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Education
Research Interests
Climate change, human migration & displacement, climate modeling, governing migration, environmental justice, federal climate policy, geospatial modeling techniques
Research Description
Nick’s research focuses on understanding the ways in which climate hazards drive human migration and displacement, and how these dynamics may evolve in coming decades. Specific focus areas include Central American droughts, Caribbean tropical cyclones and global sea level rise. He utilizes quantitative modeling and geospatial mapping techniques and is also interested in identifying governance and policy priorities surrounding these issues. Issues of environmental/climate justice also play a key role in his research motivation and framing, and he continues to be involved in environmental justice related projects at both the state and federal levels.
Selected Publications
Depsky, N. and Pons, D., 2020. Meteorological droughts are projected to worsen in Central America’s Dry Corridor throughout the 21st century. Environmental Research Letters, 16(1), p.014001.
Cash, A., Chapple, K., Depsky, N., Elias, R. R., Krnjaic, M., Manji, S., & Montano, H. (2020). Climate Change and Displacement in the U.S. – A Review of the Literature, (April), 70.
Casey, J., Cushing, L., Depsky, N., Morello-Frosch, R., 2021. Climate justice and California’s methane superemitters: An environmental equity assessment of community proximity and exposure intensity. Environmental Science and Technology