Alia Lesnek

👀 Extra motivation to work on my paper dating Pleistocene lava flows and sea level change at Mt Edgecumbe 🌋 🌊 ⚒️🧪

A new report by the prestigious US National Academy of Sciences concludes that the EPA’s 2009 endangerment finding was accurate, has stood the test of time, and is now reinforced by even stronger evidence:

Evaluating IPCC Projections of Global Sea‐Level Change From the Pre‐Satellite Era IPCC projections in the mid-1990s of global sea-level change over the next 30 years were remarkably robust The largest disparities between projections and observations were due to underestimated ...

IPCC projections in the mid-1990s of global sea-level change over the next 30 years were remarkably robust - important for confidence in future projections.

The largest disparities were due to underestimated dynamic mass loss of ice sheets

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Cosmogenic Isotope Laboratory Manager in Doerr School of Sustainability, Stanford, California, United States The Stanford Cosmogenic Isotope shared laboratory within Stanford University’s Doerr School of Sustainability (SDSS) is seeking an experienced.....

The Stanford Cosmogenic Isotope Lab is hiring a new (permanent) Lab Manager. Please share and apply if you are qualified. phxc1b.rfer.us/STANFORDSD1UPF

Glacier Monitoring from Space Is Crucial, and at Risk - Eos A new community effort shows that Earth has lost 5% of its global glacier mass since 2000. The work highlights the necessity of spaceborne glacier observations and upcoming gaps in long-term monitorin...

if ice melts in the mountains and no one can see that it's gone, is it really gone?🧪

eos.org/opinions/gla...

YouTube video by Climate Town Joe Rogan Doesn't Understand Graphs

A graph Joe Rogan has brought up on SIX separate episodes of his podcast to disprove climate change explicitly says the opposite of what he claims.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1bM...

Officials in Juneau area now saying a glacial outburst flood release has begun from Suicide Basin into the Mendenhall River. NWS is now forecasting a crest of 16.6' on the river, higher than last year's record flood in Juneau.

Looks like even bigger cuts to research grants. 75% cut in GEO and 71% in OPP

Rock Identification xkcd.com/3068

One of the best parts of my job: writing recommendation letters for my incredible students. It’s so fun to reflect on everything they’ve accomplished and help them take their next step. Also, WAY easier to hype them up than write anything even remotely similar about myself 😆

This isn't mine at all, but the Magic School Bus TV cartoon, which inspired untold millennials including myself, originated as an NSF grant 🧪

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Starting my first #MisconceptionMonday with a common one in seismology: do small earthquakes relieve the pressure on faults? Are small quakes a good thing?

🧵. Long 🧵. But hopefully worth it.

Alia J. Lesnek ‪Assistant Professor, CUNY Queens College and CUNY Graduate Center‬ - ‪‪Cited by 555‬‬ - ‪Glacial geology‬ - ‪Cosmogenic nuclides‬ - ‪Quaternary science‬

Hi, could I please be added to the list? Thank you! scholar.google.com/citations?us...

I often see this comparison of glaciers on Svalbard posted without attribution. It’s from a whole series comparing photos taken by the Norwegian Polar Institute in 1928 and by Christian Åslund, a Stockholm-based photographer, in 2002. See the others here:

www.christian.se/global-warmi...

Gallery page of Dan Carto's gorgeous flowing river meanders. https://dancoecarto.com/4k-rivers

Spending my lunch break perusing Dan Coe's gorgeous Lidar data meander river reconstructions 😍
dancoecarto.com/4k-rivers ⚒️ 🐡

The 'precariously balanced boulders' that offer a window into seismic history These giant rocks could roll at any moment. The fact they haven't offers a window into the shaking of ancient Earth.

“The 'precariously balanced boulders' that offer a window into seismic history” f/t the Roods via @bbc www.bbc.com/future/artic...