Karl Lang
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Studying the science behind the scenery
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Cool new paper from Jeff Prancevic and co-authors. Even more impressive that Jeff wrote this up as a side project while working full time for carbon-free cement startup company.
Rivers and streams may look permanent, but their lengths can change dramatically with the seasons, according to a new Science study. The findings offer the first large-scale insights into how water dynamically moves through landscapes. scim.ag/4bkb9F2
Variability of flowing stream network length across the US
The aggregate length of flowing streams in a drainage network lengthens and shortens as landscapes become wetter and drier. However, direct measurements of stream network variability have been limited...
scim.ag
February 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Cool new paper from Jeff Prancevic and co-authors. Even more impressive that Jeff wrote this up as a side project while working full time for carbon-free cement startup company.
catch you next time!
February 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
catch you next time!
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This is just gutting.
February 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This is just gutting.
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GeoSPACE, our accessible hybrid field course, has found itself in need of fundraising due to recent events. Part of being accessible is offsetting the financial burden of attending. If you can spare anything to help out, a lot of students without other options would be grateful!!! ⚒️🔭🧪
GeoSPACE is the only accessible for-credit geology field course in the US and we need your help! Help us keep this camp financially accessible for students by donating at the link below through 2/20 and typing "geospace" in the text box at the bottom of the form. givingday.ufl.edu/campaigns/ge...
Geology Department Fund - Gator Nation Giving Day
Do you ever wish you could have attended a Hydro field camp or learned to code in Python over the summer? Maybe a shorter, local field experience would have been practical for you? Many of our alumni ...
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February 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
GeoSPACE, our accessible hybrid field course, has found itself in need of fundraising due to recent events. Part of being accessible is offsetting the financial burden of attending. If you can spare anything to help out, a lot of students without other options would be grateful!!! ⚒️🔭🧪
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Thinking of making all future maps for my papers small enough scale so I can include the Gulf of Mexico. 🧪
February 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Thinking of making all future maps for my papers small enough scale so I can include the Gulf of Mexico. 🧪
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On the topographic differences following the #PalisadesFire from @opentopography.org 🧪⚒️ #lidar #PiewPiew opentopography.org/blog/using-l...
Using Lidar to Understand the Impacts of the 2025 Palisades and Eaton Fires, Los Angeles, CA | OpenTopography
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February 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
On the topographic differences following the #PalisadesFire from @opentopography.org 🧪⚒️ #lidar #PiewPiew opentopography.org/blog/using-l...
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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
also, pretty on theme for someone known for not paying their contracts
February 8, 2025 at 3:35 AM
also, pretty on theme for someone known for not paying their contracts
aren’t overhead rates negotiated contractually with the federal government for a predetermined amount of time? not a lawyer, but this seems like an obvious breach of contract lawsuit, at least for existing grants.
February 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
aren’t overhead rates negotiated contractually with the federal government for a predetermined amount of time? not a lawyer, but this seems like an obvious breach of contract lawsuit, at least for existing grants.
nothing says “i never took a class in economics” like acting as if everything is or should be a market.
February 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
nothing says “i never took a class in economics” like acting as if everything is or should be a market.
why does this matter? i will freely admit that i am a pedant, but these (mostly) REEs don’t just come from ore minerals. they come from e-waste, laterites and can even bioaccumulate. to actually address our need for these elements we need to think beyond a minecraft-ian view of earth science
February 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
why does this matter? i will freely admit that i am a pedant, but these (mostly) REEs don’t just come from ore minerals. they come from e-waste, laterites and can even bioaccumulate. to actually address our need for these elements we need to think beyond a minecraft-ian view of earth science
99/100 times you hear someone talk about critical “minerals” they are talking about elements. the NYT just published an article in which the identified “rare earth elements” as a “critical mineral” ELEMENT IS IN THE NAME.
a man with white hair is saying i feel like i 'm taking crazy pills
ALT: a man with white hair is saying i feel like i 'm taking crazy pills
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February 8, 2025 at 1:44 AM
99/100 times you hear someone talk about critical “minerals” they are talking about elements. the NYT just published an article in which the identified “rare earth elements” as a “critical mineral” ELEMENT IS IN THE NAME.
oooh, we should trade recipes, i use borax and glue for my glacier goo
February 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
oooh, we should trade recipes, i use borax and glue for my glacier goo
4 swing states (red in 2024) in the top 10
NSF – NCSES Academic Institution Profiles – Rankings by total R&D expenditures
ncsesdata.nsf.gov
February 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
4 swing states (red in 2024) in the top 10
remember that most (all?) public R1 universities rely on sponsored programs to function, and there are beloved public universities in every state, red states included.
NEW: We obtained the directions NSF program officers are following to review all grants for compliance with the Trump EOs and the turmoil it has created in an agency mandated to broaden STEM participation. Our story: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: how NSF is scouring research grants for violations of Trump’s orders
The US National Science Foundation has unfrozen grant funding, but it continues to scrutinize research projects, sowing turmoil.
www.nature.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:51 AM
remember that most (all?) public R1 universities rely on sponsored programs to function, and there are beloved public universities in every state, red states included.
they are going to straight up ban the letters d e and i in any context. W_ ar_ go_ng to hav_ to r_a_ b_tw__n th_ l_n_s.
February 4, 2025 at 3:26 AM
they are going to straight up ban the letters d e and i in any context. W_ ar_ go_ng to hav_ to r_a_ b_tw__n th_ l_n_s.
pretty sure the solicitations wouldn’t pass this filter
February 4, 2025 at 3:10 AM
pretty sure the solicitations wouldn’t pass this filter
i’m curious if anyone has a funded grant without any of these words, it must be almost all grants… which i guess is the point?
February 4, 2025 at 3:09 AM
i’m curious if anyone has a funded grant without any of these words, it must be almost all grants… which i guess is the point?
almost 250 years of democracy and all it took to end it was a couple of 18 year old CS majors with llama haircuts
February 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
almost 250 years of democracy and all it took to end it was a couple of 18 year old CS majors with llama haircuts
omfg. APS really just closed schools because its too cold. Atlanta is not a real place.
January 20, 2025 at 11:29 PM
omfg. APS really just closed schools because its too cold. Atlanta is not a real place.
