Paul Julian

Looking at the titles of manuscripts from the past is fun ... it seems much more relaxed. Like this one "Sveriges geologiska undersöknings torvinventering och några av dess hittills vunna resultat." roughly translated to "Sweden's peatlands geological survey and some results gained so far."

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I was reading a paper today about stable states ... and they have ASS throughout the paper as an acronym for Alternative Stable States. In the associated code, they have a data.frame where they combined two very large datasets and called it bigass ... couldn't stop laughing whilst reading the paper.

While digging through some code from a manuscript I recently read ... yes, that rabbit hole I came across this line and I think I just found my new favorite set.seed(...) 🤣

set.seed(i+42) # Don’t Panic. “What is the meaning of life, the universe, and everything?”

#Rstats

While I understand the intent of this message, it also doesn't negate the need for A) the user to read and understand the script and B) the developer to write functional code.

My personal code usually has this in it to help my OCD brain function. But if I share the code I remove this line.

Checked out Lake #George for #WorldLakeDay 🌊 Just 60 mi from Lake #Champlain, but water levels tell a different story: while trending down its not as drastic as Champlain 📉

Following up on Lake Champlain levels: USGS data show major tributaries (Saranac, Ausable, Boquet, Lamoille, Winooski, Otter) are at record-low summer flows. Most <5th percentile. Drought or shifting climate? 🌦️🌊 #fedopendata

@dsmccormick.bsky.social‬ Thanks for the suggestion ... here is a revised version with the turbo color scale. I think I like this one better!! It definitely contrasts the categories more.

Lake Champlain Calendar Plot Lake Champlain Calendar Plot. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

For my hashtag#openscience and hashtag#rstats friends, here is the code behind this plot. In addition to exploring data from a different lake, I learned some new code using ggplot with spatial data and combining multiple plots into one coherent visualization.
gist.github.com/SwampThingPa...

calendar plot of Lake Champlain for the last 50 years

Lake Champlain is at its lowest for this time of year in over 50 years, much earlier than it should be.

To visualize this, I created a calendar plot that bins 50 years of lake stage data into quantiles.

#OpenScience #RStats #DataVisualization

Bloom Watch: Forecasting Trouble in Lake Okeechobee with New Model Our science team's new study in collaboration with the National Park Service explores how we can better predict algae blooms before they begin.

Every summer, algae blooms erupt across Florida’s largest lake, choking the ecosystem and threatening our economy.

We collaborated with the National Park Service using decades of ecosystem monitoring data to develop a predictive algae model.

www.evergladesfoundation.org/post/bloom-w...

The Season of Waiting: Drought in the Land of Water How is the lingering South Florida drought affecting nature and people? Our science team breaks down the impacts and explains how Everglades restoration can help us build resilience.

The wet season is taking it's sweet time kicking in. What does that mean for our environment and our way of life. Here is a blog post/article thingy we (a The Everglades Foundation team effort) did discussing it.

www.evergladesfoundation.org/post/the-sea...

Easier said than done nowadays (at least in the US). In the past three weeks I've reached out to five companies only two return my calls with one saying we aren't doing anymore installs so they can't quote me. Granted the US is a roaring garbage fire right now ...

GitHub - SwampThingPaul/NADA2: Non-detects And Data Analysis Non-detects And Data Analysis. Contribute to SwampThingPaul/NADA2 development by creating an account on GitHub.

If you work with censored data in R, you might have noticed the absence of NADA and NADA2. Due to CRAN package management actions, these packages were unexpectedly archived. NADA2 is now functional again and removed any NADA dependencies.
github.com/SwampThingPa...

Have you ever been homesick for a place you've never been? I have been struggling with this feeling for a while. I love my home, our garden but there is this nagging feeling I'm not where I should be. Maybe it's just wunderlust, mental and emotional exhaustion and/or romanticizing an idea ...

What especially neat is that its all hashtag#OpenScience with a R shiny app to interact with the models

swampthingpaul.shinyapps.io/lok_algaeeva...

Frontiers | Planning for the future, algae bloom dynamics in water management and ecosystem restoration efforts Eutrophication and chronic harmful algal blooms (HABs) are a challenge for ecosystem managers and restoration planners. Drivers of HABs include nutrient avai...

🌊 New study alert! We modeled what drives harmful algal blooms in Lake Okeechobee using decades of data. The LOK-HABAM model links hydrology + nutrients to bloom risk—helping guide smarter restoration + ops. Science that informs action!

www.frontiersin.org/journals/wat...

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Yikes!!

Is that pollen or some kind of phytoplankton?!?

"Sorry for the delay in responding to your message, I've been watching a live stream"

I actually used that today as a colleague texted me and it took me a while to respond. 😂😂

How do people leave this (picture #1) and say I'm moving to "paradise" (picture #2)? It made me nauseous looking at where I used to live and grateful that we are no longer there.

A beautiful blooming Columbine (Aquilegia app). Not the native but excited to see its beautiful bloom. We will still be planting the native and slowly transitioning this area to native dominate. Plus we don't want to completely rip out everything the prior owner loving cared for.

#bloomscrolling

I just saw the medal list ... This is awesome on so many levels!!

Downy Hawthorn (Crataegus mollis) blooms. While flower amongst green foliage.

Beautiful!! In the US (central NY) our native downy Hawthorns (Crataegus mollis) have bedazzled me with their blooms. Our woodland is filled with them.

On our evening walk last night we came across this plant. We've been trying to ID it but the closest we've come is Sorbus americana (American Mountain Ash). The American cousin to the European Mountain Ash ... as in Rowan trees!! 🤞🤞 We're right, I would love to have a native "Rowan".

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Full info on the garden can be found here www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events...

More info on Seawilding www.seawilding.org

#seagrass #garden #rewilding #seawilding

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This year at Chelsea there will be a show garden that puts seagrass center stage!! The Seawilding garden by Ryan MacMahon will have Zostera marina (eelgrass) as part of the garden to raise awareness on endangered marine ecosystems.

#seagrass #garden #rewilding #seawilding

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Given my gardening ethos, I'm always conflicted about garden shows like Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea, Malvern, etc but they do provide great opportunities to educate, show how to grow sustainably and change the narrative of "trendy" gardens.

#seagrass #garden #rewilding #seawilding

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If you know me, you know that I love to garden. I especially love planting and growing plants. While I grow fruit & veg, I'm more of an ecological gardener, a gardener for wildlife rather than a showy & pretty garden. Granted, you can garden for wildlife & make it look pretty.
#seagrass #garden

Friday even after work we decided to go for a short hike, so we packed the dogs up and headed 20 minutes south to Spruce Pond in the Morgan Hill State Forest. Absolutely stunning ... still can believe we live here.

Friday even after work we decided to go for a short hike, so we packed the dogs up and headed 20 minutes south to Spruce Pond in the Morgan Hill State Forest. Absolutely stunning ... still can believe we live here.