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Senior Science Reporter

Justine Calma is a senior science reporter at The Verge, where she covers energy and the environment. She’s also the host of Hell or High Water: When a Disaster Hits Home, a podcast from Vox Media and Audible Originals. Since reporting on the adoption of the Paris agreement in 2015, Justine has covered climate change on the ground in four continents. "Power Shift" her story about one neighborhood’s fight for renewable energy in New Orleans was published in the 2022 edition of The Best American Science and Nature Writing.

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Climate

A new Bill Gates-backed project wants to make carbon removal more legit

Justine Calma

Aug 6|

Science

‘Dark oxygen’ discovered on the seafloor raises stakes for deep-sea mining negotiations

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Aug 5|

Justine Calma Aug 5

Triathletes are getting sick after swimming in the Seine during the Paris Olympics.

A team from Belgium pulled out of a Monday event and Switzerland changed its lineup for a mixed relay race because athletes got sick.

Risky levels of E. coli in the river have forced officials to postpone at least one triathlon event. But the teams haven’t confirmed whether their athletes’ illness is because of swimming in the Seine.

Belgian Triathlon Team Drops Out After Athlete Falls Sick

[The New York Times]

Climate

A watchdog for corporate climate commitments is cracking down on carbon credits

Justine Calma

Aug 1|

Policy

Meta to pay $1.4 billion settlement with Texas over facial recognition and photo tags

Justine Calma

Jul 30|

Sports

There’s too much E. coli in the Seine for athletes to swim in it

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Jul 30|

Science

Zoo hatches record number of condor chicks to release into the wild

Justine Calma

Jul 26|

Climate

After record-breaking heat, UN issues ‘call to action’

Justine Calma

Jul 25|

Kamala Harris hasn’t said a lot about tech policy, but here’s what we know

This is what we’ve pieced together about her views on AI, privacy, antitrust and more.

Lauren Feiner

, Kylie Robison

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Jul 24|

Justine Calma Jul 24

The US wants to detect wildfires by satellite.

The Biden administration is investing $20 million in a program to use the GOES-R satellite for wildfire detection. The hope is that the satellite will spot blazes before 911 calls start, and see through a haze of smoke to point to where a fire ignited. That could help officials and firefighters respond more quickly and give them a leg up on fighting the fire.

Biden-Harris Administration Advances Early Wildfire Detection by Expanding Use of Satellites as Part of Investing in America Agenda

[U.S. Department of Commerce]