Climate Change

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Heslop starts as Associate Director of Strategy & Innovation at NASA Earth Sciences

Janelle Heslop has started a new chapter as Associate Director of Strategy and Innovation at NASA’s Earth Sciences Division. "It’s an honor to contribute to an organization that not only reaches for the stars but works every day to...
May 12, 2025
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Patheria receives Inflection Award for developing scalable, sustainable battery technology

Eshaan is one of 30 young scientists from around the world to receive the inaugural Inflection Award, an honor celebrating early-career scientists working on solutions to address climate change.
May 9, 2025
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Golden integrates radical collaboration for climate justice into culture at Woodwell Climate

“Despite the weight of this moment, history has shown us that survival depends on working together—and doing it well. Collaboration is not just necessary; it is a liberatory act."
May 9, 2025
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Kirk launches Rent Brigade to track rent-gouging in the wake of the LA fires

Following the Los Angeles fires, Chelsea Kirk launched The Rent Brigade: “a collective of tenant organizers, advocates, web programmers, designers, researchers, and other Angelenos using data to fight back against predatory landlords”...
March 31, 2025
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Steele faces battle to rebuild beekeeping business lost to LA fires

The destruction of Nancy Steele and her family’s honey business was featured in the Guardian with compelling before and after photos and interviews. They face an uphill battle to rebuild after losing 30 years of producing honey with 188 hives.
March 31, 2025
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Daniel Swain: Hydroclimate volatility on a warming Earth and connections to CA wildfires

Daniel explains his recent research into unusually rapid and/or high magnitude swings between unusual weather conditions, including causes, expected trends and links to southern California’s devastating wildfires.
January 30, 2025
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Diezmartinez and Short publish on climate justice imaginaries as tools for evaluation

By offering new “possibilities of policy evaluation” that emerge from climate justice imaginaries in Boston, this paper showcases how visions of the just and unjust city can serve as governing devices to transform policy evaluation practices and advance more just climate futures.
January 30, 2025
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Golden leads Climate Justice Committee to sow the seeds for institutional change

Nigel Golden received a 2024 Switzer Leadership Grant to support his position as Climate Justice Specialist at the Woodwell Climate Research Center. He reflects on the role’s progress so far, likening it to “watching an ecosystem evolve over time.”
November 26, 2024
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Climate Extremes documentary on planetary tipping points features Daniel Swain

Released on October 25, Climate Extremes: At the Abyss? is a new documentary that delves into the science behind the non linearity of climate change, earth's tipping points, planetary boundaries and ocean circulations. Featuring insights...
November 26, 2024
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Melinda Adams proposes Indigenous Fire Justice as step toward environmental and climate justice

In an October 2024 paper in Environmental Justice, Melinda Adams and co-author Daniel Sarvestani propose Indigenous Fire Justice as steps to move toward environmental justice and climate justice. They present case studies in California...
November 26, 2024