Kaci Zarek

@kacizarek.bsky.social

PhD student at Cornell • Holgerson Lab • biogeochem & hydro • study gassy waters 🫧

Beaver scientist @emilyfairfax.bsky.social, who consulted with Pixar on "Hoppers," loved the film's message. “We need to partner with nature to deal with the climate crisis. We need to partner with nature to deal with the biodiversity crisis." www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/pixar-hopp...

Everyone go see 'Hoppers' ASAP

In Pixar's new film, humans and animals fight to block a freeway overpass that would destroy a wetland habitat. It's a brilliant climate parable.

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Does anyone know if it’s recommended to measure TN/TP on a SEAL with the alkaline potassium persulfate digestion method or acidic potassium persulfate digestion? Thanks!!

The rule also removes protections for ephemeral streams (waterways that flow only after rain or snow) despite their importance to downstream water quality. In short, this proposal rolls back long-standing protections and leaves millions of acres of waterways more vulnerable to pollution.

EPA & Army Corps Unveil Clear, Durable WOTUS Proposal | US EPA

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Adam Telle, today announced a proposed rule that would establish a clear, durable, common-sense definition of “waters ...

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Hydrology Paper of the Day @profbobhilton.bsky.social on transport of river-dissolved inorganic carbon on a global scale: isotopic analyses indicating decadal and millennial-age carbon stores; constraining river carbon emissions; and landscape-scale controls in context of the global carbon budget.

Bob Hilton@profbobhilton.bsky.social · last yr.

New paper! led by Josh Dean “Old carbon routed from land to the atmosphere by global river systems” doi.org/10.1038/s415... #radiocarbon in #rivers reveals the age of CO2 they release to the atmosphere. An active leak of old carbon from land. 🧪⚒️ @joshfdean.bsky.social @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social

Wrapping up your PhD? I’m planning to hire a postdoc in the next few months (start date flexible). Will start formally advertising soon, but you heard it here first!! Possible research topics include - critical zone hydrology, agricultural water quality, SW-GW interactions. Reach out if interested!

The relationship between topography & the terrestrial water cycle has been documented for thousands of years, yet there is still much to learn about Earth’s complex dynamics–both above, at, & below the surface.🏔️🌧️ 🔗 Learn more in @eos.org : buff.ly/y6r3yAr #AGUPubs @reviewsgeophysics.bsky.social

Topography and the Terrestrial Water Cycle - Eos

The relationship between topography and the terrestrial water cycle has been documented for thousands of years, yet there is still much to learn about Earth’s complex dynamics – both above, at, and…

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So excited for my first first author paper of my master’s research to be published!! Woohoo!! Couldn’t have done it without the amazing coauthors and AIMS team!

Nate Jones@floodhydrology.bsky.social · last yr.

Big CONGRATS to @kacizarek.bsky.social!!! Her new paper is out in @agu.org's JGR-B! The paper has a little bit of everything -- N biogeochemistry, intermittent stream hydrology, concentration-connectivity relationships! Check it out here: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Conceptual figure illustrating predicted biogeochemical responses to changes in network connectivity and streamflow. (a) At the watershed outlet, we predicted NO3− export would increase in response to increasing watershed‐scale connectivity and streamflow, resulting in an enrichment of NO3− downstream. As watershed‐scale connectivity (active surface drainage network length) and streamflow decrease in the dry‐down, NO3− export will decrease due to N source limitations. (b) Throughout the watershed, we predicted the seasonal dry‐down period to be the greatest potential for denitrification to occur given the availability of both NO3− and dissolved organic carbon, anoxic conditions, and decreased streamflow.