Adam Csank
@acsank.bsky.social
Geographer at U Nevada, Reno. Interested in past and present climate, dendrochronology, forest health, environmental history, and the Arctic. 🇨🇦 (he/him). views my own.
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When the Rains Don't Come: Legacies of North American Monsoon Failure on Tree Growth
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When the Rains Don't Come: Legacies of North American Monsoon Failure on Tree Growth
Failures of the North American monsoon produce growth legacies in dominant southwestern tree species for up to 4 years The occurrence of these growth legacies is modulated by climate conditions d...
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October 8, 2026 at 10:14 PM
When the Rains Don't Come: Legacies of North American Monsoon Failure on Tree Growth
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International students in the US would face a $100,000 price tag to work a science job in the country after graduation under a proposal made public yesterday by the Trump administration
go.nature.com/4AWqQi8
go.nature.com/4AWqQi8
US proposes $100,000 charge for international students to do post-graduate work
Proposed rule would choke off a crucial STEM talent pipeline, policy specialists say
go.nature.com
October 8, 2026 at 5:14 PM
International students in the US would face a $100,000 price tag to work a science job in the country after graduation under a proposal made public yesterday by the Trump administration
go.nature.com/4AWqQi8
go.nature.com/4AWqQi8
Career goals.
Edward Wright baptized #OTD 1561. In 1599 he proposes the median as a measure of central tendency & methods of variance estimation for navigational application. He is also the first (& so far only) Fellow of Caius College Cambridge to be granted sabbatical leave to be a pirate.
October 8, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Career goals.
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Striking, and appropriate, that this piece comes from a professor from a business school.
The business world relies on public research and universities for its talent pipeline. Cutting off international students with an unachievable degree deadline cuts that pipeline.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The business world relies on public research and universities for its talent pipeline. Cutting off international students with an unachievable degree deadline cuts that pipeline.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 3, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Striking, and appropriate, that this piece comes from a professor from a business school.
The business world relies on public research and universities for its talent pipeline. Cutting off international students with an unachievable degree deadline cuts that pipeline.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The business world relies on public research and universities for its talent pipeline. Cutting off international students with an unachievable degree deadline cuts that pipeline.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Enraging. Agency Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress. The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Enraging. Agency Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress. The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
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We are hiring! 🧪
Tenure-track position in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Great colleagues, nearby mountains, and of course a certain lake...
Application info: nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external...
www.unr.edu/biology
#evolution #EEB #ecoevo #evolsky #academicjobs
Tenure-track position in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Great colleagues, nearby mountains, and of course a certain lake...
Application info: nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external...
www.unr.edu/biology
#evolution #EEB #ecoevo #evolsky #academicjobs
October 2, 2026 at 2:40 AM
We are hiring! 🧪
Tenure-track position in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Great colleagues, nearby mountains, and of course a certain lake...
Application info: nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external...
www.unr.edu/biology
#evolution #EEB #ecoevo #evolsky #academicjobs
Tenure-track position in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Great colleagues, nearby mountains, and of course a certain lake...
Application info: nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external...
www.unr.edu/biology
#evolution #EEB #ecoevo #evolsky #academicjobs
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September 21, 2026 at 11:22 PM
If a drought (Mega or other) never ends is it really a drought? www.sciencenews.org/article/unit...
Will the U.S. megadrought ever end?
For 27 years, the Southwest has been gripped by a historic drought. Scientists think it might be here to stay.
www.sciencenews.org
September 20, 2026 at 6:13 PM
If a drought (Mega or other) never ends is it really a drought? www.sciencenews.org/article/unit...
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This will be bad for:
- the students
- the research progress
- the universities
- the towns the universities are in
- the companies hiring students
- the states the universities are in
- the national economy
- national security
- the country
- the world
- the students
- the research progress
- the universities
- the towns the universities are in
- the companies hiring students
- the states the universities are in
- the national economy
- national security
- the country
- the world
The US President's new proposal to tax international students has been approved by the White House for release this week.
It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel.
It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel.
September 13, 2026 at 1:18 AM
This will be bad for:
- the students
- the research progress
- the universities
- the towns the universities are in
- the companies hiring students
- the states the universities are in
- the national economy
- national security
- the country
- the world
- the students
- the research progress
- the universities
- the towns the universities are in
- the companies hiring students
- the states the universities are in
- the national economy
- national security
- the country
- the world
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🌏🌲Do trees produce more #wood as a result of #globalwarming? Not necessarily, according to a new study led by the WSL and published in @science.org. Annual wood production depends more on growth rate than on duration of growth – with implications for carbon storage. www.wsl.ch/en/news/more...
More time for trees to grow doesn’t always mean more wood
Although climate warming extends growing season for trees, the rate of growth is the main driving factor when it comes to wood formation.
www.wsl.ch
September 11, 2026 at 1:30 PM
🌏🌲Do trees produce more #wood as a result of #globalwarming? Not necessarily, according to a new study led by the WSL and published in @science.org. Annual wood production depends more on growth rate than on duration of growth – with implications for carbon storage. www.wsl.ch/en/news/more...
Well this is going to screw over large swaths of the western US. River's like the Salt and Verde don't necessarily make the cut under these rules.
The EPA announced an updated WOTUS rule proposal.
“This is a humongous rollback and it’s a bigger rollback than their initial proposal,” said NRDC's Jon Devine.
Gift link for my latest @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
“This is a humongous rollback and it’s a bigger rollback than their initial proposal,” said NRDC's Jon Devine.
Gift link for my latest @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Fewer US Water Bodies Would Be Protected Under New Trump Proposal
The arid West would be disproportionately affected by the changes.
www.bloomberg.com
September 5, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Well this is going to screw over large swaths of the western US. River's like the Salt and Verde don't necessarily make the cut under these rules.
I’m not from the US but as a Maritimer this put me the closest of any of these I have ever taken.
September 4, 2026 at 2:20 PM
I’m not from the US but as a Maritimer this put me the closest of any of these I have ever taken.
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Bhuta’s training as a #geographer brings a valuable perspective to his work as a
Natural Resources Specialist: “Thinking about space and place and how different states operate in maintaining forests is important ... because it helps bring context.”
🌲 Read more about his journey: buff.ly/a7ywI2k
Natural Resources Specialist: “Thinking about space and place and how different states operate in maintaining forests is important ... because it helps bring context.”
🌲 Read more about his journey: buff.ly/a7ywI2k
September 3, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Bhuta’s training as a #geographer brings a valuable perspective to his work as a
Natural Resources Specialist: “Thinking about space and place and how different states operate in maintaining forests is important ... because it helps bring context.”
🌲 Read more about his journey: buff.ly/a7ywI2k
Natural Resources Specialist: “Thinking about space and place and how different states operate in maintaining forests is important ... because it helps bring context.”
🌲 Read more about his journey: buff.ly/a7ywI2k
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Recent high-severity wildfires in a dry-conifer landscape are unprecedented over five centuries and foretell future forest loss
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Recent high-severity wildfires in a dry-conifer landscape are unprecedented over five centuries and foretell future forest loss | PNAS
Dry forests of the western United States evolved with frequent, spatially extensive,
low-severity fires, followed by a century of fire exclusion. R...
www.pnas.org
September 1, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Recent high-severity wildfires in a dry-conifer landscape are unprecedented over five centuries and foretell future forest loss
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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If you haven't already seen this we are recruiting for a new position in my department, in Evolutionary Biology. I can answer some questions or direct you to someone else who can. Please share widely.
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Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology, School of Life Sciences [R0153361]
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) appreciates your interest in employment. We ask that you keep in mind the following when completing your application: Once you start the application process ...
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August 31, 2026 at 5:40 PM
If you haven't already seen this we are recruiting for a new position in my department, in Evolutionary Biology. I can answer some questions or direct you to someone else who can. Please share widely.
nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNLV-Externa...
nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNLV-Externa...
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Your big data is only a big data set because a whole bunch of people did the insignificant, unworthy of your time, not important enough to publish, effort to build & maintain collections over the years, which you then scooped up into your dataset for a proper "big picture" study. <6/n>
August 28, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Your big data is only a big data set because a whole bunch of people did the insignificant, unworthy of your time, not important enough to publish, effort to build & maintain collections over the years, which you then scooped up into your dataset for a proper "big picture" study. <6/n>
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Lake Ontario ➡️ Lake America?
A geographer explains the politics and procedures behind renaming lakes, seas, and mountains:
A geographer explains the politics and procedures behind renaming lakes, seas, and mountains:
Lake Ontario to Lake America – who gets to decide what goes on maps?
A geographer explains the politics and procedures behind renaming American places.
theconversation.com
August 29, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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NSG GEO email:
"I hope to see many of you at our upcoming virtual office hours on Sept. 15 at 1 p.m. ET to discuss this funding opportunity, among other topics. I encourage you to register for the Zoom event and submit questions ahead of time."
We're all gonna be on this Zoom? Right? RIGHT???
"I hope to see many of you at our upcoming virtual office hours on Sept. 15 at 1 p.m. ET to discuss this funding opportunity, among other topics. I encourage you to register for the Zoom event and submit questions ahead of time."
We're all gonna be on this Zoom? Right? RIGHT???
August 25, 2026 at 11:46 PM
NSG GEO email:
"I hope to see many of you at our upcoming virtual office hours on Sept. 15 at 1 p.m. ET to discuss this funding opportunity, among other topics. I encourage you to register for the Zoom event and submit questions ahead of time."
We're all gonna be on this Zoom? Right? RIGHT???
"I hope to see many of you at our upcoming virtual office hours on Sept. 15 at 1 p.m. ET to discuss this funding opportunity, among other topics. I encourage you to register for the Zoom event and submit questions ahead of time."
We're all gonna be on this Zoom? Right? RIGHT???
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The Trump Department of Interior is forcing out dozens of its most senior career staff, giving them two weeks to accept involuntary reassignments or leave.
Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, Bureau of Land Management, and more.
www.notus.org/agencies/int...
Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, Bureau of Land Management, and more.
www.notus.org/agencies/int...
‘They Want Us All To Leave’: Interior Reassigns Dozens of Senior Staff
Around 30 top staffers have been reshuffled, with some people moving to teams outside their areas of expertise.
www.notus.org
August 25, 2026 at 10:39 AM
The Trump Department of Interior is forcing out dozens of its most senior career staff, giving them two weeks to accept involuntary reassignments or leave.
Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, Bureau of Land Management, and more.
www.notus.org/agencies/int...
Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, Bureau of Land Management, and more.
www.notus.org/agencies/int...
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Art Of The Deal author fails to secure deal with friendliest nation on planet
Art Of The Deal author fails to secure deal with friendliest nation on planet
WASHINGTON D.C. - President Trump, a man who was elected based on his self-proclaimed "deal-making genius", has failed to secure a trade deal with Canada, a nation most known for maple syrup and neigh...
www.thebeaverton.com
August 22, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Art Of The Deal author fails to secure deal with friendliest nation on planet
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Radar reconstruction of today's (8/22) plume development from the #HawkFire in Reno, NV. Notable transition to a hydraulic like flow late in the day (~00 UTC) linked to dangerous run into town. We were conducting onsite lidar scans during the transition.
August 23, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Radar reconstruction of today's (8/22) plume development from the #HawkFire in Reno, NV. Notable transition to a hydraulic like flow late in the day (~00 UTC) linked to dangerous run into town. We were conducting onsite lidar scans during the transition.
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Britain's universities are changing. Far more of their 18-21yo undergrads will have to live in the parental home. Yet whole regions are becoming subject deserts and are going to have far less HE. So stupid: no plan, no policy, no-one in charge. Dumb as rocks.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
More students planning to live at home for uni over 'insane' living costs
Students like Jessica say they worry about missing out on student life, but feel they have no choice but to stay at home.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 22, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Britain's universities are changing. Far more of their 18-21yo undergrads will have to live in the parental home. Yet whole regions are becoming subject deserts and are going to have far less HE. So stupid: no plan, no policy, no-one in charge. Dumb as rocks.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“People have talked about the Colorado River crisis for decades—we’re now in it,” says one expert. “Everyone you talk to is like, ‘Shit, man.’” www.wired.com/story/the-su...
The Super El Niño Won’t Fix the West’s Water Crisis
“People have talked about the Colorado River crisis for decades—we’re now in it,” says one expert. “Everyone you talk to is like, ‘Shit, man.’”
www.wired.com
August 21, 2026 at 10:06 AM
“People have talked about the Colorado River crisis for decades—we’re now in it,” says one expert. “Everyone you talk to is like, ‘Shit, man.’” www.wired.com/story/the-su...