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Articles by Claudia Geib
Claudia Geib is a science writer and editor based on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Claudia's work focuses on environmental, climate, and wildlife science, with a special focus on the ocean and marine animals. Her writing has appeared in National Geographic, NOVA, Hakai Magazine, Undark, Slate, and Atlas Obscura, among other publications. She was also a member of the production teams on the science films The Most Unknown and Picture A Scientist. You can find links to her work at her website: www.claudiageib.com
Claudia's deep-rooted love for science and nature sparked during her childhood on Long Island, spent exploring tide pools and scanning the horizon for whales. (On any given day, it's likely you still might find her doing either.) She holds bachelor's degrees in journalism and environmental science from Northeastern University, as well as a master's degree in science writing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Claudia is honored to serve as the inaugural Sue Palminteri Wildtech Reporting Fellow, and to explore the fascinating, ever-growing ways that technology helps scientists and conservationists to protect threatened species and habitats, and to peer deeper than into nature's inner workings.
In her free time, you can find Claudia sailing, swimming, backpacking, and figuring out how to eat new plants she finds along the way.
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‘The return of land to Indigenous people is key’: Q&A with Shinnecock Kelp Farm’s Tela Troge
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By cultivating seaweed, Indigenous communities restore connection to the ocean
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Manatee deaths in Florida point to a global decline in seagrass ecosystems
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New ecolabel will certify ‘Whale-Safe’ shipping companies and cruise lines
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In Indonesia, an illegal leopard trade thrives out of sight, new study shows
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Fake it till you save it? Synthetic animal parts pose a conservation conundrum
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Canadian First Nation deploys ROV in push for stronger marine protection
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An eye in the sky on deforestation: Q&A with Jean Jardeleza and Kim Carlson
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Where to patrol next: ‘Netflix’ of ranger AI serves up poaching predictions
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The turtle egg that pinged back: Tracing a poaching pathway in Costa Rica
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The social network of coral reef fish: Q&A with ecologist Mike Gil
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With the help of an app, Nunavut hunters document the changing Arctic
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New tool alerts ships when whales are near. But will they slow down?
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New artificial intelligence could save both elephant and human lives
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Fishing for change: Local management of Amazon’s largest fish also empowers women
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Spying on fear in the wild: Q&A with ecologist Meredith Palmer
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For the Amazon’s rarest wild dog, deforestation is a very real threat
Special series
Forest Trackers
- Cut down once again: Uncontrolled logging puts new Sahel reforestation projects at risk
- VIDEO: The truth about Cambodia’s Prey Lang sanctuary | Chasing Deforestation
- New concession in Botum Sakor National Park handed to Cambodia’s Royal Group
- Elephants invade as habitat loss soars in Nigerian forest reserve
![Forest Trackers](https://news.mongabay.com/wp-content/themes/mongabay_v1/img/series/forest-trackers.jpg)
Oceans
- Indonesian village forms coast guard to protect octopus in Mentawai Islands
- From rat-ridden to reserve, Redonda is an island restoration role model
- Seventy-plus nations sign historic high seas treaty, paving way for ratification
- First Nation and scientists partner to revive climate-saving eelgrass
![Oceans](https://news.mongabay.com/wp-content/themes/mongabay_v1/img/series/oceans.jpg)
Amazon Conservation
- Cacao and cupuaçu emerge as Amazon’s bioeconomy showcases
- Amazon drought cuts river traffic, leaves communities without water and supplies
- New online map tracks threats to uncontacted Indigenous peoples in Brazil’s Amazon
- Brazil Supreme Court quashes time frame proposal in win for Indigenous rights
![Amazon Conservation](https://news.mongabay.com/wp-content/themes/mongabay_v1/img/series/amazon-conservation.jpg)
Land rights and extractives
- Indigenous community fighting a mine in Palawan wins a milestone legal verdict
- Son of slain Quilombola leader will still strive for community’s rights
- South Africa community members decry traditional leaders’ power amid mine plans
- Can upcoming referendum in Ecuador stop oil drilling in Yasuní National Park?
![Land rights and extractives](https://news.mongabay.com/wp-content/themes/mongabay_v1/img/series/land-rights-and-extractives.jpg)
Endangered Environmentalists
- Vietnamese environmentalist sentenced to 3 years in prison for tax evasion
- Son of slain Quilombola leader will still strive for community’s rights
- Video: Five Tembé Indigenous activists shot in Amazonian ‘palm oil war’
- Indigenous activists demand justice after 5 shot in Amazonian ‘palm oil war’
![Endangered Environmentalists](https://news.mongabay.com/wp-content/themes/mongabay_v1/img/series/endangered-environmentalists.jpg)
Indonesia's Forest Guardians
- Pioneer agroforester Ermi, 73, rolls back the years in Indonesia’s Gorontalo
- After 20 years and thousands of trees planted, Kalimantan’s veteran forester persists
- Aziil Anwar, Indonesian coral-based mangrove grower, dies at 64
- A utopia of clean air and wet peat amid Sumatra’s forest fire ‘hell’
![Indonesia's Forest Guardians](https://news.mongabay.com/wp-content/themes/mongabay_v1/img/series/indonesias-forest-guardians.jpg)
Conservation Effectiveness
- Forest restoration can fare better with human helping hand, study shows
- From rat-ridden to reserve, Redonda is an island restoration role model
- Video: Rice as a peace offering in India’s human-elephant conflict capital
- Group certification helps Malaysia’s Sabah aim for palm oil sustainability
![Conservation Effectiveness](https://news.mongabay.com/wp-content/themes/mongabay_v1/img/series/conservation-effectiveness.jpg)
Southeast Asian infrastructure
- Indonesia’s new capital ‘won’t sacrifice the environment’: Q&A with Nusantara’s Myrna Asnawati Safitri
- Small farmers in limbo as Cambodia wavers on Tonle Sap conservation rules
- To build its ‘green’ capital city, Indonesia runs a road through a biodiverse forest
- Robust river governance key to restoring Mekong River vitality in face of dams
![Southeast Asian infrastructure](https://news.mongabay.com/wp-content/themes/mongabay_v1/img/series/southeast-asian-infrastructure.jpg)