Kate Marvel on Fear, Wonder, and Leaving NASA
Climate One
- Published
- October 16, 2026
- Duration
- 53:58
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- Last updated
- Oct 21, 2026
Discusses Climate scientist Kate Marvel made headlines this year when she publicly resigned from NASA, drawing…
Summary
Climate scientist Kate Marvel made headlines this year when she publicly resigned from NASA, drawing coverage from Bloomberg to The New York Times. Marvel says her resignation wasn’t newsworthy on its own. What made it notable is that she was one of more than 10,000 Ph.D. scientists to leave the federal government during President Trump’s second term, par…
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Climate scientist Kate Marvel made headlines this year when she publicly resigned from NASA, drawing coverage from Bloomberg to The New York Times. Marvel says her resignation wasn’t newsworthy on its own. What made it notable is that she was one of more than 10,000 Ph.D. scientists to leave the federal government during President Trump’s second term, part of what she calls a “mass nerd exodus.” She is now senior climate scientist at Project Drawdown and author of “Human Nature: Nine Ways to Fee