#hydrophobic — Public Fediverse posts

🚰🧑‍⚖️ Ah, the 5th Circuit Court: where the Constitution is like a dry martini, no water allowed! Who knew your fundamental rights were so hydrophobic? 💦❌
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/09/07/court-constitution-right-clean-water/91649488007/ #ConstitutionalRights #DryMartini #5thCircuit #CourtHumor #Hydrophobic #HackerNews #ngated

🚰🧑‍⚖️ Ah, the 5th Circuit Court: where the Constitution is like a dry martini, no water allowed! Who knew your fundamental rights were so hydrophobic? 💦❌
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/09/07/court-constitution-right-clean-water/91649488007/ #ConstitutionalRights #DryMartini #5thCircuit #CourtHumor #Hydrophobic #HackerNews #ngated

🚰🧑‍⚖️ Ah, the 5th Circuit Court: where the Constitution is like a dry martini, no water allowed! Who knew your fundamental rights were so hydrophobic? 💦❌
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/09/07/court-constitution-right-clean-water/91649488007/ #ConstitutionalRights #DryMartini #5thCircuit #CourtHumor #Hydrophobic #HackerNews #ngated

🚰🧑‍⚖️ Ah, the 5th Circuit Court: where the Constitution is like a dry martini, no water allowed! Who knew your fundamental rights were so hydrophobic? 💦❌
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/09/07/court-constitution-right-clean-water/91649488007/ #ConstitutionalRights #DryMartini #5thCircuit #CourtHumor #Hydrophobic #HackerNews #ngated

Moths Taking Flight

Insect flight is vastly different than the aerodynamics engineers learn around aircraft. That’s particularly apparent looking at these tiny moths taking off and flying in slow motion. Almost every feature seems, at first glance, aerodynamically wasteful. Hairy, scaly surfaces instead of smooth ones? Relatively small wings for their body size? Moths break our engineering intuition.

For moths, flight is an inherently unsteady process. Every stroke of its wings cups and flings fluid away in an effort to generate enough lift to stay aloft. Notice how the wings flex with each stroke. Part of the moth’s efficiency comes from that flexibility, even though keeping wings relatively stiff is the norm for engineering larger fixed-wing craft. And those hairy surfaces? Not only can they help camouflage insects; they keep them hydrophobic so that water bounces off them. (Video and image credit: Ant Lab/A. Smith)

Moths Taking Flight

Insect flight is vastly different than the aerodynamics engineers learn around aircraft. That’s particularly apparent looking at these tiny moths taking off and flying in slow motion. Almost every feature seems, at first glance, aerodynamically wasteful. Hairy, scaly surfaces instead of smooth ones? Relatively small wings for their body size? Moths break our engineering intuition.

For moths, flight is an inherently unsteady process. Every stroke of its wings cups and flings fluid away in an effort to generate enough lift to stay aloft. Notice how the wings flex with each stroke. Part of the moth’s efficiency comes from that flexibility, even though keeping wings relatively stiff is the norm for engineering larger fixed-wing craft. And those hairy surfaces? Not only can they help camouflage insects; they keep them hydrophobic so that water bounces off them. (Video and image credit: Ant Lab/A. Smith)

Moths Taking Flight

Insect flight is vastly different than the aerodynamics engineers learn around aircraft. That’s particularly apparent looking at these tiny moths taking off and flying in slow motion. Almost every feature seems, at first glance, aerodynamically wasteful. Hairy, scaly surfaces instead of smooth ones? Relatively small wings for their body size? Moths break our engineering intuition.

For moths, flight is an inherently unsteady process. Every stroke of its wings cups and flings fluid away in an effort to generate enough lift to stay aloft. Notice how the wings flex with each stroke. Part of the moth’s efficiency comes from that flexibility, even though keeping wings relatively stiff is the norm for engineering larger fixed-wing craft. And those hairy surfaces? Not only can they help camouflage insects; they keep them hydrophobic so that water bounces off them. (Video and image credit: Ant Lab/A. Smith)

Moths Taking Flight

Insect flight is vastly different than the aerodynamics engineers learn around aircraft. That’s particularly apparent looking at these tiny moths taking off and flying in slow motion. Almost every feature seems, at first glance, aerodynamically wasteful. Hairy, scaly surfaces instead of smooth ones? Relatively small wings for their body size? Moths break our engineering intuition.

For moths, flight is an inherently unsteady process. Every stroke of its wings cups and flings fluid away in an effort to generate enough lift to stay aloft. Notice how the wings flex with each stroke. Part of the moth’s efficiency comes from that flexibility, even though keeping wings relatively stiff is the norm for engineering larger fixed-wing craft. And those hairy surfaces? Not only can they help camouflage insects; they keep them hydrophobic so that water bounces off them. (Video and image credit: Ant Lab/A. Smith)

Surface Shift: A New Design Challenges Old Wetting Ideas

Scientists create a new surface that can switch from repelling water to attracting it. This changes how we think about materials.

#SurfaceScience, #MaterialScience, #Hydrophobic, #Hydrophilic, #Innovation

https://newsletter.tf/new-surface-design-changes-liquid-behavior/

This new surface can act like two different materials for liquids, unlike older surfaces that only did one thing.

#SurfaceScience, #MaterialScience, #Hydrophobic, #Hydrophilic, #Innovation
https://newsletter.tf/new-surface-design-changes-liquid-behavior/

Insect Wings in Extreme Macro

Photographer Chris Perani is fascinated by the microstructures of insect wings, which he captures in “extreme macro” through focus stacking–letting us see wings in glorious micron-scale detail. In addition to giving insects their brilliant colors and irridescence, these structures serve another key role: they help insects stay dry. In a world where contact with water is unavoidable, insects have instead evolved to trap air in the gaps of their wings, letting water slide off instead of sticking. (Image credit: C. Perani; via Colossal)

Insect Wings in Extreme Macro

Photographer Chris Perani is fascinated by the microstructures of insect wings, which he captures in “extreme macro” through focus stacking–letting us see wings in glorious micron-scale detail. In addition to giving insects their brilliant colors and irridescence, these structures serve another key role: they help insects stay dry. In a world where contact with water is unavoidable, insects have instead evolved to trap air in the gaps of their wings, letting water slide off instead of sticking. (Image credit: C. Perani; via Colossal)

Insect Wings in Extreme Macro

Photographer Chris Perani is fascinated by the microstructures of insect wings, which he captures in “extreme macro” through focus stacking–letting us see wings in glorious micron-scale detail. In addition to giving insects their brilliant colors and irridescence, these structures serve another key role: they help insects stay dry. In a world where contact with water is unavoidable, insects have instead evolved to trap air in the gaps of their wings, letting water slide off instead of sticking. (Image credit: C. Perani; via Colossal)

Insect Wings in Extreme Macro

Photographer Chris Perani is fascinated by the microstructures of insect wings, which he captures in “extreme macro” through focus stacking–letting us see wings in glorious micron-scale detail. In addition to giving insects their brilliant colors and irridescence, these structures serve another key role: they help insects stay dry. In a world where contact with water is unavoidable, insects have instead evolved to trap air in the gaps of their wings, letting water slide off instead of sticking. (Image credit: C. Perani; via Colossal)

Simulations show two droplets hitting a micro‑structured hydrophobic surface bounce differently depending on spacing and angle. This dynamic is useful for surface engineering.

🔗 https://pubs.aip.org/aip/pof/article-abstract/38/2/027133/3380441/Dynamics-of-double-droplet-centered-impacting-a

#dropletimpact #hydrophobic #leidenfrosteffect #fluidmechanics #microstructure

RE: https://fairdinkum.one/@John/116156295239340696

#Lanolin. The #sheep are effectively "self-cleaning" or at least keep their inner fleece clean & dry in the #rain, largely due to lanolin, a natural waxy grease secreted by sheep's skin that makes their wool #hydrophobic, allowing rain to bead up and roll off rather than soaking into the coat. 🤔

Evaporating Off Butterfly Scales

This award-winning macro video shows scattered water droplets evaporating off a butterfly‘s wing. At first glance, it’s hard to see any motion outside of the camera’s sweep, but if you focus on one drop at a time, you’ll see them shrinking. For most of their lifetime, these tiny drops are nearly spherical; that’s due to the hydrophobic, water-shedding nature of the wing. But as the drops get smaller and less spherical, you may notice how the drop distorts the scales it adheres to. Wherever the drop touches, the wing scales are pulled up, and, when the drop is gone, the scales settle back down. This is a subtle but neat demonstration of the water’s adhesive power. (Video and image credit: J. McClellan; via Nikon Small World in Motion)

#adhesion #biology #butterfly #evaporation #fluidDynamics #hydrophobic #physics #science #sessileDrop

Evaporating Off Butterfly Scales

This award-winning macro video shows scattered water droplets evaporating off a butterfly‘s wing. At first glance, it’s hard to see any motion outside of the camera’s sweep, but if you focus on one drop at a time, you’ll see them shrinking. For most of their lifetime, these tiny drops are nearly spherical; that’s due to the hydrophobic, water-shedding nature of the wing. But as the drops get smaller and less spherical, you may notice how the drop distorts the scales it adheres to. Wherever the drop touches, the wing scales are pulled up, and, when the drop is gone, the scales settle back down. This is a subtle but neat demonstration of the water’s adhesive power. (Video and image credit: J. McClellan; via Nikon Small World in Motion)

#adhesion #biology #butterfly #evaporation #fluidDynamics #hydrophobic #physics #science #sessileDrop

Evaporating Off Butterfly Scales

This award-winning macro video shows scattered water droplets evaporating off a butterfly‘s wing. At first glance, it’s hard to see any motion outside of the camera’s sweep, but if you focus on one drop at a time, you’ll see them shrinking. For most of their lifetime, these tiny drops are nearly spherical; that’s due to the hydrophobic, water-shedding nature of the wing. But as the drops get smaller and less spherical, you may notice how the drop distorts the scales it adheres to. Wherever the drop touches, the wing scales are pulled up, and, when the drop is gone, the scales settle back down. This is a subtle but neat demonstration of the water’s adhesive power. (Video and image credit: J. McClellan; via Nikon Small World in Motion)

#adhesion #biology #butterfly #evaporation #fluidDynamics #hydrophobic #physics #science #sessileDrop

Evaporating Off Butterfly Scales

This award-winning macro video shows scattered water droplets evaporating off a butterfly‘s wing. At first glance, it’s hard to see any motion outside of the camera’s sweep, but if you focus on one drop at a time, you’ll see them shrinking. For most of their lifetime, these tiny drops are nearly spherical; that’s due to the hydrophobic, water-shedding nature of the wing. But as the drops get smaller and less spherical, you may notice how the drop distorts the scales it adheres to. Wherever the drop touches, the wing scales are pulled up, and, when the drop is gone, the scales settle back down. This is a subtle but neat demonstration of the water’s adhesive power. (Video and image credit: J. McClellan; via Nikon Small World in Motion)

#adhesion #biology #butterfly #evaporation #fluidDynamics #hydrophobic #physics #science #sessileDrop

How Insects Fly in the Rain

Getting caught in the rain is annoying for us but has the potential to be deadly for smaller creatures like insects. So how do they survive a deluge? First, they don’t resist a raindrop, and second, they have the kinds of surfaces water likes to roll or bounce off. The key to this second ability is micro- and nanoscale roughness. Surfaces like butterfly wings, water strider feet, and leaf surfaces contain lots of tiny gaps where air gets caught. Water’s cohesion — its attraction to itself — is large enough that water drops won’t squeeze into these tiny spaces. Instead, like the ball it resembles, a water drop slides or bounces away. (Video and image credit: Be Smart)

#biology #butterfly #cohesion #droplets #fluidDynamics #hydrophobic #insects #physics #science #superhydrophobic #surfaceRoughness #surfaceTension

How Insects Fly in the Rain

Getting caught in the rain is annoying for us but has the potential to be deadly for smaller creatures like insects. So how do they survive a deluge? First, they don’t resist a raindrop, and second, they have the kinds of surfaces water likes to roll or bounce off. The key to this second ability is micro- and nanoscale roughness. Surfaces like butterfly wings, water strider feet, and leaf surfaces contain lots of tiny gaps where air gets caught. Water’s cohesion — its attraction to itself — is large enough that water drops won’t squeeze into these tiny spaces. Instead, like the ball it resembles, a water drop slides or bounces away. (Video and image credit: Be Smart)

#biology #butterfly #cohesion #droplets #fluidDynamics #hydrophobic #insects #physics #science #superhydrophobic #surfaceRoughness #surfaceTension

How Insects Fly in the Rain

Getting caught in the rain is annoying for us but has the potential to be deadly for smaller creatures like insects. So how do they survive a deluge? First, they don’t resist a raindrop, and second, they have the kinds of surfaces water likes to roll or bounce off. The key to this second ability is micro- and nanoscale roughness. Surfaces like butterfly wings, water strider feet, and leaf surfaces contain lots of tiny gaps where air gets caught. Water’s cohesion — its attraction to itself — is large enough that water drops won’t squeeze into these tiny spaces. Instead, like the ball it resembles, a water drop slides or bounces away. (Video and image credit: Be Smart)

#biology #butterfly #cohesion #droplets #fluidDynamics #hydrophobic #insects #physics #science #superhydrophobic #surfaceRoughness #surfaceTension

How Insects Fly in the Rain

Getting caught in the rain is annoying for us but has the potential to be deadly for smaller creatures like insects. So how do they survive a deluge? First, they don’t resist a raindrop, and second, they have the kinds of surfaces water likes to roll or bounce off. The key to this second ability is micro- and nanoscale roughness. Surfaces like butterfly wings, water strider feet, and leaf surfaces contain lots of tiny gaps where air gets caught. Water’s cohesion — its attraction to itself — is large enough that water drops won’t squeeze into these tiny spaces. Instead, like the ball it resembles, a water drop slides or bounces away. (Video and image credit: Be Smart)

#biology #butterfly #cohesion #droplets #fluidDynamics #hydrophobic #insects #physics #science #superhydrophobic #surfaceRoughness #surfaceTension

“Spines”

Water droplets cling to spine-covered plant life in this series from photographer Tom Leighton. The hairs are hydrophobic — notice how spherical the drops appear. Many plants make parts of their leaves and stems hydrophobic in order to redirect water toward their roots, where it can be taken in. Others use hair-like awns to collect and draw in dew that supplements their water capture. (Image credit: T. Leighton; via Colossal)

#biology #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #hydrophobic #physics #plants #science

“Spines”

Water droplets cling to spine-covered plant life in this series from photographer Tom Leighton. The hairs are hydrophobic — notice how spherical the drops appear. Many plants make parts of their leaves and stems hydrophobic in order to redirect water toward their roots, where it can be taken in. Others use hair-like awns to collect and draw in dew that supplements their water capture. (Image credit: T. Leighton; via Colossal)

#biology #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #hydrophobic #physics #plants #science

“Spines”

Water droplets cling to spine-covered plant life in this series from photographer Tom Leighton. The hairs are hydrophobic — notice how spherical the drops appear. Many plants make parts of their leaves and stems hydrophobic in order to redirect water toward their roots, where it can be taken in. Others use hair-like awns to collect and draw in dew that supplements their water capture. (Image credit: T. Leighton; via Colossal)

#biology #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #hydrophobic #physics #plants #science

“Spines”

Water droplets cling to spine-covered plant life in this series from photographer Tom Leighton. The hairs are hydrophobic — notice how spherical the drops appear. Many plants make parts of their leaves and stems hydrophobic in order to redirect water toward their roots, where it can be taken in. Others use hair-like awns to collect and draw in dew that supplements their water capture. (Image credit: T. Leighton; via Colossal)

#biology #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #hydrophobic #physics #plants #science

Thx for a ☕ paypal.me/mosescartoons

Die neuesten Moses Cartoons per Newsletter bekommen 👉 www.mosescartoons.de

#mosescartoons #cartoonist #cartoon #karikatur #lustig #humor #hydrophobie #hydrophobic #swimming #fun #funnycartoon

Thx for a ☕ paypal.me/mosescartoons

Die neuesten Moses Cartoons per Newsletter bekommen 👉 www.mosescartoons.de

#mosescartoons #cartoonist #cartoon #karikatur #lustig #humor #hydrophobie #hydrophobic #swimming #fun #funnycartoon

Thx for a ☕ paypal.me/mosescartoons

Die neuesten Moses Cartoons per Newsletter bekommen 👉 www.mosescartoons.de

#mosescartoons #cartoonist #cartoon #karikatur #lustig #humor #hydrophobie #hydrophobic #swimming #fun #funnycartoon

And they also had some lovely hydrophobic ducks, although I don't think that they were an official science exhibit.

#ducks #hydrophobic #science

And they also had some lovely hydrophobic ducks, although I don't think that they were an official science exhibit.

#ducks #hydrophobic #science

And they also had some lovely hydrophobic ducks, although I don't think that they were an official science exhibit.

#ducks #hydrophobic #science

And they also had some lovely hydrophobic ducks, although I don't think that they were an official science exhibit.

#ducks #hydrophobic #science

Symmetrical Gear Spins One-Way, Harvesting Surrounding Chaos - Here’s a novel ratchet mechanism developed by researchers that demonstrates how a ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/08/30/symmetrical-gear-spins-one-way-harvesting-surrounding-chaos/ #electrowetting #hydrophilic #hydrophobic #science #ratchet #wetting

Symmetrical Gear Spins One-Way, Harvesting Surrounding Chaos - Here’s a novel ratchet mechanism developed by researchers that demonstrates how a ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/08/30/symmetrical-gear-spins-one-way-harvesting-surrounding-chaos/ #electrowetting #hydrophilic #hydrophobic #science #ratchet #wetting

Symmetrical Gear Spins One-Way, Harvesting Surrounding Chaos - Here’s a novel ratchet mechanism developed by researchers that demonstrates how a ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/08/30/symmetrical-gear-spins-one-way-harvesting-surrounding-chaos/ #electrowetting #hydrophilic #hydrophobic #science #ratchet #wetting

Symmetrical Gear Spins One-Way, Harvesting Surrounding Chaos - Here’s a novel ratchet mechanism developed by researchers that demonstrates how a ... - https://hackaday.com/2024/08/30/symmetrical-gear-spins-one-way-harvesting-surrounding-chaos/ #electrowetting #hydrophilic #hydrophobic #science #ratchet #wetting

Symmetrical Gear Spins One-Way, Harvesting Surrounding Chaos https://hackaday.com/2024/08/30/symmetrical-gear-spins-one-way-harvesting-surrounding-chaos/ #electrowetting #hydrophilic #hydrophobic #Science #ratchet #wetting

Symmetrical Gear Spins One-Way, Harvesting Surrounding Chaos https://hackaday.com/2024/08/30/symmetrical-gear-spins-one-way-harvesting-surrounding-chaos/ #electrowetting #hydrophilic #hydrophobic #Science #ratchet #wetting

Symmetrical Gear Spins One-Way, Harvesting Surrounding Chaos https://hackaday.com/2024/08/30/symmetrical-gear-spins-one-way-harvesting-surrounding-chaos/ #electrowetting #hydrophilic #hydrophobic #Science #ratchet #wetting

Secret Messages On Plastic, Just Add Tesla Coil https://hackaday.com/2024/08/01/secret-messages-on-plastic-just-add-tesla-coil/ #coronatreatment #hydroglyphics #HighVoltage #hydrophilic #hydrophobic #teslacoil #Science

Secret Messages On Plastic, Just Add Tesla Coil https://hackaday.com/2024/08/01/secret-messages-on-plastic-just-add-tesla-coil/ #coronatreatment #hydroglyphics #HighVoltage #hydrophilic #hydrophobic #teslacoil #Science

Secret Messages On Plastic, Just Add Tesla Coil https://hackaday.com/2024/08/01/secret-messages-on-plastic-just-add-tesla-coil/ #coronatreatment #hydroglyphics #HighVoltage #hydrophilic #hydrophobic #teslacoil #Science

Secret Messages On Plastic, Just Add Tesla Coil - Here’s a short research paper from 2013 that explains how to create “hydroglyphics... - https://hackaday.com/2024/08/01/secret-messages-on-plastic-just-add-tesla-coil/ #coronatreatment #hydroglyphics #highvoltage #hydrophilic #hydrophobic #teslacoil #science

Secret Messages On Plastic, Just Add Tesla Coil - Here’s a short research paper from 2013 that explains how to create “hydroglyphics... - https://hackaday.com/2024/08/01/secret-messages-on-plastic-just-add-tesla-coil/ #coronatreatment #hydroglyphics #highvoltage #hydrophilic #hydrophobic #teslacoil #science

Secret Messages On Plastic, Just Add Tesla Coil - Here’s a short research paper from 2013 that explains how to create “hydroglyphics... - https://hackaday.com/2024/08/01/secret-messages-on-plastic-just-add-tesla-coil/ #coronatreatment #hydroglyphics #highvoltage #hydrophilic #hydrophobic #teslacoil #science

Secret Messages On Plastic, Just Add Tesla Coil - Here’s a short research paper from 2013 that explains how to create “hydroglyphics... - https://hackaday.com/2024/08/01/secret-messages-on-plastic-just-add-tesla-coil/ #coronatreatment #hydroglyphics #highvoltage #hydrophilic #hydrophobic #teslacoil #science

Rubbing a balloon on your hair can build a significant electrical charge. Water droplets have the same issue when they slide across a hydrophobic, electrically-insulated surface. A new study models why these charges build up and tests the model both experimentally and through simulation. They focused their theory on three effects that determine how much charge builds up. The first is a two-way chemical reaction that continuously creates charge at the interface, with positive charge building in the drop. Secondly, the drop’s contact angle with the surface sets how many protons can build up at the contact line, thereby affecting the electrical field they generate. And, finally, fluid motion at the rear of the drop deflects protons upward, shifting the electrical field. In particular, their model predicts that the higher contact angles of hydrophobic surfaces should increase charge build-up and faster sliding velocities should slow charge build-up, both of which agree with experiments.

The model should help researchers understand various charging scenarios, like those found on self-cleaning surfaces, in inkjet printing, and in semiconductor manufacturing. In the last scenario, rinsing semiconductor wafers in ultrapure water can build up charges in the kilovolt range, which is enough to damage the product. (Image credit: D. Carlson; research credit: A. Ratschow et al.; via APS Physics)

https://fyfluiddynamics.com/2024/07/how-water-droplets-charge-up/

#contactAngle #droplets #electricField #fluidDynamics #hydrophobic #physics #science #staticElectricity

This Is The Opposite of #Hydrophobic—#Superhydrophilic - #YouTube
#Science and #SciComm by #theactionlabman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFa9P_SiF_M

This Is The Opposite of #Hydrophobic—#Superhydrophilic - #YouTube
#Science and #SciComm by #theactionlabman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFa9P_SiF_M

This Is The Opposite of #Hydrophobic—#Superhydrophilic - #YouTube
#Science and #SciComm by #theactionlabman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFa9P_SiF_M

Droplet Watch Keeps Time Via Electrowetting https://hackaday.com/2024/02/09/droplet-watch-keeps-time-via-electrowetting/ #electrowetting #WearableHacks #hydrophobic #timepiece #watch

Droplet Watch Keeps Time Via Electrowetting - Hackers just can’t help but turn their sights on timepieces, and [Armin Bindzus] h... - https://hackaday.com/2024/02/09/droplet-watch-keeps-time-via-electrowetting/ #electrowetting #wearablehacks #hydrophobic #timepiece #watch

Droplet Watch Keeps Time Via Electrowetting - Hackers just can’t help but turn their sights on timepieces, and [Armin Bindzus] h... - https://hackaday.com/2024/02/09/droplet-watch-keeps-time-via-electrowetting/ #electrowetting #wearablehacks #hydrophobic #timepiece #watch

Droplet Watch Keeps Time Via Electrowetting - Hackers just can’t help but turn their sights on timepieces, and [Armin Bindzus] h... - https://hackaday.com/2024/02/09/droplet-watch-keeps-time-via-electrowetting/ #electrowetting #wearablehacks #hydrophobic #timepiece #watch

Droplet Watch Keeps Time Via Electrowetting - Hackers just can’t help but turn their sights on timepieces, and [Armin Bindzus] h... - https://hackaday.com/2024/02/09/droplet-watch-keeps-time-via-electrowetting/ #electrowetting #wearablehacks #hydrophobic #timepiece #watch

How #wildfires lead to #floods:
"While the relationship between fires and floods may seem counterintuitive, they are indeed linked, scientists say — it’s related to a complex phenomenon known as “#hydrophobic” or water-repellent soil...

"In areas that have been recently burned, the resins and oils from recently burned trees liquifies into a kind of waxy substance that is carried by ash into other areas and coats the surface almost like concrete."

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2023/05/17/behind-the-smoke-canadas-worsening-wildfires-are-exacting-a-hidden-toll.html #alberta #BC

How #wildfires lead to #floods:
"While the relationship between fires and floods may seem counterintuitive, they are indeed linked, scientists say — it’s related to a complex phenomenon known as “#hydrophobic” or water-repellent soil...

"In areas that have been recently burned, the resins and oils from recently burned trees liquifies into a kind of waxy substance that is carried by ash into other areas and coats the surface almost like concrete."

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2023/05/17/behind-the-smoke-canadas-worsening-wildfires-are-exacting-a-hidden-toll.html #alberta #BC