Author Archives

Delger Erdenesanaa

Delger Erdenesanaa

Delger is an environment reporter based in Texas. She writes about climate change and related issues in science, politics and economics. Before becoming a journalist she worked in environmental policy and studied Earth science.

A lineman is working at the top of an electric wire pole while a colleague stands below in the snow.

Prophet of the polar vortex

 Environment
• March 21, 2022

Jennifer Francis was one of the first climate scientists to connect a warmer Arctic with severe winter weather further south

A crowd of people are protesting in a park, with banners reading "Hunger strike" and "Debt forgiveness now!" A young man at the front of the crowd speaks into a megaphone while holding a taxi medallion number.

The NYC taxi drivers’ hunger strike, in photos

 Tech
• February 14, 2022

After taxi medallions plummeted in value, New York cabbies left with impossible loans have won debt relief from the city

A very cute cat walks outside among bushes and grass. He is wearing a harness and leash, and looking back over his shoulder.

COVID-19 made me reconsider my cats’ housebound lives

 Life Science
• August 18, 2021

Under pandemic lockdown, those lucky enough to stay home got a taste of pets’ confinement

A large brick building sits on top of a big dam, with the river in the foreground. Excavators are demolishing a corner of the dam.

Take dams down and the fish will come

 Environment
• August 13, 2021

Thousands of U.S. dams could be removed to restore important fish habitat without impacting hydropower generation, experts say

A green, grassy landscape with hills and a cloudy sky in the background, and a small pond in the foreground

Can tree campaigns curb climate change without harming grasslands?

 Environment
• May 28, 2021

Past tree-planting pushes have had unintended ecological consequences

Three workers on top of a large pile of fetilizer bags, with a yellow construction machine behind them.

Soil erosion is washing farms’ phosphorus down the drain

 Environment
• February 17, 2021

Experts warn erosion is depleting the essential but scarce soil nutrient

A color satellite image of Hurricane Delta swirling above the Gulf Coast

More than just a weather forecast

 Environment
• January 6, 2021

Meteorologists are starting to talk about climate change

A firefighter lights a controlled burn in a forest. Low flames burn grass and scrub behind him, smoke rises around him.

Rethinking who should set prescribed fires

 Environment
• November 13, 2020

To manage wildfires, the United States needs a lot more prescribed burns. Tribes and community organizations are ready to step in

 
Subscribe

The Scienceline Newsletter

Sign up for regular updates.