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Covers:  drought, extreme weather, tornadoes, hurricanes, climate change, floods
Associate Editor, Sustainability at @sciam. Formerly of @ClimateCentral & @LiveScience. andrea.thompson@sciam.com. she/her

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Andrea Thompson’s Biography

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Andrea Thompson is a Senior Science Writer at Climate Central, focusing on extreme weather and climate change. Previously, Andrea was a writer and reporter for Live Science and Space.com, reporting on climate change, weather and other science-related topics. She graduated from Georgia Tech with a B.S. in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences in 2004 and a Master's in the same subject in 2006. She attended the Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program at New York University and graduated with…

Andrea Thompson’s Journalist Portfolio

Spring Thaw May Trigger Floods; Calif. Drought Locked In

Spring Thaw May Trigger Floods; Calif. Drought Locked In

Spring is finally - finally - here. That word is music to the ears of those in the eastern United States who …

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A Cold U.S. Winter for Sure, but 8th Warmest Globally

A Cold U.S. Winter for Sure, but 8th Warmest Globally

Despite the frigid temperatures that kept those in the eastern United States shivering all winter, the period…

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Deadly 'Sneaker Waves' Get Warnings, Thanks to Forecaster

Deadly 'Sneaker Waves' Get Warnings, Thanks to Forecaster

A sign warns of deadly sneaker waves on the beach at Redwood National Park in Northern California. The sign n…

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Climate Scientist: 2 Degrees of Warming Too Much

Climate Scientist: 2 Degrees of Warming Too Much

NEW YORK - Famed climate scientist and activist James Hansen has said it before, and he'll say it again: Two …

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How Arctic Ice May Have Influenced Superstorm Sandy

How Arctic Ice May Have Influenced Superstorm Sandy

The sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean may not seem to be connected to a hurricane like Superstorm Sandy, but …

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2013 Is 6th Warmest Year; Climate Change Contributes

2013 Is 6th Warmest Year; Climate Change Contributes

While the eastern United States shivers through an early spring cold snap, the globe as a whole continues to …

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Articles

Washington's wildfires are a warning for the entire U.S.

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By Andrea Thompson Verified
| Scientific American Verified
Dry conditions and climate change are putting forests across the country at risk for disaster Spokane, Wash., saw the worst wildfires in the state's history this weekend, bringing Washington State's total wildfire destruction to about 450,000 acres this summer. Though large fires have historically been a largely western U.S. story, heat waves and droughts are on the rise across the country, which means large urban conflagrations are a much more widespread worry.
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How Antarctica's Blood Falls came to be

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By Andrea Thompson Verified, Adam Kovac Verified
| Scientific American Verified
The bright, red-orange stain on Antarctica's ice-covered landscape may trace back to ancient oceans Antarctica's Blood Falls looks exactly like what its name suggests. But despite appearing to bleed out for millions of years, its waters are actually home to an array of microscopic life. And those tiny beings offer clues as to how the mysterious formation came to be.
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Scientific American

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By Christa Lesté-Lasserre, Andrea Thompson Verified
| Scientific American Verified
Some female daddy longlegs will perform fellatio, perhaps to avoid potential violence from males, while males of another species entice females with a secretion on their penises We use vendors like YouTube and Vimeo to provide this video content. In order to play this video, you'll need to accept certain non-essential cookies. These cookies ensure video players work and allow us to share your video viewing information with third parties for analytics, advertising and editorial purposes.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

My first job as a journalist was as a staff writer for Live Science. I covered pretty much anything and everything related to science.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yup, a looong time ago.

How is social media changing news?

It makes it travel so much faster, which is good in some ways, but bad when it spreads misinformation.