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Stephen Robert Miller

Cambridge, Colorado
As seen in: MSN, HuffPost, The Guardian, The Independent (UK), The Washington Post, Yahoo News, Yahoo Singapore, Aol, Bandcamp Daily, CBNT-TV (St. John's, NL) and
Covers:  climate change, adaptation, environmental conservation, and agriculture
Doesn't Cover: Trump, immigration
Author of "Over the Seawall" on disastrous climate adaptation. Journo for NatGeo, Wired, Guardian, etc. MIT fellow. Prefers the physical world

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Independent journalist, author and editor covering climate change adaptation, environmental conservation, and agriculture for National Geographic, The Washington Post, Discover Magazine, Audubon, The Guardian, Huffington Post, Sierra Magazine, High Country News, Undark, and many others. “Over the Seawall: Tsunamis, Cyclones, Drought, and the Delusion of Controlling Nature,” will be published by Island Press on Halloween of 2023. It traces the stories of monumental but ultimately doomed adaptati…

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Can mushrooms prevent megafires?

Can mushrooms prevent megafires?

Fungi could turn piles of potential wildfire fuel into soil.

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When Climate Adaptation Backfires

When Climate Adaptation Backfires

In the scramble to combat climate change, so-called solutions can cause more harm. An IPCC 2022 report warns …

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'White gold': why shrimp aquaculture is a solution that caused a huge problem

'White gold': why shrimp aquaculture is a solution that caused a huge problem

In the 1980s, farmers in Bangladesh went from paddies to ponds, letting salt water flood their land. Now mill…

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Can Nature Reclaim Iowa?

Can Nature Reclaim Iowa?

Some dream of rewilding one of the most abused states in the nation

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What should farmers grow in the desert?

What should farmers grow in the desert?

As the Colorado River withers, a Japanese rubber company tries to persuade Arizona farmers to grow a latex-pr…

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Canadian Mine Waste Is Crossing Borders and Facing International Backlash

Canadian Mine Waste Is Crossing Borders and Facing International Backlash

For decades, Canadian waterways have carried toxic mine waste through natural ecosystems, into tribal lands a…

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3 Must-Read Books to Kick Off the New Year

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By Tiya Miles, Stephen MIller, Stephen Robert Miller, Rebecca Renner Verified, Jason Mark
| Sierra Magazine Verified
There is no better way to start a new year than with books that get you thinking about and relating to the world around you in a deeper way. How did the outdoors shape some of America's most accomplished female leaders? As the climate changes, can we plan for a more resilient future while avoiding the mistakes of the past? What can the Everglades teach us about the importance of cultivating balance and equilibrium with the natural world? These three books of nonfiction offer up the possible answers.
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Why It's Alarming That Deep-Sea Currents are Beginning to Slow

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By Stephen MIller, Stephen Robert Miller
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Why are we paying for crop failures in the desert?

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By Stephen MIller, Stephen Robert Miller
| The Food & Environment Reporting Network (FERN) Verified
Taxpayers are on the hook for heat-related crop losses in parched states like Arizona. That needs to change. By This Story’s Impact 6.4 million pageviews per month In mid-July in Phoenix, a man demonstrated to a local news station how to cook steak on the dashboard of his car. The city sweltered through a nearly monthlong streak of 110-degree temperatures this summer, while heat records are tumbling across the Southwest.
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Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

Reporter for the Climate Assessment for the Southwest

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Twitter

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