Articles by Reporter Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
Sachi Kitajima Mulkey is a Grist reporter covering the intersection of climate change, policy, politics, and culture. She was previously the 2024-2025 climate news reporting fellow at Grist, and a 2025-2026 reporting fellow on the New York Times climate desk. Her work has also appeared in The Nation, The Japan Times, Atmos and others, and she has made guest appearances on PBS Newsweekend, Radiolab, and The Weather Channel.
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![an orange ship in front of a forested tropical island sihoette sits in front of a port area. its hull says Anuanua Moana in white paint and capital letters.]()
![an orange ship in front of a forested tropical island sihoette sits in front of a port area. its hull says Anuanua Moana in white paint and capital letters.]()
A Bay Area financial analyst wants a piece of this mineral-rich seabed surrounded by 3 Pacific nations
As President Trump pushes seabed mining, the bid by an American startup reveals the limits of island nations' control over their neighboring waters.
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The oceans are full of heat, and it’s coming ashore
The ocean absorbs 90 percent of the excess heat from global warming. It doesn't all stay there.
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![a large yellow instrument the size of a car goes into the ocean off of the side of a ship with crew in orange vests surrounding it]()
![a large yellow instrument the size of a car goes into the ocean off of the side of a ship with crew in orange vests surrounding it]()
Outrage rescued an important ocean research program. Crucial ones remain at risk.
Senators saved a network of ocean sensors from "supreme stupidity." But other cutting-edge efforts are running out of funding, too.
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![A display of shoes with a neon sign that reads 'You deserve new shoes' in the shop window of a New Look fashion retail store on November 10, 2025 in London, United Kingdom.]()
![A display of shoes with a neon sign that reads 'You deserve new shoes' in the shop window of a New Look fashion retail store on November 10, 2025 in London, United Kingdom.]()
What your cheap clothes cost the planet
A global supply chain built for speed is leaving behind waste, toxins, and a trail of environmental wreckage.
