Articles by Senior Staff Writer Zoya Teirstein
Zoya Teirstein is a senior staff writer covering the impacts of climate change on human health. Her work can also be found in Rolling Stone, Wired, and the Associated Press. She has received awards from the Indigenous Journalists Association, the SEAL Awards, and the Society of Environmental Journalists, and completed reporting fellowships with SciLine, the National Tropical Botanical Garden in Hawai‘i, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Most recently, she was a 2022-2023 National Science-Health-Environment Reporting fellow.
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As scientists sound the alarm on climate, Biden’s State of the Union barely mentions it
Instead, the president touted the release of “60 billion barrels of oil from reserves around the world."
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UN report warns climate change could spur 50% more wildfires by 2100
Governments are spending too much money on fire suppression and not enough on prevention.
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There’s an invisible ecosystem in the air — and climate change is disrupting it
New research shows how warmer temperatures could push atmospheric pathogens into new areas.
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Lessons from New York: What makes a community turn against climate adaptation?
To build a sea wall, you first have to build community trust.
