The first person of color and first Earth scientist to serve as director of the Department of Energy’s Office of Science reflects on her career as the new administration works to dismantle key diversity programs.
Education & Careers
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Senior Scientists Must Stand Up Against Attacks on Research and Education
They can use their position and collective power to influence institutional actions and mobilize to support more vulnerable colleagues.
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Teaming Up to Tailor Climate Education for Indigenous Communities
A new college-level curriculum, cocreated by Indigenous and Western researchers, could help Indigenous communities adapt to climate change on the Colorado Plateau.
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A Two-Step Approach to Training Earth Scientists in AI
Researchers learned machine learning methods during a boot camp, then applied their new knowledge to real-world research problems during a hackathon.
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El conocimiento fluye de ida y vuelta en el TierraFest 2025
El TierraFest, el festival más grande de ciencias de la Tierra en México, adopta la diversidad como medio para compartir el conocimiento de nuestro planeta.
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Knowledge Flows Both Ways at TierraFest 2025
TierraFest, the biggest Earth science festival in Mexico, embraces diversity as a means of sharing knowledge about our planet.
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A Diverse New Generation of Scientists Observes Earth from Above
Project-based learning and a modular class design help students from various backgrounds and universities gain hands-on experience with environmental remote sensing.
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1,900 Scientists Warn of “Real Danger” in Open Letter
In an open letter to the American people, more than 1,900 scientists sent an “SOS” that the Trump administration’s actions have “decimated” the nation’s scientific enterprise and censored scientific work. “We see real danger in this moment,” the scientists wrote.
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An Earth System Science Approach to Geophysics
With an underlying universal theme of convection, a new textbook introduces upper-level geology, geophysics, physics, and engineering students to the geophysics behind the Earth System.
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Majority of Polled Scientists Considering Leaving United States, Signaling “Brain Drain”
After an onslaught of funding cuts, firings, and cancelled programs as a result of Trump administration actions, scientists in the United States are feeling targeted. That’s according to the results of a poll of 1,200 U.S. scientists, published by Nature.