Courtney Currier
@curriercourt.bsky.social
ecosystem ecologist | postdoc at Univ. of Cambridge | drylands, soil C & N, fire, drought, art, bikes | she/her
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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!
February 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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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Check out this SWEET collaborative overview of #carbon in the #sagebrush system:
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/b35c...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/b35c...
Carbon in the Sagebrush Steppe
Maximizing carbon security starts with protecting what's already here.
storymaps.arcgis.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Check out this SWEET collaborative overview of #carbon in the #sagebrush system:
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/b35c...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/b35c...
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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
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
February 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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
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
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What a shitty fucking day
thehill.com/policy/energ...
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
February 15, 2025 at 12:53 AM
What a shitty fucking day
thehill.com/policy/energ...
thehill.com/policy/energ...
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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. 🧵👇
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
February 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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. 🧵👇
2 papers out today look at these Qs. 🧵👇
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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
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
February 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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
Read more @nytimes.com: nyti.ms/4aVXrbj
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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
February 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Extremely worrying dynamics are unfolding in the US: What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/blog...
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Federal scientists should know their rights, agency policies, and whistle-blower protections to safeguard scientific integrity.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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
February 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Federal scientists should know their rights, agency policies, and whistle-blower protections to safeguard scientific integrity.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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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
February 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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
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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
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
January 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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
Note that all of the administration's records are preserved at bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov
🗄️ #History #Transparency