Kyla Mandel

The Women Saving America’s Climate Data Meet the network saving federal environmental data. But, as Trump enters his second year, how long can this effort last?

“To this day the most thoroughly eviscerated information and data are about equity.”

My latest piece: time.com/7344773/wome...

How Robert Redford's Oil Field Work Shaped His Activism Robert Redford, who died Sept. 16, had a lifelong commitment to protecting the planet.

“Even at the age of 16, it bothered me because I could see what was happening up there [was] that the propaganda of oil companies, and the lobbyists they hire, were selling the idea that it was going to be great for the economy, great for everybody. And I saw it differently" time.com/7317630/robe...

Geopolitical Tensions are Shaping the Future of our Oceans Politics is roiling the waters that should connect us, writes the U.N. Global Compact Special Adviser for Ocean.

And from Sturla Henriksen, Special Adviser, Ocean, to the U.N. Global Compact, who writes: Politics is roiling the waters that should connect us. time.com/7290403/geop...

Meet The Marine Biologist Trying to Prevent Deep-Sea Mining "Using deep-sea mining to solve the climate crisis is like smoking to lower your stress," says Diva Amon.

"Using deep-sea mining to solve the climate crisis is like smoking to lower your stress." time.com/7290414/deep...

The World Isn't Valuing Oceans Properly The U.S. wants to mine the deep sea. But economists warn that leaders aren't taking the full value of the oceans into account.

A sharp look at what it means to take the true economic value of our oceans into account: time.com/7290417/worl...

'Ignorance' Is Most Pressing Issue Facing Ocean Conservation, Says Sylvia Earle The ocean conservationist on hope, and why, on the cusp of her 90th birthday, she keeps diving.

And check out the other stories, including:

An interview with Sylvia Earle about hope, and why, on the cusp of her 90th birthday, she keeps diving. time.com/7290408/sylv...

TIME's Oceans magazine issue cover shows a fishing family in the Philippines standing on their shrinking coastal home.

TIME's annual Ocean issue is now live! Our cover story visits fishing communities in the Philippines confronted with a changing relationship with the sea.

Read here: time.com/7289533/phil...

Unsplash image of the Earth, mostly the nightside with a tracery of city lights on every continent.

OK, this is wild.

In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.

It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.

What the HELL?

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Worried about losing access to US federal data that may go off-line, or already is? You’re not alone—but duplication isn’t the answer.

Many ongoing efforts have already archived key datasets and many more are ongoing. Check out these existing resources and, if you can, support their work. 🧵

L.A. Fires Show the Reality of a World with 1.5°C of Warming The planet crosses an important temperature threshold while wildfires ravage southern California.

In 2024, the world was 1.6C warmer than pre-industrial temperatures.

Proud to edit such a critical story:

time.com/7205644/los-...

The climate cost of Trump's tariffs The tariffs Trump vows to levy against Canada, Mexico, and China will make everything from heat pumps and solar panels to EVs more expensive.

Spoke with Tik Root of Grist about the potential implications of tariffs on the US electric vehicle market - including how some critical and more affordable EVs could be impacted.

Check out the piece: grist.org/economics/th...

Been reading Weather by Jenny Offill, and very much appreciating the level of snark throughout so far #booksky

How billionaire Charles Koch’s network won a 40-year war to curb regulation A seismic Supreme Court ruling on Chevron deference ushered in a new era of diminished federal power. The next Trump administration hopes to capitalize on it.

This piece about how the Koch brothers effectively bought a Supreme Court decision is chilling: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

"Authors speculate that young adults may be more likely to face severe heat as many work outdoors in farming or construction or in factories lacking air conditioning. Small children and babies are also highly vulnerable to heat, as their sweat glands are not yet fully developed."

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Google Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill AI search for good The power of URL parameters lets you unofficially turn off Google’s AI Overview.

Have you tried this hack? arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024...

I’m a Climate Scientist. I Refuse to Give Up Hope We can solve the climate challenge. But I also have to acknowledge my growing worry that I’m wrong, and the remaining steep obstacles ahead.

"The frustration my colleagues and I feel is almost palpable."

Had the pleasure of editing this compelling piece from @petergleick.bsky.social Give it a read and share: time.com/7178677/clim...

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How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals The company found its own toxic compounds in human blood—and kept selling them.

How did 3M’s “forever chemicals” end up in all of us? Sharon Lerner reports the inside story of the corporate scientists who discovered—then helped to conceal—the dangers of its chemicals.

Sunset on snow seen through the trees

Thankful for snow

New here, gonna give this a whirl.