Geography Prof, cycling fanatic, hazards & disasters junky, and very proud parent!
Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA
Joined April 2012
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The only thing I am now willing to post on TwitterX is evidence of how disgusting the actions of the TwitterX owner are: futurism.com/neoscope/terrib…
"The post-disaster window: the 2021 British Columbia atmospheric rivers phenomenon..." is live & ready to download from the @ICLRCanada
website: tinyurl.com/mr3bmkca @PARTNERS4ACTION
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@water_institute
@climatechangeUW
@waterloogeo @envwaterloo
I always love to wear my @water_institute hat when going on a @UWaterloo @envwaterloo @GeogWaterloo fieldcourse!
Two more days to go until the start of GEOG 430C/692 aka "the Bali fieldcourse". If you want to follow along, head over to this Facebook page: facebook.com/2023Bali @waterloogeo @envwaterloo
Brent Doberstein retweeted
New #article from Williamson et al: The compounding impacts of Cyclone Idai and their implications for urban inequality
TL;DR: Community-based adaptive measures, including managed resettlement, may stem the compounded impacts of climate disasters
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Brent Doberstein retweeted
Today, we launch a unique research initiative with partners in Indonesia. FINCAPES is a multi-year @GAC_Corporate program will able #UWaterloo to support important Indonesian goals and objectives related to sustainability.
ALT Gathering of researchers applaud while standing in front of a gong ageng.
ALT Female presenter standing and addressing the audience with a seated panel of men including President Goel in large hotel conference room.
ALT President Goel addressing reporters at a news conference.
ALT President Goel at podium addressing conference room. Three seated men on stage beside him.
Today is "Day of 8 Billion"...the day the UN estimates the human population will reach 8 billion. Growth is slowing: it took 12 years to grow from 7 to 8 billion, but will take 15 years to reach 9 billion, and Earth's population is expected to stabilize by 2080.#8billionpeople
Working from home as a weather specialist has its challenges, especially when weather monsters show up: i.imgur.com/wNm3qhs.gifv @avsilver @jspinney19
Awesome summary of the recent @AFN_Updates 2nd Climate Gathering in Fredericton, NB by @UWaterloo @GeogWaterloo student @katglab Thanks @climatechangeUW for hosting this summary! uwaterloo.ca/climate-institu…
This series of storm surge overlay maps shows potentially devastating flooding in Fort Myers, Port Charlotte and Naples areas. This is what happens when urban planners approve development in a known hurricane storm surge hazard zone. xitter.cf/EFisherWX/status/15750…
China just recorded "the world's most extreme heat wave on record", while Europe experienced its worst drought in 500 years. Meanwhile, Canada subsidizes fossil fuel extraction to the tune of $14 billion/yr.
huffpost.com/entry/china-dro…
cbsnews.com/news/europe-drou…
thestar.com/business/opinion…
Canadian banks & financial institutions are investing in Russian 'carbon bombs'...fossil fuel projects with the potential to emit 1 billion tonnes of carbon. Among the investors - @SunLifeCA @Manulife @scotiabank @BMO @RBC @cibc and @DesjardinsGroup theguardian.com/environment/…
Our project webpage for the 2020-2025 SSHRC-funded project "Linking tourism, social/cultural capital, and disaster recovery: Comparative perspectives from Nepal, Indonesia and the Philippines" has just gone live!
You can check it out at: tasc-dr.squarespace.com/
Pretty sure it's a requirement while kayaking to wear an @water_institute hat...
Abbotsford city council approves $2.8 billion hybrid 'protect' option, doubling down on diking and pumping to protect Sumas Prairie from future floods globalnews.ca/news/8918106/a…
I'm currently sitting 4363rd out of 4184 entrants in the @velogames Dauphine Fantasy 2022 pool. I'm assuming that's not good? 🤣
Brent Doberstein retweeted
"It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them."
~@Lorespontevedra, Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain.
Excited to see the Routledge Handbook of Environmental Hazards and Society is coming out June 2022! Erin O'Connell and I co-authored a chapter on post-disaster Settlement and Shelter Reconstruction. TOC viewable here: bit.ly/3sI5XGb
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