The Virginia Climate Center at George Mason University. Read the First Virginia Climate Assessment: https://xitter.cf/t.co/Fr0iNiYh6Q
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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 🔗
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. 🚧
gmu.edu/news/2026-10/george-…
Virginia Climate Center retweeted
🌎 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. 📰 bit.ly/3Vz3VJO #ClimateResilience
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:
whro.org/environment/2026-09…
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:
vaclimate.gmu.edu/blog/does-…
Virginia Climate Center retweeted
#GeorgeMasonResearch Virginia Establishes New State Climate Office at George Mason University shorturl.at/OOWcX @VirginiaClimate
Virginia Climate Center retweeted
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.
🔗:masonspeakers.gmu.edu/speake…
ALT The graphic promotes the most-requested speakers for the Mason Speakers Bureau from 2025-26. It includes the Mason Speakers logo, a photo of Jim Kinter, a third-place ribbon, and the following text: 2026 Best of Mason Speakers: Jim Kinter.
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 👇
cardinalnews.org/2026/08/21/…
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.
Stay up to date with the latest from VaSCO as we continue building: vaclimate.gmu.edu/virginia-s…
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:
vaclimate.gmu.edu/blog/how-v…
Virginia Climate Center retweeted
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.
🔗 science.gmu.edu/news/course-…
ALT Assistant Professor Luis Ortiz presents a slide about vegetation and climate impacts to students seated around a conference table during his Micrometeorological Modeling class.
Virginia Climate Center retweeted
#GeorgeMasonResearch How ‘citizen scientists’ collect data on extreme heat for George Mason University youtube.com/watch?v=7JIbEuaj… @VirginiaClimate #heat #climate
Virginia Climate Center retweeted
#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. wtop.com/fairfax-county/2026… @VirginiaClimate #climate #heat
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. 🌡️
Virginia Climate Center retweeted
#GeorgeMasonResearch Check out this pice about the Urban Heat Island Mapping Project, a collaboration between @VirginiaClimate & @FaithforClimate. linkedin.com/feed/update/urn… #climate #urbanheat
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 🚗 🌡️
youtube.com/shorts/h1rTz6WAK…
Virginia Climate Center retweeted
#GeorgeMasonResearch Teams of local scientists to map ‘extreme heat islands’ in Alexandria and neighboring counties alxnow.com/2026/07/13/teams-… @VirginiaClimate
Data collection starts this Thursday July 16! 🌡️ ☀️
Announcing the Summer 2026 Northern VA Heat Data Collection Campaign! 🌡️
The VCC will collect & analyze hundreds of thousands of heat data points taken across Northern VA, in collaboration with the Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions.
Learn more: vaclimate.gmu.edu/heat-data-…