BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.

Very troubling news that'll have major implications for the state of forest management and science in the US.
morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

We’ve added boundary data for forest offset projects to OffsetsDB – CarbonPlan Knowing the location of offsets projects enables more robust market oversight. We’ve added geographic information for 500 forest offset projects to OffsetsDB to assist those efforts.

Carbon market oversight requires knowing the location of individual offset projects. That’s why we’ve added project location information for 500 forest offset projects to OffsetsDB. These data were released by Renoster last year and, by bringing them into OffsetsDB, we hope they find wider use. 1/1

Congratulations Ryan! Excited that this great paper is finally published!

Come join us in the eastern Sierra! would be happy to show you around the backcountry

PhD Admissions | UC Santa Barbara Bren - Bren School of Environment The Bren School PhD admissions team is here to answer your questions about eligibility, the application process, research, faculty sponsorship, and how to choose your path in a PhD program in environm...

Interested in pursuing a Ph.D. that empowers you to couple environmental economics with interdisciplinary training in environmental sciences? Apply to join Bren by Dec 15! I'm specifically looking for students eager to advance forest conservation through econ.
bren.ucsb.edu/phd-environm...

Recirculating this announcement given the upcoming deadline (Monday). Come join us in Santa Barbara to figure out how to create credible markets for nature-based climate solutions!

Re-upping this position before the December 1st application deadline. I'm looking to hire a post-doc - could be a climate scientist or environmental economist. Ideal start early 2026 but could be later. Please circulate!

Very cool - thanks for sharing!

very cool - did she ever publish the research? I had a prior life conducting surveys of invasive grasses in the eastern sierra based out of lee vining. maybe the best job i will ever have.

I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]

4,000 gone: Inside NASA’s brain drain In exclusive interviews, ex-NASA scientists speak out on the impact of the agency's mass departures.

"The secret sauce has been poured down the drain," says David Draper, former Deputy Chief Scientist of NASA, over the recent firing or departure of 1000s of NASA employees, which will be catastrophic for the legacy of the US🇺🇸😖🚀

www.planetary.org/articles/400...

h/t @floragraham.bsky.social 🧪

Super interesting new paper that systematically explores what types of outcomes can be reliably observed through optical remote sensing. Would be super interested to see predictive performance of changes in outcomes, rather than just cross-sectional variation.

DOE's embarrassment of a "climate science" report is 150 pages where as this response from the scientific community is 500.

My take: It takes much more effort to refute nonsense than it does to generate it, a tax on the time of all who care about fact and accuracy
sites.google.com/tamu.edu/doe...

The letter is ready, thanks to all those who helped out! Starting to gather signature now, please consider signing (link at top of letter) & spread the word.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Was so rewarding getting to work with a team of brilliant ecologists (@dudney-joan.bsky.social @lauradee.bsky.social @jebyrnes.bsky.social @katherinesiegel.bsky.social )
to think through how to use causal inference to attribute ecological changes to climate change. Hope this framework helps!

The most important U.S. climate legislation over the next few years is out!

ASM Irwin's draft California Assembly Bill 1207 reauthorizes California's ground breaking GHG cap-and-trade (C&T) program.

Here are 5 key takeaways from AB 1207 1/

www.energy.gov/sites/defaul...

The tragic landslide in Blatten gives me the excuse to tell you the story of how we found out Ice Ages existed. It's a cool story and the most important bit is rather similar to what's happening now.

Adversarial Debiasing for Unbiased Parameter Recovery Advances in machine learning and the increasing availability of high-dimensional data have led to the proliferation of social science research that uses the predictions of machine learning models as p...

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We are excited to share our new working paper:
arxiv.org/abs/2502.12323
If you use ML predictions (like remote-sensed data) as outcomes, the resulting regression coefficients can be biased by measurement error. With @megan-ayers.bsky.social @mdgordo.bsky.social @eliana-stone.bsky.social

Should California Subsidize Out-of-State Biofuels or In-State Electric Vehicles? - Kleinman Center for Energy Policy Energy policy research from the University of Pennsylvania

Did you know how many billions of dollars California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard makes drivers pay to out-of-state biofuel producers?

Turns out it's a lot — a peak of about $2.9 billion in 2021, which is more than enough to give a $7500 rebate to all of the battery EVs sold in 2023.

Links between deforestation, conservation areas and conservation funding in major deforestation regions of South America Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

🌍 How have donors allocated conservation funding in a world with shrinking forests and expanding protected areas? Our new paper in People and Nature explores trends in South American forests and woodlands: doi.org/10.1002/pan3... - Nice work by Siyu Qin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social!

Second hendrys beach, but ideally at lower tide. If you have time, getting above the fog on one of the mountain trails could be really nice. I may try to organize a trail run Saturday after the occasional

Biodiversity is declining, yet we have limited knowledge about how that affects human well-being. My work linking bats, insecticide use, and human infant health is out today in Science (science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg0344), and tells a complex story about how those are connected.

UC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, or protected veteran status.

The search really is open rank and discipline agnostic - we're looking for anyone whose research and teaching will lead society towards effective solutions that can enable more just, resilient and sustainable urban futures.

ES is an incredible interdisciplinary community of kind and brilliant faculty. We're both one of the oldest ES programs in the country, and one of the most diverse.

The position is part of a broader cluster in racial environmental justice. This position seeks to bridge (a) ES' strength in #EnvironmentalJustice, (b) UCSBs leadership in quantitative environmental science; and (c) a desire to grow our expertise into urban environments.

Mellichamp Chairs in Racial Environmental Justice University of California Santa Barbara is hiring. Apply now!

A few more weeks left to submit you application to join the amazing Environmental Studies Program
@ucsantabarbara
as our new Mellichamp Chair in Racially Just, Resilient and Sustainable City Futures!
recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02558