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Kate Marvel

Kate Marvel is a climate scientist and the author of Human Nature: Nine Way to Feel About Our Changing Planet. She led the “Climate Trends” chapter in the U.S. government’s Fifth National Climate Assessment, and has given a TED Talk, appeared on “Meet the Press” and “The Ezra Klein Show,” and testified before the U.S. Congress. She has written for Scientific American, Nautilus, and the On Being Project. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.

What Poseidon Is Telling Us

Weather is what humans experience over our short lives. Climate is a matter for the gods.

July 30, 2025