Madeline Ostrander
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Madeline Ostrander’s Contributions:
Not Too Wet To Burn
Amid an uptick in wildfires, scientists search for lessons on how to save old-growth rainforests from a fiery future.
May 14, 2024 | 4,500 words, about 22 minutes
When Places Dense with Relics and Remembrances Succumb to the Sea
In the face of rising sea levels, descendants of some of the original Black inhabitants of Fort Mose, Florida, look to ways to preserve their history … at least in stories.
Aug 2, 2022 | 2,900 words, about 14 minutes
The Sea Versus St. Augustine
Rising waters put many historic coastal cities at risk of losing their cultural pasts: can they be saved?
May 19, 2020 | 3,900 words, about 19 minutes
A Visit with the Glacier Squad
For 35 years, a scientist and his team have been taking the pulse of 10 coastal glaciers. The diagnosis is in.
Jul 16, 2019 | 4,100 words, about 20 minutes
The Local-Carb Diet
Dedicated Pacific Northwest plant lovers nurture an indigenous food with ancient roots.
Apr 17, 2018 | 4,100 words, about 21 minutes
Evicted by Climate Change
Government regulations forced the Yup’ik to give up their semi-nomadic existence. Now, as the land around them vanishes, they’re puzzling through the problem of moving.
Jun 1, 2016 | 4,000 words, about 20 minutes