Kate Marvel

Kate Marvel in 2016

Kate Marvel is a climate scientist and science writer based in New York City. She is a senior scientist at Project Drawdown and was formerly an associate research scientist at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia Engineering's Department of Applied Physics and Mathematics.

Quotes

• I refuse to give in to despair. I just don’t have time for that. I’m too busy doing science.
  • "Investigating the Enigma of Clouds and Climate Change", Yale (August 17, 2017)

• I started my career as an astrophysicist, and then I realized that nowhere else in the universe is as good as here, right? This is the best planet.
  • "Investigating the Enigma of Clouds and Climate Change", Yale (August 17, 2017)

• I love this planet, and I’m curious about how it works.
  • Featured Faculty: Kate Marvel, Climate Society (October 1, 2019)

• (- Any tips or words of wisdom for our current and potential new students?) - Take advantage of the city! Moving from the West Coast, I found it hard to adjust to New York. And I won’t defend the weather, the subway, or the smell, but there are so many interesting people here. Go to parties, go see a friend-of-a-friend’s terrible show, say yes to weird things. You never know where life will take you here.
  • Featured Faculty: Kate Marvel, Climate Society (October 1, 2019)

• I just asked a lot of really stupid questions to a lot of really patient people, and they were amazing. They were so generous with their time and so patient with my dumb questions. That’s how I learned, and I’m totally grateful for them.