meaghanparker.bsky.social
@meaghanparker.bsky.social
ED of Council for the Advancement of @ScienceWriting. Advisor @Uproot @PlanetForward @NovaforHealth @NewSecurityBeat & Mississippi River Ag & Water Desk. Proud @SEJorg member. #DCStatehoodNow
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It's #COP30 (this week and next), and world leaders have another opportunity to negotiate agreements to address, among other things, “thirsty” and “gassy” A.I. use.

My latest on SustainLab -- informed by a scientific briefing at #SciWri25 hosted by @sciencewriters.org + @sciencewriting.bsky.social
Thirsty and Gassy
A.I. has serious energy–water–climate implications. But without a uniform way to quantify A.I. energy-water use, it's hard to distinguish breakthroughs from greenwashing.
sustainlab.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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📣📣📣 Deadline extended! You can now register for #SciWri25 or add a field trip through 11:59 pm EST Friday, 10/24.

After that, field trips will close and registration fees will increase dramatically. Don't wait!

sciencewriters2025.org/register/
October 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Applications for two CASW awards are due June 30! The Clark/Payne Award honors a science journalist under age 31 and the Cohn Prize recognizes excellence in medical science reporting. Both awards include travel funds to #SciWri25.

Apply or submit a nomination: casw.submittable.com/submit
Council for the Advancement of Science Writing Submission Manager
Click the appropriate "Submit" button below to submit a nomination or application for a CASW prize or fellowship or propose a Science + Science Writing session for the annual ScienceWriters conference...
casw.submittable.com
June 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Irreversible tipping points in the climate system — like the melting of Arctic ice sheets or the wide-scale collapse of coral reefs — are closer than scientists previously believed.
Earth is likely to cross a key climate threshold in two years
A new World Meteorological Organization report spells the end of the world’s most famous climate goal.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Freelance journalist Anna Gibbs has been awarded a Taylor/Blakeslee Mentored Science Journalism Project Fellowship! She'll work with mentor @joshuasokol.bsky.social on a story about an innovative effort to reverse coastal erosion in the Maldives.

Congratulations Anna!

casw.org/news/anna-gi...
May 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Seven journalists are headed to grad school as 2025 Taylor/Blakeslee Fellows! Each will receive $6,000, thanks to the Brinson Foundation.

Congrats to Bridget Balch, Alonso Daboub, Rachel Duckett, @ashleydsouza.bsky.social, Ana Georgescu, @stellamayerhoff.bsky.social & Alex Megerle.

bit.ly/tbs2526
May 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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A relocation of Newtok, Alaska, residents highlights how ill-prepared the United States is to respond to the way climate change is making some places uninhabitable, according to an investigation by The Post, ProPublica and KYUK radio.
Forced to relocate by climate change, Alaskan villagers found a new crisis
The relocation highlights America’s failure to prepare for the ways climate change is making some places uninhabitable.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM