SS21 #5 Coast2Cast

Posted on December 21, 2021 by johnburnhamshaw

https://coastalhub.science/coast2cast

In a year where we were all stuck inside and less able to meet new colleagues abroad at conferences etc., Ana Vila Concejo and Giovanni Coco brought us all together with the Coast2Cast podcast. By interviewing experienced coastal researchers about their work and lives, they gave early-career researchers like myself a chance to “get to know” more people. Filled with good advice, amusing anecdotes, and compelling questions about our field, I still look forward to every new episode…

What was awesome? It brought our community closer together.

From: Stuart Pearson

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SS21 #4 Source to Sink Lecture Series

Posted on December 20, 2021 by johnburnhamshaw

https://meas.ncsu.edu/sealevel/s2s/talks.html

Salutation: This is my favorite pandemic era science innovation. A simple accessible format, the flexibility of watching later, one general topic, and a murderers row of excellent talks and presenters. I have learned so much from this series this year.

Why was it awesome: A revolutionary way of sharing science!

From: John Shaw

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SS21 #3 Phillips (2014) Badass Geomorphology

Posted on December 20, 2021 by johnburnhamshaw

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/esp.3682

Although the notion of geomorphological badassery may seem silly at first, Jonathan Phillips makes a compelling case for its usefulness as a conceptual framework. Reading this paper also led me down a winding rabbit hole of nonlinear dynamics and chaos that made me rethink my understanding of how coastal systems work, and shaped a key part of my PhD thesis this year. But most of all, it was just a joy to read, and a good reminder that we can be serious about our research while having fun at the same time.

Why was it awesome? It was Surprising, I couldn’t stop thinking about it!, It made a key connection for me!

From: Stuart Pearson

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SS21 #1 Chatanantavet and Parker (2008) Experimental study of bedrock channel alluviation under varied sediment supply and hydraulic conditions

Posted on December 20, 2021 by johnburnhamshaw

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2008JF001044

Salutation: Wonderfully thoughtful mathematical model of bedrock channel erosion that combines abrasion, “macroabrasion,” and plucking.

What was awesome? It is a scienific frontier!

From: Greg Tucker

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SS21 #2 Lü et al. (2021) Direct validation of dune instability theory

Posted on December 20, 2021 by johnburnhamshaw

https://www.pnas.org/content/118/17/e2024105118

Salutation: This study was such a perfectly elegant and rigorous linkage of mathematical theory, physical mechanism, and field validation.

What was awesome? It was helpful! It was surprising! It made a key connection for me.

From: Kieran Dunne, Caltech

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SS #36 Ayoub et al. (2014) Threshold for sand mobility on Mars calibrated from seasonal variations of sand flux

Posted on December 21, 2020 by johnburnhamshaw

https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms6096.pdf?origin=ppub

Salutation: This is the first paper I read combining aeolian and planetary geology.

What was awesome? It was helpful!

From: Kashauna Mason, Texas A&M

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SS #35 Call for a Robust Anti-Racism Plan for The Geosciences

Posted on December 20, 2020 by johnburnhamshaw
https://www.change.org/p/geoscientists-call-for-a-robust-anti-racism-plan-for-the-geosciences?recruiter=936695691&recruited_by_id=54b3bdc0-3257-11e9-8386-0954e4ca4466&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=petition_dashboard

Salutation: Spurred anti-racism action across the geoscience community

What was awesome? It was helpful! It was surprising! It made a key connection for me! It was a plan of action for my program and society!

From: anonymous

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SS #34 Leah Travis Taylor (2019) New evidence for complex mosasaur paleobiology: oxygen isotopes in enamel reveal habitat variation of clidastes from the Mooreville Chalk, Alabama

Posted on December 20, 2020 by johnburnhamshaw

https://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/6547

Salutation: This is a really cool application of stable isotopes to paleontology. It also demonstrates for the first time that mosasaurs were partially freshwater inhabitants!

What was awesome? It was helpful! It was surprising!

From: anonymous

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SS #33 Richey et al. (2020) Influence of temporally varying weatherability on CO2-climate coupling and ecosystem change in the late Paleozoic

Posted on December 20, 2020 by johnburnhamshaw
https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/16/1759/2020/#&gid=1&pid=1

Salutation: As the year comes to a close, I’m finally able to review some papers that have interested me. This is the work of the newly minted Dr. Richey and I find it a fascinating combination of paleo, geochemical, and modeling.

What was awesome? Excellent figures and documentation! It was helpful!

From: Anonymous!

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SS #31 Núñez et al. 2020 Applying an intersectionality lens to expand equity in the geosciences

Posted on December 20, 2020 by johnburnhamshaw

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10899995.2019.1675131

Salutation: This work really helped me to think about how I teach my field courses. It helped me understand the many layers of challenges students face as well as how I can potentially address them.

What was awesome? It was helpful!

From anonymous.

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