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Marlowe Starling
@mstarling.bsky.social
Environmental journalist with words in NY Times, Nat Geo, The Guardian, Sierra Magazine, Mongabay, AP News, PBS, The Marjorie, Pulitzer Center, Drilled and more | FL + NYC | she/her
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🌳 En Panamá, la sabiduría ancestral se une a la ciencia para lograr la conservación de bosques. En la Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé, pobladores indígenas y científicos le apuestan a un proyecto de reforestación a través de árboles autóctonos. tinyurl.com/bdhxj664
Proyecto liderado por comunidades indígenas reescribe las reglas de la reforestación en Panamá
Proyecto liderado por comunidades indígenas reescribe las reglas de la reforestación en Panamá. Esta es la historia.
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July 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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“You have to think differently about tropical & temperate forests,” lead author & #agroforestry doc candidate at Yale & NY Botanical Garden‪ (@nybg.bsky.social) told @mongabay.com writer @mstarling.bsky.social

Their new article in Nature #ClimateChange makes the case for forest-based agroforestry:
Bring the forest to the farm or the farm to the forest? Agroforestry faces a dichotomy
Not all agroforestry projects are funded equally, suggests a new comment paper published in Nature Climate Change. Integrating crops into existing forests is an often overlooked agroforestry method to...
news.mongabay.com
June 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
My latest for @sierramagazine.bsky.social 👇🏼
June 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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By studying over 700 ancient poems, scientists have shed light on the Yangtze finless porpoise's population throughout history. This data may provide insight on where the endangered species can thrive in the future. 🌏

Safina Center Fellow @mstarling.bsky.social has the full story via @cnn.com:
Ancient poetry unveils history of critically endangered finless porpoises, scientists say | CNN
Scientists studied more than 700 ancient Chinese poems that mention the Yangtze finless porpoise to determine its population history, according to a new study.
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May 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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"What will it take for #Florida to properly manage its #shark population?"

In a new 3-part series from the Marjorie, TSC Fellow @mstarling.bsky.social shares the results of an 8-month investigation into Florida's role in sustainably managing the ocean’s most infamous apex predator

#conservation 🌎
Sharks on the Line - The Marjorie
Florida is the Fishing Capital of the World, hosting the biggest recreational fishery in the U.S. It’s also a regional hub for Gulf and Atlantic sharks. After the Shark Fin Sale Elimination Act of 202...
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March 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
My latest blog is up! Sneak peek into my forthcoming series on #sharks in #Florida for @themarjorie.bsky.social 👀🦈
"Our society has long treated sharks with a combination of wonder, awe, fascination, and above all, fear."

Safina Center Fellow @mstarling.bsky.social dives headfirst into #shark #conservation on #Florida's coast with the researchers working to help ensure these apex predators can thrive.

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Sharing the Shoreline with Sharks — The Safina Center
By Safina Center Fellow Marlowe Starling
www.safinacenter.org
February 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
My latest for @mongabay.bsky.social takes a look at a new solution for cattle ranchers and wildlife in Colombia's Orinoquía: a simple fencing technique. Read more about the research led by @julivg.bsky.social and how solutions like this could help tapirs elsewhere:
news.mongabay.com/2024/11/in-c...
In Colombia, a simple fencing fix offers a win-win for wildlife and ranchers
In the Orinoco River Basin straddling Venezuela and Colombia, biodiversity and agriculture are at odds. Cattle ranching is one of the leading causes of deforestation in Colombia’s Orinoquía region and...
news.mongabay.com
December 6, 2024 at 4:40 PM
"As climate change accelerates in the modern era, the story of Doggerland becomes a story of our future," writes Tristan McConnell of the submerged landscape beneath the North Sea.

Such a pleasure to fact-check one of the last features for @hakaimagazine.com:

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Conjuring the Lost Land Beneath the North Sea | Hakai Magazine
New research reveals that Doggerland—a sunken swath of Europe connecting Britain to the mainland—was more than a simple thoroughfare. It was home.
hakaimagazine.com
December 5, 2024 at 6:20 PM
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Do you know anyone who is an early career journalist with a passion for environmental issues? We here @sierramagazine.bsky.social are looking for our next cohort of Editorial Fellows. Details to apply here -->
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Sierra Club - Editorial Fellow
Job Title: Editorial Fellow, Sierra Magazine Department: Communications Location: Oakland, CA or Remote Reports To: Managing Editor Supervises: None Duration: Up to 6 months (Temporary) Context: At th...
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November 26, 2024 at 11:05 PM
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This new social media thing is extra painful for freelance journalists who don’t have a built-in promo team. Here’s a starter pack of freelance environmental reporters. Follow us — then hire us? (And lmk who I’m missing!)
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Freelance Environmental Journalists
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November 13, 2024 at 1:37 PM
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"Our #coastlines are not built to withstand the type of rainfall and flooding scientists predict as record-high ocean temperatures fuel larger, more rapidly intensifying storms."

Safina Center Fellow @mstarling.bsky.social reflects on #Hurricane #Milton:
www.safinacenter.org/blog/eye-to-...
October 21, 2024 at 3:10 PM
On this #IndigenousPeoplesDay and every day, I encourage readers to think deeply about our systems and necessary change.

I had the honor of writing about Jennifer Grenz and her work at the Indigenous Ecology Lab at UBC Forestry for @sierramagazine.bsky.social :
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/ecolo...
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October 14, 2024 at 4:04 PM
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In DRC’s Ituri Forest, an elusive creature faces an uncertain future, reports @mstarling.bsky.social. The okapi, at times called the “forest unicorn,” for its zebra stripes & mystical allure, inhabits a region beset by conflict & environmental degradation. news.mongabay.com/2024/09/we-k...
September 29, 2024 at 4:37 PM