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Robbie M. Parks

@robbieparks.bsky.social
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Assistant professor at Columbia University

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AcadeMax @academaxjournals.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Appreciating @gwagner.com for this! @robbieparks.bsky.social , @maibached.bsky.social and @thelancet.com highlight something critical: evidence links clean energy to better public health outcomes. @academaxjournals.bsky.social tracks the #STEM research driving real change. www.academax.com #Science
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Gernot Wagner @gwagner.com · 28/08/2026
Clean energy is indeed…clean i.e. "Health should be key to transitioning away from fossil fuels" Well put, @robbieparks.bsky.social, @maibached.bsky.social et al via @thelancet.com Annual deaths from outdoor air pollution due to fossil fuels are in the millions. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Health should be key to transitioning away from fossil fuels
The first conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels (Santa Marta, Colombia; April, 2026), co-hosted by Colombia and the Netherlands, convened representatives from 57 nations to advance a just...
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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
If energy policymakers consider all relevant costs in their policy decisions — including health costs (expenses plus avoidable deaths and ill health) — I'm confident they will conclude that clean energy (solar, wind, geothermal, storage, etc.) is the best path forward for their nation.
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Health should be key to transitioning away from fossil fuels
The first conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels (Santa Marta, Colombia; April, 2026), co-hosted by Colombia and the Netherlands, convened representatives from 57 nations to advance a just...
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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Read the full paper by Dr Olivia Biermann, Dr Emma Lawrance, Dr @neiljennings.bsky.social , Dr @alemassazza.bsky.social , Dr Nikita Nalawade, Dr @robbieparks.bsky.social and Allison Stewart-Ruano: buff.ly/MRtmxfk
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Protecting mental health from extreme heat
Recommendations for policy and action
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Ladd Keith @laddkeith.com · 04/06/2026
Check out the other extreme heat presentations by my co-presenters, @doctorufu.bsky.social and @robbieparks.bsky.social, and the other symposium sessions at www.nasonline.org/symposia/202...
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2026 U.S. Frontiers of Science – NAS
Sessions: Are We Alone? The Search for Life Among the Stars Brain-Computer-Interfaces Heat Stress and Human Health: Tackling the World’s Most Dangerous Hazard Invisible Frontiers of Life PFAS Micropla...
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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
with co-authors @paniblanca.bsky.social , @robbieparks.bsky.social & Hicham Acheback. @isglobal.org @cambridgecardio.bsky.social @dphpc.bsky.social @lancetcountdown.bsky.social @countdowneurope.bsky.social @gchalliance.bsky.social @isee-global.bsky.social
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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
📰✨ In our new @thelancet.com Planetary Health paper, we discuss the importance of disentangling the different dimensions of urban heat vulnerability🥵 (exposure, susceptibility, and adaptive capacity) for effective and equitable adaptation👇 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #ClimateChange #HeatRisk
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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
📢 We are very excited to host our next Advanced methods for climate and health attribution Summer School, delivered by @frediotto.bsky.social, @clairbarnes.bsky.social, @gkonstantinoudis.bsky.social & @robbieparks.bsky.social If you are a postgrad student or researcher, read on to find out more 🧵
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Advanced methods for climate and health attribution Summer School
Advanced methods for climate and health attribution Summer School
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Ladd Keith @laddkeith.com · 08/03/2026
Wrapped up the @nationalacademies.org Frontiers of Science symposium this weekend as a FoS Fellow, what a fantastic event! Leaving with new ideas and colleagues at the forefront of U.S. science. #science #nasfrontiersofscience
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Ladd Keith @laddkeith.com · 08/03/2026
Our @uarizona.bsky.social story on my heat health panel with @doctorufu.bsky.social and @robbieparks.bsky.social is at news.arizona.edu/news/u-heat-... #uarizona
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U of A heat policy experts to present at annual Frontiers of Science symposium
The National Academy of Sciences event, designed to highlight the work of early-career scientists, will include a panel featuring Ufuoma Ovienmhada and her work on heat health in prisons. Ladd Keith, ...
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Agents of Change @agentschangeej.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
🔥 @robbieparks.bsky.social was selected as a 2026 Frontiers of Science Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences — one of 81 of the nation's brightest young scientists, presenting on heat stress & human health this March. 🔗 www.nasonline.org/news/nationa...
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National Academy of Sciences Selects the 2026 Frontiers of Science Fellows - NAS
The National Academy of Sciences announces the selection of eighty-one of the nation's brightest young scientists from industry, academia, and government to take part in the National Academy of Scienc...
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JAMA Network Open @jamanetworkopen.com · 20/02/2026
Each additional tropical cyclone-exposed day was associated with increased psychoactive drug-related death rates in exposed US counties, highlighting the need to integrate substance use and mental health services in disaster preparedness. ja.ma/4c11aaf
Two maps show storm exposure in the southeastern U.S. Map A shows "Gale to violent storm exposure" in shades of purple, from 0 to 25 days. Map B shows "Hurricane exposure" in shades of red, from 0 to 5 days. "text@0" "text@1" "text@2" "text@3"
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Agents of Change @agentschangeej.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
🌪️🌍 Who actually bears the burden of tropical cyclones? A global look at exposure, storms, and inequality. @robbieparks.bsky.social iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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Characterizing global tropical cyclone events of 2024
Characterizing global tropical cyclone events of 2024, Jiang, Lingke, Anderson, G. Brooke, Li, Yanran, Wu, Xiao, Lynch, Victoria D., Parks, Robbie
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Communications Sustainability @commssustain.nature.com · 12/01/2026
🤒Higher temperatures are associated with more violence-related visits, particularly for younger individuals and those with lower income or educational attainment. 👉Read the study by @robbieparks.bsky.social and co-authors at www.nature.com/articles/s44... #sustainability #climatechange 🧪
Annual Medicaid interpersonal (n = 327,577) and self-inflicted (n = 17,271) violence-related hospital visits, by sex and age for 1999–2012
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Kai Kornhuber @kornhuber.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
A great pleasure to give a guest lecture on Weather and Climate Extremes at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social’s Mailman School of Public Health today. Thanks for the invite @robbieparks.bsky.social! @lamont.columbia.edu @iiasa.ac.at
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Agents of Change @agentschangeej.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
🌪️ @newyorker.com just spotlighted former Agents Of Change fellow @robbieparks.bsky.social! His research reveals the invisible health toll of hurricanes — from chronic illness to mental health impacts long after storms end. Read more 👇 www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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The Hidden Devastation of Hurricanes
Their health effects extend far beyond official death tolls.
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Sen Pei @senpei.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
This study was led by Dr. Qing Yao, with great collaboration with Victoria Lynch, Molei Liu, @wuxiao1993.bsky.social and @robbieparks.bsky.social. Check out the press release from Columbia Mailman. www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/hurrica...
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Hurricane Evacuation Patterns Differ Based on Where the Storm Hits
People in coastal areas with frequent hurricane exposure are more likely to travel out of harm’s way compared to people in inland areas who are more likely to stay put.
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Emily Theokritoff @etheokritoff.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Heat kills, more than we think and we can see. Heat intensified by climate change kills even more. For the 1st time, we conducted a rapid impact attribution study looking at the additional deaths that occurred due to climate change across 12 cities in Europe, in close to real-time: shorturl.at/mv6ms
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Sen Pei @senpei.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
This study is led by Dr. Qing Yao, in collaboration with Victoria Lynch, Molei Liu, ‪@wuxiao1993.bsky.social‬, and @robbieparks.bsky.social‬. Great pleasure discussing our findings with Sarah Kaplan and Kevin Crowe at the Washington Post. The preprint has not been peer-reviewed. ‪End/
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Robbie M. Parks @robbieparks.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
A small team of us at Columbia (Sen Pei, Qing Yao, and me) collaborated with @washingtonpost.com to create a data-driven story about Hurricane Helene flooding and lack of evacuation added to the severe impacts: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Robbie M. Parks @robbieparks.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Great coverage of paper from @sciam.bsky.social: www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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The World Isn’t Ready for the Mental Health Toll of Extreme Heat
Temperatures are rising, and so are mental health risks
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𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑎 @reverdeconcausa.eurosky.social · 02/06/2025
Planes de salud, calor, salud mental... Un combo cada vez más preocupante. Los investigadores solicitan apoyo específico para proteger a las comunidades vulnerables. #SaludPública
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MUSER PRESS @muser.press · 31/05/2025
A global review finds most heat-health plans mention #mentalhealth but lack real interventions. As extreme #heat intensifies, researchers call for targeted support to protect vulnerable communities. #ClimateAdaptation #PublicHealth DOI: doi.org/10.1007/s405...
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Most heat-health plans neglect mental health risks from extreme heat • Muser Press
A new review published in Current Environmental Health Reports offers a global assessment of how mental health is addressed in official heat-health action plans
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Andrew Mackenzie @awmackenzie.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
This gap aligns closely with findings from a recent report by @physoc.bsky.social and @wellcometrust.bsky.social, which highlighted the urgent need to integrate mental health into climate adaptation strategies.
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A Critical Gap in Addressing Mental Health in Heat-Health Action Plans Worldwide - Current Environmental Health Reports
Purpose of Review Extreme heat is associated with mental health conditions such as suicide, anxiety, and substance use disorders. However, the integration of mental health in heat-health planning rema...
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Andrew Mackenzie @awmackenzie.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
📢 A major new review has found that while over 75% of heat-health action plans mention mental health, only a fifth include any targeted interventions.
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A Critical Gap in Addressing Mental Health in Heat-Health Action Plans Worldwide - Current Environmental Health Reports
Purpose of Review Extreme heat is associated with mental health conditions such as suicide, anxiety, and substance use disorders. However, the integration of mental health in heat-health planning rema...
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Robbie M. Parks @robbieparks.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
🌡️ Out today! The first-ever review on how #MentalHealth features in Heat Health Action Plans is out now in #CurrentEnvironmentalHealthReports! link.springer.com/article/10.1... #ClimateHealth #PublicHealth #HeatAction #MentalWellbeing Details below:
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A Critical Gap in Addressing Mental Health in Heat-Health Action Plans Worldwide - Current Environmental Health Reports
Purpose of Review Extreme heat is associated with mental health conditions such as suicide, anxiety, and substance use disorders. However, the integration of mental health in heat-health planning rema...
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Robbie M. Parks @robbieparks.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Has been amazing to visit the @columbiauniversity.bsky.social Global Center in Santiago Chile! Many exciting projects on the horizon…
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Robbie M. Parks @robbieparks.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
This paper was also one of NIEHS's papers of the month for March 2025! factor.niehs.nih.gov/2025/2/paper...
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Extramural Papers of the Month
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Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory @lamont.columbia.edu · 17/02/2025
"The last 10 years have been the 10 warmest years on record," a direct outcome of ongoing fossil fuel emissions, and this signals that warming risks could be even more dramatic than thought, says climate scientist Radley Horton of @lamontearth.bsky.social @columbiaclimate.bsky.social. Via @npr.org.
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January wasn't expected to break global temperature records. But it did
The planet has been shattering heat records for the past two years. That was expected to ease in January — and the fact that it didn't has climate researchers worried.
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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
For the urban health - climate folks, the IPCC still has a call out for Chapter scientists to contribute to the IPCC Special report on Climate Change and Cities. The deadline is midnight CET on Friday 14 Feb🌹 In case of interest ⬇️ www.linkedin.com/posts/ipcc_i...
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IPCC on LinkedIn: IPCC Working Group II TSU Call for Chapter Scientists | 19 comments
📣 Call for Applications for Chapter Scientists to support author teams for the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities, scheduled for release in… | 19 comments on LinkedIn
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 31/01/2025
A study in Nature Medicine reports greater mortality from infectious and parasitic diseases, injuries and respiratory and cardiovascular diseases associated with exposures to flooding events in the US, particularly floods caused by tropical cyclones and heavy rain. #Medsky 🧪
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Large floods drive changes in cause-specific mortality in the United States - Nature Medicine
Analyses of death records over the two decades in the United States reported greater mortality from infectious and parasitic diseases, injuries and respiratory and cardiovascular diseases associated with exposures to flooding events, particularly floods caused by tropical cyclones and heavy rain.
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 19/01/2025
A study in Nature Medicine reports greater mortality from infectious and parasitic diseases, injuries and respiratory and cardiovascular diseases associated with exposures to flooding events in the US, particularly floods caused by tropical cyclones and heavy rain. #Medsky 🧪
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Large floods drive changes in cause-specific mortality in the United States - Nature Medicine
Analyses of death records over the two decades in the United States reported greater mortality from infectious and parasitic diseases, injuries and respiratory and cardiovascular diseases associated with exposures to flooding events, particularly floods caused by tropical cyclones and heavy rain.
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aaflores.bsky.social @aaflores.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Check out our new work on floods and mortality in the U.S. An excellent 🧵 below @robbieparks.bsky.social
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Jeff Seidman (he/him) @jeffsseidman.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Calling folks from @katharinehayhoe.com 's "Climate and Pub. Health" starter pack: @robbieparks.bsky.social @jonlevybu.bsky.social @subu.bsky.social @drhelenmac.bsky.social @profjasonwest.bsky.social @gaurabbasu.bsky.social @kaichenyale.bsky.social @lisapatel.bsky.social @jjbuonocore.bsky.social
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
physics of climate impacts 101: - Stuff gets hot (worse heatwaves) - Hot air holds more water vapor (heavier rainfall) - Hot air is thirstier air (higher drought risk) - Warm water is hurricane food (stronger storms) - Hot water expands and hot ice melts (sea level rise)
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Robbie M. Parks @robbieparks.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Out today in @natureportfolio.bsky.social Nature Medicine: Large floods drive changes in cause-specific mortality in the United States. Short 🧵 below. @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @columbiaclimate.bsky.social @uarizona.bsky.social @harvardchanschool.bsky.social: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/12/2024
A new A.I. tool from DeepMind, a Google company in London that develops A.I. applications, has achieved what its makers call unmatched skill and speed in devising 15-day weather forecasts.
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Google Introduces A.I. Agent That Aces 15-Day Weather Forecasts
GenCast, from the company’s DeepMind division, outperformed the world’s best predictions of deadly storms as well as everyday weather.
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Robbie M. Parks @robbieparks.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Fascinating talk hosted by the Columbia Global Center and @adamtooze.bsky.social about the international view of US elections. As discussed, many won’t understand or want to hear this, but a lot of people worldwide are actually happy with the result, v disappointed w/ the outgoing administration:
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Kim R. van Daalen @daalenkim.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
🚨🧠 In our new Nature Mental Health 📰 we highlight the impacts of climate change on mental health, and the relevance for international climate governance. Published at #COP29 #Healthday 🌍! Have a read ⤵️ nature.com/articles/s4422…
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Randi Foraker @randi-epi.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
What a great #AHA24 Scientific Sessions ♥️ @ahascience.bsky.social
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Robbie M. Parks @robbieparks.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Wonderful session at the @americanheart.bsky.social meeting on climate change and cardiovascular health in the global south. Thanks for inviting me and look forward to the paper we’ll be writing out of the session
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Prof Friederike Otto @frediotto.bsky.social · 04/11/2024
We Europeans need to practice survival in a rapidly changing climate - my opinion piece, focussed on Spain, but could equally have been written 3 years ago after the deadly floods in Germany . We've not learned enough & that costs lives and livelihoods. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Why did so many die in Spain? Because Europe still hasn't accepted the realities of extreme weather | Friederike Otto
Severe flooding is, unfortunately, inevitable. What isn’t inevitable is how ready we are, says Friederike Otto of World Weather Attribution
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Robbie M. Parks @robbieparks.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Good to see so many familiar faces here :) and so many new friends!
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