My articles have appeared in Scientific American, Smithsonian Magazine, Wired, Undark, Inside Climate News, Salon, The Boston Globe, Ensia Magazine, Land Lines, Environmental Health News, Civil Eats, Eater, PRI, Trellis Group, Next City and more.

For a complete story archive, visit my profile at MuckRack. Also visit my author pages where I’ve been a frequent contributor at Civil Eats,EHN, Ensia, Trellis. This is a sample.

Fisheries

NOAA is still standing. For now. Civil Eats, May 5, 2026.

Will AI be a net positive for aquaculture?, Civil Eats, April 6, 2026

Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Advance Offshore U.S. Aquaculture, Civil Eats, Feb. 13, 2026

Salmon is Life. For native Alaskans, Salmon Declines Pose Existential Crisis. Civil Eats, Aug. 12, 2021 (picked up by Vox Eater)

Connecting Fishermen with Hungry Communities can also Benefit Local Food Systems, Civil Eats, Sept. 15, 2020

Agriculture

Large Food Companies are Looking to Lock Carbon in Soil as a way to Meet Ambitious Emissions Goals. Ensia, Feb. 9 , 2021 (picked up Smithsonian)

As Extreme Weather Increases Flooding on Farms, Federal Support for Climate Resilience Evaporates, Civil Eats, Sept. 10, 2025

Solar Solutions. Clean Energy, Climate Resilience and Conservation on U.S. Farmland, Land Lines, Jan 19. 2022

These Manure Digesters Incorporate Food Scraps. Does That Make Them Better? Civil Eats, Aug. 28, 2023

How Pesticides are Harming Soil Ecosystems, June 4, 2021

In a Haiti hard hit by Hurricane Matthew, cocoa still thrives, Boston Globe, Nov. 17, 2016

Toxics/Plastics

Should you compost bioplastics in your backyard?, Civil Eats, July 14, 2026

“PFAS are Everywhere.” Fears Growing about PFAS in pesticides, The New Lede, June 28, 2025

Pesticides are spreading toxic forever chemicals, scientists warn, Scientific American, June 15, 2022

Is recycled plastic safe for food contact? If the company making it says so, according to the FDA, EHN, Aug. 19, 2024

BPA’s Evil Cousin, 2024 award-winning article series in EHN on “BADGE,” an unregulated danger in epoxy resins used in a variety of industries.

Plastics production on the Gulf Coast is exploding., Trellis, April 15, 2024

Science & Innovation

Private Companies Step up to Gather Weather Data for NOAA as Staffing Cuts Hobble Agency Forecasting, Inside Climate News, Aug 1., 2025 (picked up by Wired and Undark)

A Butterfly’s Brilliant Blue Wings Lead to Less Toxic Paint, Scientific American, Nov. 13, 2020

From butterfly wings to shrimp claws: Mimicking nature on the nanoscale, EHN, Feb. 15, 2021

There’s kelp on the school lunch menu, and it’s more popular than you’d think, Boston Globe, June 6.2023

In the wake of devastating fires, California architects and developers turn to natural materials Trellis, March 3, 2025

What the rise in bird flu means. Civil Eats, Nov 25, 2025

Can Aquaculture Survive Without Forage Fish?, Civil Eats, Aug. 16, 2018

Water in the West, Finding and Funding Stormwater Capture Solutions, Land Lines, June 30, 2020

To Clean Drinking Water, Just Add Microbes, Scientific American, June 27, 2019