Dr. Victoria Herrmann

Climate change researcher & advocate. Previously Director @Arcticinstitute. Explorer @Natgeo. Assistant Research Professor @Georgetownsfs.

[Dr. Victoria Herrmann @VSHerrmann]

I am beyond excited to share what I have been up to since leaving @ArcticInstitute in August! I'm honored to have been selected as a White House Fellow & humbled that I get to spend this year learning alongside my 18 extraordinary fellow Fellows 🎉

https://t.co/Fk3L5Ufb1s

[Andrew Curry (spoke32.bsky.social) @spoke32]

“If you want to see climate change impacts in front of your face, come to Petra.” A new @NatGeo Society project led by @VSHerrmann is helping local communities save heritage sites threatened by climate change–including Jordan's iconic desert ruins: https://t.co/bUa5ezaJs6

[Preserving Legacies @Future4past]

Exciting News! Preserving Legacies Adds Eleven New Heritage Sites to Global Climate Adaptation Program.

@NatGeo @InsideNatGeo Press Release. https://t.co/5gNHFRUjvt

[Cambridge University @Cambridge_Uni]

What does extreme weather mean for us?

@VSHerrmann, @SongqiaoYao and @RamitDebnath along with host Catherine Galloway, delve into this critical topic and its profound impact on communities in the latest episode of the "So, now what?" podcast from @Gates_Cambridge.

Listen now 👇

[ICOMOS @ICOMOS]

Plus d'informations sur les risques climatiques et la résilience de Petra ici: https://t.co/oINWLtR7on

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[ICOMOS @ICOMOS]

Read about the climate risk and resilience of Petra in English here: https://t.co/ydkOfxBOFo

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[ICOMOS @ICOMOS]

Members of the @InsideNatGeo funded #PreservingLegacies team are at @COP28_UAE this week where they will be sharing results from the Petra climate risk assessment.

Download the summaries in EN/FR below 👇 #Adaptation #CultureAtCOP28

📷Michael O. Snyder

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[Dr. Victoria Herrmann @VSHerrmann]

@joebradyphoto Thank you for letting me know - definitely an email scam!

[Monaco Info @monaco__info]

🐬Sortie en mer dans le Sanctuaire Pelagos pour le Re.Generation Future Leaders Program.

Une immersion à la découverte de la biodiversité, suivie par Justin Adell et Hugo Komasa.

@FPA2

[Edgar McGregor @edgarrmcgregor]

🧵Since it is becoming hard to track, here is a thread of the simply astounding weather records planet Earth has started shattering in recent weeks:

1. Dramatic flood events have begun striking various countries around the world simultaneously this week.
https://t.co/BLiyOyxHHp

[Dr. Victoria Herrmann @VSHerrmann]

@rebeccadell1 Congrats!! Amazing!

[Dr. Victoria Herrmann @VSHerrmann]

@PVuorimaki Enjoy! Saw him in DC earlier on the tour and he was great!

[Dr. Victoria Herrmann @VSHerrmann]

Love to see our @InsideNatGeo Preserving Legacies: A Future for our Past initiative logo out in the wild with one of our amazing Scientific Steering Committee members @AdamCMarkham! #climateheritage #preservinglegacies #natgeo

[Salma Sabour, PhD @SalmaSabourG]

Incredible talk by Marlon Martin about the #Ifugao Rice Terraces in the #Philippines. Government decisions to introduce rice species created gender imbalance, taking away from women their sacred roles in managing the landscapes #preservinglegaciesproject #heritageadaptstoclimate

[Salma Sabour, PhD @SalmaSabourG]

Taher Falahat sharing about the incredible and disappearing intangible practices in #Petra #Jordan.

Most of the practices in #Petra were conducted by women, e.g "Um el Ghaith" which involved songs to ask for rain.

#preservinglegaciesproject
#heritageadaptstoclimate

[Dr. Victoria Herrmann @VSHerrmann]

Thrilled to have @opwireland and Sceilg Mhichíl as part of the @InsideNatGeo Preserving Legacies: A Future for Our Past initiative to safeguard sites from climate change impacts!

[Office of Public Works @opwireland]

Along with the @NationalMons at @DeptHousingIRL, we are delighted to announce that Sceilg Mhichíl has joined a new global initiative to safeguard sites of cultural significance from the impacts of #ClimateChange.
Read More: https://t.co/QrVElvXbeI
@InsideNatGeo #WorldHeritage

[Dr. Victoria Herrmann @VSHerrmann]

@AdamCMarkham @SalmaSabourG @AndrewSPotts @WMegarry @cdch76 @iriveracollazo @PNTJordan @IbrahimTchan @opwireland @polancojulianne @NMIreland @BouazizKhansa Great idea @AdamCMarkham! Yes, I will share with the Committee in an email now!

[Dr. Victoria Herrmann @VSHerrmann]

Such incredible discussions and knowledge exchange across communities, cultures, and continents as part of our @InsideNatGeo initiative on #ClimateChange & #CulturalHeritage -- Preserving Legacies: A Future for Our Past 🌎

[Salma Sabour, PhD @SalmaSabourG]

Really excited to be starting the first #preservinglegacies workshop in @uofsandiego exploring values.

Heritage managers joining from the Philippines, Colombia, Jordan, Togo, Benin and Ireland.
#heritageadaptstoclimate

@ICOMOS @ClimateHeritage @InsideNatGeo @NatGeo @Manulife

[ICOMOS @ICOMOS]

📢ICOMOS announces global initiative 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙇𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙨: 𝘼 𝙁𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙩 with @InsideNatGeo and the @ClimateHeritage Network.

The goal? Safeguard heritage sites from #ClimateChange impacts 🌡️🧊

🧐Find out more: https://t.co/G75Ojcav8H

[Dr. Victoria Herrmann @VSHerrmann]

@nkferraiolo So amazing! Congrats! Cannot wait to see the storytelling of and digital connections to women's history you will make 🎉

[Dr. Victoria Herrmann @VSHerrmann]

Excited to be joining the @ArcticResearch Board of Directors! Looking forward to advancing Arctic research collaboration & inclusion with these amazing women ❄️

[ARCUS @ArcticResearch]

Congratulations to our newly elected ARCUS Board Members: Heather Sauyaq Jean Gordon (@ChildTrends), Alexis Will (@WWF_Arctic), Cheryl Rosa (@US_ARC), & Victoria Herrmann (@ArcticInstitute)! Learn more about them at: https://t.co/AOOpVnGnVQ