Peter Crank
@crankyweather.bsky.social
Disciple of Christ | Urban Climate & heat-health researcher | Assistant professor at the University of Waterloo’s Department of Geography and Environmental Management |
🎓Arizona State University & Mississippi State University
🎓Arizona State University & Mississippi State University
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Peter Crank
@crankyweather.bsky.social
· Nov 18
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With a background in broadcast meteorology and degrees in meteorology, climatology, and geography, I explore the relationships between our built environment, the atmosphere, and human health and...
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👋Welcome to Blue Sky to all the recent social media migrants. A short introduction: I'm a #urbanclimate & #humanhealth researcher based at the University of Waterloo in Canada focusing on #urbanheat. (1/2)
July 7, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Meet Dr. @crankyweather.bsky.social, an Assistant Professor at the University of Waterloo, Faculty of Environment and the Department of Geography and Environmental Management. Peter has been the vice-chair of BUE since 2024 and has worked with #BUE since 2020, both as a student rep & board member.
July 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Meet Dr. @crankyweather.bsky.social, an Assistant Professor at the University of Waterloo, Faculty of Environment and the Department of Geography and Environmental Management. Peter has been the vice-chair of BUE since 2024 and has worked with #BUE since 2020, both as a student rep & board member.
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Meet Dr. Sussman, working for the US Army Corps of Engineers Geospatial Research Laboratory. Her dissertation focused on studying the seasonality, diurnal cycle, and factors that influence the urban heat island of Bengaluru, India. Heather serves on the awards and symposium committee of the BUE.
June 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Meet Dr. Sussman, working for the US Army Corps of Engineers Geospatial Research Laboratory. Her dissertation focused on studying the seasonality, diurnal cycle, and factors that influence the urban heat island of Bengaluru, India. Heather serves on the awards and symposium committee of the BUE.
At the beginning of June, I had the pleasure of spending a week in the beautiful city of Graz, Austria on a #teaching mobility with the University of Graz, through the #Erasmus+ program. It was an insightful week learning about the different teaching and instructional modes between universities!
June 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A bit delayed, but humbled and thankful to have received the @uwaterloo.ca Faculty of Environment's 2024 Research Excellence Award! Soon, my photo gets to be added beneath these amazing researchers, several of whom I'm honored to be able to work with in teaching and #research! #urbanclimate
June 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
A bit delayed, but humbled and thankful to have received the @uwaterloo.ca Faculty of Environment's 2024 Research Excellence Award! Soon, my photo gets to be added beneath these amazing researchers, several of whom I'm honored to be able to work with in teaching and #research! #urbanclimate
Had the pleasure of chatting with the @thestar.com yesterday about the impact of #heat and humidity on people's health. Tips and cautionary pieces of information about heat this summer in the humidity of Southern Ontario.
www.thestar.com/life/health-...
www.thestar.com/life/health-...
Extreme heat is deadly — and humidity can make it far worse. Here’s how a heat wave affects your body
Doctors share tips to stay cool in the wet, sweltering heat as Toronto stares down a deadly heatwave.
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June 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Had the pleasure of chatting with the @thestar.com yesterday about the impact of #heat and humidity on people's health. Tips and cautionary pieces of information about heat this summer in the humidity of Southern Ontario.
www.thestar.com/life/health-...
www.thestar.com/life/health-...
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We are excited to feature Dr. Dragan Milosevic, an Assistant Professor at Wageningen University, Netherlands. He is a member of the BUE committees on awards and organization of webinars. Dragan brings over 12 years of expertise in urban hydrometeorology, biometeorology, and microclimates.
June 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We are excited to feature Dr. Dragan Milosevic, an Assistant Professor at Wageningen University, Netherlands. He is a member of the BUE committees on awards and organization of webinars. Dragan brings over 12 years of expertise in urban hydrometeorology, biometeorology, and microclimates.
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Meet Dr. Chandana Mitra, who leads the evaluation of students' presentations for the BUE board. Dr. Chandana is a human-environment researcher, examining urban heat impacts, the relationship between heat and health, vulnerability assessments of communities, and climate change education.
June 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Meet Dr. Chandana Mitra, who leads the evaluation of students' presentations for the BUE board. Dr. Chandana is a human-environment researcher, examining urban heat impacts, the relationship between heat and health, vulnerability assessments of communities, and climate change education.
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Meet Ariane Middel, Associate Professor at Arizona State University and President International Association of Urban Climate. Ariane leads the STAC awards committee for the @amsurbanclimate.bsky.social. Ariane and her team study urban heat using novel sensing technologies and climate modeling.
June 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Meet Ariane Middel, Associate Professor at Arizona State University and President International Association of Urban Climate. Ariane leads the STAC awards committee for the @amsurbanclimate.bsky.social. Ariane and her team study urban heat using novel sensing technologies and climate modeling.
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Meet Dr. Shreevastava, a postdoctoral researcher at Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and an incoming Assistant Professor at NYU, starting in Fall 2025. Her work integrates remote sensing, statistical physics, economics, and engineering to advance urban resilience and sustainability.
June 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Meet Dr. Shreevastava, a postdoctoral researcher at Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and an incoming Assistant Professor at NYU, starting in Fall 2025. Her work integrates remote sensing, statistical physics, economics, and engineering to advance urban resilience and sustainability.
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@jkaranja.bsky.social is a PhD student in GIScience at ASU. His research bridges GIS, vulnerability, and health geography—modeling heat risk and how decisions shape our understanding of exposure, capacity, and vulnerability. He focuses on heat-related health outcomes and spatial inequalities.
June 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
@jkaranja.bsky.social is a PhD student in GIScience at ASU. His research bridges GIS, vulnerability, and health geography—modeling heat risk and how decisions shape our understanding of exposure, capacity, and vulnerability. He focuses on heat-related health outcomes and spatial inequalities.
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Meet @xjhuang.bsky.social PhD candidate at Princeton University, focusing on urban cooling solutions and human thermal comfort. As an AMS BUE student member since 2024, he is committed to serving as a student representative and enhancing awareness of BUE activities in the urban environment community
May 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Meet @xjhuang.bsky.social PhD candidate at Princeton University, focusing on urban cooling solutions and human thermal comfort. As an AMS BUE student member since 2024, he is committed to serving as a student representative and enhancing awareness of BUE activities in the urban environment community
For the animal #biometeorology phd students, there is a great opportunity now open at Cal-Berkeley looking at heat and humidity impacts on cattle! @biometeorology.bsky.social aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04850
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May 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
For the animal #biometeorology phd students, there is a great opportunity now open at Cal-Berkeley looking at heat and humidity impacts on cattle! @biometeorology.bsky.social aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04850
We know parks are good at cooling themselves and surrounding areas; however, in Singapore, a lack of wind alters this cooling effect. The latest paper of the SULTREE Lab at Singapore Management University details this effect with cooling in the park ~2C! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
May 5, 2025 at 6:28 AM
We know parks are good at cooling themselves and surrounding areas; however, in Singapore, a lack of wind alters this cooling effect. The latest paper of the SULTREE Lab at Singapore Management University details this effect with cooling in the park ~2C! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The April newsletter of the Students and New Professionals Group of @biometeorology.bsky.social is out! Check out some upcoming opportunities in the field of #biometeorology as well as catch up on what the SNP has been up to and what its members have achieved recently! mailchi.mp/0b8fb3da5488...
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April 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The April newsletter of the Students and New Professionals Group of @biometeorology.bsky.social is out! Check out some upcoming opportunities in the field of #biometeorology as well as catch up on what the SNP has been up to and what its members have achieved recently! mailchi.mp/0b8fb3da5488...
We're excited to have the next #AMS #urbanclimate symposium at the 106th AMS in Houston next January. Session proposals are open now!
📣 Urban environment folks! The AMS Board on Urban Environment is now accepting session proposals for the 16th Symposium on Urban Environment, happening in Houston, Jan 25-29, 2026, as part of #AMS2026.
Deadline: April 29, 2025
Submit here: annual.ametsoc.org/2026/program...
Deadline: April 29, 2025
Submit here: annual.ametsoc.org/2026/program...
Call for Session Topic Proposals
The 106th AMS Annual Meeting will take place from 25 to 26 January, 2026 in Houston, Texas.
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April 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
We're excited to have the next #AMS #urbanclimate symposium at the 106th AMS in Houston next January. Session proposals are open now!
The [email protected] Students and New Professionals (SNP) webinar last week on Distributed Lagged Non-linear modeling was a great success! Thank you to Claire Gallacher for the behind the scenes work and Ariel Prinsloo for moderating the panel discussion!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9m2...
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The Distributed Lagged Non-Linear Model for Biometeorological Research
YouTube video by International Society of Biometeorology
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March 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The [email protected] Students and New Professionals (SNP) webinar last week on Distributed Lagged Non-linear modeling was a great success! Thank you to Claire Gallacher for the behind the scenes work and Ariel Prinsloo for moderating the panel discussion!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9m2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9m2...
It's been interesting having moved to Canada to consider how much a changing climate is changing the patterns that we're accustomed to and what we would think if the system weren't a complex, interconnected system with multiple feedback loops.
Many areas are seeing record snowfall this winter, thanks to global warming--or rather, global weirding!
How so?
It hasn't been cold enough for lakes other than Erie to completely ice over yet. As cold air sweeps across them, it's picking up moisture and dumping massive snowfall on the other side.
How so?
It hasn't been cold enough for lakes other than Erie to completely ice over yet. As cold air sweeps across them, it's picking up moisture and dumping massive snowfall on the other side.
🔵🔴⚠️The ongoing cold spell affecting USA and Canada is bringing heavy snowfalls and very low temperatures,triggering a #lakeeffectsnow that covers 800km from LakeSuperior to LakeOntario, with all the Great Lakes seen a in this Sentinel-3 view of Feb.17.
February 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
It's been interesting having moved to Canada to consider how much a changing climate is changing the patterns that we're accustomed to and what we would think if the system weren't a complex, interconnected system with multiple feedback loops.
Join us on March 12 for the latest webinar by the @biometeorology.bsky.social Students and New Professionals Group! #statistics #biometeorology biometeorology.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?...
February 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Join us on March 12 for the latest webinar by the @biometeorology.bsky.social Students and New Professionals Group! #statistics #biometeorology biometeorology.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?...
The 2025 @biometeorology.bsky.social SNP Workshop registration is open until Friday! Join us in South Africa, July 1-3, 2025 for Tracing Histories of Biometeorology! #earlycareer #students #humanbiometeorology #animalbiometeorology #phenology uwaterloo.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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February 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The 2025 @biometeorology.bsky.social SNP Workshop registration is open until Friday! Join us in South Africa, July 1-3, 2025 for Tracing Histories of Biometeorology! #earlycareer #students #humanbiometeorology #animalbiometeorology #phenology uwaterloo.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Elie Bou-Zeid providing a nice overview of #urbanclimate connecting it to #urbanmeteorology. Great diagram highlighting the variability in the #UHI. The prevalence of the UHI is apparent at multiple time scales, including diurnal and sub-diurnal scales. #ams2025
January 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Elie Bou-Zeid providing a nice overview of #urbanclimate connecting it to #urbanmeteorology. Great diagram highlighting the variability in the #UHI. The prevalence of the UHI is apparent at multiple time scales, including diurnal and sub-diurnal scales. #ams2025
Thankful a great #ams2025 and getting to share the great news that the new @amsurbanclimate.bsky.social chair @neginnazarian.bsky.social is also a ✨newly minted✨ Associate Professor! @ametsoc.bsky.social
January 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Thankful a great #ams2025 and getting to share the great news that the new @amsurbanclimate.bsky.social chair @neginnazarian.bsky.social is also a ✨newly minted✨ Associate Professor! @ametsoc.bsky.social
Alexis Merdjanoff shares how older adults living through Hurricane Ian are now rethinking their need for supports to thrive despite their skepticism of climate adaptation. Insurance and state protections are being removed leaving them more vulnerable & dependent on informal support systems. #ams2025
January 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Alexis Merdjanoff shares how older adults living through Hurricane Ian are now rethinking their need for supports to thrive despite their skepticism of climate adaptation. Insurance and state protections are being removed leaving them more vulnerable & dependent on informal support systems. #ams2025
Gisel Guzman-Echavarria presents detailed field work that surprisingly shows that mobile homes might not be the hottest in Phoenix and that personal heat exposure differs dramatically from outdoor conditions measured at airport weather station. #ams2025 @ametsoc.bsky.social #EnvironmentandHealth
January 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Gisel Guzman-Echavarria presents detailed field work that surprisingly shows that mobile homes might not be the hottest in Phoenix and that personal heat exposure differs dramatically from outdoor conditions measured at airport weather station. #ams2025 @ametsoc.bsky.social #EnvironmentandHealth
Very thankful to have the opportunity to share my work on older adults and heat/ozone risk this morning at #ams2025 in one of the Health sessions. Check out the work here: doi.org/10.1093/gero... #heatrisk
January 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Very thankful to have the opportunity to share my work on older adults and heat/ozone risk this morning at #ams2025 in one of the Health sessions. Check out the work here: doi.org/10.1093/gero... #heatrisk