Greenland's ice sheets melted some 400kya. This is probably not great news as it means the ice is more fragile than we previously thought, and there's a LOT of it.

https://www.uvm.edu/news/story/greenland-melted-recently-shows-higher-risk-sea-level-rise

#Greenland #Ice #ClimateChange #UniversityOfVermont

Hydrologists, #FireScience experts, #ComplexSystem researchers, #MachineLearning scientists, and more make up the #CriticalZone Network's Big Data Cluster.

As a #PrincipalInvestigator on the project #UniversityOfVermont based Julia Perdrial stresses the importance of embracing the ideas of #TeamScience to help make sure all ideas are heard, and all members of the group feel confident bringing their ideas into discussions.

Design floods are modeling tool used by #CivilEngineers to plan how to build communities in areas that are hydrologically active.

Design floods are also very useful for #EnvironmentalScience research. At #AGU22 last year #UniversityOfVermont-based and Cluster collaborator Scott Lawson presented about work in this area: https://bit.ly/3KTuj9O

First published in 2022 this story from the #UniversityOfVermont includes work and quotes from Cluster member Kristen Underwood.

"We expect these maps could help state-wide decision makers to assess the spatially varying risks of extreme flooding events under a changing climate, including disproportional impacts on underrepresented populations."

https://www.uvm.edu/news/engagement/new-tool-conservation-and-restoration-planning-floodplain-maps-vermonts-lake

#flooding #hydrology #Vermont #NewEngland #engineering

“They showed us specific ways we could engage students in authentic science."

Read more about our Cluster members' collaboration with the Champlain Research for Secondary Teachers program in this story from the #UniversityOfVermont

http://bit.ly/3j0C4zi

#CriticalZone #ScienceEducation #SciComm

#LakeChamplain has great examples of the #CriticalZone, water, soil, rock, life, and is also an easy commute from the #UniversityOfVermont. Here Cluster members and field trippers from a #Vermont school

'Lamentations' at #UniversityofVermont among the honey locusts on an autumn day. By sculptor Judith Brown (1931-92). #Vermont #CampusArt #Sculpture #trees

"Design flood hydrographs" was the #midjourney prompt used to generate this illustration.

The prompt is a quote from the "A Regional Flow-Duration-Frequency Analysis for the State of #Vermont" abstract, part of today's #AGU22 afternoon poster session.

🗓️ 🔗 https://bit.ly/CZNAGU22121408

Design floods help communities prepare for what will happen during an actual flood. Cluster researchers at #UniversityOfVermont use this technique to improve "predictive capacity of hydraulic and #ecosystem models".

Ijaz Ul Haq, a #ComputerScience student based at the #UniversityOfVermont, gestures at details on his poster presented at #AGU22 on December 13.

Haq’s work building #MachineLearning models to clean #EnvironmentalScience data is described here in the abstract for today’s session:

#AI and #MachineLearning are topping headlines this week with #ChatGPT and several AI art apps riding a wave of popularity. Dr. Byung Lee, based at the #UniversityOfVermont and the lead #DataScientist in the Big Data Cluster has been working with #ArtificialIntelligence, #NeuralNetworks and #MachineLearning for decades. He shared with us how he's bringing those skills into play as part of the #CriticalZone Collaborative Network.

https://youtu.be/i4T0nC5uUL0

Hi #mastodon. I’m an ecological economist at the #UniversityOfVermont and #GundInstitute. My latest book is #TheProgressIllusion on reclaiming our future from the fairytale of #economics. #introduction https://islandpress.org/books/progress-illusion