Nina R. Dietz

After the Fires - Inside Climate News The health risks following the L.A. wildfires that destroyed Pacific Palisades and Altadena

If you're a fellow nerd, this one's for you. Now stand back, he's going to try science!
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After the Fires - Inside Climate News The health risks following the L.A. wildfires that destroyed Pacific Palisades and Altadena

For the third installment in After The Fires, groundbreaking air quality researcher Nick Spada gave an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the dedication, expertise, and chaos tolerance required to unravel the mystery of LA fire smoke's composition and its devastating impact on those exposed.

The support of @pulitzercenter.bsky.social and the freedom and trust afforded by my editors @insideclimatenews.org has allowed me to act as both reporter and photographer for this series. I hope you find the story is moving as I do. I did my best to do it justice!
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Some of you may know that in a previous life, I was on track to become professional documentary photographer. Then the pandemic happened. 3/🧵

In particularly proud of the story and very grateful to the people involved for giving me unparalleled access to their lives during a very vulnerable time. Please also take the time to check out the photos in the story. 2/🧵

A Neighborhood Burned, a Home Saved, a Future in Question - Inside Climate News Firefighters, heroic tenants and a change of winds spared a home on Quadro Vecchio Drive in Los Angeles during the January wildfires. What comes next for the home—and the families who love it—is compl...

For my second story in the After the Fires series, I had the opportunity to get to know two families connected by the shared love of a house. 1/🧵

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This unique collaboration includes scientists from top institutions across the country, like @hsph.harvard.edu @utaustin.bsky.social @yalesph.bsky.social @ucirvine.bsky.social @ucdavisengineering.bsky.social @keckmedicineusc.bsky.social and many more. The next story will be out soon! End/🧵

This first story follows the efforts of the scientists in the @lafirehealth.bsky.social consortium to get answers for the thousands of Angelenos whose homes survived, but remain displaced by the contamination from the fires. 2/🧵

After the LA Fires, Scientists Study the Toxins Left Behind - Inside Climate News Researchers from Harvard and universities in California and Texas are studying the long-term effects of the Eaton and Palisades fires on air, water, soils and surfaces of properties that didn’t burn.

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My series After the Fires has been quietly in the works since the end of January. Now, thanks to the support of @pulitzercenter.bsky.social and @insideclimatenews.org the time has come to share the first installment! 1/🧵

A few weeks ago, had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Arline Geronimus about how climate change is compounding weathering, (how racism accelerates biological aging) for @insideclimatenews.org. Geronimus’ work is essential as Trump policy works to defund research on racial inequality and climate.

‘Weathering’ Expert Arline Geronimus Reflects on Climate Change and Health Inequities - Inside Climate News Climate change is poised to contribute to chronic stress and worsen health prospects among marginalized populations.

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Another update: Some people were asking about the risk to NCBI data. @ninardietz.bsky.social sent info that the 1000 genomes data is mirrored in the EU at EMBL-EBI (European MicroBiology Lab - European Bioinformatics Institute) and is open access. www.internationalgenome.org/data

Morning all! Thanks to @ninardietz.bsky.social we've gotten a pre-scrub backup of all CDC Atlas data tables. I need help though. This data has been spread everywhere & I'm not sure all the places it's gone. Would anyone want to create a spreadsheet of CDC datasets in official archives/repos?

Sure thing! Should I just email
iassistdata gmail account that has been organizing things/sending out emails, or would you prefer another option?

I have it backed up and have seeded it! Someone pulled down everything they could crawl as of 1/28 (I believe it was not changed at that point!) I am happy to share it, either via the magnetic link, or another way if you would prefer. I also have it on a 4tb ssd for safety. Just Lmk!

Data Rescue Efforts Data / Website Rescue Efforts End of Term Crawl - The main coordinated effort to archive websites, but datasets have been more of a challenge. EDGI - They have been focused on environmental data. A ...

Penn is getting a lot of questions about Data Refuge. That effort no longer exists, but several efforts are currently active. I've created a doc from what I & others have suggested. I'll update as I hear more. Feel free to share or suggest: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

YouTube video by UCSF Cancer Unlocking Cancer Secrets with Peto’s Paradox. Cancer Grand Challenges: Introducing Team PROMINENT

In light of the current war on science, I am sharing some amazing research I've encountered while reporting my latest project!
First up, the PROMINENT Grand Challenge: an international team investigating the cancer promoter hypothesis. Find their video linked below!
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Checked on the article I wrote about Juneteenth in 2023…
”under review”

I say we throw out the 2020's and start again. Thing have clearly gone very very wrong. And yes. This is real. I checked.

LA Fire Victims Have Become ‘Dysregulated,’ Making it Hard to Focus and Make Decisions  - Inside Climate News A psychotherapist in Pasadena who was evacuated from her home says fire victims and most others in Los Angeles must begin by “re-finding a sense of safety” through connecting with others and taking ca...

For @insideclimatenews.org . In a Q&A, Pasadena therapist Cate Parker shares knowledge on trauma, provides resources, offers insight into post-disaster community mental health, and explores how Angelenos are reevaluating climate risks following the LA fires.
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Many thanks to @heathermcteertoney.bsky.social, @rosiealegado.bsky.social, @tallessyn.bsky.social Grenfell-Lee, and Sarah Ogletree for bringing this story to life! End/🧵

I know most of you are spending time with family, friends, and other loved ones this week, and hopefully taking a much deserved break from the news, but I’m just going to include the link below, in case anyone is in the mood for a bit of not-so-light reading. 4/🧵

I have *complicated* feelings about organized religion overall. But the interviews I did for this piece have been some of my favorite conversations this year.
It is a little sad (sorry, covering climate is pretty grim these days) but also hopeful in an unorthodox way. 3/🧵

I figured everyone would be enjoying time with their families yesterday so I decided to wait to share it until today. I began reporting this assignment with a fair share of trepidation as a vaguely Pagan, culturally Jewish, holiday-only Christian,… 2/🧵

Grief, Hope, Joy: Faith in the Time of Climate Change - Inside Climate News Leaders from different spiritual traditions share their unique approaches to wrestling with existential climate fears.

So in a moment of serendipity, an article I’ve been working on for months for @insideclimatenews.org about the role of faith communities in grappling with climate change came out yesterday, both the first night of Hanukkah and Christmas Day! 1/🧵

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Recently, I got to cover Camp Small, Baltimore's municipal lumber yard, for Science Friday.
Last night, Camp Small caught fire. The fire was so big, it forced road closures. This morning, the area continues to smolder. This is a sad day for Baltimore.
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