@kjhealy.co makes some of the best open free online guides to data visualization #datavis. I’ve always loved and used clauswilke.com/dataviz/ in my teaching and research, but this one looks even simpler and more user-friendly. Definitely worth checking out.
Here’s a full draft of the upcoming second edition of my “Data Visualization: A Practical Introduction”: socviz.co
A black-and-white xkcd-style comic. Two stick figures stand talking. One says, “Lake classification is second nature to us limnologists, so it’s easy to forget that the average person probably only knows one or two trophic states.” The other replies, “And mixing regimes, of course.” A caption below reads: “Even when they’re trying to compensate for it, experts in anything wildly overestimate the average person’s familiarity with their field.
Generate your own: marshdeer.github.io/xkcd2501-gen...
#WARR
@carowinter.bsky.social + Ashley Helton on
water quality (C, N, salts, ..) in troubled waters during #floods #droughts
Register: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
www.cee.psu.edu/events/women...
@devonkerins.bsky.social @margaretzimmer.bsky.social @waterbarnes.bsky.social @agu-h3s.bsky.social
Here's why you'll want to be there:
💧Inspiring speakers: Prof. Dr. Julia Knapp and Dr. Joachim Rozemeijer
💧Two full days of oral and poster presentations
💧Excursion (tentative) to our Ecosense field site
💧Potential for a community paper
📢Spread the word!
We look forward to seeing you!
Five people bundled up in cold weather gear stand on the ice in front of a military cargo plane, in Antarctica
K051 (my “event number”, the unique identifier for each science project) made it to Antarctica! Flew on a C17, only delayed by an hour, too. Thanks US Air Force and Antarctica NZ, now the fun begins.
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This @gleonetwork.bsky.social workshop series is aimed at limnologists but it's open to all. We are targetting PhD students and postdocs across the environmental sciences.
Poster for 90 minute workshop on HOW TO DESIGN BETTER EXPERIMENTS, by Mridul Thomas & Ravi Ranjan. Details: September 23rd 16:00 CEST ; 14:00 UTC Description: Experimental designs can make or break an experiment. A good experiment has a clear goal and efficiently uses experimental resources to achieve that goal. In this workshop, we will review what experiments are for, basic and advanced principles of designing experiments, and how to use simulations to evaluate designs before actually doing the experiment. We’ll do a moderate amount of coding in R and so experience with this would be helpful but is not required. We intend to have small-group discussions to help participants develop their own experiments, and encourage participants to think of a specific question they would like to answer with an experiment.
@raviranjan.bsky.social & I are teaching a free online workshop with on experimental design for environmental scientists on the 23rd.
We'll focus on using simulations to evaluate how well different experimental designs help achieve your goals.
Please sign up & share! forms.gle/MZTxeQs4UpMr...
It takes patience to have a conversation about definitions as a collaboration begins... but it is important!
"Trophic state" in lakes is one of those concepts! It really makes a difference which definition we use... @mishafredmeyer.bsky.social
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
📢 Job alert 📢
Doctoral position at the University of Freiburg in the DFG Research Training Group FORESCALE (Scale Effects in the Forest Adaptation to Climate Change) on the topic of water quantity and quality 🍁💧🍁
For details see: uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...
Historical satellite imagery provides crucial insights, not only for penguin colonies but also for establishing realistic baselines to support conservation efforts and effective management across broad spatial scales. academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
We've detected penguin guano stains across Antarctica with cold-war era spy satellites. Remarkably, data from the Cape Washington colony shows exceptional stability, defying decades of environmental change. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Analog US spy satellite images from the 1960s are revealing unexpected surprises—this time, it's penguin poop! So, what does the poop tell us in our latest preprint? Work lead by Martynas Bielinis, @drmichellelarue.bsky.social, myself, and Catalina Munteanu
A couple of forthcoming workshops on experimental design and data analysis, taught by @christinamcgraw.bsky.social, Peter Dillingham, @sineadcollins.bsky.social, Sam Dupont, and me.
Back in my happy place: sending more fully equipped students out to explore lakes in the Black Forest—waters which, to my knowledge, have never been touched by aquatic ecologists. Let the discoveries begin. 🛶🧪🌲
"Absolute teaching bliss" ☺️ is sending two bachelors students in a kayak to collect the first ecological data in over 70 years from a lake so protected, swimming and boating are off-limits. With special permission granted, they’re experiencing something virtually no living human has experienced.🚣♀️⛰️🌊
Extremely proud to be working on the Survey of Climate and Adirondack Lake Ecosystems (SCALE)! Check out this article which highlights what we will be doing.
www.adirondackexplorer.org/stories/rese...
I'm very excited to share that Hacking Limno + DSOS are coming back for the FIFTH time 21-25 July! If you're interested in #machinelearning #remotesensing #modeling #limnology #oceanography, this is for YOU! Registration is FREE + open to ALL! #DSOS25 aquaticdatasciopensci.github.io/registration/
So happy to share the news that we’re hosting the FIFTH iteration of Hacking Limnology/DSOS this summer! It will be a fest!
Here is the response to reviewers: andymasley.substack.com/p/replies-to...
"If you're already trying to live low-impact—recycling, avoiding plastic, limiting flights—here’s a chance to make a meaningful tech choice that aligns with those values. LLMs aren't evil by default, but they’re energy-intensive, and we need to ask whether the benefits we get justify their costs."
"ChatGPT, how could I reframe my post so that it is more constructive and persuasive?"
@carowinter.bsky.social recently appeared on SWR to talk about her new paper on how forest dieback from drought is threatening groundwater quality in Germany. A must-watch segment on the hidden risks to our drinking water.
Catch her at 14:59 into the video → www.ardmediathek.de/video/swr-ak...
Do you like water?
Do you like movies?
I've updated my compilation of water-related movies, documentaries, TV series, and sci-fi disasters related to water. Here it is:
www.gleick.com/blog/water-a...
Mini-lecture #3 in my series called #AquaticPerspectives– Are We the Only Blue Planet? Earth is rich in water—but so are Europa, Enceladus, and Titan, among others. In this episode, I explore what these alien oceans mean for Earth and the search for life beyond. youtu.be/nboQ28tLuBU
Can a lake’s shape tell its story? Video #2 in my Aquatic Ecology mini-lecture series is now live! This one explores how the curves, contours, and complexity of waterbodies can reveal their origin, function, and fate. Watch here and let me know what you think: youtu.be/mFXD1F00lHs
🗞️New paper in Earth's Future🗞️
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#Forest dieback in drinking #water protection areas - a hidden threat to water quality
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Paper👉 doi.org/10.1029/2025...
Press release👉 uni-freiburg.de/waldsterben-...
@uni-freiburg.de @hydrofreiburg.bsky.social @mixedforests.bsky.social
