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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Climate change is making poison ivy stronger and itchier
Carbon dioxide and warmer soils could be supercharging everyone’s least favorite plant.
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Not dead yet: How Senate Democrats aim to pass climate policy without Republicans
Senate Democrats announced some of the climate measures in their $3.5 trillion reconciliation plan.
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The Surfside tragedy could be a ‘bellwether moment’ for managed retreat
A coastal geologist on the future of Florida's seaside communities.
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‘A terrible idea’: Why fire scientists want you to skip the fireworks this Fourth of July
Research shows that more fires are ignited on July 4 than any other day of the year.