Erika Wise

My colleagues Calvin Farris (NPS) and Ellis Margolis (USGS) led a landmark study in paleofire reconstruction. In addition to showing that fire management can restore past fire regimes, the demonstrated methods are a first in dendrochronology. 1/6 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

We're hiring a full-time technician to support radiocarbon analyses. If you have some experience with analytical instruments and background in chemistry, earth sciences, archaeology, and/or ecology, this could be the job for you! arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Evaluation of daily gridded climate products using in situ FLUXNET data and tree growth modeling Evaluation of daily gridded climate products using in situ FLUXNET data and tree growth modeling, Wang, Feng, Wise, Erika K, Anchukaitis, Kevin J, Chang, Qing, Dannenberg, Matthew P

New paper in ERL led by Feng Wang evaluating gridded daily climate products. Interesting results include: 1) how day-shifting affects the records; 2) Pierce vs Livneh precip data (a surprise!); and 3) differences don’t really matter for tree growth modeling. doi.org/10.1088/1748...

I went to Punxsutawney for groundhog day once, and I highly recommend this outing –- the people who want to stand for hours in the pre-dawn cold waiting to see Phil are a fun group of goofballs.

map of predicted anomaly in start of spring

Awesome @usa-npn.bsky.social partners Toby Ault and Carlos Carillo at @cornelluniversity.bsky.social released their long-lead forecast for spring; they are predicting a pretty early start to springtime activity in much of the U.S.
six-ecrl-24.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html #phenology

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Assistant Professor, Human-Environment Geography The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) appreciates your interest in employment at our growing institution. We want your application process to go smoothly and quickly. Final applications must be submitt...

One week to go before review begins! U Nevada, Reno is hiring an Assistant Professor in Human-Environment Geography. "We seek a dynamic scholar with research and teaching interests that engage with current issues in environmental justice, with a focus on energy and/or water sustainability."

UNC's Old Well in autumn, from https://mediagraph.io/unc/explore/collections/

The Department of Geography & Environment at UNC-Chapel Hill is hiring a Teaching Assistant Professor in Human Geography! Position info and application portal here:
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

Climate-linked escalation of societally disastrous wildfires Climate change and land mismanagement are creating increasingly fire-prone built and natural environments. However, despite worsening fire seasons, evidence is lacking globally for trends in socially ...

Published today: our new paper showing a 44-year trend of increasing global wildfire disasters (fatalities and economic losses) due to climate change-induced extreme weather. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Persistent eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean upwelling since the warm Pliocene Upwelling generates a nutrient-rich “cold tongue” in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean (EEP), with impacts on global climate, oceanic biological productivity, and the carbon cycle. The cold tongue ...

Today, we published a study long in the making on how upper and subsurface tropical Pacific waters responded (and maybe will adjust) to warmer global climate. Here’s the story of how we got here after 15 years. many authors but shout out @jfarmersalmanac.bsky.social
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U of A researchers reveal the importance of data choice in effective flood insurance After testing five sources of flood data, their analysis found that combining or comparing data could improve disaster response and recovery.

great writeup U Arizona did on my student Alex Saunders' new lead authored paper with @arbennett.bsky.social @thirstygecko.bsky.social @benamie.bsky.social + S. Islam, J. Giezendanner, S. Houssain news.arizona.edu/news/u-resea... paper here: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

I love that this particular bristlecone looks like a dragon

🚨 NCA5 is now LIVE! 🚨

They took it down, but we've brought it back at: nca5.climate.us

Bookmark. 👏 this. 👏 page. 👏

This is just our first step in restoring trusted science information that Americans need to understand what's happening with the climate.

Long‐Term Cambial Phenology Reveals Diverging Growth Responses of Two Tree Species in a Mixed Forest Under Climate Change We studied how climate change affects tree growth by monitoring wood formation in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and Pyrenean oak (Quercus pyrenaica) over 11 years. We found that warmer winters lead t...

Climate change is reshaping forest growth 🌳🌡️💧
Water and temperature control growth timing.
Warmer winters make some species start growing earlier.
Hot, dry summers may shorten growing seasons.

New paper out @globalchangebio.bsky.social led by a former PhD student @csic.es shorturl.at/5Gn8a

Evaluation using in-situ observations from national governments and Citizen Scientists suggests nadir altimeters can accurately measure water level changes regardless of lake area Water level and water level changes of lentic water bodies such as lakes, wetlands, and reservoirs are rarely available, despite the relevance of these to maintain ecosystems (e.g., by providing dr...

Interested in Community Science and/or lake measurement? New paper from UNC alum Angélica Gómez, now an Assistant Professor at Universidad Nacional de Colombia: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Our 400+ page comment on the DOE climate working group report is now out.

Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.

Assistant Professor - Plant Resilience to Climate Change - Department of Plant and Microbial Biology University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

Our department (Berkeley PMB) is hiring an asst. prof. in Plant Resilience to Climate Change! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05049

I enjoyed this. And what an infectious laugh. ❤️

"Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"

Assistant Professor in Paleoclimatology - Honolulu, HI - Indeed.com University of Hawaii

Full-time, 9-month, Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Paleoclimatology position at the University of Hawaii.

www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=4...

Hurricane Erin forces evacuations on North Carolina's Outer Banks, threatens dangerous rip currents Hurricane Erin is forcing evacuations on North Carolina's Outer Banks as it threatens to whip up wild waves and tropical force winds. Forecasters say the monster storm will turn away from the eastern ...

Hurricane Erin is forcing evacuations on North Carolina's Outer Banks as it threatens to whip up wild waves and tropical force winds.

Forecasters say the monster storm will turn away from the eastern U.S. and won't make landfall.

www.wunc.org/environment/...

The University of Arizona is hiring a tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor in Physical Geography! Research specialities could include wildfire, climate and water resources, and/or natural hazards, amongst others. Please apply and join us! arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

A very comprehensive analysis of lagged precipitation effects in terrestrial ecosystems. Tree rings, flux, grassland ANPP, satellite remote sensing, and DGVMs. Climate memory is an important driver of global plant productivity.

Tree‐Ring Anatomy Improves the Reliability of Temperature Reconstructions Using Relict Wood Cell wall dimensions: Subfossil wood cell wall measurements are less affected by degradation than MXD from X-ray densitometry Identifying degradation: The holo-cellulose-to-wood ratio in low-dens...

Quantitative wood anatomy measurements for the win! This time when using subfossil wood - 'Tree-Ring Anatomy Improves the Reliability of Temperature Reconstructions Using Relict Wood' agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

CIG Update: Federal Funding Uncertainty & Potential Program Impacts | Climate Impacts Group Dear supporters of the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group, We appreciate the role each of you has played in our collective efforts to help make communities, Washington state, and the Pacif...

An update from the UW Climate Impacts Group on what proposed cuts to NOAA and USGS would mean for our work supporting climate resilience in the Northwest.

At stake: both the NW Climate Adaptation Science Center and the NW Climate Resilience Collaborative (a NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnership).

We are hiring a visiting assistant prof next year for freshwater sci and climate. Great dept! Spread the word.
hr.wwu.edu/careers-facu...

Map of global lake distribution, colored by the number of SWOT overpasses per 21 day cycle. There are many lakes with a high number of SWOT overpasses at high northern latitudes, but there are also tens of thousands to more than a million lakes on every continent. Lakes are graphed by latitude and longitude on the edges of the figure.

Do you work on lakes globally? Check out what is, to my mind, the most complete global database of lakes (~6M) and associated attributes, newly published in WRR. Also the basis for SWOT lake data. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Climate change will send home insurance spiralling. Here’s how to control costs Insurers rely on sophisticated catastrophe modelling to estimate risk exposure — and as climate risks are rising, so are the costs for protection.

As a climate scientist in the insurance industry, I sometimes worry that we spend too much time talking up our ability to model natural catastrophes, and not enough about how the future insurance will be shaped by climate change.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How the Atlantic jet stream has changed in 600 years — and what it means for weather A multi-century climate record suggests that current Atlantic jet-stream variations are not the cause of an increase in extreme weather events.

News & Views on this paper by Matthew Dannenberg and @wiseclimate.bsky.social in @nature.com:

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

What Is Causing the Missouri River Basin’s Elevated Streamflow? - Eos Regional climate variability plays a big role, but reduced forest cover and a rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide are also factors.

What drove the Missouri River’s rising flows over the past century, and what might these flows look like in the future?

In new research in @aguadvances.bsky.social, @wiseclimate.bsky.social & colleagues took a deep dive to find out. Story by @sarahderouin.com. eos.org/research-spo...