Very excited to be here and continue the conversation on NWIs with the participants, organizers and incredible hosts. Wetlands need our attention more than ever, and it is precisely our shared knowledge and collaboration across human geographic boundaries that make these borders matter less.

Convention on Wetlands@ramsar.org · last wk.

The final Module of the National Wetland Inventory capacity building programme in English started yesterday in Incheon, Republic of Korea. The participants from ten different countries will follow this week-long course, which constitutes the final stretch of the three year NWI training programme.

New piece with @tderyugina.bsky.social and @ilonasolohub.bsky.social The main message is: Europe in 2025 is #Ukraine in 2014. Not investing in defense, thinking the war is local, letting RUS information space, believing that someone else will protect, trying to make a deal with Putin Big mistakes

Will Europe Be as Unprepared as Ukraine Was?

Tatyana Deryugina, Yuriy Gorodnichenko and Ilona Sologoub say that the main challenge is not merely to spend more, but to change entrenched habits of mind.

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We're hiring! Our search for an Assistant Professor in Arthropod Biodiversity just opened. Come join us at UC Berkeley in the amazing Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management! Feel free to contact me if you have questions. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05523

Assistant Professor - Arthropod Biodiversity - Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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August 24, 2026 #Ukraine's Independence Day 35 years of freedom

It is scary enough to see a tropical storm grow into an hurricane in real time. The first hurricane in Hawaii since 1992, likely fueled by unusually warm Pacific waters. And while Lala eventually moved, the very real, devastating impacts on communities will last - this story offers a great insight.

Twilight Greenaway@twyspy.bsky.social · 4w ago

The photos Kevin Fujii took for this story are so good, and almost no one has seen them. My latest on the traumatic aftermath of Hurricane Lala on the Big Island: www.civilbeat.org/2026/08/lala...

What is both newborn and ancient? A volcano. It was such a gift to witness a recent Kīlauea eruption. A reminder that some forces are brand new and timeless at once, like lava, love and creative inspiration.

This Thursday I'm on a panel discussing 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 in California. What is California doing to respond, and how are early detection, prevention, and coordinated management helping protect our state? 🗓️ Thursday, Aug. 20 🕛 12–1 p.m. 🔗 Register here: ca-water-gov.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Separation of children from their parents in an already traumatic environment inflicts severe psychological harm, leaving many with long-term emotional consequences.  #TetianaVorozhko and #InnaKubay for @thejamestownfdn.bsky.social @savechildrenuk.bsky.social @humanrightsindex.bsky.social

Russia’s Filtration System Facilitates Deportation of Ukrainian Children - Jamestown

Executive Summary:  Only 2,404 of the over 20,000 Ukrainian children whose forced transfers to Russia have been documented by Ukrainian authorities had been returned as of July 28 (Children of War, ac...

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One of the best ways to make peace with uncertainty may be a walk in fog-blanketed woods. Making it through one step at a time.

A new piece with @ilonasolohub.bsky.social The USSR perfected deploying "independent" voices to deliver Kremlin messages while appearing to challenge them. Melnichenko's Economist piece is the same playbook. The correct response to such "visions" is one word: nyet. #Ukraine

Why The Economist Scoop Was a Polite Version of the Same Moscow Threat

The storied British news journal merely flogged a standard Russian threat couched as a “wind of change.”

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I am excited to release geolibre-rust v1.0: 936 open-source geospatial tools running entirely in your browser, no server, no Python, no install. GitHub: github.com/opengeos/geo... Live demo: opengeos.org/geolibre-rust All the tools are accessible via GeoLibre, Python, Jupyter, and JavaScript.

FT editorial on EU sanctions on RUS "the price of short-term efforts to protect national interests could be to embolden RUS to fight on in pursuit of a victory that would have huge costs for Europe’s long-term security and prosperity." The lack of strategic thinking in some EU gov'ts is shocking

The EU needs to hold together on Russia sanctions

Cost of trying to protect domestic interests may be to embolden Moscow

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Plant phenology contrasts at our wildland-urban interface are a good reminder that total vegetation cover is not automatically a proxy for what is available for cooling or other benefits at the hottest time of the year in dry-summer climates.

Great pleasure to contribute my chapter on #Ukraine to CEPR's Europe 2050 Years ago, #California was the frontier of the “Wild West.” Today, it is the beating heart of innovation and the new economy. In much the same way, Ukraine is poised to become the “Wild East” of the European Union (EU).

Working with Planet Tanager Hyperspectral Data (426 Bands) in QGIS with HyperCoast In this tutorial, you will explore freely available Planet Tanager open data and learn how to stream imagery, download HDF5 datasets, inspect spectral signatures, and perform visualization directly inside QGIS.

For nearly 100 years, four large dams on the Klamath River blocked salmon and steelhead trout from reaching more than 400 miles of habitat. 🐟 This World Fish Migration Day, enjoy this footage of their return to historic spawning habitat post-dam removal! 🎥 Swiftwater Films

⚡️Update: Damage reported in every district of Kyiv amid massive Russian missile, drone attack. Officials reported that over 40 locations in Kyiv have sustained damage in the large-scale overnight Russian missile and drone attack on the capital.

Breaking: Kyiv under massive Russian ballistic missile, drone attack, at least 1 killed, 16 injured

Russian forces launched a large-scale missile attack on Kyiv overnight on May 24, officials reported.

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A poem for World Bee Day.

New pub with Kuno Kasak @etechlab.bsky.social and Anna Lindenberger Data comes from our pasture site in the Delta on Sherman Island next to my Uncle Julio's asparagus barn. Now this is local science in action www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Contrasting carbon dynamics in grazed and flood-prone grasslands on mineral and degraded peat soils

Ecosystem-scale methane (CH₄) flux measurements from grazed grasslands remain scarce, despite their importance for understanding grassland contributio…

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Evapotranspiration Everywhere, All the Time: Towards a Unified View From Earth Observation onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @youngryel.bsky.social

Evapotranspiration Everywhere, All the Time: Towards a Unified View From Earth Observation

This paper discusses the evolution and revolution of Earth observation for evapotranspiration (ET), as we advanced from the first Landsat satellite and development of ET models through the progressio...

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We are hiring an Associate Director of UC Riverside Natural Reserve System. Come join us! aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02257

Academic Coordinator II/Associate Director of UC Riverside Natural Reserve System

University of California, Riverside is hiring. Apply now!

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It’s a wild feeling to be on the cusp of releasing a book into the world—especially when it’s one you wish the world didn’t need. My thoughts on the shadow and light of this moment... drkwilkinson.substack.com/p/i-dont-wan...

I Don't Want the World to Need This Book

Thoughts on the cusp of publication day.

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She’s finally out and she is GORGEOUS!!! This is the most detailed map of the Sierra Nevada ever made.

California Geological Survey@cageosurvey.bsky.social · 5mo ago

NEW RELEASE! Sierra Nevada Earth Science Atlas The Sierra Nevada Earth Science Atlas provides the most detailed geologic framework mapping of the Sierra Nevada that has ever been made. www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/sierra-n...

An AI assistant for Google Earth Engine is now available in QGIS! You can explore and visualize any dataset from the 80+ PB Earth Engine Data Catalog using natural language, and run scalable geospatial analysis on demand without writing code. Every interaction automatically generates reusable code.

Someone stopped by our building to say Happy Monday!

Taken together, these four features can create a trancelike state that can keep us stuck on social media apps or video games for hours. Children are particularly vulnerable. n.pr/4mH6i6s

The surprising origin of 4 features that superglue kids — and adults — to screens

Taken together, these four features can create a trancelike state that can keep us stuck on social media apps or video games for hours. Children are particularly vulnerable.

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The @usa-npn.bsky.social's Late Bloom Index is now live! This map shows where conditions associated with the conclusion of the spring season are being reached early or late. This year, the end of spring is quite early in the SW US; FL is average. www.usanpn.org/data/maps/sp... #phenology

Great article featuring results from my former PhD student Sophie Pouillé - she tracked the geochemical impacts of dust deposition around Ä'äy Chù using lichen and found the high arsenic concentrations reported in the story 🌲

Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦@watershedlab.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Absolutely fascinating article by @trinamoyles.bsky.social in @cangeo.bsky.social about how declines in dall sheep in southwest Yukon might be (partly) related to increased levels of wind-blown dust following diversion of Ä’äy Chù (Slims River). 🧪⚒️🐏 @carmtree.bsky.social @draeolus.bsky.social

I wrote about why every lab should have AI use guidelines, and how to do it. open.substack.com/pub/blekhman...

You need to make AI guidelines for your lab

Here's why you should, and how to start

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Sometimes all we need in the midst of it all is a walk through the verdant spring woodland.