If successful, it would protect woodland in the Meramec River watershed, and open up new possibilities for hiking and outdoor recreation, backers say.

Before Fall Break, students in Weather Analysis and Instrumentation took a field trip to the USGS Sleepers River Research Watershed to learn about hydrologic instruments, including snow tubes. They also got to see some beautiful fall foliage in the Northeast Kingdom!💧❄️🌲🍁

Do public works investments in watershed rehabilitation and small-scale irrigation improve nutrition and resilience? Evidence from bureau for humanitarian assistance interventions in support of Ethiopia’s productive safety net program: Balana, Bedru; Mekonnen, Dawit Kelemework; Arega, Tiruwork; Rin

After one of Arizona's wettest Octobers on record, questions are being raised about the long-term impact of the rainfall on the state’s crucial water supply. Story link in comments ⬇️

🔥🌱 From the upcoming #AJB Special Issue: “Understanding novel #fire regimes using plant trait‐based approaches" 🌱🔥

Toward a functional understanding of novel fire regimes in tropical #forests
By David Pacuk, Peter van der Sleen, Frank Sterck & @masha-vandersande.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...

🌱🌋 A greenhouse experiment led by Scripps Oceanography & @unigreifswald.bsky.social has uncovered a powerful new way volcanoes give life to the Earth: volcanic ash can triple plant productivity by transforming the microbiome, reshaping entire soil ecosystems. Dig in: scripps.ucsd.edu/news/volcani...

FloodSavy - a new hydrological data tool has launched! Register for this online event taking place Nov 19!
The event includes:

💻 A demo of FloodSavvy and the NWM Tutorial
🗣️ Reflections from community partners on how they’ve applied these tools in practice

northeastern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Some super cool landscaping & native ecology restoration work for these offices in East Austin

This land had been contaminated for more than 70 years by the infamous “tank farms” left by the oil majors, which once stored jet fuel for the old Mueller Airport

www.archpaper.com/2025/10/dwg-...

All the layers of the Critical Zone work together to help support surface life here on planet Earth. The Critical Zone Network of Network provides layers of support for researchers who are seeking their next great collaborator. Find our more on the CZ-NoN website: bit.ly/CZ_NoN_main 🌐🧪

"Over five humid months the scientists watch Italian ryegrass sprangling upward, snipping it every few weeks like stylists tending a living haircut. Their question is elegantly simple and wildly ambitious: can crushed rock feed plants, sweeten acidic soils, and sequester atmospheric carbon?" 🌐🧪

Conference travel award opportunity:

Foreign Scholar Travel Award to attend the International Association for Landscape Ecology - North America chapter (IALE-NA) conference in April 2026.

www.ialena.org/foreign-scholar-award.html & bit.ly/IALENA-FSTA-....

Apply by Nov. 2, 2025! 🧪🌎

Over the moon to sit in on another excellent wetland ecosystem ecology talk by @nickmarzolf.bsky.social
So much cool ecohydrology! 🤩
🌲🐸🌿💧🌱

Why Are Different Sediment Sizes in Rivers So Important? 🪨

From tiny clay particles to chunky cobbles, rivers carry a mix of sediment sizes, and that’s a very good thing!

Diverse sediment = a healthy river!

#RiverScience #SedimentMatters #EcoHydrology #WatershedWisdom #AquaticEcosystems

#CriticalZone #interface

From forest floor to 7 m down, water-soluble carbon stays lively. Aromatic, humic-like compounds fade with depth, giving way to smaller fulvic-like molecules that microbes readily use—keeping deep boreal soils in the game of carbon cycling. 🌐🧪

Adding small amounts of pineapple fibers to sandy soil increased retention of both water & fertilizers, a key problem in arid regions...

"Even better, the results were long-lasting."

ARTICLE:
www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/p... .

STUDY:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... .

Congratulations to our amazing colleagues in Peru! They just published several lifetimes of work: 236 new plant species collected from Oxapampa Asháninka Yánesha Biosphere Reserve.
revistas.unsaac.edu.pe/index.php/RQ...
If we are to avoid a 6th mass extinction we have to stop it in the Andes.

June 11 -27, 2026, I'm teaching a 16-day field course on stream ecology. It's heavily focused on independent research projects, so they get some exposure to field research. Open to students from any institution. DM with your email if you want a poster to send your students. #Ecology #PUI #insects

"On still nights by a mountain lake, when the water is as black and smooth as obsidian, the world above feels hushed—but under the surface, an unseen city lights up." 🌐🧪

The Geological Society of America is hosting their annual conference in SA this year & because of that they're also hosting a bunch of fun field trips for interested nerds.

I'm excited to get a hands-on exploration of the Edwards Aquifer hydrology with experts, & its history with the building of SA

The Geology Dept at WWU is hiring an Assistant Prof in Hydrology! Come be my colleague in a great department! More info in the attached flyer, and at hr.wwu.edu/careers-facu...

Two paths diverged in a wood, and I–
I took the one more traveled by;
Because the wood is still a full ecosystem and leaving the maintained path can damage it,
Also I don't want ticks or wet socks

🏆 Congratulations to @lamont.columbia.edu tree ring scientist Ed Cook, recipient of the Roger Revelle Medal from @agu.org for outstanding contributions in climate science! #AGU25 ➡️ Learn more about Cook and this prestigious honor: www.agu.org/user-profile...