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Timon McPhearson

@timonm.bsky.social
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Urban ecology and climate resilience scientist, IPCC AR6/AR7 Lead Author, NPCC Co-Chair, Founder/Director Urban System Lab, NYU

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Timon McPhearson @timonm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm pretty stoked to have this PNAS Special Feature on "The Ecology of Segregation in Cities" out. We assembled an incredible roster of experts. Check out the full issue of 8 papers including the scene setting Intro that Steward Pickett and I wrote. Full issue here: www.pnas.org/topic/576
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GREEN TALENT @green-talent.eu · 28/07/2026
🌱 Green Talent is looking for your experience! 💡 If you want to share your best practices on biodiversity and climate R&I with info about learning outcomes and practical tips, this post is for you! 👇 📱 Complete the form: forms.office.com/pages/respon... More info: green-talent.eu
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 28/07/2026
Fires in France have now burned over 91,000 acres, by far the most of any year since the satellite record started in 2006. Current area burned is about 34x larger than this date in a typical (median) year:
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Narrator: it was, in fact, exactly what scientists warned about
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The Society for Social-Ecological Systems (SocSES) @socses.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
📣 Upcoming online short course on the resilience of urban social-ecological-technological systems (SETS) 🏙️🌱 🗓️ 19-23 October 2026 📚 Online (2-3 synchronous sessions per day) ⚠️ Apply by 8 September 2026 ℹ️ Learn more and apply: socses.org/short-courses/
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Timon McPhearson @timonm.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Some really fun discussions with some brilliant urban science minds. check out the others too!
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Climate.us @climate.us · 23/06/2026
Climate.us is live. Built by members of the team behind Climate.gov, this new independent nonprofit website keeps trusted climate information easy to find, easy to use, and harder to erase. #ClimateForUs #ClimateUS
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Dr Rebecca Emerton @rebeccalize.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Our latest research with @jnicolasclimate.bsky.social @annalombardi.bsky.social @claudiadinapoli.bsky.social shows how much heat stress has changed from the climate of the 1970s to our current climate, due to climate change, and how the number of people affected has increased over the last 50 yrs 🥵⬇️
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Timon McPhearson @timonm.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
this thread!
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/04/2026
"there is only one majority in this country and that is the working class."
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Timon McPhearson @timonm.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
More tragedy for ecological science
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Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 07/04/2026
y'all.
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Timon McPhearson @timonm.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Hey all, it's so fun to be able to share the summary of all the work we got up to last year. It's been 10yrs since I started the Urban Systems Lab and this last year is a testament to the amazing people who call the Lab home. Enjoy!
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Steve Carpenter @steve-carpenter.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
If you want to help nature and climate in your region, or have science knowledge to contribute, see our draft report at naturerecord.org A bit of background here: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/c...
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Nature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently
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Timon McPhearson @timonm.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Thanks! we are really excited to put this report out, including a chapter focused entirely on the bright spots, where we are seeing success working with and for nature! It's the Public Comment period so please add your voice naturerecord.org
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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Me. I'm a mad scientist. (Paul Noth cartoons)
One scientist talking to two others.
"These days. If you're not a mad scientist, you're not paying attention."
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Conveniently forgotten. @ipcc.bsky.social AR6 SPM C.3 : "Hard limits to adaptation have been reached in some ecosystems (high confidence). With increasing global warming, losses and damages will increase and additional human and natural systems will reach adaptation limits (high confidence)."
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ICTA-UAB @icta-uab.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Biodiversity isn’t only protected in parks and policy documents, it is defended on the ground by communities and social movements, often at great personal risk.⁠ ⁠ Study by ICTA-UAB & IBEI shows that 40% of socio-environmental mobilizations take place in the world’s most important biodiversity areas
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
In good news, your advocacy for science funding is paying off! Congress has just rejected the massive cuts to NASA's 2026 budget. (Sadly, they didn't include a provision for saving @ncar-ucar.bsky.social but we use this win to keep fighting!)
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You just saved NASA's budget
Here's what Congress rejected of the draconian cuts faced by NASA in FY 2026.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
ICYMI: an international team has developed a new framework for understanding sustainable development. Instead of separating nature, society and economy, David Obura and co. propose a model that positions nature as the foundation.
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Scientists call for 'systems reset' to redefine sustainable development
A new international study calls for a fundamental reset in how humanity understands and pursues sustainable development. The article is published in the journal Communications Sustainability.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 19/07/2025
loser stuff thread www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/c...
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E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 12/01/2026
People will get sicker. More people will have heart attacks and lung disease and other health challenges because of pollution. People’s lives will get worse, and shorter. People you know. Maybe me. Maybe you.
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Earth.com @earthdotcom.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Trees might be doing more for air quality than we thought #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth
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Trees might be doing more for air quality than we thought
Researchers find that microbes on tree bark can alter greenhouse and toxic gases, shaping climate and air quality beyond leaves alone.
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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 08/01/2026
It appears there is no withdraw process for @ipcc.bsky.social, participation in which is voluntary, free and open to all UN and WMO members. So the Trump administration’s supposed withdraw means less than their June firing of all the staff of the State Dept’s Office of Global Change
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IPCC Statement on the US announcement to withdraw from participation in IPCC — IPCC
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 08/01/2026
After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset, @climatecentral.org hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up. Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes. More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
A map of the US with each 2025 billion-plus dollar weather and climate disaster geo-located on it. Source: Climate Central
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
"Because the U.S. entered the UNFCCC with advice and consent of the Senate in 1992, it’s our legal view that it also must be exited using the same process in reciprocation... Letting this lawless move stand could shut the U.S. out of climate diplomacy forever" www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Trump withdrawal from bedrock UN climate treaty raises legal questions
Trump said that the U.S. would withdraw from the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
“The changes permit as few as one outside review rather than the current minimum of three, end the routine use of expert panels to discuss those individual reviews, and give program managers greater authority to recommend which proposals should or should not be funded.”
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NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists
Memo cites overburdened staff, but some say move also aims to elevate White House priorities
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
It’s simply not possible to overstate how important NCAR is to US and world science. We need to fight this with everything we’ve got.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 12/11/2025
You thought the pictures from last night were incredible? Look at this!
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Timon McPhearson @timonm.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
thoughts and prayers to everyone in Jamaica today. stay safe!
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Timon McPhearson @timonm.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Talking Nature Positive Cities and preview of our launch for the NATURA Global Roadmap for Urban Nature-based Solutions tomorrow at the IUCN World Conservation Congress. Join us if you are in-person or registered online. Exciting work ahead! iucncongress2025.org/programme/na...
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Nature-Positive Cities :From Global Frameworks to Local Action
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John Fasullo @jfasullo.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
"By most metrics, 2025 has been the worst year for the American scientific enterprise in modern history". The result - we are "essentially ending America’s longstanding role as the world leader in science and innovation,” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/s...
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Trump Seeks to Cut Basic Scientific Research by Roughly One-Third, Report Shows
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Timon McPhearson @timonm.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
just nuts!
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Timon McPhearson @timonm.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Jane Goodall was an inspiration to anyone who wants to see good happen on this planet. Advocating to the very end, she spoke to us as a Planetary Guardian at NYC Climate Week just last week! An irreplaceable voice helping show the value of all nature.We miss you Jane www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
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Erle Ellis @erleellis.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Redefine how the world measures progress! 🌍🧑‍🌾🌽🌎🌴🐬🌏🚵‍♀️🍄🌐👍 Join the Global Expert Consultation to develop The Nature Relationship Index (NRI) @undp.org <15 mins to make a difference anu.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... > Deadline: Oct 15, 2025 > Background: rdcu.be/etpiQ
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Timon McPhearson @timonm.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
me too! there is hope in New York City!
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Timon McPhearson @timonm.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Quotes get shortened (fine), but the point is that cities, governments, NGOs, individuals - ALL -must move from shock, concern, and worry to action that radically scales up adaptation and resilience investments to be better prepared for extreme rainfall and flooding www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/s...
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When It Rains, It … Is ‘Terrifying’
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 07/08/2025
Here’s the simple truth that Donald Trump doesn’t want you to know: Climate change is making extreme weather disasters more frequent and severe. If we do not get our act together, this will only get worse.
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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Trump administration is going to go after the "endangerment finding" that's the basis of pretty much all federal climate regulation. A huge gift to the fossil fuel industry and a "screw you" to the world.
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E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change
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Urban Systems Lab @uslnyc.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
📰 Just out in @pnas.org special issue: @timonm.bsky.social + 23 authors synthesize 60+ reviews & global regional knowledge on urban #NatureBasedSolutions. 🔗 Read more: buff.ly/jGfYSqO #UrbanSustainability #NbS #PNAS
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Urban Systems Lab @uslnyc.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
📰 Just published in @pnas.org special issue: @loandhi.bsky.social + @timonm.bsky.social offer 4 levers for transformative urban adaptation through #NatureBasedSolutions. Read: buff.ly/FXggzzN #NbS #PNAS #ClimateResilience
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Urban Systems Lab @uslnyc.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
📰 Just out in @pnas.org special issue: @nfrantzeskaki.bsky.social , Katinka Wijsman, Nadja Kabisch, and @timonm.bsky.social explore how #NatureBasedSolutions can support just urban transformations. 🔗 buff.ly/1eEhcBx #NbS #UrbanJustice #UrbanSustainability #PNAS #JustTransitions
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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 23/07/2025
35. EPA preparing to revoke endangerment finding, in spite of all evidence that climate change does indeed endanger human welfare (July 23, 2025)
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 23/07/2025
"A Proposed Budget Cut That Would Cripple American Science." --Amid Fear of Retaliation, N.S.F. Workers Sign Letter of Dissent. Story by @alexaroblesgil.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/3IFzGKJ
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Amid Fear of Retaliation, N.S.F. Workers Sign Letter of Dissent
In a public letter, employees of the National Science Foundation accused the administration of politicizing the agency and impeding scientific innovation.
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Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies @caryinstitute.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Special @pnas.org issue explores how cities can harness nature-based solutions to climate change while advancing equity and public health. Contributors include @timonm.bsky.social‬ and Elizabeth Cook. www.pnas.org/about/specia...
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PNAS Special Features – Timely Collections on Breakthrough Research Across Disciplines
Explore PNAS Special Features—rigorously reviewed thematic collections that highlight cross-disciplinary research on urgent scientific challenges and innovations.
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Timon McPhearson @timonm.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
I'm excited to share our Global Synthesis on Urban #Nature-based solutions. A meta-analysis of over 60 review papers combined with review from NBS experts in 7 global regions. See insights as well other articles in this Special Feature in PNAS, an output from NATURA www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Global synthesis and regional insights for mainstreaming urban nature-based solutions | PNAS
Nature-based solutions (NbS) have emerged as a key strategy for sustainably addressing multiple urban challenges, with rapidly increasing knowledge...
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Timon McPhearson @timonm.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
"Gutting of the national infrastructure around weather emergencies comes at the same time that climate change is making severe disasters more common and more dangerous" www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
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Why Texas’ floods are a warning for the rest of the country
The disaster that unfolded in Kerr County, Texas, shows how many communities will struggle to prepare for extreme weather as the federal government pulls back.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
NEW: Sec. Noem has now admits "last mile" disaster communications weren't up to par in the Texas catastrophe. But while bodies were still being recovered on Tuesday DHS canceled a $3 million grant focused on improving precisely those kinds of "last mile" comms. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dhs-c...
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DHS Cancels Extreme Weather Comms Grant While Bodies Still Being Recovered in Texas
As more than a hundred fatalities have been confirmed in Texas flash...
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