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John Upton
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Journalist based in New Jersey, a decade deep into the climate beat. Partnerships editor at Climate Central, coproducing features with scientists and local newsrooms.
Council for the Advancement of Science Writing / CASW @sciencewriters.org is hiring for a new executive director. Remote role, salary range listed as 85k to 130k. casw.submittable.com/submit
April 26, 2024 at 2:32 PM
As Earth lost its non-flying dinosaurs, it gained magic mushrooms. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
January 10, 2024 at 4:34 PM
NJ's clamming and shellfish growing industries are being hurt by warming ocean waters. Offshore wind farms will slow warming, but create new fishing conflicts.

This Climate Central / NJ Spotlight News collaboration examines some solutions being investigated. www.climatecentral.org/partnership-...
December 14, 2023 at 4:24 PM
Wildfire smoke exposure in the U.S. spiked this year (again) as the densely populated Northeast has been affected by Canadian fires.

Lots of smoke reporting resources in here from Climate Central, including a national map showing where smoke is most pervasive: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
October 4, 2023 at 4:22 PM