Sophie Hartley

Yes, Indiana maple syrup is a thing. But climate woes could change that Indiana maple syrup producers are adapting to changes in tapping season due to climate change but some worry the industry will die in the future.

It can be tricky to see what climate change looks like on the ground, especially in the lower Midwest. For this IndyStar piece, I spoke with Indiana maple syrup makers and scientists to learn how strange winters are reshaping the industry.

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"Despite deep-red voting records and conservative dispositions, many of these counties have few regrets about allowing towering wind turbines and lines of solar panels to dot bits of their countryside." www.indystar.com/story/news/e... by @hartleys.bsky.social and @elizabethweise.bsky.social 🔌💡

Hoosiers still have time to tell the EPA how they feel about the agency's efforts to revoke the endangerment finding. @hartleys.bsky.social has the details:

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EPA chief visits Indiana to announce repeal of landmark climate change policy EPA chief Zeldin announced plans to rescind the country's biggest tool to fight climate change. Environmental advocates call it a direct assault.

EPA admin Zeldin announces his intent to repeal the pivotal finding in effort to align agency with Trump. For IndyStar w/ @hartleys.bsky.social

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Hoosier evangelicals slowly going solar, but they're not talking about climate change Climate scientist says the wedge between evangelicals and environmentalism has less to do with theology and more to do with politics.

“It’s an issue of caring for the least among us, for those who are impacted by what we do but don’t have any power over it." - Madeline Hirschland, who helps distribute energy conservation grants to evangelical churches in Indiana.

'One Big Beautiful Bill' could end energy tax credits, jobs for thousands of Hoosiers House version of federal budget bill would cut tax credits for Hoosiers who invest in solar, other residential energy-saving projects

“If Congress chooses to get rid of these tax credits it will come at the detriment of both homeowners and small businesses like ours." - Bradley Stroot, who owns an AC company in Bloomington.

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Two cities stopped adding fluoride to water. Science reveals what happened As calls to end fluoride in water get louder, changes to the dental health of children in Calgary, Canada, and Juneau, Alaska, may provide a cautionary tale.

“Dental decay is very preventable. It breaks your heart to see these young kids that aren’t able to eat.”

- a dentist who saw lots of kids with severe tooth decay after Calgary stopped fluoridating its water in 2011.

Great story by @alexviveros.bsky.social

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Planting Trees in Minnesota Is Harder Than It Sounds As climate change threatens trees across the state, foresters have a plan. The missing piece? Seed collectors.

Minnesota's forests are changing fast. Development and climate change are pushing them to the brink. Scientists predict that the northern part of the state will soon feel like the southern part, which is why researchers are collecting seeds to reforest the region.

Wildlife Management Gets Trickier as Climate Change Reconfigures Snowfall Snow is becoming more unpredictable across North America, complicating research for scientists

Scientists who rely on snowfall to track and monitor wildlife—sometimes it literally just makes animals easier to see—are preparing for new methods, as climate change lessens annual snowfall. 🌎

Who are the indirect costs of NIH research? We talked to 3 The funding agency aims to cap “indirect costs” in biomedical research grants. But this behind-the-scenes work is crucial to making research happen.

These people's jobs are "indirect costs" on NIH grants. Here's what science and medicine could lose without them.

@alexviveros.bsky.social and I talked to a pre-award administrator, systems engineer and flow cytometry specialist for @sciencenews.bsky.social. www.sciencenews.org/article/indi...

Photo of Pitch Slam 2024 judges Shraddha Chakradhar and Sarah Zielinski. Photo by Sophia Hartley.

Photo of Pitch Slam 2024 judge David Ehrenstein. Photo by Sophia Hartley.

Panoramic photo of the packed conference room attending the 2024 Pitch Slam during Science Writers 2024 in Raleigh.

Did you miss our #SciWri24 national meeting this year? Read a recap of our ever-popular #SciWriPitchSlam session in Raleigh filed by NASW conference travel fellows, with story by Lily Stewart and photography by Sophie Hartley (@hartleys.bsky.social): www.nasw.org/article... 💚🧪📝