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Molly Segal

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Journalist covering climate change for CBC Radio’s What On Earth MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellow 2019-2020 Vancouver, B.C. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whatonearth/author/molly-segal-1.6518000

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Molly Segal @mollyaudio.bsky.social · Jun 24

Happy Jaws 50th anniversary to those who celebrate! I made a thing for CBC Radio’s Ideas 🦈:

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How Jaws made us believe white sharks are real villains

Podcast Episode · Ideas · 2025-06-23 · 54m

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Trina Moyles @trinamoyles.bsky.social · 4d

Our feature for The Narwhal on how climate change is impacting the Porcupine caribou herd, biologists’ race to count their dwindling numbers, and First Nation communities who are on the frontlines of experiencing their decline. Photos by Peter Mather thenarwhal.ca/counting-por...

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Molly Segal @mollyaudio.bsky.social · 7d

When a grizzly bear swam from the mainland of B.C. to Texada Island in May, it divided a community and raised questions about how to manage predators in places people aren’t used to having them. Now, charges have been laid in relation to this story:
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The bear that divided an island

Podcast Episode · Storylines · 2025-10-04 · 26m

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Molly Segal @mollyaudio.bsky.social · 11d

For almost 25 years, scientists have had solutions to keep migratory bats safe from wind turbines, to keep both the wind sector and bat species thriving. In my latest documentary for What On Earth, I explore how well that’s working 🌎 🦇
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Bats vs. wind energy: a gory tale of two climate solutions

Podcast Episode · What On Earth · 2025-10-01 · 30m

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Molly Segal @mollyaudio.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you for listening and sharing!

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Ainslie Cruickshank @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social · 20d

"It had been a century since Texada Island had seen a grizzly bear. So when one swam 5 kilometres from the mainland over to the community off the B.C. coast, it created curiosity, panic and division..." Great radio doc by @mollyaudio.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

How a grizzly on a B.C. island sent a community into crisis

Podcast Episode · The Current · 2025-09-22 · 23m

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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · Jul 18

What a headline www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Molly Segal @mollyaudio.bsky.social · Jul 4

Timeline cleanse 🌎

Photo of a still lake surrounded by evergreen trees on a sunny day with clear, blue skies.

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Molly Segal @mollyaudio.bsky.social · Jun 26

Thank you for tuning and and for sharing! 🦈

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · Jun 26

It's the 50th anniversary of Jaws and I love the piece that @mollyaudio.bsky.social put together on the movie...and where our fear of sharks really comes from! With shoutouts to @whysharksmatter.bsky.social of course! www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...

Happy 50th to Jaws, a movie that created a universal fear of the ocean | CBC Radio

Fifty years ago, the movie Jaws put sharks on our radar in a very real way. It broke box office records and tapped into an underlying fear of sharks and the unknown lurking in the ocean.

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Molly Segal @mollyaudio.bsky.social · Jun 25

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Happy 50th to Jaws, a movie that created a universal fear of the ocean | CBC Radio

Fifty years ago, the movie Jaws put sharks on our radar in a very real way. It broke box office records and tapped into an underlying fear of sharks and the unknown lurking in the ocean.

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Molly Segal @mollyaudio.bsky.social · Jun 24

Happy Jaws 50th anniversary to those who celebrate! I made a thing for CBC Radio’s Ideas 🦈:

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How Jaws made us believe white sharks are real villains

Podcast Episode · Ideas · 2025-06-23 · 54m

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Ainslie Cruickshank @ainsliecruickshank.bsky.social · May 31

“Wildland firefighters battling the worst fire season in British Columbia’s history told internal investigators they’ve become so overwhelmed in recent years they worry fireline deaths are becoming ‘inevitable.’” #bcpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/45e3099...

B.C. firefighters told investigators they feared deaths were ‘inevitable’ during 2023 wildfire season

Internal documents show how workers assessed conditions during deadly year

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Hannah Hoag @hannahhoag.bsky.social · Jun 4

Worried about wildfires or concerned about smoke? The CBC News Climate Dashboard now offers live updates on air quality warnings -- as well as active fires across the country.

Is today’s weather normal? Search for your town or city to compare it to previous years

The CBC News Climate Dashboard tracks temperature and precipitation and compares them to historical trends. Check back daily to see breaking records and the forecast for where you live.

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Molly Segal @mollyaudio.bsky.social · May 8

My colleague @nicklogan.bsky.social produced this fantastic interview with Pattie Gonia. Take a listen!

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What do Yo-Yo Ma, a glacier and a drag queen have in common?

Podcast Episode · What On Earth · 2025-05-07 · 28m

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Molly Segal @mollyaudio.bsky.social · May 6

Grateful to have a piece included as a finalist alongside so many compelling stories:

National Media Awards Foundation @canadamediaawards.bsky.social · May 6

🏔️ Following the signs

What On Earth / CBC Radio

Finalist – Best Topical Reporting: Climate Change at the 2025 Digital Publishing Awards

Well done to @mollyaudio.bsky.social and the CBC team!

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Matt Meuse @mattmeuse.online · May 5

For the last few months, I've been working on a podcast with the legendary Cory Doctorow about why the internet sucks so bad now, and whose fault it is. It launches today. I think it turned out pretty good! Here's the first episode, featuring the one and only @edzitron.com www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

Don't Be Evil | Understood | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen

Google Search was the gold standard — a product born in a dorm room during the internet’s early, idealistic era. But when internal emails surfaced they revealed a deeper conflict inside the company: w...

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Erin Blondeau | writer & dreamer @erinblondeau.bsky.social · Feb 9

I had the honour of joining CBC's What On Earth with Dr. Chris Russill recently. We talked all about climate conspiracism and how this is playing out in real time as climate disasters become more frequent.

Have a listen!

Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · Feb 9

Friends! Highly recommend this edition of CBC's What On Earth, featuring Prof Chris Russill and the @climateunit.bsky.social's very own @erinblondeau.bsky.social. Excellent insights into how & why climate disasters get hijacked by conspiracies & disinformation.
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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · Feb 5

Fortunately still available here: keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

The Keeling Curve

The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Feb 5

The most iconic figure in the environmental sciences is the Keeling Curve, the CO₂ record from Mauna Loa, Hawaii.

@noaa.gov had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!

$A line graph showing atmospheric CO2 levels at Mauna Loa Observatory from 1955 to 2025. The y-axis represents CO2 mole fraction in parts per million (ppm), ranging from 320 to 420 ppm, while the x-axis is years.$

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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · Feb 5

Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats

Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Jan 31

Data on the CDC's website are being removed to comply with the Trump administration’s ongoing attempt to scrub federal agencies of any mention of gender, DEI, and accessibility, Katherine J. Wu reports:

The CDC Is Altering Data to Follow Trump’s DEI Order

The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.

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Molly Segal @mollyaudio.bsky.social · Jan 25

Bonus What On Earth podcast: my colleague, CBC climate reporter @inayatsingh.com, walks us through Trump’s first moves on climate:

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BONUS: Trump’s first moves on climate

Podcast Episode · What On Earth · 2025-01-25 · 12m

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jan 4

I’m such a downer. Definitely don’t invite me to your party.

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Sometimes the truth hurts. And when it comes to fighting climate change, we have obstacles ahead – including the likely reality that global temperatures in 2024 will hit 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels. That’s even before Donald Trump’s return to the White House could bring a big shift in climate policies. But that doesn’t mean the fight is over. David Ho, a professor at the University of Hawaii, explains what the next goal should be and how we could get there.

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · Dec 18

Insurers Are Deserting Homeowners as Climate Shocks Worsen www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Insurers Are Dropping Homeowners as Climate Shocks Worsen

Without insurance, it’s impossible to get a mortgage; without a mortgage, most Americans can’t buy a home.

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Molly Segal @mollyaudio.bsky.social · Dec 17

On the latest episode of What On Earth, I report on mining projects in northwestern B.C. and cross border concerns in Southeast Alaska

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One border, three rivers and the battle to protect fish

Podcast Episode · What On Earth · 2024-12-14 · 28m

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