Professor, Earth scientist, Midwesterner, First gen college to PhD, Tweeting about science, rivers, rocks, earthquakes, landslides, climate, and etc.

Bloomington, IN
Joined December 2011
Bonkers. The French Broad River in North Carolina is currently forecasted to crest 10 feet above its previous record and the stage for 'Major flooding'.
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Kid 1 said if you turn it on its side, it looks like a tree. “Well, let’s sit down and talk about fractals.”
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Check out this exciting working coming out of @IU_EAS !!
🚨 New Paper Alert!🚨: Excited to share my latest work in @Nature on river avulsions—catastrophic shifts in river courses that threaten millions worldwide. We've uncovered new rules that govern when and where avulsions occur. nature.com/articles/s41586-0… 🧵(1/12)
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Brian Yanites retweeted
#Landslides are common in the US. In fact, nearly 44% of the country could experience one, potentially catastrophically. Our new national landslide susceptibility map shows where they’re most likely to occur: ow.ly/4l7350Tlilh #BePrepared #PreparednessMonth @Readygov
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Woww... really impressive rock avalanche today in Vallon de Bérard (Aig. Rouges, Vallorcine)! 🔥 Seems to originate from Aig. de l'Encrenaz (2887 m) and went down to valley floor at 1700 m... 😱 Look at the size of those bouncing boulders! 🪨 Sound on ! 🔊 🎥 Stéphane Hoerner
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Such a fun paper to work on with the brilliant @SarahSchanz1 ! Sediment cover FTW (again)!
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This afternoon’s storms seemed to come out of nowhere…even too fast for one bicyclist to react. Neighbors near 61st and Thurston in Milwaukee tell he ended up being okay! Courtesy: Lorenzo Parker
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Skies over Bloomington right now
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Oh man, doubly whammy on the mountains shaken by the April 3rd Mw7.4 Earthquake.
Absolutely ludicrous. Typhoon #Gaemi makes sharp unexpected turn south right before slamming #Taiwan coast, then loops around and is now headed for the 2nd attempted landfall. Friction from the large mountains deflected the storm by disrupting the circulation credit: @BMcNoldy
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Absolutely ludicrous. Typhoon #Gaemi makes sharp unexpected turn south right before slamming #Taiwan coast, then loops around and is now headed for the 2nd attempted landfall. Friction from the large mountains deflected the storm by disrupting the circulation credit: @BMcNoldy
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Time to change our morning field plans…
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Very excited to share our new paper in @ScienceAdvances integrating geologic and fossil records to understand how mountain building generates and maintains high biodiversity in the past! Thanks to a great team of collaborators!
Researchers find that peaks in mammal diversity match high tectonic strain rates and elevation changes in the Basin and Range Province of western North America. Increased topography changes have driven mammal speciation over the past 30 million years. scim.ag/7qh
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Lidar hillshade change, 2012-2023, Perry Co. Note recent debris flow initiation. Triggered in the July '22 storm? Did it stop in narrow ravine near the road? Thanks to @GeomorphYuggs, his team noticed reactivation in May 2024! Lots to unpack with these E. KY. landslides.
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Storm coming into Bloomington from the south side
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Since @codykirkpatrick is on his way to the UK, I’ll post a photo of the incoming system
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This was our view of the Solar Eclipse from inside The Mammoth Cave.
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We moved to a new town when I was 6, and my parents signed me up for youth football on the Grundy County Chiefs to meet new friends. Grandma made me this figurine for Xmas that year. My kids modified it along with one of their Barbie’s in anticipation of the Super Bowl…
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Could have used topographic slope to predict the election results... bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…
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