Robert McLeman
@rmcleman.bsky.social
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Professor of Geography & Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada.
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Kelsea Best, PhD
3 months ago
It was so fun to talk about our book "Migration and Displacement in a Changing Climate" with Hannah! You can listen to the conversation here.
@universitypress.cambridge.org
@rmcleman.bsky.social
@kayly.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/migration-an...
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Kelsea Best, Kayly Ober, Robert A. McLeman, "Migration and Displacement in a Changing Climate" (Cambridge UP, 2025) - New Books Network
https://newbooksnetwork.com/migration-and-displacement-in-a-changing-climate
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One of the more thoughtful and important commentaries Iāve read about what itās like to be a young adult today, by NYTimes David Brooks.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/o...
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Opinion | āWe Are the Most Rejected Generationā
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/opinion/rejection-college-youth.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Hk8.OCrr.NFaSkboweHS0&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Listening to
@barryglendenning.bsky.social
& Guardian Football Weekly Monday mornings = best way to start week. Enjoy so much I included Barry in acknowledgments in my new coauthored book published by Cambridge U Press. Thanks Barry!
5 months ago
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First trillium in bloom this spring in my local woods, so far as I could observe. Waterloo County.
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New
#NHLgreen
article by RinkWatchās @rmcleman about how this past winter ODR season compared with previous winters, with great photos from
#rinkwatch
participants & others.
www.nhl.com/news/topic/n...
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NHL Green essay: Outdoor rinks at risk despite cold winter of 2024-25 | NHL.com
Wilfrid Laurier Universityās McLeman discusses importance, challenges of playing outside
https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/nhl-green/nhl-green-essay-outdoor-rinks-at-risk-despite-cold-winter-of-2024-25
5 months ago
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
5 months ago
Undocumented migration isnāt driven by economics aloneāweather matters too. New research finds that drought in rain-fed farming areas increases migration, while extreme rainfall makes migrants less likely to return. In @TIMES:
time.com/7272152/clim...
In PNAS:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Guy Abel
5 months ago
The
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
today features a
#dataviz
of our new global migration flow estimates.
nytimes.com/interactive/...
Using privacy protected records from three billion Facebook users, we estimated country-to-country
#migration
flows at monthly granularity for 181 countries.
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Opinion | To Understand Global Migration, You Have to See It First
These estimates, drawn from the location data of three billion Facebook users, provide a view of human migration in extraordinary detail.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/17/opinion/global-migration-facebook-data.html
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Is there anything more Canadian than this?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/w...
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Canada Reschedules Political Debate That Conflicted With a Hockey Game (Gift Article)
A big game, but still.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/world/americas/canada-election-debate-canadiens-game-montreal.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AE8.hwt_.P5whZjfHMwa0&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
5 months ago
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Iāve studied & written about
#climatechange
+migration for 20+ years, time to step aside. In whatās likely my final journal article on the topic, I summarize what researchers know & donāt know about climate & displacement. Itās open access.
epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/ind...
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View of Coming to Terms with Deep Uncertainty in the Study of Climate-Related Displacement | Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal
https://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/mcs/article/view/9383/8573
6 months ago
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Pennywise and pound foolish.
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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Canada will no longer cover travel costs of experts it nominates to UN's climate science body | CBC News
In a sudden and unexplained change from previous decades, the federal government has stopped covering the travel costs of Canadian experts volunteering for the next major global climate science assess...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/canada-climate-scientist-ippc-assessment-1.7507979
6 months ago
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Will you be teaching a course on
#climatemigration
? Pls consider adopting new book by
@kelseabest.bsky.social
, Kayly Ober & me, āMigration in a changing climateā, pubās by Cambridge. See image for description & 20% discount code.
6 months ago
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Guy Abel
6 months ago
Updated global
#migration
flow estimates to match new @UNDESA stock data šBilateral:
doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
šBilateral by sex:
doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
š„ļøUpdate details:
guyabel.com/publication/...
šOriginal @ScientificData papers:
nature.com/articles/s41...
&
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Kelsea Best, PhD
6 months ago
New book "Migration and Displacement in a Changing Climate" with the brilliant
@rmcleman.bsky.social
and Kayly Ober out in April and available for preorder!
@cambridgeup.bsky.social
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Jonathan Gilligan
7 months ago
Delighted to share a new publication, with the amazing
@kelseabest.bsky.social
& Bishawjit Mallick, using pattern-oriented agent-based modeling to explore the importance of economic inequality in determining patterns of environmentally-driven migration in Bangladesh.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Economic inequality is a crucial determinant of observed patterns of environmental migration - Communications Earth & Environment
Levels of inequality within a community are important contributors to community-level patterns of migration, according simulations with an agent-based model of the influence of environmental shocks, l...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02177-5#citeas
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Heather Randell
7 months ago
Meanwhile, on the other side of the pondā¦
add a skeleton here at some point
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Brent Toderian
7 months ago
āIn Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.ā
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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
https://thebetter.news/housing-first-finland-homelessness/
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Two students & I reviewed every
#IPCC
report since 1990, identified, summarized how migration/displacement were assessed. Resulting 33p report too massive for a journal article available free, open access here here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Evolution of climate-related migration and displacement in IPCC reporting
Concerns about climate change impacts on migration and displacement have been expressed regularly by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5166785
7 months ago
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Yale Environment 360
7 months ago
Bill McKibben says Americans upset by the gutting of U.S. climate efforts need to move beyond despair. In an interview with Elizabeth Kolbert, he reexamines the role of protest and explains why he sees reason for hope.
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Bill McKibben on Climate Activism in the Age of Trump 2.0
Activist Bill McKibben says Americans upset by the Trump administrationās gutting of U.S. climate efforts need to move beyond despair. In an interview with e360, he talks about rethinking the role of ...
https://e360.yale.edu/features/bill-mckibben-interview
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Gretchen Goldman, PhD
7 months ago
We are hiring for a Senior Climate Scientist at
@ucsusa.bsky.social
. Join us!
apply.workable.com/union-of-con...
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Senior Climate Scientist - Union of Concerned Scientists
Senior Climate ScientistPermanentClimate & EnergyUnion of Concerned ScientistsRemote Bargaining Unit Position: Yes Our Organization The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is an independent nonpro...
https://apply.workable.com/union-of-concerned-scientists/j/2457569248/
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Iāve cancelled May trip to econ conference in WA where I was to be keynote. I have other colleagues doing similar. Happy to support/collab with US colleagues online, but no grants or personal $ will be spent in US if tariffs in place.
#academicchatter
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/w...
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How Canadians Are Directing Their Ire at the U.S. Over Trumpās Tariffs (Gift Article)
Canadians are shunning American products and abandoning trips to the United States to protest the economic punishment President Trump has threatened to impose with tariffs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/world/canada/canada-us-trump-tariffs-reactions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0U4.-hfN.IwxXbXLxQZXl&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Kees van der Geest
7 months ago
š¢š¢ Only two weeks left to submit your abstract for the ECMN conference in Bonn (8-10 July 2025)! 86 colleagues have already submitted theirs! Here is a FAQ page and the submission form:
www.climatemobilities.network/ecmn25/
Hope to see you along the Rhine River in Bonn this summer!!!
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Have been reading about crazy price of
#eggs
in USA. In Canada we have supply management system that ensures farms = well managed, not disrupted by bird flu, producers get fair income, consumers pay fair prices. Todayās price for 12 large eggs at my local store = C$3.93/US$2.75
7 months ago
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Nate Howes TWN
7 months ago
@rmcleman.bsky.social
, a professor of geography and environmental studies at
@wilfridlaurieruni.bsky.social
, warns that
#ClimateChange
is having a serious effect on this traditional pastime. RInkWatch draws awareness to the difficulties from climate change.
www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/clim...
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Can backyard hockey rinks survive climate change in Canada? - The Weather Network
RinkWatch draws awareness to the difficulties to outdoor hockey driven by climate change.
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/climate/impacts/can-backyard-hockey-rinks-survive-climate-change-in-canada
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My university (Wilfrid Laurier U in Waterloo, Canada) is advertising a 12-month contract teaching position in urban environmental sustainability starting in Sept. Pls share with your networks.
careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo...
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Assistant Professor - Geography & Environmental Studies (1-year Limited Term)
Assistant Professor - Geography & Environmental Studies (1-year Limited Term)
https://careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo-Assistant-Professor-Geography-&-Environmental-Studies-%281-year-Limited-Term%29-ON/729387747/
8 months ago
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If youāre a college/university prof, consider using TikTok to share your teaching/research. Iāve been doing it for a couple years now, absolutely worth it. Am really excited to see emergence of
#hillmantok
an HBCU-modelled TikTok learning community.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/s...
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At Hillmantok, a Digital H.B.C.U., Class Is in Session (Gift Article)
A video welcoming students to Leah Barlowās African American studies course inspired a virtual university of free TikTok lectures from Black academics and experts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/style/hillmantok-tiktok-hbcu.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uk4.aUGv.3uqYzJIvKvfS&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
8 months ago
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Housing for people displaced by floods in eastern Kentucky: an approach I hadnāt expected. Thought provoking article in NYTimes, gifted here.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/c...
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Kentuckyās Strip Mines Get Turned Into Neighborhoods
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/climate/kentuckys-strip-mines-get-turned-into-neighborhoods.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sk4.j0TN.B_dpawefwh4X&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Great op Ed in nytimes today about organized relocations in USA due to MSLR. Ive gifted it here so others can read if itās behind pay wall
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/o...
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Opinion | Is America Just Going to Abandon Its Towns Falling Into the Ocean? (Gift Article)
Communities must be able to move to solid ground while remaining whole.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/opinion/climate-change-storms-rural-communties-erosion.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mk4.Zuaz.1fepxFZviH7e&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
9 months ago
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Kayly Ober
9 months ago
Incredibly detailed and thoughtful analysis of migration as adaptation in Uttarakhand, India
@pik-potsdam.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Migration as good, bad and necessary: examining impacts of migration on staying Himalayan communities affected by climate change - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Migration as good, bad and necessary: examining impacts of migration on staying Himalayan communities affected by climate change
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-024-04205-9
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Decline in outdoor skating opportunities in a warming climate is something my RinkWatch project has been documenting since 2013.
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7419517
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Warmer winters shrinking Canada's outdoor skating season
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7419517
9 months ago
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Of all the academic papers Iāve participated in, this one published in
#GreatPlainsResearch
may be my favourite: āHow Drought Helped
#JimmyCarter
(Nearly) Win South Dakota in 1976ā.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/articleā¦
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Jesse M. Keenan
9 months ago
It is really nice to see our various work show up in this heavy lift by the Congressional Budget Office. Well done CBO.
www.cbo.gov/publication/...
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The Risks of Climate Change to the United States in the 21st Century
At a Glance The economic effects of climate change will depend on the extent of its physical effects. Those effects are highly uncertain. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that by 2100, there ...
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61146
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The decline of the Canadian winterā¦
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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Canada's cities are losing up to 19 days of winter | CBC News
In just the past 10 years, cities around the world, including in Canada, have lost weeks' worth of winter ski, skate and snow days each year due to climate change. They've been replaced by dozens of d...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/lost-winter-climate-central-1.7411756
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Emily Russell
9 months ago
Curt Stager has been collecting data on the freeze-up of Lower St. Regis Lake for decades and says it's consistent with warmer winters in the Adirondacks due to climate change.
www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/5...
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What decades of lake ice data tells us about climate change in the Adirondacks
Curt Stager has been collecting data on the freeze-up of Lower St. Regis Lake for decades and says its consistent with warmer winters due to climate change.
https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/50946/20241217/what-decades-of-lake-ice-data-tells-us-about-climate-change-in-the-adirondacks
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The Canadian Arctic hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk and its predominantly Inuit population will need to be relocated because of coastal erosion, floods and melting permafrost. A long read in the
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/w...
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An Arctic Hamlet Is Sinking Into the Thawing Permafrost (Gift Article)
Canada is losing its permafrost to climate change. The Indigenous residents of Tuktoyaktuk know theyāll have to move but donāt agree on when.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/world/americas/canada-arctic-permafrost-thawing.html?unlocked_article_code=1.e04.pmxr.DDeTTrIS7e1Z&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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An engaging read from
@nytimes.com
about the future of New Orleans in a changing climate.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/o...
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Opinion | New Orleansā Striking Advantage in the Age of Climate Change (Gift Article)
Unlike the other major cities that appear on lists of unsafe places, New Orleans has a striking competitive advantage.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/opinion/new-orleans-hurricanes-climate-change.html?unlocked_article_code=1.d04.UBb_.sqA8hx6pfDlY&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
10 months ago
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Chris Uejio
10 months ago
Please consider applying for our Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Human-Environment Interactions <https://jobs.aag.org/jobs/view/tenure-track-assistant-professor-in-human-environment-interactions/75886454/> Applications due January 6th, 2025
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Melanie Pichler
10 months ago
We are hiring! Post doc (full time, 6y) in the fields of social ecology, ecological/feminist economics or similar (e.g., provisioning systems, degrowth, environmental labor studies, socio-ecological practices). Please share and contact me for any queries. Deadline: 9th Dec
boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...
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1st day on bluesky. I teach
#environmentalstudies
at
#laurier
university. I research
#climatechange
impacts on
#migration
aka
#climatemigration
. Was once a
#IPCC
author. An optimist. Having a constructive discussion here on bluesky about these or related topics? Please loop me in. š
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