Kelton Minor
@keltonminor.bsky.social
Researching human adaptation to global changes in climate, environment, and technology
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Kelton Minor
@keltonminor.bsky.social
· Mar 18
There are days in life that shake you.
I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University
& academic career... 1/🧵
I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University
& academic career... 1/🧵
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There will be a brain drain out of the US to Canada, Europe and other countries.
And once we lose these top researchers we may never get them back.
It‘s been a monumental mistake to attack science and higher education.
And once we lose these top researchers we may never get them back.
It‘s been a monumental mistake to attack science and higher education.
Canada makes pitch for US researchers to relocate with $1.7bn in new funding. My story for @science.org 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Canada’s new budget aims to lure U.S. researchers to relocate
Spending plan also calls for smaller research spending cut than feared
www.science.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
There will be a brain drain out of the US to Canada, Europe and other countries.
And once we lose these top researchers we may never get them back.
It‘s been a monumental mistake to attack science and higher education.
And once we lose these top researchers we may never get them back.
It‘s been a monumental mistake to attack science and higher education.
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The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.
DOEresponseSite
On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding...
sites.google.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.
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Heat & very dry air that used to be rare, now very common in Spain & Portugal, putting huge strain on EU firefighting resources - at 1.3C global warming. Every additional ton of fossil fuels burnt will make European summers even more deadly & dangerous www.worldweatherattribution.org/extreme-fire...
September 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Heat & very dry air that used to be rare, now very common in Spain & Portugal, putting huge strain on EU firefighting resources - at 1.3C global warming. Every additional ton of fossil fuels burnt will make European summers even more deadly & dangerous www.worldweatherattribution.org/extreme-fire...
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We warmly welcome @keltonminor.bsky.social as a new Associate Professor in Planetary Behavioral Data Science, in a joint position with the Psychology Dept.
Kelton's research examines how individuals and populations adapt to rapid global changes in the atmosphere, biosphere, and cybersphere.
Kelton's research examines how individuals and populations adapt to rapid global changes in the atmosphere, biosphere, and cybersphere.
September 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
We warmly welcome @keltonminor.bsky.social as a new Associate Professor in Planetary Behavioral Data Science, in a joint position with the Psychology Dept.
Kelton's research examines how individuals and populations adapt to rapid global changes in the atmosphere, biosphere, and cybersphere.
Kelton's research examines how individuals and populations adapt to rapid global changes in the atmosphere, biosphere, and cybersphere.
Today I'm starting a new chapter as a tenured Associate Professor of Planetary Behavioral Data Science at the University of Copenhagen (@cphsodas.bsky.social & Department of Psychology)! It has been an Orwellian kind of year for scientists. But as history shows, science persists.
September 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Today I'm starting a new chapter as a tenured Associate Professor of Planetary Behavioral Data Science at the University of Copenhagen (@cphsodas.bsky.social & Department of Psychology)! It has been an Orwellian kind of year for scientists. But as history shows, science persists.
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If you are having trouble finding National Climate Assessment reports, they are here.
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
RealClimate: National Climate Assessment links
RealClimate: For some reason, it has become hard to locate the various National Climate Assessments (NCAs) that have been produced by the USGCRP over the decades (and it's pretty hard to find the USGR...
www.realclimate.org
July 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
If you are having trouble finding National Climate Assessment reports, they are here.
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
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Glad this is getting some coverage. I've already had to send over 20 emails and several phones calls about this, with no resolution yet.
Some former employees of the NOAA who were fired, rehired and fired again this spring say they have received debt notices from the federal government to pay it back for health care coverage.
Those workers also say the notices are for coverage they never had.
Those workers also say the notices are for coverage they never had.
Fired, rehired and fired again, some NOAA employees get letters demanding money
Three former NOAA employees told NBC News they had received debt notices from the federal government for health care coverage.
nbcnews.to
June 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Glad this is getting some coverage. I've already had to send over 20 emails and several phones calls about this, with no resolution yet.
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Congratulations to Environmental Research: Climate @iopp-environment.bsky.social on receiving its first Impact Factor of 5.4! ERCL is non-profit, open access and has no article charges through 2025. Consider for your interdisciplinary climate research!
iopscience.iop.org/journal/2752...
iopscience.iop.org/journal/2752...
Environmental Research: Climate - IOPscience
iopscience.iop.org
June 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Congratulations to Environmental Research: Climate @iopp-environment.bsky.social on receiving its first Impact Factor of 5.4! ERCL is non-profit, open access and has no article charges through 2025. Consider for your interdisciplinary climate research!
iopscience.iop.org/journal/2752...
iopscience.iop.org/journal/2752...
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EU may look like the winner in the US brain drain.
But I'm afraid I'm with @markgongloff.bsky.social & @lararhiannon.bsky.social: "A US Brain Drain Doesn’t Benefit Anyone"
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
But I'm afraid I'm with @markgongloff.bsky.social & @lararhiannon.bsky.social: "A US Brain Drain Doesn’t Benefit Anyone"
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
April 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
EU may look like the winner in the US brain drain.
But I'm afraid I'm with @markgongloff.bsky.social & @lararhiannon.bsky.social: "A US Brain Drain Doesn’t Benefit Anyone"
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
But I'm afraid I'm with @markgongloff.bsky.social & @lararhiannon.bsky.social: "A US Brain Drain Doesn’t Benefit Anyone"
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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New research from Nick Obradovich, @estebanmoro.bsky.social l, @keltonminor.bsky.social shows that people post more on #socialmedia when bad weather hits, sometimes even more than during large social events in the U.S.
Worse Weather Pushes People to Social Media
New research shows that people post more on social media when bad weather hits, sometimes even more than during large social events in the United States.
www.psychologicalscience.org
April 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
New research from Nick Obradovich, @estebanmoro.bsky.social l, @keltonminor.bsky.social shows that people post more on #socialmedia when bad weather hits, sometimes even more than during large social events in the U.S.
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The National Institutes of Health will no longer be funding work on the health effects of climate change, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica.
www.propublica.org/article/nih-...
www.propublica.org/article/nih-...
NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change
It’s unclear whether the guidance will impact active grants, but it appears to halt opportunities for future studies. One climate health expert said the directive would have a “devastating” impact on ...
www.propublica.org
March 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The National Institutes of Health will no longer be funding work on the health effects of climate change, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica.
www.propublica.org/article/nih-...
www.propublica.org/article/nih-...
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If you had a grant cancelled, consider submitting info about your terminated grant using this Google Form [Contact Scott Delaney with Qs on Signal (sdelaney.84)]
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Also, see @scott-delaney.bsky.social 's post below for the database of cancelled grants
#defendresearch
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Also, see @scott-delaney.bsky.social 's post below for the database of cancelled grants
#defendresearch
March 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
If you had a grant cancelled, consider submitting info about your terminated grant using this Google Form [Contact Scott Delaney with Qs on Signal (sdelaney.84)]
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Also, see @scott-delaney.bsky.social 's post below for the database of cancelled grants
#defendresearch
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Also, see @scott-delaney.bsky.social 's post below for the database of cancelled grants
#defendresearch
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New blog post! In which I explain the issue with mediation analysis and sketch out one way to deal with the underlying causal inference problem -- in just a bit over 1,000 words!
If you have never found the time to read up on this, now is your chance.
www.the100.ci/2025/03/20/r...
If you have never found the time to read up on this, now is your chance.
www.the100.ci/2025/03/20/r...
Reviewer notes: That’s a very nice mediation analysis you have there. It would be a shame if something happened to it.
Mediation analysis has gotten a lot of flak, including classic titles such as “Yes, but what’s the mechanism? (Don’t expect an easy answer)” (Bullock et al., 2010), “What mediation analysis can (not) ...
www.the100.ci
March 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
New blog post! In which I explain the issue with mediation analysis and sketch out one way to deal with the underlying causal inference problem -- in just a bit over 1,000 words!
If you have never found the time to read up on this, now is your chance.
www.the100.ci/2025/03/20/r...
If you have never found the time to read up on this, now is your chance.
www.the100.ci/2025/03/20/r...
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Mediation analysis or "three correlations in a trench coat"
New blog post! In which I explain the issue with mediation analysis and sketch out one way to deal with the underlying causal inference problem -- in just a bit over 1,000 words!
If you have never found the time to read up on this, now is your chance.
www.the100.ci/2025/03/20/r...
If you have never found the time to read up on this, now is your chance.
www.the100.ci/2025/03/20/r...
Reviewer notes: That’s a very nice mediation analysis you have there. It would be a shame if something happened to it.
Mediation analysis has gotten a lot of flak, including classic titles such as “Yes, but what’s the mechanism? (Don’t expect an easy answer)” (Bullock et al., 2010), “What mediation analysis can (not) ...
www.the100.ci
March 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Mediation analysis or "three correlations in a trench coat"
“We write as constitutional scholars—some liberal and some conservative—who seek to defend academic freedom and the First Amendment in the wake of the federal government’s recent treatment of Columbia University.”
"The government’s action therefore risks deterring and suppressing constitutionally protected speech—not just illegal discriminatory conduct... The administration’s failure to honor the Title VI safeguards creates a dangerous precedent for every recipient of federal financial assistance."
Twenty prominent law professors have joined a letter defending academic freedom and the First Amendment against the Trump Administration’s recent treatment of Columbia. Among those from right of center: Michael McConnell, Eugene Volokh, Keith Whittington, Steve Calabresi, and Richard Epstein.
March 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“We write as constitutional scholars—some liberal and some conservative—who seek to defend academic freedom and the First Amendment in the wake of the federal government’s recent treatment of Columbia University.”
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"The government’s action therefore risks deterring and suppressing constitutionally protected speech—not just illegal discriminatory conduct... The administration’s failure to honor the Title VI safeguards creates a dangerous precedent for every recipient of federal financial assistance."
Twenty prominent law professors have joined a letter defending academic freedom and the First Amendment against the Trump Administration’s recent treatment of Columbia. Among those from right of center: Michael McConnell, Eugene Volokh, Keith Whittington, Steve Calabresi, and Richard Epstein.
A Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on Columbia | Eugene Volokh, Michael C. Dorf, David Cole
We write as constitutional scholars—some liberal and some conservative—who seek to defend academic freedom and the First Amendment in the wake of the
www.nybooks.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
"The government’s action therefore risks deterring and suppressing constitutionally protected speech—not just illegal discriminatory conduct... The administration’s failure to honor the Title VI safeguards creates a dangerous precedent for every recipient of federal financial assistance."
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PhD opening in Environmental Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/275918/phd-candidate-with-a-focus-in-environmental-psychology>
March 21, 2025 at 12:46 PM
PhD opening in Environmental Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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All scientists, regardless of their discipline or location, are potential targets for online hate. But there are things you can do to protect yourself, and resources that can help. Nature provides five steps to get started. #Academicsky 🧪
Stay safe from online hate with these five tips
In this era of anti-science activism, it‘s wise to take steps to protect your research and reputation in the digital realm.
go.nature.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
All scientists, regardless of their discipline or location, are potential targets for online hate. But there are things you can do to protect yourself, and resources that can help. Nature provides five steps to get started. #Academicsky 🧪
Thanks to the BBC World Service for having me on earlier today to talk about what’s happening at Columbia, and why we should care about what these funding cuts are actually doing to the science that keeps us safe. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
BBC World Service - Science In Action, Columbia Cuts and "Transgender Mice"
Individual stories of those affected by the Trump administration's upheaval of science.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Thanks to the BBC World Service for having me on earlier today to talk about what’s happening at Columbia, and why we should care about what these funding cuts are actually doing to the science that keeps us safe. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
There are days in life that shake you.
I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University
& academic career... 1/🧵
I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University
& academic career... 1/🧵
March 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
There are days in life that shake you.
I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University
& academic career... 1/🧵
I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University
& academic career... 1/🧵
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New: A NOAA lab in Hawaii that is connected to the longest-running observation of global greenhouse gas concentrations is slated for closure in August, according to a list of lease terminations Democratic members of Congress shared with @washingtonpost.com.
Trump moves to close government lab that tracks planet-warming pollution
The lab is connected to the Mauna Loa Observatory, where scientists gather data to produce the Keeling Curve, a chart on the daily status of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
New: A NOAA lab in Hawaii that is connected to the longest-running observation of global greenhouse gas concentrations is slated for closure in August, according to a list of lease terminations Democratic members of Congress shared with @washingtonpost.com.
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Columbia University's medical school froze hiring and spending last week, although they did not announce it publicly (the student newspaper did).
Columbia’s medical school pauses spending and hiring amid NIH cuts
The Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons is pausing hiring and spending in response to federal funding cuts at the National Institutes of Health, James McKiernan, interim dean of the college, an...
www.columbiaspectator.com
February 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Columbia University's medical school froze hiring and spending last week, although they did not announce it publicly (the student newspaper did).
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This is a really cool new paper👇👏
Social media activity is consequential for individuals and societies. It is also remarkably sensitive to local weather 🌡️🌧️❄️
Our new research article is out in @psychscience.bsky.social, work together w/ Nick Obradovich & @estebanmoro.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/0956...
THREAD 🧵 1/7
Our new research article is out in @psychscience.bsky.social, work together w/ Nick Obradovich & @estebanmoro.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/0956...
THREAD 🧵 1/7
Worse Weather Amplifies Social Media Activity - Kelton Minor, Esteban Moro, Nick Obradovich, 2025
Humanity spends an increasing proportion of its time interacting online, yet—given the importance of social media to human welfare—the external factors that reg...
doi.org
February 13, 2025 at 8:57 AM
This is a really cool new paper👇👏
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Bad weather causes people to use social media more.
Evidence in new psych science paper by @keltonminor.bsky.social @estebanmoro.bsky.social Nick Obradovich, including evidence within individuals overtime. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Evidence in new psych science paper by @keltonminor.bsky.social @estebanmoro.bsky.social Nick Obradovich, including evidence within individuals overtime. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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February 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Bad weather causes people to use social media more.
Evidence in new psych science paper by @keltonminor.bsky.social @estebanmoro.bsky.social Nick Obradovich, including evidence within individuals overtime. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Evidence in new psych science paper by @keltonminor.bsky.social @estebanmoro.bsky.social Nick Obradovich, including evidence within individuals overtime. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Social media activity is consequential for individuals and societies. It is also remarkably sensitive to local weather 🌡️🌧️❄️
Our new research article is out in @psychscience.bsky.social, work together w/ Nick Obradovich & @estebanmoro.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/0956...
THREAD 🧵 1/7
Our new research article is out in @psychscience.bsky.social, work together w/ Nick Obradovich & @estebanmoro.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/0956...
THREAD 🧵 1/7
Worse Weather Amplifies Social Media Activity - Kelton Minor, Esteban Moro, Nick Obradovich, 2025
Humanity spends an increasing proportion of its time interacting online, yet—given the importance of social media to human welfare—the external factors that reg...
doi.org
February 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Social media activity is consequential for individuals and societies. It is also remarkably sensitive to local weather 🌡️🌧️❄️
Our new research article is out in @psychscience.bsky.social, work together w/ Nick Obradovich & @estebanmoro.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/0956...
THREAD 🧵 1/7
Our new research article is out in @psychscience.bsky.social, work together w/ Nick Obradovich & @estebanmoro.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/0956...
THREAD 🧵 1/7