Katarina Zimmer
Data and Science Journalist at Freelance
Science + environment journalist covering discoveries, problems & solutions. Words in NatGeo, Knowable, The Atlantic, SciAm, The Scientist, BBC, and elsewhere
Articles
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3 weeks ago |
pubs.acs.org | Katarina Zimmer
In collaboration with C&EN. When we think of plastic pollution, our minds often go to trash-smothered oceans or photos of marine life tangled in nets. But scientists are now learning that plastics are also permeating the world’s soils and having noticeable effects on plant and animal health.
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4 weeks ago |
smithsonianmag.com | Katarina Zimmer
These spiny or slimy ocean creatures display an astonishing diversity of appearances, behaviors and lifestyles—and many are increasingly threatened Few animals seem less animal-like than sea cucumbers. The long, slender beings often appear motionless like the vegetable they resemble as they bask on the seafloor. They lack a brain, eyes or obvious features apart from a mouth and anus. Neither are sea cucumbers especially appealing to human senses.
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1 month ago |
smithsonianmag.com | Katarina Zimmer
Researchers are working to unravel the hidden biology of often-persnickety seeds as they age, sleep and awaken On a frosty day in early January, as Berlin’s trees and shrubs lie in deep dormancy, it’s hard to imagine it being much colder. But then I reach the Dahlem Seed Bank at the German city’s botanical gardens, and botanist Elke Zippel guides me to a freezing chamber in the cellar, at a cool minus 11.2 degrees Fahrenheit, and the warmth rushes out of my body.
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1 month ago |
yaleclimateconnections.org | Katarina Zimmer
Se suele decir que el lenguaje es una ventana a la mente humana. David Harrison lo experimentó de primera mano cuando era un joven lingüista en los años noventa y viajó a la república rusa de Tuvá para pasar un año con un grupo de pastores nómadas. Durante el tiempo que pasó con los tuvanos fue testigo de la estrecha relación entre estos indígenas y los animales, la naturaleza y los paisajes con los que coexisten.
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1 month ago |
em.com.br | Katarina Zimmer
Alguns meses atrás, no meu novo apartamento em Berlim, na Alemanha, meu vaso sanitário e eu entramos em guerra. Por mais que eu esfregasse, não havia produto de limpeza que conseguisse eliminar aquela camada de calcário acumulada dentro dele. Frustrada depois de tantas tentativas, recorri ao Google até encontrar uma página que recomendava o uso de vinagre – que, por sinal, o morador anterior havia deixado no apartamento em grande quantidade.
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What animal can split into halves to reproduce, distract predators by excreting its innards, and is critical for ocean health? Learn more about the weird and wonderful habits of the 1800+ species of sea cucumber in my latest for @KnowableMag: https://t.co/KAVpHo92hv
My latest for @BBC_Future piece explores the ins and outs of using vinegar for cleaning, based on my own feuds with limescale: https://t.co/n0aW5PNmCu
RT @koenfucius: After yesterday’s Iberian power mishap, @katarinazimmer’s article on renewable energy storage is a useful reminder of the c…