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writer and editor Colin Schultz

Colin Schultz is the news editor of Hakai Magazine. Before joining Hakai, Colin wrote for Smithsonian Magazine’s Smart News, and was a contributing writer and editor for the American Geophysical Union’s newspaper Eos. His freelance writing has appeared online or in print for Popular Science, Discover, New Scientist, Scientific American and others.

Colin lives more than 500 kilometers from the nearest coast in Stratford, Canada.

Colin Schultz’s Contributions:

Dear Hakai Magazine Reader, Who Are You?

We’re into our third year of publishing, and we’d like to get to know you better.

Jul 10, 2017 | 250 words, a quick read

The Collateral Damage of Yankee Whaling

New research shows that 100,000 dead whales were just the tip of the iceberg.

Oct 7, 2016 | Infographic

Harnessing the Power of Fear

Could targeted scare tactics be the next big conservation tool?

Feb 23, 2016 | 800 words, about 4 minutes

A new investigative report shows that slave workers are used in the Thai shrimp industry, and that the shrimp is being sold in the US, Europe, and Asia. Photo by Barbara Walton/epa/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

Human slaves are used in the shrimp industry.

Dec 18, 2015 | 400 words, about 2 minutes

Beavers are ecosystem engineers; and apparently pretty good structural engineers, too. Photo by Robert McGouey/All Canada Photos/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

Beavers may be busy, but they build to last.

Dec 11, 2015 | 800 words, about 4 minutes

Archipelago nation Kiribati is going to be one of the first places hit in a big way by sea level rise. Photo by George Steinmetz/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

Will sea level rise stall before Kiribati sinks beneath the waves?

Dec 4, 2015 | 500 words, about 2 minutes

Where does your salmon come from? Photo by Owen Franken/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

Farmed, wild, or genetically engineered: salmon showcase the future of fish.

Nov 27, 2015 | 550 words, about 2 minutes

Crown-of-thorns starfish numbers are booming in the Pacific, and this is bad news for coral reefs. Photo by Reinhard Dirscherl/Reinhard Dirscherl/Look-foto/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

Sometimes, a booming population isn’t a good thing.

Nov 20, 2015 | 650 words, about 3 minutes

Just don’t ask one to drive a nail. Photo by Michael Weberberger/imageBROKER/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

What’s behind hammerheads’ weird heads? And other stories we liked this week.

Nov 13, 2015 | 650 words, about 3 minutes

Megalodon teeth have been washing up on the shores of North Carolina. Here a megalodon tooth is held next to one from a great white shark. Photo by Jeffrey L. Rotman/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

A lack of pirates, washed up megalodon teeth, and draining the ocean in this week’s roundup of coastal news.

Nov 6, 2015 | 450 words, about 2 minutes

Big animals make big poops, which provide a big nutrient input into the ecosystem. Photo by Christopher Swann/robertharding/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

A weekly roundup of coastal news.

Oct 30, 2015 | 450 words, about 2 minutes

What’s old is new again. Photo by Tetra Images/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

A weekly roundup of coastal news.

Oct 23, 2015 | 650 words, about 3 minutes

Dear Hakai Magazine Reader, Who Are You?

Tell us about yourself and what you think about the magazine.

Oct 22, 2015 | 300 words, a quick read

The Three Gorges Dam, which holds back China’s Yangtze River, is the largest hydropower dam in the world. Photo by Imaginechina/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

A weekly roundup of coastal news.

Oct 16, 2015 | 550 words, about 2 minutes

“Dismaland” was a temporary art installation organized by artist Banksy. A riff on Disneyland, the park was in Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, England. Photo by Guy Corbishley/Demotix/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

A weekly roundup of coastal news.

Oct 9, 2015 | 750 words, about 3 minutes

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the Arctic has received its first request for a withdrawal—by an institute based in war-torn Syria. Photo by Bob Strong/Reuters/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

A weekly roundup of coastal news.

Oct 2, 2015 | 600 words, about 3 minutes

Indonesian activists enter the mud from the mud volcano to commemorate the anniversary of the disaster that has so far displaced as many as 40,000 people. Photo by Fully Handoko/epa/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

A weekly roundup of coastal news.

Sep 25, 2015 | 400 words, about 2 minutes

First discovered in 1789, Saturn’s moon Enceladus is still full of secrets. Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

A weekly roundup of coastal news.

Sep 18, 2015 | 900 words, about 4 minutes

Mother and calf sperm whales swim in the Caribbean. Photo by Reinhard Dirscherl/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

A weekly roundup of coastal news.

Sep 11, 2015 | 600 words, about 3 minutes

A fish hides out amidst the venomous spines of a Crown of Thorns starfish. Photo by Louise Murray/Robert Harding World Imagery/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

A weekly roundup of coastal news.

Sep 4, 2015 | 550 words, about 2 minutes

A false-color satellite image of a massive cyanobacteria bloom in the Baltic Sea, as seen by NASA’s Landsat 8. Photo by NASA/Earth Observatory

Stories from the Seven Seas

A weekly roundup of coastal news.

Aug 28, 2015 | 550 words, about 2 minutes

A kelp gull calling for blood, probably. Photo by Rob Drummond/BIA/Minden Pictures/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

A weekly roundup of coastal news.

Aug 21, 2015 | 650 words, about 3 minutes

I am the walrus. You are the coral. They are the egg men. Photo by Reinhard Dirscherl/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

A weekly roundup of coastal news.

Aug 14, 2015 | 600 words, about 3 minutes

Many Indian fishermen only have small boats, so when the weather turns it can become incredibly dangerous very quickly. Photo by Alex Robinson/JAI/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

A weekly roundup of coastal news.

Aug 7, 2015 | 750 words, about 3 minutes

Vultures gather in Brazil’s Guanabara Bay, the site of a number of aquatic sports in the upcoming 2016 Rio Olympics. Photo by Ricardo Moraes/Reuters/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

A weekly roundup of coastal news.

Jul 31, 2015 | 600 words, about 3 minutes

A brief respite for Arctic dwellers as sea ice covers’ dramatic disappearance temporarily stalls. Photo by Paul Souders/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

A weekly roundup of coastal news.

Jul 24, 2015 | 550 words, about 2 minutes

Dulse seaweed even kind of looks like bacon. Photo by Michele Constantini/ZenShui/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

A weird and wonderful week’s worth of coastal news.

Jul 17, 2015 | 600 words, about 3 minutes

In California the incidence of shark bites is increasing, even while the rate drops. Statistics is fun. Photo by Johnér Images/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

Coastal stories from the past week that (mostly) aren’t about sharks.

Jul 10, 2015 | 600 words, about 3 minutes

The little bristlemouth may be the most abundant vertebrate on Earth. Photo by Sonke Johnsen/Visuals Unlimited/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

A weekly roundup of coastal curiosities.

Jul 3, 2015 | 750 words, about 3 minutes

A dead vaquita, killed by a gill net in the Gulf of California. Photo by Flip Nicklin/Minden Pictures/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

Stories of life and death on the high seas. Oh, and swimming.

Jun 26, 2015 | 300 words, a quick read

Sardines form a tight “baitball” in the water off California. Photo by jchauser/RooM the Agency/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

Tales of land and sea from around the world.

Jun 19, 2015 | 350 words, a quick read

Bald eagles are a conservation success story. Photo by Nicholas Fucci/Design Pics/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

A way to catch up on this week’s coastal stories.

Jun 12, 2015 | 600 words, about 3 minutes

Cargo shipping traffic in the Panama Canal. Photo by Carlos Jasso/Reuters/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

Messages in bottles you may have missed.

Jun 5, 2015 | 500 words, about 2 minutes

A 13-year-old surfer in California. Photo by Lucy Nicholson/Reuters/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

The latest news, from coast to coast to coast to coast.

May 29, 2015 | 400 words, about 2 minutes

Cruising for Trouble

In Southeast Alaska, cruise ships are sailing at deadly speeds through endangered humpback whale territory.

May 28, 2015 | 1,100 words, about 5 minutes

The Russian military in Arctic training exercises in 2013. Photo by Ageyenko Igor/ITAR-TASS Photo/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

Coastal news that caught our eye.

May 22, 2015 | 550 words, about 2 minutes

Tourists navigate the Sri Lankan mangrove forest in Aluthgama. Photo by M.A.PUSHPA KUMARA/epa/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

A weekend reader of coastal proportions.

May 15, 2015 | 450 words, about 2 minutes

In the Solomon Islands, spinner dolphins are being hunted for their teeth. Photo by Mike Parry/Minden Pictures/Corbis

Stories from the Seven Seas

Coastal stories that washed up on our shore.

May 8, 2015 | 350 words, a quick read

Workers build the S.S. Olympic, one of the Titanic’s sister ships. Photo by Bettmann/Corbis

Building a Private Titanic

Engineers are struggling to keep up with demands from the megarich for ever-bigger megayachts.

May 6, 2015 | 1,200 words, about 6 minutes

South Korean seaweed farms. Photo by Jesse Allen/NASA Earth Observatory/USGS/Landsat 8–OLI

Stories from the Seven Seas

Coastal stories we wish we’d written.

May 1, 2015 | 600 words, about 3 minutes

From Old English, a strand is the land along the edge of the sea. Photo by Alex Robinson/Robert Harding World Imagery/Corbis

Welcome to Strand

Hakai Magazine’s home for daily news about the coast.

Apr 22, 2015 | 200 words, a quick read