Stories by me:
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Underwater data centers may be coming to the U.S.—smack in the middle of endangered whale habitat
Ocean water could help dissipate the heat from data centers, but the infrastructure could threaten endangered whales.
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Germophobe Primates Want to Avoid Getting Sick, Too
Some monkeys become significantly more cautious about food sources that appear contaminated after experiencing deadly outbreaks of disease.
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The National Park Choked by fish farms
For two thousand years, the Ambracian Gulf in western Greece provided life to its Mediterranean neighbors. Today, it’s an industrial graveyard.
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Colonial-Era Coconut Farms Pose Risks To The Survival Of Pacific Atolls
The copra industry keeps remote economies afloat while also threatening to undermine the land it depends on.
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Are coconut trees sinking pacific islands? (Video)
Coconut palms are a symbol of life across the Pacific. But on low-lying atolls, vast coconut plantations may be making these islands more vulnerable to erosion and sea-level rise.
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The Global Web of Subsea Cables That Connects the World Can Now Detect Whales—Even When They’re Silent
A diving whale revealed how existing technology makes it possible to monitor cetaceans swimming quietly across the seabed
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Columbia Journalism School Climate Week Feature (Video)
During Climate Week NYC 2026, follow science journalist, photographer and videographer Ryan Green, ’25 M.S., to French Polynesia, where she reports with support from her @pulitzercenter Oceans and Fisheries Reporting Grant.
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The Financial and Ecological Risks of a Contested Florida Dredging Project
Can the Port Everglades shipping channel project proceed with governmental and environmental costs skyrocketing?
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Coral Reefs in French Polynesia Are Stuck Between Life and Death
Scientists’ discovery of hollowed coral skeletons after a 2019 bleaching event reveals a reef that isn’t coming back.
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Sea Stars Can Lose an Arm and Soldier On. What If Robots Could Do the Same?
Bioinspiration looks to nature for clues on how to build more efficient, resilient robots
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A flicker of hope for the world's rarest porpoise
The latest report shows that the estimated number of endangered vaquita porpoises has modestly increased
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Earth Is Getting Darker, Which Could Accelerate Global Warming
The planet’s brightness is dimming—changing rainfall, circulation and temperature.
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The Law that Saved the whales is under attack
A landmark law passed more than 50 years ago to protect whales, dolphins and other marine mammals in U.S. waters could be upended.
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Survival at sea: Cuba is rewriting its coral story
A team of Cuban researchers are working to identify resilient coral populations and protect them using art, science, and advocacy.
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COVID-19 Shutdowns Saw Human Emissions Slow, but Atmospheric Methane Surged
An uptick in wetland emissions, as well as a scarcity of OH radicals, contributed to a counterintuitive methane spike.
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Is Direct Ocean Capture the next frontier in the fight against climate change?
The carbon-curious had gathered in the Association’s historic Meeting Room to kick off Climate Week with a conversation about marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR).
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Coral Skeletons Hold Secrets to the Past
In Panama, some 10 meters below the surface of the ocean, divers float in a cloud of white dust. The sound of a giant hydraulic drill cuts through even the muffled underwater soundscape. The crackle of snapping shrimp can barely be heard. This is part of the job description for scientists that study coral cores: long, cylindrical samples taken vertically from large coral colonies. These samples, when studied in a lab, can contain lifetimes.
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(Contributions to) Biodiversity Innovations in Offshore Wind White Paper
Wrote announcement and contributed to the following white paper during my time as a Research Analyst for SeaAhead.
SeaAhead, in partnership with offshore wind experts Ørsted and The Venterra Group, is thrilled to announce the publication of our latest white paper Winds, Wings, Fins, and Shells: Innovations to Support Biodiversity in Offshore Wind.