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Courtney Currier
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ecosystem ecologist | postdoc at Univ. of Cambridge | drylands, soil C & N, fire, drought, art, bikes | she/her

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Geography 17%
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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 9d
[norman rockwell meme]

I think it's bad to destroy climate change research facilities

Reposted by Jill Marshall, Courtney M. Currier

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Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe @aaberhe.com · Jan 21
Seeing posts from people worried about broken White House web links & inaccessibility of records on important initiatives and accomplishments of the Biden-Harris administration.
Note that all of the administration's records are preserved at bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov
🗄️ #History #Transparency
The White House
President Biden and Vice President Harris promised to move quickly to deliver results for working families. That’s what they’ve done.
bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov

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Climate Analytics @climateanalytics.org · Feb 10
With 2024 coming in at or above #1o5C, and a run of 12 months to June 2024 where monthly warming was at or above 1.5°C, questions are coming about whether or not the longer-term 1.5°C limit set out in the Paris Agreement has been reached.

2 papers out today look at these Qs. 🧵👇
Reaching the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C limit: are we there yet?
Two new papers published in Nature Climate Change today ask whether the recent global temperatures at or exceeding 1.5° warming above preindustrial mean the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C limit has been reac...
climateanalytics.org

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Adam Pellegrini @afapellegrini.bsky.social · Feb 20
Pleased to announce that the Pellegrini group will be moving to Stanford University to join the Department of Earth System Science in the Doerr School of Sustainability in Sept. 2025. If you're interested in working on Qs regarding how systems respond to global change, contact me!

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Brooke Osborne (she/her) @brookebosborne.bsky.social · Feb 19
Check out this SWEET collaborative overview of #carbon in the #sagebrush system:

storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/b35c...
Carbon in the Sagebrush Steppe
Maximizing carbon security starts with protecting what's already here.
storymaps.arcgis.com

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Gosia Edge @gosiaedge.bsky.social · Feb 17
My bike?
It is my key that allows me to open myself to all the experiences that unknown paths and newfound places hold upon me; unfold my curiosity, look around and within, explore, learn and grow. The world is wild and so are we!
#slowbutsteady #bikepacking #travellingbybike #unityinmotion
Pen drawing of a bikepacking rig, loaded bike against the fence. In the background trees, mountains and long dirt road.

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Owen McKenna (He/Him) @changingecosystems.bsky.social · Feb 15
What a shitty fucking day
thehill.com/policy/energ...
Interior Department fires 2,300 employees after OPM directive
The Interior Department is firing 2,300 employees after a directive from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). An internal message reviewed by The Hill on Friday indicates that the department l…
thehill.com

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Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment @woods.stanford.edu · Feb 10
The Trump administration halted a study assessing U.S. lands, water, and wildlife. Scientists are now working to publish it independently. @chrfield.bsky.social says it's vital for shaping conversations -- from family dinner tables to Congress.

Read more @nytimes.com: nyti.ms/4aVXrbj
Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway.
The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”
nyti.ms

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Jens-Christian Svenning @jcsvenning.bsky.social · Feb 6
Extremely worrying dynamics are unfolding in the US: What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...
Revised and Extended: What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF
www.science.org

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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · Feb 5
Federal scientists should know their rights, agency policies, and whistle-blower protections to safeguard scientific integrity.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Despair is not an option’ — how scientists can help protect federal research
Government scientists in the US must be clear-eyed and continue to serve the public.
www.nature.com

Reposted by Fernando T. Maestre, Seth M. Munson, Courtney M. Currier

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Matthew Bowker @matthewbowker1.bsky.social · Feb 1
Hi folks, this is just a quick rough cut of a Dryland Ecology starter pack. Help me build it by telling me you want to be on it, or suggesting someone else to list. go.bsky.app/BkjLRGY