Kevin Mueller
@kevin-e-mueller.bsky.social
scientist at Cleveland State U. other things too. earth. people. plants. ecology. cities.
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A cautionary tale about urban trees: could ecoservice monetary estimates become economic sleights of hand?
Abstract. Estimating the monetary value of ecosystem services bridges biophysical and economic systems, facilitating dialogue and decision-making among div
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are economic valuations of ecosystem services a slippery slope? or worse, a trick? here is a case study for pondering, told in a creative way by my colleague John Van Stan
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doi.org/10.1093/bios...
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doi.org/10.1093/bios...
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"During the presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump gathered oil executives at his Mar-a-Lago estate and promised them a powerful return on their investment if they raised $1 billion to help him retake the White House"
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
"During the presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump gathered oil executives at his Mar-a-Lago estate and promised them a powerful return on their investment if they raised $1 billion to help him retake the White House"
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Happy little trees. 🎄
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Happy little trees. 🎄
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Join the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona for our 2026 Dendrochronology Intensive Summer Course (DISC)! Spend 3 great weeks (May 18th to June 5, 2026) in the field, lab, and classroom learning first-hand how tree-ring research is done! ltrr.arizona.edu/summerschool
Dendrochronology Intensive Summer Course (DISC) 2026 | Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
ltrr.arizona.edu
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Join the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona for our 2026 Dendrochronology Intensive Summer Course (DISC)! Spend 3 great weeks (May 18th to June 5, 2026) in the field, lab, and classroom learning first-hand how tree-ring research is done! ltrr.arizona.edu/summerschool
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You went into a coma in 2017.
You just woke up today.
You saw this headline.
You say, “That was a good night’s sleep.”
You just woke up today.
You saw this headline.
You say, “That was a good night’s sleep.”
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
You went into a coma in 2017.
You just woke up today.
You saw this headline.
You say, “That was a good night’s sleep.”
You just woke up today.
You saw this headline.
You say, “That was a good night’s sleep.”
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Tehran is on the brink of a severe water crisis.
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
November 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Tehran is on the brink of a severe water crisis.
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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US clean energy manufacturing investments slowed again last month.
We are now tracking 64 projects, $66.8B in investment, and 66,488 jobs at The Big Green Machine that have been delayed, shrunk, paused, or cancelled since Trump took office.
www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s...
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We are now tracking 64 projects, $66.8B in investment, and 66,488 jobs at The Big Green Machine that have been delayed, shrunk, paused, or cancelled since Trump took office.
www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
US clean energy manufacturing investments slowed again last month.
We are now tracking 64 projects, $66.8B in investment, and 66,488 jobs at The Big Green Machine that have been delayed, shrunk, paused, or cancelled since Trump took office.
www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s...
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We are now tracking 64 projects, $66.8B in investment, and 66,488 jobs at The Big Green Machine that have been delayed, shrunk, paused, or cancelled since Trump took office.
www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s...
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Here, There and Everywhere: Widespread Non‐Native Plants in the World's Urban Ecosystems - Super fun project to collaborate on! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Here, There and Everywhere: Widespread Non‐Native Plants in the World's Urban Ecosystems
Aim
To (a) produce a list of the most widespread naturalised non-native plant species across cities of the world; (b) explore whether cities on different continents are invaded by the same group of .....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Here, There and Everywhere: Widespread Non‐Native Plants in the World's Urban Ecosystems - Super fun project to collaborate on! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Incredibly proud of my former student, Rohan Gowda Thanh Quang. His new paper in 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩: 𝘌𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 analyzed $128B in US climate investments & finds that 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁-𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 - especially nature-based solutions. Results in 🧵: 1/9
November 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Incredibly proud of my former student, Rohan Gowda Thanh Quang. His new paper in 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩: 𝘌𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 analyzed $128B in US climate investments & finds that 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁-𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 - especially nature-based solutions. Results in 🧵: 1/9
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Not clear to me whether these rules are designed by the fossil fuel industry, tech industry, Russia/Saudi Arabia, "Abundance" centrists, DC consultants, or virtually all Republicans & far too many Democrats.
But they are this moment's conventional wisdom.
And they are a doomed, reckless farce.
But they are this moment's conventional wisdom.
And they are a doomed, reckless farce.
1. Do not speak of climate change.
2. Do not antagonize fossil fuels. Embrace fossil fuels via "all of the above" & "technology neutral."
3. Fixate on energy & economics to exclusion of ecology & equity.
4. Speak often of reducing costs. Sometimes emissions.
5. Hobble bedrock environmental laws.
2. Do not antagonize fossil fuels. Embrace fossil fuels via "all of the above" & "technology neutral."
3. Fixate on energy & economics to exclusion of ecology & equity.
4. Speak often of reducing costs. Sometimes emissions.
5. Hobble bedrock environmental laws.
November 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Not clear to me whether these rules are designed by the fossil fuel industry, tech industry, Russia/Saudi Arabia, "Abundance" centrists, DC consultants, or virtually all Republicans & far too many Democrats.
But they are this moment's conventional wisdom.
And they are a doomed, reckless farce.
But they are this moment's conventional wisdom.
And they are a doomed, reckless farce.
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Another COP. Another disappointment.
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Another COP. Another disappointment.
hey, getting better now!
November 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
hey, getting better now!
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COP30 TEXT ANALYSIS: One way to read dense COP text is to focus on the verbs. These are helpfully italicised – and for good reason.
MOSTLY INACTIVE: Carbon Brief analysis of the “global mutirão” text finds 69 inactive verbs, requiring no action, against 32 active verbs.
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MOSTLY INACTIVE: Carbon Brief analysis of the “global mutirão” text finds 69 inactive verbs, requiring no action, against 32 active verbs.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
COP30 TEXT ANALYSIS: One way to read dense COP text is to focus on the verbs. These are helpfully italicised – and for good reason.
MOSTLY INACTIVE: Carbon Brief analysis of the “global mutirão” text finds 69 inactive verbs, requiring no action, against 32 active verbs.
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MOSTLY INACTIVE: Carbon Brief analysis of the “global mutirão” text finds 69 inactive verbs, requiring no action, against 32 active verbs.
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"The end of progress against extreme poverty?"
We have to work so that current trends are not good predictors of the future.
Thanks: @maxroser.bsky.social @ourworldindata.org
ourworldindata.org/end-progress...
We have to work so that current trends are not good predictors of the future.
Thanks: @maxroser.bsky.social @ourworldindata.org
ourworldindata.org/end-progress...
November 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"The end of progress against extreme poverty?"
We have to work so that current trends are not good predictors of the future.
Thanks: @maxroser.bsky.social @ourworldindata.org
ourworldindata.org/end-progress...
We have to work so that current trends are not good predictors of the future.
Thanks: @maxroser.bsky.social @ourworldindata.org
ourworldindata.org/end-progress...
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Desert mud (forbidden chocolate). #photography
November 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Desert mud (forbidden chocolate). #photography
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First Solar just opened a $1.1 billion integrated solar PV manufacturing plant in Louisiana capable of producing 3.5 gigawatts of panels each year. The plant will employ >700 people electrek.co/2025/11/21/f... 🔌💡
First Solar opens a Louisiana factory that’s 11 Superdomes big
First Solar opens a massive $1.1 billion solar factory in Louisiana, adding 3.5 GW of new US capacity and more than 800 well-paid jobs.
electrek.co
November 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
First Solar just opened a $1.1 billion integrated solar PV manufacturing plant in Louisiana capable of producing 3.5 gigawatts of panels each year. The plant will employ >700 people electrek.co/2025/11/21/f... 🔌💡
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COP30 just wrapped and the Paris Agreement turns 10 this year. Here's where we are on climate: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
5 Charts Show Climate Progress as Paris Agreement Turns 10
The 2015 Paris Agreement forged a path for the world to stave off the worst climate change scenarios. Here’s where we stand 10 years later
www.scientificamerican.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
COP30 just wrapped and the Paris Agreement turns 10 this year. Here's where we are on climate: 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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November 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
dinner when my partner is not home
November 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
dinner when my partner is not home
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Echinocereus triglochidiatus mojavensis, our Mojave Kingcup Cactus, blooming near Naturita #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 21 🌿
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 21 🌿
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Echinocereus triglochidiatus mojavensis, our Mojave Kingcup Cactus, blooming near Naturita #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 21 🌿
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 21 🌿
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Crowd sourcing from the Bluesky hive mind: what are these patches with what look like ducts inside that I'm seeing on silver maple? They don't occur in every ring, rather sporadically. @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social @l-tulipifera.bsky.social #dendro
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Crowd sourcing from the Bluesky hive mind: what are these patches with what look like ducts inside that I'm seeing on silver maple? They don't occur in every ring, rather sporadically. @yellowbuckeye.bsky.social @l-tulipifera.bsky.social #dendro
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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We published this open letter on #UrbanForests as essential(!!) infrastructure for climate resilience & biodiversity aimed at policymakers at #COP30.
4🗝️priorities🧵👇
@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social @fornalab.bsky.social @fbwugent.bsky.social @meisebotanicgarden.bsky.social
@westsyduhie.bsky.social
4🗝️priorities🧵👇
@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social @fornalab.bsky.social @fbwugent.bsky.social @meisebotanicgarden.bsky.social
@westsyduhie.bsky.social
In their Open Letter, Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez, et al. highlight the importance of #UrbanForests as essential infrastructure to policy makers at #COP30, which begins today in Brazil 👇
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#NatureBasedSolutions #PlantScience 🧵
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#NatureBasedSolutions #PlantScience 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 8:19 AM
We published this open letter on #UrbanForests as essential(!!) infrastructure for climate resilience & biodiversity aimed at policymakers at #COP30.
4🗝️priorities🧵👇
@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social @fornalab.bsky.social @fbwugent.bsky.social @meisebotanicgarden.bsky.social
@westsyduhie.bsky.social
4🗝️priorities🧵👇
@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social @fornalab.bsky.social @fbwugent.bsky.social @meisebotanicgarden.bsky.social
@westsyduhie.bsky.social
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What do you mean Björk has turned 60 today?
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
What do you mean Björk has turned 60 today?
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The Art of the Deal. [Cartoon by Dennis Goris]
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The Art of the Deal. [Cartoon by Dennis Goris]
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.