vmeilinger.bsky.social
@vmeilinger.bsky.social
Urban geographer - climate adaptation - urban water and wastewater politics @umweltbundesamt - PhD on water and wastewater infrastructures in Los Angeles @SGPL_UU
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📣 JOB ALERT
PhD opportunity, few days left to apply! Together with @jprior.bsky.social, we are recruiting a PhD student to work on our AHRC-DFG funded project, 'Networked through #Sound: Listening to 20th Century #Wildlife Sound #Archives'

More info here: www.jobs.fau.de/jobs/doctora...
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January 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Satellite imagery captures the destruction left by the Palisades and Eaton wildfires in Los Angeles (via Maxar Technologies). Wildfire conditions will resurge today—though not as extreme as Tuesday. Stay prepared and stay safe.
January 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Here's my just published op-ed in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on the fires, #water, #climate, and scientific misinformation:

thebulletin.org/2025/01/spre...
Spreading like wildfire: How Trump’s misinformation about water and fire in Los Angeles inflames the situation
Problems with water supply for firefighters are the direct result of the massive demands for fire-fighting water, the destruction of pipes and pumps by the fires, and homeowners leaving hoses and spri...
thebulletin.org
January 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Palisades Fire Update: “The worst is yet to come,” says UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain. Strongest winds & lowest humidity are expected between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.

Stay informed with non-paywalled live fire coverage from #LATimes#CAwx #California
Evacuations underway in Pacific Palisades and Altadena as two fast-moving fires are fueled by dangerous winds
The Palisades fire had grown to more than 2,900 acres as of Tuesday evening, driven by ‘life-threatening and destructive’ winds. The extreme wind event blasting Southern California is forecast to peak...
www.latimes.com
January 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM