Brought to you by the team that built Climate.gov
For nearly 15 years, NOAA Climate.gov was 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.
Meet our core team
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.
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.
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 almost 13 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.
Other contributors
Michon Scott, Writer
Michon Scott is a part-time contributor to Climate.us with over 25 years of experience in science writing. She contributed to NOAA Climate.gov from 2009 until 2025. She has also produced content for NASA, and the National Snow and Ice Data Center. She holds a B.S. in Marketing from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Robert Simmon, Data Visualizer
Robert Simmon is a cartographer and science communicator who specializes in visualizing climate and satellite data. He has decades of experience working with remote sensing experts and entrepreneurs, helping share their work with the public. Along the way he’s designed some of the most widely viewed imagery of our home planet. His work has appeared in places like the front page of the New York Times and the cover of National Geographic. He’s also known for creating the first global view of the Earth at Night, crafting the Blue Marble featured on the original Apple iPhone, and writing about best practices for scientific visualization.
Haley Crim, Teaching Climate coordinator
Haley Crim is a volunteer with Climate.us and an interdisciplinary researcher focused on building capacity for climate action through education, communication, and workforce development. She contributed to the Climate.gov Teaching Climate section as a contractor from 2021 to 2025. Her work included developing the 2024 Climate Literacy Guide and NOAA’s Climate 101 training. She holds a B.S. in Environmental Studies from Bates College and an M.A. in Climate and Society from Columbia University.