Hostile Workplaces Drive Minorities from the Geosciences

A pipeline of minoritized groups doesn’t ensure retention, a survey finds.

Recruitment efforts have helped even out gender divides and increase the presence of people from minoritized groups in Earth, space, and ecological sciences (ESE), but hostile workplace conditions and the persistence of discriminatory, sexist, ableist, and racist behaviors continue to damage retention rates, a new survey has found.

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