climate change – Julia Rosen

Can California’s Cap and Trade Actually Address Environmental Justice?

December 1, 2020

YES! MAGAZINE Since California’s program launched in 2013, questions have swirled about whether cap and trade has helped or hurt people living in the shadow of the state’s largest emitters. Growing up in North Richmond, California, Denny Khamphanthong didn’t think much of the siren that wailed once a month, every first Wednesday at 11 a.m. … More Can California’s Cap and Trade Actually Address Environmental Justice?

We’ll Have to Learn to Live With Smoke. Here’s Why.

September 23, 2020

NEW YORK TIMES There’s a huge fire debt in the West that must be paid off, experts say, either through controlled burns or out-of-control blazes. Either way, that means smoke. Read the full story in the New York Times.

Ice Age Temperatures Help Predict Future Warming

September 23, 2020

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Scientists determined that temperatures were 11 degrees cooler during the last ice age—and that finding has implications for modern-day warming. Listen to the podcast on Scientific American’s 60-Second Science.

Alaska’s Salmon Are Shrinking

September 23, 2020

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Every year, Alaska’s big salmon runs feature smaller salmon. Climate change and competition with hatchery-raised salmon may be to blame. Listen to the podcast on Scientific American’s 60-Second Science.

How Wildfires Make Covid More Dangerous

July 9, 2020

NEW YORK TIMES Read my post on wildfire smoke and Covid in the New York Times’ Climate Fwd: newsletter.

Unicorns of the Sea Reveal Sound Activities

July 9, 2020

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Narwhals, recognizable by their large single tusk, make distinct sounds that are now being analyzed in depth by researchers. Listen to the podcast on Scientific American’s 60-Second Science.

An artist set out to paint climate change. She ended up on a journey through grief

July 9, 2020

LOS ANGELES TIMES It had been a long day and Daniela Molnar’s mind was wandering when she saw the shape. The shape of what was already lost; the shape of something new that had just come into being. Little did she know, it was a shape that would expose a profound feeling of grief within … More An artist set out to paint climate change. She ended up on a journey through grief

The revolution will be hard, fast, and frozen

January 14, 2019

ADVENTURE JOURNAL ***Listed as notable in the Best American Science and Nature Writing 2020*** In the new world of unreliable snowfall, ice skates offer a swift and sublime form of backcountry travel. The sky was the color of charcoal when Luc Mehl stepped onto the frozen ribbon of the Selawik River. The smoldering ember of … More The revolution will be hard, fast, and frozen

One thing you can do: Hang onto your phone

November 29, 2018

NEW YORK TIMES Read my post on smartphone sustainability in the New York Times’ Climate Fwd: newsletter.

An Oasis of Open Water

November 29, 2018

HAKAI ***Winner of the 2019 Best of the Northwest Science Writing Award from the Northwest Science Writers Association.*** Inuit in Canada and Greenland want to protect an ecological wonder—a massive Arctic polynya—at the center of their world. The little auks are hard to spot among the rocky rubble that lines the shore of northwest Greenland. … More An Oasis of Open Water

Julia Rosen

Freelance journalist

Tag: climate change

Can California’s Cap and Trade Actually Address Environmental Justice?

We’ll Have to Learn to Live With Smoke. Here’s Why.

Ice Age Temperatures Help Predict Future Warming

Alaska’s Salmon Are Shrinking

How Wildfires Make Covid More Dangerous

Unicorns of the Sea Reveal Sound Activities

An artist set out to paint climate change. She ended up on a journey through grief

The revolution will be hard, fast, and frozen

One thing you can do: Hang onto your phone

An Oasis of Open Water