Amy Mayer
@amyhmayer.bsky.social
News director, 90.3 KAZU, NPR for the Monterey Bay Area. Alum: Wellesley, UCBSOJ, Iowa Public Radio, Harvest Public Media, St. Louis Public Radio, KQED/The California Newsroom. The L in LGBTQ+. Hablo español. https://www.amymayerwrites.com/
KAZU 90.3, NPR for the Monterey Bay Area, is hiring TWO new reporters on California's central coast! Check out the listing and reach out to me (amy@kazu.org) if you have questions. #journalismjobs #publicradio
Reporter - Producer - Host
Reporter-Producer-HostKAZUPriority Screening Deadline: January 27, 2025, all positions are open until filled The University Corporation at Monterey Bay (“Corporation”): The Corporation is constantly l...
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January 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
KAZU 90.3, NPR for the Monterey Bay Area, is hiring TWO new reporters on California's central coast! Check out the listing and reach out to me (amy@kazu.org) if you have questions. #journalismjobs #publicradio
Thallium is one of the most toxic metals for mammals. Its increasing in the Baltic Sea, where uncommon conditions keep it contained. For now. eos.org/articles/tox...
Toxic Metal on the Rise in the Baltic Sea - Eos
Postwar reconstruction is likely the cause of elevated thallium levels, but low-oxygen, high-sulfide conditions keep the material, which is extremely dangerous to mammalian health, from moving into th...
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June 17, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Thallium is one of the most toxic metals for mammals. Its increasing in the Baltic Sea, where uncommon conditions keep it contained. For now. eos.org/articles/tox...
I've written about a new tool in the kit for managers monitoring snowpack with an eye toward water availability. Love to see graduate students publishing their work and talking with me about it!
Changing Snowpack Inspires New Measurement - Eos
Climate change is bringing increased variability to annual snowfall, which affects how much water is stored for ecosystem and human use.
eos.org
May 3, 2024 at 3:41 PM
I've written about a new tool in the kit for managers monitoring snowpack with an eye toward water availability. Love to see graduate students publishing their work and talking with me about it!
We now know that several plagues during the Roman Empire coincided with cool, dry climate conditions. I wrote about a new, 3-year resolution climate model for Eos.
Roman Plagues Struck During Cool, Dry Periods - Eos
Marine sediments from the Gulf of Taranto offer a high-resolution look at climate during ancient disease outbreaks.
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February 29, 2024 at 5:11 PM
We now know that several plagues during the Roman Empire coincided with cool, dry climate conditions. I wrote about a new, 3-year resolution climate model for Eos.
I'll be live on WVXU's Cincinnati Edition at 12:35pmET today to talk with and about Black farmers.
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February 21, 2024 at 5:12 PM
I'll be live on WVXU's Cincinnati Edition at 12:35pmET today to talk with and about Black farmers.
www.wvxu.org/show/cincinn...
www.wvxu.org/show/cincinn...
A nonprofit in the Salinas Valley of California is quietly and consistently ushering farmworkers into new roles as farm owners. Incubators like this one may be the future of small-scale farming. My latest for Civil Eats:
Immigrant Farmworkers Get Help Buying Farmland from this Nonprofit
For more than two decades, ALBA has offered farmworkers training, land, equipment, and business support to become organic vegetable farmers.
civileats.com
January 18, 2024 at 5:23 PM
A nonprofit in the Salinas Valley of California is quietly and consistently ushering farmworkers into new roles as farm owners. Incubators like this one may be the future of small-scale farming. My latest for Civil Eats:
A project about 9mos in the making is finally complete. I wrote about equity in USDA's climate-smart commodities grant program for @npr.org and TheFERN.org
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Can $3 billion persuade Black farmers to trust the USDA? | Food and Environment Reporting Network
The Biden administration’s $3.1 billion Partnership for Climate-Smart Commodities grant program hopes to convince farmers and ranchers to adopt practices that will reduce their greenhouse gas…
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January 9, 2024 at 12:29 AM
A project about 9mos in the making is finally complete. I wrote about equity in USDA's climate-smart commodities grant program for @npr.org and TheFERN.org
thefern.org/2024/01/can-...
www.npr.org/2023/12/26/1...
thefern.org/2024/01/can-...
www.npr.org/2023/12/26/1...
My wife contributed to research on historical polar bear range. The paper got a write-up on phys.org! phys.org/news/2023-09...
October 5, 2023 at 5:46 PM
My wife contributed to research on historical polar bear range. The paper got a write-up on phys.org! phys.org/news/2023-09...
New piece for Civil Eats published today. Will extreme heat force more farmworkers to harvest crops overnight? civileats.com/2023/09/27/n...
September 27, 2023 at 11:22 PM
New piece for Civil Eats published today. Will extreme heat force more farmworkers to harvest crops overnight? civileats.com/2023/09/27/n...
Celeste Headlee's new podcast Big Sugar takes on the farm bill, labor, and subsidies. I spoke with her for Civil Eats. https://civileats.com/2023/08/08/a-new-podcast-takes-on-sugar-subsidies-in-the-farm-bill/
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August 8, 2023 at 5:18 PM
Celeste Headlee's new podcast Big Sugar takes on the farm bill, labor, and subsidies. I spoke with her for Civil Eats. https://civileats.com/2023/08/08/a-new-podcast-takes-on-sugar-subsidies-in-the-farm-bill/