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Dr. A.R. Siders

@sidersadapts.bsky.social
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audacious climate adaptation | assoc prof U of Delaware | social scientist + lawyer | #clifi #managedretreat #relocation #adaptationethics

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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
🌊📊 #Postdoc opening: Coastal Adaptation Governance Research + practitioner partnerships. Interdisciplinary. Decisions, policies, ethics. First review Feb 1 careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job... #adaptation #resilience #academicjobs
Elevated houses on a stormy coast, with the large text "postdoc, coastal adaptation governance, first review Feb 1".
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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
well stated by @staceyabrams.com
Photo of Stacey Abrams with the quote: "This isn't about politics. It's about power. Yesterday's decision tells the GOP that if they are mean enough, cruel enough, and patient enough, we will give in."
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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 02/09/2025
The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.
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DOEresponseSite
On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding...
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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 31/07/2025
🚨 If you're interested in working on a coordinated response to the DOE climate report, please enter your info on this google form 🚨 Please RT this so as many people see it as possible. forms.gle/BL9xUAfRxA...
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DOE climate report response form
We are collecting names to assemble a writing team to respond to the DOE climate working group report. If you'd like to contribute, enter your info below. At this point, there is no guarantee what we'll do (if anything), but we want to keep our options open by collecting names. If you have any further questions, feel free to email me. We are primarily looking for Ph.D. scientists at universities or government labs in appropriate fields. I realize that this will exclude some qualified people and I apologize, but we felt this was necessary for a variety of reasons.
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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
A great session on the importance of history, narratives, imagination, and imaginaries at the #MR25 conference @columbiauniversity.bsky.social !
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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
I love this slide at #CZC2025 - what then, becomes possible? Conversations about innovation, creativity, and challenging the status quo for #coasts and #adaptation
Five panelists sitting at the front of an auditorium with an audience watching them. A slide behind says what then becomes possible with a picture of a coast.
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Stop, Drop & Roll @sdrgames.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
NOW LIVE! ✨ A hopeful game about collective resistance in a changing land, where each player plays four characters each! Uncover their pasts, passions and fears as you play, and help them build their future. There's a FREE quick-start preview over on Backerkit, so don't miss out! ✊ #solarpunk #TTRPG
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Why We Fight - a solarpunk narrative TTRPG Launch Party
Get excited about Why We Fight - a solarpunk narrative TTRPG on BackerKit - come join!
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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Favorite quote: closing the State Dept Climate Office is “just strategically fucking dumb" www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
politico.com
Rubio eliminates office that oversees climate talks
The Office of Global Change was notified Thursday that it would be shuttered.
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Saleem H. Ali @saleemali.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
A pleasure to host Prof. Jim Wescoat from MIT and Mr. Ghammaz Hussain from Beaconhouse National University in Pakistan today - thanks to @sidersadapts.bsky.social for moderating the panel !
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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 27/02/2025
Trump's Environmental Protection Agency appointees will move to reverse its 2009 declaration that greenhouse gases endanger human health & welfare, a decision that underpins the agency's authority to regulate GHGs under the Clean Air Act www.politico.com/news/2025/02... 🔌💡
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EPA moves to ditch finding that greenhouse gases cause harm
The recommendation by Lee Zeldin, the agency's administrator, could upend existing and future regulations on climate change.
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@ghoshworld @ghoshworld.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
See? It's not all bad news...
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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
SCOOP @bloomberg.com: Top officials at the US Department of Homeland Security received a memo from Sec. Kristi Noem on Friday ordering an immediate stop to work connected to climate change and the elimination of climate-related terms across the agency. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump Ends Climate Work Inside Agency That Responds to Disasters
A memo sent to leadership at the US Department of Homeland Security orders the elimination of climate-related activities.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Join the Climate Storytellers’ Summit on Thursday, April 10 from 4-6pm which I will be moderating. Read more details here: environment.princeton.edu/climate-stor...
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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
"Woke DEI grants at #NSF". A word cloud of ~3,400 grant titles flagged by US Senate Committee Commerce, Science & Transportation as "questionable projects that promoted #DEI or advanced neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda." Database at: www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/2/cruz-...
a word cloud. the biggest words are: communities, students, and stem. a second tier of smaller words include: technology, education, engineering, evaluation, statutory, career, environment, teaching
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SolarPunk Conference 2025 @solarpunkcon.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Submissions are open for the 2025 Conference! Interested in sharing your ideas through a workshop, presentation, or panel? Fill out the form (link below and in bio) to be considered. Let's see what we can create and share together! forms.gle/Y11VzaFwBQD6... #solarpunk #solarpunkconference
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PLOS Climate @plosclimate.org · 25/01/2025
A new scoping review by Muccione et al. identifies key themes in climate education research, and calls for their integration into policy-relevant assessment reports journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
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A scoping review on climate change education
The growing urgency of the climate crisis necessitates innovative educational approaches to equip people with the knowledge and skills to address climate challenges and be able to influence policy eff...
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
The new White House has already deleted dozens of environmental justice websites and reports. Worry not, they’re all backed up on various independent university websites. eelp.law.harvard.edu/tracker-type... 🧪🌎
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Federal Environmental Justice Tracker – Environmental and Energy Law Program
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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
@gruberte.bsky.social is an incredibly exciting interdisciplinary researcher! and an awesome human. go work with her!
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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Some really interesting thoughts about #adaptation coming up: "we're becoming numb to disasters... so we need to change the stories we tell to give people hope"; "we need to fight misinformation and scapegoating"; "insurance will be a key debate" "people are frustrated and angry". Give it a listen!
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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
I expected a cute little phone game about #climate and emissions reductions, and I was wrong. The sheer number of interconnected policies, infrastructure, research options and political allies / foes is daunting and impressive!
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 10/01/2025
LA is burning & our implicit political baseline is still that climate policies are acceptable if and only if they require zero sacrifice or even mild lifestyle change on anyone's part.
independent.co.uk
Public will not have to change lives ‘radically’ for climate goal, MPs promised
Lifestyle change, such as diet and travel, are not in the scope of the 2035 goal
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Dr. Crystal A. Kolden @pyrogeog.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
For the thousands of people asking "How do we fix this #wildfire problem?", @michaelwara.bsky.social wrote an excellent white paper 3 years ago that neatly lays out the basics of the multipronged approach. It still holds. @stanfordwoods.bsky.social hosted a discussion panel as well.
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Birmingham Climate Justice Coalition @brumcjc.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
“these devastating wildfires… will continue to get worse as the planet continues to get warmer. And the planet will continue to get warmer as long as we continue to burn fossil fuels” @michaelemann.bsky.social www.channel4.com/news/__trash...
channel4.com
‘Wildfires will get worse as the planet gets warmer’, says climate scientist
We spoke to Michael Mann, a climate scientist from the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania.
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David Siders @davidsiders.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
In Altadena, part of it was the shock ... And part of it seemed to be a kind of fatalism, a feeling that the more existential the threat, the less our society or our political system seems able to address it. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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‘Half the Country’s Thinking Magically’: California Fire Victims Grapple with the Political Paralysis Over Climate Change
They’re still in shock. But for now, even in a blue city in a blue state, disaster does not bring climate change to residents’ front of mind.
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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
“No, I don’t. I think we’re fucked." - Altadena resident, asked if people might start connecting climate change & disasters. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
politico.com
‘Half the Country’s Thinking Magically’: California Fire Victims Grapple with the Political Paralysis Over Climate Change
They’re still in shock. But for now, even in a blue city in a blue state, disaster does not bring climate change to residents’ front of mind.
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Amy Hanauer @amyhanauer.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
"I’m willing to pay literally any amount of money, just so long as I don’t have to pay a fixed, reasonable amount of money in taxes regularly."
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I Will Pay Any Amount to Not Pay My Taxes
I’ve gotten myself into a bit of a jam. A series of natural disasters is barreling towards my home, and there is a severe shortage of resources and...
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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
🚨 BIG NEWS - *US National Adaptation Strategy* released and transmitted to UNFCCC. That's right - the US has a National Adaptation Plan! unfccc.int/sites/defaul... #climate #adaptation #UNFCCC #RebelScienceAlliance
A report cover with the title "US National Adaptation and Resilience Planning Strategy" and four drawings in a square of natural scenes.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
People have a lot to say about prisoner firefighters in California some of which is not particularly true. This 2020 legislation let them pursue firefighting careers upon release: www.npr.org/2020/09/11/9...
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California Bill Clears Path For Ex-Inmates To Become Firefighters
"Inmates who have stood on the frontlines, battling historic fires should not be denied the right to later become a professional firefighter," Gov. Gavin Newsom said upon signing the bill on Friday.
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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Cool new study on #equity #justice + #disaster funding. Implications for researchers + decision-makers. @crispapoll.bsky.social & colleagues show benefits of a "risk burden inequality metric" vs overall damage to maximize equity across households rather than across communities. Scale matters. 🧵
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A.R. Siders on LinkedIn: Study Identifies Simple Rules to Help Federal Climate Funding Benefit…
A very cool study on #equity and #disaster funding with practical implications for modelers and decision-makers. Adam Pollack and colleagues show the benefits…
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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
2 new papers by Tess Doeffinger on coastal climate #adaptation: case study of Folly Beach SC + method for analyzing the historical pathways that shape adaptation decisions doi.org/10.1016/j.en... doi.org/10.1016/j.oc... @udelaware.bsky.social @thecitadel1842.bsky.social
a colorful timeline in very small font showing hurricane symbols, construction equipment, policy advances. a figure from a publication. two yellow bulldozers (? construction equipment of some kind) on a beach pushing sandpiles out flat. some green grass and brush in the foreground. cloudy skies in the background.
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Catherine Tan @catherinetan.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Incarcerated people make up a third of CA’s firefighting force, earning “between $2.90 and $5 a day … slightly more when actively fighting a fire.” When compared to professionals: 4x more likely to be injured. 8x more likely to suffer from smoke inhalation. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-...
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The History of California's Inmate Firefighter Program
The initiative, which finds prisoners working as first responders and rescuers, dates back to the 1940s
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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
A few thoughts on White House Community-Driven #Relocation report. Highlights: 1) connects climate + pollution to highlight #justice 2) calls for coordination across MANY fed programs 3) illustrates need for comparative research across programs & contexts www.linkedin.com/pulse/though...
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Thoughts on the White House Community-Driven Relocation Report: Useful Framing & Areas for Comparative Research
The National Climate Task Force Community-Driven Relocation Subcommittee released a new report two weeks ago. Three highlights: (1) the way the report emphasizes justice by connecting climate change w...
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
How the world is already adapting to climate change - @carbonbrief.org maps and describes the most comprehensive assessment to date of the scientific literature on climate adaptation By @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org and @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social interactive.carbonbrief.org/climate-adap...
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Interactive: How the world is already adapting to climate change
People around the world are already living with the impacts of climate change. Faced with record-breaking heatwaves, storms and floods, many have been forced to adapt to a new reality.
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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
🚨 Looking for a paid summer research experience? 📚 Our coastal research hub, CHEER, is looking for 3 graduate and 3 undergraduate students for a paid ($6k + travel and housing) in-person cohort in North Carolina. www.drc.udel.edu/2025-summer-...
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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
so many "books to read in 2025" lists these days. so here's my reading stack along with the books I meant to read in 2024 but never did, and the books I actually read unplanned. I love a good #TBR pile, but I like to let books find me too. Any recommendations? #booknerd
a stack of books with text "books I meant to read in 2024" including titles such as Timefulness, The Optimist's Telescope, and Principles of Electrodynamicsa stack of books with text "books I read / reread in 2024". Titles include Troy, Decolonizing Methodologies, All We Can Save, The Prince, the Word Hord, and Long Dark Teatime of the Soul, among others. A very tall stack of books with the text "books list 2025". Titles include Python for Beginners,  Essential Haiku, Surfacing, and many books from the "meant to read" stack in the other photo.
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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
A cool tool to quickly update NSF COA by @jordan.matelsky.com @upenn.bsky.social - thanks to @jenbiddle.bsky.social Input name or ORCID and # of months. Receive csv with names + affiliations of co-authors. It double-counted, but that's an easy filter fix. bib.experiments.kordinglab.com
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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
that is amazing! I love that oyster farms and swales are tools I went heavy on green roofed apartments, wetlands, rain gardens, and oyster farms. not surprisingly ... building away from the coast was also a winning strategy :P #climateGames
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 02/01/2025
New report finds: "The Inflation Reduction Act could deliver over $2.7 trillion in net benefits from 2025 to 2035, against $656 billion in costs."
utilitydive.com
The IRA will deliver a fourfold return on taxpayer investment, says ACP
The Inflation Reduction Act could generate $2.7 trillion in U.S. economic benefits from 2025 to 2035, says a report commissioned by the American Clean Power Association.
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Andy Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️ revkin.substack.com @revkin.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
And of course @samlmontano.bsky.social on #disasterjustice, FEMA policy related to climate impacts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3bz... and @sidersadapts.bsky.social on resilience policy.
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Explore Why We Need a “Disaster Justice” Movement - with “Disasterologist” Samantha Montano
YouTube video by Andrew Revkin
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Craig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Excellent overview of the issues and arguments in the recent proceedings before the ICJ for the advisory opinion on states’ obligations related to climate change, by Corina Heri (@cohelongo.bsky.social) on @justsecurity.org :
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An Interim Report on the ICJ’s Climate Advisory Opinion
The landmark proceeding explores State obligations under international law, the Paris Agreement, and human rights in climate change.
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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Love this summary: “The big issue is, are you liable for the continuing consequences of your past emissions?” Great write up on this landmark case.
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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
PhD opening at Univ Amsterdam on "coastal squeezing" - open to natural scientists and social scientists / lawyers / philosophers. Fully funded. Looks very cool! Applications due Jan 6. (Thanks Dr. Hickey for sharing) werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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Vacancy — PhD Coastal Squeezing Dynamics and Solutions
Do you want to work in an interdisciplinary team to help understand the complex natural and social dynamics involved in coastal squeezing in order to generate innovative coastal management solutions? ...
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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Catching up on 2024: Thanks to Carnegie Mellon Civil & Env Engineering for hosting me in their speaker series "Role of Humans in Civil & Environmental Systems.” We need more efforts like this to train students in #interdisciplinary &cross-disciplinary respect! CMU has an incredible community.
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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 27/09/2024
the images of #Helene 's effects in FL is a reminder: - FL built fewer new homes in flood-prone areas than you'd expect given the size of it's #floodplains - BUT it still built ~400,000 *new* homes in designated, regulated floodplains 2001-2019 that's 400,000 families
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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 27/09/2024
2 new papers out - US towns limit new buildings in floodplains more than you think - and can do better, using routine local tools Brief write up: udel.edu/0012471
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US towns limit new buildings in floodplains more than you think - and can do better
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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 26/08/2024
New paper on how alternative ways of offering/pricing #buyouts #floods could avoid the checkerboard problem & reduce costs. Open access thru Oct 13: udel.edu/0012347
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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 20/12/2023
New paper out shows levee construction ~ 62% acceleration in floodplain expansion contig US. BUT effect weakens over time due to land use regulations. Nicely sums both the concerns of levee building AND the power of land use. by M. Ding et al. Peking U; KSU; UO; UI et al nature.com/articles/s41...
two circles representing land with a river in the middle; the left has few homes by the river; the right has a levee and many homes on the inland side of the levee near the river
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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
feeling down about COP28 or anything else? scroll thru the ocean for an awe-some reminder of how incredible and weird and mysterious the world can be
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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
📢National Climate Assessment (#NCA5) Webinars start MONDAY with Overview. Open to all. Questions encouraged. Messy calendar below, but see the full schedule & register at: www.globalchange.gov/events?topic... Also put Feb 15th on your calendar for the 📢Adaptation chapter!
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