Author Profile: C Katz

Cheryl Katz

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Cheryl Katz is an independent science journalist with a special interest in the Arctic. She has traveled and reported extensively from the High North, including Greenland, the Norwegian Arctic, and Iceland, since 2010. Prior to that, she was a staff writer covering science for the Miami Herald, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, and other daily newspapers. She has a master’s degree in journalism with an emphasis on science communications from the University of Minnesota and an undergraduate degree in biology and chemistry from Grinnell College. Her bylines have appeared in Yale Environment 360, National Geographic, Scientific American, and Hakai Magazine, among others.

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Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface

Aerial view of snow-covered Tromsø, Norway

News 13 April 2020

Urban Heat Islands Are Warming the Arctic

Even in the remote high latitudes, a new satellite study sees rising temperatures and spreading green belts around cities, with big impacts on soils and ecosystems.

Climate Change

A wintry scene of a New England forest with snow on the ground

News 13 November 2019

New England Winters Are “Losing the Cold”

As extreme cold days wane, the northeastern United States has experienced an increase in mud days.

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Biogeosciences

Dust storm in the Greenland Ice Sheet outwash plain near Kangerlussuaq

News 1 August 2019

Abrupt Arctic Climate Shifts Trigger Rapid Ecosystem Responses

New research finds that the Greenland environment is highly sensitive to recent warming trends.

Ocean Sciences

News 9 November 2018

The Many Unknown Facets of Plastics in Ecosystems

Few studies have examined lakes or wide swaths of ocean areas, leaving critical data gaps in how plastic pollution affects wildlife and moves across food webs.

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Publications from C. Katz

Urban Heat Islands Are Warming the Arctic

New England Winters Are “Losing the Cold”

Abrupt Arctic Climate Shifts Trigger Rapid Ecosystem Responses

The Many Unknown Facets of Plastics in Ecosystems

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Deep-Sea Mining May Have Deep Economic, Environmental Impacts

A Month of Milestones for Mars Missions

The Delicacy of Arches

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A Spatially Variable Time Series of Sea Level Change Due to Artificial Water Impoundment

A global mapping technique for GPS‐derived ionospheric total electron content measurements

Globally Consistent Patterns of Asynchrony in Vegetation Phenology Derived from Optical, Microwave, and Fluorescence Satellite Data

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