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Jennifer Balch retweeted
The Environmental Data Science Innovation and Inclusion Lab (ESIIL) at CU Boulder is hosting a 2025 Innovation Summit. Fill out your application by January 31 to join the summit! nccasc.colorado.edu/news/app… #summit #climate #climatetwitter
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ESIIL Summit 2025 is this May 28-30 at CU Boulder. Focused on tipping points and thresholds! Applications open now: esiil.org/2025-esiil-innovat…

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16 Jan 2025
ESIIL Director, Dr. Jennifer Balch was featured in a Bloomberg article, How to Survive the Next Urban Firestorm. See the full article here: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @climate
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Last one for tonight. Open photo to see pano. Thanks to everyone helping those impacted by these fires! And to the firefighters- 💕 you are angels among us! #alexandermountainfire and #stonecanyonfire from west Greeley tonight. #cofire #cowx
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30 Jul 2024
Two fires too many 😢. View of the #AlexanderMountainFire (left vertical plume with #Pyrocumulus), and #StoneCanyonFire (smoke plume tilted to the right). #COwx
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ALERT: #Boulder fire crews responding to a fire near NCAR. Per scanner, they are scanning trails for hikers but no residential evacuations at this time
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Replying to @mitchellbyars
Doesn’t look so good from the earth sciences building on campus…
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2025 @SmithFellows Request for Proposals Announced! Deadline is September 30, 2024. View the proposal guidelines here: conbio.org/mini-sites/smith-…
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Love earth and environmental science and want to learn to code in #python? @CUBoulder offers a professional certificate in Earth Data Analytics, available online to complete in 1 year! Application deadline is August 9th! #earthdatascience bit.ly/3IuNuEd
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18 Jun 2024
Thank you to everyone who participated in last week's HYR-SENSE training! We spent the last 4 days collecting spectral data, developing technical skills, and getting to know each other. Stay tuned, there's much more to come from this group!
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Forsythe II Prescribed Burn Update for SUNDAY, MAY 19: Fire crews have completed a test fire and verified that conditions are good for ignitions today for the Forsythe II Prescribed burn area. Smoke may be visible in the Gross Reservoir area as well as along the Front Range.
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14 May 2024
It's day one of our 2024 ESIIIL Innovation Summit: Big Data for Environmental Resilience and Adaptation. We heard from speakers, and breakout groups started working on research questions in GitHub #ESIILSummit24
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Hey folks, please don't miss the opportunity to learn many #GitHub tools to code & collaborate w the amazing @CU_ESIIL Instructor and Curriculum Developer - Elsa Culler! @ESA_org Open Sience Section. Registration link below!
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Pelicans return to Great Salt Lake on an island they haven’t inhabited for 80 years! After abandoning Gunnison Island last June, their nesting grounds for millennia, our hearts were broken. With news of their return on a different isle we celebrate wildly! sltrib.com/news/environment/…
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Bolster your earth science toolbox to include #datascience in 1 year. @CUBoulder's Earth Data Analytics professional certificate teaches #python skills, then allows you to apply them through a final project with partners like @USGS or @World_Wildlife bit.ly/3IuNuEd
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Interested in the intersection of #hyperspectral #remoteSensing and #kelp? Come join my lab! We have a ton of data collected and a one-year postdoc to turn out a ton of papers and take a mad #DataScience adventure! For more, see this link employmentopportunities.umb.…

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The Front Range Foothills have been upgraded to a High Wind Warning in effect from 3 AM Monday through 6 AM Tuesday. Strong winds are likely with gusts up to 75 mph in areas. Secure loose object and drive with caution.
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Join our @CU_ESIIL team in Boulder, CO! Applications for four #postdoc research associate positions are open until May 15th! Learn more here: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDe…

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Join our team! ESIIL is now accepting applications for four new Post-Doctoral Research Scholar positions. Read the full description and apply now on our website or using the link below. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDe… esiil.org/careers
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1 May 2024
For today's #HumansOfCIRES, meet Tyler McIntosh, forest disturbance program manager @EarthLabCU. Tyler flies drones to study how ecosystems recover after fire and other disturbances & he publishes short-form poetry! @cuboulder Read the full interview: cires.colorado.edu/spotlight…
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