Robbie M. Parks
@robbieparks.bsky.social
Assistant professor at Columbia University
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Robbie M. Parks
@robbieparks.bsky.social
· Jul 22
A small team of us at Columbia (Sen Pei, Qing Yao, and me) collaborated with @washingtonpost.com to create a data-driven story about Hurricane Helene flooding and lack of evacuation added to the severe impacts:
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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🌪️ @newyorker.com just spotlighted former Agents Of Change fellow @robbieparks.bsky.social!
His research reveals the invisible health toll of hurricanes — from chronic illness to mental health impacts long after storms end.
Read more 👇
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
His research reveals the invisible health toll of hurricanes — from chronic illness to mental health impacts long after storms end.
Read more 👇
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The Hidden Devastation of Hurricanes
Their health effects extend far beyond official death tolls.
www.newyorker.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
🌪️ @newyorker.com just spotlighted former Agents Of Change fellow @robbieparks.bsky.social!
His research reveals the invisible health toll of hurricanes — from chronic illness to mental health impacts long after storms end.
Read more 👇
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
His research reveals the invisible health toll of hurricanes — from chronic illness to mental health impacts long after storms end.
Read more 👇
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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This study was led by Dr. Qing Yao, with great collaboration with Victoria Lynch, Molei Liu, @wuxiao1993.bsky.social and @robbieparks.bsky.social.
Check out the press release from Columbia Mailman. www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/hurrica...
Check out the press release from Columbia Mailman. www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/hurrica...
Hurricane Evacuation Patterns Differ Based on Where the Storm Hits
People in coastal areas with frequent hurricane exposure are more likely to travel out of harm’s way compared to people in inland areas who are more likely to stay put.
www.publichealth.columbia.edu
October 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This study was led by Dr. Qing Yao, with great collaboration with Victoria Lynch, Molei Liu, @wuxiao1993.bsky.social and @robbieparks.bsky.social.
Check out the press release from Columbia Mailman. www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/hurrica...
Check out the press release from Columbia Mailman. www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/hurrica...
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Heat kills, more than we think and we can see. Heat intensified by climate change kills even more. For the 1st time, we conducted a rapid impact attribution study looking at the additional deaths that occurred due to climate change across 12 cities in Europe, in close to real-time: shorturl.at/mv6ms
July 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Heat kills, more than we think and we can see. Heat intensified by climate change kills even more. For the 1st time, we conducted a rapid impact attribution study looking at the additional deaths that occurred due to climate change across 12 cities in Europe, in close to real-time: shorturl.at/mv6ms
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This study is led by Dr. Qing Yao, in collaboration with Victoria Lynch, Molei Liu, @wuxiao1993.bsky.social, and @robbieparks.bsky.social. Great pleasure discussing our findings with Sarah Kaplan and Kevin Crowe at the Washington Post. The preprint has not been peer-reviewed. End/
July 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This study is led by Dr. Qing Yao, in collaboration with Victoria Lynch, Molei Liu, @wuxiao1993.bsky.social, and @robbieparks.bsky.social. Great pleasure discussing our findings with Sarah Kaplan and Kevin Crowe at the Washington Post. The preprint has not been peer-reviewed. End/
A small team of us at Columbia (Sen Pei, Qing Yao, and me) collaborated with @washingtonpost.com to create a data-driven story about Hurricane Helene flooding and lack of evacuation added to the severe impacts:
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
July 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A small team of us at Columbia (Sen Pei, Qing Yao, and me) collaborated with @washingtonpost.com to create a data-driven story about Hurricane Helene flooding and lack of evacuation added to the severe impacts:
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
June 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Planes de salud, calor, salud mental...
Un combo cada vez más preocupante.
Los investigadores solicitan apoyo específico para proteger a las comunidades vulnerables. #SaludPública
Un combo cada vez más preocupante.
Los investigadores solicitan apoyo específico para proteger a las comunidades vulnerables. #SaludPública
June 2, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Planes de salud, calor, salud mental...
Un combo cada vez más preocupante.
Los investigadores solicitan apoyo específico para proteger a las comunidades vulnerables. #SaludPública
Un combo cada vez más preocupante.
Los investigadores solicitan apoyo específico para proteger a las comunidades vulnerables. #SaludPública
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A global review finds most heat-health plans mention #mentalhealth but lack real interventions. As extreme #heat intensifies, researchers call for targeted support to protect vulnerable communities. #ClimateAdaptation #PublicHealth
DOI: doi.org/10.1007/s405...
DOI: doi.org/10.1007/s405...
Most heat-health plans neglect mental health risks from extreme heat • Muser Press
A new review published in Current Environmental Health Reports offers a global assessment of how mental health is addressed in official heat-health action plans
www.muser.press
May 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
A global review finds most heat-health plans mention #mentalhealth but lack real interventions. As extreme #heat intensifies, researchers call for targeted support to protect vulnerable communities. #ClimateAdaptation #PublicHealth
DOI: doi.org/10.1007/s405...
DOI: doi.org/10.1007/s405...
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This gap aligns closely with findings from a recent report by @physoc.bsky.social and @wellcometrust.bsky.social, which highlighted the urgent need to integrate mental health into climate adaptation strategies.
A Critical Gap in Addressing Mental Health in Heat-Health Action Plans Worldwide - Current Environmental Health Reports
Purpose of Review Extreme heat is associated with mental health conditions such as suicide, anxiety, and substance use disorders. However, the integration of mental health in heat-health planning rema...
doi.org
May 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This gap aligns closely with findings from a recent report by @physoc.bsky.social and @wellcometrust.bsky.social, which highlighted the urgent need to integrate mental health into climate adaptation strategies.
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📢 A major new review has found that while over 75% of heat-health action plans mention mental health, only a fifth include any targeted interventions.
A Critical Gap in Addressing Mental Health in Heat-Health Action Plans Worldwide - Current Environmental Health Reports
Purpose of Review Extreme heat is associated with mental health conditions such as suicide, anxiety, and substance use disorders. However, the integration of mental health in heat-health planning rema...
doi.org
May 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
📢 A major new review has found that while over 75% of heat-health action plans mention mental health, only a fifth include any targeted interventions.
🌡️ Out today! The first-ever review on how #MentalHealth features in Heat Health Action Plans is out now in #CurrentEnvironmentalHealthReports!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#ClimateHealth #PublicHealth #HeatAction #MentalWellbeing
Details below:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#ClimateHealth #PublicHealth #HeatAction #MentalWellbeing
Details below:
A Critical Gap in Addressing Mental Health in Heat-Health Action Plans Worldwide - Current Environmental Health Reports
Purpose of Review Extreme heat is associated with mental health conditions such as suicide, anxiety, and substance use disorders. However, the integration of mental health in heat-health planning rema...
link.springer.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🌡️ Out today! The first-ever review on how #MentalHealth features in Heat Health Action Plans is out now in #CurrentEnvironmentalHealthReports!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#ClimateHealth #PublicHealth #HeatAction #MentalWellbeing
Details below:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#ClimateHealth #PublicHealth #HeatAction #MentalWellbeing
Details below:
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Also important to note -- considerable racial disparities in both maternal and infant health have persisted over the past 25y.
So overall, amidst reasons for optimism with respect to trends, we shouldn't lose sight of work still to do. 4/n
@robbieparks.bsky.social +Seth Flaxman
So overall, amidst reasons for optimism with respect to trends, we shouldn't lose sight of work still to do. 4/n
@robbieparks.bsky.social +Seth Flaxman
April 29, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Also important to note -- considerable racial disparities in both maternal and infant health have persisted over the past 25y.
So overall, amidst reasons for optimism with respect to trends, we shouldn't lose sight of work still to do. 4/n
@robbieparks.bsky.social +Seth Flaxman
So overall, amidst reasons for optimism with respect to trends, we shouldn't lose sight of work still to do. 4/n
@robbieparks.bsky.social +Seth Flaxman
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Has maternal mortality been increasing in the US?
Previous reports have noted a drastic increase in US maternal mortality. This was largely among "cause unspecified" deaths, leading to suggestions that some or all of these trends may be driven by changes in reporting.
We took a closer look. 1/n
Previous reports have noted a drastic increase in US maternal mortality. This was largely among "cause unspecified" deaths, leading to suggestions that some or all of these trends may be driven by changes in reporting.
We took a closer look. 1/n
April 29, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Has maternal mortality been increasing in the US?
Previous reports have noted a drastic increase in US maternal mortality. This was largely among "cause unspecified" deaths, leading to suggestions that some or all of these trends may be driven by changes in reporting.
We took a closer look. 1/n
Previous reports have noted a drastic increase in US maternal mortality. This was largely among "cause unspecified" deaths, leading to suggestions that some or all of these trends may be driven by changes in reporting.
We took a closer look. 1/n
Has been amazing to visit the @columbiauniversity.bsky.social Global Center in Santiago Chile! Many exciting projects on the horizon…
March 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Has been amazing to visit the @columbiauniversity.bsky.social Global Center in Santiago Chile! Many exciting projects on the horizon…
This paper was also one of NIEHS's papers of the month for March 2025!
factor.niehs.nih.gov/2025/2/paper...
factor.niehs.nih.gov/2025/2/paper...
March 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This paper was also one of NIEHS's papers of the month for March 2025!
factor.niehs.nih.gov/2025/2/paper...
factor.niehs.nih.gov/2025/2/paper...
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"The last 10 years have been the 10 warmest years on record," a direct outcome of ongoing fossil fuel emissions, and this signals that warming risks could be even more dramatic than thought, says climate scientist Radley Horton of @lamontearth.bsky.social @columbiaclimate.bsky.social. Via @npr.org.
January wasn't expected to break global temperature records. But it did
The planet has been shattering heat records for the past two years. That was expected to ease in January — and the fact that it didn't has climate researchers worried.
www.npr.org
February 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"The last 10 years have been the 10 warmest years on record," a direct outcome of ongoing fossil fuel emissions, and this signals that warming risks could be even more dramatic than thought, says climate scientist Radley Horton of @lamontearth.bsky.social @columbiaclimate.bsky.social. Via @npr.org.
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For the urban health - climate folks, the IPCC still has a call out for Chapter scientists to contribute to the IPCC Special report on Climate Change and Cities.
The deadline is midnight CET on Friday 14 Feb🌹
In case of interest ⬇️
www.linkedin.com/posts/ipcc_i...
The deadline is midnight CET on Friday 14 Feb🌹
In case of interest ⬇️
www.linkedin.com/posts/ipcc_i...
IPCC on LinkedIn: IPCC Working Group II TSU Call for Chapter Scientists | 19 comments
📣 Call for Applications for Chapter Scientists to support author teams for the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities, scheduled for release in… | 19 comments on LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com
February 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
For the urban health - climate folks, the IPCC still has a call out for Chapter scientists to contribute to the IPCC Special report on Climate Change and Cities.
The deadline is midnight CET on Friday 14 Feb🌹
In case of interest ⬇️
www.linkedin.com/posts/ipcc_i...
The deadline is midnight CET on Friday 14 Feb🌹
In case of interest ⬇️
www.linkedin.com/posts/ipcc_i...
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A study in Nature Medicine reports greater mortality from infectious and parasitic diseases, injuries and respiratory and cardiovascular diseases associated with exposures to flooding events in the US, particularly floods caused by tropical cyclones and heavy rain. #Medsky 🧪
Large floods drive changes in cause-specific mortality in the United States - Nature Medicine
Analyses of death records over the two decades in the United States reported greater mortality from infectious and parasitic diseases, injuries and respiratory and cardiovascular diseases associated with exposures to flooding events, particularly floods caused by tropical cyclones and heavy rain.
go.nature.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:46 AM
A study in Nature Medicine reports greater mortality from infectious and parasitic diseases, injuries and respiratory and cardiovascular diseases associated with exposures to flooding events in the US, particularly floods caused by tropical cyclones and heavy rain. #Medsky 🧪
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A study in Nature Medicine reports greater mortality from infectious and parasitic diseases, injuries and respiratory and cardiovascular diseases associated with exposures to flooding events in the US, particularly floods caused by tropical cyclones and heavy rain. #Medsky 🧪
Large floods drive changes in cause-specific mortality in the United States - Nature Medicine
Analyses of death records over the two decades in the United States reported greater mortality from infectious and parasitic diseases, injuries and respiratory and cardiovascular diseases associated with exposures to flooding events, particularly floods caused by tropical cyclones and heavy rain.
go.nature.com
January 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A study in Nature Medicine reports greater mortality from infectious and parasitic diseases, injuries and respiratory and cardiovascular diseases associated with exposures to flooding events in the US, particularly floods caused by tropical cyclones and heavy rain. #Medsky 🧪
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Check out our new work on floods and mortality in the U.S. An excellent 🧵 below @robbieparks.bsky.social
Out today in @natureportfolio.bsky.social Nature Medicine: Large floods drive changes in cause-specific mortality in the United States. Short 🧵 below. @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @columbiaclimate.bsky.social @uarizona.bsky.social @harvardchanschool.bsky.social:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Check out our new work on floods and mortality in the U.S. An excellent 🧵 below @robbieparks.bsky.social
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Calling folks from @katharinehayhoe.com 's "Climate and Pub. Health" starter pack: @robbieparks.bsky.social @jonlevybu.bsky.social @subu.bsky.social @drhelenmac.bsky.social @profjasonwest.bsky.social @gaurabbasu.bsky.social @kaichenyale.bsky.social @lisapatel.bsky.social @jjbuonocore.bsky.social
1/3 🧵Calling researchers at the intersection of energy and public health. I’m helping to organize a forum for mayors and town supervisors in Dutchess Co, NY, explaining the importance of permitting grid-scale battery storage in the county to displace fossil gas generation (in the face of NIMBY...
January 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Calling folks from @katharinehayhoe.com 's "Climate and Pub. Health" starter pack: @robbieparks.bsky.social @jonlevybu.bsky.social @subu.bsky.social @drhelenmac.bsky.social @profjasonwest.bsky.social @gaurabbasu.bsky.social @kaichenyale.bsky.social @lisapatel.bsky.social @jjbuonocore.bsky.social
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physics of climate impacts 101:
- Stuff gets hot (worse heatwaves)
- Hot air holds more water vapor (heavier rainfall)
- Hot air is thirstier air (higher drought risk)
- Warm water is hurricane food (stronger storms)
- Hot water expands and hot ice melts (sea level rise)
- Stuff gets hot (worse heatwaves)
- Hot air holds more water vapor (heavier rainfall)
- Hot air is thirstier air (higher drought risk)
- Warm water is hurricane food (stronger storms)
- Hot water expands and hot ice melts (sea level rise)
January 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
physics of climate impacts 101:
- Stuff gets hot (worse heatwaves)
- Hot air holds more water vapor (heavier rainfall)
- Hot air is thirstier air (higher drought risk)
- Warm water is hurricane food (stronger storms)
- Hot water expands and hot ice melts (sea level rise)
- Stuff gets hot (worse heatwaves)
- Hot air holds more water vapor (heavier rainfall)
- Hot air is thirstier air (higher drought risk)
- Warm water is hurricane food (stronger storms)
- Hot water expands and hot ice melts (sea level rise)
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New paper out today in @natureportfolio.bsky.social showing cause-specific mortality from large floods in the US and their extended effects months after. Awesome collaboration with @columbiaclimate.bsky.social @harvardchanschool.bsky.social. Excellent 🧵below from colleague @robbieparks.bsky.social.
Out today in @natureportfolio.bsky.social Nature Medicine: Large floods drive changes in cause-specific mortality in the United States. Short 🧵 below. @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @columbiaclimate.bsky.social @uarizona.bsky.social @harvardchanschool.bsky.social:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
New paper out today in @natureportfolio.bsky.social showing cause-specific mortality from large floods in the US and their extended effects months after. Awesome collaboration with @columbiaclimate.bsky.social @harvardchanschool.bsky.social. Excellent 🧵below from colleague @robbieparks.bsky.social.
Out today in @natureportfolio.bsky.social Nature Medicine: Large floods drive changes in cause-specific mortality in the United States. Short 🧵 below. @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @columbiaclimate.bsky.social @uarizona.bsky.social @harvardchanschool.bsky.social:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Out today in @natureportfolio.bsky.social Nature Medicine: Large floods drive changes in cause-specific mortality in the United States. Short 🧵 below. @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @columbiaclimate.bsky.social @uarizona.bsky.social @harvardchanschool.bsky.social:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A new A.I. tool from DeepMind, a Google company in London that develops A.I. applications, has achieved what its makers call unmatched skill and speed in devising 15-day weather forecasts.
Google Introduces A.I. Agent That Aces 15-Day Weather Forecasts
GenCast, from the company’s DeepMind division, outperformed the world’s best predictions of deadly storms as well as everyday weather.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2024 at 10:56 PM
A new A.I. tool from DeepMind, a Google company in London that develops A.I. applications, has achieved what its makers call unmatched skill and speed in devising 15-day weather forecasts.