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Delger Erdenesanaa

Delger is a science journalist based in Massachusetts (and sometimes in the District of Columbia). She writes about climate change, ecology, agriculture and the outdoors. Before becoming a journalist she worked in environmental policy and studied Earth science.

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

Delger Erdenesanaa • 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

Delger Erdenesanaa • 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

Delger Erdenesanaa • November 13, 2020

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