- Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Colorado Boulder
Kyle Manley is a postdoctoral fellow at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder, based in Earth Lab and the People and Nature CoLab. He earned his PhD in Earth System Science from the University of California, Irvine in 2024. His research focuses on how global change reshapes coupled social-ecological systems, examining how climate change, biodiversity loss, wildfire, and urbanization jointly transform ecosystems and human well-being. More broadly, his work rethinks what “risk” from global change means through a social-ecological systems lens, highlighting how impacts are often interconnected, unevenly distributed, and not fully captured by traditional measures. Using data-driven models alongside social and remote sensing data, he works to reveal often hidden and unmeasured effects on communities, including changes to cultural and recreational benefits of nature.
Experience
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2024–presentPostdoctoral Research Fellow, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
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2020–2024Graduate Student Researcher, University of California Irvine, Department of Earth System Science
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2019–2019Instrument Systems Ecology Technician, National Ecological Observatory Network
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2017–2018Research Assistant, National Snow and Ice Data Center
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2017–2018Undergraduate Honors Researcher, University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Environmental Studies
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2016–2016Climate Outreach Coordinator, Environment Colorado
Education
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2024University of California Irvine; Department of Earth System Science, PhD
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2018University of Colorado Boulder; Department of Environmental Studies, BA
Publications
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2026The True Worth of America's Public Lands: Social-ecological analyses reveal who will win and who will lose in the push to put federal land into private hands, Scientific American
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2025Climate change impacts the non-market value of nature: A case study of birding cultural ecosystem services in South Africa, PLOS Climate
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2024Climate and biodiversity change constrain the flow of cultural ecosystem services: A case study modeling birding across Africa, Science of The Total Environment
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2022Understanding social–ecological systems using social media data, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
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2022Mapping and modeling the impact of climate change to recreational ecosystem services using machine learning and big data, Environmental Research Letters
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2022A review of machine learning and big data applications in addressing ecosystem service research gaps, Ecosystem Services
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2020Modeling the dynamic landscape evolution of a volcanic coastal environment under future climate trajectories, Frontiers in Earth Science
Contact Kyle for
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- Media request
- Speaking request
- Consulting / Advising
- Research collaboration
- Research supervision
- Location: Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
- Website
- BlueSky: @ktmanley.bsky.social
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