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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Exxon pledges to cut emissions — but not from its oil
Exxon Mobil's new net-zero pledge stacks up poorly, even by oil company standards.
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How mRNA technology could create a new vaccine — against ticks
Tick-borne illnesses are on the rise. This new vaccine could eventually protect against several of them.
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New official tallies show 2021 was another year of record warming
As the years tick by and Earth continues to warm, scientists will continue to clock record-breaking temperatures on land and sea.
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Growing body of research points to reproductive health problems for female firefighters
Women who fight wildfires worry about their fertility. A new study shows their concerns may be valid.
