Back on Bluesky after a few month social media hiatus. Just noticed that we cracked @kinarnicholas.bsky.social 's #hydrology paper of the day list (a few months ago)! This is a neat paper led by @dalhydro.bsky.social that shows the important control that #groundwater has on river #temperatures.

KinarNicholas.bsky.social@kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hydrology Paper of the Day @dalhydro.bsky.social @dylanjirvine.bsky.social on how shallow groundwater temperatures vary due to hydrological processes: monitoring and measurements; energy fluxes and numerical models; seasonality and spatial patterns; mixing and exchanges; and future research.

People say that all the animals in Australia are dangerous. It's not true. Wait, what...?

It certainly (and thankfully) won't be the wettest year on record in Darwin. We may be on track for one of the top 5 at this rate... With devastating floods across many northern Aus regions, thankfully, this wet season is almost at a close... #hydrology 🧪

This should generate a lot of interest from researchers and research users. On one hand, it is a highly profitable company automating parts of the process. On the other, more papers are being submitted ( #AI a factor), and reviews take ages. #academicsky Thoughts?

Paul R. Pival 🇨🇦 he/him@ppival.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Springer Nature expands use of AI across publishing workflows - Research Information www.researchinformation.info/news/springe... #AcademicPublishing #AcademicSky

Paper led by @dalhydro.bsky.social on Groundwater Temperature Processes and Patterns, Implications for Thermal Regimes in WIRES Water. #openaccess #hydrology 🧪💧 wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Groundwater Temperature Processes and Patterns: Implications for Stream Thermal Regimes

Shallow groundwater temperatures are controlled by ground surface temperatures and are influenced by climate change and land cover changes. Deeper groundwater temperature is constant year-round, maki...

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Be careful out there everyone. There's a veritable shopping list of catchments on flood watch in the NT, with at least one cyclone on its way.

I love me some Heavy Devy: Almost Again is such an amazing song. youtu.be/Yk-8k5Bzvp4?... The fact that he can sing like that, while playing guitar like that. Wow.

Devin Townsend - Almost Again - Quarantine Live

YouTube video by Aidan Umpherson

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This weekend Darwin's wet season rain will likely reach 2000 mm. Wow. As much of northern Australia is flooded, or in flood watch, more rains to come... #dataviz #hydrology

Hmm. It's a bit hard to see what I do most of my research on. Oh wait, IT'S GROUNDWATER!

Scholar Goggler bot@scholargoggler.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Some word clouds created from Dylan Irvine's Google Scholar profile by Scholar Goggler (https://scholargoggler.com). Popular topics: groundwater, water, using, climate, temperature, australia. @dylanjirvine.bsky.social #academicsky #wordcloud

AI hasn't led to massive increases in efficiency? Perhaps it's because of the soul crushing admin that takes up 120% of working hours... I do use AI, & I do think there's efficiency gains. I'd give it all back for a 50% reduction in pointless admin tasks. #AcademicSky fortune.com/2026/02/17/a...

Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on employment or productivity—and it has economists resurrecting a paradox from 40 years ago | Fortune

In the 1980s, economist Robert Solow made an observation that reminded economists of today’s AI boom: “You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.”

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MU-Peter Shimon 🀄@mu-peter.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Nobel laureate Robert Solow made a stark observation about the evolution of the Information Age Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on employment or productivity—and it has economists resurrecting a paradox from 40 years ago 🧪 fortune.com/2026/02/17/a...

The lack of radar coverage in the Northern Territory amazes me with the frequency of flooding up here. Not all decisions should be based on population density... www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Record flooding in the NT goes under the radar - ABC listen

The NT Cattlemen's Association says the lack of a Tennant Creek radar, meant stations were "making decisions in the dark" during this week's severe flood event.

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What drives #groundwater recharge in arid regions? #OpenAccess paper led by @hydrogeoscience.bsky.social shows that groups of smaller rain events are more important than one off large events. Implications for climate change. 🧪 @charlesdarwinuni.bsky.social iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Temporally clustered streamflow events control focused groundwater recharge in drylands

Temporally clustered streamflow events control focused groundwater recharge in drylands, Rau, Gabriel C, Bastías Espejo, José, Acworth, R Ian, Andersen, Martin S, Irvine, Dylan J, Bernardi, Tony, Cuthbert, Mark O

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Please check out our #openaccess paper published in Ecological Indicators that provides an approach to inform lateral connectivity between #rivers and #wetlands using #RemoteSensing. Codes to apply the approach are provided. @charlesdarwinuni.bsky.social 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Assessing seasonal river-wetland connectivity using remote sensing-based monitoring in tropical environments

Understanding the timing of river-floodplain wetland connection is critical for anticipating ecological risks, including aquatic fauna strandings. In …

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This paper about Global Subsidence of #River Deltas looks great, and I'm keen to read it. However, I think it should be illegal to use the word "global" if #Australia is not included. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Academia's a funny game. In 2026 I've had a paper accepted (yay) and seen a paper based on an idea I discussed with someone at a conference (boo). It wasn't my idea, but the paper included someone that I've collaborated with in the past. Thought I may have gotten involved. Oh well... #academicsky

Interesting to see my home town in the news... www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Rare white kangaroos to be sold to prevent overcrowding at wildlife park

White western grey kangaroos are a popular sight in a small wildlife park nestled near the South Australia – Victoria border and some are now being sold.

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After using almost an entire roll of gaffer tape in an attempt to keep them together, this is the final state of my shitty Hard Yakka boots after a week's fieldwork in the desert. Utter garbage of a product. Never again 💩🧪

The views are stunning in central Australia. Far from the worst place to do work. As a guide, the Devil's Marbles Hotel is AWESOME! 😎👍

I'm a slow learner. Here are 2024 and 2025 photos of my boots that melted during fieldwork (to be fair, in the desert in Nov/Dec). Hard Yakka boots... Never again. 🤬

Man, I listened to 123,888 minutes of music this year. That's 86 days. Wow.

So, there aren't many #Slipknot fans on Youtube Music then 🤘. I don't listen to them that much...

Following extreme #water shortages caused by #drought and decades of over extraction, there are serious discussions around evacuating Tehran, a city of 10 million people. theconversation.com/irans-presid... 🧪💧

Iran’s president calls for moving its drought-stricken capital amid a worsening water crisis – how Tehran got into water bankruptcy

Iran’s sprawling cities and irrigated agriculture, along with tight market controls, have left the country vulnerable to drought. There are steps that would help.

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I normally don't find news from Mars that interesting (I'd prefer that we focus on understanding #Earth), but even I think that lightning on #Mars is very interesting ⚡🧪 www.abc.net.au/news/science...

Sound of lightning captured on Mars — but it's nothing like on Earth

Microphone recordings from NASA's Perseverance rover have turned up more than 50 instances of lightning on the red planet over the past four years, a new study finds.

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Wow, we don't deserve Nicola Jokic. youtube.com/shorts/TrOQ8...

Grizzlies bench couldn’t believe Jokić’s pass 🤣

YouTube video by Bleacher Report

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It's been a wet start to the 2025/26 wet season in #Darwin. Who would have thought that the second-wettest November on record (and it's not over yet) would lead to this? #rain 🧪💧

Yikes. #CycloneFina in #Darwin brought down some MASSIVE mahogany trees. Blocking two lanes on Lee Point Road.

What a legend the weather guy, Nate Byrne from ABC news is. There's a #cyclone in #Darwin, so he's in Darwin. #Respect

It's going to be a wet year in #Darwin. I hope that the storms forming off the coast don't develop into cyclones... We're approaching the 95th percentile for #rain, and it's trending upwards... 🧪 💧

Wow, the #water situation in Tehran is dire. 15 million people with very limited water access to. Inefficient irrigation practices and international sanctions are major issues. It's so bad, evacuations are being considered 💧 theconversation.com/irans-capita...

Iran’s capital faces unprecedented water shortages and even possible evacuation. What changes could help?

Iran is suffering huge water shortages. Expert believe there are changes that could help.

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#Groundwater over-extraction action www.livescience.com/planet-earth... 🧪💧

Parts of Arizona are being sucked dry, with areas of land sinking 6 inches per year, satellite data reveals

Groundwater extraction has caused parts of the Willcox Basin to subside by up to 12 feet since the 1950s. New research reveals that some areas sunk by 3 feet in just 4 years.

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