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Pam McElwee
@pammcelwee.bsky.social
Prof of Human Ecology @Rutgers. Co-Chair, IPBES Nexus Assessment, Ecosystems chapter lead NCA5 & IPCC author. Kansas/Oxford/Yale Alum. She/her. Brunch-eater. Mom. Working at science-policy interface to find solutions to biodiversity + climate crises 🌎☀️🐢
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The destruction in northern #Vietnam#TyphoonYagiwww.latimes.com/world-nation...
Death toll climbs to 199 in Vietnam as typhoon's aftermath brings flash floods and landslides
Nearly 200 people have died in Vietnam in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi and 128 are missing as flash floods and landslides take their toll.
Climate change is shifting hurricane patterns, and the scale of flooding is the worst in decades. We did a deep dive on Vietnam's climate vulnerability for World Bank in 2010 that still holds up well here: documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/9...
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Pam McElwee
@pammcelwee.bsky.social
Prof of Human Ecology @Rutgers. Co-Chair, IPBES Nexus Assessment, Ecosystems chapter lead NCA5 & IPCC author. Kansas/Oxford/Yale Alum. She/her. Brunch-eater. Mom. Working at science-policy interface to find solutions to biodiversity + climate crises 🌎☀️🐢
219 followers656 following13 posts