Robbie M. Parks
@robbieparks.bsky.social
Assistant professor at Columbia University
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...
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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...
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…
January 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Once again thank you to Amy Wolfe for fantastic artwork:
January 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Once again thank you to Amy Wolfe for fantastic artwork:
In summary (#tldr):
Study in @natureportfolio.bsky.social Nature Medicine reveals potential deadly effect of large floods on injuries, infectious diseases, other causes. Our study shows sweeping and hidden effects of floods such as those due to tropical cyclones, heavy rain, snowmelt, or ice jams.
Study in @natureportfolio.bsky.social Nature Medicine reveals potential deadly effect of large floods on injuries, infectious diseases, other causes. Our study shows sweeping and hidden effects of floods such as those due to tropical cyclones, heavy rain, snowmelt, or ice jams.
January 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
In summary (#tldr):
Study in @natureportfolio.bsky.social Nature Medicine reveals potential deadly effect of large floods on injuries, infectious diseases, other causes. Our study shows sweeping and hidden effects of floods such as those due to tropical cyclones, heavy rain, snowmelt, or ice jams.
Study in @natureportfolio.bsky.social Nature Medicine reveals potential deadly effect of large floods on injuries, infectious diseases, other causes. Our study shows sweeping and hidden effects of floods such as those due to tropical cyclones, heavy rain, snowmelt, or ice jams.
What’s the relevance for the future?
In the United States, population growth alone is projected to result in ~72 percent increase in the population exposed to floods annually by 2050, before accounting for climate change in leading to more frequent floods (cf @ipcc.bsky.social ):
In the United States, population growth alone is projected to result in ~72 percent increase in the population exposed to floods annually by 2050, before accounting for climate change in leading to more frequent floods (cf @ipcc.bsky.social ):
January 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
What’s the relevance for the future?
In the United States, population growth alone is projected to result in ~72 percent increase in the population exposed to floods annually by 2050, before accounting for climate change in leading to more frequent floods (cf @ipcc.bsky.social ):
In the United States, population growth alone is projected to result in ~72 percent increase in the population exposed to floods annually by 2050, before accounting for climate change in leading to more frequent floods (cf @ipcc.bsky.social ):
What were the health impacts?
Over the last 20 years, large floods were associated with up to 24.9 percent higher death rates from major mortality causes in the U.S. compared to normal conditions:
Over the last 20 years, large floods were associated with up to 24.9 percent higher death rates from major mortality causes in the U.S. compared to normal conditions:
January 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
What were the health impacts?
Over the last 20 years, large floods were associated with up to 24.9 percent higher death rates from major mortality causes in the U.S. compared to normal conditions:
Over the last 20 years, large floods were associated with up to 24.9 percent higher death rates from major mortality causes in the U.S. compared to normal conditions:
What was flooding exposure?
Residents of 2,711 counties, covering >75 percent of the population, experienced at least one large flood. Heavy rain was most common cause of large flood events with the next most due to snowmelt in Midwest and tropical cyclones in southeast:
Residents of 2,711 counties, covering >75 percent of the population, experienced at least one large flood. Heavy rain was most common cause of large flood events with the next most due to snowmelt in Midwest and tropical cyclones in southeast:
January 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
What was flooding exposure?
Residents of 2,711 counties, covering >75 percent of the population, experienced at least one large flood. Heavy rain was most common cause of large flood events with the next most due to snowmelt in Midwest and tropical cyclones in southeast:
Residents of 2,711 counties, covering >75 percent of the population, experienced at least one large flood. Heavy rain was most common cause of large flood events with the next most due to snowmelt in Midwest and tropical cyclones in southeast:
What did we do?
Here, we collected 35.6 million deaths and validated flood exposure to comprehensively examine the association of large floods with death rates for six major causes of death over an 18-year period (2001–2018) at the county level across the United States:
Here, we collected 35.6 million deaths and validated flood exposure to comprehensively examine the association of large floods with death rates for six major causes of death over an 18-year period (2001–2018) at the county level across the United States:
January 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
What did we do?
Here, we collected 35.6 million deaths and validated flood exposure to comprehensively examine the association of large floods with death rates for six major causes of death over an 18-year period (2001–2018) at the county level across the United States:
Here, we collected 35.6 million deaths and validated flood exposure to comprehensively examine the association of large floods with death rates for six major causes of death over an 18-year period (2001–2018) at the county level across the United States:
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...
Fascinating talk hosted by the Columbia Global Center and @adamtooze.bsky.social about the international view of US elections. As discussed, many won’t understand or want to hear this, but a lot of people worldwide are actually happy with the result, v disappointed w/ the outgoing administration:
November 20, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Fascinating talk hosted by the Columbia Global Center and @adamtooze.bsky.social about the international view of US elections. As discussed, many won’t understand or want to hear this, but a lot of people worldwide are actually happy with the result, v disappointed w/ the outgoing administration:
Wonderful session at the @americanheart.bsky.social meeting on climate change and cardiovascular health in the global south. Thanks for inviting me and look forward to the paper we’ll be writing out of the session
November 17, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Wonderful session at the @americanheart.bsky.social meeting on climate change and cardiovascular health in the global south. Thanks for inviting me and look forward to the paper we’ll be writing out of the session