Jed O. Kaplan
@jedokaplan.bsky.social
Researcher, naturalist, educator, cook, father, explorer, traveler. University Professor and Canada Research Chair in geoscience. 🇺🇸🇧🇪🇨🇭🇨🇦 https://jedokaplan.github.io/
Looks interesting! What’s the paper about?
October 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Looks interesting! What’s the paper about?
You assert that "...the conveyor belt of currents in the Atlantic Ocean [is] responsible for Western Europe’s mild climate..." This idea is at the very least debatable. Richard Seager has argued for decades that it is not important at all, e.g., www.jstor.org/stable/27858...
The Source of Europe's Mild Climate: The notion that the Gulf Stream is responsible for keeping Europe anomalously warm turns out to be a myth on JSTOR
Richard Seager, The Source of Europe's Mild Climate: The notion that the Gulf Stream is responsible for keeping Europe anomalously warm turns out to be a myth, American Scientist, Vol. 94, No. 4 (JULY...
www.jstor.org
September 6, 2025 at 5:13 AM
You assert that "...the conveyor belt of currents in the Atlantic Ocean [is] responsible for Western Europe’s mild climate..." This idea is at the very least debatable. Richard Seager has argued for decades that it is not important at all, e.g., www.jstor.org/stable/27858...
It was a lovely day in late March.
August 12, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It was a lovely day in late March.
I have been waiting for you to comment on this fire. I still vividly remember reading “Fire on the Rim” as a teenager. Looking forward to seeing your thoughts!
July 28, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I have been waiting for you to comment on this fire. I still vividly remember reading “Fire on the Rim” as a teenager. Looking forward to seeing your thoughts!
Cool diagram. Will use this next time I teach intro meteorology.
June 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Cool diagram. Will use this next time I teach intro meteorology.
Mixed severity burn from 2022 at Kootenay Lake, British Columbia. Photo taken in spring 2025.
June 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Mixed severity burn from 2022 at Kootenay Lake, British Columbia. Photo taken in spring 2025.
Heartbreaking photo. I have so many great memories of inspiring times at the GISS lab in Manhattan.
May 31, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Heartbreaking photo. I have so many great memories of inspiring times at the GISS lab in Manhattan.
For the most part, these won’t be career positions but limited-term postings targeted at postdocs and other temporary staff.
May 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
For the most part, these won’t be career positions but limited-term postings targeted at postdocs and other temporary staff.
I am also hiring in Calgary! jedokaplan.github.io/opportunities/
Work with me!
jedokaplan.github.io
May 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I am also hiring in Calgary! jedokaplan.github.io/opportunities/
Coronation Mountain then.
April 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Coronation Mountain then.
When I'm wondering what mountains I see, I like the PeakFinder app www.peakfinder.com (no relation to the developer, just a satisfied user).
PeakFinder - The mountains are calling!
www.peakfinder.com
April 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
When I'm wondering what mountains I see, I like the PeakFinder app www.peakfinder.com (no relation to the developer, just a satisfied user).
It’s hard to tell exactly what direction you are looking, but the highest mountain on southern Vancouver Island is Mount Arrowsmith (1819m) WNW of Nanaimo.
April 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It’s hard to tell exactly what direction you are looking, but the highest mountain on southern Vancouver Island is Mount Arrowsmith (1819m) WNW of Nanaimo.
So much for your “light snowshower”
April 13, 2025 at 12:44 AM
So much for your “light snowshower”