Dr. Sarah Fortner
@erthsarah.bsky.social
Climate, sustainability, environmental justice through education, research, action, & advocacy.
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Know this about me, President Trump: I love our Constitution and I will never give up the ship. 🇺🇸
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Know this about me, President Trump: I love our Constitution and I will never give up the ship. 🇺🇸
Between the paid disinformation & a government that alters health recommendations without evidence, polarization grows & the sad consequences…
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How People Feel About Vaccines Is Now Largely Political
A new survey reveals growing divides on issues related to vaccines.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Between the paid disinformation & a government that alters health recommendations without evidence, polarization grows & the sad consequences…
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Community science project monitoring PFAS in our state, in pine needles!
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To study how PFAS moves in the air, MPCA turns to pine needles
Volunteers across Minnesota’s 87 counties have been collecting pine needles from coniferous trees in their neighborhoods to help the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency better understand how to protect...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Community science project monitoring PFAS in our state, in pine needles!
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Devastating everywhere, especially at home. Adrian’s kids witnessed this & guns were pointed a children. We certainly don’t gain anything from this horror.
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Family demands answers after ICE breaks car window to arrest Northfield worker
ICE agents forcibly arrested an undocumented house painter in Northfield, Minnesota without showing him a warrant Tuesday morning, according to his family.
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November 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Devastating everywhere, especially at home. Adrian’s kids witnessed this & guns were pointed a children. We certainly don’t gain anything from this horror.
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🧭⚙️Climate attribution science plays a central role in climate litigation and policy-making. The science is central to legal debates on the causal links between human activities, global climate change, and impacts on human and natural systems.📚🌡️🌪️
🔗Climate Attribution Database:
🔗Climate Attribution Database:
Home - Climate Attribution
Climate attribution science plays a central role in climate litigation and policy-making. The science is central to legal debates on the causal links between human activities, global climate change,…
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November 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
🧭⚙️Climate attribution science plays a central role in climate litigation and policy-making. The science is central to legal debates on the causal links between human activities, global climate change, and impacts on human and natural systems.📚🌡️🌪️
🔗Climate Attribution Database:
🔗Climate Attribution Database:
I know the sky last night was a big deal. Mornings are also special! @carleton.edu arboretum
November 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I know the sky last night was a big deal. Mornings are also special! @carleton.edu arboretum
Pausing before I attempt grass…
November 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Pausing before I attempt grass…
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Those of us who worked with USAID and in global health more broadly warned of this- shouting, screaming into the void. The administration- at every level- understood this would happen. It’s unconscionable.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Those of us who worked with USAID and in global health more broadly warned of this- shouting, screaming into the void. The administration- at every level- understood this would happen. It’s unconscionable.
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Just now in front of McMurdo Station. Very rare to see Emperor's come right up to the front of McMurdo Station, especially so early in the summer. #scicomm 🧪
November 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Just now in front of McMurdo Station. Very rare to see Emperor's come right up to the front of McMurdo Station, especially so early in the summer. #scicomm 🧪
Great episode & colleague Eric Klemetti is also featured. My philosophy colleague & I were just talking about fear & humor as plot devices.
Imagine standing at the edge of a fiery pit that never stops burning. 🔥
Explorer George Kourounis did exactly that when he descended into Turkmenistan’s Doorway to Hell. Hear the full story on this week’s #BestOf episode of The Story Collider https://ow.ly/Lyhz50XkXWg
Explorer George Kourounis did exactly that when he descended into Turkmenistan’s Doorway to Hell. Hear the full story on this week’s #BestOf episode of The Story Collider https://ow.ly/Lyhz50XkXWg
November 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Great episode & colleague Eric Klemetti is also featured. My philosophy colleague & I were just talking about fear & humor as plot devices.
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Please share! CIRES is accepting applications for the role of Associate Director of Science to oversee research activities! This position supervises others and reports to the CIRES Director. Learn more about the position: buff.ly/DE3DhQH
October 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Please share! CIRES is accepting applications for the role of Associate Director of Science to oversee research activities! This position supervises others and reports to the CIRES Director. Learn more about the position: buff.ly/DE3DhQH
Higher ed has a responsibility to the public & supporting students in learning & addressing needs of the community.
Thank you @alisonbyerly.bsky.social
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Thank you @alisonbyerly.bsky.social
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Opinion | Higher ed is responsible to the public, not the Trump administration
Here’s how that role bears out at Carleton College, which I lead, and in Northfield, writes Alison R. Byerly.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Higher ed has a responsibility to the public & supporting students in learning & addressing needs of the community.
Thank you @alisonbyerly.bsky.social
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Thank you @alisonbyerly.bsky.social
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Absolutely amazing. For context the oldest continuous records are around a million years old.
PNAS: Six-million-year-old ice discovered in Antarctica offers unprecedented window into a warmer Earth via our NSF COLDEX & US Antarctic Program. ❄️ www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Absolutely amazing. For context the oldest continuous records are around a million years old.
As the DOE touts lies.
Every dollar withheld from modernizing our energy system is a gift to our economic rivals.
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Every dollar withheld from modernizing our energy system is a gift to our economic rivals.
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Trump’s Opposition to Clean Energy Is Costing You Money
By not spending monies appropriated for Biden-era clean energy bills, the president is helping China win the global energy race.
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October 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
As the DOE touts lies.
Every dollar withheld from modernizing our energy system is a gift to our economic rivals.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/15/t...
Every dollar withheld from modernizing our energy system is a gift to our economic rivals.
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/15/t...
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Writing is my coping mechanism when I am worried about a weather situation. As an unprecedented storm like #HurricaneMelissa approaches Jamaica, I feel helpless, so I write. My Tuesday morning thoughts on the storm.
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Hurricane Melissa Is The Strongest Storm On Earth In 2025
The strongest storm on Earth in 2025 is about to hit Jamaica. Here's what you need to know about Hurricane Melissa before its first landfall.
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October 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Writing is my coping mechanism when I am worried about a weather situation. As an unprecedented storm like #HurricaneMelissa approaches Jamaica, I feel helpless, so I write. My Tuesday morning thoughts on the storm.
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
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Absolutely shocking cuts to graduate school. One example.
“At Harvard, the cuts included a 75 percent reduction in Ph.D. seats in the Science division and a 60 percent reduction in the Arts & Humanities division over the next two years.”
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“At Harvard, the cuts included a 75 percent reduction in Ph.D. seats in the Science division and a 60 percent reduction in the Arts & Humanities division over the next two years.”
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Some Harvard Students Defer Grad School Plans As Universities Limit Admissions | News | The Harvard Crimson
Some Harvard students are delaying their applications to graduate school or planning to switch away from academia entirely as budget pressures push universities to offer fewer seats in graduate progra...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Absolutely shocking cuts to graduate school. One example.
“At Harvard, the cuts included a 75 percent reduction in Ph.D. seats in the Science division and a 60 percent reduction in the Arts & Humanities division over the next two years.”
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“At Harvard, the cuts included a 75 percent reduction in Ph.D. seats in the Science division and a 60 percent reduction in the Arts & Humanities division over the next two years.”
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Very sad. The DOI files to cut more than. 2000 jobs. Federal science is important to environmental economics, our health, & ecological protection. Cutting work to understand & support big important areas of management is harmful.
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Planned Trump staffing cuts loom over National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife, Land Management
Cuts to the federal agencies that manage national parks, science and public lands are expected to result in firings across the West, Southeast and Great Lakes, among other places, Trump administrat…
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October 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Very sad. The DOI files to cut more than. 2000 jobs. Federal science is important to environmental economics, our health, & ecological protection. Cutting work to understand & support big important areas of management is harmful.
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I'm proud to help lead the United Nations' #COP30 Local Leaders Forum next month in Brazil.
Regional leaders — from mayors to governors — are uniquely able to turn ambitious plans to tackle the climate crisis into reality at the local level.
California is all-hands-on-deck in this fight.
Regional leaders — from mayors to governors — are uniquely able to turn ambitious plans to tackle the climate crisis into reality at the local level.
California is all-hands-on-deck in this fight.
October 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I'm proud to help lead the United Nations' #COP30 Local Leaders Forum next month in Brazil.
Regional leaders — from mayors to governors — are uniquely able to turn ambitious plans to tackle the climate crisis into reality at the local level.
California is all-hands-on-deck in this fight.
Regional leaders — from mayors to governors — are uniquely able to turn ambitious plans to tackle the climate crisis into reality at the local level.
California is all-hands-on-deck in this fight.
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How far would you travel for a cause? Geographer & environmental educator Leandro Costa is biking 3,500 kilometers to COP30, with the mission of educating and listening to children, teenagers, and adults about the impacts of climate change.
Learn about his journey: buff.ly/bUdeJ45 & buff.ly/RvDAiJ9
Learn about his journey: buff.ly/bUdeJ45 & buff.ly/RvDAiJ9
Geographer cycles 3,500 km from Rio to Belém for climate education
Leandro Costa engages students on environmental issues, but experts stress the need for public policy
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October 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
How far would you travel for a cause? Geographer & environmental educator Leandro Costa is biking 3,500 kilometers to COP30, with the mission of educating and listening to children, teenagers, and adults about the impacts of climate change.
Learn about his journey: buff.ly/bUdeJ45 & buff.ly/RvDAiJ9
Learn about his journey: buff.ly/bUdeJ45 & buff.ly/RvDAiJ9
Very fun to talk water & climate with international rotary students & @carleton.edu students. Common interests included fishing, recreation, and gathering. We’re supporting engagement aligned with goals in our community to remove the dam & support a proactive response. Engagement matters!
October 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Very fun to talk water & climate with international rotary students & @carleton.edu students. Common interests included fishing, recreation, and gathering. We’re supporting engagement aligned with goals in our community to remove the dam & support a proactive response. Engagement matters!
I’m in front of the interdisciplinary science complex @carleton.edu getting ready for 24 people in AASHE’s decarbonization academy to learn about our systems approach to decarbonization & tour the East Energy Station, the brain of the district geothermal system w Linda Weingarten, AVP of facilities
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I’m in front of the interdisciplinary science complex @carleton.edu getting ready for 24 people in AASHE’s decarbonization academy to learn about our systems approach to decarbonization & tour the East Energy Station, the brain of the district geothermal system w Linda Weingarten, AVP of facilities
