Virginia Climate Center

The Virginia Climate Center at George Mason University.

Read the First Virginia Climate Assessment:

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The First Virginia Climate Assessment (VCA) is here!
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After months of hard work, collaboration, and anticipation, the Virginia Climate Center is thrilled to announce the release of the first ever Virginia Climate Assessment (VCA).

Read the VCA at the link in our bio 🔗

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What's the deal with the Super El Niño here in Virginia? 🤔

VCC and Virginia State Climate Office Associate Director for Community Engagement Alice Fox sums up the answers for you in our latest blog post.

Read it here:
https://t.co/8xEEFsMVwQ

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That's what we call building a resilient, healthy, sustainable Virginia for all! 🤝 🌱

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VCC's Dr. Celso Ferreira is partnering with Crater Planning District Commission and southeastern Virginia communities Jarratt and Waverly to protect their people, property, and economy from increasingly dangerous flood events. 🚧
https://t.co/HZ2TiZeOdY

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🌎 This #FacultyFriday, we’re highlighting James Kinter of @GeorgeMasonU director of the @VirginiaClimate Center and COLA.

He's helping lead George Mason’s role in climate research as Virginia’s new State Climate Office takes shape. 📰 https://t.co/mm9AnCuu5Q #ClimateResilience

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A cause for concern beyond public health 🌡️ 🚆

VCC extreme heat expert @Lortizuriarte talks with WHRO about the impacts of extreme heat on infrastructure across Virginia in this article:
https://t.co/dGIPDomkJA

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New from the Virginia Climate Voices Blog:

Let's clear the air, literally. PhD student Dinesh Neupane & Dr. Lucas Henneman discuss their research findings & answer the question - does rain really help to clear the air of wildfire haze? 🌫️ 🔥

Find out:
https://t.co/iClh2bk0xO

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#GeorgeMasonResearch Virginia Establishes New State Climate Office at George Mason University https://t.co/PIAJiP2DxD @VirginiaClimate

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Best of Mason Speakers🎙️
Jim Kinter is one of our most-requested speakers for 2025-26. 🎉As a member of @VirginiaClimate's leadership team, Kinter brings clarity and urgency to conversations about the environment, climate change, and Virginia’s future.
🔗:https://t.co/SWjNF5sZBO

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Stay up to date with the latest from VaSCO as we continue building: https://t.co/POTdvSwBJp

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What do Virginia's farmers, state agencies, and city mayors all have in common? Weather and climate data! 📈

That's where the Virginia State Climate Office (VaSCO) comes in.

Read more from the most recent article by Cardinal News below 👇
https://t.co/uCKrp16Icb

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For long, Virginia has gone without a centralized source for weather and climate information vital to the day-to-day planning and operations of many across the Commonwealth. VaSCO, hosted under VCC and @GMU_COS , intends to serve as that resource.

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New from the Virginia Climate Voices Blog: Shark Week Edition 🦈

Shark conservation advocate and biomedical engineer Paige Epler discusses the unknown protector of Virginia's climate - the shark!

Read the latest blog post here:

https://t.co/eytaTp0CKp

[College of Science @GMU_COS]

How can climate science help Virginia communities address extreme heat, flooding, and air pollution?

In Luis Ortiz’s CLIM 759 course, graduate students use climate models to evaluate real-world solutions and support more resilient neighborhoods.

🔗 https://t.co/S3u6YQZiMn

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#GeorgeMasonResearch How ‘citizen scientists’ collect data on extreme heat for George Mason University https://t.co/OF6sYPZB17 @VirginiaClimate #heat #climate

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#GeorgeMasonResearch The Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions and George Mason University’s Virginia Climate Center sent out more than 30 teams of citizen scientists for the Urban Heat Island Mapping Project on Thursday. https://t.co/HqmkH6DcxD @VirginiaClimate #climate #heat

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Heat was measured in varying levels of shade to investigate how shelter from trees, buildings, etc. can reduce heat stress.

An interesting tidbit: Solar radiation readings were lower than previously measured, likely due to the haze from the Canadian wildfires!

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Yesterday, while our collaborators at @FaithforClimate and volunteers were out collecting heat data across Northern VA, some of us here at the VCC were collecting data around the @GeorgeMasonU Mason Square campus in Arlington. 🌡️

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#GeorgeMasonResearch Check out this pice about the Urban Heat Island Mapping Project, a collaboration between @VirginiaClimate & @FaithforClimate. https://t.co/1tf2uqYcVk #climate #urbanheat

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Data collection has commenced! Watch as our collaborators at Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions are joined by ABC7 during this morning's data collection route 🚗 🌡️
https://t.co/uMfn1C5PBF

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#GeorgeMasonResearch Teams of local scientists to map ‘extreme heat islands’ in Alexandria and neighboring counties https://t.co/kK9xmiS4Ke @VirginiaClimate