Virginia Gewin

Trump Blindsided by What’s Happening in His Own War The president is vexed as his war veers off script.

“The president doesn’t like the attack. He wants to save the oil. He doesn’t want to burn it. And it reminds people of higher gas prices,” a Trump adviser told Axios.

Nikkei 225 declines more than 6% as oil breaks $100 a barrel Higher energy prices could contribute to higher inflation and lower economic growth.

The Nikkei 225 declined more than 6% as oil broke $100 a barrel and concerns grew that higher energy prices could affect economic growth.

U.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Beside Iranian School, Video Shows The evidence contradicts President Trump’s claim that Iran was responsible for a strike at the school that killed 175 people, most of them children.

Breaking News: New video adds to evidence that a U.S. missile likely hit an Iranian school where 175 people, many of them children, were reportedly killed.

A Trump Order Protected a Weedkiller. And Also a Weapon of War.

"Concerns about the availability of [white] phosphorus for defense played a significant role in Mr. Trump’s move to deem Bayer’s operations a national security priority, according to two people with direct knowledge of the administration’s deliberations."

Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It. Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...

Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.

Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.

(Published Oct. 2025 with @readfrontier.bsky.social)

Report: Nearly 95k science employees left government as Trump downsized agency workforces The Trump administration also has cut spending on science contracts and grants.

"US federal government’s science workforce lost nearly 95,000 employees, 11.9%, between September 2024 and December 2025, according to a new analysis from the Partnership for Public Service."

Getting Yourself on the Scene: How to Fund and Plan Field-Reporting Trips - The Open Notebook Field reporting brings color and context to a story that are often impossible to capture from afar. But getting yourself on the scene is no easy task. Intrepid reporters must battle competitive grant ...

Traveling for a story requires access and money. In TON’s latest story, @bwfund.bsky.social‬ early-career fellow @skylerdware.bsky.social talks to @virginiagewin.bsky.social and others for tips on finding the funding and more. 🧪

Patients say measles 'worse than expected' as Utah hits 350+ infections, doctors say Health officials plead with residents to vaccinate against measles as Utah hits 358 infections.

Over 120 people have been hospitalized due to measles in Utah alone. "It is, at this time a real threat in our state and something we can do to stop it," said Dr. Leisha Nolen, state epidemiologist… pleading for people to get themselves and their children vaccinated.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

And on women in science:
*These women inspired award-winning women by @scattercushion.bsky.social
*Q&A with Changemaker Dorceta Taylor by @virginiagewin.bsky.social
*The $120K 'motherhood penalty' by @sarahemilywild.bsky.social

Inside on women's health:
*The missing pieces of menopause science (shocker: there are many) by @lindanordling.bsky.social
*How and why to filter men out of your data by @smjyoti.bsky.social
*Drug safety in pregnancy by @giorgiag-sciwriter.bsky.social

International Women's Day 2026 Nature highlights developments in women’s health research and career guidance for women in science.

It's International Women's Day this weekend! @natureportfolio.nature.com celebrates with a collection of articles exploring how to improve gender equality for women's health and women's careers in science.

Eye-popping art by illustrator Maria Corte.

www.nature.com/immersive/iw...

International Women's Day 2026 Nature highlights developments in women’s health research and career guidance for women in science.

Happy International Women's Day! @nature.com put together a collection of recent women's health and women in science stories--by @smjyoti.bsky.social, @scattercushion.bsky.social, @lindanordling.bsky.social , @sarahemilywild.bsky.social, and myself
--to commemorate.

OK, as the actual journalist who has been unwittingly caught up in the Claude rumor this morning (who also covers AI disinformation) let me clear this one up for the record.

To recap: Claude kind of implicated itself in the Iran school bombing citing (in part) my reporting...

Contrails are a climate puzzle written across the sky As airlines test new routes and researchers refine models, contrails are shifting from an afterthought of flight to a potential tool for cutting the carbon footprint of aviation.

Aviation only recently uncovered an additional climate impact beyond CO2 emissions—contrails.

But researchers and airlines are exploring how to reroute flights to avoid contrail formation. They hope it will be a rare climate win for the sector.

My @anthropocenemag.bsky.social story

Today!

Tomorrow!

Contrails are a climate puzzle written across the sky As airlines test new routes and researchers refine models, contrails are shifting from an afterthought of flight to a potential tool for cutting the carbon footprint of aviation.

Contrails are a climate puzzle written across the sky.


As airlines test new routes and researchers refine models, contrails are shifting from an afterthought of flight to a potential tool for cutting the carbon footprint of aviation.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/03/cont...

Trump’s War on Iran Could Screw Over US Farmers The Middle East supplies a huge amount of the world’s fertilizer. Conflict in the region has sent prices soaring ahead of the critical spring planting season.

One surprising side effect of the US war in Iran: American farmers are staring down soaring fertilizer prices at the worst possible time.

From @mollytaft.com

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Contrails are a climate puzzle written across the sky As airlines test new routes and researchers refine models, contrails are shifting from an afterthought of flight to a potential tool for cutting the carbon footprint of aviation.

“[Contrail avoidance] has the potential to be a low-cost, actionable strategy for aviation,” said Jill Blickstein, VP of sustainability @americanair.bsky.social in this @anthropocenemag.bsky.social story. “But it will be complicated.”

Thx to @marcshapiro.bsky.social @andreaspetzold.bsky.social!

This Thursday!

I will continue the fight for environmental justice in Black communities Nicknamed the father of environmental justice, Robert Bullard argues that researchers in the field have more reason than ever to back up their work with action.

As the final @nature.com Changemakers in science Q&A, it's truly fitting to highlight the work of Robert Bullard @bullardcenter.bsky.social to put action behind environmental justice research in the most vulnerable communities. As told to @virginiagewin.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

What a great response so far!

Re-upping for the weekend crowd.

I will continue the fight for environmental justice in Black communities Nicknamed the father of environmental justice, Robert Bullard argues that researchers in the field have more reason than ever to back up their work with action.

🗣️ "I will continue the fight for environmental justice in Black communities."

Dr. Robert D. Bullard argues that researchers in the field have more reason than ever to back up their work with action. | Nature

#BlackHistoryMonth

Call for Experts for Upcoming IPCC Work | AGU The U.S. Academic Alliance for the IPCC, hosted by AGU, is facilitating nominations to the Seventh Assessment Cycle.

I’m thankful and impressed by my colleagues who assembled the US Academic Alliance for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (USAA-IPCC) and my professional society @agu.org for hosting it. Without USAA-IPCC, US scientists wouldn’t be able to contribute to various @ipcc.bsky.social reports.

I will continue the fight for environmental justice in Black communities Nicknamed the father of environmental justice, Robert Bullard argues that researchers in the field have more reason than ever to back up their work with action.

“I might have written 18 books over the past four decades, but it’s really all just one book on fairness, justice and equity,” @drrobertbullard.bsky.social, the father of environmental justice.

His nature.com interview ends the Changemakers Q&A series, started by @kendallsciwrite.bsky.social.

Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries.

This is such a well done piece that reports out, with hard data and interviews, something profound about what's gone wrong in this country.

www.wsj.com/us-news/amer...

Wearable Air Samplers Reveal How Wildfire Shapes the Exposome

My story on researchers using silicone wearables to understand what’s in wildfire smoke is also my 1st for @jmirpub.bsky.social

Many thx to Krystal Pollitt @yalesph.bsky.social, Mary Margaret Johnson @hsph.harvard.edu & Heather Stapleton @duke-university.bsky.social!

NSWA members: We are planning a field trip to OSU in Corvallis! We'll visit the Wave Research Lab 🌊 , an ice core collection🧊, a research brewery 🍻 and the famed HJ Andrews experimental forest 🌳🌲 (an add-on jaunt for day 3). Claim your spot now!

Details: nswa.wildapricot.org/event-6574489