Roy W
@quaternaroy.bsky.social
Great Lakes Coastal Processes & Hazards, Sea Granter, Dam Safety, Geology, Ecology, and everything in between. Glacial geology, forestry and climatology in past lives.
Sea Grant Holiday Cards are coming in. Should I rank them publicly this year? I probably will not.
December 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Sea Grant Holiday Cards are coming in. Should I rank them publicly this year? I probably will not.
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Black walnuts are a North American tree that produces the most delicious nuts of all our tres. Getting the nutmeat out of the fruit is infuriatingly difficult, but there are easier ways to obtain them. More at Our Trees.
Tom Kimmerer (@tomkimmerer)
Black walnut trees, Jugulans nigra, are abundant in much of North America. They are large, distinct trees highly valued for their wood. They bear some of the most delicious but infuriating nuts of an...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Black walnuts are a North American tree that produces the most delicious nuts of all our tres. Getting the nutmeat out of the fruit is infuriatingly difficult, but there are easier ways to obtain them. More at Our Trees.
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Forest Rangers, staff from DEC's Division of Lands and Forests, NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, and Albany Pine Bush conducted a prescribed burn of over four acres at the Albany Pine Bush on Oct. 28, and over 34 acres at Moreau Lake State Park on Oct. 29.
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Forest Rangers, staff from DEC's Division of Lands and Forests, NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, and Albany Pine Bush conducted a prescribed burn of over four acres at the Albany Pine Bush on Oct. 28, and over 34 acres at Moreau Lake State Park on Oct. 29.
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Across the country, #SeaGrant programs are helping coastal communities thrive—from sustaining fisheries to strengthening working waterfronts.
Learn more with this op-ed from #SeafoodSource:
www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...
#Seafood #WorkingWaterfronts #CoastalScience
Learn more with this op-ed from #SeafoodSource:
www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...
#Seafood #WorkingWaterfronts #CoastalScience
Op-ed: From docks to dinner plates, Sea Grant delivers real value for working waterfronts
The Sea Grant program is key to the U.S. seafood sector’s continued growth
www.seafoodsource.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Across the country, #SeaGrant programs are helping coastal communities thrive—from sustaining fisheries to strengthening working waterfronts.
Learn more with this op-ed from #SeafoodSource:
www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...
#Seafood #WorkingWaterfronts #CoastalScience
Learn more with this op-ed from #SeafoodSource:
www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...
#Seafood #WorkingWaterfronts #CoastalScience
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Scary news for West Coast friends in my latest for @science.org. Disturbed ocean sediments off California suggest big earthquakes on the Cascadia fault can trigger big quakes on the San Andreas. The "Big One" could well become the "Big Two"...
Big U.S. West Coast earthquakes could come as a one-two punch
Cascadia and San Andreas fault zones appear to generate synchronized earthquakes
www.science.org
October 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Scary news for West Coast friends in my latest for @science.org. Disturbed ocean sediments off California suggest big earthquakes on the Cascadia fault can trigger big quakes on the San Andreas. The "Big One" could well become the "Big Two"...
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Whoa, wildlife crossings got the Nathan Pyle treatment! Honestly, given what we know about the social lives of ungulate herds, the complexity of their spatial memories, and the importance of the lead female in dictating behavior, he’s not too far off. #roadecology
September 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Whoa, wildlife crossings got the Nathan Pyle treatment! Honestly, given what we know about the social lives of ungulate herds, the complexity of their spatial memories, and the importance of the lead female in dictating behavior, he’s not too far off. #roadecology
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Another great piece about our terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide research in Ireland by @francesmack.bsky.social and Cathy Ching from @medillschool.bsky.social
thebulletin.org/2025/09/how-...
thebulletin.org/2025/09/how-...
Earth’s future written in stone: How geoscientists in Ireland use Ice Age boulders to forecast climate change
Researchers are chipping away at the mountains of climate change evidence in Ireland’s glacial geology.
thebulletin.org
September 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Another great piece about our terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide research in Ireland by @francesmack.bsky.social and Cathy Ching from @medillschool.bsky.social
thebulletin.org/2025/09/how-...
thebulletin.org/2025/09/how-...
Sodus Point, yesterday
September 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Sodus Point, yesterday
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A more than 30-day earthquake episode that struck Greece in January 2025 could be explained by the volcanoes Santorini and Kolumbo sharing a magma chamber, according to a paper in Nature. go.nature.com/4pDboC1 ⚒️ 🧪
September 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
A more than 30-day earthquake episode that struck Greece in January 2025 could be explained by the volcanoes Santorini and Kolumbo sharing a magma chamber, according to a paper in Nature. go.nature.com/4pDboC1 ⚒️ 🧪
Went on LinkedIn (2/10, would not recommend) and it was just advertisements for prescription drugs. And mixed in between was a survey question about how useful the feed was in reaching my professional goals. Wellllllll
September 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Went on LinkedIn (2/10, would not recommend) and it was just advertisements for prescription drugs. And mixed in between was a survey question about how useful the feed was in reaching my professional goals. Wellllllll
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Fun time last week looking at a historic eel weir and mussel survey on the Schuylkill - underwater videos coming soon!🐟🐟🐟🐟
September 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Fun time last week looking at a historic eel weir and mussel survey on the Schuylkill - underwater videos coming soon!🐟🐟🐟🐟
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Michigan Sea Grant is a smart investment! In 2018-23, we invested $3.5 million in 21 research projects that are addressing harmful algal blooms, boosting economic development in coastal communities, and more. buff.ly/EwCZQcp
July 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Michigan Sea Grant is a smart investment! In 2018-23, we invested $3.5 million in 21 research projects that are addressing harmful algal blooms, boosting economic development in coastal communities, and more. buff.ly/EwCZQcp
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Last week, details of the administration’s budget request for NOAA for fiscal year 2026 were released. Unfortunately, it proposes terminating the National Sea Grant College Program’s funding. Urge Congress to restore our funding for fiscal year 2026. Sign our support letter: MDSGo.org/support2025
July 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Last week, details of the administration’s budget request for NOAA for fiscal year 2026 were released. Unfortunately, it proposes terminating the National Sea Grant College Program’s funding. Urge Congress to restore our funding for fiscal year 2026. Sign our support letter: MDSGo.org/support2025
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A major landslide has occurred in the vicinity of Altos de Oriente and Manantiales, near to Medellín and Bello, in Colombia. It is believed that about 25 people died.
eos.org/thelandslide...
Images from a drone video on Youtube by Cubrinet
eos.org/thelandslide...
Images from a drone video on Youtube by Cubrinet
June 26, 2025 at 5:31 AM
A major landslide has occurred in the vicinity of Altos de Oriente and Manantiales, near to Medellín and Bello, in Colombia. It is believed that about 25 people died.
eos.org/thelandslide...
Images from a drone video on Youtube by Cubrinet
eos.org/thelandslide...
Images from a drone video on Youtube by Cubrinet
StoryMaps seems borked at the moment
June 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
StoryMaps seems borked at the moment
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A study confirms what we have long argued: the spectacular Atlantic 'cold blob' is the result of a slowing of the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC, which transports warm waters into that region. That's the only part of Earth that resisted #globalwarming. 🌊
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
The Atlantic's chilling secret: A century of data reveals ocean current collapse
A century-old mystery of a stubborn cold patch in the North Atlantic is finally being unraveled. A new study links this anomaly to a long-term weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulat...
www.sciencedaily.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
A study confirms what we have long argued: the spectacular Atlantic 'cold blob' is the result of a slowing of the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC, which transports warm waters into that region. That's the only part of Earth that resisted #globalwarming. 🌊
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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A heat wave is expected to hit Western New York this week. Escape the high temperatures at the Central Library with air conditioning (!), free WiFi & computers, books, movies & more.
See full Library hours here: www.buffalolib.org/hours/otd.php
See full Library hours here: www.buffalolib.org/hours/otd.php
June 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
A heat wave is expected to hit Western New York this week. Escape the high temperatures at the Central Library with air conditioning (!), free WiFi & computers, books, movies & more.
See full Library hours here: www.buffalolib.org/hours/otd.php
See full Library hours here: www.buffalolib.org/hours/otd.php
Another successful Seiche workshop/information session - this time in Sunset Bay with attendees from all over Erie and Chautauqua Counties.
Residents learned about climate-driven shoreline events, building and maintaining dunes along the Great Lakes, and NYS DEC permitting.
Residents learned about climate-driven shoreline events, building and maintaining dunes along the Great Lakes, and NYS DEC permitting.
June 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Another successful Seiche workshop/information session - this time in Sunset Bay with attendees from all over Erie and Chautauqua Counties.
Residents learned about climate-driven shoreline events, building and maintaining dunes along the Great Lakes, and NYS DEC permitting.
Residents learned about climate-driven shoreline events, building and maintaining dunes along the Great Lakes, and NYS DEC permitting.
Keep those around you informed, but please, post something nice once in a while. It is not - and cannot be - all doom.
May 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Keep those around you informed, but please, post something nice once in a while. It is not - and cannot be - all doom.
Me prior to AI: I'm a failed academic
Me after AI: You know what, maybe this worked out for the best
Me after AI: You know what, maybe this worked out for the best
May 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Me prior to AI: I'm a failed academic
Me after AI: You know what, maybe this worked out for the best
Me after AI: You know what, maybe this worked out for the best
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Satellite-derived observations of *summer* sea-ice thickness data are now becoming a thing across products! 😍
New preprint comparing ICESat-2 and CryoSat-2: doi.org/10.31223/X5J...
New preprint comparing ICESat-2 and CryoSat-2: doi.org/10.31223/X5J...
Initial assessment of all-season Arctic sea ice thickness from ICESat-2
doi.org
May 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Satellite-derived observations of *summer* sea-ice thickness data are now becoming a thing across products! 😍
New preprint comparing ICESat-2 and CryoSat-2: doi.org/10.31223/X5J...
New preprint comparing ICESat-2 and CryoSat-2: doi.org/10.31223/X5J...