@irynad
Environmental scientist, Associate Professor, UC Berkeley. Remote sensing, GIS, wetlands, biodiversity, urban ecosystems, natural climate solutions. Bridges among science, landscape practice, and policy. I stand with Ukraine. Opinions are my own.
Today on Can Geo: The last northern spotted owl in B.C. is likely gone. Is it too late to bring them back? 🦉
A new federal recovery plan offers hope, yet with no sightings since 2023, the future looks uncertain.
🔗 Read more: https://bit.ly/456jZEt
#EndangeredSpecies #NorthernSpottedOwl
Congratulations @erthromero.bsky.social on this new RSE paper focusing new ways of approaching spatio-temporal complexity in drivers of wetland carbon cycling! Huge thanks to our collaborators, NASA FINESST, @biometlab.bsky.social @cgerleinsafdi.bsky.social
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New collaborative paper in Remote Sensing in the Environment with student Eric Romero in
@irynad.bsky.social lab
Photosynthesis, heat, and structure: an evident hierarchy of environmental conditions driving wetland carbon assimilation
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Very nice article !
Really great work from PNNL on best practices in utility wildfire management.
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Hard to believe it's been four years since russia's brutal escalation of its war against Ukraine. Strength and resilience of Ukrainians remind of what we stand for and what we strive to protect. This Petrykivka art from my home region always lives in my heart and brightens even the darkest days.
Pink flowering currant - bush
Pink flowering currant close up
One of my favorite native plants - Pink-flowering currant in its spring season. This one bush has been blooming now for more than a month and is still full of blossoms. Not all last year's leaves have fallen off, but the new ones are coming out already.
It's very special feeling when a friend's creative work blossoms out, ready to meet the big world. Here is a wonderful new poetry collection by Kathie-Louise Clarke, just released today: www.amazon.com/Scarred-Peac...
A global map showing that most people don't talk about or hear about climate change regularly (except in Scandinavia - I believe this is the Greta Effect!). Source: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.
A global map showing that most people are worried about climate change. Source: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.
Most people are worried about climate change - but most don't hear or talk about regularly.
That's why I started my free newsletter Talking Climate. Every week I share good news, not so good news, and what people can do.
If you aren't a reader yet, see below. I have 6 different ways to subscribe!
“Children were in the crowd screaming.”
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
MN protestors #protip put 2 Idaho Russets in the oven at 420 degrees for 45 min, take them out and foil wrap, 1 in each pocket before you go out. Theyll stay warm for 3-4 hours even in this weather and you can eat em when you like. They used to send us kids out like this back in the 70s trust me.
Attention folks in the weather, climate, disaster, wildfire, and Earth science communities: NSF has just published a new "Dear Colleague" letter inviting feedback (by Mar 13) on the proposal to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). www.nsf.gov/funding/...
It was an honor to contribute to this study led by the researchers from the University of Hong Kong - investigating the connections among remote sensing-derived phenological variability and plant functional traits in temperate forest context.
Global Change Biology | Environmental Change Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
New Biomet Lab paper on our @ameriflux.bsky.social work on greenhouse gas fluxes in the Delta led by @etechlab.bsky.social
Wow, incredible! Orion is very visible now
In the new season of Autocracy in America, I will ask how the Trump White House is rewriting the rules of US politics.
First episode: How ICE and the National Guard are being used not just to enforce immigration, but to project power
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What is a safe growth strategy for post-war #Ukraine?
A new paper by Maurice Obstfeld and me sheds more light on this question:
The earlier accession of Eastern European countries to the EU& NATO offers a template that relies on massive FDI & public structural funds.
#UkrainianView
How do you know whether or not your conservation monitoring program is helping you to deliver outcomes? We have made a checklist of 15 distinct reasons - some more directly connected to outcomes than others.
At the Plum Island Museum of Lost Toys and Curiosities, one-time treasures bring back memories and are a reminder of the eternal life of plastic waste. n.pr/4540mx9
Great to hear this - thank you for letting me know! Please share when the Storymap comes out, I will spread the word and share with our urban forestry classes.
In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
and this nostalgia can also become an effective propaganda tool, very evident in post-Soviet space for example
The most wonderful about this week's #AGU2025 was seeing so many students and early career researchers sharing their work, radiating with their passion and love for science and our planet. This felt like the best New Year's gift amidst the times and much hope for the future. Thank you, @agu.org
New focus collection in Environmental Research Letters #ERL on "Initial and Enduring Environmental Consequences of Armed Conflict"
Please send expressions of interest to the #ERL mailbox by 28 February 2026: erl@ioppublishing.org ☺️
🔗 Find the full scope here: iopscience.iop.org/collections/...
Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center
Any such plan "would set back our nation’s ability to predict, prepare for, and respond to severe weather and other natural disasters,” said Antonio Busalacchi, who oversees the center: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
When it comes to equitably tackling the pollution, biodiversity, and climate crises, nature always brings more to the table!
Here are the experts you can follow to learn more about the many ways nature-based solutions help us build a better world.
Day 5 of my 20 Days of Climate Starter Packs
We have a US administration trying to bully Ukrainians into accepting Russia’s proposal that their sovereignty be undone. Aside from the naked injustice of this, there are five basic practical reasons why it would make the world far more dangerous.
(video)
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Scott Stephens and I have written an editorial on what we think is necessary to select for leadership in land management agencies so they are able to manage our public lands during rapid change. @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
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we rewatched recently and boy how well it has aged