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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Elizabeth Warren’s new climate plan uses wildfire wisdom from tribes
Tribes want to use traditional knowledge to combat wildfires. But a number of practical obstacles stand in the way.
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Sea-level rise threatens 13 million Americans. Can FEMA help?
Managed retreat has been on the fringe of the climate change strategy since the 1980s. It’s about to have a moment.
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Science is in ‘crisis’ under Trump, new reports show
Acceptance of the root cause of climate change -- human beings -- is growing among the American public. But among policy makers, acceptance is on the decline.
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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.