Articles by Staff Writer Zoya Teirstein
Zoya Teirstein is a 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 coming for our toilets. Here’s how we can stop it.
You hear that, America? Climate change is coming for our conveniences. It’s time to get potty trained.
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Is red meat bad for you? Climate change sure is.
If you do decide to fire up the grill and stack up on T-bones tonight to celebrate the new research, just know that you’re not getting a free pass.
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Why Naomi Klein thinks now is the moment for climate action
"The difference in the moment that we're in now is that it represents a trend toward articulating a bold and transformational vision for the next economy."
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What the climate petition filed by 16 kids at the U.N. really means
Some media outlets have called the move a “landmark” and “potentially world-changing” complaint, and it’s widely been referred to as a lawsuit.