Miriam Quick

Nov 25, 2024 | sentientmedia.org | Miriam Quick |Jenny Splitter

No matter what you serve on Thanksgiving, food is at the heart of the holiday. But perhaps especially on Thanksgiving, the meal is about more than sustenance. It’s a place for conversations of all kinds, including, maybe, an opportunity to learn about the climate impact of the food on your plate. What you learn might surprise you. Take this data point: the dish with the highest carbon footprint isn’t the meat, but the mac n cheese.

Jul 29, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Isabelle Gerretsen |Miriam Quick

From time in saunas to turning off fans, athletes have been bracing for extreme heat at the Olympics. A century on from Paris' last Olympics, Isabelle Gerretsen and Miriam Quick investigate how climate change has transformed the city and the games. OOn 12 July 1924, cross-country runners competing in the Paris Olympic Games struggled to cross the finish line of the 10,650m (6.62 mile) course due to extreme heat.

Jul 29, 2024 | bbc.com | Isabelle Gerretsen |Miriam Quick

How climate change has altered Paris as an Olympic cityGetty ImagesAthletes competing in the 1924 cross-country race struggled to cross the finish line due to extreme heat (Credit: Getty Images)From time in saunas to turning off fans, athletes are gearing up for extreme heat at the Olympics. A century on from Paris' last Olympics, Isabelle Gerretsen and Miriam Quick investigate how climate change has altered the city and the games.

Jun 25, 2024 | scientificamerican.com | Clara Moskowitz |Jen Christiansen |Miriam Quick

Food gives us energy, but just as important, it delivers vitamins and minerals. There is essentially no bodily function that doesn’t depend on at least one of these compounds, roughly 30 of which are considered crucial. They help our hearts beat and our lungs breathe. They enable our bodies to build new muscle, skin and bone cells. They allow nerves to send signals to the brain and the immune system to fight invaders. We literally can’t live without them.