around 12 AM:
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Every paragraph in this story about smoke exposure is brutal. I'm starting to question how wildland firefighting is any different from Russian soldiers clearing debris at Chernobyl--except it's in much slower motion & we all keep doing things to make it worse. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...
Wildfire Fighters, Unmasked in Toxic Smoke, Are Getting Sick and Dying
www.nytimes.com
August 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Every paragraph in this story about smoke exposure is brutal. I'm starting to question how wildland firefighting is any different from Russian soldiers clearing debris at Chernobyl--except it's in much slower motion & we all keep doing things to make it worse. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...
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Left: A map of the drainage network of Blockhouse Creek near Platteville, Wisconsin, hand-drawn by my Ph.D. advisor Jim Knox, I believe for his PhD research ca. 1967. Right, drainage network for the same basin, NHDPlus data. Pretty different definitions of "1st order" streams.
August 17, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Left: A map of the drainage network of Blockhouse Creek near Platteville, Wisconsin, hand-drawn by my Ph.D. advisor Jim Knox, I believe for his PhD research ca. 1967. Right, drainage network for the same basin, NHDPlus data. Pretty different definitions of "1st order" streams.
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