@SciAtTheLocal

Future fire fellow https://xitter.cf/t.co/8k8p3vWcO1 Not long for this platform

 Melbourne, Australia
mas.to/@hclarke
Joined October 2010
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New from us: Health costs of wildfire smoke to rise under climate change Open access in npj Climate & Atmospheric Science doi.org/10.1038/s41612-023-0…

Health costs of wildfire smoke to rise under climate change

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science - Health costs of wildfire smoke to rise under climate change

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"#ClimateChange is likely to decrease prescribed burning effectiveness and increase total costs, therefore a rethink of best practice is required." 🔥 Clarke et al explore flexible #firemanagement for competing values in their exciting study. Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.…
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Wildfire Futures is a new(ish) project me, @trentpenman, @BennettRen and a gaggle of other researchers work on. Give our twitter a follow and sign up to a newsletter if you want to learn more!
Wildfire Futures@wildfirefutures10 Jul 2023
Wildfire Futures is a fire themed interdisciplinary research initiative from @UniMelb. Interested in learning about what we are up to? Our new website is launching very soon but in the meantime sign up to our newsletter! wildfirefutures.com/coming-s…
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To manage wildfire risk, we need to limber up and get flexible Great to see this work from the NSW Bushfire Hub published doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.…
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Highly recommend this paper for your next journal club/reading group/lab catch up! A really insightful framework for thinking about the academic system and it’s role in a climate and biodiversity crisis. Thanks @SciAtTheLocal for leading our discussion 🍩 elifesciences.org/articles/8…

Point of View: Rethinking academia in a time of climate crisis

Universities must change so that the scientific enterprise can respond to the climate crisis.

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Nearly a billion dollars a year is flowing into the organized climate change counter-movement, preventing climate policies. It’s what we’re up against. Not just us climate scientists - all of us caring about the future, about our children. smithsonianmag.com/smart-new…

Meet the Money Behind The Climate Denial Movement

Nearly a billion dollars a year is flowing into the organized climate change counter-movement

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All the talk about #ElNino is really about ‘will Australia be dry’, and hen it come to making Australia dry there is a lot more than just El Niño. So what do the non-Australian models think Australia’s winter will be like? Dry… plus warm in the south climate.copernicus.eu/charts…
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Did not know that @shaunmicallef models for scientific research into emotions doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone…
Sketches of faces illustrating emotions

ALT Sketches of faces illustrating emotions

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Feeling exhausted AND cynical / depersonalised AND ineffective? Then you meet a common definition of burnt out. Enjoyed the End of Burnout by Jonathan Malesic. Lots of good points about cultural and systemic factors. Check out Malesic's substack: jonmalesic.substack.com/
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Did not expect to pump out a post a week for six months. (Will almost certainly not keep it up) If offbeat #scicomm is your thing, check out Future Fire hclarke.substack.com/archive…
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Thanks to @BigMeanInternet for mentioning my forthcoming book called The Palestine Laboratory (@paleslaboratory), out with @VersoBooks in May, on the latest @LARBBooks podcast. Revealing surveillance and hi-tech skullduggery: lareviewofbooks.org/av/mcken…
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Have you heard of the Peter Fairweather Student Conference Support Award⁠? ⁠ Open to students who will present at #ESAus23, this $1000 award can be used to support conference-related travel, registration or accommodation. Applications close 14 May. ecolsoc.org.au/awards/confer…
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Interested in doing research that promotes social resilience and adaptation to #wildfire in Tasmania? The wonderful David Bowmann and fellow pyrogeographers at @tas_firecentre @UTAS_ seek a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Application close 8 May 2023: careers.utas.edu.au/cw/en/jo…
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Good play equipment is so very good
BlueMountainsGazette@bmgazette13 Apr 2023
A new adventure playground has opened at Springwood's Buttenshaw Park. ift.tt/gP86xn9

'Awesome': Families flock to new play area at Buttenshaw Park

A new adventure playground has opened at Springwood's Buttenshaw Park.

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I have made a personal submission to The Accord Panel where I try to think at the highest levels what Australia needs for its future Higher Education and Tertiary system mso.anu.edu.au/~brian/accord…
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Be content. Be radical. #wellbeingwednesday
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Do you know of an award-worthy emergency comms person, project or program? Nominations for @EMPA_Conference Awards for Communication Excellence have been extended until 23 April! Categories inc. readiness + resilience, response, recovery, research, media and community engagement.
@EMPA_Conference@EMPA_Conference8 Mar 2023
Do you have or know of an emergency media project or campaign that may deserve recognition? Entries are open until 16/4 for the Annual EMPA Australia Awards for Excellence in Emergency Communications at EMPA2023 in Brisbane. Start your submission today at: empaaust.empa.org.au/awards/
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