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AMS Board on the Urban Environment @amsurbanclimate.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Meet Dr. @crankyweather.bsky.social, an Assistant Professor at the University of Waterloo, Faculty of Environment and the Department of Geography and Environmental Management. Peter has been the vice-chair of BUE since 2024 and has worked with #BUE since 2020, both as a student rep & board member.

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AMS Board on the Urban Environment @amsurbanclimate.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Meet Dr. Sussman, working for the US Army Corps of Engineers Geospatial Research Laboratory. Her dissertation focused on studying the seasonality, diurnal cycle, and factors that influence the urban heat island of Bengaluru, India. Heather serves on the awards and symposium committee of the BUE.

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Peter Crank @crankyweather.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

At the beginning of June, I had the pleasure of spending a week in the beautiful city of Graz, Austria on a #teaching mobility with the University of Graz, through the #Erasmus+ program. It was an insightful week learning about the different teaching and instructional modes between universities!

Dr. Crank at the Uhrturm in Graz, Austria

Administrative building of the University of Graz in Austria.

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Peter Crank @crankyweather.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

A bit delayed, but humbled and thankful to have received the @uwaterloo.ca Faculty of Environment's 2024 Research Excellence Award! Soon, my photo gets to be added beneath these amazing researchers, several of whom I'm honored to be able to work with in teaching and #research! #urbanclimate

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Peter Crank @crankyweather.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Had the pleasure of chatting with the @thestar.com yesterday about the impact of #heat and humidity on people's health. Tips and cautionary pieces of information about heat this summer in the humidity of Southern Ontario. www.thestar.com/life/health-...

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Extreme heat is deadly — and humidity can make it far worse. Here’s how a heat wave affects your body

Doctors share tips to stay cool in the wet, sweltering heat as Toronto stares down a deadly heatwave.

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AMS Board on the Urban Environment @amsurbanclimate.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

We are excited to feature Dr. Dragan Milosevic, an Assistant Professor at Wageningen University, Netherlands. He is a member of the BUE committees on awards and organization of webinars. Dragan brings over 12 years of expertise in urban hydrometeorology, biometeorology, and microclimates.

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AMS Board on the Urban Environment @amsurbanclimate.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Meet Dr. Chandana Mitra, who leads the evaluation of students' presentations for the BUE board. Dr. Chandana is a human-environment researcher, examining urban heat impacts, the relationship between heat and health, vulnerability assessments of communities, and climate change education.

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AMS Board on the Urban Environment @amsurbanclimate.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Meet Ariane Middel, Associate Professor at Arizona State University and President International Association of Urban Climate. Ariane leads the STAC awards committee for the @amsurbanclimate.bsky.social. Ariane and her team study urban heat using novel sensing technologies and climate modeling.

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AMS Board on the Urban Environment @amsurbanclimate.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Meet Dr. Shreevastava, a postdoctoral researcher at Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and an incoming Assistant Professor at NYU, starting in Fall 2025. Her work integrates remote sensing, statistical physics, economics, and engineering to advance urban resilience and sustainability.

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AMS Board on the Urban Environment @amsurbanclimate.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

@jkaranja.bsky.social is a PhD student in GIScience at ASU. His research bridges GIS, vulnerability, and health geography—modeling heat risk and how decisions shape our understanding of exposure, capacity, and vulnerability. He focuses on heat-related health outcomes and spatial inequalities.

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AMS Board on the Urban Environment @amsurbanclimate.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Meet @xjhuang.bsky.social PhD candidate at Princeton University, focusing on urban cooling solutions and human thermal comfort. As an AMS BUE student member since 2024, he is committed to serving as a student representative and enhancing awareness of BUE activities in the urban environment community

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Peter Crank @crankyweather.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

We know parks are good at cooling themselves and surrounding areas; however, in Singapore, a lack of wind alters this cooling effect. The latest paper of the SULTREE Lab at Singapore Management University details this effect with cooling in the park ~2C! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Peter Crank @crankyweather.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

The April newsletter of the Students and New Professionals Group of @biometeorology.bsky.social is out! Check out some upcoming opportunities in the field of #biometeorology as well as catch up on what the SNP has been up to and what its members have achieved recently! mailchi.mp/0b8fb3da5488...

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ISB SNP Newsletter

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Peter Crank @crankyweather.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

We're excited to have the next #AMS #urbanclimate symposium at the 106th AMS in Houston next January. Session proposals are open now!

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Peter Crank @crankyweather.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

The .@biometeorology.bsky.social Students and New Professionals (SNP) webinar last week on Distributed Lagged Non-linear modeling was a great success! Thank you to Claire Gallacher for the behind the scenes work and Ariel Prinsloo for moderating the panel discussion! www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9m2...

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The Distributed Lagged Non-Linear Model for Biometeorological Research

YouTube video by International Society of Biometeorology

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Peter Crank @crankyweather.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

It's been interesting having moved to Canada to consider how much a changing climate is changing the patterns that we're accustomed to and what we would think if the system weren't a complex, interconnected system with multiple feedback loops.

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Peter Crank @crankyweather.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Join us on March 12 for the latest webinar by the @biometeorology.bsky.social Students and New Professionals Group! #statistics #biometeorology biometeorology.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?...

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Peter Crank @crankyweather.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Elie Bou-Zeid providing a nice overview of #urbanclimate connecting it to #urbanmeteorology. Great diagram highlighting the variability in the #UHI. The prevalence of the UHI is apparent at multiple time scales, including diurnal and sub-diurnal scales. #ams2025

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Peter Crank @crankyweather.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Thankful a great #ams2025 and getting to share the great news that the new @amsurbanclimate.bsky.social chair @neginnazarian.bsky.social is also a ✨newly minted✨ Associate Professor! @ametsoc.bsky.social

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Peter Crank @crankyweather.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Alexis Merdjanoff shares how older adults living through Hurricane Ian are now rethinking their need for supports to thrive despite their skepticism of climate adaptation. Insurance and state protections are being removed leaving them more vulnerable & dependent on informal support systems. #ams2025

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Peter Crank @crankyweather.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Gisel Guzman-Echavarria presents detailed field work that surprisingly shows that mobile homes might not be the hottest in Phoenix and that personal heat exposure differs dramatically from outdoor conditions measured at airport weather station. #ams2025 @ametsoc.bsky.social #EnvironmentandHealth

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Peter Crank @crankyweather.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Very thankful to have the opportunity to share my work on older adults and heat/ozone risk this morning at #ams2025 in one of the Health sessions. Check out the work here: doi.org/10.1093/gero... #heatrisk

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Peter Crank @crankyweather.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Starting the day in a heat and health session at #ams2025! NWS covering the new HeatRisk product. Encouraged to see strong correlations with ED visits. Now hearing about improved, multi-segmented individual skin and core heat modeling from @arizonastateuni.bsky.social’s Ankit Joshi!

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Peter Crank @crankyweather.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Many thanks to Marialena Nikolopoulou for hosting a wonderful day of #UrbanClimatescapes with myself and Julie Futcher back in June at the University of Kent. Check out the video below, synthesizing the day! www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5QE...

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CSBE / Workshop on Urban Climatescape

YouTube video by Silvio Caputo

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Peter Crank @crankyweather.bsky.social · 30/07/2024

Our research from the #EPA-funded #HOMEAir project is out and #openaccess! New insights into the importance of central ac to prevent #heat and #ozone related health symptoms for older adults. Thanks to my coauthors Cassie, Amir, Dave, Olga, and Mary for your hard work! doi.org/10.1093/gero...

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Sociodemographic Determinants of Extreme Heat and Ozone Risk Among Older Adults in 3 Sun Belt Cities

AbstractBackground. Vulnerable populations across the United States are frequently exposed to extreme heat, which is becoming more intense due to a combina

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Peter Crank @crankyweather.bsky.social · 23/07/2024

This has been in the works for over a year, but SO excited to have the last of my dissertation published today! Out now #openaccess with the Journal of Urban Design and Mental Health www.urbandesignmentalhealth.com/journal.html is my review/commentary on thermal wellbeing! zenodo.org/records/1280...

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Peter Crank @crankyweather.bsky.social · 11/07/2024

Excited for this week’s workshop at @columbiaclimate’s #ExtremeHeatWorkshop. So excited, I’m a day late in posting. Day 1 was full of interesting research and data, looking forward to the rest! (And my talk on Friday morning)

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Peter Crank @crankyweather.bsky.social · 28/08/2023

ASU Urban Climate director, Mateo Georgescu, kicking off the #ICUC11Sydney with a plenary on urban climate modeling

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 15/08/2023

In a big win for climate, the young Montana plaintiffs who (rightly) sued their state for violating their right to a “clean and healthful environment” by promoting the use of fossil fuels have won their case!

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Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate decision

“This is a monumental decision," said a lawyer for the young plaintiffs, and could influence similar cases in other states.

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Peter Crank @crankyweather.bsky.social · 18/08/2023

First post to say that I’m en route (with a couple of detours) to the International Conference on Urban Climate in Sydney, Australia. This is the convening body for #urbanclimate research. A body of research that represents the climate(s) experienced by over 50 of the world (80+% for US). Hello SFO!

Foggy image of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, USA

Archways of a building in downtown San Francisco, USA

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