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Timmy Broderick

Timmy writes about energy and the environment with a particular focus on the local-level impacts of climate change. You can find their work in Slate, Scientific American, and the Christian Science Monitor. An Ohio native, Timmy spends their free time eating ice cream and plotting bike trips.

A woman grimaces in pain while sitting at a table with a book open in front of her.

Are more people getting migraines? It’s complicated

Health

Timmy Broderick • February 21, 2023

Global migraine rates have risen 40% in 20 years, but neurologists are skeptical that the increase is real

Damaged homes line a street in the wake of Hurricane Ian.

Hurricane Ian wrecked southwest Florida. Why weren’t there more warnings in Spanish?

Environment

Timmy Broderick • February 20, 2023

Delayed evacuation orders and a dearth of Spanish-language weather programming left many in the Hispanic community unprepared

Twenty-five people stand around some tables on a sandy pier in Brooklyn, New York. Behind the tables is a park ringed with some trees.

Restoring New York harbor with a billion oysters

Audio

Timmy Broderick • February 17, 2023

A local New York City nonprofit is working to make the region a shellfish haven after decades of declining oyster populations

Illustration of Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig, winners of The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2022.

Three U.S. economists win Nobel Prize for work on financial crises

Blogs

Timmy Broderick • October 10, 2022

The laureates’ work highlights both the necessity and instability of banks in the modern economy