Joe Mason
@moreorloess.bsky.social
UW Madison Geography, opinions are mine. Geomorphology, soils, dunes, loess, in the Midwest, Great Plains, northern China. He/him. Living on Ho-Chunk lands.
I'm already thinking about that first coffee tomorrow morning.
February 12, 2026 at 3:24 AM
I'm already thinking about that first coffee tomorrow morning.
Snow water equivalent at two nearby SNOTEL stations at different elevations. Nice to get a textbook example on the first try.
February 12, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Snow water equivalent at two nearby SNOTEL stations at different elevations. Nice to get a textbook example on the first try.
Snow water equivalent at Medano Pass SNOTEL, 2016-2026 water years. 2018 had less snow that this year, 2022 had a lot of snow but not as much as 2021 or 2019.
February 12, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Snow water equivalent at Medano Pass SNOTEL, 2016-2026 water years. 2018 had less snow that this year, 2022 had a lot of snow but not as much as 2021 or 2019.
Great Sand Dunes and surrounding landscape, February 5, 2022 (left) and February 6, 2026 (right). The Medano Pass SNOTEL station, within this image, is at 50% of 1991-2020 median snow water equivalent; other stations in the area are similar or lower.
February 12, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Great Sand Dunes and surrounding landscape, February 5, 2022 (left) and February 6, 2026 (right). The Medano Pass SNOTEL station, within this image, is at 50% of 1991-2020 median snow water equivalent; other stations in the area are similar or lower.
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Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Chair Nicole Boyd gave a prescient, standing room only State of the Tribes address yesterday.
February 12, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Chair Nicole Boyd gave a prescient, standing room only State of the Tribes address yesterday.
Some research related to hydrologic disconnection of uplands from the drainage network over very different timescales: 1. Willett et al. (2018) on the High Plains since the Miocene: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 12, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Some research related to hydrologic disconnection of uplands from the drainage network over very different timescales: 1. Willett et al. (2018) on the High Plains since the Miocene: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I start out thinking I'm going to read something on the bus home, and end up admiring old houses and watching for the four places I lived from 1977 to 1984 that are right along the bus route. And then for the sun across the lake at Olbrich Park.
February 11, 2026 at 10:46 PM
I start out thinking I'm going to read something on the bus home, and end up admiring old houses and watching for the four places I lived from 1977 to 1984 that are right along the bus route. And then for the sun across the lake at Olbrich Park.
Oaks, this morning.
February 11, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Oaks, this morning.
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Sure, the University of Nebraska no longer has an Earth and Atmospheric Sciences program but at least Epstein would never go here.
February 11, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Sure, the University of Nebraska no longer has an Earth and Atmospheric Sciences program but at least Epstein would never go here.
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Put it on the Welcome to Nebraska sign
Jeffery Epstein called the University of Nebraska and Creighton “not good places”in a January 2012 email thread to his last known girlfriend who was then applying to dental schools.
Read more ⬇️
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/jeffrey...
Read more ⬇️
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/jeffrey...
Jeffrey Epstein calls University of Nebraska, Creighton, ‘not good places’
In a new Justice Department release of files tied to Jeffrey Epstein, news reporter Justin Diep finds multiple mentions of the University of Nebraska and Creighton University and details what brought ...
www.dailynebraskan.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Put it on the Welcome to Nebraska sign
If you take a close look at this you can see dark patches corresponding to parts of the High Plains with very limited drainage network development and many closed depressions. Hydrologic disconnection between uplands and the regional drainage network.
February 11, 2026 at 4:23 PM
If you take a close look at this you can see dark patches corresponding to parts of the High Plains with very limited drainage network development and many closed depressions. Hydrologic disconnection between uplands and the regional drainage network.
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February 11, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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@hydrochrista.bsky.social @domciruzzi.bsky.social, and I asked hydrologists across the country for their syllabi so we could investigate how instructors were teaching hydrology courses and think about the future...
Here’s what we found + suggestions
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Here’s what we found + suggestions
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
The Current State of Undergraduate Hydrology Courses in North America: A Path Forward
Examined syllabi for introductory courses in hydrology The titles, topics, and approaches to assessment varied widely across courses Found limited consensus in how hydrology courses are taught a...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:52 PM
@hydrochrista.bsky.social @domciruzzi.bsky.social, and I asked hydrologists across the country for their syllabi so we could investigate how instructors were teaching hydrology courses and think about the future...
Here’s what we found + suggestions
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Here’s what we found + suggestions
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Turns out I've been in that closed area west of Santa Teresa, and so have a fair number of geologists because it includes Kilbourn Hole. Also countless coppice dunes (nebkha). Not sure what else is out there.
The FAA has issued a separate security NOTAM for Santa Teresa, New Mexico, banning all flight operations in the affected area for the same time window and altitude limits as the El Paso airspace closure, citing “special security reasons.”
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Turns out I've been in that closed area west of Santa Teresa, and so have a fair number of geologists because it includes Kilbourn Hole. Also countless coppice dunes (nebkha). Not sure what else is out there.
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look at this freakazoid i saw yesterday
February 11, 2026 at 3:07 AM
look at this freakazoid i saw yesterday
The battle was Tippecanoe. I should have known. HS named after William Henry Harrison.
February 11, 2026 at 12:43 AM
The battle was Tippecanoe. I should have known. HS named after William Henry Harrison.
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Like 75% of the US Olympic curlers are from Minnesota. A lot of them curl out of two clubs in Saint Paul, one club is in Frogtown, a neighborhood that has been very heavily targeted by ICE. These curlers are good neighbors.
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Like 75% of the US Olympic curlers are from Minnesota. A lot of them curl out of two clubs in Saint Paul, one club is in Frogtown, a neighborhood that has been very heavily targeted by ICE. These curlers are good neighbors.
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US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
I learned to read from a stack of old comic books someone left in a house we lived in when I was kindergarten. Or at least that's the story I was told, and I do remember the comics. Scrooge McDuck, Superman, and the Prisoner of Zenda, Classic Comics version.
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
April 18,1964
April 18,1964
February 10, 2026 at 11:18 PM
I learned to read from a stack of old comic books someone left in a house we lived in when I was kindergarten. Or at least that's the story I was told, and I do remember the comics. Scrooge McDuck, Superman, and the Prisoner of Zenda, Classic Comics version.
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Veteran Norwegian Woodcarver (1941)
4028 Queen Ave. S (Flescher)
Source: Hennepin County Library
Flescher, a native of Laikanger Sogn, Norway, is shown setting his mahogany wood carved model 7 foot ship with electric motor, 'The Midnight Sun,' out for a sail on Lake Harriet. See P38124-38128.
4028 Queen Ave. S (Flescher)
Source: Hennepin County Library
Flescher, a native of Laikanger Sogn, Norway, is shown setting his mahogany wood carved model 7 foot ship with electric motor, 'The Midnight Sun,' out for a sail on Lake Harriet. See P38124-38128.
February 8, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Veteran Norwegian Woodcarver (1941)
4028 Queen Ave. S (Flescher)
Source: Hennepin County Library
Flescher, a native of Laikanger Sogn, Norway, is shown setting his mahogany wood carved model 7 foot ship with electric motor, 'The Midnight Sun,' out for a sail on Lake Harriet. See P38124-38128.
4028 Queen Ave. S (Flescher)
Source: Hennepin County Library
Flescher, a native of Laikanger Sogn, Norway, is shown setting his mahogany wood carved model 7 foot ship with electric motor, 'The Midnight Sun,' out for a sail on Lake Harriet. See P38124-38128.
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Here is a talk I gave last week on glacier slip for the @igsoc.bsky.social Global Seminar Series. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFY2...
4 Feb 2026 - Luke Zoet's "Examining How Glacial Slip Varies Across Different Bed Conditions"
YouTube video by International Glaciological Society
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February 10, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Here is a talk I gave last week on glacier slip for the @igsoc.bsky.social Global Seminar Series. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFY2...
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SUPER excited to see this live in the world. In particular hugely admire this team's dedication to openness and transparency about methodology, code, assumptions.
Every tool has strengths and weaknesses, but sharing openly is how the whole community can improve. Big kudos @carbonplan.org
Every tool has strengths and weaknesses, but sharing openly is how the whole community can improve. Big kudos @carbonplan.org
Today we’re launching Open Climate Risk, a fully open option for U.S. building-level climate risk data. It’s unique because it allows you to see not only risk scores, starting with wildfire, but also the complete underlying dataset, methods, and codebase. carbonplan.org/research/cli...
February 10, 2026 at 5:03 PM
SUPER excited to see this live in the world. In particular hugely admire this team's dedication to openness and transparency about methodology, code, assumptions.
Every tool has strengths and weaknesses, but sharing openly is how the whole community can improve. Big kudos @carbonplan.org
Every tool has strengths and weaknesses, but sharing openly is how the whole community can improve. Big kudos @carbonplan.org
When I walk around the Capitol Square I sometimes wonder if I can distinguish the vehicles of D and R legislators and staffers in the reserved spaces. Probably can't. It's some MAGA Republican driving that Prius down from northwestern Wisconsin to get the most from the mileage reimbursement.
February 10, 2026 at 4:03 PM
When I walk around the Capitol Square I sometimes wonder if I can distinguish the vehicles of D and R legislators and staffers in the reserved spaces. Probably can't. It's some MAGA Republican driving that Prius down from northwestern Wisconsin to get the most from the mileage reimbursement.
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For decades, Kathy Jefferson Bancroft pushed agencies to see Owens Lake as a living place, not a technical problem.
Her work in California’s Owens Valley protected sacred sites and reframed water as something with memory, limits, and consequence.
Her work in California’s Owens Valley protected sacred sites and reframed water as something with memory, limits, and consequence.
Kathy Jefferson Bancroft, guardian of a stolen lake
In California’s interior, a long, straight aqueduct carries snowmelt south to a city that grew as if water were a birthright. Along the way it passes a valley that was once defined by water and…
news.mongabay.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
For decades, Kathy Jefferson Bancroft pushed agencies to see Owens Lake as a living place, not a technical problem.
Her work in California’s Owens Valley protected sacred sites and reframed water as something with memory, limits, and consequence.
Her work in California’s Owens Valley protected sacred sites and reframed water as something with memory, limits, and consequence.