Jennifer Marlon

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Do you love map making? Come help us build a new geospatial center at Yale:

Research Software Engineer (full time) Remote OK. US work visa required.

geospatial.yale.edu/center-0/emp...

When Bill Gates Yelled At Me About Climate Change David Fenton recalls Bill Gates yelling at him in 2010 about climate change. 15 years later, Gates still gets it wrong and he's not alone.

When @billgates.bsky.social yelled at me about Climate Change, and climate hushing elsewhere in news and politics. #climate @theframelab.bsky.social @gilduran.com @nytimesoped.bsky.social @joeroganhq.bsky.social @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Four circles, including top left - circle diagram of the Environmental Performance Index, top right - Map of Life global temperature gradients, bottom left - Lidar data from a forest showing lianas, bottom right - urban tree coverage in New Haven, CT

New Yale School of the Environment Online Certificate in Environmental Data Science: environment.yale.edu/certificates...

Great instructors + generous scholarships. Applications are open and rolling; apps close 7/31 & the program starts October 2, 2025.

Extreme weather events like Texas rain are more likely to occur due to climate change, scientists warn Climate change is likely to make extreme weather events like those experienced in Texas occur more intensely and more frequently, scientists are warning.

Severe flooding has devastated #Texas. @jmarlon.bsky.social (@yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social) says flash flooding isn’t new, but has increased due to #GlobalWarming. She urges citizens and leaders alike to take climate change and fossil fuel dependency seriously.

@marykekatos.bsky.social, ABC News:

The President's 2026 NSF budget request: nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...

Overall cut: 55%

MPS directorate cut: $1B+

Expected # awards: 2300, down from 9600

Expected acceptance rate: 7%, down from 26%

Expected # of supported PhD students: 12400, down from 41500

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Want to tell a great #climate story? Watch: www.climateonscreen.org

Why California and the West could face a ‘big fire season’ later this year Hot and dry conditions in the region could accelerate yet another wildfire season, with high risks of concerning conflagrations even for areas that had rain and snow this winter.

Hot and dry conditions in the region could accelerate yet another wildfire season, with high risks of concerning conflagrations even for areas that had rain and snow this winter.

FEMA moves to end one of its biggest disaster adaptation programs In an internal FEMA memorandum obtained by Grist, the Trump administration announced it plans to dismantle the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program.

Last year, billion-dollar disasters occurred every 1 to 2 weeks on average. But Trump axed FEMA’s most effective climate resilience program, BRIC, gutting funding for flood protections, wildfire retrofits, storm-resilient power lines, and infrastructure. This is reckless. grist.org/politics/fem...

Let's be clear: there is absolutely nothing "efficient" about firing essential public safety officials right before fire season.

Cutting funding for the US Forest Service will only increase the number of homes lost and lives destroyed during the next major wildfire.

Select a country and click "Generate" to see what they think about climate change... climatecommunication.yale.edu/visualizatio...

Voters are rightly worried about #wildfire risks increasing this spring and summer due to layoffs and budget cuts... Data source: www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/2/...

Knowledge about climate change in India is limited in most states (left) and districts (right).

Excited to share this new piece that Jagadish Thaker (JT) and I wrote for the Atlantic Council GeoTech Center (lnkd.in/ekuWrump) - “Mapping public opinion to drive climate action in India.” Read more here:
www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-res...

Dot plot showing the percentages of registered voters grouped by Liberal Dems, Mod Dems, Mod Reps, Conservative Reps who think the US should use renewable energy versus fossil fuels. The dots show clear majorities of Liberal Dems, Moderate Dems, and Moderate Republicans think the US should use more renewables. 43% of Conservative Republicans think the US should use more renewable energy sources. In contrast, minorities in all cases think the US should use more fossil fuels. The largest group is Conservative Republicans - 38% of registered voters from this group think the US should use more fossil fuels.

It's quite clear what Americans actually want:

Map of US counties showing almost all are yellow or orange, meaning that 50% or more of the adults in that county think developing clean energy should be a priority for president and Congress. National average is 66%.

These are data from nationally representative surveys. The maps will be updated soon with the latest survey data from 2024, but they will not change much.
Source: climatecommunication.yale.edu/visualizatio...