Kathleen Nicoll, PhD
@kathleennicoll.bsky.social
Professor Univ of Utah Geology ⚒️ Archaeology ⛏️ Geomorphology Rules Researching deserts, dust & dead cultures.
This ol' paper doesn't have a "share to BlueSky" option... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Recent environmental change and prehistoric human activity in Egypt and Northern Sudan
This paper reviews the various Late Quaternary records that are available from western Egypt and northern Sudan, which includes more than 500 publishe…
sciencedirect.com
Interesting take by a machine learning expert: "Literary Theory for Robots: How Computers Learned to Write"by Dennis Yi Tenen
The smog over Pakistan & India is alarminly visible from space (NASA images) . We are all downwind of each other...
Although I am not a fan of zoos, I went to our local one, and saw this tiger tiger birning bright :
I'm saddened by the extreme weather disasters... the photos coming out of Spain are shocking. Please: Let's abate further global warming
IRENA's "Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2023" report is out. There are *seven* forms of RE generation that are now competitive or cheaper than FF. Since 2010, PVs, Offshore Wind & CSP have dropped in price significantly. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋
Glacial landscapes 101. The basics for my students
Happy October! It's indigenous peoples' month! An historic picture of Utes. These people are the namesake of the state of Utah.
What's the potential for long-term ecosystem carbon sequestration in the face of climate extremes? This is a question we investigated (led by Emma Rigatti & Sonali McDermid) using the MSTMIP model ensemble (1/n): agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
The Impact of Drought on Terrestrial Carbon in the West African Sahel: Implications for Natural Climate Solutions
Ecosystem models show that the 20th century Sahelian drought depressed carbon stocks across the West African Great Green Wall domain Carbon fluxes did exhibit some recovery strongly driven atmosp...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.” -- Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
Partial solar eclipse seen from Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park this morning, 10/2/24. Photo credits: NPS Photo/J.Wei
Neighborhood chonk identifies rock specimen.
It’s not up to women to end the violence we experience. It’s not up to women to convince men of our humanity. We’ve tried that and it hasn’t worked. It’s up to men who are reading this with their back up to question why. If you don’t hate us and don’t want us to die, prove it.
Julie Lalonde: “It’s Not Up to Women to End the Violence We Experience"
Trust me, we’ve tried
fashionmagazine.com
