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dr℮w @giantmolecular.cloud · 12d

It seems the GRFP solicitation is FINALLY released (like 5 minutes ago)! Due dates have also been pushed back, thankfully! 🧪 🔭

www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 18d

Increases in wildfires are expected to cause a notable increase in premature deaths, according to two studies in Nature.

go.nature.com/4mynauQ
go.nature.com/4nJoxI5
#medsky ⚒️ 🧪

This is figure 5 from Wildfire smoke exposure and mortality burden in the US under climate change. It shows the mortality impacts of wildfire smoke PM2.5 and estimated mortality due to smoke 533 PM2.5 under future climate scenarios.

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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 19d

TODAY is the deadline to submit public comment on Trump’s proposal to rescind the Roadless Rule, which would expose 45 million acres of national forest to permanent roads and their attendant environmental ills. Register your disapproval here:

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

#roadecology

Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is initiating an environmental impact statement (EIS) and rulemaking concerning management of inventoried roadless areas on approximately 44.7 million acres of Natio...

www.federalregister.gov

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Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · 19d

We have an awesome new colleague in @cires.colorado.edu + @cugeography.bsky.social, @emconsidine.bsky.social! She uses machine learning, causal inference, + biostatistics to study environmental health, including air quality + extreme heat. Learn more about her work here: ellenconsidine.github.io

CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · Sep 8

We welcome Ellen Considine as a new CIRES Fellow! Previously a @CUBoulder undergrad, Considine returns to campus to study environmental health and data science. Read about her here:

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 21d

🚨 NEW: Climate change is already causing 30,000 deaths per year - a global annual economic loss of $100-350B USD - but the true damage is probably 10x higher. Out TODAY in Nature Climate Change: the first systematic look at the science of "health impact attribution" 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"Health losses attributed to anthropogenic climate change," a brief communication in the journal Nature Climate Change. There's a map showing regions of the world, and pie charts of relevant studies as they apply to different health impacts like "heat-related deaths" and "maternal and child health"

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Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · 27d

You still have 5 days to apply for this awesome postdoc opportunity in the Environmental Data Science Innovation & Impact Lab at the University of Colorado-Boulder! This could be your backyard!

Image of five slanted rock formations (called the Flatirons) in the snow on a sunny day. There is a trail through the snow leading away towards the rock formations, which rise above some trees.

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Jon Henn @hennhouse.bsky.social · 29d

We're recruiting!! Myself along with Nathan Gill, Dylan Schwilk @schwilk.org, and Katharine Suding are recruiting people for Master's, PhD, and postdoc positions in GrassFire, an NSF funded project examining fuels and fire risk in grassland ecosystems across the Southern Great Plains! 🔥🌿🐮

A grassland on a sunny day near Boulder, CO

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Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · Sep 3

Exciting postdoc opportunities at the Environmental Data Science Innovation & Impact Lab at University of Colorado-Boulder!

ESIIL @cu-esiil.bsky.social · Sep 2

We are currently accepting Postdoc applications!
Visit our website to learn more and apply by Sept. 15th, 2025 for full consideration: esiil.org/careers
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · Aug 28

i'm a trans professor and this is our first week of classes for the fall- my big joy this week is that i'm back in the classroom teaching genetics to 35 students and a senior/grad course to another 10, and all of them are just wonderful and engaged ❤️

piper bly @piperbomb.bsky.social · Aug 28

i have spent a good chunk of the past year documenting trans rights protests around the country for @assignedmedia.org

and in spite of the current news cycle it's important to see who trans folk truly are:

loving, nonviolent, and resilient

fellow trans folk: QRT & share your moments of trans joy

Two trans femmes stand in the plaza, one of which unravels a trans pride flag she was wearing as a cape. A group of yellow-vested folk, most likely volunteers for Indivisible, pepper the background.

Three figures stand in front of a snowy plaza in Lansing Michigan, with one of them making bunny ears in front of someone with a sign reading SOMEONE I LOVE IS TRANS AND I WILL FIGHT FOR THEM.

A group of Lambda Legal volunteers staff a table in DC while a trans pride flag flies high in the background.

A group of smiling attendees and volunteers at a Trans Up Front rally in Chicago, IL gather around a marker box and a gigantic white banner.

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Society for Conservation Biology @society4conbio.bsky.social · Aug 27

We're proud to celebrate excellence in #conservation science! Each year, @conbiology.bsky.social honors outstanding contributions with our Rising Star Award, most cited papers + highest Altmetric scores.

Congratulations and thank you to all our authors for your vital work!

Conservation Biology Awards

Click on the article title to read more.

conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · Aug 25

The Environmental Data Science Innovation + Impact Lab (@cu-esiil.bsky.social) is hiring postdocs! Exciting opportunity to join a vibrant community of scholars using environmental data science to answer urgent, interdisciplinary questions jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

CIRES/Environmental Data Science Innovation and Impact Lab (ESIIL) Post-Doctoral Research Scholar

jobs.colorado.edu

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ESIIL @cu-esiil.bsky.social · Aug 19

ESIIL is now accepting applications for working groups. These groups play a pivotal role by pooling knowledge and expertise from various disciplines to tackle environmental issues with a data-driven perspective. Visit our website to learn more:
esiil.org/working-groups

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Dr. Joan Dudney @dudney-joan.bsky.social · Aug 14

Really excited to share our new paper on #causalinference & #climatechange attribution out in #EcologyLetters today!

Are you asking "how much" or "if" climate change has impacted your system, then this paper is for you!

🧪🌏🌐🍁🌺🌱🌿
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A Causal Inference Framework for Climate Change Attribution in Ecology

Accurately attributing ecological shifts to climate change remains a significant challenge. Here, we present an accessible causal inference framework designed for climate change attribution in observ...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Dr. Melinda Adams @scholarmelinda.bsky.social · Aug 22

🚨Published today🚨We highlight 3 areas to support Indigenous-led fire: sustained funding, regulatory flexibility, & community partnerships 🔥🌿 #goodfire #wildfire #Indigenous

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Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · Aug 22

I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.

Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad

The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.

www.theatlantic.com

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · Aug 19

If you work on climate change and health, but are striking out in the current funding landscape, this might be the job for you. We're looking for someone who can do a lot of work in one year to launch something big. If you think that's you, take a look at our lab website, and then drop me an email:

The Carlson Lab @ Yale @carlsonlab.bsky.social · Aug 19

We may have a one-year postdoctoral position opening! We're looking for someone with experience in attribution science OR very strong skills in climate epidemiology to come help us launch a Global Burden of Climate Change Study. Remote possible for the right person; aim to raise $ for a second year.

The Global Burden of Climate Change Study Working Group

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Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · Jul 30

Definitely interested! I work on applying causal inference methods to ecological questions, with a current focus on wildfires in the western US

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Santa Fe Institute @sfiscience.bsky.social · Jul 28

Applications are open for SFI's 2026 Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships

If you’ve recently earned a Ph.D. in any scientific field and want to pursue independent, transdisciplinary research, consider applying.

Deadline: October 1, 2025
Apply here: santafe.edu/sfifellowship

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · Jul 28

Judaism: “What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. That is the whole Torah; the rest is commentary.” To claim condemning wrongdoing is “anti-Semitic” is to claim Judaism would remain mute at & allow for horrific violence against others. I cannot imagine a more anti-Semitic idea than that.

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · Jul 24

This WaPo reporting on how Israel is starving Palestinian children and babies to death is almost too painful to read. We are funding this.

Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan48.bsky.social · Jul 24

“[Children's] small bodies are shutting down — they can’t breathe, their immune systems are collapsing."

Meanwhile, Gaza health authorities say more 1,000 people have been shot and killed trying to access food distribution sites backed by Israel and the US.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Mass starvation stalks Gaza as deaths from hunger rise

Aid agencies warned for months that Israel’s harsh limits on food aid would bring acute malnutrition and widespread suffering to Gaza’s 2.1 million people.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · Jul 24

"Wasting Away" in Gaza: Oxfam, 100+ Groups Decry Israel's "Man-Made" Mass Starvation of Palestinians

“Wasting Away” in Gaza: Oxfam, 100+ Groups Decry Israel’s “Man-Made” Mass Starvation of Palestinians

As Gazans face mass starvation due to Israel’s blockade, more than 100 humanitarian organizations are demanding action to end Israel’s siege of Gaza. Their warning comes as the Palestinian Ministry...

www.democracynow.org

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · Jul 21

This is one of the reasons I am so passionate about the Caleb Scholars program. We give students funds to return home to learn from elders as they go to school, and we find undergrads though professional/PhD programs bc I know how hard it was to return home during grad school.

www.calebscholars.org

Caleb Scholars Program – Inuit-led conservation advocacy.

A fellowship program focused on providing community and cultural connection, professional development, mentorship, and financial support to students in the arctic.

www.calebscholars.org

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Jul 17

Building something new is possible. Never forget that.

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Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · Jul 7

The Dept of Commerce has forced the NOAA C&GC program (which supported my postdoc) to furlough their postdocs. Postdocs are at a precarious career stage - folks move across the country/world, often w/o much of a local support network

Jessica Tierney @leafwax.bsky.social · Jul 7

As of today, all current NOAA Climate and Global Change postdoctoral fellows have been furloughed due to the Dept of Commerce not releasing the funding for the program. In addition no new Fellows were awarded this year. cpaess.ucar.edu/cgc

NOAA Climate & Global Change (C&GC) Postdoctoral Program | Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System ScienceNOAA Climate & Global Change (C&GC) Postdoctoral Program | Cooperative Progra...

cpaess.ucar.edu

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Katherine Siegel @katherinesiegel.bsky.social · Jun 27

The Smith Fellowship funds postdocs whose research bridges conservation science + practice. Let me know if you want to chat about putting together a proposal to work with me! www.smithfellows.org/join-us

Become a Fellow — Smith Fellows

www.smithfellows.org

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