THE ATLANTIC Preserving the world’s great expanses of grass could be essential to combatting climate change. ***Winner of the 2023 Science Writing Award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors*** Once upon a time, not a blade of grass could be found on this planet we call home. There were no verdant meadows, no … More Trees Are Overrated
THE ATLANTIC We broke phosphorus. ***Anthologized in the Best American Science and Nature Writing 2022*** ***Honorable mention for the American Society of Journalists and Authors’ 2022 science writing award*** In a field of sugar beets outside Cambridge, England, Simon Kelly stands above a narrow trench gouged into the rusty earth, roughly 15 feet deep and … More Humanity Is Flushing Away One of Life’s Essential Elements
THE ATLANTIC The “crazy worms” remaking forests aren’t your friendly neighborhood garden worms. Then again, those aren’t so great either. ***Anthologized in the Best American Science and Nature Writing 2021*** ***Honorable mention for the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 2020 Outstanding Feature Story Award*** On a sweltering July day, I follow Annise Dobson down an overgrown … More Cancel Earthworms
Julia Rosen 