Jesse Nichols

Sep 24, 2024 | grist.org | Jesse Nichols

Hello everyone, and welcome back to State of Emergency. I’m Jesse Nichols, a video producer and reporter at Grist, and today we’re going to be talking about how worsening climate impacts are raising the profile of a largely overlooked section on state ballots: The race for insurance commissioner. If you watched the presidential debate earlier this month, you might have been surprised by VP Kamala Harris’ response when asked about climate change.

Sep 23, 2024 | grist.org | Jesse Nichols

This story is part of State of Emergency, a Grist series exploring how climate disasters are impacting voting and politics. It is published with support from the CO2 Foundation. During the presidential debate earlier this month, Vice President Kamala Harris was asked about her plan to fight climate change. Her response didn’t focus on the dangers of drought or rising sea levels, or unveil an ambitious plan to reign in fossil fuel emissions. Instead, her answer focused on home insurance.

Jun 17, 2024 | sentientmedia.org | Jesse Nichols

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The experiment started by chance. In 2008, summer lightning storms sparked a chain of wildfires in the forests of Northern California. For weeks, smoke blanketed the state, drifting all the way to the California National Primate Research Center, where 50 rhesus monkeys had just been born.

May 18, 2024 | motherjones.com | Jesse Nichols

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. While the Gulf of Mexico is a region known for oil, it’s also home to something far less expected. Nestled among offshore oil platforms, about 150 miles from Houston, is one of the healthiest coral reefs in the world: the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Marine researchers who have visited the Flower Garden Banks describe it with awe in their voices.

May 16, 2024 | popsci.com | Jesse Nichols

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Proof of Concept is a video series profiling the science and scientists behind some of the environment’s most unexpected research. When Chelsea Wood was a child, she would often collect Periwinkle snails on the shores of Long Island. “I used to pluck them off the rocks and put them in buckets and keep them as pets and then re-release them,” Wood said.