Amazon forest fires are raging in the Brazilian state of #Roraima . earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/152511/…

The U.S. government released a massive report analyzing the latest climate science. The report also includes LGBTQ+ issues — for the first time grist.org/looking-forwar…

Our paper on an algorithm for hourly fire 🔥 tracking of large wildfires is available as a preprint on ESSD discussions. We tested our GOES-based algorithm on a set of 28 large wildfires in California and derived hourly perimeters, active fire lines, and fire spread rates.

Proud to have been given this opportunity to write this report alongside Shane Coffield in collaboration with the UK Science & Innovation Network that contains recommendations for data collection on sexual orientation and gender identity. #LGBTQ people belong in #STEM !

New blog post in our #PrideMonth collab w/ students from LTBGS@Penn & Lambda Grads @ UPenn ! Stefan Peterson writes about a sci-dip project led by National Science Policy Network (NSPN) alumni Shane Coffield and Kolin Clark, Ph.D. to address LGBTQ+ community attrition in STEM pspdg.com/blog/2023/6/16…

'Parks serve a key function in propping up capitalist economies'

I love seeing what Indigenous Peoples re-envision. yesmagazine.org/issue/endings/…

U.S. forests help mitigate climate change by storing some 15 billion metric tons of carbon in trees’ leaves, trunks, and limbs. But climate change also makes their future highly uncertain. bit.ly/3Kjl5S3

Our new study led by Chao Wu at Utah highlights the uncertainty of future US forest carbon. Earth system models show large CO2-driven biomass gains, but empirical models say otherwise. Critical findings for setting realistic expectations around natural climate solutions

🚨SIGN-ON: NSF is refusing to move forward with collecting LGBTQ+ data on its national STEM workforce surveys to ensure the equity of LGBTQ+ scientists. It has made its final decision.

Please sign this open letter to the NSF Director and share widely! docs.google.com/document/d/1qW…

Satellites detect no real climate benefit from 10 years of forest carbon offsets in California bit.ly/3B0wUsS

We are recruiting a post-doc to join us at University of Utah School of Biological Sciences to work on a NASA Terrestrial Ecology project. Looking for those interested in land cover, biomass, remote sensing, Arctic-boreal ecosystems! DM me with questions, please share widely! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/139679