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A global ecologist who strives to understand the impacts of climate change and human activities on the Earth’s biosphere and the feedbacks to the climate. https://globalecology.unh.edu
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“Heatwaves are no longer just a physical threat—they may also be affecting our mental well-being. A new study has revealed a direct link between extreme heat exposure and increased risks of depression and anxiety.”https://urbanacres.in/heatwave-exposure-raises-depression-risk-by-13/

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A new study published today in @nature.com, co-authored by researchers at the University of Minnesota, Project Drawdown, and other institutions, reveals a troubling feedback loop 🔁: drawdown.org/news/climate...

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Increase in methane emissions from fossil fuels has been underestimated. Our new PNAS paper just published today: www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....

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Interesting article. It appears the entire carbon credit system can use lots of rethinking and improvement.

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Came across aspen oyster mushrooms while walking in the woods on Sunday.

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New #FATESmodel postdoc in Oslo! Come and join our team :) www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Postdoctoral Research Fellow in terrestrial carbon cycle modelling (281332) | University of Oslo

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Our new study in AFM shows that there is no widespread decline in canopy conductance under elevated atmospheric CO2. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Whenever I see sidewalks in small cities or towns, I feel happy. But should't sides walks and bike lanes be the norm?

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Bad news: Most of the big forest nations that promised to end deforestation by 2030 are experiencing more forest loss today than they did when they made the pledge. @benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4137...

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One-third of all food produced is never eaten. That's wasted labor, water and energy — and unnecessary emissions. Reducing food loss and waste is essential for a sustainable future. Learn more from #SystemsChangeLab: bit.ly/3SlNpI2

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www.collapse2050.com/earth-is-get...

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In 1974, one job paid for a home, kids, car, and vacation. The minimum wage in '74 was $2/hr. Today in most parts of this country you’d need $60-75/hr to live the same life. Wages are flat. Everything else has skyrocketed. It’s a rigged system funneling money upward while the rest of us drown.

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#TansleyInsight: #Forest productivity response to elevated #CO2 in free-air CO2 enrichment experiments: the 23 percent solution, revisited Richard J. Norby 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue #PlantScience

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The UK finds that the cost of reaching Net Zero by 2050 declined 75% since 2020! The annual net cost fell from 16.1 billion pounds to 4.3 billion ($5.4 billion). Why the big drop? The cost of renewables and EVs fell faster than was expected in 2020. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #energysky

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Does anybody know how to reconcile the central $8.5/tCO2 estimate Moore et al. (2017) for climate damage to agriculture from with the central Rennert et al. (2022) $84/tCO2 estimate? How to explain this order-of-magnitude difference? www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The Cheeke lab seeks a postdoc to join in investigating the influence of drought & wildfire on soil microbiomes, carbon & nutrient cycles, & plant-microbe interactions in the context of forest regeneration. The postdoc will be co-advised by Dr. Emily Graham at PNNL. Review begins 5/18/2025.

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This type of study can inform policies (e.g., taxation).

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More frequent hot weather and droughts have dealt a significant blow to crop yields, especially for key grains like wheat, barley, and maize, according to a Sta… phys.org/news/2025-05...

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Many people believe that cutting federal support for science and education can save taxpayers money.

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and taxing private jets a lot more as well?

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The fossil fuel industry is aggressively expanding in Africa. So it’s incredibly strategic that a coalition of African civil society groups has asked the African Court on Human + Peoples’ Rights for an advisory opinion on African Union states’ human rights duties in the climate crisis: @hrw.org

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Interesting finding! I had always assumed that spring runoff was mostly 'new' snowmelt. Looks like 'old money' talks — even in hydrology.

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This could be the tipping point that leads to the loss of U.S. centennial prosperity.

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#AAPIMonth Spotlight: Ankur Desai is Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor and Department Chair in the @uwmad-aos.bsky.social. Ankur is also an AMS Certified Consulting Meteorologist. He’s a former AMS STAC Commissioner and currently serves on the Atmospheric Research Awards committee.

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Even when the political winds shift, science must keep moving forward. That’s why @AGU and @ametsoc are stepping up with a first-of-its-kind special collection on climate change in the U.S.—across 29+ peer-reviewed journals. 🌍📚 Read all about it: buff.ly/6G05hQD

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Less than 50% of US electricity was produced by fossil fuels for the first time on record cleantechnica.com/2025/04/19/f...

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Not sure about waste, but I think we have found our fraud and abuse.

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Breaking news: The U.S. Department of Energy today announced it is unilaterally cutting in half the overhead rate on its academic grants, something that a federal judge recently told the National Institutes of Health it could not do.

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BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency. Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.

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A gap-filled and partitioned eddy covariance flux dataset for 34 sites across Northwest China is now publicly available online. Our data paper, led by Xufeng Wang, just came out in Earth System Science Data. essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...

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Well this is quite a novel application of #CLM5 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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In the US and interested in serving as an IPCC author for the 7th assessment report? This group is putting together nominations.

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This can be potentially better than green rooftops.

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This is one of the few observatories that should be maintained indefinitely.

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New Open Access paper from the NERC SPLICE project, which examines how modelled predictions of photosynthesis change as the 3D description of the canopy becomes more complex. Led by Meg Stretton, with @kungphil.bsky.social and @matdisney.bsky.social. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Nominations are open for Creativity and Specialty Water Prizes; self nominations are accepted for Speciality Prizes. Pass the word and consider. search.app/4pJbNzbGnGcf...

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