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Articles by Claudia Geib
Claudia Geib is a science writer and editor based on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Claudia's work focuses on environmental, climate, and wildlife science, with a special focus on the ocean and marine animals. Her writing has appeared in National Geographic, NOVA, Hakai Magazine, Undark, Slate, and Atlas Obscura, among other publications. She was also a member of the production teams on the science films The Most Unknown and Picture A Scientist. You can find links to her work at her website: www.claudiageib.com
Claudia's deep-rooted love for science and nature sparked during her childhood on Long Island, spent exploring tide pools and scanning the horizon for whales. (On any given day, it's likely you still might find her doing either.) She holds bachelor's degrees in journalism and environmental science from Northeastern University, as well as a master's degree in science writing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Claudia is honored to serve as the inaugural Sue Palminteri Wildtech Reporting Fellow, and to explore the fascinating, ever-growing ways that technology helps scientists and conservationists to protect threatened species and habitats, and to peer deeper than into nature's inner workings.
In her free time, you can find Claudia sailing, swimming, backpacking, and figuring out how to eat new plants she finds along the way.
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Mini radio tags help track ‘murder hornets’ and other invasive insects
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Breadfruit’s low carbon storage could be offset by fast growth, study finds
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On Kaho’olawe, new technology could restore a sacred Hawaiian island
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New platform offers toolkit for companies to prove their eco claims
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Breadfruit: A starchy, delicious climate and biodiversity solution
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‘The return of land to Indigenous people is key’: Q&A with Shinnecock Kelp Farm’s Tela Troge
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By cultivating seaweed, Indigenous communities restore connection to the ocean
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Manatee deaths in Florida point to a global decline in seagrass ecosystems
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New ecolabel will certify ‘Whale-Safe’ shipping companies and cruise lines
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In Indonesia, an illegal leopard trade thrives out of sight, new study shows
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Fake it till you save it? Synthetic animal parts pose a conservation conundrum
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Canadian First Nation deploys ROV in push for stronger marine protection
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An eye in the sky on deforestation: Q&A with Jean Jardeleza and Kim Carlson
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Where to patrol next: ‘Netflix’ of ranger AI serves up poaching predictions
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The turtle egg that pinged back: Tracing a poaching pathway in Costa Rica
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The social network of coral reef fish: Q&A with ecologist Mike Gil
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With the help of an app, Nunavut hunters document the changing Arctic
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New tool alerts ships when whales are near. But will they slow down?
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New artificial intelligence could save both elephant and human lives
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Fishing for change: Local management of Amazon’s largest fish also empowers women
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Spying on fear in the wild: Q&A with ecologist Meredith Palmer
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For the Amazon’s rarest wild dog, deforestation is a very real threat
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Forest Trackers
- Narco activity takes heavy toll on Colombia’s protected forests, satellite data show
- Photos confirm narcotraffickers operating in Peru’s Kakataibo Indigenous Reserve
- Bolivia’s El Curichi Las Garzas protected area taken over by land-grabbers
- Authorities struggle to protect Bolivian national park from drug-fueled deforestation
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Oceans
- ‘Trust needs to be rebuilt’: Interview with candidate to head U.N. seabed-mining authority
- French Polynesians revive traditional rāhui to protect fish — and livelihoods
- For the first time ever, we’re farming more seafood than we’re catching: FAO
- ‘It is indeed our problem’: Interview with Mário Soares on Brazil’s mangroves
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Amazon Conservation
- After historic 2023 drought, Amazon communities brace for more in Brazil
- Brazil’s new pro-agribusiness pesticide law threatens Amazon biodiversity
- Study says 40% of Amazon region is potentially conserved — more than officially recorded
- Environmental agents intensify strike amid record fires in Brazil
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Land rights and extractives
- Critics see payback in Indonesia’s plan to grant mining permits to religious groups
- Impunity and pollution abound in DRC mining along the road to the energy transition
- Women weave a culture of resistance and agroecology in Ecuador’s Intag Valley
- Hyundai ends aluminum deal with Adaro Minerals following K-pop protest
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Endangered Environmentalists
- Mother Nature Cambodia activists sentenced to prison — again
- Mongabay video screening at Chile’s Supreme Court expected to help landmark verdict in Brazil
- Indonesian activist freed in hate speech case after flagging illegal shrimp farms
- Final cheetah conservationists freed in Iran, but the big cat’s outlook remains grim
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Indonesia's Forest Guardians
- On a Borneo mountainside, Indigenous Dayak women hold fire and defend forest
- Fenced in by Sulawesi national park, Indigenous women make forestry breakout
- In Borneo, the ‘Power of Mama’ fight Indonesia’s wildfires with all-woman crew
- Pioneer agroforester Ermi, 73, rolls back the years in Indonesia’s Gorontalo
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Conservation Effectiveness
- How effective is the EU’s marquee policy to reduce the illegal timber trade?
- The conservation sector must communicate better (commentary)
- Thailand tries nature-based water management to adapt to climate change
- Forest restoration to boost biomass doesn’t have to sacrifice tree diversity
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Southeast Asian infrastructure
- Study: Indonesia’s new capital city threatens stable proboscis monkey population
- Indonesia’s new capital ‘won’t sacrifice the environment’: Q&A with Nusantara’s Myrna Asnawati Safitri
- Small farmers in limbo as Cambodia wavers on Tonle Sap conservation rules
- To build its ‘green’ capital city, Indonesia runs a road through a biodiverse forest
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