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Me presenting research and my reporting on atmospheric rivers at the by Learning the Earth with Artificial Intelligence and Physics (LEAP) Science and Technology Center at Columbia University. (Photo: LEAP, 2024)

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Since 2019, I've done a mix of community reporting, science writing, environmental justice reporting, and data journalism. Some of this work has been published in a freelance capacity, while other work has been published while working full-time in journalism fellowship roles (fellowships I have been incredibly grateful to receive).
I have written on topics ranging from the wildfires in Ukraine to atmospheric river flooding in California to the intersection of weather and chronic illness. Selected publications are listed below in reverse chronological order.

Selected Writing

2026

1. In Staten Island's 'Little Mexico,' ICE Presence Rattles a Community, March 23, 2026 | Documented
2. The Real Pain of Climate Change Is Easy to Feel, but Increasingly Difficult to Study, January 4, 2026 | Inside Climate News

2025

1. Emissions are Sparking Increases in African Heat Waves in Unexpected Ways, New Study Finds, September 6, 2025 | Inside Climate News
2. Climate Change Likely to Expand the Range of an Asian Bat and the Deadly Disease it Carries, August 23, 2025 | Inside Climate News
3. Atmospheric Rivers May be Diminishing on the West Coast and Surging in the East, Study Finds, August 9, 2025 | Inside Climate News
4. Air Pollution Can Speed Aging, New Study Finds, but Measuring Other Factors Is Challenging, July 14, 2025 | Inside Climate News
5. Trump cuts pose existential threat to the next generation of scientists, July 10, 2025 | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
6. The Heat That Seared New York City's Primary Voters Is Just One Impact of Global Warming on Elections, July 4, 2025 | Inside Climate News
7. How 3 years of war have ravaged Ukraine's forests, and the people who depend on them, June 5, 2025 | Grist
• Winner of the New Media Writing Prize's Interactive Narrative for Social Good Prize
8. Earth scientists to environmentalists: AI isn't all bad, March 8, 2025 | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

2024

1. E-fuels are better for the climate than fossil fuels, so why haven't they taken off yet?, October 4, 2024 | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
2. Electric Vehicles: How much difference do they really make?, August, 2024 | Imagine5 Magazine (print)
3. How an obscure atmospheric phenomenon causes catastrophic flooding in California, April 25, 2024 | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
4. Climate change brings more work, more risk for wildfire workers, February 16, 2024 | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

2023

1. Species protections lag behind climate-driven declines, November 3, 2023 | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
2. Partnerships, not parachutes: How Indigenous knowledge and citizen science can enhance climate research, August 21, 2023 | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
3. How plants react to climate change could make floods a whole lot worse, April 10, 2023 | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

2022

1. What's wrong with these climate models?, December 16, 2022 | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
2. Why drought looks different depending on your region, August 30, 2022 | Grist
3. Europe's new heat wave is going to be expensive, July 12, 2022 | Grist
4. Green energy jobs are on the rise as fossil fuel companies lose workers, June 30, 2022 | Grist
5. Feedback loops: How the 'greening' of the Alps could lead to more warming, June 6, 2022 | Grist
6. As private weather forecasting takes off, who is left behind?, May 31, 2022 | Grist
7. Wildfires are still catching us off-guard. Congress' plan to fix that isn't going anywhere., May 11, 2022 | Grist
8. Can the EPA actually make school buses greener?, April 18, 2022 | Grist
9. How 5G could send weather forecasting back to the 1970s, March 14, 2022 | Grist
10. Cities' biggest obstacle to flood-proofing isn't money: It's 50-year-old rainfall data., February 14, 2022 | Grist

2021

1. How Vermont's Energy Efficiency Utility Is Helping Businesses Sweat the Small Stuff, February 23, 2021 | Next City
2. A Florida Study Showed How to Save Energy at Home. Why Aren't More Cities and States Following Suit?, January 21, 2021 | Next City

2020

1. A System for Sharing Household Heat Is Growing Beneath France, December 4, 2020 | Reasons to be Cheerful
2. 'Energy Aggregation' Has the Potential to Transform How We Get Power, But Hurdles Remain, October 14, 2020 | Next City
3. In Staten Island, A Burgeoning Youth-Led Movement For Social Justice Is Afoot, August 1, 2020 | Gothamist