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Erin Hanan 🔥
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Fire and Ecosystem ecologist | Associate Professor at UNR | I study fire regimes and their effects on plants, soils, & hydrology | formerly at WSU and UCSB | https://erinhanan.com | she/her 🔥 💦
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📽️ WATCH: Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past 20 years studying how parents’ exposure to toxic chemicals affects the chances that they will have an autistic child.

RFK Jr. cut her entire division — yet promises to identify the causes of autism by September: https://propub.li/4nhXQua
September 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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This news is just so deeply sad. I was definitely one of the firmly Gen X working poor kids who absolutely benefited from PBS shows like Sesame Street and Electric Company making learning a goal, reading accessible, and curiosity cool.
“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
The Invention of “Sesame Street”
Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.
www.newyorker.com
August 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This makes me so sad. So many kids toys have been recalled by the CPSC for lead and other deadly hazards. Take a look at who sells most of them.
SCOTUS is allowing Trump to fire (at least for now) the three Democrat-appointed members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The CPSC regulates safety of everyday consumer products.

Guess who recently sued the agency and claimed that it's unconstitutional?

Amazon.
July 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Vomitous. If we don't stop them, the American scientific enterprise will quickly become a thing of the past #resist #SaveNSF www.science.org/content/arti...
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
www.science.org
May 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Until recently, the US S&T enterprise & higher ed systems were the envy of the world. The way it's being gutted is beyond heartbreaking.
The US innovation engine is crumbling before our eyes.
This moment in history is not just sad—it is profoundly tragic & represents an incalculable loss. So unreal.
May 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Fun time writing for @theconversation.com ! Please share! Controlled burns reduce wildfire risk, but they require trained staff and funding − this could be a rough year theconversation.com/controlled-b...
Controlled burns reduce wildfire risk, but they require trained staff and funding − this could be a rough year
Uncertainty from Washington along with staff and budget cuts have created turmoil for the US Forest Service’s fire management efforts.
theconversation.com
April 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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In new work by Sharon, we studied whether changes in #soil N in response to shifts in precipitation may favor tradeoffs between AOA and AOB nitrifiers and the emission of NO and #N2O 🧪 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Nitrogen Availability and Changes in Precipitation Alter Microbially Mediated NO and N2O Emissions From a Pinyon–Juniper Dryland
Climate change is altering precipitation regimes that control nitrogen (N) cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. In ecosystems exposed to frequent drought, N can accumulate in soils as they dry, stimula...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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92K plus federal workers in Arizona
Federal employee terminations will cause widespread economic damage even beyond the hardships for specific employees

How many federal workers live in your state or county or congressional district?

I made an little interactive site to tell you economic.github.io/federal_work...
February 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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📣Hey journalists who want to cover the 3400 federal employees who just got fired📣

I’m developing a list of folks who were fired and who are down for interviews, primarily trails, river rangers and some folks who did collateral fire duties as needed (as of right now). DM me if you need sources!
February 15, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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For anyone wanting to deep dive a bit more on science communication in emotional and contentious situations, I wrote a book that includes not only my views, but also the real world experiences of a hundred or so practitioners. I think it’s useful right now.
February 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science at UNR is seeking a visionary Department Chair to lead us in academic excellence and enhance the basic, applied, and interdisciplinary research efforts of NRES faculty: nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UNR-external...
Associate / Professor / Chair, Natural Resources & Environmental Science
The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) appreciates your interest in employment at our growing institution. We want your application process to go smoothly and quickly. Final applications must be submitt...
nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
January 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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I wrote this opinion piece 6 years ago. It could have been written today.

"Trump’s nonsense tweets on #water and wildfires are dangerous"

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/tru...
Opinion | Trump’s nonsense tweets on water and wildfires are dangerous
There’s no shortage of water to fight fires. But there is a shortage in common sense to fight climate change.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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The Association for Fire Ecology is now on Bluesky!🦋 Follow us to stay up-to-date with Fire Ecology Journal articles, fire ecology news and job posts, and Fire Ecology Chats podcast episodes. Learn more about us here: fireecology.org
January 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Did you know that you should end your alt text with a period?

"End alt text with a period, even if it isn’t a full sentence. The period ensures that the screen reader pauses after reading the alt text."

This was a new tip for me. Glad to learn something new!

www.nngroup.com/articles/wri...
Alt Text: What to Write
Images are decorative, functional, or informative. Skip alt text for decorative. Describe the action for functional. Convey the message for informative.
www.nngroup.com
December 19, 2024 at 7:14 PM
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🧪 today is the day! Are you excited about #streams? #carbon? Dynamic talks by fantastic #biogeofeminists? Tune in for the last #WARR talk of the year! Nov 21st, 11 am ET @fluvialbenthos.bsky.social @joannablaszczak.bsky.social 🔗 www.cee.psu.edu/events/women...
November 21, 2024 at 12:26 PM
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Faculty position!
🌊 We're hiring! Seeking someone working on air-sea interactions to come join us at Scripps. Happy to answer any questions about the job or life at Scripps. apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF03874
Observational Air-Sea Interactions - Assistant Professor
University of California, San Diego is hiring. Apply now!
apol-recruit.ucsd.edu
November 20, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Starter packs are giving me flashbacks to middle school PE
November 21, 2024 at 5:52 PM
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New faculty position in climate change ecology at UW-Madison, applications due in four days for full consideration. Come join us!
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor of Climate Change Ecology - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Job Summary: The Departments of Integrative Biology and Botany are seeking candidates for a tenure-track faculty position in Climate Change Ecology. The selected candidate will mount a vigorous rese...
jobs.wisc.edu
November 20, 2024 at 6:41 PM
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It’s 2024. Why on earth is this still allowed in top-tier journals like RSE?!? #openscience
November 17, 2024 at 10:05 PM
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Since there's been an uptick in activity arpund these parts, re-sharing the 2024-2025 Earth and Environmental Science Jobs List!

Crowd-sourced list of academic/research jobs - update and share widely!
It's that time! The 2024-2025 Earth and Environmental Science Jobs List is LIVE!

Submit jobs, keep an eye on the list for your perfect position, and update progress on searches.

Tabs for Pemanent/Tenure Track positions, Non-Tenure Track Faculty, and Postdocs!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
November 17, 2024 at 3:28 PM
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Looking for training to help you respond to harassment, bullying and microaggressions in the learning environment? Apply to join @eurogeosciences.bsky.social EDI &
@advancegeo.bsky.social for a free Bystander Intervention online workshop on 22 November, 14:00CET. Register TODAY: egu.eu/8JTFKE/
November 16, 2024 at 9:25 PM
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Harvey Mudd College is looking for a new tenure-track faculty member whose research and teaching interests sit at the interface of biology and climate. If that sounds like you, I very much hope you'll apply. Application review starts September 18th.
Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Hixon Center for Climate and the Environment & Department of Biolo...
www.hmc.edu
September 12, 2023 at 3:33 AM