Gaea Cabico, an award-winning journalist from the Philippines, reports on climate change, the environment, and energy. She is currently based in New York City.
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What It’s Like to Be an Evangelical Climate Scientist
07-24-2025
Jessica Moerman doesn’t want evangelicals to dismiss climate change as a purely “liberal” concern.
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Illustration by Natalie Foss
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JESSICA MOERMAN SPENT years in Malaysian caves and Kenyan lake beds unearthing clues about ancient climate. But when she speaks about the climate change we’re experiencing today she takes a different approach: She begins with scripture.
Moerman, 38, is both a trained climate scientist and an evangelical Christian who espouses a faith of action, not just talk. “I am a climate scientist because of my faith,” she told me.