Nina R. Dietz
@ninardietz.bsky.social
Environmental journalist, covering climate change and it's intersection with human and planetary health...
Or as I like to call it, "Documenting the Apocalypse."
Dangerously curious, proudly nerdy, dog obsessed, voracious reader, & outdoors enthusiast
Or as I like to call it, "Documenting the Apocalypse."
Dangerously curious, proudly nerdy, dog obsessed, voracious reader, & outdoors enthusiast
Natural disasters are devastating even when you are young, healthy, and financially stable. My latest article asks what happens to people who were already struggling to juggle health and family when disaster strikes?
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For Many Disabled Fire Victims in Los Angeles, a Continuing Trauma - Inside Climate News
“Inflammation from these exposures is not just about cancer or asthma,” says one advocate for disabled people. “It’s neurological, it’s everything.”
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November 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Natural disasters are devastating even when you are young, healthy, and financially stable. My latest article asks what happens to people who were already struggling to juggle health and family when disaster strikes?
insideclimatenews.org/news/0911202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0911202...
For the third installment in After The Fires, groundbreaking air quality researcher Nick Spada gave an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the dedication, expertise, and chaos tolerance required to unravel the mystery of LA fire smoke's composition and its devastating impact on those exposed.
After the Fires - Inside Climate News
The health risks following the L.A. wildfires that destroyed Pacific Palisades and Altadena
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September 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
For the third installment in After The Fires, groundbreaking air quality researcher Nick Spada gave an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the dedication, expertise, and chaos tolerance required to unravel the mystery of LA fire smoke's composition and its devastating impact on those exposed.
For my second story in the After the Fires series, I had the opportunity to get to know two families connected by the shared love of a house. 1/🧵
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A Neighborhood Burned, a Home Saved, a Future in Question - Inside Climate News
Firefighters, heroic tenants and a change of winds spared a home on Quadro Vecchio Drive in Los Angeles during the January wildfires. What comes next for the home—and the families who love it—is compl...
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June 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
For my second story in the After the Fires series, I had the opportunity to get to know two families connected by the shared love of a house. 1/🧵
insideclimatenews.org/news/0806202...
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My series After the Fires has been quietly in the works since the end of January. Now, thanks to the support of @pulitzercenter.bsky.social and @insideclimatenews.org the time has come to share the first installment! 1/🧵
My series After the Fires has been quietly in the works since the end of January. Now, thanks to the support of @pulitzercenter.bsky.social and @insideclimatenews.org the time has come to share the first installment! 1/🧵
After the LA Fires, Scientists Study the Toxins Left Behind - Inside Climate News
Researchers from Harvard and universities in California and Texas are studying the long-term effects of the Eaton and Palisades fires on air, water, soils and surfaces of properties that didn’t burn.
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May 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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My series After the Fires has been quietly in the works since the end of January. Now, thanks to the support of @pulitzercenter.bsky.social and @insideclimatenews.org the time has come to share the first installment! 1/🧵
My series After the Fires has been quietly in the works since the end of January. Now, thanks to the support of @pulitzercenter.bsky.social and @insideclimatenews.org the time has come to share the first installment! 1/🧵
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Another update: Some people were asking about the risk to NCBI data. @ninardietz.bsky.social sent info that the 1000 genomes data is mirrored in the EU at EMBL-EBI (European MicroBiology Lab - European Bioinformatics Institute) and is open access. www.internationalgenome.org/data
Data | 1000 Genomes
IGSR shares data files from many studies via our FTP site. To make it easier to find the files you want, we present key data sets in our data portal.
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February 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Another update: Some people were asking about the risk to NCBI data. @ninardietz.bsky.social sent info that the 1000 genomes data is mirrored in the EU at EMBL-EBI (European MicroBiology Lab - European Bioinformatics Institute) and is open access. www.internationalgenome.org/data
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Morning all! Thanks to @ninardietz.bsky.social we've gotten a pre-scrub backup of all CDC Atlas data tables. I need help though. This data has been spread everywhere & I'm not sure all the places it's gone. Would anyone want to create a spreadsheet of CDC datasets in official archives/repos?
February 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Morning all! Thanks to @ninardietz.bsky.social we've gotten a pre-scrub backup of all CDC Atlas data tables. I need help though. This data has been spread everywhere & I'm not sure all the places it's gone. Would anyone want to create a spreadsheet of CDC datasets in official archives/repos?
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Penn is getting a lot of questions about Data Refuge. That effort no longer exists, but several efforts are currently active. I've created a doc from what I & others have suggested. I'll update as I hear more. Feel free to share or suggest: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Data Rescue Efforts
Data / Website Rescue Efforts End of Term Crawl - The main coordinated effort to archive websites, but datasets have been more of a challenge. EDGI - They have been focused on environmental data. A ...
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February 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Penn is getting a lot of questions about Data Refuge. That effort no longer exists, but several efforts are currently active. I've created a doc from what I & others have suggested. I'll update as I hear more. Feel free to share or suggest: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
In light of the current war on science, I am sharing some amazing research I've encountered while reporting my latest project!
First up, the PROMINENT Grand Challenge: an international team investigating the cancer promoter hypothesis. Find their video linked below!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaAv...
First up, the PROMINENT Grand Challenge: an international team investigating the cancer promoter hypothesis. Find their video linked below!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaAv...
Unlocking Cancer Secrets with Peto’s Paradox. Cancer Grand Challenges: Introducing Team PROMINENT
YouTube video by UCSF Cancer
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February 3, 2025 at 2:52 AM
In light of the current war on science, I am sharing some amazing research I've encountered while reporting my latest project!
First up, the PROMINENT Grand Challenge: an international team investigating the cancer promoter hypothesis. Find their video linked below!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaAv...
First up, the PROMINENT Grand Challenge: an international team investigating the cancer promoter hypothesis. Find their video linked below!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaAv...
Reposted by Nina R. Dietz
Checked on the article I wrote about Juneteenth in 2023…
”under review”
”under review”
February 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Checked on the article I wrote about Juneteenth in 2023…
”under review”
”under review”
I say we throw out the 2020's and start again. Thing have clearly gone very very wrong. And yes. This is real. I checked.
look I’m no messaging expert but it seems like the American people might be interested to know that Donald Trump just gave our social security numbers to a teen called BigBalls
Contrary to some info I've seen, 19-yr-old Doge staffer "BigBalls" Edward Coristine did not delete his X account, it's just renamed and is private.
Wired reported that govt tech workers had to defend their work to the Neuralink intern in an Office Space-esque scene.
/ more for Canadians
Wired reported that govt tech workers had to defend their work to the Neuralink intern in an Office Space-esque scene.
/ more for Canadians
February 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I say we throw out the 2020's and start again. Thing have clearly gone very very wrong. And yes. This is real. I checked.
For @insideclimatenews.org . In a Q&A, Pasadena therapist Cate Parker shares knowledge on trauma, provides resources, offers insight into post-disaster community mental health, and explores how Angelenos are reevaluating climate risks following the LA fires.
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LA Fire Victims Have Become ‘Dysregulated,’ Making it Hard to Focus and Make Decisions - Inside Climate News
A psychotherapist in Pasadena who was evacuated from her home says fire victims and most others in Los Angeles must begin by “re-finding a sense of safety” through connecting with others and taking ca...
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January 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
For @insideclimatenews.org . In a Q&A, Pasadena therapist Cate Parker shares knowledge on trauma, provides resources, offers insight into post-disaster community mental health, and explores how Angelenos are reevaluating climate risks following the LA fires.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2801202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2801202...
So in a moment of serendipity, an article I’ve been working on for months for @insideclimatenews.org about the role of faith communities in grappling with climate change came out yesterday, both the first night of Hanukkah and Christmas Day! 1/🧵
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Grief, Hope, Joy: Faith in the Time of Climate Change - Inside Climate News
Leaders from different spiritual traditions share their unique approaches to wrestling with existential climate fears.
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December 26, 2024 at 7:21 PM
So in a moment of serendipity, an article I’ve been working on for months for @insideclimatenews.org about the role of faith communities in grappling with climate change came out yesterday, both the first night of Hanukkah and Christmas Day! 1/🧵
insideclimatenews.org/news/2512202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2512202...
Recently, I got to cover Camp Small, Baltimore's municipal lumber yard, for Science Friday.
Last night, Camp Small caught fire. The fire was so big, it forced road closures. This morning, the area continues to smolder. This is a sad day for Baltimore.
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Last night, Camp Small caught fire. The fire was so big, it forced road closures. This morning, the area continues to smolder. This is a sad day for Baltimore.
prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
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December 6, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Recently, I got to cover Camp Small, Baltimore's municipal lumber yard, for Science Friday.
Last night, Camp Small caught fire. The fire was so big, it forced road closures. This morning, the area continues to smolder. This is a sad day for Baltimore.
prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...
Last night, Camp Small caught fire. The fire was so big, it forced road closures. This morning, the area continues to smolder. This is a sad day for Baltimore.
prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/E...