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Michael Eddy @michaeleddy.bsky.social · 1d

I love it when papers have accompanying websites!

also, neat when i found out @stanfordimpactlabs.bsky.social had a small role in supporting this work!

📄 & 💻by @marshallburke.bsky.social & a impressive team!

adaptationatlas.org/...
www.nber.org/papers/...

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Marshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · 12d

Cool and timely paper

Matt Clancy @mattsclancy.bsky.social · 12d

New research by Pierre Azoulay, Danielle Li, Bhaven Sampat and me.

Earlier this year, the President’s budget proposed a 40% cut to the budget of the NIH. This motivated us to ask: what if the NIH had been 40% smaller?

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Climate.us @climate.us · 14d

🚨 NCA5 is now LIVE! 🚨

They took it down, but we've brought it back at: nca5.climate.us

Bookmark. 👏 this. 👏 page. 👏

This is just our first step in restoring trusted science information that Americans need to understand what's happening with the climate.

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FSI Stanford @fsi.stanford.edu · 18d

A new study led by @marshallburke.bsky.social estimates that wildfire smoke emissions caused 41,380 excess deaths per year from 2011 to 2020, and rising temperatures could increase U.S. deaths from wildfire smoke more than 70% by 2050. ow.ly/RAp050WYWia

U.S. faces rising death toll from wildfire smoke, study finds

Wildfire smoke increasingly threatens lives across the country. A new study shows smoke exposure in the coming decades will cause tens of thousands of excess deaths and predicts where exposure will oc...

ow.ly

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SIEPR @siepr.bsky.social · 19d

This is startling. The number of deaths every year tied to wildfire smoke now outnumber traffic fatalities, according to @washingtonpost.com coverage of a new @nature.com study from @marshallburke.bsky.social and others.

Marshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · 19d

Excellent coverage of our study out today on climate impacts on wildfire smoke and related health impacts.

Shannon Osaka @shannonosaka.bsky.social · 19d

It's not your imagination: Wildfire smoke in the U.S. has dramatically worsened since 2019. According to a new study, it's already killing 41,000 people a year - and it's poised to get much worse.

new from me @johnmuyskens.bsky.social and @sadbumblebee.buzz

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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Marshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · 19d

SPACEWHALE is indeed pretty solid

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ClimateFran @climatefran.bsky.social · 19d

Important new paper from
@marshallburke.bsky.social
on the devastating toll of wildfire smoke in
@nature.com

"climate-driven smoke deaths result in economic damages that exceed existing estimates of climate-driven damages from all other causes combined in the US"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Marshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · 19d

Sadly our wildfire smoke data start in 2006 - we depend on a satellite-based measure of wildfire smoke plumes that only came online then.

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Marshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · 19d

Excellent coverage of our study out today on climate impacts on wildfire smoke and related health impacts.

Shannon Osaka @shannonosaka.bsky.social · 19d

It's not your imagination: Wildfire smoke in the U.S. has dramatically worsened since 2019. According to a new study, it's already killing 41,000 people a year - and it's poised to get much worse.

new from me @johnmuyskens.bsky.social and @sadbumblebee.buzz

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Record wildfire smoke kills more people each year than car crashes. It’s about to get worse.

The past six summers have been the smokiest on record. New research shows that smoke could become the costliest consequence of climate change for Americans.

www.washingtonpost.com

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SIEPR @siepr.bsky.social · 21d

An extraordinary new tool from @marshallburke.bsky.social, SIEPR senior fellow @stanforddoerr.bsky.social, and Andrew Wilson. If you've got the evidence they're looking for, they want to hear from you. 👇

Marshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · 21d

We are excited to announce the release of the Environmental Hazard Adaptation Atlas, an effort to map ongoing and future environmental hazards and their impacts on society, and to provide up to date evidence on what policies and interventions work to reduce impacts: adaptationatlas.org. Quick thread

Environmental Hazard Adaptation Atlas | ECHO Lab | Stanford University

Studying the impacts of environmental change on human health and well-being

adaptationatlas.org

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Marshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · 21d

Thanks to @stanforddoerr.bsky.social @stanfordimpactlabs.bsky.social for seed funding. We are hoping to scale this substantially, so if you are a funder interested in this work, please get in touch! /n

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Marshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · 21d

Please get in touch if you have new evidence on the efficacy of a relevant intervention that we should include. We are launching a related small grants program to support this adaptation evaluation work, with first tranche of funds going out shortly (in an upcoming tweet). 9/

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Marshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · 21d

You can see estimates for your county or your census tract, and for your county you can download a summary pdf of exposures and impacts. All the methodology is explained in linked papers and in a (currently somewhat cursory) methods doc, linked on the about page. 8/

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Marshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · 21d

Impacts estimates in the maps are based on years of work we + others have done to statistically isolate the impacts of these exposures on health outcomes. The goal over time is to add new geographies, exposures, and impacts, as well as up to date info on intervention efficacy. 7/

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Marshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · 21d

See interventions page for extreme heat and cold interventions: adaptationatlas.org/interventions

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Marshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · 21d

A key finding is that a lot of interventions being tried have very little evidence backing them, and some “interventions” not aimed specifically at climate impacts at all (e.g. better access to health services) might be some of our best tools for limiting impacts. 5/

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Marshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · 21d

Summarizing what’s know about intervention efficacy was itself a very big task that we worked on as a lab for over a year. We took a hard line on what counted as high-quality causal evidence. 4/

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Marshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · 21d

Our goal with the Adaptation Atlas is to provide some of this info, starting with extreme temps and wildfire smoke, two leading health threats in the US and many parts of the world. Focused on the US for now, we measure exposures, health impacts, and what we know about interventions. 3/

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Marshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · 21d

Some existing public-facing tools provide info on climate and other environmental exposures. Fewer exist that provide info on the impacts of these exposures on societal outcomes like health or wellbeing. Even less systematic info exists on interventions that can reduce these impacts. 2/

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Marshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · 21d

We are excited to announce the release of the Environmental Hazard Adaptation Atlas, an effort to map ongoing and future environmental hazards and their impacts on society, and to provide up to date evidence on what policies and interventions work to reduce impacts: adaptationatlas.org. Quick thread

Environmental Hazard Adaptation Atlas | ECHO Lab | Stanford University

Studying the impacts of environmental change on human health and well-being

adaptationatlas.org

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Marshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congrats Steve!!

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Marshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · Aug 25

Plz apply and share widely! Applications due Dec 1, GRE scores required. As a new program, we will be extremely invested in the success of our new arrivals. /n

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Marshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · Aug 25

Our goal is to train the next generation of leaders in the design and analysis of global environmental policy solutions. Coursework is anchored in the quantitative social sciences and includes courses in econ, computer science, env science, law, and political science. 3/

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Marshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · Aug 25

More info and to apply: esos.stanford.edu/global-envir...
Students are fully funded for 5 years, cohorts are small, and students will work closely with a community of distinguished faculty that have a strong record of research and placing mentees in academic careers. 2/

Global Environmental Policy

esos.stanford.edu

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Marshall Burke @marshallburke.bsky.social · Aug 25

We at @stanforddoerr.bsky.social are excited to announce a new PhD program in Global Environmental Policy, accepting applications this fall for Sept 2026 start. We're looking for folks with interest in social sciences, data science, and enviro science and who have strong quant training 1/

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