Grand Army Plaza is the worst place in NYC and that includes Times Square, Penn station, and the Atlantic terminal Chuck E. Cheese

Dear Friends, Please send this to your networks. Project Drawdown is offering full-time, paid (with benefits) fellowships to scientists and engineers working on climate solutions in the public interest. Deadline is April 17. drawdown.org/careers/clim...

Now would be a great time to reconsider that 46% cut to NASA’s science budget for FY2027.

As a fire scientist, I am devastated for my many good friends and colleagues who will be affected by the mass closure of so many research stations and offices. Many will leave the agency. USFS has pioneered so much foundational fire science. The consequences of this will be catastrophic.

Me too! Can't wait to meet these amazing writers in LA

Every once in a blue moon I get invited to do a literary event that sounds so cool, I wish I could just sit in the audience enjoying it, rather than being on stage trying to think of what to say next. This one in LA on 4/18 w/ @chanda.blacksky.app & @drkatemarvel.bsky.social is one such event!

🍁 HEY CANADIANS I will be on your gorgeous west coast next week to 1) be jealous of your political leadership 2) talk about Heated Rivalry 3) speak at UBC. Please come say hi!

The FY 2027 NASA budget request hides its science cuts by omitting mission names instead of explicitly zeroing them out. We did the work and found 54 missions cancelled in this proposal. This is another extinction-level event for NASA science. Full list: planetary.org/save-nasa-science

In Opinion “Reasonable people can disagree on what should be done to limit the effects of climate change,” writes Kate Marvel, who last month quit her job at NASA researching the future of Earth’s climate. “But rather than debate policy, the administration has chosen to attack science itself.”

Former NASA climate scientist, now Senior Scientist at Project Drawdown, Dr. Kate Marvel, has a fantastic piece in the New York Times today. This is a must-read if you care about science, the planet, and the future. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/o...

the thing about a publicly funded space program is that you get to be represented by these people as opposed to, say, Jeff Bezos's second wife

The images of Earth from Artemis are amazing. But if we destroy our ability to understand (and live on) our planet, all they are is pretty pictures www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/o...

This book may have been one of the best things I’ve read in a very long time. Absolutely recommend it to anyone who’s maybe super familiar with the physics of climate change, but wants to read something a little more human and reflective on it.

Next Wednesday, @drkatemarvel.bsky.social will be at UBC to talk about about her beautiful book Human Nature. Join us if you are in the Vancouver region, there are still a few tickets available. sustain.ubc.ca/events/ubc-r...

I’ve been there. This is true

NASA isn't why the US doesn't have universal healthcare, or a social safety net. The US doesn't have those things because politicians with the power to provide them choose specifically not to (with varying levels of support from voters). Enthusiasm for human spaceflight doesn't drive that choice.

Publicly-funded science is a source of knowledge that is not under the sway of the executive. It is therefore a threat to their ability to shape/control narratives and declare 'truth' via executive order. It produces meaning in shades of gray instead of the desired black/white absolutes.

I will say this again: Science isn’t just something that nerds do, it’s the foundation of the modern world. It’s why this app exists. It’s why child mortality rate isn’t 50% anymore. It’s how we’re able to launch people to the moon. It’s how we’re able to grow food that feeds half the world.

Earlier this week, @drkatemarvel.bsky.social resigned from her role at NASA in a move that was covered by Scientific American, The New York Times, Bloomberg, and others. www.scientificamerican.com/article/top-...

BIG, EXCITING NEWS! Dr. Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social -- world-leading climate scientist and author -- is coming to Project Drawdown after leaving NASA. She will be a Senior Scientist, leading an exciting new initiative on "Emergency Brake" climate solutions. drawdown.org/news/world-r...

In a new Nature study, we show that extreme global climate outcomes may occur even under moderate 2°C warming for several sectors. The findings reinforce the urgency of limiting warming well below 2°C. Together with @erichfischer.bsky.social @janasillmann.bsky.social @zscheischlerjak.bsky.social

I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.

At Project Drawdown, we believe in science — and the role it can play in serving society. So, that's why we launched a new Climate Science Serving America fellowship program. Check it out! Applications are due April 17.

Today is an excellent day to buy Kate’s excellent book. bookshop.org/p/books/huma...

My resignation letter

Thanks to @drkatemarvel.bsky.social for speaking with me this morning about why she decided to leave NASA, the work she was doing, her concerns about federal science and also what gives her hope. 🧪

Prominent climate researcher Kate Marvel is leaving NASA, citing US attacks on Science www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NASA'S Global Climate Change website is still unchanged and valid. I was its last science editor and still check it daily. science.nasa.gov/climate-chan...

Kate is in my personal "coolest people I ever got to talk to" list but also @sciam.bsky.social staff loved her book HUMAN NATURE so much it was in our best nonfiction of 2025 list www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...

A special shoutout to @drkatemarvel.bsky.social, on her way out of NASA. She is a valiant Earth Supremacist: youtu.be/eeMu7hjaOa0?...

I just resigned from NASA. It breaks my heart to leave, but I’ve become convinced the best path forward is to do the best science I can, and that can’t be here anymore. I’m still in love with the promise of those four magic letters. Ad astra per aspera, and remember: Earth is the only good planet.

This is nice! yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/03/the-...

I’m at the stage of flu where my fever’s come down a little but I can’t do anything but lie in bed and whimper. Please send me your TV recommendations. I do not want to learn anything, concentrate, or be enriched in any way. You can assume I haven’t seen anything since 2013

I anticipated that the energy transition would not go smoothly but I seriously underestimated just how stupid it would be

Good.

This should be the biggest weather and climate news on your radar today. You can send an email today to say why dismantling NCAR is a bad idea for everyone: [email protected]

Just submitted mine. Have you? There is still time - just email [email protected] today. ** NOTE: You do not have to be an expert to support NCAR! And you do not need to write more than a few sentences about why weather and climate science infrastructure is important to you, and to our country.**

I submitted mine today

The NSF has provided no evidence to justify dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Doing so would undermine one of the nation’s most vital scientific institutions. @ncar-ucar.bsky.social Read the letter UCS submitted today: 🔗 act.ucsusa.org/3NeWZh1

Not now, El Niño

1. My induction stove 2. My dog 3. My book bookshop.org/p/books/huma...

i met a guy named gatsby and then we got in a boat and went backward

climate science: defeating Nazis since 1944

Are you a young academic working on climate and feel ready for a move? We are recruiting two Assistant/Associate Professors @granthamicl.bsky.social at Imperial College London @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social (1/6)

Scientists! Avoid entangling yourself in a global child trafficking ring using this one weird trick (talking to literally any woman) www.science.org/content/arti...

I have to do Career Day at my kids' school, what's a good way to teach them about science? I was thinking of giving them a fun activity and then making them fill out a lot of paperwork before abruptly canceling it

are you a giant nerd who wants to know what past temperatures and precipitation totals are compatible with tree ring based drought atlases? Me too! ascmo.copernicus.org/articles/12/...