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Charlotte Stevenson, M.S., M.A.
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Science Writer
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Even better than publishing a children's picture book with a talented friend is getting to hear your daughter do a read-aloud of it! 💙 www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-GD...
(Print and ebook on Amazon: a.co/d/8mrF9tz)
"Sometimes I am an Eagle, Sometimes I am a Mouse" Children's Book Read Aloud
YouTube video by The Highest Deep Publications
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June 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Fact: The sea is rising, as anyone living in coastal communities can tell you, regardless of political affiliations. The images here and in our new report say it all. Proud to be part of such a collaborative and immediately useful project. lnkd.in/gQXBifyx

#science #sealevelrise #climatechange
March 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"It’s hard for me to call his heightened empathy a “disorder” or to want this “symptom” to disappear."
(Published in Under the Gum Tree, 2024)
underthegumtree.com/product/issu...
January 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"It was as if my brain could operate on only one scale of awareness, one scale of living. In being like a lichen, I couldn’t function as a human." (Published with the Center for Humans and Nature, 2024) humansandnature.org/learning-fro...
Learning from the Lowly Lichen about Being a Better Human
“What’s that?” yelled my seven-year-old daughter, Lark. She, Balen, my eleven-year-old son, and I were smooshed together, vying to see the pale insect scuttling under the magnifying glass. It was […]
humansandnature.org
January 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"Aspens are always the first to know. Their small, heart-shaped leaves will begin to quake on an otherwise still day like they are passing secrets we have not yet heard."
americanliteraryreview.com/2023/11/05/c...
January 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This was a fun one to write about Dr. Kyla Kelly's work on the marine "blob" that made headlines several years ago! dornsife.usc.edu/uscseagrant/...
A Ticking Toxic Time Bomb - USC Sea Grant
USC Dornsife The Urban Ocean Program
dornsife.usc.edu
January 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Had a blast working with one of my favorite ports specialists, Dr. James Fawcett, on this overview of USC Sea Grant's work on ports and marine transportation over the last decade! oceanographydigital.tos.org/flip-book/11...
March 2024
Special Issue on Sea Grant: Science Serving America's Coastlines and People
oceanographydigital.tos.org
January 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This was a fun one to write for work! There are amazing people and programs working to get sustainable, affordable seafood into the hands of more people, particularly the underserved.
today.usc.edu/usc-sea-gran...
USC research, outreach: Approval of aquaculture can be earned
People could change their minds when told of benefits of seafood farming.
today.usc.edu
January 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
In 2023, I wrote this essay about Tahlequah, an orca in the Pacific Northwest. It is so hard to see these events play out again at the end of 2024 when she lost another calf. (Photo by Tim Cole on Unsplash) chestnutreview.com/charlotte-st...
January 31, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Castles Made of Sand: Environmental Engineers Look to Nature to Rebuild Coastal Sand Dunes, The Institute for Science and Policy, Oct 3, 2022

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Environmental Engineers Look to Nature to Rebuild Coastal Sand Dunes
From coastal erosion to climate-induced sea level rise it is hard to think of sand as an effective structural engineering solution. But the very elements that make sand appear weak paradoxically make ...
institute.dmns.org
January 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"When the River Runs Dry," 2021 for the Wood River Land Trust

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January 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Really enjoyed helping The Wood River Land Trust to edit the script for this beautiful documentary on The Big Wood River.
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The Big Wood River
This is "The Big Wood River" by Wood River Land Trust on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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January 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Migrating this content over...was a pleasure to work with the editors at UNDARK to share this new research back in 2021.

undark.org/2021/12/09/t...
The Ocean Is Returning Our Plastic Waste. That’s a Real Problem.
Opinion | New research has brought to light a global plastic cycle that could haunt us for generations to come.
undark.org
January 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Hello Bluesky! Happy to be part of a platform again that supports healthy, safe values! I'll be migrating some posts and links over the next few days from platforms I can no longer ethically support with my content or participation. I look forward to connecting with like-minded folks here this year.
January 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM