Emily Cassidy

@enviroem.bsky.social

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Environmental scientist 🌏 focused on food and land use. Washington, DC area. @projectdrawdown.bsky.social, previously NASA, World Resources Institute, UMN. Opinions my own. https://emilyscassidy.github.io/

Five year old girl sits on the stairs wearing a white mask over her face to protect her from unhealthy wildfire smoke. She is wearing a light blue dress and is holding a small colorful cat stuffed animal.
Brunette woman smiling in front of snow capped mountains of the Teton range, in Jackson, Wyoming.
The sun is setting on some clouds on mountains near Jackson, Wyoming. The clouds are colored orange and red by the setting sun. Green brush is in the foreground.
Snow covered peaks are in the background of a landscape with green trees and the meandering Snake River.
Two rainbows can be seen near the Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone National Park.
Two gold and maroon iris centered among green grass.
Two 'Earthrise images side-by-side. Left: Earthrise on Dec. 24, 1968, memorialized by the Apollo 8 crew in Kodak Ektachrome color film. Right: A crescent Earth hovers just above the lunar surface, minutes before Earthset. This photo was captured on April 6, by the Artemis II crewmembers through the windows of the Orion spacecraft shortly before they flew behind the Moon and journeyed farther from Earth than any other humans have traveled. NASA
Four people sit in chairs in front of windows. The people are backlit.
Two people holding signs. In the foreground, a young girl has a sign that says “No Kings No War No ICE” In the background, a man has a sign that reads, “No Kings No Trump No War No ICE.”
Two global maps, side-by-side. The map on the left shows calorie production on croplands in shades of blue (in million calories per hectare). The global map on the right shows the percentage of calories production available as food. In the midwest of the U.S. there is high crop calorie production but a small fraction is available as food. in India and countries in central and southern Africa, much of the calorie production is used for food.
Photo of two mugs and a glass. The mug on the left reads “National Fish and Wildlife Foundation” and the other cups have NASA logos.
Two headlines on front page of NYT. First is "Trump Weighs Transforming Refugee Policy. White People Would be Given Preference." Second is "Justices May Ban Race as a Factor in District Maps. Nation's Political Balance Could Shift If Court Guts 1964 Law."
Dr. Kate Marvel on stage at Nest Climate Campus. Marvel is wearing a red jumpsuit. Behind her is an image of the planets in our solar system with the word “Garbage” in bright white letters.
Photograph of the picture book, Hidden Figures: the True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race.