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Kimberly Yazzie, PhD @kimberlyazzie.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Had an exquisite week in the southwestern U.S. The high desert landscape and towering red buttes, and mesas dotted with sagebrush and juniper, delights the soul!

Top left: Me wearing a hat smiling widely looking up at the sky on a sunny day. Top right: A desert landscape with towering sandstone buttes red and orange in color, set against a wide-open light blue sky. Bottom photo: Desert landscape featuring jagged purple rock formations and wavy slickrock made of sandstone, set against a light blue sky with wispy cirrus clouds.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 11/04/2026

Splashdown! Vehicle is stable and upright. “A perfect bulls-eye splash for Integrity and its four astronauts!” #Artemis

The capsule splashing down onto the water with the three red and white parachutes above it

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/04/2026

The U.S. Forest Service is closing 57 of its 77 research facilities in 31 states under a reorganization plan announced this week, threatening science that looked at how wildfires, drought, pests and global warming are putting pressure on forests.

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Forest Service Will Close Research Stations That Study Wildfire Risk

Scientists say their work on fires and climate change could be lost as the agency moves its headquarters to Utah from Washington and shuts 57 research stations.

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Phil Levin @phillevin.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

The draft Nature Record National Assessment is now open for comment! Take a look and tell us what we got right, what we missed, and what changes you’re seeing where you live. Your perspective will help shape the final record of nature in the U.S. naturerecord.substack.com/p/the-draft-...

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The Draft is Ready. Now We Need You.

Share your perspective on the state of nature in the U.S.

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

There's a lot going on right now, but I'm excited to see this out. Hats off to @kimberlyazzie.bsky.social for leading this effort to help ensure climate services serve Tribal Nations.

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Kimberly Yazzie, PhD @kimberlyazzie.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

🚨Publication alert! We conducted a national survey to understand the state of climate services for Tribes and how well they support Tribal adaptation efforts. In short: Tribes are deeply engaged in adaptation, yet relatively poorly served by available climate services. tinyurl.com/yruukhf2

Improving Climate Services for Tribes: Recommendations from a National Survey of Service Users and Providers

Kimberly Yazzie, Dara Craig, Kathy Lynn, Kyle Whyte, Nikki Cooley, Karen Cozzetto, Julie Maldonado, and Meade Krosby

https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0182.1

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Kimberly Yazzie, PhD @kimberlyazzie.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Had a spectacular week at Google’s Geo for Good in New York City! My cup overfloweth learning and engaging with others on geo data and earth engine innovations. 🌍

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Kimberly Yazzie, PhD @kimberlyazzie.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

📢 I am delighted to share that I started a new position as Assistant Professor in the Department of Forestry & Conservation Sciences at the University of British Columbia. I feel incredibly fortunate to grow my research and form new relationships in beautiful BC and beyond! 🌲💡🌊 🌎 @forestry.ubc.ca

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Kimberly Yazzie, PhD @kimberlyazzie.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Wrapping up a full week of learning from policymakers, congressional staff, and other leaders, at the 25th AMS Science Policy Colloquium in DC! A mock legislative exercise was the highlight. What a week!

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Jonathan Tonkin @jdtonkin.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

If you think the seasons are feeling… different, you may be right. Our new review in Science (@science.org) shows that Earth’s changing rhythms could have major and underestimated consequences for life on Earth. 🌍🧵 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Ecological and evolutionary consequences of changing seasonality

Climate change and other anthropogenic drivers alter seasonal regimes across freshwater, terrestrial, and marine biomes. Seasonal patterns affect ecological and evolutionary processes at different eco...

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Eleanor 🌎🛰️🗺️🌲🌊 @ellaonearth.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

At least for the time being, my office is no longer allowed to attend trainings/conferences — but we want to keep learning! Does anyone have recommendations of free, upcoming or recurring webinars that we could join as a group? Looking for anything water/earth/science/GIS-related 🌎🗺️🌊⚒️🧪

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Kimberly Yazzie, PhD @kimberlyazzie.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Walking lab meeting to view delightful and hardy cacti and succulents at the Arizona Garden at Stanford. Old man cactus, silver torch, and soap aloe are some of my favorites.

Silver torch cacti with red flowers in foreground surrounded by other succulents and cacti at the Arizona Garden on Stanford campus.

Variety of succulents and cacti with a towering agave stalk in the background. Meandering paths surround multiple beds of cacti and succulents at the Arizona Garden at Stanford campus.

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

An update from the UW Climate Impacts Group on what proposed cuts to NOAA and USGS would mean for our work supporting climate resilience in the Northwest. At stake: both the NW Climate Adaptation Science Center and the NW Climate Resilience Collaborative (a NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnership).

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CIG Update: Federal Funding Uncertainty & Potential Program Impacts | Climate Impacts Group

Dear supporters of the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group, We appreciate the role each of you has played in our collective efforts to help make communities, Washington state, and the Pacif...

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Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment @woods.stanford.edu · 10/02/2025

The Trump administration halted a study assessing U.S. lands, water, and wildlife. Scientists are now working to publish it independently. @chrfield.bsky.social says it's vital for shaping conversations -- from family dinner tables to Congress. Read more @nytimes.com: nyti.ms/4aVXrbj

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Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway.

The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”

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Kimberly Yazzie, PhD @kimberlyazzie.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

A wonderful week at #AGU24! Presented on a siting tool for large-scale solar and had the chance to meet with legislators and their staff.

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Lars Brudvig @lars-brudvig.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Starter Packs are great, but they favor well established individuals (understandably so). To help prop up new voices, here is a set of early career ecologists (self defined) who are, or would like to become, active on BlueSky Please reply if you would like to be included! go.bsky.app/Di74bDy

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 23/09/2024

Are you a scientist working in ecology, conservation or natural resources? Help make conferences better and more accessible (including for those who #flyless) by taking and sharing this survey from NSF-funded ECODIVE (Evaluating Conferences for Diverse Engagement). 🌎🧪 ➡️ tinyurl.com/ecodive

Poster sharing similar information to the original post, including link to the survey.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 19/08/2024

Here’s the continuation of the Starter Pack of journalists who work on climate, energy, and the environment (I don’t know why I’m on it but I think the creator is included).

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Kimberly Yazzie, PhD @kimberlyazzie.bsky.social · 24/06/2024

Feeling inspired and renewed! Grateful to have attended the Conference of Ford Fellows at the National Academy of Sciences in DC. The theme was, Fellowship forever : Lifting our voices for knowledge, equity, and change. #FellowshipForever @NASEMFordFellow

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Kimberly Yazzie, PhD @kimberlyazzie.bsky.social · 11/04/2024

Delighted to share a new paper out today in Science! We discuss federal climate incentives, challenges, and opportunities. And we present a roadmap for bold action to address unmanageable time scales, limited access to information, and a need to build capacity. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Opportunities to grow tribal clean energy in the US

Bold action is needed to address unmanageable time scales, limited access to information, and a need to build capacity

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Kimberly Yazzie, PhD @kimberlyazzie.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

Large solar projects are an important part of the clean energy transition. The #SolarUncommonDialogue aims to reduce conflict and provide solutions for a path forward. bit.ly/3tdl1xp With others, had a great conversation with Sammy Roth @latimes.com

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Column: Solar companies and environmentalists say they're ready to stop fighting. They'd better be

They need to start working together to solve the climate crisis. A new agreement could be the first step.

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