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Rachel Fritts, Science Writer

Rachel Fritts

Rachel Fritts is a science writer specializing in ecology, sustainability, and Earth science. Her work has appeared in a number of publications, including Ars Technica, Science News, Science, Mongabay, and Hakai Magazine. She also writes scripts about evolution for the PBS Digital Studios channel Eons. Rachel is currently completing a master’s degree in science writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Cuantificando los beneficios para la salud de una transición a energías limpias en EE. UU.

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 23 June 202220 September 2022

Eliminar la contaminación del aire relacionada con la energía en los Estados Unidos podría evitar aproximadamente 50,000 muertes prematuras y ahorrar miles de millones de dólares al año.

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Algorithm Detects Thousands of Missing Levees from U.S. Database

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 17 June 202221 February 2023

An existing levee database accounts for just one fifth of the country’s actual total levee count, limiting the study of how these embankments affect riparian ecosystem health in the United States.

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Higher Lead Concentrations Found in Diseased Bones

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 8 June 2022

Researchers compared trace element concentrations in patients with and without osteoporosis, finding possible differences in bone geochemistry between the groups.

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Quantifying the Health Benefits of a U.S. Clean Energy Transition

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 23 May 202220 September 2022

Eliminating energy-related air pollution in the United States could prevent roughly 50,000 premature deaths and save billions of dollars per year.

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More Frequent El Niño Events Predicted by 2040

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 20 April 20221 December 2022

Cutting-edge models predict that El Niño frequency will increase within 2 decades because of climate change, regardless of emissions mitigation efforts.

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ICON原则作为自然灾害研究工具未被充分利用

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 14 April 202221 February 2023

科学家们探讨了将整合的、连接的、开放的和网络化的研究战略应用于自然灾害研究的困难和机会。

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Extracting Rare Earth Elements from Waste with a Flash of Heat

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 14 March 202215 March 2022

A method called flash Joule heating could offer a more sustainable way to source essential components of electronics from coal fly ash.

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ICON Principles Underused as a Natural Hazards Research Tool

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 1 March 202214 June 2022

Scientists identify barriers to and opportunities for applying integrated, connected, open, and networked research strategies to natural hazards studies.

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Climate Change Could Reshape Pathogen Profile of Diarrheal Disease

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 27 January 202216 August 2022

An illness caused by rotavirus could recede as temperatures warm, whereas wetter conditions might favor some bacterial competitors.

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Drop in Rain Forest Productivity Could Speed Future Climate Change

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 12 January 20227 July 2022

As temperatures rise, tropical forests will become more stressed and photosynthesize less.

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