Conflict and the camera: National Geographic photographer Ami Vitale captures images of war and wildlife with her Nikon
By Saeed Abdullah Medill Reports Ami Vitale has lived in war zones, endured malaria and traveled to over 100 countries to document the brutality of
The 4 C’s of journalism: Creativity, curiosity, commitment and compassion — Rebecca Aguilar, the first Latina president of the Society of Professional Journalists, shares her story
By Charles Tharpe Medill Reports In the 1960s, Rebecca Aguilar traveled with her parents to Ohio camps for new immigrants and passed out flyers for
Q&A with Chris Butsch: From being diagnosed with depression to giving lessons on happiness
By Brittany Edelmann Medill Reports In 2012, Chris Butsch graduated from Vanderbilt University a semester early, with a degree in general engineering, and became a
Climate change pushes precipitation — and ability to predict it — to its limits
By Sarah Anderson Medill Reports Primed by a drought that has lasted longer than the 1930s Dust Bowl, wildfires scorched over 5 million acres of
‘I’m dreaming of a green Christmas’: Here’s how to reduce plastic consumption over the holidays
By Fiona Skeggs Medill Reports Christmas is a time for family. For gifts. For sweet treats. For plastic waste? People who celebrate a winter holiday
New glacier records show westerly winds accelerate ice melt, massive sea level rise
By Poonam Narotam Medill Reports Veteran climate scientist George Denton calls Pine Island Bay the “weak underbelly” of the western Antarctic ice sheet. Increased melting
Into the unknown: Exploring caves to uncover climate change records
By Christian Elliott and Brittany Edelmann Medill Reports Nearly 20 years ago, then Ph.D. student Gina Moseley walked into a bar in Bristol to meet
COLDEX: The search for Earth’s oldest ice and new climate solutions
By Christian Elliott Medill Reports Even summer days are cold in the Allan Hills Blue Ice Area, a meteorite-strewn expanse of glacier flanked by mountains
Enhanced weathering: When climate research takes unexpected turns
By Brittany Edelmann and Carly Menker Medill Reports Oxford University Ph.D. student Frankie Buckingham collected the 30, 1-meter-long cylindrical tubes of soil she needed for climate
Melting tropical glaciers threaten freshwater sources while sea ice melt accelerates rising oceans
By Sarah Anderson Medill Reports “Tropical glacier” — the term sounds like an oxymoron and, due to climate change, it might become one. These bodies
Fermilab following clues to unravel the latest mysteries of the universe
By Hana Ahmed, Brittany Edelmann and Daphne Yao Medill Reports Near light-speed collisions of streams of subatomic particles at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory near
Vital initiatives confront COVID crisis for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities
By Brittany Edelmann Medill Reports “It has been a struggle,” Bonnie Schmidt said. Schmidt is the guardian to Kim Winger, a 35-year-old with autism, and the