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Philadelphia Inquirer, “Philly got a break from the wildfire smoke Sunday, but will the fresh air last?” July 19 2026
New York Times “Wildfires Strike Florida, Georgia and America’s ‘Wood Basket’, May 13 2026
The Wild Idea podcast: Fire, Climate, and Forest Resilience in the East, April 14, 2026
Heatmap: The US Fire map is changing – and these researchers want to get ahead of it, Feb 9 2026,
The Allegheny front, An effort to get ahead of eastern wildfire risks, Jan 23 2025
Nature, From microbes to megawatts: fueling innovation across disciplines, August 20, 2025
Inside Climate News, New Jersey Cut Back on Prescribed Burns in the Pine Barrens—and Faces a Wildfire That Charred Thousands of Acres, April 23, 2025
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Science Moms lean into ‘humanness’ to educate on climate change risk
Mother Jones: Science Moms’ Bipartisan Mission: Educate Other Mothers About Climate Change
Philadelphia Magazine, Climate Change Is Here. Philadelphia Isn’t Ready
CBS TV Talk Pittsburgh, April 24, 2025 Watch here on YouTube
CBS TV Talk Pittsburgh, The science behind weather with Science Moms | Back to School, August 7 2024
CBS TV Talk Pittsburgh, “Books to keep kids excited about learning about the natural world” June 2024
WPSU, Climate change is making heatwaves like this week’s more common and severe in PA, June 2024
Penn Live: Expect more extreme weather threats in PA, Nov 17, 2023
NBC Universal Bay Area TV Interview: Climate in Crisis: AGU conference in San Francisco this week, Dec 12 2023
Grist, From Jane to the Octonauts, children’s TV is taking on the climate crisis, Sept 23, 2023
Penn Live: Climate Change strains PA Farmers with extreme heat, floods, droughts, Aug 29, 2023.
WRAL: Back to School: Moms push for climate change education, Aug 25 2023.
WPSU: A Penn State expert on learning to live with wildfires, as climate change heats up, July 14, 2023.
Philadelphia Inquirer: Philly had its worst ‘fine particle’ air pollution day on record (June 7 2023)
NBC News: Air Quality Index: What’s in a number?
Nightly News with Lester Holt: 64 million Under Air Quality Alerts June 9 2023
Penn Live: Air quality in Pa. reaches historically bad levels from wildfire smoke, June 9, 2023.
Washington Post: What’s actually in all that smoke you’re breathing. This article was also picked up by Yahoo, SFGate, and the New Hampshire Union Leader, June 8 2023
Scranton Times-Tribune: Where there’s fire… (June 11 2023) This article was also picked up by Yahoo.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: ‘This is on our doorstep now’: Wildfire smoke a reminder that climate change impacts human health. This article was also picked up by The Fond du Lac Reporter, Marshfield News Herald, Sheboygan Press, Stevens Point Journal, Post-Crescent, Green Bay Press-Gazette, Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, and Wisconsin Watch, and the Cedar Rapids Gazette in IA. (June 9 2023)
KDKA CBS 2 Pittsburgh: Canadian wildfire smoke: What is in the air, and what is the impact on you? June 8 2023
Philadelphia Inquirer Opinion: Climate Change is a parenting issue Sept 15 2022
Kelly Corrigan IGTV Live, ScienceMoms and communicating climate change, Sept 22 2021