New paper out! Identifying typologies of multiple vulnerabilities and climate gentrification along the U.S. East Coast. This was an enormous effort supported by with a great team
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Timothy Kirby Jr.
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‘16 Columbia Alum 
B.A. Sustainable Development/ PhD Candidate @ FIU 
Earth Systems Science, Natural Resource Science and Management concentration
B.A. Sustainable Development/ PhD Candidate @ FIU Earth Systems Science, Natural Resource Science and Management concentrationMiami, FLJoined January 2020
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What scientists know about the world is mind-blowing. What the public thinks scientists don’t know about the world is alarming.
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***New Position*** Searching for an MS level (or higher) social scientist to work with our fun and productive team on a variety of projects related to environmental quality and working ag lands in the Midwestern US. More info here:
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The US Department of is getting ready to hire 1000 people to work on climate change and clean energy. washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/
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Two new TT Asst Prof positions at in Land System Science and Climate Justice! Come join us in Fort Collins:
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New Year, new climate jobs! ⚡️📢🌱
Here are exciting work opportunities in the climate, nature & energy spaces. A thread 🧵
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Do you identify as underrepresented in food systems studies & careers and interested in going to graduate school to study Sustainable Food Systems? Apply to the #TFSFellowship (~$85K) at the University of Michigan by Jan 31, 2022. More info here: sites.lsa.umich.edu/sustainablefoo
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I watched #DontLookUp with my family over the vacations... and quickly heard "hey, Mom, this is just the same as for climate change!"
I'd like to share some thoughts, in light of some experiences at the science/society interface...
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Even if you’re fully vaccinated, the CDC recommends finishing your goddamn dissertation before starting new side projects
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LATE BREAKING: announcing 2 new cluster searches in Stanford's new school of climate & sustainability. One in sustainable development + environmental justice, aimed at senior social scientists. Other is open rank search in climate science. PLEASE RT WIDELY!! links and info 👇
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This month, hear from a team of Graduate Fellows about climate gentrification in coastal cities, the role of #interdisciplinary science in their work, and the importance of a supportive network of peers for succeeding as early career scientists!
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Have had the pleasure of getting to know and collaborate with these lovely people for the last three years in Ft. Collins through the Urban Water Innovation Network! See you soon at AGU! ❤ #uwin2019 #phdlife #hydrology
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France is inducting Josephine Baker — Missouri-born cabaret dancer, French World War II spy and civil rights activist — into its Pantheon. Baker is the first Black woman honored in the final resting place of France’s most revered luminaries.
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What do mitigation costs tell us? NEW PAPER in on how mitigation costs have been developed and illustrates how an improved presentation can reframe climate action as an avenue for increased welfare gains rather than economic losses nature.com/articles/s4155 thread
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Please RT: Are you interested in #trees, #macroecology, #conservation & #restoration? has a fully funded 2-yr postdoc position open on macroecological studies for tree diversity globally . Application deadline is Nov 15 au.dk/om/stillinger/
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We’re hiring! Our NSF-funded project is looking for a Postdoctoral Scholar with experience in complex or social-ecological systems modeling. Please RT and share! recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01156
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Recording a podcast for was a great way to wrap up our project on climate gentrification! Super grateful for these outstanding scientists and incredibly supportive teammates
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Interdisciplinary postdoctoral fellowship at : apply.interfolio.com/94748! Could be a great opportunity for early career researchers!
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Convincing himself that he would work more effectively at a coffee shop, the grad student is not surprised to be wrong.
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interesting thread speaking to the very real complexities of climate policy thoughts and actions
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Andreas Malm’s call for activists to use violence to force upon democratic society his preferred set of climate policies regardless of the majority’s wishes demonstrates a wildly anti-democratic, authoritarian impulse that the rest of the left should reject without qualification.
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Over the past several days I have been in close contact with my national security team to give them direction on how to protect our interests and values as we end our military mission in Afghanistan.
Read my full statement:
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I’ve seen a lot of “discussion” on this hellsite in the last 24 hours regarding the recent study that showed the link between last week’s bad heat wave in the Pacific Northwest and climate change. 1/xx
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Our SESYNC #GradPursuit did some reflecting on all that we've learned so far! Love this team! sesync.org/news/thu-2021-
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I love this tweet.
Always remember the technical term for cowboys like Wyatt Earp and Wild Bill is: "white cowboys."
The first cowboys were Africans in South Carolina...
Until white South Carolinians panicked.
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On this day in 1932 World famous black cowboy Bill Pickett "Dusky Demon" died. He invented the rodeo sport, bulldogging (steer wrestling).
One in four of America’s cowboys were Black. Many of the slaves were familiar with cattle herding from their homelands of West Africa.
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BREAKING: Gov. Ralph Northam signs a bill making Virginia the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty. The signing is the culmination of a yearslong battle by Democrats in a state that has had the second-most executions in U.S. history.
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1/ Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has unveiled legislation that offers billions in federal dollars for cities willing to demolish urban highways that razed or divided neighborhoods decades ago. bloom.bg/3pMf9pl
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Starting a fellowship program for early career scientists that want to start companies -- funding up to $400,000 along with mentorship from founders building science companies.
Please RT so scientists can see!
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I have a new paper with , "Beyond Wickedness: Managing Complex Systems and Climate Change"
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There’s this funny thing about Faustian bargains.
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US business leaders rue their ‘Faustian bargain’ with Trump on.ft.com/3owYyFq
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MLB is officially recognizing the Negro Leagues as a Major League.
Thousands of players, like Josh Gibson – considered to be one of the best hitters baseball has ever seen though he wasn't allowed to play in a single MLB game – are now officially considered Major Leaguers.
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🏭🧑🏭Out in Science today: decarbonizing US electricity by 2035 only strands about 15% of capacity-years, based on typical lifespans. Setting explicit deadlines can help with the #JustTransition. 🧑🏭🏭
Paper: science.sciencemag.org/content/370/65
Interactive map: emilygrubert.org/energy-transit
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This is very interesting... Though some may put this within the context of “climate gentrification”, I would argue that this research is more along the lines of the “Climate Apartheid” that has argued...
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Climate crisis to triple flooding threat for low-income US homes by 2050 theguardian.com/environment/20
I am neither a historian of early America nor the early Repub, but I am an expert on expertise, esp. women’s expertise. So I want to comment on what was been happening to Melissa Johnson (I’m not tagging her b/c I get the sense her mentions are overwhelming & she’s sick of this.)
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Many large companies and banks are already pledging to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and saying they’ll disclose their risks and contributions to global warming. But federal regulation under Biden could really speed that up, analysts say.
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By refusing to concede defeat and hurling unfounded accusations of electoral fraud, President Trump has adopted some of the anti-democratic tactics employed by leaders like Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela.
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Breaking News: Top U.S. government officials declared the election to be “the most secure” in history, saying there was no sign any voting system was compromised.
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I'm looking forward to the endless interviews that major media outlets will surely do with middle-aged African American women in Atlanta, Philadelphia and Detroit throughout the Biden presidency, reporting their takes on the issues and reflecting their concerns about the future.
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