Kyle Compare, PhD

Watching 2 Poptarts mascots dance to "Party in The USA" playing at an Ameican football game in Dublin, Ireland.

College football is so back.

I formally propose that the width of American football fields to be shortened by 14.8 feet, making the playing surface (excluding endzones) exactly 1 acre. This will not benefit the game at all, but will make synchronize the unit of "football fields" into the US customary units of measurement

Wrapping up your PhD? I’m planning to hire a postdoc in the next few months (start date flexible). Will start formally advertising soon, but you heard it here first!! Possible research topics include - critical zone hydrology, agricultural water quality, SW-GW interactions. Reach out if interested!

Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

Restoring Gold Standard Science By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United

This EO is a lot of words for a rule that basically says, political appointees will overrule scientists in deciding what the government considers factual information.

The 9 years I spent at FSU were the 9 school years between mass shootings at the school.

I am heartbroken for the FSU community today

The cover of "Fighting the Odds: The Life of Senator Frank Church" depicting a drawing of Frank Church giving a speech

A whopping 600 page biography on Frank Church (Idaho's formidable, long-serving, conservation-minded, and last Democratic Senator). I think they were mainly excited that a younger person was taking interest in the local history

The absolute serotonin hit of a random library-goer saying "I'm so glad you are getting that book" as I was checking it out 🤩

Two people smiling on a ski hill with a sunset in the background

On this episode of "Floridian Hydrologist Learns About Winter", my coworker took me and my partner skiing! I get the appeal now. What an amazing sunset, view of the Treasure Valley, and such a fun way to experience the outdoors!

Snowy backyard

A snowy walking path with barren trees

2025 is off to a good start! It was this Floridian Hydrologist's first snow day!

reproducible data science in r blog series. shows a water droplet building pipelines

Reproducible Data Science in R: Writing better functions
Write functions in R that run better and are easier to understand. waterdata.usgs.gov/blog/rds-bet... #rstats #waterData

Congrats! My one soapbox piece advice is to take a programming class! Python and R programming are extremely useful for data analysis in the geosciences

I have an opening for a 2-year postdoc fellowship at #VTCEE on large-sample hydrology, water quality, and eXplainable AI to start next year. The position is in NoVA, close to DC with many opportunities for work and play. Please share broadly! Listing here careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us...

Two scientists with large backpacks filled with field gear hike over boulders un order to get to a river within a steep canyon

I guess there are some perks to working in the Earth Sciences. Namely, getting paid to hike in pretty places

I've started working on this starter pack (Hydrology+Hydrogeology+Water in general) to help friends/colleagues who are migrating from the other place.

Please note that this is work in progress and that more people will be added. Feel free to suggest BlueSky handles in comments.
go.bsky.app/2h9ouZY

I'd love to be added!

Manifestation working at its finest.

TLH -> BOI this summer to start as a Physical Scientist with the USGS!

The past 2 weeks have been hellacious with revisions and formatting, but my dissertation is SUBMITTED to my committee and the defense scheduling fun begins!

To whomever thought it was a good idea for JobApplication season to be the same as DissertationWriting season, I'd like to have a word

Reminiscent of the Rick Scott policy banning the terms "sea level rise" or "global warming" from any state communications when he was governor circa 2009.

Some things just don't change