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Schmidt DSE at UC Berkeley
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The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center for Data Science & Environment (Schmidt DSE) builds tangible, replicable, and inclusive solutions to environmental problems. https://dse.berkeley.edu/about
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Great to see you at #COP30, Governor @gavinnewsom.bsky.social!

Magali de Bruyn (R) and McKalee Steen (L) are leading several events @ COP30, including providing recommendations for how Indigenous communities can leverage tech and #DataScience to advance #EnvironmentalStewardship and #Sovereignty.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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We're live at #JupyterCon! Here's @mfisher87.bsky.social walking attendees through #GeoJupyter with @fernandoperez.org 🧑🏻‍💻

🌏 GeoJupyter is an open and community-driven effort to reimagine #geospatial interactive #computing experiences for education, research, & industry: bit.ly/49CMRY1 #GIS #Jupyter
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November 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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How to overcome an "existential modeling crisis" as a science researcher, from DSE postdoc @lucialayr.bsky.social:

✅ Define modeling in your own words
✅ Embrace validation
✅ Find allies
✅ Trust in "the modeler's mindset"
✅ Draw from other experts

📸 @uofcalifornia.bsky.social by Mathew Burciaga
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September 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Welcome Ava Hu to DSE, the newest Journalism Fellow! Ava is a student at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Graduate School of Journalism. At DSE she'll develop data visualizations re: climate change impacts on local and global communities🌎

dse.berkeley.edu/welcome-ava-hu

@natureatcal.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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We're thrilled to welcome back Max Taniguchi-King as DSE's new Research Data Analyst, & Carolyn Zhuang and Evan Lingo as Undergraduate Data Science Interns!

More on the blog: dse.berkeley.edu/news/welcome...

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September 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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👏DSE postdoc @mayazomer.bsky.social published new research in the @jxbotany.bsky.social! It explores how #MediterraneanShrubs resprout to recover after #disturbance and their resilience to global change: bit.ly/4mAwH5p

cc @cideinvestiga.bsky.social ‪‪@bmoreira.bsky.social @jgpausas.bsky.social
Maya holding resprouted plants while conducting fieldwork in Spain
August 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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🎉 Congrats to @lucialayr.bsky.social on our team for publishing new research on how #ClimateChange and increasing disturbances, like #wildfires, are impacting boreal forests. Explore Lucia's findings: bit.ly/4miqme3 🌲

@tum.de @anjarammig.bsky.social g.bsky.social @egu.eu
📸 National Park Service
Image of the Copper River in Alaska surrounded by boreal forests and mountains. Credit: national park service
July 31, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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📣 We're #hiring a full-time Administrative Manager! Apply now to lead operations, event planning, and day-to-day administrative support for our team at UC Berkeley. First review date is July 11: bit.ly/DSE-Admin-Ma...

📸 UC Berkeley by Mathew Burciaga
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June 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Dr. Kristin Davis, a postdoc on our team, is lead author of new paper on #EasternScreechOwls 🦉 that found the owls were more likely to colonize some #riparian areas in Ft Collins, CO but less likely to persist there over time.

More on our blog: dse.berkeley.edu/news/dse-pos...

📸 Rob Sparks
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June 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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🎉Published today! Our study w/ @uarkansas.bsky.social identifies ways to improve financial security for US #farmers and crop insurance companies: dse.berkeley.edu/New-Ag-Polic...

Explore our findings in our #AI #OpenSource tool 🌽 ag-adaptation-study.pub #AgPolicy #FoodSecurity

📸aquaArts studio
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April 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Join our team! We're #hiring a #postdoc to study extreme heat impacts on cattle and other animals. Do you have a PhD in #AgriculturalScience, #AnimalScience, #EnvironmentalScience, and/or #DataScience? Apply by 5/7: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04850

See all open roles at DSE: dse.berkeley.edu/jobs
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April 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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🌎 We're #Hiring a full-time #DataAnalyst! Apply now & share with your networks. First review is 4/29: bit.ly/DSE-Hiring-D...

This role will be integral to our work w/ the National Park Service. You'll analyze and prepare vegetation monitoring data and get to work with an amazing group of people!
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April 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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💡 Thank you Dr. Carlie Wiener @schmidtsciences.bsky.social for recently leading impactful communications workshops for @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social students and postdocs studying science! nature.berkeley.edu/news/2025/04...
📸Eric Xie, UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society
Dr. Carlie Wiener of Schmidt Sciences took students through the process of building a successful story that effectively communicates their research findings and real-world impact. Credit: Eric Xie, UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society
April 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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🌱 DSE is #Hiring! Are you a (current or soon-to-be) postdoc with experience in #DataScience, #Agroecology, #AgriculturalEconomics, and/or #AgriculturalPolicy? Apply by 3/15: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04804
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March 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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We're thrilled to share DSE's 2024 annual report! 🎉 Check out our team's recent successes in #DataScience & #EnvironmentalScience, including new #AI tools to support #wildfire recovery and end global #PlasticPollution.

And MUCH more! 👉https://dse.berkeley.edu/2024-annual-report
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February 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Fascinating data from @ourworldindata.org showing the majority of people worldwide support climate action. Yet this support is consistently underestimated and leads to a "perception gap" by governments and businesses: ourworldindata.org/climate-chan... #ClimateChange #ClimateAction 🌍
January 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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🌱 Introducing: GeoJupyter 🌱

GeoJupyter is a community-owned effort to reimagine #geospatial interactive computing experiences for education, research, and industry!

Get to know GeoJupyter's vision & forthcoming #OpenSource tools ➡️ geojupyter.org/blog/2025010... @quantstack.bsky.social #GIS
GIF from Captain America: "let our powers combine!"
January 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Are you a forest ecologist or fire scientist? 🌲
@natureatcal.bsky.social is hiring an Associate/Specialist to help study the fate of big-tree forests in the southern Sierra and Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park. Apply by 1/7! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04757

📷: NPS #ForestEcology #FireScience
sequoia forest in sequoia kings canyon national park
January 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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📢ICYMI: DSE's new research on pathways to end global plastic pollution was published in @science.org!

Explore our cutting-edge model & interactive data visualization depicting what the planet's future could look like without plastic pollution: dse.berkeley.edu/news/critica...

#EndPlasticPollution
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December 11, 2024 at 11:40 PM
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🌎 "Data & related tech can help translate traditional ecological knowledge into a language that will be heard by decision-makers, corporations, and the public." - DSE's Magali de Bruyn on #DataScience, #AI, and Indigenous data sovereignty at #COP16🇨🇴 ➡️ dse.berkeley.edu/news/magali-...
Magali de Bruyn smiling in front of COP16 sign in Cali Colombia
December 11, 2024 at 11:33 PM