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Maria Paula Rubiano

Maria Paula Rubiano

Before arriving in New York, Maria Paula worked as a full-time staff reporter for El Espectador, one of Colombia’s leading newspapers. She has traveled on helicopters, boats and canoes looking for stories about water resources and deforestation.

This is an image of people's silhouette against a wall on a street.

Coronavirus is reshaping personal space. But what does that really mean?

 Health
• May 27, 2020

Personal space is wired in our brains, and here’s how scientists discovered it

This image shows a freshwater fish. Freshwater fish are one of the most endangered groups of animals on Earth.

Global map to reveal ‘swimways’ of Earth’s fish

 Environment
• May 1, 2020

A small team of scientists is creating the first global 'swimways' map, a tool they hope will promote stronger policies to save freshwater fish from threats like dams and overfishing

Lake dried out by water scarcity. A mountain with dried plants is on the background.

A third of the world’s calories are threatened by water scarcity

 Environment
• December 11, 2019

One in three people depend on rivers where water shortages might occur

Artemisa Xabriabá (right), 17-year-old indigenous climate activist from Brazil. Artemisa became an activist at age 7, when she helped to reforest 37 acres in the lands of her native community who lives on the left bank of the São Francisco River, in the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Credit: Maria Paula Rubiano

Unrecognized Latin American ‘Gretas’ struggle to bring climate strikes home

 Environment
• September 24, 2019

A region most vulnerable to climate change was barely visible during the Global Climate Strike.

 
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