Wendy Schmidt and her husband, Eric Schmidt, are both billionaires. This includes a $ 450 million donation to the Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI), where Wendy serves as president. However, for the climate science community, the administration’s policies are hardly a welcome sign. Since co-founding the SOI with her husband in 2009, Wendy Schmidt has led initiatives that have helped discover nearly 50 new species, with hundreds more pending review. Through this acquisition, she aims to support investigative reporting focused on climate and public interest science.