Mike Duniway
@mduniway.bsky.social
Soil scientist, dryland ecologist, & all things Colorado Plateau, in Moab UT
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Vegetation state change in #drylands strongly controls dust emissions, leading to orders of magnitude changes in sediment flux. Perennial grass loss increases dust, but we show grass #restoration can reduce it.
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Magnitude Shifts in Aeolian Sediment Transport Associated With Degradation and Restoration Thresholds in Drylands
Aeolian sediment transport rates changed over four orders of magnitude across grassland to shrubland ecological states
Critical perennial grass cover thresholds for magnitude shifts in transport ...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Vegetation state change in #drylands strongly controls dust emissions, leading to orders of magnitude changes in sediment flux. Perennial grass loss increases dust, but we show grass #restoration can reduce it.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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Amzing article written by an intelligent, hard working co-worker who was wastefully let go. Thanks for sharing your story.
Voices: I lost my job because of Trump’s mass layoffs. What are Utah’s political leaders doing to stand up for people like me?
“Now, rather than paying income taxes in Utah and continuing to work sustaining the health of the federal lands that fuel Utah’s economy, I am applying for unemployment in Utah,” writes Dr. M. Allison...
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February 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Amzing article written by an intelligent, hard working co-worker who was wastefully let go. Thanks for sharing your story.
NEW PAPER! Builds on >10 yrs work on #ColoradoPlateau developing land potential units & landscape-scale ecological dynamics using #ESDs , #STMs, and data available from #NRCS, #BLM, & #NPS from the #LandscapeDataCommons.
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February 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
NEW PAPER! Builds on >10 yrs work on #ColoradoPlateau developing land potential units & landscape-scale ecological dynamics using #ESDs , #STMs, and data available from #NRCS, #BLM, & #NPS from the #LandscapeDataCommons.
👀 doi.org/10.1016/j.ra.... w/ @coleoptara.bsky.social
👀 doi.org/10.1016/j.ra.... w/ @coleoptara.bsky.social
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Utah’s national park sites brought $3 billion to the state’s economy in 2023, according to a National Park Service report released in September, bringing in 15.7 million visitors and supporting over 26,500 jobs.
Trump’s mass layoffs hit Utah’s national parks
Utah’s national park sites brought $3 billion to the state’s economy in 2023, according to a National Park Service report released in September, bringing in 15.7 million visitors and supporting over 26,500 jobs.
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February 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Utah’s national park sites brought $3 billion to the state’s economy in 2023, according to a National Park Service report released in September, bringing in 15.7 million visitors and supporting over 26,500 jobs.
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I want everyone to just take FIVE MINUTES, and take a look at this extremely well put together project 2025 tracker.
www.project2025.observer
We're less than a month in.
www.project2025.observer
We're less than a month in.
Project 2025 Tracker
Track the progress on Project 2025
www.project2025.observer
February 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I want everyone to just take FIVE MINUTES, and take a look at this extremely well put together project 2025 tracker.
www.project2025.observer
We're less than a month in.
www.project2025.observer
We're less than a month in.
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Hey NOAA, FEMA and federal scientists and staff — I’m a climate reporter at NPR. To share info anonymously, you can reach me on Signal at sommer.55
February 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Hey NOAA, FEMA and federal scientists and staff — I’m a climate reporter at NPR. To share info anonymously, you can reach me on Signal at sommer.55
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For those at the Society for Range Management meeting in Spokane, we will be have a short workshop on state-and-transition models/ecological sites in #rangelands , Wednesday February 12 at 2:20PM. Come join us! @mduniway.bsky.social #soils
January 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
For those at the Society for Range Management meeting in Spokane, we will be have a short workshop on state-and-transition models/ecological sites in #rangelands , Wednesday February 12 at 2:20PM. Come join us! @mduniway.bsky.social #soils
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Hello Bluesky. The McMurdo LTER just arrived here. Stay tuned for posts about our research and other events in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of East Antarctica. We are currently winding down or 32nd field season. Please follow us to hear all about it. Thanks!
January 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Hello Bluesky. The McMurdo LTER just arrived here. Stay tuned for posts about our research and other events in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of East Antarctica. We are currently winding down or 32nd field season. Please follow us to hear all about it. Thanks!
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Exciting fellowship with the USGS for graduate students on diverse knowledgr systems in climate adaptation. Just make sure your projects include Indigenous data sovereignty !
www.usgs.gov/programs/cli...
www.usgs.gov/programs/cli...
Diverse Knowledge Systems for Climate Adaptation Fellowship | U.S. Geological Survey
The Diverse Knowledge Systems for Climate Adaptation Fellowship supports graduate students for one year as they use their diverse experiences, viewpoints, value systems, and cultural knowledge to stre...
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January 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Exciting fellowship with the USGS for graduate students on diverse knowledgr systems in climate adaptation. Just make sure your projects include Indigenous data sovereignty !
www.usgs.gov/programs/cli...
www.usgs.gov/programs/cli...