One Thing: A Former NASA Scientist Turns Anger Into Action

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Roughly 95,000 employees left federal science agencies between September 2024 and December 2025, according to the Partnership for Public Service. Former NASA climate scientist Kate Marvel recently joined that group, citing the administration’s funding cuts and attacks on climate and environmental regulations in her resignation letter. However, she remains hopeful about the future of the study of climate change – if her fellow scientists are willing to get angry about it. For more: Trump admin is pulling supercomputers out of key weather and climate research center --- Guest: Kate Marvel, former NASA climate scientist Host: David Rind Producer: Paola Ortiz Showrunner: Felicia Patinkin Editorial Support: Andrew Freedman Photo: Reid Wiseman/NASA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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