Randall Kramer
@rakramer.bsky.social
Environmental Economist at Duke University interested in environment | biodiversity | development | global health | One Health | poverty | food security
https://sites.nicholas.duke.edu/kramerresearch/
https://sites.nicholas.duke.edu/kramerresearch/
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Two postdoctoral opportunities in evolutionary anthropology at Duke University!
The Pontzer Lab is hiring for projects on human ecology, energetics, and aging & health.
More info: www.hbes.com/two-postdoct...
The Pontzer Lab is hiring for projects on human ecology, energetics, and aging & health.
More info: www.hbes.com/two-postdoct...
Two postdoctoral opportunities in evolutionary anthropology at Duke - HBES
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30783 Position Description The Pontzer Lab in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke University seeks two Postdoctoral Associates for research in h...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Two postdoctoral opportunities in evolutionary anthropology at Duke University!
The Pontzer Lab is hiring for projects on human ecology, energetics, and aging & health.
More info: www.hbes.com/two-postdoct...
The Pontzer Lab is hiring for projects on human ecology, energetics, and aging & health.
More info: www.hbes.com/two-postdoct...
Despite what Bill Gates says, the new State of the Climate Report says “we are hurtling toward climate chaos”
November 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Despite what Bill Gates says, the new State of the Climate Report says “we are hurtling toward climate chaos”
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While I believe that Bill Gates deserves high praise for his sustained commitment to protecting public health, I agree with @michaelemann.bsky.social that he is failing to understand that we must—and can—rapidly quit fossil fuels while addressing illness and poverty. @docsforclimate.bsky.social
You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it
What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.
thebulletin.org
October 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
While I believe that Bill Gates deserves high praise for his sustained commitment to protecting public health, I agree with @michaelemann.bsky.social that he is failing to understand that we must—and can—rapidly quit fossil fuels while addressing illness and poverty. @docsforclimate.bsky.social
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Scientists found PFAS in fresh vegetables & fish, eggs & beer. Pine needles, honey & house dust. Landfills, compost and sewage sludge.
Blood of horses. Blood of dogs. Their own blood.
1st in a series re: NC's PFAS crisis under Trump @cleancapefear.bsky.social
insideclimatenews.org/news/1210202...
1st in a series re: NC's PFAS crisis under Trump @cleancapefear.bsky.social
insideclimatenews.org/news/1210202...
A Short-Lived Win in a Never-Ending Fight Over Forever Chemicals - Inside Climate News
For seven years N.C. activists overcame political and scientific hurdles to convince the EPA to enact PFAS regulations in drinking water. Now they’re confronting a Trump administration intent on quash...
insideclimatenews.org
October 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Scientists found PFAS in fresh vegetables & fish, eggs & beer. Pine needles, honey & house dust. Landfills, compost and sewage sludge.
Blood of horses. Blood of dogs. Their own blood.
1st in a series re: NC's PFAS crisis under Trump @cleancapefear.bsky.social
insideclimatenews.org/news/1210202...
1st in a series re: NC's PFAS crisis under Trump @cleancapefear.bsky.social
insideclimatenews.org/news/1210202...
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If there’s one place on Earth you don’t want to be, it’s in the mouth of a Komodo dragon.
Not convinced? No problem - you can see all of their deadly dental secrets in this week’s #SurprisingScience 🦎 ☠️
Not convinced? No problem - you can see all of their deadly dental secrets in this week’s #SurprisingScience 🦎 ☠️
September 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
If there’s one place on Earth you don’t want to be, it’s in the mouth of a Komodo dragon.
Not convinced? No problem - you can see all of their deadly dental secrets in this week’s #SurprisingScience 🦎 ☠️
Not convinced? No problem - you can see all of their deadly dental secrets in this week’s #SurprisingScience 🦎 ☠️
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Zero traffic deaths is achievable, with political will
The capital of Finland hasn't had a traffic death in a full year. Lower speed limits, plentiful speed cameras, 1,500+ km of bike lanes, infrastructure for pedestrians, and a new tram line.
When you prioritize people and not vehicles, you can save lives while protecting the environment.
When you prioritize people and not vehicles, you can save lives while protecting the environment.
Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year
Helsinki has completed 12 months without a single traffic fatality, a milestone credited to lower speed limits, safer infrastructure, and years of consistent planning, officials say.
www.helsinkitimes.fi
September 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Zero traffic deaths is achievable, with political will
Great news for the long struggling USFWS red wolf restoration program in North Carolina
GREAT NEWS: On August 8, the Fish and Wildlife Service shared the that the world’s only wild population of red wolves has grown by as many as 16 pups. The births are a critical step forward for a wild population that numbered only seven wolves in 2020: www.selc.org/news/hope-fo...
Hope for red wolves
Full tree canopies and blooming goldenrod. Shifting bird sightings with migrating flocks. The thrum of cicadas, late sunsets, and lightning bugs. The final remnants of summer are all around — and in ...
www.selc.org
August 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Great news for the long struggling USFWS red wolf restoration program in North Carolina
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The New York Times recently covered work by The Nature Conservancy in their 50 States, 50 Fixes series! This edition focuses on restoring peat bogs in North Carolina.
North Carolina’s Bogs Have a Dirty Secret, and That’s a Good Thing
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The New York Times recently covered work by The Nature Conservancy in their 50 States, 50 Fixes series! This edition focuses on restoring peat bogs in North Carolina.
Congratulations Fidy! A well deserved recognition of your path breaking work in Madagascar!
Excited, surprised and proud to share the news about my @MaxwellHanrahan Award in Field Biology! The award recognizes my work in infectious disease ecology and wildlife conservation in #Madagascar. To learn more about the award: www.maxwell-hanrahan.org/programs/fie...
July 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Congratulations Fidy! A well deserved recognition of your path breaking work in Madagascar!
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Among all the big bad things happening on our planet, there's one Big Good Thing, the sudden, startling rise of solar energy.
It changes the power dynamic, in every sense of the word 'power.'
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
It changes the power dynamic, in every sense of the word 'power.'
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Among all the big bad things happening on our planet, there's one Big Good Thing, the sudden, startling rise of solar energy.
It changes the power dynamic, in every sense of the word 'power.'
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
It changes the power dynamic, in every sense of the word 'power.'
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
A very insightful take on the U.S. drug pricing problem and how best to solve it by Rob Califf
A view of the "re-importation issue" that may not be popular with some people.
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“Re-Importing” Drugs from Canada: Really?
During my two tenures as FDA Commissioner, there were many times when I would have personally chosen to take a different policy route than the one chosen by the administration, but as a Presidential a...
substack.com
July 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
A very insightful take on the U.S. drug pricing problem and how best to solve it by Rob Califf
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"I want readers to learn that Native nations have been here for millennia. They have been complicated and powerful, and changing over time. And maybe even more importantly, I want readers to know that Native nations are still here today."
Talking to North Carolina’s Latest Pulitzer Prize Winner
Durham historian Kathleen DuVal's latest book, "Native Nations: A Millennium in North America," spans more than 700 pages.
indyweek.com
June 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"I want readers to learn that Native nations have been here for millennia. They have been complicated and powerful, and changing over time. And maybe even more importantly, I want readers to know that Native nations are still here today."
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Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
GSMNP - Truly one of the nation’s best biodiversity reserves.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/15/t...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/15/t...
Today In History: Great Smoky Mountains National Park established
On June 15, 1934, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most-visited national park in the United States, was established by Congress.
www.chicagotribune.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
GSMNP - Truly one of the nation’s best biodiversity reserves.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/15/t...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/15/t...
The collapse of insect populations in protected areas
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The collapse of insect populations in protected areas
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I’m one of 20 assistant professors in A&S at UNC who has had their tenure decision deferred.
I was planning to spend my summer editing my third book. Now? 🤷🏻♀️
www.wral.com/video/unc-fa...
I was planning to spend my summer editing my third book. Now? 🤷🏻♀️
www.wral.com/video/unc-fa...
UNC faculty concerned over lack of tenure for professors
WRAL has obtained a letter from the faculty chair to the dean and chancellor at UNC-Chapel Hill expressing concern about a lack of tenure for certain professors.
www.wral.com
May 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I’m one of 20 assistant professors in A&S at UNC who has had their tenure decision deferred.
I was planning to spend my summer editing my third book. Now? 🤷🏻♀️
www.wral.com/video/unc-fa...
I was planning to spend my summer editing my third book. Now? 🤷🏻♀️
www.wral.com/video/unc-fa...
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Every time I see a case of severe malaria requiring IV artesunate I am reminded of how completely bonkers drug pricing in the US is. A treatment course anywhere else in the world is <100$ in the US it's $30,000. Pls take malaria prophylaxis if indicated for travel.🙏🏽
www.statnews.com/2021/06/11/u...
www.statnews.com/2021/06/11/u...
Unaffordable treatment for severe malaria highlights U.S. drug market pitfalls
It is shocking to think that U.S. citizens may receive better treatment for severe malaria at lower cost in a low-income country than they would at home.
www.statnews.com
May 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Every time I see a case of severe malaria requiring IV artesunate I am reminded of how completely bonkers drug pricing in the US is. A treatment course anywhere else in the world is <100$ in the US it's $30,000. Pls take malaria prophylaxis if indicated for travel.🙏🏽
www.statnews.com/2021/06/11/u...
www.statnews.com/2021/06/11/u...
Oil and Gas Companies Are Trying to Rig the Marketplace
It's impossible to discuss the energy transition without acknowledging the fragile state of our democracy.
And it's impossible to acknowledge the fragile state of our democracy without seeing how fossil-fuel interests are undermining it to stop the energy transition.
And it's impossible to acknowledge the fragile state of our democracy without seeing how fossil-fuel interests are undermining it to stop the energy transition.
May 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Oil and Gas Companies Are Trying to Rig the Marketplace
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one thing I respect about medieval beekeepers is their total commitment to looking like Doctor Who villains
![[image of real-life beekeeper costume and a detail from a painting by Peter Brueghel the Elder]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreicsetfmafwdbpftwqgu3rxsahpch2sjuejin7rfabtkfxqnh47kom@jpeg)
May 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
one thing I respect about medieval beekeepers is their total commitment to looking like Doctor Who villains
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Top FDA aide Tracy Beth Hoeg was reportedly involved with the delay in approving Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine. Former FDA head @robcaliff.bsky.social says allowing political appointees to weigh in on approvals could be opening Pandora’s box:
#STATSummit
#STATSummit
May 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Top FDA aide Tracy Beth Hoeg was reportedly involved with the delay in approving Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine. Former FDA head @robcaliff.bsky.social says allowing political appointees to weigh in on approvals could be opening Pandora’s box:
#STATSummit
#STATSummit
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Are you an African scholar pursuing a career in economics? Apply to be a CSAE Visiting Fellow in 2026 online today.
#EconSky @oxfordecondept.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @odid-qeh.bsky.social @oxmartinschool.bsky.social
⏰31 May 2025. www.csae.ox.ac.uk/visiting-fel...
#EconSky @oxfordecondept.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @odid-qeh.bsky.social @oxmartinschool.bsky.social
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CSAE VISITING FELLOWSHIPS
CSAE Visiting Fellowships
www.csae.ox.ac.uk
May 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Are you an African scholar pursuing a career in economics? Apply to be a CSAE Visiting Fellow in 2026 online today.
#EconSky @oxfordecondept.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @odid-qeh.bsky.social @oxmartinschool.bsky.social
⏰31 May 2025. www.csae.ox.ac.uk/visiting-fel...
#EconSky @oxfordecondept.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @odid-qeh.bsky.social @oxmartinschool.bsky.social
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Uganda stopped a Sudan Ebola virus outbreak in under 3 months.
No chaos. Just fast action, local leadership, and a rapidly implemented vaccine trial.
Maybe the problem isn’t capacity in Africa after all—maybe it’s the story we keep telling about it.
open.substack.com/pub/bktitanj...
No chaos. Just fast action, local leadership, and a rapidly implemented vaccine trial.
Maybe the problem isn’t capacity in Africa after all—maybe it’s the story we keep telling about it.
open.substack.com/pub/bktitanj...
Africa’s Outbreak Response Is the Global Standard Now
From outbreak containment to clinical innovation, African nations are setting new global standards for success
open.substack.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Uganda stopped a Sudan Ebola virus outbreak in under 3 months.
No chaos. Just fast action, local leadership, and a rapidly implemented vaccine trial.
Maybe the problem isn’t capacity in Africa after all—maybe it’s the story we keep telling about it.
open.substack.com/pub/bktitanj...
No chaos. Just fast action, local leadership, and a rapidly implemented vaccine trial.
Maybe the problem isn’t capacity in Africa after all—maybe it’s the story we keep telling about it.
open.substack.com/pub/bktitanj...
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In addition to humanitarian and health work, USAID supported "projects that protected elephants in Tanzania, great apes and national parks in central Africa, giant fishes and watersheds of the Mekong River basin in Southeast Asia, and rainforests in the Amazon."
e360.yale.edu/features/usa...
e360.yale.edu/features/usa...
U.S. Aid Cuts Are Hitting Global Conservation Projects Hard
The Trump Administration’s dismantling of USAID has done more than cut off life-saving humanitarian assistance. It has also eliminated funding for environmental protection and conservation work in doz...
e360.yale.edu
April 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
In addition to humanitarian and health work, USAID supported "projects that protected elephants in Tanzania, great apes and national parks in central Africa, giant fishes and watersheds of the Mekong River basin in Southeast Asia, and rainforests in the Amazon."
e360.yale.edu/features/usa...
e360.yale.edu/features/usa...
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U.S. citizen interested in grad studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada)?
Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions.
U.S. Applicant Week:
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool
Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions.
U.S. Applicant Week:
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool
US Applicant Week
www.grad.ubc.ca
April 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
U.S. citizen interested in grad studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada)?
Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions.
U.S. Applicant Week:
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool
Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions.
U.S. Applicant Week:
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
#AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool