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Dartmouth Arts and Sciences @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
"These things are costly and they're getting worse because of climate change.” @dartmouthgeography.bsky.social professor @jsmankin.bsky.social discusses the economic costs of extreme heat, citing his 2022 study that shows human-caused heat waves have resulted in trillions of dollars in global losses
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Do heat waves damage the economy? Experts explain
Heat waves threaten costs for the economy, sapping workers' productivity, shutting shoppers inside their homes and driving up utility costs, analysts told ABC News.
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Dartmouth Arts and Sciences @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
.@dartmouthgeography.bsky.social professor Erin Collins and Sarah Parella, the Dartmouth Libraries Book Arts Workshop program manager, designed a hands-on project for the Social Justice and the City course in which students create a book about their chosen city.
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Students Imagine Urban Futures and Possibilities with Handmade Books | Dartmouth Libraries
Beginning in fall term 2022, Erin Collins, Assistant Professor of Geography, partnered with Sarah Marcella Parella, Dartmouth Libraries Book Arts Workshop program manager, for GEOG 25: Social Justice ...
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Dartmouth Arts and Sciences @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
"That warmer world, where it's all risk all the time, that transition to that world—that's what we're in right now.” @dartmouthgeography.bsky.social professor @jsmankin.bsky.social assesses the accelerating impacts of climate change.
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Extreme Heat Stuns Even Climate Scientists Who Saw It Coming
Record-breaking heat waves are even stunning scientists monitoring the acceleration of climate change.
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Dartmouth Geography @dartmouthgeography.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The AAG 2026 conference in San Francisco was a huge success! Dartmouth GEOG faculty, alumni, current students, and staff presented research, were honored with awards, and made new connections across the field. (Attached photos from four Dartmouth GEOG presentations!)
Alumna Adamari Benavidez ‘25 presenting a paper building on her undergraduate thesis in the session Settler Environment-making/unmaking  

Presentation title:  Fence-Running: Enacting and Contesting Settler Jurisdiction in Mapuche-Williche Riparian TerritoriesAlumna Nadine Lorini Formiga ‘25 presenting a paper building on her undergraduate thesis in the session Youth-Led Environmental & Climate Action: Empirical, Methodological, and Theoretical Horizons

Presentation Title: Youth Activism and the City: An Urban Political Ecology of Flooding in Porto Alegre, BrazilAletha Spang GIS specialist presenting in session Modern Methods in session Mapmaking 2: Inclusive Cartographies 

Presentation title: Material Cartographies of Disaster: Textile-based Participatory Mapping of Vermont’s FloodsJackie Wright '26 presented “Generating a Boom: State Capitalism, Electricity and Data Centers in Metro Atlanta” in AAG Session: Political-Industrial Ecologies of AI: 4.
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Dartmouth Arts and Sciences @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
.@dartmouthgeography.bsky.social lecturer Sarah Kelly won the Energy and Environment Specialty Group's 2026 Powershift Award, which recognizes energy geographers who seek to empower marginalized groups that are disproportionately vulnerable to climate or energy injustices. bit.ly/40kFcbi
A photo of Sarah Kelly alongside text that reads, “Sarah Kelly, lecturer and research associate in geography. Energy and Environment Specialty Group’s Powershift Award”
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Luis F. Alvarez Leon @lfalvarezleon.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Come work with us at Dartmouth Geography! | Lecturer in Human Geography | Review of applications will begin March 30, 2026 | Apply here -> apply.interfolio.com/182121
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Dartmouth Geography @dartmouthgeography.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
APPLY NOW! 🌍📚🎉 Dartmouth Geography seeks to appoint one non-tenure track Lecturer. Applicants should specialize in critical human geography and be prepared to teach introductory and mid- to upper-level courses in urban, feminist and cultural geography. apply.interfolio.com/182121 2h
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Gund Institute for Environment @gundinstitute.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Some climate change effects are obvious, like mountaintop glaciers turned to boulder fields. But what about human impacts? FRIDAY: @dartmouthgeography.bsky.social's @jsmankin.bsky.social discusses research seeking equitable ways to prepare for a warming world. 🍕12-1, Farrell Hall go.uvm.edu/zupqf
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Events | The University of Vermont
The Gund Institute for Environment hosts speakers and other events throughout the spring and fall semesters. We welcome you to join us.
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Dartmouth Arts and Sciences @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
“The flooding we’ve seen in recent years is the new normal.” @dartmouthgeography.bsky.social professor Jonathan Winter writes an op-ed in the Valley News about the importance of preparing for flooding in New England despite the current drought.
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Column: New England should prepare for flooding, even during drought - Valley News
New England faces drought conditions, but research shows a decrease in droughts over the past 40 years. Prepare for the new normal: flooding.
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Dartmouth Geography @dartmouthgeography.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
A recent Dartmouth Geography alum is among 32 American recipients of Rhodes Scholarships, one of the world's oldest and most prestigious academic awards for graduate study. Congratulations to Esmeralda Abreu Jerez '25!!! Full article about Esmeralda's award on our website (geography.dartmouth.edu).
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Dartmouth Arts and Sciences @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
“The flooding we’ve seen in recent years is the new normal.” @dartmouthgeography.bsky.social professor Jonathan Winter writes in the Concord Monitor that despite the region’s current drought, the Northeast's most pressing climate threat is flooding—and we’re not prepared for it.
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Opinion: We should prepare for the next flood, even during drought - Concord Monitor
New England faces drought and flood risks. Despite decreasing droughts, heavy rainfall and floods are increasing.
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Dartmouth Geography @dartmouthgeography.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Check out Living On Earth's interview with Professor Justin Mankin on extreme heat. @jsmankin.bsky.social www.loe.org/shows/segmen...
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Living on Earth: Heat Waves Linked to Company Emissions
New research finds that since 2010 killer heat waves have become 200 times more likely, thanks to greenhouse gas emissions, and the scientists say about half of the increase in heatwaves can be attrib...
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Dartmouth Geography @dartmouthgeography.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Check out this new paper by one of our postdoctoral fellows, Geneva Smith!
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Dartmouth Geography @dartmouthgeography.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Our Associate Professor of Geography, Justin Mankin @jsmankin.bsky.social, and former PhD scholar, Christopher Callahan ('23) @ccallahan45.bsky.social, published a new study that lays out the first framework tying emissions to specific climate harms. Check it out! home.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/04...
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Study Lays Out Scientific Path to Recouping Climate Costs | Dartmouth
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Dartmouth Geography @dartmouthgeography.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
APPLY NOW! 🌏📚🎉 The Department of Geography at Dartmouth College invites applications for a postdoctoral fellow in Human Geography! apply.interfolio.com/162877
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