Nate Jones

I’m still figuring out bluesky… but with the goal of more easily finding information I’m interested in, I started a feed and associated starter pack for Hydrological Processes as well as Hydrological Extremes. Please let me know if you want to be added to the starter pack! bsky.app/profile/did:...

@matthiasprenger.bsky.social -- CONGRATS to you and the rest of the team. This is a really interesting (and clever) study!

Ubiquity and Causes of Soil Water Preferential Flow Across 17 Ecoregions Preferential flow (PF) is ubiquitous across the USA and occurs in up to 60% of all rainfall events ≥2 mm Rainfall intensity, soil texture, and antecedent soil moisture emerge as critical in gener...

Our new research analyzing high-frequency soil moisture data from 40 NEON sites across 17 US ecoregions reveals the widespread occurrence of Preferential Flow (PF) & its drivers across continental scale environmental gradients. Published in AGU's Geophysical Research Letters
doi.org/10.1029/2025...

also life update: a lot happened in Sept…

I defended my dissertation, and got to share all the exciting things we’ve learned about small southeastern streams!

I also started as a postdoc at Oregon State! i’m stoked to work with @wardhydro.bsky.social on the role headwaters play in downstream WQ!

Looking for a postdoc, and interested in river-coastal linkages, #remote sensing, and time series analysis? Come work with us @natureatcal.bsky.social on an exciting project led by @rachelspatial.bsky.social! CC @sfs-src.bsky.social @aslo.org @cerfscience.bsky.social ‪‪@caseagrant.bsky.social‬

Having find a the Powell center with the Analysis and synthesis of headwater streamflow group. With @floodhydrology.bsky.social @mcmillanhydro.bsky.social @lireactivewater.bsky.social @aphydro.bsky.social and many others.

Delaney Peterson giving her dissertation talk

Delaney Peterson with her advisor Nate Jones

Water color painting of a soil profile and shallow groundwater well

I'm incredible excited to share that @thatsmedelp.bsky.social successfully defended her PhD last week. Delaney's dissertation focused on hydrologic connectivity of headwater systems across the southeastern US (i.e., "Headwaters and their hollows.") #RollTide #BamaEcoHydro

Using Hydrogeomorphic Features to Quantify Structural and Functional Hydrologic Connectivity in a Coastal Plain Headwater Stream Hydrogeomorphic features provide a key framework to study streamflow generation along the river corridor Across the study watershed, hydrogeomorphic features demonstrated distinct patterns of gro...

super excited to share that my first dissertation chapter is out in WRR!

here, we operationalize the river corridor of a headwater Coastal Plain network into hydrogeomorphic features to characterize hydrologic connectivity across dimensions

check it out here: doi.org/10.1029/2024...

Hurricane Helene caused catastrophic damage throughout Appalachia, including North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia. And during a disaster like that, fast decision making is important. [1/3]

Flood waves like those that devastated Texas last week can be seen by the NASA #SWOT satellite. Another reason to support #NASA Earth Science

Big CONGRATS to @morejam59.bsky.social for successfully defending her MS thesis today on groundwater and surface water connectivity in headwater wetlands!!!

Jasmine is headed to Boise State this fall to pursue a PhD in Hydrology.

Another great GRC Catchment Symposium in the books! Enjoyed catching up with old colleagues/friends, meeting new colleagues, and all the fun of science summer camp! #BamaEcoHydro

Responding after Hurricane Helene: Rapidly Estimating Impacts to Environmental Health Services in North Carolina Hurricane Helene caused catastrophic flooding and infrastructure damage across the mountainous regions of western North Carolina. Responding agencies had to make real-time decisions about emergency re...

Excited for our new paper with NC health depts and @floodhydrology.bsky.social and @northeasternu.bsky.social estimating impacts to environmental health services after #Helene

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Map of the GRIT global river network. Source: Wortmann et al. (2025), Water Resources Research.

🌐 Introducing GRIT: the First Global Bifurcating River Network 🏞
developed by Michel Wortmann as part of the NERC Large Grant EvoFLOOD, in the Hydro-Climate Extremes group @oxfordgeography.bsky.social

New field evidence on #preferential #flow on #forested #hillslopes at Re della Pietra #catchment. Thank you @quercusilex92.bsky.social @segura-lab.bsky.social @ecohydrologylab.bsky.social and other no-bluesky coauthors.
authors.elsevier.com/c/1l6Vj52cui...
danielepenna.wixsite.com/redellapietra

"All water discharged by wells is balanced by a loss of water somewhere." - Hydrogeologist C.V. Theis writing in 1940, nearly a century ago. From "The Source of Water Derived From Wells." water.usgs.gov/ogw/pubs/The...

The Scientific and Technical Review Panel (STRP) of the Convention on Wetlands, has just released Policy Brief No. 7, titled "Small Wetlands: Their Importance and Strategies for Effective Conservation".

Details: ramsar.org/document/sma...

#SmallWetlands #WetlandsMatter #STRP

Code in Class: All of the topics Comprehensive? Strategies for teaching coding in class.

Signing off for the semester and a summary of the aspects of coding in class that I wrote about in the past weeks: thinkingthroughteaching.substack.com/p/code-in-cl...

We have a unique job opportunity to work on the GLOBAL METHANE BUDGET with the Global Carbon Project, in France.

Seeking a dynamic data expert to support the coordination and production of the next Global CH4 Budget.

If you are interested, drop an email to marielle.saunois@lsce.ipsl.fr

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The new Global Methane Budget is now published, open access.

essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...

Tadpole aggregations create biogeochemical hotspots in wetland ecosystems This research demonstrates that tadpoles can create biogeochemical hotspots in wetland ecosystems and has important ramifications for our understanding of the functional role of animal species in nut....

Glad to share this recently published article in @animalecology.bsky.social led by Nick Corline on how "(wood frog) #tadpole aggregations create biogeochemical hotspots in (geographically isolated) #wetland ecosystems": besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

💧🧪🌎🐸 #DelmarvaDisco

Grades submitted.

What a wild year! I'm grateful for my students, our collaborators, and the larger hydrologic science community. I'm also grateful for the meaningful work we're doing and everything we've been able to accomplish together.

Keep up the good fight y'all, and Cheers!

“This budget is a recipe for ending the US' leadership in science. It would do generational damage by forcing labs to shut down, with a corresponding loss of highly trained individuals and one-of-a-kind research materials.”

Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate

More bad news for US science, indirect rates capped at 15% will further gut our research institutions & univerisities
www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...

Could Bubbling Oxygen Revitalize Dying Coastal Seas? - Eos Reoxygenation approaches have shown some success in lakes, but their potential risks must be examined carefully before they’re implemented as solutions to improve the health of coastal waters.

Approaches to artificial reoxygenation have been studied as possible solutions to coastal oxygen loss, but they come with risks that must be assessed carefully, write @carolineslomp.bsky.social @ribesresearch.bsky.social & @aoschlies.bsky.social @geomarkiel.bsky.social

eos.org/features/cou...

Spot the difference: scan site edition!
#stormsampling #SCANdal #hydrology #TIMBER

Me: That's a color choice

Student: Nate, you won't let me use a pastel palate. So I'm using hot pink.

Me: 👀 👀 👀

Student: ...

Happy International #Beaver Day!

Do you have a question about beavers, their wetlands, or how they relate to climate change? Ask it here!

I’ll be sharing bits of beaver knowledge throughout the day, and if there is a question I *don’t* know the answer to, I will know who to ask to get it!

Global Soil Methane Uptake Estimated by Scaling Up Local Measurements We develop a data-driven approach to refine this global estimate by incorporating local data of 79,800 flux measurements from 198 sites, this novel approach links the global SMU budget to local SMU f....

Global Soil Methane Uptake Estimated by Scaling Up Local Measurements: Jiang et al. in @globalchangebio.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Does this mean my diet coke habit might be ok?