Eric Klinenberg

Eric Klinenberg

@ericklinenberg.bsky.social

Helen Gould Shepard Professor of Social Science and Director of the Institute for Public Knowlege at NYU. New book: *2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed.*

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Eric Klinenberg
@ericklinenberg.bsky.social

New report from scientists at Imperial College on excess deaths from the scorching European heat waves of 2026: "We estimate 50,391 heat-related excess deaths across the 854 cities during the summer, with around two thirds of these attributable to anthropogenic climate change."

lshtm.ac.ukMore than 50,000 heat-related deaths estimated in European urban areas duringMore than 50,000 heat-related deaths are estimated to have occurred in urban areas across Europe during summer 2026, with around two-thirds attributed to human-induced climate change, according to new
Eric Klinenberg
@ericklinenberg.bsky.social

Researchers in Chicago tracked neighborhood-level tree canopy over two decades and discovered something startling: “Each year-to-year percent increase in canopy was associated with around a 10 percent reduction in mortality." Keeping mature trees alive can help keep people alive -and cooler, too.

nytimes.comClimate: Saving Old Trees Might Save LivesWe know that trees are good for cities. A new study finds that mature trees are especially good.

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Leah Stokes
@leahstokes.bsky.social

Stunning reporting from @ericklinenberg.bsky.social on how climate change driven extreme heat in Europe is reshaping the continent. Must read.

The New Yorker@newyorker.com

As extreme heat overwhelms Europe’s great cities, they are racing to adapt to a climate that they were never built to withstand. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

newyorker.comThe End of the European SummerAs extreme heat overwhelms the Continent’s great cities, they are racing to adapt to a climate that they were never built to withstand.
Eric Klinenberg
@ericklinenberg.bsky.social

As the planet gets hotter, cities around the world are experiencing rain storms with record-smashing intensity. I spent the last few months visiting places -Copenhagen, Hoboken, & NYC- that have adopted a counterintuitive idea: the safest city is one that can take water in. In @newyorker.com

newyorker.comCan Sponge Cities Save Us from the Coming Floods?As the planet gets warmer and the rains fall harder, the future of flood control is looking less like a wall and something more like a park.
Eric Klinenberg
@ericklinenberg.bsky.social

“Drill baby drill” is a climate policy. Gutting the EPA and FEMA is a climate policy. Cutting access to climate and weather data is a climate policy. Taxing renewables is a climate policy. Defunding NSF, NOAA, and NASA is climate policy. Watching families & communities grieve is a consequence.

Eric Klinenberg
@ericklinenberg.bsky.social

Chilling report from Brown University. Administration advises all foreign students, staff, and faculty to postpone or reconsider (ie cancel) international travel, due to federal government's crackdown on universities. Brown also warns against *domestic travel* -since it's unclear what ICE will do.

browndailyherald.comBrown University advises all international community members to postpone, reconsider travelOne week before spring break, Brown advised international community members, including green card holders and permanent residents, to postpone international travel in a campus-wide email sent on Sunda...
Eric Klinenberg
@ericklinenberg.bsky.social

Huge night here at NYU. An undergrad trying to fix their grade accidentally discovered how to email 11,000 instructors on a secret group email list, unifying the faculty like no one before. I have hundreds of email replies in my inbox. And apparently Onions, the puppy, has just been granted tenure.

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