Adam Csank
@acsank.bsky.social
Geographer at U Nevada, Reno. Interested in past and present climate, dendrochronology, forest health, environmental history, and the Arctic. 🇨🇦 (he/him). views my own.
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Disturbance interactions have profound consequences for forest health, yet remain poorly understood.
Here we use DAGs to differentiate #Synergisms, #CompoundDisturbances & #NetworkEffects and review the impacts of climate change.
Final version out now! 🧪🌐🍁🌱
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Here we use DAGs to differentiate #Synergisms, #CompoundDisturbances & #NetworkEffects and review the impacts of climate change.
Final version out now! 🧪🌐🍁🌱
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
November 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Disturbance interactions have profound consequences for forest health, yet remain poorly understood.
Here we use DAGs to differentiate #Synergisms, #CompoundDisturbances & #NetworkEffects and review the impacts of climate change.
Final version out now! 🧪🌐🍁🌱
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Here we use DAGs to differentiate #Synergisms, #CompoundDisturbances & #NetworkEffects and review the impacts of climate change.
Final version out now! 🧪🌐🍁🌱
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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I think this is interesting. Curious to know if Canadian First Nations groups are also seeking to have a say in Alaskan resource projects.
November 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I think this is interesting. Curious to know if Canadian First Nations groups are also seeking to have a say in Alaskan resource projects.
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Made a quick presentation at the last minute for #GISDay showcasing my journey of map making....through MAPS!
Check it out!
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Check it out!
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November 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Made a quick presentation at the last minute for #GISDay showcasing my journey of map making....through MAPS!
Check it out!
docs.google.com/presentation...
Check it out!
docs.google.com/presentation...
If you are a dendrochronologist, you will also find this depressing.
Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
Lowell Observatory slashes research funding in the midst of financial struggle
Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory plans to cut nearly all its research funding and reduce the number of paid science staff to just two positions next year.
buff.ly
November 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
If you are a dendrochronologist, you will also find this depressing.
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It's the first day of #GeographyAwarenessWeek! How’re you celebrating? Let us know and check out over fifty events happening worldwide on our StoryMap. buff.ly/bKhXzko
#GeoWeek2025 #GeoSky #GISChat
#GeoWeek2025 #GeoSky #GISChat
November 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
It's the first day of #GeographyAwarenessWeek! How’re you celebrating? Let us know and check out over fifty events happening worldwide on our StoryMap. buff.ly/bKhXzko
#GeoWeek2025 #GeoSky #GISChat
#GeoWeek2025 #GeoSky #GISChat
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It's Geography Awareness Week #geography and GIS Day is Wednesday. A great many activities happening. Check out some of them storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/2426...
Geography Awareness Week
American Association of Geographers | Geography Awareness Week 2025 | November 17 - 21
storymaps.arcgis.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It's Geography Awareness Week #geography and GIS Day is Wednesday. A great many activities happening. Check out some of them storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/2426...
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Highly recommend this article by @gporterwx.bsky.social f/ @ggweather.bsky.social and others describing the influence of El Niño / La Niña events on CA weather and other factors that can override the “El Nino wet, La Niña dry” common in public understanding.
www.sfchronicle.com/weather/arti...
www.sfchronicle.com/weather/arti...
California’s rule book on El Niño and La Niña is broken
La Niña is back, but week-to-week jet-stream chaos really decide whether California floods or stays dry.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Highly recommend this article by @gporterwx.bsky.social f/ @ggweather.bsky.social and others describing the influence of El Niño / La Niña events on CA weather and other factors that can override the “El Nino wet, La Niña dry” common in public understanding.
www.sfchronicle.com/weather/arti...
www.sfchronicle.com/weather/arti...
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“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
Not bad for Northern California
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Not bad for Northern California
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In case you're not aware, Tehran is a city of ~10 MILLION people. "Rivers and reservoirs are running dry, while groundwater sources have been overexploited to sustain agriculture and urban growth."
www.newsweek.com/evacuation-w...
www.newsweek.com/evacuation-w...
Evacuation warning for Iran's capital city
President Masoud Pezeshkian warns Tehran faces a historic water crisis with shortages and possible evacuations.
www.newsweek.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
In case you're not aware, Tehran is a city of ~10 MILLION people. "Rivers and reservoirs are running dry, while groundwater sources have been overexploited to sustain agriculture and urban growth."
www.newsweek.com/evacuation-w...
www.newsweek.com/evacuation-w...
And this contributes to why many in rural California are opposed to mandates for heat pumps, induction stoves, and EVs. If you have an unreliable grid electrification seems like a bad idea.
This is a fantastic article on the reliability compromises that are being created by wildfire safety interventions in rural California. A must read. www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
For rural Californians, unreliable power has become the norm - High Country News
Years ago, the state’s largest utility rolled out a power outage program designed to reduce wildfires. Customers now experience thousands of outages a year.
www.hcn.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
And this contributes to why many in rural California are opposed to mandates for heat pumps, induction stoves, and EVs. If you have an unreliable grid electrification seems like a bad idea.
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Scientists feel that the pressure to publish is rising, but that the time and resources they have to do the necessary research are falling, according to a survey of 3,200 researchers
go.nature.com/4hNDvuN
go.nature.com/4hNDvuN
Pressure to publish is rising as research time shrinks, finds survey of scientists
Researchers feel that pressures to publish are increasing, but the time and resources available to do research are decreasing, according to a survey by Elsevier.
go.nature.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Scientists feel that the pressure to publish is rising, but that the time and resources they have to do the necessary research are falling, according to a survey of 3,200 researchers
go.nature.com/4hNDvuN
go.nature.com/4hNDvuN
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Cool use of a clumped isotopologue in wood! - Isotopic evidence for elevated photorespiration during the last glacial period www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Isotopic evidence for elevated photorespiration during the last glacial period - Nature Geoscience
Low carbon dioxide levels during the last glacial period enhanced photorespiration in trees across North America, indicating a decline in land plant productivity, according to measurements of clumped ...
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Cool use of a clumped isotopologue in wood! - Isotopic evidence for elevated photorespiration during the last glacial period www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The Department of Geography invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Indigenous Geographies, preferably with a focus on Human–Environment Relationships.
Read more 👉 www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
Read more 👉 www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
November 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The Department of Geography invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Indigenous Geographies, preferably with a focus on Human–Environment Relationships.
Read more 👉 www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
Read more 👉 www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...
One week to go before review begins! U Nevada, Reno is hiring an Assistant Professor in Human-Environment Geography. "We seek a dynamic scholar with research and teaching interests that engage with current issues in environmental justice, with a focus on energy and/or water sustainability."
Assistant Professor, Human-Environment Geography
The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) appreciates your interest in employment at our growing institution. We want your application process to go smoothly and quickly. Final applications must be submitt...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:09 AM
One week to go before review begins! U Nevada, Reno is hiring an Assistant Professor in Human-Environment Geography. "We seek a dynamic scholar with research and teaching interests that engage with current issues in environmental justice, with a focus on energy and/or water sustainability."
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If you think mis- and disinformation is no big deal , read this: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Relative engagement with sources of climate misinformation is growing across social media platforms - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Relative engagement with sources of climate misinformation is growing across social media platforms
www.nature.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
If you think mis- and disinformation is no big deal , read this: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A devastating set of decisions on the part of UC leadership to withdraw support from our nationally recognized postdoc program that prioritizes research excellence combined with addressing our university public service mission. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
UC to Stop Funding Systemwide Postdoc Program
Established in 1984 to encourage women and minority Ph.D.s to pursue academia, the program has attracted right-wing criticism for prioritizing diverse candidates.
www.insidehighered.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A devastating set of decisions on the part of UC leadership to withdraw support from our nationally recognized postdoc program that prioritizes research excellence combined with addressing our university public service mission. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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Confused or curious about the Bill Gates climate memo? I've got you covered! TOMORROW at 1:30pm PT, I'm talking with 4 great scientists. Sign up for an important convo w/ @katharinehayhoe.com @kimcobb.bsky.social @hausfath.bsky.social @weatherwest.bsky.social: coveringclimatenow.org/event/the-bi...
The Bill Gates Memo: Climate Scientists Respond With Urgency — Covering Climate Now
Ahead of this month’s COP30 summit in Brazil, billionaire investor Bill Gates is advising world leaders that global warming “will not lead to humanity’s demise” and that effort to reducing emissions a...
coveringclimatenow.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Confused or curious about the Bill Gates climate memo? I've got you covered! TOMORROW at 1:30pm PT, I'm talking with 4 great scientists. Sign up for an important convo w/ @katharinehayhoe.com @kimcobb.bsky.social @hausfath.bsky.social @weatherwest.bsky.social: coveringclimatenow.org/event/the-bi...
"The researchers explain that the current uncritical adoption of AI at the top level of universities actually is counter to what most students and staff want."
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"The researchers explain that the current uncritical adoption of AI at the top level of universities actually is counter to what most students and staff want."
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Final version now available #AmJBot @botsocamerica.bsky.social
Sequoia & Sequoiadendron: Two paleoendemic megatrees with different adaptive responses to high-severity fires
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Plants are not adapted to fire, but to fire regimes
🧪🌍🔥🌳🌿🪴 #ecoevo #wildfire
Sequoia & Sequoiadendron: Two paleoendemic megatrees with different adaptive responses to high-severity fires
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Plants are not adapted to fire, but to fire regimes
🧪🌍🔥🌳🌿🪴 #ecoevo #wildfire
Sequoia sempervirens (redwood; world's tallest tree) is well adapted to high-intensity crown fires (eg 2020), but Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia; world's most massive tree) is adapted to surface fires only!
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November 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Final version now available #AmJBot @botsocamerica.bsky.social
Sequoia & Sequoiadendron: Two paleoendemic megatrees with different adaptive responses to high-severity fires
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Plants are not adapted to fire, but to fire regimes
🧪🌍🔥🌳🌿🪴 #ecoevo #wildfire
Sequoia & Sequoiadendron: Two paleoendemic megatrees with different adaptive responses to high-severity fires
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Plants are not adapted to fire, but to fire regimes
🧪🌍🔥🌳🌿🪴 #ecoevo #wildfire
I’m sure this will be fine…🙄
NOAA’s National Weather Service holds the federal responsibility for tsunami warnings, and has historically been a primary supporter of seismic data collection in Alaska
NOAA cancels longstanding funding for seismic data collection crucial to tsunami warning systems
The Alaska Earthquake Center has long provided NOAA with seismic data for tsunami monitoring and warning purposes. That work will wind down in November, after the federal agency said it can no longer fund the contract.
akpub.io
November 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I’m sure this will be fine…🙄
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This right here, this exact sentence, is THE problem in American political journalism.
The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.
The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.
November 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This right here, this exact sentence, is THE problem in American political journalism.
The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.
The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.
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This is cool, 6 million year old ice from Antartica with inferred temperature ~12°C warmer than the late Pleistocene. No CO2 level yet! (That will be highly anticipated!)
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is cool, 6 million year old ice from Antartica with inferred temperature ~12°C warmer than the late Pleistocene. No CO2 level yet! (That will be highly anticipated!)
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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this is a very impressive analysis of some of the statistical "oddities" in Pielke Jr's analysis that normalized climate impacts are declining. Everyone should read this.
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
Roger Pielke Jr.’s Appallingly Bad Analysis of Billion Dollar Disasters – Economics from the Top Down
In a recent paper called Scientific integrity and U.S. “Billion Dollar Disasters”, Roger Pielke Jr. published a chart that's so bad I've devoted a whole essay to debunking it.
economicsfromthetopdown.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:53 AM
this is a very impressive analysis of some of the statistical "oddities" in Pielke Jr's analysis that normalized climate impacts are declining. Everyone should read this.
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...