Olivia Ferrari
@oliviaferrari.bsky.social
Journalist writing about science, animals, climate, and environmental justice. New York pigeon enthusiast.
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#Ghost #gear is one of the most dangerous types of #ocean #pollution. @oliviaferrari.bsky.social reports that organizations, #fishers, #scientists, & #policymakers globally are focusing on preventing the pollution at source & mitigating its impact via cleanups www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
November 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
#Ghost #gear is one of the most dangerous types of #ocean #pollution. @oliviaferrari.bsky.social reports that organizations, #fishers, #scientists, & #policymakers globally are focusing on preventing the pollution at source & mitigating its impact via cleanups www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
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We’re proud to be working with this talented group of journalists. Please join us in welcoming them all to the TON community! www.theopennotebook.com/2025/09/12/w...
Welcome to Our Newest Sharon Dunwoody Science Journalism Mentoring Program Cohort - The Open Notebook
Welcome to the September 2025 Sharon Dunwoody Science Journalism Mentoring Program cohort! This program brings together 16 early-career science journalists for a three-month peer-mentoring experience.
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September 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
We’re proud to be working with this talented group of journalists. Please join us in welcoming them all to the TON community! www.theopennotebook.com/2025/09/12/w...
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How do animals react to our noise? Sometimes in quirky ways, but often in ways that indicate they're stressed. @oliviaferrari.bsky.social reports on some notable responses. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
Five Dramatic Ways Animals Respond to Human Noise, From Mimicking Car Alarms While Wooing Mates to Calling Higher Over the Din of Traffic
As human-caused sound gets louder around the world, some animals change their behavior and many creatures suffer health issues
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September 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
How do animals react to our noise? Sometimes in quirky ways, but often in ways that indicate they're stressed. @oliviaferrari.bsky.social reports on some notable responses. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
One of my favorite articles I've worked on—as a drummer aspiring to be as good as these chimps one day!
@vestaeleuteri.bsky.social @nakedprimate.bsky.social and their team find chimpanzees drum rhythmically to communicate
@vestaeleuteri.bsky.social @nakedprimate.bsky.social and their team find chimpanzees drum rhythmically to communicate
Do chimpanzees have rhythm? Listen to their drumming.
New research on the rhythmic drumming and complex calls of chimpanzees could point scientists to the origins of language.
www.nationalgeographic.com
May 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
One of my favorite articles I've worked on—as a drummer aspiring to be as good as these chimps one day!
@vestaeleuteri.bsky.social @nakedprimate.bsky.social and their team find chimpanzees drum rhythmically to communicate
@vestaeleuteri.bsky.social @nakedprimate.bsky.social and their team find chimpanzees drum rhythmically to communicate
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Amazing work by Melissa Ilardo & colleagues among Haenyo, female divers in Korea. These women dive up to 32ft deep w/o aid of oxygen to get shellfish. More impressively, they do this while pregnant & continue often up to the day of labor & delivery.
www.nationalgeographic.com/health/artic...
www.nationalgeographic.com/health/artic...
These Korean women divers have evolved traits to survive in frigid water
From high-altitude climbers to divers who can fish without scuba gear, scientists are finding new ways that human bodies may be genetically adapting to environmental extremes.
www.nationalgeographic.com
May 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Amazing work by Melissa Ilardo & colleagues among Haenyo, female divers in Korea. These women dive up to 32ft deep w/o aid of oxygen to get shellfish. More impressively, they do this while pregnant & continue often up to the day of labor & delivery.
www.nationalgeographic.com/health/artic...
www.nationalgeographic.com/health/artic...
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NEW: a new study just found that nearly every kid born today could face "unprecedented lifetime exposure" to heat waves and other climate extremes.
but limiting global heating to 1.5°C would spare hundreds of millions from that fate
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but limiting global heating to 1.5°C would spare hundreds of millions from that fate
@oliviaferrari.bsky.social for @atmosmag.bsky.social 🌎🧪
New Study Estimates How Many Climate Extremes Your Kids Will Face | Atmos
Limiting heating to 1.5 degrees Celsius could spare 613 million of today's youth from
atmos.earth
May 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
NEW: a new study just found that nearly every kid born today could face "unprecedented lifetime exposure" to heat waves and other climate extremes.
but limiting global heating to 1.5°C would spare hundreds of millions from that fate
@oliviaferrari.bsky.social for @atmosmag.bsky.social 🌎🧪
but limiting global heating to 1.5°C would spare hundreds of millions from that fate
@oliviaferrari.bsky.social for @atmosmag.bsky.social 🌎🧪
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Although many large predators are declining worldwide, European gray wolves have increased roughly 60 percent in the last decade. @oliviaferrari.bsky.social reports on what caused the uptick and what's next for the creatures. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
Why Have European Wolves Recovered So Much in the Past Decade?
The predators have increased by almost 60 percent on the continent
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April 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Although many large predators are declining worldwide, European gray wolves have increased roughly 60 percent in the last decade. @oliviaferrari.bsky.social reports on what caused the uptick and what's next for the creatures. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
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When a natural disaster strikes, renters are screwed. In addition to damaged infrastructure, flooding, and trauma following a severe storm, tenants can face the looming threat of unaffordable rent—and even eviction.
Written by Olivia Ferrari
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Written by Olivia Ferrari
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December 13, 2023 at 8:31 PM
When a natural disaster strikes, renters are screwed. In addition to damaged infrastructure, flooding, and trauma following a severe storm, tenants can face the looming threat of unaffordable rent—and even eviction.
Written by Olivia Ferrari
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Written by Olivia Ferrari
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Some people might wear their hearts on their sleeves, but cuttlefish seem to wear their thoughts right on their skin. ❤️
By Olivia Ferrari.
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By Olivia Ferrari.
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Cuttlefish and Their Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoats | Hakai Magazine
Cuttlefish change colors to hide, hunt, and communicate—and, these scientists think, when they dream.
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November 14, 2023 at 10:25 PM
Some people might wear their hearts on their sleeves, but cuttlefish seem to wear their thoughts right on their skin. ❤️
By Olivia Ferrari.
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By Olivia Ferrari.
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It is great to see dance being highlighted for its brain benefits in Discover magazine this month. Also delightful to see our research featured alongside that of superb collaborators.
#dance #neuroscience
#dance #neuroscience
March 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
It is great to see dance being highlighted for its brain benefits in Discover magazine this month. Also delightful to see our research featured alongside that of superb collaborators.
#dance #neuroscience
#dance #neuroscience