Li Li 李黎
@lireactivewater.bsky.social
Isett Prof at PennStateCEE. Rivers. Streams. Water. Quality. Bio.geo.chemistry. Critical Zone. C. N. P. Climate. Change. Extremes. Model. Data. Deep Learning. Mom. Bookworm. She/her/她.
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Li Li 李黎
@lireactivewater.bsky.social
· Aug 13
Interested in how river water changes under climate change + human perturbations?
Come join our diverse group of learners. You will learn and grow to ask questions, +use big data, reactive transport + machine learning models
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." - Carl Sagan
Come join our diverse group of learners. You will learn and grow to ask questions, +use big data, reactive transport + machine learning models
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." - Carl Sagan
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3 more hours to vote for your favorite human-impacted catchments!! www.agu-h3s.org/rivercup Vote, share, and learn some fun facts!!!
River Cup | Agu H3s
www.agu-h3s.org
October 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
3 more hours to vote for your favorite human-impacted catchments!! www.agu-h3s.org/rivercup Vote, share, and learn some fun facts!!!
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A fabulous #postdoc opportunity to work with my colleague Nick Ward at PNNL on forest trace gas cycling, studying a poorly constrained component of the Earth system! Please share widely: careers.pnnl.gov/jobs/10985?l...
Post Doctorate Research Associate – Forest Trace Gas Cycling in Sequim, Washington | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PNNL is hiring a Post Doctorate Research Associate – Forest Trace Gas Cycling in Sequim, Washington. Review all of the job details and apply today!
careers.pnnl.gov
October 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
A fabulous #postdoc opportunity to work with my colleague Nick Ward at PNNL on forest trace gas cycling, studying a poorly constrained component of the Earth system! Please share widely: careers.pnnl.gov/jobs/10985?l...
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We are back for Round #2 Snow-dominated catchments: www.agu-h3s.org/rivercup
The second match up is McMurdo versus Burabay watersheds!
You have until tomorrow at noon ET to cast your vote!
The second match up is McMurdo versus Burabay watersheds!
You have until tomorrow at noon ET to cast your vote!
October 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
We are back for Round #2 Snow-dominated catchments: www.agu-h3s.org/rivercup
The second match up is McMurdo versus Burabay watersheds!
You have until tomorrow at noon ET to cast your vote!
The second match up is McMurdo versus Burabay watersheds!
You have until tomorrow at noon ET to cast your vote!
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And now there are SEVEN.
UofA president Suresh Garimella announced today that the school will reject Trump’s loyalty compact.
“Principles like academic freedom, merit-based research funding & institutional independence…must be preserved."
Vanderbilt, TX: all eyes on you. 👀
#DefendHigherEd
UofA president Suresh Garimella announced today that the school will reject Trump’s loyalty compact.
“Principles like academic freedom, merit-based research funding & institutional independence…must be preserved."
Vanderbilt, TX: all eyes on you. 👀
#DefendHigherEd
UofA rejects Trump higher ed plan as ASU invited to join compact
The University of Arizona rejected a Trump proposal linking funding to political priorities.
www.axios.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
And now there are SEVEN.
UofA president Suresh Garimella announced today that the school will reject Trump’s loyalty compact.
“Principles like academic freedom, merit-based research funding & institutional independence…must be preserved."
Vanderbilt, TX: all eyes on you. 👀
#DefendHigherEd
UofA president Suresh Garimella announced today that the school will reject Trump’s loyalty compact.
“Principles like academic freedom, merit-based research funding & institutional independence…must be preserved."
Vanderbilt, TX: all eyes on you. 👀
#DefendHigherEd
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Good news: carbon intensity has declined
Bad news: carbon emissions increased, due to the rapid rise in world GDP
Also bad news: the chance of staying below 2°C remained low, at 17%
Better news: chance of going above 3°C has gone down substantially, from 26% to 9%
Bad news: carbon emissions increased, due to the rapid rise in world GDP
Also bad news: the chance of staying below 2°C remained low, at 17%
Better news: chance of going above 3°C has gone down substantially, from 26% to 9%
Mitigation efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and meet the Paris Agreement have been offset by economic growth - Communications Earth & Environment
Global carbon dioxide intensity declined from 2015 to 2024 following the Paris Agreement, but total emissions still increased due to economic growth, according to a global analysis of population, gros...
www.nature.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Good news: carbon intensity has declined
Bad news: carbon emissions increased, due to the rapid rise in world GDP
Also bad news: the chance of staying below 2°C remained low, at 17%
Better news: chance of going above 3°C has gone down substantially, from 26% to 9%
Bad news: carbon emissions increased, due to the rapid rise in world GDP
Also bad news: the chance of staying below 2°C remained low, at 17%
Better news: chance of going above 3°C has gone down substantially, from 26% to 9%
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BREAKING: USC HAS JOIN THE RESISTANCE!
That’s four (MIT, Brown, Penn, USC) of the nine schools Trump targeted.
Stay tuned! 🍿
#DefendHigherEd
#StandUpFightBack
That’s four (MIT, Brown, Penn, USC) of the nine schools Trump targeted.
Stay tuned! 🍿
#DefendHigherEd
#StandUpFightBack
USC rejects Trump education compact aimed at shifting the university to the right
USC interim President Beong-Soo Kim said in a statement that he had sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education turning down the Trump offer.
www.latimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
BREAKING: USC HAS JOIN THE RESISTANCE!
That’s four (MIT, Brown, Penn, USC) of the nine schools Trump targeted.
Stay tuned! 🍿
#DefendHigherEd
#StandUpFightBack
That’s four (MIT, Brown, Penn, USC) of the nine schools Trump targeted.
Stay tuned! 🍿
#DefendHigherEd
#StandUpFightBack
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For the next matchup of Round 2, we have the Rain-Dominated catchments of the Upper Blue Nile vs Panola Mountain!
SEE BELOW for some exciting info about these two catchments, and make sure your vote counts by voting at www.agu-h3s.org/rivercup by 4pm PT TODAY (10/16)
SEE BELOW for some exciting info about these two catchments, and make sure your vote counts by voting at www.agu-h3s.org/rivercup by 4pm PT TODAY (10/16)
October 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
For the next matchup of Round 2, we have the Rain-Dominated catchments of the Upper Blue Nile vs Panola Mountain!
SEE BELOW for some exciting info about these two catchments, and make sure your vote counts by voting at www.agu-h3s.org/rivercup by 4pm PT TODAY (10/16)
SEE BELOW for some exciting info about these two catchments, and make sure your vote counts by voting at www.agu-h3s.org/rivercup by 4pm PT TODAY (10/16)
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it’s time!! we have all of our round 1 winners!
shout-out to the HEART CZO, Bulimba Creek, Yangtze River, and Waikato River for snagging the last four slots in round 2!
and don’t forget to come back tomorrow am (10am ET) for the first matchups of #CatchmentCup2025 round 2: #Headwaters!
shout-out to the HEART CZO, Bulimba Creek, Yangtze River, and Waikato River for snagging the last four slots in round 2!
and don’t forget to come back tomorrow am (10am ET) for the first matchups of #CatchmentCup2025 round 2: #Headwaters!
October 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
it’s time!! we have all of our round 1 winners!
shout-out to the HEART CZO, Bulimba Creek, Yangtze River, and Waikato River for snagging the last four slots in round 2!
and don’t forget to come back tomorrow am (10am ET) for the first matchups of #CatchmentCup2025 round 2: #Headwaters!
shout-out to the HEART CZO, Bulimba Creek, Yangtze River, and Waikato River for snagging the last four slots in round 2!
and don’t forget to come back tomorrow am (10am ET) for the first matchups of #CatchmentCup2025 round 2: #Headwaters!
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Double, double toil and trouble: As the climate warms, the oceans bubble. And those bubbles have a big impact on carbon storage, suggests new research.
buff.ly/t7PYFwz
Read more in our October issue: bit.ly/Eos-Oct2025
buff.ly/t7PYFwz
Read more in our October issue: bit.ly/Eos-Oct2025
More Bubbles Means More Variation in Ocean Carbon Storage - Eos
A new model accounting for the role of bubbles in air-sea gas exchanges suggests that ocean carbon uptake is more variable than previously thought.
buff.ly
October 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Double, double toil and trouble: As the climate warms, the oceans bubble. And those bubbles have a big impact on carbon storage, suggests new research.
buff.ly/t7PYFwz
Read more in our October issue: bit.ly/Eos-Oct2025
buff.ly/t7PYFwz
Read more in our October issue: bit.ly/Eos-Oct2025
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Short-term experimental flooding impacts soil biogeochemistry but not aboveground vegetation in a coastal forest, by my colleague Peter Regier et al. -- the first in a group of TEMPEST experiment papers coming 🤞 in the next year! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
October 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Short-term experimental flooding impacts soil biogeochemistry but not aboveground vegetation in a coastal forest, by my colleague Peter Regier et al. -- the first in a group of TEMPEST experiment papers coming 🤞 in the next year! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Out today in @science.org, we show wildfire disasters have surged in the last decade, as climate change intensifies fire weather and exacerbates other vulnerabilities.
📄 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
With @pyrogeog.bsky.social @climate-guy.bsky.social
📄 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
With @pyrogeog.bsky.social @climate-guy.bsky.social
Climate-linked escalation of societally disastrous wildfires
Climate change and land mismanagement are creating increasingly fire-prone built and natural environments. However, despite worsening fire seasons, evidence is lacking globally for trends in socially ...
www.science.org
October 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Out today in @science.org, we show wildfire disasters have surged in the last decade, as climate change intensifies fire weather and exacerbates other vulnerabilities.
📄 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
With @pyrogeog.bsky.social @climate-guy.bsky.social
📄 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
With @pyrogeog.bsky.social @climate-guy.bsky.social
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We are looking for a new postdoc to join a collaborative team at Indiana University. We are working to reduce bias in estimates of forest carbon uptake at local to global scales. Deadline for best consideration is November 15, 2025. More details below!
indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/30636
indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/30636
Postdoctoral Research Scholar - Forest Carbon
We are seeking a highly-motivated postdoctoral fellow to conduct research focused on reducing bias and uncertainty in the measurement and monitoring of forest carbon uptake from local to global scales...
indiana.peopleadmin.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
We are looking for a new postdoc to join a collaborative team at Indiana University. We are working to reduce bias in estimates of forest carbon uptake at local to global scales. Deadline for best consideration is November 15, 2025. More details below!
indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/30636
indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/30636
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⭐️Nominate an Impactful Dataset
@agu.org invites you to nominate an impactful dataset!
📊Submissions will be considered for inclusion in an upcoming featured commentary published in AGU Advances.
Submit nominations by 20 October.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
@agubiogeosciences.bsky.social
@agu.org invites you to nominate an impactful dataset!
📊Submissions will be considered for inclusion in an upcoming featured commentary published in AGU Advances.
Submit nominations by 20 October.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
@agubiogeosciences.bsky.social
Nominate an Impactful Dataset
You are invited to nominate a dataset to be included in a commentary about the impact of Earth, space, and environmental data using the dimensions of people, planet, and prosperity. Selected submitter...
docs.google.com
October 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
⭐️Nominate an Impactful Dataset
@agu.org invites you to nominate an impactful dataset!
📊Submissions will be considered for inclusion in an upcoming featured commentary published in AGU Advances.
Submit nominations by 20 October.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
@agubiogeosciences.bsky.social
@agu.org invites you to nominate an impactful dataset!
📊Submissions will be considered for inclusion in an upcoming featured commentary published in AGU Advances.
Submit nominations by 20 October.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
@agubiogeosciences.bsky.social
Upcoming #WARR talks on perplex water-sediment-wood interactions in dynamic, unconfied #river corridors!
Dr. Anna Marshall, U. Tennessee
Dr. Sara Rathburn, Colorado State U.
Register here: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
All past talks here: www.cee.psu.edu/events/women...
Dr. Anna Marshall, U. Tennessee
Dr. Sara Rathburn, Colorado State U.
Register here: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
All past talks here: www.cee.psu.edu/events/women...
October 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Upcoming #WARR talks on perplex water-sediment-wood interactions in dynamic, unconfied #river corridors!
Dr. Anna Marshall, U. Tennessee
Dr. Sara Rathburn, Colorado State U.
Register here: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
All past talks here: www.cee.psu.edu/events/women...
Dr. Anna Marshall, U. Tennessee
Dr. Sara Rathburn, Colorado State U.
Register here: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
All past talks here: www.cee.psu.edu/events/women...
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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/...
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"Our perceptions are fallible. We sometimes see what isn't there. We are prey to optical illusions. Occasionally we hallucinate. We are error-prone."
-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
October 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"Our perceptions are fallible. We sometimes see what isn't there. We are prey to optical illusions. Occasionally we hallucinate. We are error-prone."
-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
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Hydrology Paper (Book) of the Day @princetonupress.bsky.social on rivers in the context of processes, history and human experiences: landscapes, water, and the importance of geology; the geography of drainage patterns and places; and a memoir related to how research affects the lives of researchers.
When we look at a river, what are we really seeing?
In Following the Bend, Ellen Wohl takes readers on a majestic journey by water to find answers, along the way shedding light on the key concepts of modern river science.
Out now (4 Nov UK pub): press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
In Following the Bend, Ellen Wohl takes readers on a majestic journey by water to find answers, along the way shedding light on the key concepts of modern river science.
Out now (4 Nov UK pub): press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
October 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Hydrology Paper (Book) of the Day @princetonupress.bsky.social on rivers in the context of processes, history and human experiences: landscapes, water, and the importance of geology; the geography of drainage patterns and places; and a memoir related to how research affects the lives of researchers.
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September 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk
‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry
The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded
www.science.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk
Rivers are heating up faster than the air − that’s a problem for aquatic life and people
doi.org/10.64628/AAI...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
doi.org/10.64628/AAI...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Rivers are heating up faster than the air − that’s a problem for aquatic life and people
River heat waves are rising faster than the pace of air heat waves. That’s a problem for fish, drinking water quality, and food and energy production.
doi.org
September 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Rivers are heating up faster than the air − that’s a problem for aquatic life and people
doi.org/10.64628/AAI...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
doi.org/10.64628/AAI...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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📣 Summer low flows decreased in Germany in the last 5 decades and increases in evapotranspiration played a role in that, esp in less humid areas.
For more details & analyses, check out our new paper: hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/...
@igb-berlin.de @slfdavos.bsky.social @hyclimm.bsky.social
For more details & analyses, check out our new paper: hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/...
@igb-berlin.de @slfdavos.bsky.social @hyclimm.bsky.social
Imprints of increases in evapotranspiration on decreases in streamflow during dry periods, a large-sample analysis in Germany
Abstract. Decreases in streamflow (Q) during dry periods can negatively affect river ecosystems and human societies, and understanding their causes is crucial to anticipate them. The contribution of i...
hess.copernicus.org
September 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
📣 Summer low flows decreased in Germany in the last 5 decades and increases in evapotranspiration played a role in that, esp in less humid areas.
For more details & analyses, check out our new paper: hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/...
@igb-berlin.de @slfdavos.bsky.social @hyclimm.bsky.social
For more details & analyses, check out our new paper: hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/...
@igb-berlin.de @slfdavos.bsky.social @hyclimm.bsky.social
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Looking for a postdoc, and interested in river-coastal linkages, #remote sensing, and time series analysis? Come work with us @natureatcal.bsky.social on an exciting project led by @rachelspatial.bsky.social! CC @sfs-src.bsky.social @aslo.org @cerfscience.bsky.social @caseagrant.bsky.social
We're hiring! My lab is seeking a 2-yr Postdoc in 🌊 marine ecology + 🛰️ remote sensing. You'll work with a big team (including @albertruhi.bsky.social @cgerleinsafdi.bsky.social) to study the impacts of changing rainfall on marine freshwater plumes + coastal organisms. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05114
Postdoc Scholar - Marine ecology – ESPM The Coastal Climate Resilience Lab - MCECO - ESPM Ecosystem Sciences Div - Carlson Lab
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
September 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Looking for a postdoc, and interested in river-coastal linkages, #remote sensing, and time series analysis? Come work with us @natureatcal.bsky.social on an exciting project led by @rachelspatial.bsky.social! CC @sfs-src.bsky.social @aslo.org @cerfscience.bsky.social @caseagrant.bsky.social
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A new dataset on the water quality in Swiss river catchments is now available. CAMELS-CH-Chem incorporates up to 40 water quality parameters for 115 Swiss catchments between 1981 and 2020 💡
👉 www.eawag.ch/en/departmen...
@bafu.admin.ch @thiagovnascimento.bsky.social
👉 www.eawag.ch/en/departmen...
@bafu.admin.ch @thiagovnascimento.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 6:16 AM
A new dataset on the water quality in Swiss river catchments is now available. CAMELS-CH-Chem incorporates up to 40 water quality parameters for 115 Swiss catchments between 1981 and 2020 💡
👉 www.eawag.ch/en/departmen...
@bafu.admin.ch @thiagovnascimento.bsky.social
👉 www.eawag.ch/en/departmen...
@bafu.admin.ch @thiagovnascimento.bsky.social