Writing

2025

• ‘It’s an all-you-can-eat buffet’: striped bass in a Canadian river are gobbling up all the salmon. Is a mass cull the answer? - The Guardian

• Groups conducting coastal restoration in N.S. say they face 'astonishing' red tape - CBC Nova Scotia

• Offshore wind development is gaining momentum in Atlantic Canada - Corporate Knights

• The Problem with Growing a Forest - Offrange

• Decision to refill Lake Pisiquid coming with side-effects, say some Windsor residents - CBC Nova Scotia

• Teeny Tiny Trackers Take to the Water - bioGraphic

• Dumping Crops in the Deep Sea - Offrange

• In a Nova Scotia research lab, the last hope for an ancient fish species - The Narwhal

• Can Toxic Mining Waste Help Remove CO2 from the Atmosphere? - Yale E360

• The American Lobster’s Baby Bust - bioGraphic

• In Praise of “Plant Vaccines” - Ambrook Research

2024

• Seafood without a catch: N.S. startups and scientists investigate plant-based fish - CBC Nova Scotia

• Powering 'Produce from Deep Underground - Ambrook Research

• Industry withholding data on one of Canada’s largest fisheries, advocates say - CBC Nova Scotia

• The Personal toll of Canada’s broken fishing promises - Hakai Magazine

• The artificial lake tearing apart a Nova Scotia community - The Narwhal

• Noise-dampening tech could make ships less disruptive to marine life - The Economist

• Is it time to care about insect welfare? - Ambrook Research

• Climate change is hard on our lungs. New research aims to help Nova Scotians prepare - CBC Nova Scotia

• Nova Scotia’s rivers still suffer from acid rain. Restoring them could help the climate - CBC Nova Scotia

• The Long Road to Ropeless Fishing - Hakai Magazine

• As Temperatures Rise, So Does Pressure to Engineer the Ocean - The Walrus

• ‘It could be very damaging’: feds worried about fallout of Atlantic salmon farm risk report - The Narwhal

• Algal Blooms Are a Problem — They Could Also Be a Solution - Ambrook Research

• Researchers Sound the Alarm Over the Chesapeake Bay’s Ospreys - Audubon Magazine

• What the heck is seaweed mining? - Hakai Magazine

• Putting the cart before the redfish - Hakai Magazine

• Dammed but not doomed - Hakai Magazine

2023

• Why scientists are looking to landscaping gravel to help restore Nova Scotia's kelp - CBC Nova Scotia

• After years of drought and wells running dry, this Nova Scotia community is looking to the sea - CBC Nova Scotia

• All the Fish We Cannot See - Hakai Magazine (finalist, Digital Publishing Awards, Science & Technology Storytelling)

• The Legal Fishery Sparking Arrests and Violence - Hakai Magazine

• Fish farm escape puts Bay of Fundy wild salmon in jeopardy - The Narwhal

• First Nation and scientists partner to revive climate-saving eelgrass - Mongabay

• Climate change is affecting telecommunications infrastructure. Ham radio might be able to help - CBC Nova Scotia

• Canada charts questionable course on hydrogen - Foresight Climate & Energy

• For Atlantic Canada, Fishing Season Brings Yet More Violence - Hakai Magazine

• Former sex worker's victory in small claims court sets precedent - CBC Nova Scotia

• How AI is helping our historians better understand our past - MIT Technology Review

• Cutting the Power(bill) - Atlantic Business Magazine

• In Cod’s Shadow, Redfish Rise - Hakai Magazine (WINNER, Canadian Association of Journalists Awards, Written Feature)

• Racing Against Regulations, Developers Rush to Build Seaside Properties in Danger Zones - Canada’s National Observer

2022

• Nova Scotia researchers helping to fill in pieces of green-hydrogen puzzle - CBC Nova Scotia

• Snowy days could be a rarity in Nova Scotia by 2100. Here's what it means - CBC Nova Scotia

• Is Sausage the Missing Link in the Great Bait Debate? - Hakai Magazine

• Post-hurricane, Canada charts new relationship with the sea - Christian Science Monitor

• "It was terrifying... we just grabbed whatever we could and got out as quickly as possible" - Canada’s National Observer

• Coastal Protection Act doesn't do enough for climate change, advocates say - CBC Nova Scotia

• Greenland’s Melting Ice Sheet Brings an Unexpected Flow of Wealth Potential - Mongabay

• How do tides and turbines affect sealife? Fundy study hopes to find out - CBC Nova Scotia

• Glyphosate spraying in N.B. akin to ‘eco-genocide,’ Indigenous communities say - Canada’s National Observer

• Saving Canada's old-growth forests, one woodlot at a time - Christian Science Monitor

• Revenge of the Earthworms - The Walrus

• Holy Mackerel, Where'd you Go? - Hakai Magazine

• In Canada, Indigenous communities and scientists collaborate on marine research - Mongabay

• Maritimers debate best way forward in their struggle to hold back the sea - Canada’s National Observer

• Romance, Politics, and Ecological Damage: The Saga of Sable Island’s Wild Horses - Hakai Magazine

• Giving up Glyphosate - Maisonneuve Magazine

2021

• How Do You Kill an Invasive Species? Bring in a Bigger, Meaner Species to Eat It - The Walrus

• Retrofits will be key to Nova Scotia's net-zero goal, experts say - CBC Nova Scotia

• Nova Scotians defeat billionaire developers who tried to swoop in on park - Canada’s National Observer

• The Bright Side of the Green Crab - Hakai Magazine

• Coastal erosion, rising seas will lead to more conflicts over public beach access - CBC Nova Scotia

• Pushback from landholders guts N.S. biodiversity bill - Canada’s National Observer

• Advocates concerned about unsafe coastal development in Nova Scotia - CBC Nova Scotia

2020

• Troubled Waters: Why a clash over crustaceans is roiling Canada - Christian Science Monitor

• Internal documents reveal how N.S. handles dangerous and nuisance black bears - CBC Nova Scotia

• Crowded beaches underscore the lack of coastal access - Halifax Examiner