Albert Ruhí
@albertruhi.bsky.social
Prof. Freshwater Ecology, UC Berkeley | ruhilab.org
USGS's @hydrohammond has developed a new online streamflow-drought prediction tool. River DroughtCast provides machine-learning predictions of streamflow droughts up to 90 days in advance at ~3K gages across CONUS, with uncertainty information for each. Check it out! water.usgs.gov/vizlab/strea...
River DroughtCast
Streamflow drought status and forecasts for the conterminous United States
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🚨 One more day until #AGU26 abstract submissions are due! 🚨 💡 Don't wait any longer. ➡️ Submit your abstract by 5 August 23:59 ET: spklr.io/63325Euqfh
🧪 🪲 🌋 🌡️ However, as predicted by Janzen’s Mountain Passes, most of these species do not move much; and eventually, there will be nowhere higher to go. @gdfcf.bsky.social @alexandreloureiro.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧵
🧪 🪲 🌋 🌡️ When are things too hot to handle? Our new paper on insect thermal tolerance across elevation in @pnas.org nas.org suggest perhaps not too far in the future. @gdfcf.bsky.social sky.social @alexandreloureiro.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🧵
Drought experiments often feed process-based models used to forecast impacts of global change. BUT most experiments use relatively weak designs. By re-analyzing >1,200 effect sizes we found that the magnitude and certainty of drought impacts is much higher than previously thought. + details below!
INRAE_ecobiop@inrae-ecobiop.bsky.social · 2w agoNew article: Simple experimental designs are underestimating drought impacts on rivers. Our meta-analysis (1284 effect sizes, 53 experiments) shows BACI designs detect 2× stronger effects than simpler ones. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
New article: Simple experimental designs are underestimating drought impacts on rivers. Our meta-analysis (1284 effect sizes, 53 experiments) shows BACI designs detect 2× stronger effects than simpler ones. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Widespread Underestimation of Drought Impacts on River Ecosystems Due to Weak Experimental Designs
Experimental design strongly influences the detectability and magnitude of estimated drought impacts. Simpler designs underestimate impacts relative to the more complex, but relatively rare (< 35% of...
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Swimming invasive snakes colonize Mediterranean islets by active swimming, then wipe out Endangered endemic lizard populations. A hidden pathway for biological invasions with profound conservation implications, as they re-shape island ecosystems 🐍 🌊 #OpenAccess in 'Ecology' Picture: Rubén Casas
Thrilled to share that my first dissertation chapter is now published at Ecology! dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... We embed TPCs into population dynamics to show how changing temperatures' ordering — not just its distribution — increases extinction risk (i.e. heatwaves matter!) @esajournals.bsky.social
If you can't beat 'em, eat 'em? Really? Our new opinion piece in @pnas.org defends that the so-called invasivorism is not an effective management strategy. In most cases, it is not even a strategy Great team, led by @oficialdegui.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Cool: "In Point Reyes, a National Park Service scientist has made an incredibly rare find." Michael Reichmuth "photographed a group of newly hatched California giant salamanders in the wild for the first time." www.sfgate.com/national-par...
In Point Reyes, National Park Service scientist made incredibly rare find
"There is so little information about this life stage in this species."
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Higher temperatures is forcing irrigation districts to begin irrigating two weeks earlier than normal, putting more pressure of California's #water supplies. Another impacts of human-caused #climatechange abc30.com/post/early-h...
Fresno Irrigation District releases water early amid record March heat
Unusual March heat has led the Fresno Irrigation District to begin water deliveries earlier than planned as farmers prepare for an uncertain season.
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The warm winter has left very little snow in California’s Sierra Nevada, and now an extreme heat wave is accelerating the rapid melt in the mountains. I spoke with @newshaajami.bsky.social about what warming winters mean for the future of California's water: www.latimes.com/environment/...
California's snowpack was already meager. Now comes an extraordinary heat wave
Winter has brought California's Sierra Nevada a below-average amount of snow, and the snowpack has been shrinking for weeks.
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Big effort, exciting results - our paper on the constraints of thermal limits in tropical insects is now out in @nature.com! 🦋🐝🪰🪲🦗 @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social @biologie-uniwue.bsky.social @uni-wuerzburg.de
Nature@nature.com · 5mo agoNature research paper: Limited thermal tolerance in tropical insects and its genomic signature go.nature.com/4ua5R82
Here are a few pupfish moments of zen from the newly opened Salt Creek Boardwalk. Literally opened only 3 days ago. We saw thousands of these relicts from pluvial Lake Manly swimming in the salty spring water. They can survive salinities over twice that of seawater and temps from 32F to 100F+!
#PFAS are widespread in modern society, including in many agricultural settings. Our new report examines ways to mitigate the impacts of these #ForeverChemicals on human and ecological health and strengthen conservation planning. Learn more: buff.ly/MtOEqnQ
NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB) is back!!! www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)
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A new study, based on an analysis of thousands of publications and their authors and editors, shows paper mills are just part of a complex, interconnected system that includes publishers, journals, and brokers. scim.ag/3H9kwwQ
Scientific fraud has become an ‘industry,’ alarming analysis finds
Sophisticated global networks are infiltrating journals to publish fake papers
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Excellent new video by Simon Clark interviewing @hausfath.bsky.social discussing the rate of warming and climate sensitivity in great detail. Must watch!
We don’t know how much warming we’ll see by 2050. Here's why.
YouTube video by Simon Clark
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Our team was out sampling fish and habitat in the restored tidal wetlands of Eden Landing — one of the South Bay’s largest restoration in the bay #WRMP #FishAndHabitat #SanFranciscoBay #EdenLanding #WetlandRestoration #SouthBay #UCDFishLab #OGFL #SFEI #TidalMarsh #FishInTheBay
New research on the variable relationship between rivers' flow regimes and their ecosystems—in our journal "Ecological Applications"👇
Albert Ruhí@albertruhi.bsky.social · 6mo agoNew paper led by former postdoc @psaff.bsky.social in @esajournals.bsky.social ! 🎉 Can we use flow-ecology relationships from the past to inform future management? Enter 40 years of data on the endangered Longfin Smelt in the San Francisco Estuary esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Diapausing eggs are a key element in this research, as they represent a fundamental adaptive strategy for the survival and persistence of species in the face of adverse environmental conditions and they can only be produced sexually.
New paper led by former postdoc @psaff.bsky.social in @esajournals.bsky.social ! 🎉 Can we use flow-ecology relationships from the past to inform future management? Enter 40 years of data on the endangered Longfin Smelt in the San Francisco Estuary esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Time‐varying flow–ecology relationships for an endangered fish population: Longfin Smelt in the San Francisco Estuary
Major estuaries globally are experiencing fast-paced changes in hydrology and ecosystem dynamics. However, connecting alteration of river flow regimes to estuarine fish population dynamics remains a ...
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Input from new study. Carey et al. 2026. High-frequency monitoring data reveal substantial variability in the intrinsic predictability of ecosystem dynamics. Ecology esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Rivers and streams each help remove excess nitrogen from surface waters, but there are important differences between them. New research by @abagaelpruitt.bsky.social, @ajreisinger.bsky.social, and coauthors in new @jgrbiogeo.bsky.social research.
Denitrification Looks Different in Rivers Versus Streams - Eos
A study directly comparing waterways of different sizes revealed important differences in nitrogen dynamics across seasons.
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Protection is overwhelmingly driven by land-based mechanisms, which are often spatially misaligned with hotspots of freshwater biodiversity and may inadequately safeguard rivers from upstream threats. Protection is also uneven across river types (intermittent rivers less protected) and geographies.
National assessment of river protection in the U.S. Article: doi.org/10.1038/s418... Policy Brief: doi.org/10.1038/s418... Rivers Explorer: map.myriver.americanrivers.org Collaboration b/t American Rivers, Conservation Science Partners, Univ WA @americanrivers.bsky.social Thread 👇 | DM for PDF
Please repost! The LOC Lab @UCSB is recruiting a #PostdoctoralScholar in forest ecology and data science to develop data-driven models of forest resilience to compound disturbances (e.g., fire, drought, insects). 🌱🍁🌏🧪🌐 Applications due Feb 5 Apply here: www.landscapesofchangelab.com/were-hiring-1
A recent study led by ESPM PhD student @rosemohammadi.bsky.social and Associate Professor @albertruhi.bsky.social reveals the vulnerability of riparian biodiversity hotspots to California’s intensifying climate whiplash. Learn more about their findings: ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/news/climate...
