Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, Geology, and Environmental Science at the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. Paleolimnologist and paleoclimatologist. https://www.uww.edu/cls/cls-directory/profile?id=puleophttps://bsky.app/profile/petepuleo.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/petepuleo.bsky.social/post/3mj5ysfpis22rCheers to all that I met at the WI AWRA meeting over the past couple days! I had a nice time and enjoyed sharing my reconstruction of European settlement, agriculture, and aquatic productivity using Gass Lake sediment chemistry (near Manitowoc, WI).10 Apr 2026 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:acbeamk72aml4l5twoibs2he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5ysfpis22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/petepuleo.bsky.social/post/3md6j425lzk2iThe current administration has fundamentally damaged scientific progress in the US in so many ways. https://eos.org/report/the-state-of-the-science-1-year-on-the-federal-workforce24 Jan 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:acbeamk72aml4l5twoibs2he/app.bsky.feed.post/3md6j425lzk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/petepuleo.bsky.social/post/3mciflumv7s232025 climate wrapped... https://www.carbonbrief.org/state-of-the-climate-2025-in-top-three-hottest-years-on-record-as-ocean-heat-surges/15 Jan 2026 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:acbeamk72aml4l5twoibs2he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mciflumv7s23https://bsky.app/profile/petepuleo.bsky.social/post/3mbwojkyadk2zDisappointing and unsurprising! https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp80ln97py5o08 Jan 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:acbeamk72aml4l5twoibs2he/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbwojkyadk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/petepuleo.bsky.social/post/3lomcsaz4tk25Just finished the last lecture of my first year at UW-W! Feeling excited for a short break before digging into some research over the summer.07 May 2025 21:12 +0000at://did:plc:acbeamk72aml4l5twoibs2he/app.bsky.feed.post/3lomcsaz4tk25https://bsky.app/profile/petepuleo.bsky.social/post/3lnvchzn3vc2a1/2 I'm sad to say that I have joined the ranks of many US scientists who have been impacted by NSF grants being rescinded. A few faculty at UWW were a part of the C-Change cohort, which aimed to build collaborations across universities to improve student experiences in the geosciences.28 Apr 2025 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:acbeamk72aml4l5twoibs2he/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnvchzn3vc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/petepuleo.bsky.social/post/3lj6jzw7ypc2bI wrote an Op-Ed that was published online Monday and in print Wednesday on the importance of scientific funding for Wisconsinites. Was inspired by @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social Check out the initiative (sciencehomecoming.com) and my article! https://madison.com/opinion/column/article_f26c9fac-e23a-11ef-8678-e3a06524546b.html27 Feb 2025 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:acbeamk72aml4l5twoibs2he/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj6jzw7ypc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/petepuleo.bsky.social/post/3lct24de6222wSad to be missing out on AGU this year! To try and feel connected, I'm sharing the manuscript associated with my talk last year that was published recently. Aquatic moss δ18O as a proxy for seasonally resolved lake water δ18O, northwest Greenland (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277379124001835). /108 Dec 2024 20:23 +0000at://did:plc:acbeamk72aml4l5twoibs2he/app.bsky.feed.post/3lct24de6222whttps://bsky.app/profile/petepuleo.bsky.social/post/3lcne6ysrt22zAs the end of my first semester teaching wraps up, I'm wondering if anyone on here has advice for increasing course evaluation response rate? I'm at around a 50% response rate across my three courses after giving some time in class to complete them. #edusky #teachlearnsky06 Dec 2024 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:acbeamk72aml4l5twoibs2he/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcne6ysrt22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/petepuleo.bsky.social/post/3lcj5hjsb7k2iJust gave the last lecture of my first semester! Woohoo!!! Now just a few exams, presentations, and papers to grade...04 Dec 2024 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:acbeamk72aml4l5twoibs2he/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcj5hjsb7k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/petepuleo.bsky.social/post/3lbx6ieiixc24Hi all! I'm a new Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater in the department of Geography, Geology, and Environmental Science. I recently earned my PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences from Northwestern University. /127 Nov 2024 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:acbeamk72aml4l5twoibs2he/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbx6ieiixc24