J.T. Erbaugh
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J.T. Erbaugh
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Environmental Social Scientist @nature.org and Dartmouth College; Off-grid homesteading (lite) in Vermont; Father of two humans, legal guardian of ~20 hens; Would rather be outside
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Excited that our work on nature-based climate solutions and #NLP is being shared on #TheAcademicMinute on @npr.org — thanks to everyone who made this opportunity possible.

academicminute.org/charlotte-ch...

Shout-out to my co-authors (on BSky): @jterbaugh.bsky.social @berobinson.bsky.social
Charlotte Chang, Pomona College - Mapping the Local Impacts of Global Nature-Based Carbon Mitigation - The Academic Minute
On Pomona College Week: Natural climate solutions have a role to play in fighting climate change. Charlotte Chang, assistant professor of biology and environmental analysis, explores how. Charlotte Ch...
academicminute.org
August 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The data on the positive impacts of visiting, appreciating, and being near natural areas keeps rolling in!
May 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Understand science funding cuts and their consequences … Economists have warned that cutting federal funding for scientific research could, in the long run, damage the U.S. economy by an amount equivalent to a major recession.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades
The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.
www.nytimes.com
May 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Another useful and important piece on AI and NLP for conservation evidence led by @harpactes.bsky.social!
NEW PAPER ALERT! 🌿🤖 Our essay on how #AI and #NLP can transform conservation evidence synthesis just dropped in #ConservationBiology. We explore how machine learning can help scientists tackle the explosion of research across disciplines to better inform conservation policy. 🧵: 1/6
April 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Excellent new paper maps potential future terrestrial ecosystems to 2050 based on projected climate, land cover change, and Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... led by Roger Sayre (USGS) and colleagues Patrick Roehrdanz (CI) and Paul Elsen (WCS) among others
December 24, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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Exactly!

Should we be worried about climate change? Heck, yes. (But let’s make sure we get the facts right, and skip the most extreme doomer yarns — which aren’t based in science…)

Should that freeze us into inaction? Heck, no!

It should lead to agency and action!
The answer is: we need both worry AND efficacy. Worry wakes us up, and efficacy powers action.

Without worry, there's no need to act: but without efficacy, we'll have a world full of worried people who feel helpless, hopeless, and don't know what to do. Which is very close to where we stand today.
Does talking about climate ‘tipping points’ inspire action — or defeat? - Kate Yoder / Grist
December 12, 2024 at 10:55 PM
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Our "behind the research" story: Getting carbon markets right requires understanding local impacts of global offset projects

Link: communities.springernature.com/posts/gettin...

H/t to co-authors: Yuta Masuda, @berobinson.bsky.social @jterbaugh.bsky.social lexunit.ai @nature.org 🧵 7/7
Getting carbon markets right requires understanding local impacts of global offset projects
Interest in natural climate solutions (NCS) is substantial and growing, but their impacts on human well-being and biodiversity and ecosystem services ("NCS co-impacts") are undercharacterized. We crea...
communities.springernature.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Was looking for this starter pack! So very glad that @markandrachuk.bsky.social put it together. Looking forward to getting those tailored #consocsci posts and (especially) publication updates. No longer feeling nostalgic for Old Twitter, just pleased with New Bluesky!
I haven't seen a conservation social sciences starter pack so I decided to make one #ConSocSci #MarSocSci
I am sure that I have missed people... please help me identify more people to add and let me know if you'd like me to add you!
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December 9, 2024 at 8:03 PM
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The impacts of natural climate solutions: we analyzed millions of scientific studies for a comprehensive analysis of *what* evidence exists for NCS and impacts to people and nature. New work out in @naturesustain.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s418...

#ncs #naturebasedsolutions 🧪 #NLP #ConservationAI
December 5, 2024 at 4:22 PM
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#NaturalClimateSolutions try to address global climate problems, but how do they impact local communities? We review what we know from >250 K articles in work with @harpactes.bsky.social, @jterbaugh.bsky.social, and many others (not yet here!) is just out in @naturesustain.bsky.social

rdcu.be/d10Nh
Global evidence of human well-being and biodiversity impacts of natural climate solutions
Nature Sustainability - Rich evidence of the potential co-benefits and trade-offs of natural climate solutions is available but remains poorly understood. Assessing the literature with machine...
rdcu.be
December 4, 2024 at 5:28 PM
In our research (out today in @naturesustain.bsky.social), we provide a comprehensive evidence map for the co-impacts from #NaturalClimateSolutions using large language models (in addition to other interesting models!) to synthesize information from >250 K articles.

rdcu.be/d10Nh
Global evidence of human well-being and biodiversity impacts of natural climate solutions
Nature Sustainability - Rich evidence of the potential co-benefits and trade-offs of natural climate solutions is available but remains poorly understood. Assessing the literature with machine...
rdcu.be
December 2, 2024 at 7:19 PM
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Despite 15+ years of #REDD+ readiness, progress toward recognition of community rights lags. Do countries recognize community rights to #carbon? Policy brief just out with RRI: ow.ly/wevj50U6vCV #COP29 #Article6
Policy Brief: State of Indigenous Peoples’, Local Communities’, and Afro-descendant Peoples’ Carbon Rights in Tropical and Subtropical Lands and Forests - Rights + Resources - Supporting Forest Tenure...
Due to limited progress in reducing carbon emissions in industrialized countries, global interest in using nature-based climate solutions (NbS) has never been greater among governments, corporations, ...
rightsandresources.org
November 21, 2024 at 6:39 PM
This week @dartmouthcollege.bsky.social, we began our last “Environment and Society” class with Wendell Berry. After, a student told me, ”I didn’t know I needed that.”

Leaving this here in case you might need it, too.
November 21, 2024 at 2:40 AM