Gloria Dickie
@gloriadickie.bsky.social
Freelance Journalist in Bangkok | former Reuters climate correspondent | Author of Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future | National Geographic Explorer | www.gloriadickie.com |
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Scientists have theorized since the 1970s that volcanic activity may be tied to retreating glaciers. @gloriadickie.bsky.social accompanies researchers putting that theory to the test in Iceland, where rapid ice loss seems to have set volcanoes stirring. www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Scientists have theorized since the 1970s that volcanic activity may be tied to retreating glaciers. @gloriadickie.bsky.social accompanies researchers putting that theory to the test in Iceland, where rapid ice loss seems to have set volcanoes stirring. www.reuters.com/investigates...
I wrote about the rise of durian diplomacy for @foreignpolicy.com this week. China is inking a raft of new trade deals with Southeast Asian neighbours, and Malaysia hopes the pungent fruit will help build bridges in Asia and beyond. foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/17/d...
The Rise of Durian Diplomacy
In Asia, soft power rests on a divisive, spiky fruit.
foreignpolicy.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I wrote about the rise of durian diplomacy for @foreignpolicy.com this week. China is inking a raft of new trade deals with Southeast Asian neighbours, and Malaysia hopes the pungent fruit will help build bridges in Asia and beyond. foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/17/d...
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In January, scientists are headed to Antarctica to study whether or not we could put a giant curtain to stop the Doomsday glacier from breaking down. #climate #Geoengineering
Great piece by @gloriadickie.bsky.social for @mongabay.com.
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/scie...
Great piece by @gloriadickie.bsky.social for @mongabay.com.
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/scie...
Scientists weigh giant sea curtain to shield ‘Doomsday Glacier’ from melting
Thwaites Glacier rises above the Amundsen Sea in the Antarctic, a towering white cliff abutting cerulean waters. Roughly the size of Great Britain and spanning 120 kilometers (80 miles) across, Thwait...
news.mongabay.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
In January, scientists are headed to Antarctica to study whether or not we could put a giant curtain to stop the Doomsday glacier from breaking down. #climate #Geoengineering
Great piece by @gloriadickie.bsky.social for @mongabay.com.
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/scie...
Great piece by @gloriadickie.bsky.social for @mongabay.com.
news.mongabay.com/2025/09/scie...
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This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it.
Washington Post Columnist Says She Was Fired for Posts After Charlie Kirk Shooting
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it.
Honoured to have won in the Natural World category for my @reuters.com feature on the troubling link between climate change and volcanic eruptions. Thanks to the judges for their kind words, and congrats to all the other winners! 🌋
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An investigation into the fossil fuel industry’s role in anti-protest laws;
A profile of a Palestinian woman collecting climate-resilient heirloom seeds;
And a sprawling television series tackling the profound fight between saving the planet and growing our economies...
An investigation into the fossil fuel industry’s role in anti-protest laws;
A profile of a Palestinian woman collecting climate-resilient heirloom seeds;
And a sprawling television series tackling the profound fight between saving the planet and growing our economies...
The 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards — Covering Climate Now
Covering Climate Now is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards. Our awards program, now in its fifth year, honors excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the c...
www.coveringclimatenow.org
September 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Honoured to have won in the Natural World category for my @reuters.com feature on the troubling link between climate change and volcanic eruptions. Thanks to the judges for their kind words, and congrats to all the other winners! 🌋
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‘You’re going about your day and suddenly see a little Godzilla’: Bangkok reckons with a giant lizard boom
‘You’re going about your day and suddenly see a little Godzilla’: Bangkok reckons with a giant lizard boom
Viral videos have shifted public opinion about water monitors, long held in contempt in Thai culture, even as rising numbers of the reptiles pose problems for residents
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
‘You’re going about your day and suddenly see a little Godzilla’: Bangkok reckons with a giant lizard boom