Obviously assumed this was coming… but still stings. Who cares about climate resilience of economically disadvantaged places anyway?

If anyone needs a quick reminder after a long term of teaching about what matters in their research (like I did this morning), I found scholargoggler.com fun to do.

Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline

Should have done this much sooner…

Hope folks were able to get out and see this tonight. 2nd time this week for me - it doesn’t get old. Will definitely have an aurora hangover at work tomorrow….

And now something a little more light and fun. Take a deep breath and make time to take a look up at the night sky the next couple days…it’ll be worth it I promise

Crazy composite image including Hurricane Milton and wildfire smoke plume. Climate emergency in one breath-taking, alarming view from space. Image credit: The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at Colorado State University

Red this time!! 2nd one of 2024 in the central Willamette Valley for me…Doesn’t the sun know that sending an aurora south on a school night is just not cool

Happy Fall y’all! Soaking up the last rays of summer sun in Corvallis yesterday and getting ready for fall quarter to start at OSU this week

Always fashionably late...

They hit the nail on the head with this one…

Aurora from up above Corvallis, Oregon tonight. Unreal…

Quick trip last week up to Washington for a 2-day meeting for the Science Panel of the Puget Sound Partnership. Had an extra hour to spare btw the end of the meeting and flight out of SEATAC so I hit the North Cascades for a quick hike…gorgeous way to end the day

The answer is “it depends” Most parks it doesn’t matter. A few parks with iconic landscapes may see up to 4% increase in visits due to the cumulative impact of viral content. In Oregon that means Smith Rock, Silver Falls and a few spots on the coast