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QAs communities confront climate risks, Liam Kavanagh highlights how adaptation efforts can drive awareness — encouraging collective action toward global decarbonization.

#Decarbonization #climaterisks #awareness #climateadaptation #MEER

From waste to resilience.
The MEER African team Sunday hike at Mambo Waterfall combined clean-up with PET bottle collection, feeding materials back into climate adaptation infrastructure.
#Climateadaptation #clean-updrive
#MEER #Africa #Sundayhike
#resilience

YouTube video by MEER SRM MEERTalk February 2026 - Luke Kemp

Our February MEERTalk with Luke Kemp is now fully available on YouTube.

Luke explores how inequality has shaped societal collapse throughout history, and what it means for the risks we face today.

Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=SJLA...

#MEERTalk #SocietyCollapse #Inequality

Starting soon! Join us today for our MEERTalk with Luke Kemp.

11:00 AM EST / 4:00 PM GMT

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#MEERTalk #SocietalCollapse #ClimateRisk

Don’t miss tomorrow’s MEERTalk with Luke Kemp on the past, present, and future of societal collapse.

Friday, Feb 6th, 2026
11:00 AM EST / 4:00 PM GMT

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#MEERTalk #SocietalCollapse #ClimateRisk

After 2 years,MEER reflective roofing materials on school buildings in Tanzania remain in great condition and continue reducing indoor temperatures. The slightly bumpy appearance comes from natural grass used during installation for insulation beneath the sheeting.
#Climate #MEER

As heat threatens food and livelihoods, Rupert Read points to MEER as a potential local adaptation tool — supporting communities while addressing energy imbalance.

#Climateadaptation #communities #MEER

We are pleased to share a newly published, peer-reviewed article in Climatic Change, led by Dr. Sovacool, examining extreme heat in urban West Africa and low-energy surface cooling, using MEER’s work in Freetown as a case study.

link.springer.com/article/10.100…

#SurfaceCooling #climateaction

Climate stabilization isn’t one fix. It’s cooling, restoring albedo, protecting ice sheets, and avoiding tipping points. Paul Gambill explains why we need a portfolio of solutions and why MEER’s local cooling work matters now.

#Climatesolution #tippingpoints #Climateaction #MEER

Coral reefs may already be past a point of no return. As climate instability deepens, the very systems needed to respond are breaking down. This isn’t just ecological loss — it’s systemic failure. (Paul Gambill)

#Climatechange #Climateinstability
#MEERTalk #Sustainability

YouTube video by MEER SRM MEER Podcast - 12. Building a Climate-Ready Majority with Rupert Read & Liam Kavanagh

Our latest MEER Podcast episode is now on YouTube.

Rupert Read & Liam Kavanagh share why climate adaptation must be central to climate action and how community-led resilience can build a climate majority

Watch now: youtu.be/Bn-sHtCv7kM

#ClimateAdaptation #ClimateResilience

Last week at MEER, as heat conditions intensify across Africa, the team keeps moving forward. Our data team is cleaning and sorting cables from past field experiments- salvaging and repurposing materials for upcoming work in the months ahead.

#Climatechange #Climateadaptation

How do societies collapse and why does inequality keep appearing at the center?

Join our upcoming MEERTalk with Luke Kemp, author of Goliath’s Curse, on the history and future of societal collapse.

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#MEERTalk #ClimateRisk #SocietalCollapse

A behind-the-scenes view of the MEER team in India, engaged in the careful preparation of a small-scale physics experiment exploring passive cooling.

#Passivecooling #BTS #MEER
#Climateadaptation

Reflective roofing is a small but effective sustainability choice. MEER is grounded in the same principle: applying physical understanding to real-world climate adaptation. — Eliot Jacobson

#sustainability #reflectivity #climateadaptation #MEER

“[Stabilization] also means local and regional cooling and taking actions to break up large storms before they wreck cities and croplands, or break heat domes, or the type of work that MEER is doing to help deal with the fact that it is already too hot.” - Paul Gambill, MEERTalk

YouTube video by MEER SRM MEERTalk January 2026 - Paul Gambill

Watch Paul Gambill’s full presentation from our January MEERTalk, now available on our YouTube: youtu.be/AczF3Eh9T_E?...

#ClimateCooling #ClimateInstability #CarbonRemoval #MEERTalk

“Our climate instability is going to reduce our capacity to actually act, which is going to make climate change harder to solve, which creates more instability… This is what we’re on track for even in the most optimistic carbon mitigation scenario.” - Paul Gambill, MEERTalk

#ClimateChange

Starting soon today at 2pm EST / 7pm GMT!

Join our MEERTalk with Paul Gambill on carbon removal, cooling, and what the math really tells us.

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Don’t miss this week’s MEERTalk with Paul Gambill on why carbon removal won’t scale fast enough and why cooling interventions are a necessary bridge.

Thursday, January 8, 2026
2:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM GMT

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#MEERTalk #CarbonRemoval #ClimateCooling

Dr. Tarje Nissen-Meyer explores how soil waves form and how they are used to generate 3D images of the subsurface—an essential method for understanding underground structure and dynamics.
#Soilstructure #Soilwaves #MEERTalk

Our India team engaging with local bamboo vendors in India to understand traditional materials, on-ground practices, and possibilities for more sustainable engineering solutions.

#sustainability #bamboo #climatesolutions

In this episode of The MEER Podcast, we speak with Dr. Eliot Jacobson about what the climate data actually shows behind global summits, temperature targets, and public narratives. The conversation… MEER Podcast - 11. Eliot Jacobson | A Climate Reality Check

New episode of The MEER Podcast is now on YouTube.

Dr. Eliot Jacobson breaks down what the climate data actually shows, from COP outcomes to Earth’s energy imbalance, albedo loss, and ice trends.

Watch here: https:https://youtu.be/Ip_5Szhsz4o?si=Ie8G9XUaU8Z0xVBY

#MEERPodcast #ClimateScience

Climate change is not a distant risk — it is already reshaping disease patterns. Extreme heat, floods, and droughts are creating health threats faster than systems can adapt.
— Dr. Jackie Kado
#Climatechange #heat #droughts #climateadaptation

Carbon removal won’t scale fast enough. What happens next?

In our upcoming January MEERTalk, Paul Gambill explains why cooling interventions are a necessary bridge, buying time while permanent CO₂ removal scales.

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#MEERTalk #CarbonRemoval

The Indian team conducting on-site experiments with sustainable glue options for future installations. Hands-on trials like these help refine materials, improve durability, and ensure our cooling solutions remain low-impact and climate-conscious.
#Climatesolutions #Sustainable

Our December MEERTalk is now live on YouTube. Dr. Jackie Kado (NASAC) breaks down how climate change is reshaping public health and development across Africa—and the African-led strategies driving resilience.

Watch here: youtu.be/jDldJhnzx9o?...

#MEERTalk #climateadaptation

Dr. Ye Tao briefing our newest cohort of MEER trainees as they complete their training program in Sierra Leone preparing them for the major climate adaptation projects ahead.
A big year of community-led cooling and innovation awaits in 2026.
#Community #Africa #Climateadaptation

Dr. Tarje warns that soil degradation is a slow-moving crisis: once soils are damaged, recovery takes years. As climate extremes intensify, global grain production could fall by 15–30% by 2040–2050 just as demand keeps rising.

#climatecrisis #climatechange #soildegradation

Seismic waves carry an extraordinary amount of information over great distances. Traditionally applied to earthquake science and detecting hydrocarbon in the... MEERTalk November 2025 - Dr. Tarje Nissen-Meyer

Our November MEERTalk is now on YouTube.

Dr. Tarje shows how seismic science and the Earth Rover Program can deliver low-cost, non-invasive soil health monitoring to support farmers and climate resilience.

Watch here: youtu.be/4FTimiDuXi0?...