Freelance science journalist covering biology, medicine, environment. Always gets the name of the dog, but may be too besotted with the dog to remember the name. Working on a family history of my local whales.
Sarah DeWeerdt
Loading...
What a legacy! ❤️
ICYMI: I explore the question of whether orcas get hot flashes
FOMA's Art Contest!
Two categories: Over 18 and Under 18
Submissions open June 15 - July 15
First, Second and People's Choice winners
Up to 3 pieces of artwork per artist.
Every entrant receives FREE one-year membership to FOMA.
Rules, guidelines & prizes:
friendsofmidway.org/foma-art-con...
Oh hey look -- they're already doing defensive rewilding in the Baltics. (h/t @sejorg.bsky.social):
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/c...
If you -- that's a specific you, not a general one -- replace your gasoline car with an EV, how much of a difference will it make for the climate? For your wallet?
Researchers now have answers, I report for @anthropocenemag.bsky.social:
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/05/a-la...
What the heck is the "urban mine" -- and why is it key to the green transition? I explain in my latest for @anthropocenemag.bsky.social:
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/06/to-c...
In the long run we are all dead, and plastics are all microplastics -- for @anthropocenemag.bsky.social I report on a new sustainability metric that aims to capture the consequences of that latter fact:
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/05/your...
When does it make sense for society to invest in large-scale carbon capture to pull CO2 out of the atmosphere?
Not yet, I report in my latest for @anthropocenemag.bsky.social with comments from @ykashtan.bsky.social of PSE Healthy Energy:
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/05/rene...
The contrast between the number of media requests I got when rich people on a cruise were facing a deadly, but contained outbreak versus now that some of the poorest people in the world are facing a deadly and devastating epidemic is just so so stark and it just really annoys the hell out of me.
This weekend, experience a unique intersection of marine science and fine art with an exciting exhibition by our very own Acoustics Lead, Firuze Gokce!
Don’t miss the chance to hear the stories behind the art!
Saturday & Sunday, May 9–10, 11 AM – 6 PM.
905 4th Street, San Rafael
