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tylerlmcintosh.bsky.social
PhD student | Geography | CU Boulder Studying social-ecological risk and resilience in the face of natural hazards (esp wildfire) in a changing world Social-ecological systems | Remote sensing | Environmental data science | Wildfire
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NEW: The Minerva Research Initiative, established by the Pentagon to fund social science relevant to national security, is being gutted. Dozens of researchers studying threats from extremist groups, misinformation or climate change have received notices that their grants are being terminated. 🧪

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A reminder for CO folks that these closures aren’t just statistics of things happening elsewhere: This list includes DOI facilities in Fort Collins, Boulder, Durango, Tawaoc, Grand Junction, Littlewood, Lakewood, and Golden, which support staff and activities of NPS, USFWS, USGS, BOR, and BIA.

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Demonstrating for science risks politicizing it. But, that *doesn't* mean we shouldn't do it. A few folks have asked what our research has to say about to most effectively advocate for science, in advance of @standupforscience.bsky.social events. Sharing some of that research below: 🧵🧬

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

I have written a short statement responding to mass firings today of #NOAA / National Weather Service (#NWS) staff (which were concentrated among recent hires as well as highly experienced staff who had recently been promoted). Please see below screenshot & below for full text.

submitted 4 days ago • 65 comments

🔭🔬🧪 Colorado Front Range folks - PLEASE JOIN US as we Stand Up for Science on March 7th at the Capitol Building! @standupforscience.bsky.social

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Important editorial: the "existential moment requiring careful and consistent action to preserve the values and ambitions of science." "The weeks ahead may be the greatest test that the US scientific community has ever faced" By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org www.science.org/doi/full/10....

submitted 7 days ago • 5 comments

Another article detailing anxiety among young researchers. Future careers are at stake with the US funding cuts, and talented young researchers are already being driven to pursue opportunities abroad. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

🚨CO Scientists🚨 Have you or someone you know been fired from a federally funded position? If so—contact me! Looking for speakers/stories for the Stand Up for Science rally in Denver, CO.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

For decades, the US government has painstakingly kept American science #1 globally—and every facet of American life has improved because of it. The internet? Flu shot? Ozempic? All grew out of federally-funded research. Now all that's being dismantled. 1/ www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/21/1...

submitted 10 days ago • 83 comments

NEW: The hiring freeze ordered last month by President Trump continues to stall onboarding of firefighters and could have deadly consequences as the national wildfire response operates at a "diminished capacity," a federal firefighting captain tells me. www.nbcnews.com/weather/wild...

submitted 13 days ago • 10 comments

Tim of the Hotshot Wakeup is not on this website but this is worth reading in full. A letter to him from one of his reader/listeners. thehotshotwakeup.substack.com/p/a-letter-f...

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Think the limitations to non-fire positions means these public lands firings won’t affect fire operations? Think again. Listen to/folo @amonthei.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

NOAA is reportedly on the DOGE chopping block. The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US. A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans. Again, this isn't about efficiency.

submitted 17 days ago • 544 comments

[Update: I am slightly amending original thread for accuracy, which is important amid chaos. There are some conflicting reports, though I have personally heard from many people in roles below who were fired in the last 24 hours (and many more were told "they're on the list").]

submitted 17 days ago • 7 comments

Friday SCOOP: @vox.com has learned that USFWS has frozen its vast portfolio of international conservation grants. This is far beyond the scope of USAID-funded work and will inevitably harm wildlife internationally and in the US. @benjij.bsky.social has the story: www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

submitted 17 days ago • 16 comments

Ouch.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

It's hard to believe the Keeling Curve has been taken down. Even with what we expect, it's shocking

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Wildlife contributes to human well-being and values in visible and invisible ways that are under-recognized or dominated by conflict narratives. We review these critical contributions and what research and policy is needed to protect them: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

submitted 46 days ago • 3 comments

CIRES Fellow Jennifer Balch, @cu-esiil.bsky.social & @earthlabcu.bsky.social , spoke with @apnews.com and Scientific American about the LA Fires. Read what she had to say: apnews.com/article/fire... and www.scientificamerican.com/article/pali...

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

🌿 Over 50 Indigenous Peoples from around the world collaborated on this groundbreaking book (including me!), now available for preorder. 📚 Use code S25 for 20% off and free shipping through June 30, 2025. #NativesInSTEM #IndigenizeSTEM #NativesInAcademia osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/indigen...

submitted 55 days ago • 20 comments

Some shocking figures from the latest Congressional report on climate change and insurance. Since 2018, more than 1.9 million home insurance contracts nationwide have been dropped. In more than 200 counties, the nonrenewal rate has tripled or more. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

submitted 75 days ago • 8 comments

🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 📚 The @ipbes.bsky.social #NexusAssessment Summary for Policymakers is now available! ➡️ Explore the most comprehensive assessment ever of the interconnections between biodiversity, water, food, health & climate. 🌏 Options for a just & sustainable future! www.ipbes.net/node/85582

submitted 76 days ago • 1 comment

New preprint! From 2010 to 2020 over half of the area burned by wildfires in the western US burned at a severity that matched the historical fire regime. Fun to collaborate w/ @brian-j-harvey.bsky.social & others not on BSky yet. Read the preprint, feedback welcome: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Fire speed, not size, may be more important for understanding destructive fires: the fastest fires in recent US history account for nearly 90% of homes destroyed. Honored to be part of the team @cu-esiil.bsky.social & @earthlabcu.bsky.social on this paper, read more: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

submitted 82 days ago • 1 comment