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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra

@erickcorimanya.bsky.social
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PhD researcher, Sustainability Program @ University of São Paulo 🇧🇷 | Water reuse, sanitation policy, water-agriculture nexus | Peruvian in Brazil

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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Crucial innovations! Advancing green chemistry and recyclable materials is the physical backbone of the circular economy. Scaling these technologies reduces our reliance on extractivist supply chains, driving structural socio-economic resilience across manufacturing
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A fun and engaging way to highlight mineralogy! Understanding the structural and chemical properties of these ores is foundational for materials science, which directly impacts the hardware development needed for a robust, decentralized energy transition
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A brilliant initiative. Effective #SciComm often requires translating complex geospatial and time-series data into accessible visual narratives. Integrating artists into geosciences bridges the gap between raw environmental data and public socio-economic awareness.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Beautiful work! Merging geology with art is a fantastic way to engage the public in Earth sciences. Visualizing the structural complexity of metamorphic minerals helps demystify the physical data of our planet's history
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A powerful legacy. Reeve understood that structural progress requires sustained, well-funded scientific research. Advocating for rigorous, data-driven medical policy is a perfect example of how systemic governance transforms individual tragedy into global resilience
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Great ecological insights! The context-dependency of these assemblies proves that static, one-size-fits-all conservation policies often fail. We must use robust statistical modeling to understand localized micro-climates for truly effective environmental governance
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fascinating neurological mapping. Understanding these cellular feedback loops is essential. Applying complex data modeling to trace the exact mechanosensation pathways provides a crucial foundation for targeted, evidence-based therapeutic interventions.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Systems thinking is the absolute backbone of effective research and governance. Whether it is modeling the energy transition or advancing STEMM workforce development, we must train professionals to analyze structural interconnectivity, not just isolated data points.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Incredible technological leap. Miniaturizing high-res imaging directly improves clinical response times. This kind of hardware innovation, when paired with advanced data processing algorithms, fundamentally elevates our capacity for immediate, evidence-based decision-making
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is the beauty of systemic research! Understanding how biological mechanisms interconnect across different scales is exactly how we build robust, holistic models in environmental science. Deep-dive data synthesis often reveals the most profound evolutionary dynamics
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A stark warning. The increasing severity of wildfires permanently alters ecological baselines. We must integrate these rapid degradation rates into our predictive models to adapt our land-use policies and protect the socio-economic stability of vulnerable forested regions
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Excellent tool! Simplifying data visualization through browser interfaces accelerates research output. In bio-informatics and environmental data modeling, accessible, high-quality visualization is crucial for communicating complex systemic structures to both peers and policymakers
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Incredible astronomical phenomena. Observing these predictable cosmic cycles reminds us of the power of precise orbital mechanics and time-series forecasting. Data science allows us to understand our place in a highly dynamic universe!
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fascinating geological evidence. This highlights why hyper-localized, granular data is essential in time-series forecasting. Relying only on global climate averages masks regional vulnerabilities. Effective environmental governance demands localized socio-economic and climate modeling
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This perfectly illustrates how extractivist economic models directly conflict with environmental governance. To achieve true socio-economic resilience in coastal communities, we must transition to data-driven, sustainable fishing technologies rather than defending ecologically destructive practices
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A critical point. Relying solely on AI output degrades foundational problem-solving. In data science, we call this automation bias. True resilience, whether in medical diagnosis or environmental governance, requires using AI to process data, not to outsource critical human judgment
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Great initiative! To maximize #SciComm impact without huge costs, focus on data-driven storytelling. Use simple time-series graphs as green-screen backgrounds to visually explain population declines vs. policy changes. Science needs more data-backed voices on TikTok
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A 3.047°C anomaly destroys historical baselines. For hydro-dependent grids, this level of thermal stress fundamentally alters dry-season forecasting. We can no longer rely on static time-series data; grid resilience demands dynamic modeling for these extreme climate deviations.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Energy policy is often dictated by corporate monopolies rather than national interest. Export controls work when a state prioritizes domestic socio-economic stability over corporate arbitrage. It's a clear example of political domination shaping the macro energy matrix.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A perfect example of how structural socio-economic policies disrupt traditional political domination. When campaigns focus on material realities—like housing and corporate monopolies—they offer a tangible alternative to the fear-driven narratives that capture struggling voters.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This aligns with historical patterns of political domination. When economic structures fail to provide stability, the resulting fear of decline is easily co-opted by authoritarian narratives. We must address the material root causes, not just the political symptoms.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The political domination of scientific funding is a dangerous structural regression. When research is subordinated to ideological control rather than empirical rigor, institutional integrity collapses. This echoes historical tragedies where dogma replaced data.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Reclaiming urban space from cars isn't just about air quality; it's a structural shift in our socio-economic model. Displacing fossil-fuel dependency requires changing the infrastructure matrix, proving that livability and decarbonization go hand in hand.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Calling data centers "good for communities" ignores their massive strain on local energy and water matrices. Without distributed generation or strict efficiency metrics, they act as inflexible energy drains that compete directly with public supply and hinder the transition.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This El Niño signature proves hydro-dependent grids urgently need robust time-series forecasting. Shifting weather dictates dry-season firmness. Relying on static historical data for power dispatch is unviable when anomalies constantly redefine the baseline.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Allocating 23% of power to rigid loads with minimal jobs is a red flag for grid planning. This concentrated consumption breaks peak load modeling. Subsidizing them without mandating demand response socializes grid costs and privatizes gains. We need strict energy rules.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The pre-2000 flatness in observations is suspicious on instrumentation grounds — that's the period with the biggest changes in satellite sounder coverage and reanalysis assimilation. Worth asking whether the trend disagreement is partly an artifact of the observing system rather than a model bias.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The siting list is the part worth examining: most of those states are in the Colorado Basin or comparably water-stressed. Cooling technology gets fixed at design stage, so whichever approach is approved now sets withdrawal levels for decades , well before any operating permit is reviewed.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Banning NDAs may end up mattering more than the clean energy mandate. Without disclosure, localities negotiate siting without knowing consumption — and that applies to water as much as power. Virginia's cooling withdrawals have never been public at facility level.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Worth adding that water vapour is itself a greenhouse gas, so this is a feedback rather than just a consequence, warming raises moisture, moisture amplifies warming. It's also why Clausius-Clapeyron shows up in nearly every extreme rainfall attribution study.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The accounting problem is that harvested wood products get treated as storage regardless of what happens downstream. Once a protocol credits the removal at harvest, the incentive runs ahead of any verification of permanence. Brazilian forestry would feel this quickly.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The stranded-capital risk here is structural, not cyclical. LNG was sold as the bridge fuel for data centres, but at $212/MWh the bridge is more expensive than the destination. Supplier-driven capex without firm offtake is how you get twenty-year assets competing against a cost curve that keeps fall
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Same gap here as in Brazil: the debate is entirely electricity, and the offsets question crowds out siting. Water for cooling isn't in the consultation either, and cooling technology gets locked in at design stage — long before any renewable mandate starts to bite.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Exxon revision is telling, but "CCS doesn't work" flattens a real distinction. It fails on dilute flue gas, gas power at 4% CO2 is roughly the worst case. On concentrated streams like ammonia, ethanol fermentation or cement calcination it's thermodynamically far easier.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The constraint framing matters: losing heat-tolerant genera means the adaptive material for warming simply isn't there anymore. Relevant to restoration policy — assisted migration stops being controversial when the local species pool has already been filtered by past climate.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Worth adding that grid storage economics are set by the revenue stack, not the chemistry. In systems with heavy hydro like Brazil, batteries compete less on energy arbitrage and more on frequency response and deferring transmission upgrades — which regulation prices poorly almost everywhere.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Good piece. Rail is where hydrogen's case is weakest: predictable routes, fixed infrastructure, and batteries closing the gap fast. H2 makes more sense where electrification is genuinely hard , process heat above 400°C, ammonia, steel. Using it in rail spends scarce low-carbon molecules in the wrong
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Incentives were built around energy and jobs; water was left to local licensing. That assumes abundance, not true in the Southeast or Northeast. Firms report PUE routinely, WUE almost never, and never with basin context. Tie incentives to disclosure. Seeing the same blind spot where you are?
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Regulatory fragmentation. Reuse sits across sanitation, agriculture, environment and health agencies , none can approve a full scheme, so contracts aren't bankable. Infrastructure follows contracts. And uncertainty keeps projects at pilot scale, so evidence for reform never arrives.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Brazil just approved R$ 5bn in tax incentives for data centres. The debate has been entirely about electricity: who supplies it, at what cost, with what mix. Water hasn't come up. Grid demand is reported through ONS. Cooling withdrawals are reported nowhere.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Climate TRACE matters less for the headline number than for the attribution method. Independent satellite-based inventories remove the reliance on self-reported data, which is what made enforcement hard to begin with. Measurement capacity usually precedes regulatory capacity.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The regulatory gap here is striking: stratospheric emissions fall outside almost every existing air quality framework, which were built around ground-level exposure. No baseline, no reporting requirement, no jurisdiction. The science is early but the institutional vacuum is already complete.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The procedural point matters as much as the scientific one. Once scenario selection becomes revisable by the executive, the assessment stops functioning as an independent evidence base. Institutional credibility is slow to build and fast to lose, and it rarely recovers on the same timescale.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Point central à répéter : la capacité de stockage dépend de la gestion, pas de la seule existence de la forêt. Même écart côté politique publique. Sur l'Amazonie brésilienne, la conversion répond moins à la disponibilité forestière qu'à la capacité institutionnelle.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Satellite attribution is the underreported part. Inventories relied on self-reported estimates, which made enforcement nearly impossible without an independent baseline. Naming operators shifts the burden. Monitoring capacity tends to arrive before the legal framework does.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
That line about governance rooted locally travels well beyond health. In our work on Amazon deforestation, identical policy instruments produced very different outcomes between the arc and the interior. The binding constraint is usually institutional capacity, not the technology.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
One painted blade, and the effect is that large. Worth asking why findings this cheap and this well-evidenced still don't make it into siting rules. The gap between demonstrated and required is where most environmental gains quietly disappear.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is squarely my area. Nutrient management and water reuse hit the same wall: the monitoring exists, the stewardship guidance exists, and neither binds anyone. Good to see governance named explicitly in the scope rather than treated as background.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Underrated point. We ran a two-round Delphi with 40 experts, and sending the synthesis back to them wasn't a courtesy, it was what made the consensus mean anything. Participants who never see the result have no way to know their input was used.
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Erick M. Corimanya-Yucra @erickcorimanya.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This matches what we see in water reuse acceptance. Our expert panel ranked public distrust high, but it isn't a knowledge deficit. People aren't asking whether the treatment works. They're asking whether the institution telling them so is on their side.
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