Lejo Flores, Ph.D.
@hydrolejo.bsky.social
Professor of Hydrology at Boise State. Focused on the intersection of climate, critical zone, and computing.
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Here's my deep dive on the serious homeowners insurance situation that Idaho is facing and some possible ways forward. The reporting forced me to rethink some of my assumptions, and I hope it helps folks better understand this serious problem. www.boisestatepublicradio.org/politics-gov...
As evidence of Idaho homeowners insurance crisis mounts, so does bipartisan concern
New data also points to major insurance impacts in places surprising to many, including the Snake River Plain.
www.boisestatepublicradio.org
December 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Here's my deep dive on the serious homeowners insurance situation that Idaho is facing and some possible ways forward. The reporting forced me to rethink some of my assumptions, and I hope it helps folks better understand this serious problem. www.boisestatepublicradio.org/politics-gov...
Reposted by Lejo Flores, Ph.D.
AFC WEST CHAMPS‼️‼️‼️
Goal No. 1 ✅
And we’re still climbing.
Goal No. 1 ✅
And we’re still climbing.
December 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
AFC WEST CHAMPS‼️‼️‼️
Goal No. 1 ✅
And we’re still climbing.
Goal No. 1 ✅
And we’re still climbing.
This is a really important paper and such a privilege to be involved moving it forward. Sharon did a masterful job of synthesizing data from a diverse array of sites and drawing some super important conclusions for Critical Zone science. I’m confident the community will be interested in this paper
A whole team helped make this shine: Pamela Sullivan,
@lireactivewater.bsky.social
@hooriajami.bsky.social Daniel Hirmas, Jesse Nippert, Kamini Singha,
@hydrolejo.bsky.social Emma Aronson & the CZNetwork Geomicro team and many others! @cznews.bsky.social @aguadvances.bsky.social
@lireactivewater.bsky.social
@hooriajami.bsky.social Daniel Hirmas, Jesse Nippert, Kamini Singha,
@hydrolejo.bsky.social Emma Aronson & the CZNetwork Geomicro team and many others! @cznews.bsky.social @aguadvances.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This is a really important paper and such a privilege to be involved moving it forward. Sharon did a masterful job of synthesizing data from a diverse array of sites and drawing some super important conclusions for Critical Zone science. I’m confident the community will be interested in this paper
Wait, Thursday Night Football is good now?
December 19, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Wait, Thursday Night Football is good now?
As this article alludes to, while Vought has likely coveted theatrical chance to do this, the timing of this is not at all happenstance. It is inextricably linked to Trump’s ham handed attempt to get Polis to release his state-convicted, election-denying lackey Tina Peters from jail
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 5:33 AM
As this article alludes to, while Vought has likely coveted theatrical chance to do this, the timing of this is not at all happenstance. It is inextricably linked to Trump’s ham handed attempt to get Polis to release his state-convicted, election-denying lackey Tina Peters from jail
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I first learned the term "snow drought" in 2015, when we received normal amounts of winter precipitation in the Northwest but record winter warmth left us with very little snowpack. That summer saw dire outcomes for fish and agriculture due to record low stream flows.
"Water, water everywhere..."
"Water, water everywhere..."
December 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I first learned the term "snow drought" in 2015, when we received normal amounts of winter precipitation in the Northwest but record winter warmth left us with very little snowpack. That summer saw dire outcomes for fish and agriculture due to record low stream flows.
"Water, water everywhere..."
"Water, water everywhere..."
Jesus, I can hear the game at my house,
more than 3 miles away
more than 3 miles away
December 6, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Jesus, I can hear the game at my house,
more than 3 miles away
more than 3 miles away
Stoked for the first pub of Stanley Akor’s PhD work in @agu.org Water Resources Research! We examine joint influences of the choose of microphysics scheme and lateral boundary condition dataset in WRF on simulated snowpack in the Rockies of Idaho. #OpenAccess #WRR #WRF #Snow
Impact of Cloud Microphysics Schemes and Boundary Conditions on Modeled Snowpack in the Central Idaho Rocky Mountains, USA
Snowpack simulations in the Central Idaho Rockies are highly sensitive to the choice of microphysics scheme and boundary forcing data set European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecast Reanaly...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Stoked for the first pub of Stanley Akor’s PhD work in @agu.org Water Resources Research! We examine joint influences of the choose of microphysics scheme and lateral boundary condition dataset in WRF on simulated snowpack in the Rockies of Idaho. #OpenAccess #WRR #WRF #Snow
@idaholark.bsky.social is this a peacock?!? Seen on 22nd between State and Ellis on our walk to church this morning
December 1, 2025 at 1:32 AM
@idaholark.bsky.social is this a peacock?!? Seen on 22nd between State and Ellis on our walk to church this morning
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How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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People who live in the North End of #Boise. In light of the child's death last week, please fill out this North End Street Survey. There will also be a special “Safe Streets” community meeting from 7-9pm on Wednesday, December 10 at the Cathedral of the Rockies. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
North End Street Safety Survey November 2025
NENA Safe Streets Survey
(Closes midnight Friday, November 28)
The North End Neighborhood Association (NENA) is hosting a special “Safe Streets” community meeting from 7-9pm on Wednesday, December 10...
docs.google.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
People who live in the North End of #Boise. In light of the child's death last week, please fill out this North End Street Survey. There will also be a special “Safe Streets” community meeting from 7-9pm on Wednesday, December 10 at the Cathedral of the Rockies. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
FYI, if you have a Rush Bowl near you and they still have Pumpkin Spice Bowls, they’re totally fire
November 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
FYI, if you have a Rush Bowl near you and they still have Pumpkin Spice Bowls, they’re totally fire
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New lab paper: How does photosynthesis respond to assumptions about stomatal functioning? We find that including atmospheric feedbacks reverses the direction of photosyn. response => stomatal cond. changes temp. & water stress. Led by Amy Liu, w/ many collaborators! doi.org/10.1029/2025...
Atmospheric Feedbacks Reverse the Sensitivity of Modeled Photosynthesis to Stomatal Function
Atmospheric feedbacks reverse the direction of photosynthesis sensitivity to stomatal function in the tropics and high latitudes
Stomatal function with higher water cost per carbon gain leads to ...
doi.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 AM
New lab paper: How does photosynthesis respond to assumptions about stomatal functioning? We find that including atmospheric feedbacks reverses the direction of photosyn. response => stomatal cond. changes temp. & water stress. Led by Amy Liu, w/ many collaborators! doi.org/10.1029/2025...
Wait, why am I a modeler again?
November 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Wait, why am I a modeler again?
Perhaps unpopular opinion, but I just want to hear the launch calls, not the fandom
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Perhaps unpopular opinion, but I just want to hear the launch calls, not the fandom
That “dog that hasn’t barked” email from 2011 is giving off some very Whitey Bulger and Sammy Gravano vibes. What’s worse than being in the files?!? It might be being outed as a CI who snitched to avoid being prosecuted for some very bad and embarrassing crimes
November 13, 2025 at 6:14 AM
That “dog that hasn’t barked” email from 2011 is giving off some very Whitey Bulger and Sammy Gravano vibes. What’s worse than being in the files?!? It might be being outed as a CI who snitched to avoid being prosecuted for some very bad and embarrassing crimes
Meanwhile, Filipino dads out here explaining how the son of the aunt of a friend of the doctor that treated a manufacturer of a fishing hook used by a fisherman to catch a bangus picked every day by your dad’s uncle’s dog in the pelengke in the Philippines is your cousin.
raytarca on Instagram: "Everyone is our cousin apparently 😂🇵🇭View all 380 comments"
Everyone is our cousin apparently 😂🇵🇭
www.instagram.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Meanwhile, Filipino dads out here explaining how the son of the aunt of a friend of the doctor that treated a manufacturer of a fishing hook used by a fisherman to catch a bangus picked every day by your dad’s uncle’s dog in the pelengke in the Philippines is your cousin.
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We are so excited to share the results of this work! Annalise Guthrie’s hard work demonstrates how the loss and regeneration of deep roots can change the way deep soils are structured at a continental scale. This was such a joy to work on! @agu.org
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Deep Root Loss and Regeneration in the Anthropocene Drive Continental‐Scale Changes in Deep Soil Structure
Deep root dynamics imposed by land-use change are modifying deep soil structure at the continental scale well below zones of tillage As deep roots disappear, structural unit size increases and ro...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
We are so excited to share the results of this work! Annalise Guthrie’s hard work demonstrates how the loss and regeneration of deep roots can change the way deep soils are structured at a continental scale. This was such a joy to work on! @agu.org
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Parents of 3rd-8th graders, especially those in grades 6-7, about to enter the chat ~>
What the fuck is my gas station selling
September 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Parents of 3rd-8th graders, especially those in grades 6-7, about to enter the chat ~>
I get that the college roster is big enough that 0-99 might not be enough, but how does this happen. Also, like 9 must be different from 09, right?
September 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I get that the college roster is big enough that 0-99 might not be enough, but how does this happen. Also, like 9 must be different from 09, right?
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September 4, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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What mechanisms underlie near-universal export patterns of dissolved carbon from land to rivers?
Reactions at different depths regulate their directionality (+ or -); subsurface flow paths control strength
Congrats to Dr. Bryn Stewart! rubyfu.caltech.edu/people/bryn-...
doi.org/10.1029/2024...
Reactions at different depths regulate their directionality (+ or -); subsurface flow paths control strength
Congrats to Dr. Bryn Stewart! rubyfu.caltech.edu/people/bryn-...
doi.org/10.1029/2024...
July 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
What mechanisms underlie near-universal export patterns of dissolved carbon from land to rivers?
Reactions at different depths regulate their directionality (+ or -); subsurface flow paths control strength
Congrats to Dr. Bryn Stewart! rubyfu.caltech.edu/people/bryn-...
doi.org/10.1029/2024...
Reactions at different depths regulate their directionality (+ or -); subsurface flow paths control strength
Congrats to Dr. Bryn Stewart! rubyfu.caltech.edu/people/bryn-...
doi.org/10.1029/2024...
I can just looking at them both how much they’re suffering from mitochondrial dysfunction
RFK Jr. taps his top deputy, Jim O’Neill, to be the new CDC director. Both men appear to wear skinny ties from Otaa. Otaa's ties are made in China from microfiber, a kind of plastic that, under the right conditions, can migrate to your balls.
August 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I can just looking at them both how much they’re suffering from mitochondrial dysfunction
I don’t follow my home state politics as much as I do its pro sports, but wtf is going on with Polis?
NEW: RFK Jr's purge of CDC leadership isn't shaking Democratic Gov Jared Polis' enthusiastic support of Kennedy to lead America's health policy. Today, Polis praised his collaboration with Kennedy, saying "We hope to work on making America healthier." #copolitics
August 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I don’t follow my home state politics as much as I do its pro sports, but wtf is going on with Polis?