Articles by Claudia Geib
Claudia Geib is a science writer and editor based on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Claudia's work focuses on environmental, climate, and wildlife science, with a special focus on the ocean and marine animals. Her writing has appeared in National Geographic, NOVA, Hakai Magazine, Undark, Slate, and Atlas Obscura, among other publications. She was also a member of the production teams on the science films The Most Unknown and Picture A Scientist. You can find links to her work at her website: www.claudiageib.com Claudia's deep-rooted love for science and nature sparked during her childhood on Long Island, spent exploring tide pools and scanning the horizon for whales. (On any given day, it's likely you still might find her doing either.) She holds bachelor's degrees in journalism and environmental science from Northeastern University, as well as a master's degree in science writing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Claudia is honored to serve as the inaugural Sue Palminteri Wildtech Reporting Fellow, and to explore the fascinating, ever-growing ways that technology helps scientists and conservationists to protect threatened species and habitats, and to peer deeper than into nature's inner workings. In her free time, you can find Claudia sailing, swimming, backpacking, and figuring out how to eat new plants she finds along the way.
Breadfruit’s low carbon storage could be offset by fast growth, study finds
On Kaho’olawe, new technology could restore a sacred Hawaiian island
New platform offers toolkit for companies to prove their eco claims
Breadfruit: A starchy, delicious climate and biodiversity solution
‘The return of land to Indigenous people is key’: Q&A with Shinnecock Kelp Farm’s Tela Troge
By cultivating seaweed, Indigenous communities restore connection to the ocean
Manatee deaths in Florida point to a global decline in seagrass ecosystems
New ecolabel will certify ‘Whale-Safe’ shipping companies and cruise lines
In Indonesia, an illegal leopard trade thrives out of sight, new study shows
Fake it till you save it? Synthetic animal parts pose a conservation conundrum
Canadian First Nation deploys ROV in push for stronger marine protection
An eye in the sky on deforestation: Q&A with Jean Jardeleza and Kim Carlson
Where to patrol next: ‘Netflix’ of ranger AI serves up poaching predictions
The turtle egg that pinged back: Tracing a poaching pathway in Costa Rica
The social network of coral reef fish: Q&A with ecologist Mike Gil
With the help of an app, Nunavut hunters document the changing Arctic
New tool alerts ships when whales are near. But will they slow down?
New artificial intelligence could save both elephant and human lives
Fishing for change: Local management of Amazon’s largest fish also empowers women
Spying on fear in the wild: Q&A with ecologist Meredith Palmer
For the Amazon’s rarest wild dog, deforestation is a very real threat
Special series
Forest Trackers
- Bolivia’s El Curichi Las Garzas protected area taken over by land-grabbers
- Authorities struggle to protect Bolivian national park from drug-fueled deforestation
- Poverty and plantations: Nigerian reserve struggles against the odds
- Logging, road construction continue to fuel forest loss in Papua New Guinea
Oceans
- Huge new no-fishing zones give Antarctic marine predators and their prey a break
- Madagascar takes key step toward improving transparency of its fisheries
- Report: Rising slaughter of small whales and dolphins threatens ocean balance
- Stalemate: WTO talks again fail to end overfishing subsidies
Amazon Conservation
- Fanned by El Niño, megafires in Brazil threaten Amazon’s preserved areas
- Brazil’s Amazonian states push for court reforms in bid for justice
- Squeezed-out Amazon smallholders seek new frontiers in Brazil’s Roraima state
- Study points to which Amazon regions could reach tipping point & dry up
Land rights and extractives
- New report details rights abuses in Cambodia’s Southern Cardamom REDD+ project
- Phantom deeds see Borneo islanders lose their land to quartz miners
- Indonesians uprooted by mining industry call for a fairer future amid presidential vote
- Indonesian nickel project harms environment and human rights, report says
Endangered Environmentalists
- Vietnamese environmentalist sentenced to 3 years in prison for tax evasion
- Son of slain Quilombola leader will still strive for community’s rights
- Video: Five Tembé Indigenous activists shot in Amazonian ‘palm oil war’
- Indigenous activists demand justice after 5 shot in Amazonian ‘palm oil war’
Indonesia's Forest Guardians
- Fenced in by Sulawesi national park, Indigenous women make forestry breakout
- In Borneo, the ‘Power of Mama’ fight Indonesia’s wildfires with all-woman crew
- Pioneer agroforester Ermi, 73, rolls back the years in Indonesia’s Gorontalo
- After 20 years and thousands of trees planted, Kalimantan’s veteran forester persists
Conservation Effectiveness
- The conservation sector must communicate better (commentary)
- Thailand tries nature-based water management to adapt to climate change
- Forest restoration to boost biomass doesn’t have to sacrifice tree diversity
- How scientists and a community are bringing a Bornean river corridor back to life
Southeast Asian infrastructure
- Study: Indonesia’s new capital city threatens stable proboscis monkey population
- Indonesia’s new capital ‘won’t sacrifice the environment’: Q&A with Nusantara’s Myrna Asnawati Safitri
- Small farmers in limbo as Cambodia wavers on Tonle Sap conservation rules
- To build its ‘green’ capital city, Indonesia runs a road through a biodiverse forest