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Stephen Mulkey at University of Florida. 40 years as an environmental scientist. Teaching undergraduates climate change. Current portfolio: Global Change Ecology; Communities and Climate Change; Climate Change Biology; Climate Change & Health
Higher education fails at collective action | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Higher education fails at collective action
In the latest development in the ongoing combat between universities in the United States and the Trump administration, the Department of Education has presented them with what it calls a “compact.” I...
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October 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Higher education fails at collective action | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Here’s to Dr. Stephen Mulkey! In his course, BSC3307C Climate Change Biology, Dr. Mulkey guides students through comprehensive sets of data and studies to help them understand the relationship between ecological changes and biological processes. #UFCOIP #UFCOIPInstructorSpotlight
October 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Here’s to Dr. Stephen Mulkey! In his course, BSC3307C Climate Change Biology, Dr. Mulkey guides students through comprehensive sets of data and studies to help them understand the relationship between ecological changes and biological processes. #UFCOIP #UFCOIPInstructorSpotlight
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We’re filling the atmosphere with CO2 like a bathtub with water. Most of it stays for millennia.
That is why the cumulative emissions (the total amount, as pictured here) and not yearly emissions determine the amount of #globalwarming.
That is why the cumulative emissions (the total amount, as pictured here) and not yearly emissions determine the amount of #globalwarming.
August 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We’re filling the atmosphere with CO2 like a bathtub with water. Most of it stays for millennia.
That is why the cumulative emissions (the total amount, as pictured here) and not yearly emissions determine the amount of #globalwarming.
That is why the cumulative emissions (the total amount, as pictured here) and not yearly emissions determine the amount of #globalwarming.
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August 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Critiques of the DOE “Critical Review” of climate are emerging. Here’s an intro from @realclimate.org to get you ready for the release by @andrewdessler.com and colleagues this week.
RealClimate: Critiques of the ‘Critical Review’ www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
RealClimate: Critiques of the ‘Critical Review’
RealClimate: The first somewhat comprehensive reviews of the DOE critical review are now coming online. First out of the gate is a nice interactive from CarbonBrief based on direct input from scientis...
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August 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Critiques of the DOE “Critical Review” of climate are emerging. Here’s an intro from @realclimate.org to get you ready for the release by @andrewdessler.com and colleagues this week.
From my daughter, Sachi Kitajima Mulkey.
She cites the same scientists that I would use to teach a graduate-level lecture on this.
She cites the same scientists that I would use to teach a graduate-level lecture on this.
August 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
From my daughter, Sachi Kitajima Mulkey.
She cites the same scientists that I would use to teach a graduate-level lecture on this.
She cites the same scientists that I would use to teach a graduate-level lecture on this.
Amazon birds are failing due to climate change. Many other signals indicate that this vast complex of forest ecosystems is in varying degrees of disruption. The bottom line for us is that enormous biodiversity and gigaton volumes of carbon are being lost.
e360.yale.edu/features/202...
e360.yale.edu/features/202...
The Amazon Rainforest Approaches a Point of No Return
In “Amazon Tipping Point” — Third-Place Winner of the 2025 Yale Environment 360 Film Contest — Brazilian filmmakers capture striking images of clear-cutting and explore how human activity is so damagi...
e360.yale.edu
August 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Amazon birds are failing due to climate change. Many other signals indicate that this vast complex of forest ecosystems is in varying degrees of disruption. The bottom line for us is that enormous biodiversity and gigaton volumes of carbon are being lost.
e360.yale.edu/features/202...
e360.yale.edu/features/202...
You can’t make deals with a sociopath. They will force you to sacrifice even more. This is just the beginning.
www.chronicle.com/article/trac...
www.chronicle.com/article/trac...
Tracking Trump’s Higher-Ed Deals
Colleges are reaching settlements with the government to restore research funding. Here’s everything you need to know.
www.chronicle.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
You can’t make deals with a sociopath. They will force you to sacrifice even more. This is just the beginning.
www.chronicle.com/article/trac...
www.chronicle.com/article/trac...
This book is so evocative that I found myself saying out loud thank you to the author for writing it.
www.audible.com/pd/B0F6ZX95G...
www.audible.com/pd/B0F6ZX95G...
Is a River Alive?
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. From the bestselling author of Underland and "the great nature writer . . . of this generation" (Wall Street Journal), a revelatory book that transforms how...
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August 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This book is so evocative that I found myself saying out loud thank you to the author for writing it.
www.audible.com/pd/B0F6ZX95G...
www.audible.com/pd/B0F6ZX95G...
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Global emissions from heating are about 4x those from cooling.
Air conditioning is an important and lifesaving adaptation to climate change.
Decarbonize the grid.
Air conditioning is an important and lifesaving adaptation to climate change.
Decarbonize the grid.
July 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Global emissions from heating are about 4x those from cooling.
Air conditioning is an important and lifesaving adaptation to climate change.
Decarbonize the grid.
Air conditioning is an important and lifesaving adaptation to climate change.
Decarbonize the grid.
Well, it finally happened…The NCA5 has been buried. This is beyond insane.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump officials axed an online portal for its key climate report. Read it in full here
Guardian makes legally mandated gold standard report widely available after administration deleted website
www.theguardian.com
July 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Well, it finally happened…The NCA5 has been buried. This is beyond insane.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
It’s like the movie Ground Hog Day. I have been working on climate for over 30 years. When does this crap end? The same old players.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/c...
Trump Hires Scientists Who Doubt the Consensus on Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It’s like the movie Ground Hog Day. I have been working on climate for over 30 years. When does this crap end? The same old players.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/c...
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According to a new report by those hippies at Morgan Stanley, in the past year 55% of North American companies have experienced a #ClimateChange related event that impacted their operations or business.
That's a lot!
That's a lot!
July 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
According to a new report by those hippies at Morgan Stanley, in the past year 55% of North American companies have experienced a #ClimateChange related event that impacted their operations or business.
That's a lot!
That's a lot!
Critical Hurricane Monitoring Data Is Going Offline www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/c...
Critical Hurricane Monitoring Data Is Going Offline
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June 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Critical Hurricane Monitoring Data Is Going Offline www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/c...
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🚨🚨The White House is pissed off about this ad so you know what to do, share it everywhere! ICE is disappearing people just because of the color of their skin! No Warrant! No Due Process! This is not who we are as Americans! #MAGAKidnappers want an all white America, fuck that‼️
June 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
🚨🚨The White House is pissed off about this ad so you know what to do, share it everywhere! ICE is disappearing people just because of the color of their skin! No Warrant! No Due Process! This is not who we are as Americans! #MAGAKidnappers want an all white America, fuck that‼️
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I know there’s a lot of news right now but this is really crazy. They’re booting the National Science Foundation out of its newish building with no plans for where 1800 people are going to go.
National Science Foundation Staff Booted From Headquarters - Eos
Staff at the National Science Foundation (NSF) were notified on 25 June that the agency’s office space, located in Alexandria, Va., will be taken over by Department of Housing and Urban Development (H...
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June 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I know there’s a lot of news right now but this is really crazy. They’re booting the National Science Foundation out of its newish building with no plans for where 1800 people are going to go.
My daughter- first NYT article!!!!!!
Study Shows Mercury Levels in Arctic Wildlife Could Rise for Centuries www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/c...
Study Shows Mercury Levels in Arctic Wildlife Could Rise for Centuries www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/c...
Study Shows Mercury Levels in Arctic Wildlife Could Rise for Centuries
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June 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
My daughter- first NYT article!!!!!!
Study Shows Mercury Levels in Arctic Wildlife Could Rise for Centuries www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/c...
Study Shows Mercury Levels in Arctic Wildlife Could Rise for Centuries www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/c...
Clean Energy Project Cancellations Top $14 Billion So Far in 2025 insideclimatenews.org/news/2905202...
Clean Energy Project Cancellations Top $14 Billion So Far in 2025 - Inside Climate News
Businesses have pulled the plug on big projects amid Trump’s retreat on climate action. But plenty remain in the pipeline, awaiting a Congressional decision on tax credits.
insideclimatenews.org
May 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Clean Energy Project Cancellations Top $14 Billion So Far in 2025 insideclimatenews.org/news/2905202...
This is part of the end of science in the US.
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
www.science.org
May 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This is part of the end of science in the US.
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...