Kevin McGuire
@kjmcguire.bsky.social
Professor & hydrologist @Virginia_Tech. Interested in natural resources, water & science. Views are my own. Follow/Repost≠Endorsement.
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super excited to share that my first dissertation chapter is out in WRR!
here, we operationalize the river corridor of a headwater Coastal Plain network into hydrogeomorphic features to characterize hydrologic connectivity across dimensions
check it out here: doi.org/10.1029/2024...
here, we operationalize the river corridor of a headwater Coastal Plain network into hydrogeomorphic features to characterize hydrologic connectivity across dimensions
check it out here: doi.org/10.1029/2024...
Using Hydrogeomorphic Features to Quantify Structural and Functional Hydrologic Connectivity in a Coastal Plain Headwater Stream
Hydrogeomorphic features provide a key framework to study streamflow generation along the river corridor
Across the study watershed, hydrogeomorphic features demonstrated distinct patterns of gro...
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August 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
super excited to share that my first dissertation chapter is out in WRR!
here, we operationalize the river corridor of a headwater Coastal Plain network into hydrogeomorphic features to characterize hydrologic connectivity across dimensions
check it out here: doi.org/10.1029/2024...
here, we operationalize the river corridor of a headwater Coastal Plain network into hydrogeomorphic features to characterize hydrologic connectivity across dimensions
check it out here: doi.org/10.1029/2024...
An Industry Insider’s Changes at the E.P.A. Could Cost Taxpayers Billions www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/c...
An Industry Insider’s Changes at the E.P.A. Could Cost Taxpayers Billions
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August 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
An Industry Insider’s Changes at the E.P.A. Could Cost Taxpayers Billions www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/c...
The mystery of the Christiansburg well... from Radio IQ News @WVTFRADIOIQ I’m listening unknown account to The mystery of the Christiansburg well... from Radio IQ News on my WVTF app! www.wvtf.org/2025-08-22/t...
The mystery of the Christiansburg well...
CommonWx is a weather and climate newsletter, and while this story does have ties to those fields of study, it’s more about how our earth is so intricately connected – and how little we know about tho...
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August 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The mystery of the Christiansburg well... from Radio IQ News @WVTFRADIOIQ I’m listening unknown account to The mystery of the Christiansburg well... from Radio IQ News on my WVTF app! www.wvtf.org/2025-08-22/t...
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Virginia Tech's Landon Marston on Water and AI: news.vt.edu/content/news...
As AI booms, data centers threaten energy grid and water supplies, expert says
AI’s data center boom strains power and water systems, prompting calls for smarter engineering, infrastructure, and policy, says Landon Marston.
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July 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Virginia Tech's Landon Marston on Water and AI: news.vt.edu/content/news...
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The classical runoff generation session is also at #AGU25 a highlight for catchment hydrologists attending the @agu.org conference in December. If you would like to contribute, make sure to submit your abstract by the end of July! Great lineup of invited speakers!
Submit your #AGU25 abstract to the long-running runoff-generation session! It is our great pleasure to have two invited speakers: Hilary McMillan and Larisa Tarasova. lnkd.in/gCy-iBXJ
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July 2, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Climate.gov will likely soon shut down, as most of the staff charged with maintaining it were fired. 🧪
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NOAA’s Climate Website May Soon Shut Down - Eos
Climate.gov, NOAA’s portal to the work of their Climate Program Office, will likely soon shut down as most of the staff charged with maintaining it were fired on 31 May.
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June 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Climate.gov will likely soon shut down, as most of the staff charged with maintaining it were fired. 🧪
eos.org/research-and...
eos.org/research-and...
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🚨New paper alert! We investigated the hydro-meteorological drivers of event runoff characteristics in three catchments with forest, grassland and agricultural land use, highlighting the differences in runoff generation mechanisms between land use types:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Hydro‐Meteorological Drivers of Event Runoff Characteristics Under Analogous Soil Moisture Patterns in Three Small‐Scale Headwater Catchments
Analogous soil moisture patterns and respective runoff patterns were identified by applying a novel time series-based pattern search. Wetness-derived variables were decisive for causing a similar run....
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June 6, 2025 at 8:10 AM
🚨New paper alert! We investigated the hydro-meteorological drivers of event runoff characteristics in three catchments with forest, grassland and agricultural land use, highlighting the differences in runoff generation mechanisms between land use types:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Opinion: The Mental Health Impacts of Scientific Fieldwork -
Difficult conditions at remote field sites can put researchers under physical, mental, and emotional strain. undark.org/2025/04/17/o... @hubbardbrook.bsky.social
Difficult conditions at remote field sites can put researchers under physical, mental, and emotional strain. undark.org/2025/04/17/o... @hubbardbrook.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Opinion: The Mental Health Impacts of Scientific Fieldwork -
Difficult conditions at remote field sites can put researchers under physical, mental, and emotional strain. undark.org/2025/04/17/o... @hubbardbrook.bsky.social
Difficult conditions at remote field sites can put researchers under physical, mental, and emotional strain. undark.org/2025/04/17/o... @hubbardbrook.bsky.social
NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring
Smaller future budgets will require fewer people, NSF official tells staff
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May 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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1/1 🌍 The #AGU Catchment Hydrology TC Student Competition is now open!
Open to undergrads, grad students & postdocs! 🎓
Share a field or modeling study focused outside the US/Europe (global studies welcome!). Submit your <100-word entry here:
📌 padlet.com/msprenger2/f...
Open to undergrads, grad students & postdocs! 🎓
Share a field or modeling study focused outside the US/Europe (global studies welcome!). Submit your <100-word entry here:
📌 padlet.com/msprenger2/f...
May 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
1/1 🌍 The #AGU Catchment Hydrology TC Student Competition is now open!
Open to undergrads, grad students & postdocs! 🎓
Share a field or modeling study focused outside the US/Europe (global studies welcome!). Submit your <100-word entry here:
📌 padlet.com/msprenger2/f...
Open to undergrads, grad students & postdocs! 🎓
Share a field or modeling study focused outside the US/Europe (global studies welcome!). Submit your <100-word entry here:
📌 padlet.com/msprenger2/f...
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Exclusive: The director of the National Science Foundation announced his resignation today, 16 months before his 6-year term ends, in a letter to staff obtained by Science. scim.ag/42vc3fn
Exclusive: ‘I have done all I can’: NSF director announces he is resigning
Sethuraman Panchanathan, a Trump appointee who has led the agency since 2020, leaves amid mass firings and grant terminations
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April 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Exclusive: The director of the National Science Foundation announced his resignation today, 16 months before his 6-year term ends, in a letter to staff obtained by Science. scim.ag/42vc3fn
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🌍 This #EarthDay, science needs you more than ever.
We celebrate our planet through stunning imagery and vital data—but we can’t protect what we don’t understand.
#StandUpForScience #AGUAction
We celebrate our planet through stunning imagery and vital data—but we can’t protect what we don’t understand.
#StandUpForScience #AGUAction
April 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🌍 This #EarthDay, science needs you more than ever.
We celebrate our planet through stunning imagery and vital data—but we can’t protect what we don’t understand.
#StandUpForScience #AGUAction
We celebrate our planet through stunning imagery and vital data—but we can’t protect what we don’t understand.
#StandUpForScience #AGUAction
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💪 Act Now: Tell Virginia decision-makers to ensure a strong and healthy future for the Rappahannock River by implementing smart, science-based water management solutions below! mostendangeredrivers.org/river/rappah...
April 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
💪 Act Now: Tell Virginia decision-makers to ensure a strong and healthy future for the Rappahannock River by implementing smart, science-based water management solutions below! mostendangeredrivers.org/river/rappah...
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When streams dry up, it can mean big changes for the nitrogen cycle—but those changes don’t appear to be what scientists expected.
The “Surprising” Effect of Drying Headwaters on Nitrogen Dynamics - Eos
Contrary to predictions, spring rains caused a decrease in nitrogen at watershed outflows in Alabama.
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April 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
When streams dry up, it can mean big changes for the nitrogen cycle—but those changes don’t appear to be what scientists expected.
NSF halts grant awards while staff do second review | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
NSF halts grant awards while staff do second review
Action comes after DOGE team arrives at science agency
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April 17, 2025 at 2:33 AM
NSF halts grant awards while staff do second review | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
So true! Popular songs are simpler and more repetitive than they used to be | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Popular songs are simpler and more repetitive than they used to be
Lyrics to English-language top hits have become less complex and more repetitive, which may make them catchier—and more appealing
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April 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
So true! Popular songs are simpler and more repetitive than they used to be | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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Gene Likens to the @theguardian.com: “I hope we don’t go back to the old days, so these rollbacks are very alarming. I care about the health of my children and grandchildren, I want them to have clean air to breathe. I care about clean water and clean and healthy soil, I want them to have that too.”
US could see return of acid rain if pollution rules are quashed, says scientist who first discovered it
Gene Likens, who first identified acidic rainwater in 1960s, said the Trump administration’s ‘rollbacks are alarming’
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March 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Gene Likens to the @theguardian.com: “I hope we don’t go back to the old days, so these rollbacks are very alarming. I care about the health of my children and grandchildren, I want them to have clean air to breathe. I care about clean water and clean and healthy soil, I want them to have that too.”
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“Gov. Glenn Youngkin Appoints Ken Cuccinelli, Who Conducted a ‘Climate Science Denial Witch Hunt’ Against UVA (and Former UVA Climate Professor Michael Mann), to the UVA Board of Visitors” by Iowkell via @bluevirginia.bsky.social:
bluevirginia.us/2025/03/gov-...
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin Appoints Ken Cuccinelli, Who Conducted a “Climate Science Denial Witch Hunt” Against UVA (and Former UVA Climate Professor Michael Mann), to the UVA Board of Visitors
Not that Gov. Glenn Youngkin ever was a "moderate" (yes, the media lied to you), but now he's obviously gone all-in on Trumpism, MAGA, etc. The reasons, most likely, is that Youngkin has been radicali
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March 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
“Gov. Glenn Youngkin Appoints Ken Cuccinelli, Who Conducted a ‘Climate Science Denial Witch Hunt’ Against UVA (and Former UVA Climate Professor Michael Mann), to the UVA Board of Visitors” by Iowkell via @bluevirginia.bsky.social:
bluevirginia.us/2025/03/gov-...
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