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Ed Kearns

@edward_j_kearns

Dr. Ed Kearns is the Chief Data Officer at the First Street Foundation, a non-profit committed to quantifying and communicating America’s climate risk.

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Our property specific, climate adjusted, aggregated climate risk data is now integrated within both the @WHCEQ Screening Tool and the U.S. EPA's EJScreen. Users of both can now easily visualize how climate change will impact communities across the US firststreet.org/press/press-re…

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Listen to Chief Data Officer Dr. Ed Kearns speak to CPR News’s Ryan Warner about how homeowners can RiskFactor.com to protect themselves from fire, flood, and extreme heat. cpr.org/show-segment/t…

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Impressive piece by Ed Kearns . Adaptation pessimists should read this. First Street plays the role of "Paul Revere" giving us a "heads up" about emerging threats. We have no excuses here for not being the "adult in the room"! aws.amazon.com/blogs/publicse…

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New research found that the U.S. housing market is likely overvalued by $200 billion due to unpriced flood risks, intensified by climate change. What does this mean for homeowners, local governments and mortgage lenders? Read more: nature.com/articles/s4155…

New research found that the U.S. housing market is likely overvalued by $200 billion due to unpriced flood risks, intensified by climate change.  
  
What does this mean for homeowners, local governments and mortgage lenders? Read more: nature.com/articles/s4155…
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🚨Rising Seas will lead to rising economic costs 🚨 Without urgent action to slow encroaching oceans, we’re risking the economic future of our coastal communities. Sheldon Whitehouse announces a hearing to examine this issue. #RisingSeasRisingCosts

🚨Rising Seas will lead to rising economic costs 🚨
 
Without urgent action to slow encroaching oceans, we’re risking the economic future of our coastal communities. 
 
<a href="/SenWhitehouse/">Sheldon Whitehouse</a> announces a hearing to examine this issue.

#RisingSeasRisingCosts
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We're excited to announce Wind Factor™ is coming soon! Join our Founder Matthew Eby and our Chief Data Officer Ed Kearns on February 28th as they review everything Wind Factor has to offer. Reserve your spot here: firststreet.zoom.us/.../WN_9uYy-wA… #hurricane #climate #tornado

We're excited to announce Wind Factor™ is coming soon!

Join our Founder Matthew Eby and our Chief Data Officer <a href="/edward_j_kearns/">Ed Kearns</a>  on February 28th as they review everything Wind Factor has to offer.

Reserve your spot here:  firststreet.zoom.us/.../WN_9uYy-wA…

#hurricane #climate #tornado
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Today we published “The 7th National Risk Assessment: Worsening Winds”, and found over 13.4 million properties will be exposed to tropical cyclones in 30 years that are not currently. View the report: firststreet.org/research-lab/p…

Today we published “The 7th National Risk Assessment: Worsening Winds”, and found over 13.4 million properties will be exposed to tropical cyclones in 30 years that are not currently. View the report: firststreet.org/research-lab/p…
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We’ve publicly released the property specific Wind Factor risk data for millions of properties across the contiguous U.S. View your home’s Wind Factor on RiskFactor.com.

We’ve publicly released the property specific Wind Factor risk data for millions of properties across the contiguous U.S. View your home’s Wind Factor on RiskFactor.com.
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On average, the country can expect to see an annual loss of $18.5 billion this year resulting from hurricane winds, increasing to ~$20 billion in 30 years. Roughly $1 billion of the increase, comes from increased exposure in Florida alone. Learn More firststreet.org/research-lab/p…

On average, the country can expect to see an annual loss of $18.5 billion this year resulting from hurricane winds, increasing to ~$20 billion in 30 years. Roughly $1 billion of the increase, comes from increased exposure in Florida alone. Learn More firststreet.org/research-lab/p…
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Interesting article that highlights some of the challenges of creating and communicating climate change risk data at the nonprofit First Street . #climate #flooding #wildfire #heat #risk

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Data from thousands of home buyouts shows people aren’t moving that far from their original homes — and often they are moving within the same floodplain cnn.it/3r0Cf1a

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A Washington Post analysis of data provided by the nonprofit First Street Foundation estimated that the average number of Americans experiencing at least three consecutive days of temperatures 100 degrees or higher each year will climb from 46 percent today to 63 percent over the

A Washington Post analysis of data provided by the nonprofit First Street Foundation estimated that the average number of Americans experiencing at least three consecutive days of temperatures 100 degrees or higher each year will climb from 46 percent today to 63 percent over the
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"Extreme floods are happening way more often than federal data would suggest, analysis shows - CNN": news.google.com/rss/articles/C…

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Billions in federal #infrastructure spending could be wasted due to outdated government rainfall models cnb.cx/3XrNwU9 #climate First Street #climatechange

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Billions in federal #infrastructure spending could be wasted due to outdated government rainfall models cnb.cx/3XrNwU9 #climatecrisis #climateresilience

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Do you live in the US and wonder how vulnerable your property is to extreme weather events? Check out riskfactor.com by First Street for a sneak peek into the future. Ed Kearns #GeoGovSummit

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#GeoGovSummit | Ed Kearns, Ph.D., Chief Data Officer, First Street, "We make climate risk accessible, easy to understand and actionable for individuals, governments and industry." #geospatial #ClimateAction #OpenData

#GeoGovSummit | <a href="/edward_j_kearns/">Ed Kearns</a>, Ph.D., Chief Data Officer, <a href="/FirstStreetFdn/">First Street</a>,
"We make climate risk accessible, easy to understand and actionable for individuals, governments and industry." #geospatial #ClimateAction #OpenData