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For more than a decade, NOAA Climate.gov has been the U.S. government’s premier platform for climate information for the public. In the first half of 2025, NOAA terminated Climate.gov’s full-time federal and contractor staff, shutting down the site's daily operations.

Now, former members of the Climate.gov team have joined together with nonprofit partners to launch Climate.us: a successor to Climate.gov outside the federal domain, where we can safeguard climate information from political interference.

 

 

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Meet our core team

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Rebecca Lindsey, Director, managing editor

Rebecca Lindsey is a science writer and editor from West Virginia with a biochemistry degree from Virginia Tech and a master's in journalism from Colorado State. Over a 25-year career as a federal contractor, she supported earth science and climate communications at NASA and NOAA, helping create two award-winning websites: NASA Earth Observatory and NOAA Climate.gov. She became Climate.gov's program manager in late 2023 before being fired in February 2025 in a legally contested NOAA reduction in force. She's now leading the effort to launch Climate.us, a non-profit successor to Climate.gov.

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Anna Eshelman, Lead designer

Anna Eshelman is a graphic designer and illustrator with over 15 years of experience in producing engaging digital and print graphics, publications, and visual content for science and mission-driven organizations. She holds a BFA in graphic design and a Certificate in Environmental GIScience, and she was an artist with the NOAA Climate.gov team (contractor) before joining Climate.us. Combining big-picture thinking with technical precision, she brings skills in research, iteration, accessibility, and best design practices to every project, and believes that strong design can drive positive change.

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Mary Lindsey, Lead data visualizer

Mary Lindsey is a data visualization expert with nearly two decades of experience in earth science, geography, and science communication. For the past 12 years, she played a central role in shaping Climate.gov—recognized as one of the best government resources on the web. She has extensive expertise in transforming complex climate science into compelling visuals for audiences ranging from the general public to the United Nations. She holds an M.A. in Geography from the University of Maryland and a B.S. in Technology Management from West Virginia Institute of Technology.

What People Are Saying

“Climate.gov serves an essential function in American society: it acts as a bridge between highly trained scientists who generate climate data and the general public that needs to understand and use it. The shuttering of Climate.gov would have both near-term and long-term national security consequences.” Caroline Baxter & Noah Fritzhand, Council on Strategic Risks

“I’m an earth science major and just finished my freshman year of college. I’ve been reading your blogs and posts since 2019 and it solidified my love for the earth sciences even more. Please archive your website if you can. I’d still love to share these well written analyses of oceanic and atmospheric sciences with friends and for classes.” Chris C, college student

“Climate.gov, NOAA’s climate-science crown jewel, was one of the U.S. government’s most trusted and accessible portals for climate science. For nearly fifteen years, it provided access to live, downloadable datasets and interactive tools that allowed teachers, reporters, and planners to explore climate data in real time. Every article was written in plain language yet vetted by PhD scientists, accompanied by methodological notes and citations to ensure transparency. The site embodied the very ideals of “Gold Standard Science”—reproducible, transparent, clearly communicating error and uncertainty, and consistently subject to peer review. Climate.gov set a benchmark for clarity, rigor, and credibility in public climate communication.” Dr. Jacob Carter, SciLight, science policy researcher

“As a member of Raleigh NC’s Environmental Advisory Board, I frequently used resources at Climate.gov to prepare presentations and to understand how Raleigh should respond to changing conditions. As a wildlife gardener, I use Climate.gov to understand how changing temperatures and precipitation will affect plants and wildlife. As a human being, I use climate science to help me understand and protect our amazing, living world. Eager to support you at Climate.us.” Linda Watson, author, speaker

“We currently face a firehose of social media disinformation and grey literature information that appears credible. The public may not know how to filter and decipher good climate science information. That makes the efforts of climate.us a great service to our nation, the world, and humanity.” Dr. Marshall Shepherd, former American Meteorological Society president, as quoted in Forbes

“Clever writing + accessible material + fantastic graphics= my life as an instructor has been made easier thanks to these resources. Not only do my students better understand phenomena like ENSO and the MJO, I have more fun teaching those topics thanks to Climate.gov resources like the ENSO blog!” Dr. Kim Wood, Associate Professor, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona

“As a writer and educator, Climate.gov was a valuable resource that provided vetted, accurate and scientific data, not a filtered version of what a small group believes. Thank you for all you have done. Hopefully you will be able to return someday.” Dawn W, writer, educator

“For years, I've long said that climate.gov's team of remarkable communicators (& their amazing blogs, which were accessible but did not "dumb down" the science!) was NOAA's best (& most cost effective!) public-facing extreme weather/climate education effort to date. [Their shutdown] will be a huge loss.” Dr. Daniel Swain, climate scientist, science communicator, University of California Agriculture & Natural Resources

“Keep an eye on Climate.us as the talented and informed pros who were climate.gov are rising up privately to provide objective and science-based information for everyone. NOAA and other science agencies are being politicized, but Climate.us will remain informed, objective, and truthful.” Capt. Craig McLean, Retired Assistant Administrator for Research, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

“I’ve been an avid reader of the ENSO blog for quite a long time now. I’ve learned so much from your posts, and the blog has helped me immensely in my column for Discover Magazine. The lively, engaging and often humorous writing about complex scientific concepts by you and other blog authors has been an inspiration to me. Thank you for everything you’ve done to help advance public understanding of weather and climate generally, and ENSO in particular.” Tom Yulsman, Director of the Center for Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado at Boulder

“Trusted information on our shifting climate is critical for youth, communities, businesses, governments and other decision-makers to take informed and needed climate actions in their lives and for our collective future. Climate.us is filling a void left by the Federal administration’s withdrawal of resources for this critical societal information infrastructure. At a base level Climate.us provides a needed, trusted source of uninterrupted information that educators and students can explore to make sense of a wide range of changing climate related topics such as local flooding, food production, emergency management, and clean energy transitions.” Dr. Deb L. Morrison, Climate Catalyst, University of Washington

In the Press

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The Women Saving America’s Climate Data

January 17, 2026

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All the climate info that disappeared under Trump. And how it’s being saved.

January 7, 2026

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The Federal Climate Retreat and the Rise of a New Adaptation Ecosystem

November 17, 2025

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A list of the world’s most influential leaders driving real climate action

October 30, 2025

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Volunteers race to save US climate data from Trump’s purge

October 29, 2025

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With climate change data disappearing, former NOAA scientists strike back

October 21, 2025

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Former Climate.gov team building a new bridge between scientists and the public

October 16, 2025

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Science teachers scramble as U.S. climate resources vanish

October 3, 2025

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Despite the Trump Administration’s Best Efforts to Suppress It, Climate Science Is Alive and Well On

October 1, 2025

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Scientists, companies, ex-NOAA staff race to restore axed climate data

September 24, 2025

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Trump calls climate change a 'con job,' as his administration makes data harder to find

September 23, 2025

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Experts fired by Trump revive popular climate website

September 15, 2025

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Former staffers of Climate.gov are attempting to launch a new site: Climate.us

September 4, 2025

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The Rise Of Climate.us

September 1, 2025

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Scientists breathe new life into website after shutdown under Trump

August 30, 2025

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Climate.gov will re-launch under new URL thanks to a secret team of web ninjas

August 28, 2025

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Scientists Denounce Trump Administration’s Climate Report

September 2, 2025

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Energy chief suggests Trump administration is altering previously published climate reports

August 7, 2025

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Trump administration says it won’t publish major climate change reports on NASA website as promised

July 14, 2025

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Teachers relied on a federal website for climate education

July 17, 2025

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Trump’s climate research cuts are unpopular, even with Republican voters

July 3, 2025

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Trump administration shuts down U.S. website on climate change

July 1, 2025

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Trump administration fires climate.gov team, leaving federal climate science site in limbo

June 13, 2025

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What the Nation Stands to Lose Without Climate.gov

June 11, 2025

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NOAA removes 2024 Climate Literacy Guide from Climate.gov

March 27, 2025