Kevin McGuire

‘Curious Conversations’ podcast: Landon Marston talks about data centers and water Marston explained the amount of water used by data centers, what they’re doing with it, and the reality of the national and local impacts. He also shared aspects localities might consider before welco...

‘Curious Conversations’ podcast: Landon Marston talks about data centers and water news.vt.edu/articles/202...

Trump administration plans to break up largest federal climate research center Russ Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, said the National Science Foundation "will be breaking up" the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado.

“NCAR has played a greater role in advancing weather prediction & atmospheric modeling than perhaps any other single entity in the world,” says @weatherwest.bsky.social

Dismantling NCAR would be “like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.” KH

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...

An Industry Insider’s Changes at the E.P.A. Could Cost Taxpayers Billions

An Industry Insider’s Changes at the E.P.A. Could Cost Taxpayers Billions www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/c...

The mystery of the Christiansburg well... CommonWx is a weather and climate newsletter, and while this story does have ties to those fields of study, it’s more about how our earth is so intricately connected – and how little we know about tho...

The mystery of the Christiansburg well... from Radio IQ News @WVTFRADIOIQ I’m listening unknown account to The mystery of the Christiansburg well... from Radio IQ News on my WVTF app! www.wvtf.org/2025-08-22/t...

Warming Winters Sabotage Trees’ Carbon Uptake - Eos In temperate forests, the biomass-building benefits of warmer growing seasons are offset by damaging variability in winter weather—a disparity that climate models may miss.

eos.org/articles/war...

As AI booms, data centers threaten energy grid and water supplies, expert says AI’s data center boom strains power and water systems, prompting calls for smarter engineering, infrastructure, and policy, says Landon Marston.

Virginia Tech's Landon Marston on Water and AI: news.vt.edu/content/news...

The classical runoff generation session is also at #AGU25 a highlight for catchment hydrologists attending the @agu.org conference in December. If you would like to contribute, make sure to submit your abstract by the end of July! Great lineup of invited speakers!

NOAA’s Climate Website May Soon Shut Down - Eos Climate.gov, NOAA’s portal to the work of their Climate Program Office, will likely soon shut down as most of the staff charged with maintaining it were fired on 31 May.

Climate.gov will likely soon shut down, as most of the staff charged with maintaining it were fired. 🧪

eos.org/research-and...

Hydro‐Meteorological Drivers of Event Runoff Characteristics Under Analogous Soil Moisture Patterns in Three Small‐Scale Headwater Catchments Analogous soil moisture patterns and respective runoff patterns were identified by applying a novel time series-based pattern search. Wetness-derived variables were decisive for causing a similar run....

🚨New paper alert! We investigated the hydro-meteorological drivers of event runoff characteristics in three catchments with forest, grassland and agricultural land use, highlighting the differences in runoff generation mechanisms between land use types:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

White House looks to freeze more agency funds — and expand executive power The latest move targets more than $30 billion in spending at EPA, the National Science Foundation and other agencies.

www.eenews.net/articles/whi...

Trump’s Proposed Budget Would Cut a Major Ecology Program

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/c...

Opinion: The Mental Health Impacts of Scientific Fieldwork -
Difficult conditions at remote field sites can put researchers under physical, mental, and emotional strain. undark.org/2025/04/17/o... @hubbardbrook.bsky.social

NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring Smaller future budgets will require fewer people, NSF official tells staff

NSF slashes number of ‘rotators’ and well-paid managers as part of restructuring | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

1/1 🌍 The #AGU Catchment Hydrology TC Student Competition is now open!
Open to undergrads, grad students & postdocs! 🎓
Share a field or modeling study focused outside the US/Europe (global studies welcome!). Submit your <100-word entry here:
📌 padlet.com/msprenger2/f...

Exclusive: ‘I have done all I can’: NSF director announces he is resigning Sethuraman Panchanathan, a Trump appointee who has led the agency since 2020, leaves amid mass firings and grant terminations

Exclusive: The director of the National Science Foundation announced his resignation today, 16 months before his 6-year term ends, in a letter to staff obtained by Science. scim.ag/42vc3fn

Image credit: NOAA On Dec. 21, 2024, NOAA’s GOES-19 captured this image of Earth during the winter solstice shortly after the Northern Hemisphere reached its maximum tilt away from the sun, positioning the sun directly over the Tropic of Capricorn at 23.5° south latitude.

🌍 This #EarthDay, science needs you more than ever.

We celebrate our planet through stunning imagery and vital data—but we can’t protect what we don’t understand.

#StandUpForScience #AGUAction

💪 Act Now: Tell Virginia decision-makers to ensure a strong and healthy future for the Rappahannock River by implementing smart, science-based water management solutions below! mostendangeredrivers.org/river/rappah...

The “Surprising” Effect of Drying Headwaters on Nitrogen Dynamics - Eos Contrary to predictions, spring rains caused a decrease in nitrogen at watershed outflows in Alabama.

When streams dry up, it can mean big changes for the nitrogen cycle—but those changes don’t appear to be what scientists expected.

Federal judge orders immediate thaw of climate, infrastructure funds President Donald Trump does not have "unfettered power to hamstring in perpetuity" duly passed funding laws, the judge ruled.

www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

NSF halts grant awards while staff do second review Action comes after DOGE team arrives at science agency

NSF halts grant awards while staff do second review | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Popular songs are simpler and more repetitive than they used to be Lyrics to English-language top hits have become less complex and more repetitive, which may make them catchier—and more appealing

So true! Popular songs are simpler and more repetitive than they used to be | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

New House Republican proposal seeks to exempt many toxic Pfas from review Two lawmakers introduced a resolution to repeal a 2024 Biden rule that closed a ‘low volume exemption’ loophole

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump officials quietly move to reverse bans on toxic ‘forever chemicals’ EPA bids to change chemical risk evaluations, which could expose public to higher levels of PFAS and other pollutants

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

US could see return of acid rain if pollution rules are quashed, says scientist who first discovered it Gene Likens, who first identified acidic rainwater in 1960s, said the Trump administration’s ‘rollbacks are alarming’

Gene Likens to the @theguardian.com: “I hope we don’t go back to the old days, so these rollbacks are very alarming. I care about the health of my children and grandchildren, I want them to have clean air to breathe. I care about clean water and clean and healthy soil, I want them to have that too.”

Virginia Tech students protest against DEI program cuts Hokies of all kinds joined hands to march on Virginia Tech’s campus to protest President Trump’s executive order to end all Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs.

blacksburg virginia:

www.wsls.com/news/local/2...

Gov. Glenn Youngkin Appoints Ken Cuccinelli, Who Conducted a “Climate Science Denial Witch Hunt” Against UVA (and Former UVA Climate Professor Michael Mann), to the UVA Board of Visitors Not that Gov. Glenn Youngkin ever was a "moderate" (yes, the media lied to you), but now he's obviously gone all-in on Trumpism, MAGA, etc. The reasons, most likely, is that Youngkin has been radicali

“Gov. Glenn Youngkin Appoints Ken Cuccinelli, Who Conducted a ‘Climate Science Denial Witch Hunt’ Against UVA (and Former UVA Climate Professor Michael Mann), to the UVA Board of Visitors” by Iowkell via @bluevirginia.bsky.social:

bluevirginia.us/2025/03/gov-...

🚨 #NOAA is essential for weather forecasting, climate research, and public safety.

AGU stands with the scientific community in urging Congress to protect and strengthen NOAA, not dismantle it.

Our economy, environment, and safety depend on it.

Congressional visits today for the Water Resources Research Act!

At Hubbard Brook, researchers are uncovering how snow depth and persistence shift across short distances. They’re using drones to map “snow microclimates.” @unhresearch.bsky.social Jeremy Johnston presented some of this work during the @agu.org 2024 Fall meeting: bit.ly/AGU24_C21E16