Jackie Webb
@jackiewebb.bsky.social
Research interests: Aquatic biogeochemistry, GHG emissions, artificial aquatic ecosystems, sustainable agriculture. Team C and N!
Proud mother in academia
Lecturer in Environmental Science at the University of Southern Queensland
Proud mother in academia
Lecturer in Environmental Science at the University of Southern Queensland
New perspective piece on ditch greenhouse gas research I had the pleasure to collaborate on. Key research priorities are provided.
Not surprisingly, many studies neglect to include N2O. There is still much work to be done in this space and I'm looking forward to the next era of ditch research!
Not surprisingly, many studies neglect to include N2O. There is still much work to be done in this space and I'm looking forward to the next era of ditch research!
Our new ditch GHG paper now online in final view. A great team effort led by @tksilver.bsky.social with contributions from an all-star cast of supporting authors.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
January 16, 2026 at 5:35 AM
New perspective piece on ditch greenhouse gas research I had the pleasure to collaborate on. Key research priorities are provided.
Not surprisingly, many studies neglect to include N2O. There is still much work to be done in this space and I'm looking forward to the next era of ditch research!
Not surprisingly, many studies neglect to include N2O. There is still much work to be done in this space and I'm looking forward to the next era of ditch research!
Reposted by Jackie Webb
Pleased to say this paper has been accepted and coming soon to @iopp-environment.bsky.social. Led by @tksilver.bsky.social and with an all-star cast of supporting authors. A lovely way to end the year. Merry Ditchmas all!
Just submitted our collaborative perspective piece! 🎉 It‘s all about improving accounting and mitigation of GHG emissions from ditches—sparked by the great presentations and discussions at our ditch symposium! 📈🧪👩🔬🌍
What's the collective noun for a group of ditch scientists?
December 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Pleased to say this paper has been accepted and coming soon to @iopp-environment.bsky.social. Led by @tksilver.bsky.social and with an all-star cast of supporting authors. A lovely way to end the year. Merry Ditchmas all!
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Being the First in Your Family to attend College Is Not a Deficit—It’s a Distinction www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view... "It means learning how to do college while doing college—a dual curriculum that tests not only intellect but resilience, adaptability and faith." #edusky #firstgen #college
In Praise of Being First-Gen (opinion)
We should not retire the label; we should reclaim and revere it.
www.insidehighered.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Being the First in Your Family to attend College Is Not a Deficit—It’s a Distinction www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view... "It means learning how to do college while doing college—a dual curriculum that tests not only intellect but resilience, adaptability and faith." #edusky #firstgen #college
Against the odds, I've been awarded a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award by the Australian Research Council! I am truly humbled by this opportunity and grateful for the support of many wonderful people both in my professional and personal circles.
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UniSQ researcher tackles nitrogen pollution challenge
www.unisq.edu.au
December 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Against the odds, I've been awarded a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award by the Australian Research Council! I am truly humbled by this opportunity and grateful for the support of many wonderful people both in my professional and personal circles.
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First Australian rainforests, now Africa's. Seems like a sad common theme and tipping point is happening across the world.
African forests have turned from a carbon sink into a carbon source, according to research.
The shift means that the three large rainforest regions — Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Amazon — have become sources of emissions. via @theguardian.com
The shift means that the three large rainforest regions — Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Amazon — have become sources of emissions. via @theguardian.com
African Forests Have Become a Source of Carbon Emissions
e360.yale.edu
December 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
First Australian rainforests, now Africa's. Seems like a sad common theme and tipping point is happening across the world.
Hello Christchurch! It's been a while since I've been back in the South Islands dramatic landscape. Looking forward to some freshwater science soon at he NZFSS and AFSS conference
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Hello Christchurch! It's been a while since I've been back in the South Islands dramatic landscape. Looking forward to some freshwater science soon at he NZFSS and AFSS conference
Great to get a heads up so I can plan not coming into work for the rollercoaster of emotions that will likely ensue...🫠
ARC says they’ll announce DECRA and LIEF outcomes tomorrow (Tuesday 25th Nov).
In recent times these announcements have been around 11am Canberra time. With 2 schemes on the same day, I assume they’ll announce one of them later in the day (probably DECRA first).
In recent times these announcements have been around 11am Canberra time. With 2 schemes on the same day, I assume they’ll announce one of them later in the day (probably DECRA first).
November 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Great to get a heads up so I can plan not coming into work for the rollercoaster of emotions that will likely ensue...🫠
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Really cool audio story on our recent ditch paper by @emfurd.bsky.social. Let's all pay more attention to our ditches...
Justice for ditches! Researchers are seeking to raise the profile of research into canals, dikes, moats, conduits, and gutters, also known as ditches. eos.org/articles/the... 🧪
The Role of a Ditch in the Matrix - Eos
These constructed waterways are often a “no-man’s-land” between terrestrial scientists and limnologists. But ditches’ role in transport, agriculture, biodiversity, greenhouse gas emissions, and even a...
eos.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Really cool audio story on our recent ditch paper by @emfurd.bsky.social. Let's all pay more attention to our ditches...
Reposted by Jackie Webb
When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Experimental evidence of the effects of large language models versus web search on depth of learning
Abstract. The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when
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October 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Vote for your favourite human dominated river. Go the Waikato!
For the FINAL MATCHUP of Round 1, we have the Human-Impacted catchments of the Waikato River vs the Chesapeake Bay!
SEE BELOW for some important info about these two catchments, and make sure your vote counts by voting at www.agu-h3s.org/rivercup by 5pm ET tomorrow (10/14)
SEE BELOW for some important info about these two catchments, and make sure your vote counts by voting at www.agu-h3s.org/rivercup by 5pm ET tomorrow (10/14)
October 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Vote for your favourite human dominated river. Go the Waikato!
Spent my week sampling weirs and rivers in regional SE Queensland with my MSCN student. It was hot work, but some absolutely beautiful and truely Australian waterways.
It's been a while since I've worked in flowing waters!
It's been a while since I've worked in flowing waters!
October 11, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Spent my week sampling weirs and rivers in regional SE Queensland with my MSCN student. It was hot work, but some absolutely beautiful and truely Australian waterways.
It's been a while since I've worked in flowing waters!
It's been a while since I've worked in flowing waters!
Mobilized heavy metals in the Artic.
"There are few places left on Earth as untouched as these rivers,". "But even here, far from cities and highways, the fingerprint of global warming is unmistakable. No place is spared."
Another indirect effect of climate change on freshwater ecosystems.
"There are few places left on Earth as untouched as these rivers,". "But even here, far from cities and highways, the fingerprint of global warming is unmistakable. No place is spared."
Another indirect effect of climate change on freshwater ecosystems.
Thawing permafrost is going to be a problem in more ways than one.
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Why Alaska’s salmon streams are suddenly bleeding orange
Warming Arctic permafrost is unlocking toxic metals, turning Alaska’s once-clear rivers into orange, acid-laced streams. The shift, eerily similar to mine pollution but entirely natural, threatens fis...
www.sciencedaily.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Mobilized heavy metals in the Artic.
"There are few places left on Earth as untouched as these rivers,". "But even here, far from cities and highways, the fingerprint of global warming is unmistakable. No place is spared."
Another indirect effect of climate change on freshwater ecosystems.
"There are few places left on Earth as untouched as these rivers,". "But even here, far from cities and highways, the fingerprint of global warming is unmistakable. No place is spared."
Another indirect effect of climate change on freshwater ecosystems.
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Please help by following us & reposting!!!
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September 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
We have been described as "THE BEST NGO THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT"
Please help by following us & reposting!!!
Please help by following us & reposting!!!
In a pseudo pond pollution experiment I had students undertake as part of their assessment for an undergraduate water science course @soaes-unisq.bsky.social, it was great to see how monitoring of simple water quality variables cumulated to multiple insights into water quality deterioration.
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September 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
In a pseudo pond pollution experiment I had students undertake as part of their assessment for an undergraduate water science course @soaes-unisq.bsky.social, it was great to see how monitoring of simple water quality variables cumulated to multiple insights into water quality deterioration.
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Happy to be involved in this massive paper about overlooked artificial channels!
It's out! 🧪 "Lines in the landscape," on the under-appreciated importance of #ditches as diverse ecosystems: doi.org/10.1038/s432.... By @peatymike.bsky.social, @fluitans.bsky.social, @drtatariw.bsky.social, @timaukel.bsky.social, @jordannabergman.bsky.social, @juliecrabot.bsky.social, ...
Lines in the landscape - Communications Earth & Environment
Ditches have many overlooked environmental and societal roles, including impact on biodiversity and pollution, and management strategies to enhance their multifunctional landscape-scale benefits are n...
doi.org
August 23, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Happy to be involved in this massive paper about overlooked artificial channels!
Reposted by Jackie Webb
It's out! 🧪 "Lines in the landscape," on the under-appreciated importance of #ditches as diverse ecosystems: doi.org/10.1038/s432.... By @peatymike.bsky.social, @fluitans.bsky.social, @drtatariw.bsky.social, @timaukel.bsky.social, @jordannabergman.bsky.social, @juliecrabot.bsky.social, ...
Lines in the landscape - Communications Earth & Environment
Ditches have many overlooked environmental and societal roles, including impact on biodiversity and pollution, and management strategies to enhance their multifunctional landscape-scale benefits are n...
doi.org
August 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It's out! 🧪 "Lines in the landscape," on the under-appreciated importance of #ditches as diverse ecosystems: doi.org/10.1038/s432.... By @peatymike.bsky.social, @fluitans.bsky.social, @drtatariw.bsky.social, @timaukel.bsky.social, @jordannabergman.bsky.social, @juliecrabot.bsky.social, ...
Currently marking some student poster assessments while on holiday as the kids nap, and am finding the visual results of their pond water pollution experiment very intriguing!
In my second year water science @soaes-unisq.bsky.social, students conduct a backyard mini-pond experiment. 1/2
In my second year water science @soaes-unisq.bsky.social, students conduct a backyard mini-pond experiment. 1/2
August 19, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Currently marking some student poster assessments while on holiday as the kids nap, and am finding the visual results of their pond water pollution experiment very intriguing!
In my second year water science @soaes-unisq.bsky.social, students conduct a backyard mini-pond experiment. 1/2
In my second year water science @soaes-unisq.bsky.social, students conduct a backyard mini-pond experiment. 1/2
Celebrating a 100 citation (Google Scholar) milestone for my pub on N2O sinks in farm dams!
Truly one of the most exciting datasets I've had the pleasure to work with and has profoundly altered the direction of my research. Still searching for answers!
Pub link 👉 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Truly one of the most exciting datasets I've had the pleasure to work with and has profoundly altered the direction of my research. Still searching for answers!
Pub link 👉 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
July 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Celebrating a 100 citation (Google Scholar) milestone for my pub on N2O sinks in farm dams!
Truly one of the most exciting datasets I've had the pleasure to work with and has profoundly altered the direction of my research. Still searching for answers!
Pub link 👉 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Truly one of the most exciting datasets I've had the pleasure to work with and has profoundly altered the direction of my research. Still searching for answers!
Pub link 👉 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Quick trip to Brisbane this week to attend the 20th World Lake Conference.
It was a pleasure to be a part of the International Colloquium to explore global challenges facing lake systems. There was much agreement on including youth at all stages of integrated water management.
It was a pleasure to be a part of the International Colloquium to explore global challenges facing lake systems. There was much agreement on including youth at all stages of integrated water management.
July 23, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Quick trip to Brisbane this week to attend the 20th World Lake Conference.
It was a pleasure to be a part of the International Colloquium to explore global challenges facing lake systems. There was much agreement on including youth at all stages of integrated water management.
It was a pleasure to be a part of the International Colloquium to explore global challenges facing lake systems. There was much agreement on including youth at all stages of integrated water management.
Recently, I did a little radio piece for ABC Southern Queensland Breakfast to explain where water flows after heavy rainfall and how Australia’s catchment systems operate.
👉If you're interested, you can listen to the interview here tinyurl.com/4b6vu678
👉If you're interested, you can listen to the interview here tinyurl.com/4b6vu678
Broadcast player
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June 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Recently, I did a little radio piece for ABC Southern Queensland Breakfast to explain where water flows after heavy rainfall and how Australia’s catchment systems operate.
👉If you're interested, you can listen to the interview here tinyurl.com/4b6vu678
👉If you're interested, you can listen to the interview here tinyurl.com/4b6vu678
Reposted by Jackie Webb
🌏Using a global database of the radiocarbon content of rivers, isotopic mass balance suggests that about 60% of river carbon dioxide from millennial or older carbon sources
Read the latest research article published in Nature by our former external editor, Joshua Dean
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read the latest research article published in Nature by our former external editor, Joshua Dean
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Old carbon routed from land to the atmosphere by global river systems - Nature
Using a global database of the radiocarbon content of rivers combining new and published measurements, isotopic mass balance suggests that about 60% of river CO2 emissions are derived from millennial ...
www.nature.com
June 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🌏Using a global database of the radiocarbon content of rivers, isotopic mass balance suggests that about 60% of river carbon dioxide from millennial or older carbon sources
Read the latest research article published in Nature by our former external editor, Joshua Dean
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read the latest research article published in Nature by our former external editor, Joshua Dean
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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No advert out yet, but I will recruiting a 2yr postdoc, start date autumn 2025, at @livunigeog.bsky.social soon. Lowland and upland peatlands, GHGs, DOM and water chemistry. Plenty of fieldwork. Feel free to drop me a DM or email if you might be interested, and please spread the word.
June 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
No advert out yet, but I will recruiting a 2yr postdoc, start date autumn 2025, at @livunigeog.bsky.social soon. Lowland and upland peatlands, GHGs, DOM and water chemistry. Plenty of fieldwork. Feel free to drop me a DM or email if you might be interested, and please spread the word.
The day has arrived - first lecture for my brand new course, Catchment and Water Management. After many months and nights of work leading up to this moment, I'm nervous and excited to offer this course. Here's hoping the students appreciate it and there are not too many kinks to iron out!
May 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The day has arrived - first lecture for my brand new course, Catchment and Water Management. After many months and nights of work leading up to this moment, I'm nervous and excited to offer this course. Here's hoping the students appreciate it and there are not too many kinks to iron out!
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Reading student feedback on my 2nd year ecology course:
"As a result of this course I am analysing my environment, noticing more interactions in nature and taking a more interested approach to bush walks and nature play with my children."
My job's done here, guys!🥲
#teaching #academia #ecology
"As a result of this course I am analysing my environment, noticing more interactions in nature and taking a more interested approach to bush walks and nature play with my children."
My job's done here, guys!🥲
#teaching #academia #ecology
April 23, 2025 at 12:57 AM
How cool! A paper with my UofR crew has just been recognised as a #TopViewedArticle
Artificial water bodies are interesting!
Link to the paper:
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Artificial water bodies are interesting!
Link to the paper:
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
April 16, 2025 at 8:47 AM
How cool! A paper with my UofR crew has just been recognised as a #TopViewedArticle
Artificial water bodies are interesting!
Link to the paper:
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Artificial water bodies are interesting!
Link to the paper:
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....