Our new paper, lead by Bonan Li, looks into current drivers of fast soil water fluxes during rainfall events and how these fluxes will be altered with climate change. There is a lot I learned from this work that I highlight below. 📄 Li et al. 2026, Earth's Future: doi.org/10.1029/2026...

Dominant Controls on Preferential Flow and Their Implications for Future Soil Water Fluxes

The effect of precipitation peak intensity on soil water velocities declined with increasing precipitation intensity Antecedent soil moisture failed to predict preferential flow (PF), contrasting...

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Lots of great AGU sessions this year! Check out a few that are sponsored by the @agucatchhydro.bsky.social Technical Committee!

AGU Catchment Hydrology Technical Committee@agucatchhydro.bsky.social · 3w ago

Please help us spread the word about our TC-sponsored #AGU26 sessions! We look forward to seeing your submissions!

Please help us spread the word about our TC-sponsored #AGU26 sessions! We look forward to seeing your submissions!

AGU Catchment Hydrology Technical Committee@agucatchhydro.bsky.social · 4w ago

📣 It's that time of year again—#AGU26 abstract season is here! 🌎💧 ⏰ Abstracts are due Wednesday, August 5, 2026, by 11:59 PM EDT.

📢 #AGU26 Call for Abstracts to the long-running runoff generation session! "H122 - Runoff Generation Processes: From Fundamental Mechanisms to Disturbance Responses." 🌟Featured Invited Speakers: Margaret Zimmer & C. Rhett Jackson 🔗 agu.confex.com/agu/agu26/pr...

Google Earth Pro will be ending support and will be unavailalbe for new downloads after June 25, 2027! If you are looking for an alternative, try out GeoLibre. - GeoLibre Web: web.geolibre.app - GitHub: github.com/opengeos/Geo... - Documentation: geolibre.app - Video tutorial: youtu.be/87Cm0QagtxI

We're excited to share that our session has been accepted for #AGU26 in San Francisco (7-11 December 2026)! H128: Stable Isotopes in the Critical Zone: Methods, Applications, and Process Interpretations Find the session description and submission link here: agu.confex.com/agu/agu26/pr...

NEW: Is there a 'crisis' of public trust in science? It can feel that way — with attacks on research in the US and growing rejection of vaccines. I investigated for @nature.com - and found some surprises. My feature article is out today and a short🧵here www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Have people stopped trusting science? The data tell a surprising story

Some say there’s a global crisis of trust — but research reveals where the real problems lie.

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🔥 Published today, and just in time for summer conferences, here are your guidelines for presenting badly www.nature.com/articles/s41... rdcu.be/fqa92

A great figure can elevate your paper, increase scientific accessibility, and even become art. Are you an early career researcher in hydrology with a (published) figure that you are proud of? H3S wants to spotlight you! Submissions accepted here → docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

New Job! Please RP! 2 year Postdoctoral Research Associate in #Biogeochemistry in Oxford @oxfordgeography.bsky.social using novel methods to explore organic matter stability and new proxies of rock #weathering &wider team in Southampton. Any Qs let me know 🧪🥼⚒️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Postdoc in Ecohydrology and Forest Resilience We are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Scholar to work on collaborative research investigating the interplay between bedrock properties and forest resilience in the Rocky Mountains. See announcement: go.ncsu.edu/pdannouncement

🌍 The #AGU Catchment Hydrology TC Student Competition is now open! Open to undergrads, grad students & postdocs! 🎓 Share a seminal paper from the hydrology literature published before the year 2000. Submit your <100-word entry here: 📌 padlet.com/agucatchment... #HydrologyCommunity #EarlyCareer

2026 TC Competition: Favorite seminal hydrology papers

Tell us about a seminal paper from the hydrology literature (published before the year 2000). This competition is open to undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdoctoral scholars. To be en...

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While regulations.gov incorrectly lists this action as "closed for comments", you can submit your comments directly here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM... My response is below, but don't feel that you need to draft anything nearly so long-winded. A short statement will also be very helpful.

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 2mo ago

Of all the harm this administration has done to US science, today's proposed changes to the way federal grants are awarded and administered is the most damaging yet. The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says.

This is bad. Bad for researchers. Bad for science. Bad for universities. Bad for professional associations. For example: 1. Every award would be vetted by political appointees, who could overrule peer reviewers and deny the award if it doesn't advance the president's priorities. 1/🧵

elizabethginexi.bsky.social@elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

Of all the harm this administration has done to US science, today's proposed changes to the way federal grants are awarded and administered is the most damaging yet. The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says.

elizabethginexi.bsky.social@elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

My daughter took the stage to give a TEDx talk on deforestation. She didn't just highlight the problem, but shared real, actionable steps we can all take to protect natural forests. Watch her talk here: youtu.be/Qgdpy_V3I38?... Obviously a proud dad moment, but she actually got inspired at school

My former colleague Min Chen, now at @uwmadison.bsky.social , has a great "Proposal Coauthor Tool" uw-gcrl.github.io/coauthor_tool/

We are seeking a highly motivated PhD student to join a newly funded project on “Coupling in situ high-frequency soil moisture data and remote sensing products to bridge spatio-temporal gaps explaining forest health, evapotranspiration, and water availability dynamics across forest biomes”.

❗❗ New Python Notebook For USGS Data❗❗ There have been multiple requests to get the Streamflow data from the USGS National Water Dashboard. Well this notebook will do just that. It will get the data, plot it, AND provide a KMZ to be loaded into your systems. Go and play! github.com/jjrennie/usg...

Hosting Giova Mosquera at CNR has been a great way to end the semester! He gave great insights into the hydrological processes of tropical and subtropical landscapes during his research seminar talk and guest lecture to the Watershed Hydrology class at NCSU.

Interested in tree growth dynamics? Want to learn about dendrometers? Check out this new and promising global network!

Global Dendrometer Network@globaldendro.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Hello world! This is the Global Dendrometer Network 🌍. We have been founded by the growing community of researchers and practitioners working with high-resolution tree diameter measurements: from microscopic movements to forest-scale insights. 🌳 Join our mailing list here: forms.gle/ETPuNVCH7x89...

NEW: NSF has been funding research at a fraction of its historic rate. Last week, the agency finally began distributing money to its directorates and is now likely to pick up the grantmaking pace. But these allocations also amount to substantial cuts across the sciences. My reporting:

Delays have kept new NSF grants to a trickle — that could be about to change

The agency is finally ready to distribute a spate of new grants, but it is also preparing substantial cuts to areas such as biological and social sciences.

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BIOGEOMON 2026 attendees will have several opportunities to get out of the conference hall and into the field with several excursions planned for the June event in Sweden. Details here: bit.ly/BIOGEOMON_Ex... 🌐🧪

Seminar alert for NC State College of Natural Resources students and faculty: @giovamosquera.bsky.social will present his work on "Streamflow generation in a Tropical Intermittent Hydrological System under Changing Land Use" on Thursday, 23 April, 11:30 AM-12:30 PM at JORDAN HALL ADDITION, ROOM 3212

North Carolina friends! I'm heading your way this coming Earth week for public talks at Wake Forest, Elon, and Duke (plus over two dozen more small events including guest-teachings classes, meetings, interviews, and more). If you're in the area, I'd love to see you there. Details below ⬇️

The river was popular with whitewater kayakers and rafters. Helene hurt, but the trouble kept coming.

The Nolichucky was healing from Helene. Then an illegal mine moved in.

The river was popular with whitewater kayakers and rafters. Helene hurt, but the trouble kept coming.

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We had the pleasure and honor to host Magali Nehemy at our Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at NCSU. The Watershed Hydrology students appreciated her insights on transportation and the hands-on activities on how to measure it in the field.

Review: TEACHING STORYTELLING TO AMPLIFY STUDENT VOICES Maru Gonzalez, Michael Kokozos & Christy M. Byrd offer an inspiring & transformative vision for reimagining education through the power of student narratives. #edusky #teachersky @routledgebooks.bsky.social www.middleweb.com/53287/amplif...

How do mountain streams keep flowing during record-low snow years? Our new paper in Nature Geoscience explores how old groundwater buffers streamflow during low-snow years in the Upper Colorado River headwaters. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Oh this is great: there’s now an #Artemis II Lunar Flyby Gallery on the NASA images site: www.nasa.gov/gallery/luna... (thx @dpmanchee.bsky.social for pointing it out)

Lunar Flyby - NASA

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