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The committee monitors digital analytics to track growth and engagement, adjusting strategies to maximize impact. By staying informed about digital trends, the committee aims to effectively connect with our audience and build a vibrant community around our mission.

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Committee members create engaging content, including blog posts, graphics, and videos, and expand our digital footprint by exploring new platforms and launching innovative campaigns.

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The Digital Engagement Committee oversees and maintains our social media channels (Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram) and the organization’s website, ensuring they are up-to-date with the latest news, activities, and status.

Are you passionate about social media engagement, web design, or climate communication? Whether you are a Canva wizard or an engagement strategist, there is a place for you here!

This study can also be used to inform future management strategies, optimizing efforts that save both time and money.

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This venture required incorporating what is known about smallmouth bass biology and behavior with interannual climate variability. The research group was also able to test the impact of prior invasive species management techniques on the smallmouth bass.

To help address this challenge, researchers at the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center used models to determine the future conditions in which smallmouth bass populations boom.

This not only puts a strain on the local ecosystem but also introduces the need for costly invasive species management.

Smallmouth bass like warm, near-surface waters. The Colorado River has seen a decrease in water levels as well as warming water temperatures, making it a perfect environment for this invasive species to thrive.

The smallmouth bass population in the Colorado River has dramatically increased since 2022 and is causing problems for native and federally protected fish species.

Invasive species negatively impact the native ecosystem by harming or outcompeting native species. This can also have negative impacts on human health and industries.

For October’s Speaker Series, we have Bernadette Woods Placky, @climatecentral.org Chief Meteorologist, speaking on “Climate Matters: translating science into stories.” This will take place on Zoom on Thursday, October 2nd at 2 pm ET / 1 pm CT / 12 pm MT.

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‘Sun day’: US climate activists to rally for clean energy amid Trump attacks Some 200 events are planned across the US this Sunday to celebrate growth of solar power and energy efficiency

For more information and to get involved yourself, visit: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... , www.sunday.earth and thirdact.org/sun-day/
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Other cities with demonstrations include Berkeley, California; Chicago, Illinois; Asheville, North Carolina; Boston, Massachusetts; and Tucson, Arizona.

In New Hampshire, all-electric Ford F-150 trucks will amplify a band’s performance. In New Paltz, New York, the mayor’s office will unveil a new net-zero fire station.

Some examples of events include installations of solar panels on affordable homes, as well as a switch to electric school buses at a local public school in Vienna and Leesburg in Virginia (not too far from TCC’s GMU Chapter).

McKibben has emphasized the need for renewable energy “to catch up with the physics of global warming”, and that renewables are growing faster than “any energy source in history”.

Specifically, the administration has launched over 150 anti-environmental and anti-renewable energy actions, which, according to veteran climate activist Bill McKibben, is driven from the threatened fossil fuel industry.

As the current administration spearheads an assault on renewable energy and climate protections, demonstrations and events this “Sun”day aim to make the case for why solar energy is the correct way forward.

Stay tuned for a new series next month: Meet the Committees!

Dr. Das’ focus is to “lead transformative, interdisciplinary work that bridges science, policy, and community—advancing our understanding of Earth’s systems while honoring the responsibility God has entrusted to us to care for this beautiful creation, through my expertise in both science and dance.”

What Dr. Das has loved about TCC over the years is “just talking, really talking, with people about our planet, this beautiful creation. Not as a scientist delivering lectures, but as a fellow human trying to make sense of it all.”

This month’s Meet the Member is Dr. Debanjana Das, an Assistant Research Scientist at Howard University, who has been a member of TCC for six years and was recently appointed to the Board of Directors.

Even if we ignore the bias-adjusted data and analyze the raw data, global temperatures are increasing at a rapid rate
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Key Takeaways:
-Adjusting climate records is necessary to account for biases as a result of ever-improving instrumentation methods

It wasn’t until the mid- to late-twentieth century that we started using satellite data, so this is yet another consideration scientists must make when looking at temperature records beyond 50 years in the past.

With engine room intakes, however, readings were warmer because, well, running engines are hot! This causes a slightly warmer reading than what is accurate. Buoys are pretty great, but we can’t cover the globe with them, so that leads us to satellite data.

For instance, with the bucket and thermometer method, it was found that these temperature readings were cooler as evaporation cooled the water as it was being lifted into the boat.

There are buoys in various parts of the globe that collect sea surface temperature and provide that information in near-real time. Each of these methods provides useful information; however, scientists must account for biases that come with the territory of changing and improving data collection.