Environmental economist at Harris Public Policy, University of Chicago (www.eyalfrank.com)https://bsky.app/profile/eyalfrank.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/eyalfrank.bsky.social/post/3m7avwvbqk22oA truly heartbreaking article linking the deaths of children from rabies to the collapse of vultures in India https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2025/vulture-extinction-rabies-dogs/05 Dec 2025 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:3kiu4ehyyipui2vl7swt36z5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7avwvbqk22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/eyalfrank.bsky.social/post/3lyfzmdw4uk2qNew WB report offers a fantastic summary of current challenges and where economics can help fill in knowledge gaps: https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/the-economics-of-a-livable-planet09 Sep 2025 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:3kiu4ehyyipui2vl7swt36z5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyfzmdw4uk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/eyalfrank.bsky.social/post/3ltfy7ue4ac2sNew paper published in Sci. Adv. on the limited scope for dairy farms to adapt to humid heat stress. The tl;dr is cooling equipment helps, but only mitigates up to half of the milk losses—which we interpret as an upper bound. Details below! 1/07 Jul 2025 23:53 +0000at://did:plc:3kiu4ehyyipui2vl7swt36z5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltfy7ue4ac2shttps://bsky.app/profile/eyalfrank.bsky.social/post/3l3gwkn52yu2mBiodiversity is declining, yet we have limited knowledge about how that affects human well-being. My work linking bats, insecticide use, and human infant health is out today in Science (science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg0344), and tells a complex story about how those are connected.05 Sep 2024 22:51 +0000at://did:plc:3kiu4ehyyipui2vl7swt36z5/app.bsky.feed.post/3l3gwkn52yu2m