Chris Osburn

I don’t understand this. Fugazi is not “heavy-metal”.

Was it the Von Lee? Loved that theater.

This is oceanography-adjacent but no less important to note. UNL geology and meteorology work reaches far across disciplines. More info here: unlcas.github.io/eas-budget/%...

Portland record store owner remembers over 30 years of friendship with KISS founding member Ace Frehley Ace Frehley's death has left record store owner Steven Cook, who first met Frehley as a teenager, mourning his loss and celebrating his iconic legacy.

Great story!
Portland record store owner remembers over 30 years of friendship with KISS founding member Ace Frehley Ace Frehley's death has left record store owner Steven Cook, who first met Frehley as a teenager, mourning his loss and celebrating his iconic legacy. www.kgw.com/mobile/artic...

Ace Frehley, legendary Kiss guitarist, dies at 74 The cause of death wasn't immediately released. Frehley fell in his studio in September and had recently canceled his 2025 tour dates.

Ace Frehley, may he rest in rock, was my favorite guitarist. A nice article, but c'mon (and love me) - "I Was Made for Loving You" was not "sparking a metal fever" in its prime. It's disco.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Physical Oceanographers! Come join us in the Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences at NC State University.
Job posting now live: jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/223... 🌊

Can I Say - Dag Nasty

Scientific norms shape the behavior of researchers working for the greater good While rarely explicitly taught to scientists in training, a set of common values guides science in the quest to advance knowledge while being ethical and trustworthy.

Scientists have followed unwritten guidelines for their conduct for hundreds of years. These norms act as guiding principles for science and reasons it should be trusted.

The 6 principles, from universalism to humility:
theconversation.com/scientific-n...

Important context lacking here, @grist.org, despite the clear problems for water quality related to post effects from wildfires. /end

....with the potential for dramatic increases in magnitude up to 300 times pre-fire levels."

Brucker, et al. (2025) doi.org/10.1038/s432...

The article very clearly communicates the post-wildfire problem of elevated concentrations for water treatment. /4

The referenced article's perspective is from water treatment... "In particular, water utilities may consider the longevity and magnitude of the post-fire responses identified in this study as possible benchmarks—preparing for 1–8 years of elevated constituent loads following a wildfire event... /3

Yes, too much of a "good thing" can be bad for water quality and both excess organic carbon and phosphorus lead to eutrophication and other problems. That is, the high concentrations can be problematic, as stated, but to lump organic carbon and phosphorus in with "pollutants" is misleading. 2/

Neither organic carbon nor phosphorous are pollutants without the proper context. Ecosystems need both, and at least from the organic carbon perspective the type of the carbon matters. Different types of organic carbon react differently in natural waters.

Phosphorus is an essential nutrient! 1/

Ocean water is changing colors, getting warmer: Study | Coastal Review Duke researchers used more than two decades' worth of satellite data collected by a NASA instrument that scans the globe every two days to analyze the changing colors of the open ocean, which could ha...

Ocean water is changing colors, getting warmer: Study coastalreview.org/2025/06/ocea...

What a great way to celebrate #BlackFlagDay this weekend - I will create my ideal set list for this line-up.

An Alarming New Trend in Hurricane Deaths The biggest threat from tropical cyclones is no longer storm surge but rains like those dumped by Helene on North Carolina.

In recent years, rainfall flooding has overtaken storm surge as the leading cause of death in tropical cyclones—and climate change is poised to make the rain worse, @marinakoren.bsky.social reported last year:

As a geek myself I had a lot of fun presenting in the @wclivestream.bsky.social - many thanks to the organizers and hosts! Get out there and rally to support critical weather and climate research.

Climate and weather scientists are joining the anti-Trump resistance in the most ‘scientist-iest’ way | CNN In the face of steep funding cuts for climate and weather research and forecasting, scientists have found a new way of engaging the public.

Weather and climate scientists determined to resist funding and program cuts in the geekiest way possible - with a 100-hour livestream of science presentations www.cnn.com/scientists-r...

I'll be talking about carbon saturation and weather (#CSAW) in the coastal zone tomorrow bright and early at 0500 EDT (0900 GMT)! Grab a coffee and support forecasting for weather, water quality, public health, and biogeochemistry.🌊

Basic research advances science, and can also have broader impacts on modern society Basic research that doesn’t have a specific industrial or experimental application still adds value outside the lab by engaging people with exciting research.

Federal research funding isn’t just for the benefit of scientists.

A key part of many NSF grants requires researchers to share their findings with the public, including K-12 students. This “broader impacts” component helps make science more accessible while benefiting society🧪

Optical transformation of riverine colored dissolved organic matter during salt-induced flocculation - Biogeochemistry Flocculation of riverine dissolved organic matter (DOM) in estuaries is crucial for transforming and removing terrestrial carbon inputs across the land-to-ocean aquatic continuum. We measured variatio...

Happy to share our new paper in Biogeochemistry!

We show that CDOM changes at low salinities due to flocculation, potentially making it a less reliable tracer in estuaries. We also introduce a new fluorescence metric: the red shift ratio.

🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

@closburn.bsky.social

The cuffed jeans and, basely, the flip fops, are glorious. Style and ease like no other. And in Copenhagen no less.

Historian David Cecelski: Carolina coast still worth the fight | Coastal Review The recent shackling of the Environmental Protection Agency “foreshadows the breathtaking descent back into the worst days of our coastal past, when our estuaries, our beaches, our fisheries and the s...

Historian David Cecelski: Carolina coast still worth the fight coastalreview.org/2025/04/lear...

Trump administration cancels the National Climate Assessment The Trump administration has halted work on the National Climate Assessment. It's the most comprehensive source of information about how climate change affects the U.S.

I'm proud to say that I was a co-author on the last National Climate Assessment (NCA5). I'm sad to say it looks like I was a co-author on the LAST National Climate Assessment.
www.npr.org/2025/04/20/n....

He’s #wavingcane to make good trouble

African Americans in seafood industry heart of new exhibit | Coastal Review The exhibit debuting March 9 on Harkers Island features the ongoing NC Catch initiative that highlights African Americans in the state seafood industry.

I am looking forward to this exhibit celebrating North Carolina's diverse #blueeconomy!
African Americans in seafood industry heart of new exhibit coastalreview.org/2025/02/afri...

Why is water different colors in different places? Blue, green orange, brown − water comes in many colors, depending on what’s in it.

Why is water different colors in different places? An engineering professor explains:

'Words matter': Accepted 'pocosin' definition unsupported | Coastal Review Duke University researcher Dr. Ryan Emanuel has found no documented evidence behind the long-used English translation of the Eastern Algonquian as a "swamp on a hill."

🌊 - Probably more than ever this is an important point.
‘Words matter’: Accepted ‘pocosin’ definition unsupported coastalreview.org/2025/02/word...

Probably one of the most fun albums to play along on bass. (Or try to…)

Same to you and best for 2025! Thanks for what you do with Punk Rock History! 🙏