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Joan Meiners, PhD
@joanmeiners.bsky.social
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🌵 Climate reporter (@azcentral.com = The Arizona Republic)

🐝 Bee doctor (Ecology Ph.D. @UF)

🚴‍♀️ Outdoor athlete (runner, thruhiker, skier, former bike racer)

Listen. Be human. Fight bullshit.
https://www.azcentral.com/staff/5308605002/joan-meiners/
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November 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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October 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Link to the related dispatch published in the Arizona Republic | @azcentral.com and free to read: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
On the Arizona Trail, a community steps in as fires blacken forests and force detours
The Republic's climate reporter started her journey on the Arizona Trail with detours that were forced by wildfires and left for volunteers to fix.
www.azcentral.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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That’s what I was thinking too, but I wasn’t sure what kind of mine. Thanks.
October 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Thanks Sylvie!
October 21, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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Thank you, that’s a super helpful offer!
October 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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October 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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@sejorg.bsky.social @ejtodaynews.bsky.social @coveringclimatenow.org @climate.skyfleet.blue
October 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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You can see more photos, videos and commentary on Instagram at: www.instagram.com/joan_bikes_a...
October 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Edit: That story was actually published two weeks ago, not last week. Time flies. But the point still stands.
October 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Here's my story about how data the Arizona Department of Health Services collects from hospitals on heat-related emergency visits could be a lot more useful toward addressing the increasing health impacts of extreme heat than the department has bothered to make it:
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
As heat-related hospital visits rise, Arizona's focus is on deaths and quick fixes
While awareness about heat death rates grows, attention to underlying causes of heat-related hospital visits lags, experts say, as temperatures rise.
www.azcentral.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Check back tomorrow for the second in the series
September 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM