Aditi Bhaskar

BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.

It's over.

Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.

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I am beyond furious at the U. Nebraska administration and Regents for this decision. They are moving ahead with eliminating programs despite nearly 6 hours of public comments arguing they should not do so.

Sad to see that my colleagues in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at UNL saw their combined department eliminated late this afternoon by the UNL Board of Regents. No more meteorology no more geology at UNL. Words escape me!

⚒️🧪 Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (among other programs) to be eliminated at University of Nebraska-Lincoln #UNL. A tragedy all around. #Geosciences

University of Nebraska formally approves termination of meteorology program More on Thursday's earthquake "false alarm," and increasing flooding risks for the Northwest

University of Nebraska formally ends its storied meteorology program, furthering concerns about the future of the atmospheric science academic sector. open.substack.com/pub/balanced...

The grant terminations have disproportionately affected principal investigators (PIs) from groups traditionally underrepresented in science—notably women, racial and ethnic minorities, and those with disabilities—according to data collected by NSF. Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant. https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-officials-take-steps-toward-radically-different-nsf

Universities have historically been (unwitting to willing) agents of segregation and patriarchy. Recent decades have brought some progress (often more rhetorical than substantive). We now face an existential test in many dimensions, but I'd like to focus here on faculty promotion and tenure (P&T) 1/

Stories coming from around the country that students are having their SEVIS status randomly restored, just as randomly as it was terminated. Suggests that ICE is either reversing these terminations on a large scale or having actual human beings finally look at cases and make decisions.

NSF Grant Termination Information Collection Form Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NSF grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. We are tracking these grants to increase transparency, organize affected PIs, and facilitate responses, including via litigation. Please share the form as widely as possible with your networks. We are actively building a pipeline to organize these terminations and will soon have a tracker akin to our NIH grant tracker at https://airtable.com/appjhyo9NTvJLocRy/shrNto1NNp9eJlgpA WE WILL NOT DISCLOSE THE IDENTITY OF ANYONE WHO USES THIS FORM TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. We will keep your identity confidential. These resources are maintained by Noam Ross of rOpenSci and Scott Delaney of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, with input and support from additional volunteers. For any questions, please contact Scott Delaney on Signal (sdelaney.84). THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE!

🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨

We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!

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The rationale for this cancellation is climate denial.

There is no dressing it up, there is no tiptoeing around it.

Yet climate change doesn’t care if we believe it. It will destroy our homes, multiply insurance rates, wreak economic havoc and more — regardless of our opinions or voting record.

Mass firings of probationary federal workers begin at NOAA, including many in Boulder Employees received emails Thursday informing them of their abrupt termination, despite a U.S. District Court ruling calling such firings’ legality into question

These mass terminations of our nation’s brightest scientists — including in Boulder and beyond — are clearly unlawful, and we will do everything we can to reverse them!

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President Trump’s War on Water #Conservation -- Brian Richter (SustainableWaters.org) coyotegulch.blog/2025/02/22/p...

I'm a scientist because 52 years ago the National Science Foundation supported me, as a high school student, to do real research at a university summer science program.
The destruction of US science by Trump and the Republicans today will weaken the country for decades.

Oxfam: Israel Destroyed Over 1,000 Miles of Water and Sanitation Networks in Gaza - Quds News Network A new report by Oxfam has revealed that Israel destroyed 1,025 miles of water and sanitation infrastructure across the Gaza Strip.

These are war crimes under the Geneva Convention and its 1977 Additional Protocols.

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I called my reps just now. NSF POs enable us to do research, and what a huge service to the community

Federal science agencies are under threat. AGU has made it easy to advocate for NSF, NOAA, NASA and more. Visit AGU’s Science Policy Action Center to stand up for science.

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National Science Foundation fires roughly 10% of its workforce NSF fired 168 employees, leaving the agency less equipped to fund a wide range of scientific research.

Yesterday was the darkest day of my professional life so far. Many of NSF’s best and brightest people fired indiscriminately. The terms of their firing cruel. My colleagues matter, they are valued and they make a difference. I have no words. www.npr.org/2025/02/18/n...

NOAA’s vast public weather data powers the local forecasts on your phone and TV – a private company alone couldn’t match it NOAA operates fleets of satellites, sensors on airplanes and ocean-going buoys, as well as radar, providing the data used by weather forecasters nationwide – and freely available to anyone.

NOAA’s vast public weather data powers the local forecasts on your phone and TV – a private company alone couldn’t match it

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One of the main issues wee outlined in our fire/water report was about water availability during fires. Despite article focus on this being an LA problem, it’s a widespread problem. Many recommendations here for addressing (hint: during a fire is too late) innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/u...

If you happen to be one of the approximately 12 people left at #AGU24 this afternoon, come hear me talk about urban trees and machine learning (H53W-03) from 2:34-2:46!

This afternoon are the Urban Environmental Interactions oral sessions (H53W and H54F) at #AGU24 - 2:10 pm in 147A @cgerleinsafdi.bsky.social

It's an initial attempt, and it was interesting for me to learn the tensorflow package (and run it myself!) CNN does a good job, but work needs to be done in matching the training protocol (every image one at a time) with the use case (finding evidence of flow over a long period of time).

Deep Learning Flow Detection in Non-Perennial Streams. CNN does a good job in an initial test, but work needs to be done in matching the training protocol (every image one at a time) with the use case (finding evidence of flow over a long period of time).

In case you missed my #AGU24 Monday poster with @aditibhaskar.bsky.social and Jorge Santiago Ramírez Núñez, here it is! Using CNN image classification to predict flow presence and absence at West Stroh Gulch.

Presentation schedule for Nicholas Guthro

At 1093, @nickguthro.bsky.social will present a poster on outdoor water use analysis #AGU24

This afternoon at #AGU24 is the poster session for Urban Environmental Interactions: People, Plants, and Water in the Built Environment (1087-1111) @cgerleinsafdi.bsky.social

Climate Science and Big Oil Need to Go Their Separate Ways | Opinion The American Geophysical Union has a long history of taking fossil fuel money, and has not pledged to stop.

#AGU2024 - "Climate Science and Big Oil Need to Go Their Separate Ways"

NASA Earth Scientist Dr. Peter Kalmus wrote an opinion piece this week on the importance of The American Geophysical Union (AGU) cutting ties with the fossil fuel industry.

Read about it here: bit.ly/3VzOTQO

I remember 20+ years ago Exxon funding the AGU student networking breakfast. It was all a little sus then. But now?! Get with the times. That industry is whatever the opposite of honest broker is when it comes to science. Regardless of anything else, a science org can't take their money. #AGU24

In case no one told you: @agu.org session numbers actually mean something!

First letter(s) = Discipline

First number = Day (1 = Monday, 2 = Tuesday, etc.)

Second number = Timeslot (1, 2 = morning; 3, 4 = afternoon; 5 = evening)

Last letter = Concurrent session

NSF makes you say who you got conflicts (coauthored) with. We (really just Jordan Matelsky) just built you a tool for that. Literally one click: bib.experiments.kordinglab.com/nsf-coa

Stormwater Control Measures: Selection and Watershed-Scale Effectiveness This seminar includes a keynote presentation by Aditi Bhaskar, Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering a...

What metrics can we use to compare across watersheds how well stormwater control networks are doing? 🧐

I recently presented at University of Minnesota for the Stormwater Seminar Series on "Stormwater Control Measures: Selection and Watershed-Scale Effectiveness".

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Haven’t come across a water people list so I made my first starter pack! A broadly defined set of #water experts go.bsky.app/V1LydbV