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Jim Speer

@jspeer13

Dendrochronologist, Biogeographer, and Science Educator at Indiana State University. Professor researching disturbance ecology like fire and insect outbreaks.

jameshspeer.com/
Joined August 2015
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Filming yesterday on Mount Cokely British Columbia with the #TheKnowledgeNetwork! Watch for our snowpack research on the next season of documentary TV series #StrikingBalance, all about Canada's Biosphere Reserves! @thirstygecko @UVTRL @MtHemlock
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From the Dendro Lab ( @jspeer13 ), Ashley is presenting research about Emerald Ash Borer on #IndianaState trees. #UndergraduateResearch
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Our 7th speaker from the Paleolimnology lab (@DiatomsATTACK) is Hillary, speaking about the seismic profiles from Pretty Lake #IndianaState
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Ashley and @jspeer13 working on dating a tree-ring cross section in the Dendro Lab this afternoon. #IndianaState #SUREProgram
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"In the coming years, we should offer every student the hands-on computer science & math classes that make them job-ready on day one." #SOTU
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Obama: If anybody still wants to dispute the science around climate change, have at it. You will be pretty lonely cnn.it/1l4CXlZ
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KQED@KQED13 Jan 2016
#SOTU: @BarackObama calls out some corporations -- and banks (via @KQEDNews)
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FACT: We’ve cut carbon pollution more than any other country on Earth. #ActOnClimate #SOTU
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.@POTUS: Solar energy "employs more Americans than coal." In fact, solar energy jobs have doubled. cnnmon.ie/1nfVoFY. #SOTU
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"Solar...employs more Americans than coal, in jobs that pay better than average." —@POTUS #SOTU #ActOnClimate
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"On rooftops from Arizona to New York, solar is saving Americans tens of millions of dollars a year on their energy bills." —@POTUS #SOTU
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"In fields from Iowa to Texas, wind power is now cheaper than dirtier, conventional power." —@POTUS #SOTU #ActOnClimate
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"Seven years ago, we made the single biggest investment in clean energy in our history" —@POTUS #SOTU #ActOnClimate
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"If anybody still wants to dispute the science around climate change, have at it. You’ll be pretty lonely" —@POTUS #SOTU #ActOnClimate
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AAAS@aaas13 Jan 2016
Get all the facts on the risks, the reality, and response to #ClimateChange: whatweknow.aaas.org/get-the-… #SotU
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Best line so far: "60 years ago, when the Russians beat us into space, we didn't deny Sputnik was up there."
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President Obama says progress is not inevitable but the result of collective choices. nyti.ms/1ZjtQeA
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I think this is great xitter.cf/ESA_org/status/6343609…
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Watch the short video made for our Centennial, "Ecology in a Changing World: #ESA100" vimeo.com/136015261
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Record heat scorches the West. Phoenix has 18th day above 110F cbsnews.com/news/heat-wave-s…
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Hottest July on record (see @climateprogress: thinkprogress.org/climate/20…) appears to be EARTH'S WARMEST MONTH ON RECORD. More to come...
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