Kate Marvel is a climate scientist at Project Drawdown. She spent more than a decade as a research physicist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. A former cosmologist, Marvel received a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Cambridge University. She led the “Climate Trends” chapter in the U.S. Fifth National Climate Assessment, has given a TED Talk, appeared on Meet the Press and The Ezra Klein Show, and testified before the U.S. Congress. Her first book, Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About our Changing Planet, was published by Ecco Press in 2025.
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