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Emma Smith

@3mm4sm1th.bsky.social
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Science journalist, Editorial Fellow at @sierramagazine.bsky.social Words in Sierra, bioGraphic, Mongabay, and others.

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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In my latest for @biographic.bsky.social, I reported on a Southeast Asian mite that is spreading into parts of Europe, threatening honey bees. Last summer, a cargo ship carrying mite-infested bees was headed toward the U.S. when officials intercepted the swarm. biographic.com/a-mite-on-a-...
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A Mite on a Bee on a Ship on the Sea Spells Trouble | bioGraphic
Pollinator pathogens are spreading through international trade, threatening both agriculture and wild ecosystems.
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Sierra Magazine @sierramagazine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There have been four global coral bleaching events recorded since 1998, with coral experiencing its sharpest decline of nearly 9 percent between 2023 and 2024, according to a recent report. This occurred during the last El Niño event. Researchers say this year's El Niño could be way worse.
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Corals Face an Existential Threat as the Super El Niño Heats Up
These marine invertebrates are already at risk from the climate crisis and rising ocean temperatures
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Colin Schultz @colinschultz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Before I was let go, I lined up about two months worth of news stories for the bioGraphic relaunch. Great to see this piece by @gregnoone.bsky.social out in the wild. There's some real bangers coming down the pipe from @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social, @ashleybraun.bsky.social, @annieroth.bsky.social & others
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Honored to my photo of Kalea, a critically endangered Hawaiian monk seal, and other pictures of wildlife throughout Oregon, Montana and Hawaii featured in @therevelator.org
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Sierra Magazine @sierramagazine.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This year’s El Niño is coming in hot: The weekly Niño 3.4 Index reached +2.7°C on August 12, far higher than previous already warm cycles and earning the title “super El Niño.” Despite these highs, scientists say what's to come will likely break even more records. Reported by @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social
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The Super El Niño Has Arrived
Coral cores show that we are entering an unprecedented warming weather pattern on top of climate change
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Joe Spring @joespring.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This summer I went out with Hawaiian green sea turtle experts around the state to report on the animal’s recovery. Here's my story on those dedicated researchers and volunteers, for @sierramagazine.bsky.social www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2026-...
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The Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle Is Making a Comeback
How locals and conservationists are helping the honu resurgence
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Thanks @mbarinews.bsky.social for the visuals.
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
In my latest for @sierramagazine.bsky.social, I reported on marine snow and how it serves as a critical carbon pump for the ocean and our atmosphere.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 27/08/2026
Scientists surveying the Indian Ocean seafloor down to 5,431 meters have identified 149 new species, including rare fish, corals, and sea worms. As threats from deep-sea mining and climate change grow, mapping these remote seamounts is crucial, experts say. @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social reports.
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Scientists discover 149 new deep-sea species at remote Indian Ocean seamounts
The Indian Ocean accounts for about a fifth of global ocean area, with 90% of it reaching deeper than 1,000 meters (3,280 feet). Yet compared to the Pacific and Atlantic, its deep-sea biodiversity is…
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
My latest for @mongabay.com involves deep-sea ocean research conducted by researchers in Australia who discovered 149 new species while mapping and surveying seamounts in the remote Indian Ocean. news.mongabay.com/2026/08/scie...
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Scientists discover 149 new deep-sea species at remote Indian Ocean seamounts
The Indian Ocean accounts for about a fifth of global ocean area, with 90% of it reaching deeper than 1,000 meters (3,280 feet). Yet compared to the Pacific and Atlantic, its deep-sea biodiversity is ...
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
If it suddenly feels like grizzly bears are everywhere, it's likely because populations have improved. And encounters are increasingly being shared on social media. In my most recent for @sierramagazine.bsky.social, researchers break down these factors and how to recreate bear country.
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Finally got to report on one of the ocean's largest predators for @sierramagazine.bsky.social. Thanks to researchers @whoi.edu and UMiami for speaking with me.
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
My latest for @sierramagazine.bsky.social covers the return of King Salmon to the watershed within the Mount St. Helens monument for the first time since the May 1980 eruption. www.sierraclub.org/sierra/chino...
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Chinook Salmon Are Returning to This River After Nearly 50 Years
Cowlitz Tribe helps reintroduce the largest Pacific salmon species to watershed inside Mount St. Helens monument
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
My first for @sierramagazine.bsky.social, as wildfires ravage parts of Oregon, France and Spain.
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
My latest for @therevelator.org began as a story for a class. It evolved into a months long reporting project, following the years long effort to preserve and protect New Zealand's critically endangered Māui's dolphins, which are considered taonga by the Māori people of New Zealand.
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
In my first for @sierramagazine.bsky.social, I reported on the long term health effects of particulate matter 2.5 or soot in wildfire smoke.
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Personal news: I am very happy to share that I am now an Editorial Fellow with @sierramagazine.bsky.social, covering climate, wildlife, energy, conservation & public lands. I am also honored to have been selected as a Summer Diversity Fellow with @sciencewriters.org. www.nasw.org/article/2026...
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2026 NASW Summer Diversity Fellowships Announced
The National Association of Science Writers congratulates Chiara Villanueva, Emma Smith, Jamie Jiang, Julie Lee, Olivia Maule, and **Pragathi Ravi on receiving a 2026 NASW Diversity Summer Fellowship.
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
In my first for @mongabay.com, I reported on researchers and Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Wildlife Department's efforts to protect endangered Indian pangolins from habitat loss and poaching. #EndangeredSpecies #Pangolins #Wildlife #Mongabay news.mongabay.com/2026/06/beyo...
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Beyond wildlife trade: Endangered pangolins are losing habitat in Pakistan
Tariq Mahmood was alarmed when he found 19 sacks tucked away in a railway tunnel in the Chakwal district of northern Pakistan. Their contents were extremely disturbing: 45 rotting pangolin carcasses, ...
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Tanya Lewis @tanyalewis.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I talked to the researchers at the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory about their race to develop a PCR test for hantavirus in a weekend, before passengers on the MV Hondius arrived @sciam.bsky.social 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
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How scientists developed a hantavirus PCR test in a weekend Inside the race to develop a hantavirus PCR test
Researchers at the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory worked round the clock to develop a test for the Andes virus at the center of the deadly cruise ship outbreak
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Science Magazine @science.org · 15/05/2026
A decades-long effort to remove dangerous plastic debris from marine and terrestrial habitats succeeded in lowering endangered Hawaiian monk seal entanglement rates, a 2024 study found, confirming that such efforts are well worth the cost and effort. #EndangeredSpeciesDay scim.ag/4d8jw7X
The 27 September 2024 cover of Science. Papahānaumokuākea Marine Debris Project technicians recover a mass of derelict fishing gear from a reef in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Photo: James Morioka/Papahānaumokuākea Marine Debris Project
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
It's #EndangeredSpeciesDay. During my time on Maui, I met Kalea, a two-year-old critically endangered Hawaiian monk seal. She's one of ten or eleven #HawaiianMonkSeals on Maui. There are less than 1,600 in the world now, as they were nearly hunted to extinction during the 20th century. #Conservation
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Great work as per usual by @alexaroblesgil.bsky.social. Please give it a read!
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Thank you for thinking of me, Miranda!
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Thank you for reading it!
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Thank you so much, Billy!
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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Think Global Health: “England Closes Several Long COVID Clinics, Deserting Patients” ‘The closures mark a funding reversal by the National Health Service and come even as Long COVID's prevalence remains steady’ www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/engl...
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England Closes Several Long COVID Clinics, Deserting Patients  | Think Global Health
The closures mark a funding reversal by the National Health Service and come even as Long COVID's prevalence remains steady
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Thank you to all the U.K. patients, advocates (@longcovidsupport.bsky.social ) physicians and MP @joplatt.bsky.social who spoke with me for this article with @thinkglobalhealth.org #LongCOVID #Disability #SixYearsLater #COVID #England #UnitedKingdom www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/engl...
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England Closes Several Long COVID Clinics, Deserting Patients  | Think Global Health
The closures mark a funding reversal by the National Health Service and come even as Long COVID's prevalence remains steady
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Kelli Caldwell @kellicaldwell.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
An article about my family's struggle with mental illness and guns. "Mom's Last Gun" by Kelli Caldwell, edited by Leslie Eaton. So grateful to Leslie and the The Marshall Project team for helping us tell this slice of our story. #mentalhealth #gunsafety www.themarshallproject.org/2026/03/06/g...
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Mom’s Last Gun
My mother has severe mental illness. Our family has spent decades trying to keep her from using firearms to hurt herself and others.
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Honored to have contributed this resource with @longcovidjustice.org and @thesicktimes.org
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
A great article about clinics closing by @brittashoot.com with @thesicktimes.org! Please give it a read.
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Scienceline @scienceline.org · 26/01/2026
The gut microbiome may be trendy, but research lags behind. A recent study by @cellpress.bsky.social describes a new capsule — inspired by the structure of #coral — may help better illuminate its mysteries Story by Georgia Michelman, read more on Scienceline scienceline.org/2026/01/cora...
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What can a coral-inspired pill teach us about the gut microbiome? - Scienceline
A new capsule measuring the small intestine’s microbes may help better illuminate the mysteries of the gut microbiome
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Thank you so much for taking the time to watch it!
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Grief is hard to write about and even more difficult to discuss. I am proud of my dad, Matt, for writing about it for Oregon Attorney Assistance Program. Read the essay here: d1o0i0v5q5lp8h.cloudfront.net/oaap/live/as... #Grief #Essay
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Scienceline @scienceline.org · 23/01/2026
Researchers in Singapore synthesized a reef-safe sunscreen prototype from a very unusual source: #pollen Story by Madeline Shaw, read more on Scienceline! scienceline.org/2026/01/rese...
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Researchers create reef-safe sunscreen prototype from pollen - Scienceline
How the “diamond of the organic world” could help protect skin from damaging UV rays
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
As always, thank you for sharing.
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Watch it here: Finding Our Voices After COVID Julia Claire Taylor is an opera singer based in NYC who lost her ability to perform after a COVID infection in 2022. A clinical trial with @putrinolab.bsky.social allowed her to reach a milestone this October. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJZM... #LongCOVID
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“Finding our Voices after COVID” written by Emma Smith, journalist
YouTube video by Julia Claire Taylor
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
All good! Thank you again for sharing the story.
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
The article by Rebecca Nagle: www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Long COVID Showed Me the Bottom of American Health Care
Access to clinics has only gotten patchier as attention to the disease has faded.
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Hi Emily, thank you for sharing my article. I do want to add that I did not compile EITHER spreadsheets. The first one was sent to me by a Long COVID advocacy organization and the second one (updated as of April 2025) was organized by reporter, Rebecca Nagle, for a separate article.
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Please message me!
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Tania J. Spencer @taniaspencer.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
"About 40 per cent of #LongCOVID sufferers who sought health care for their symptoms have had difficulties accessing it, the Statistics 🇨🇦 Canada survey showed": www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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For millions of Canadians with long COVID, getting treatment is still a struggle | CBC News
Long COVID sufferers from across Canada are left struggling for words, breath and answers after some specialized clinics have shut down.
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Of course. Yes. It's happening here and outside of the U.S. as well.
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Thank you for sharing. However, I'm so sorry that your husband is sick and that it took him two years to get into a clinic!
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Thank you, Billy!
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Thank you. Will do.
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Long COVID clinics are quietly closing, leaving thousands of patients without specialized care via @scienceline.org scienceline.org/2026/01/long... Thank you to the people living with Long COVID who shared their stories and to the healthcare providers and advocates for sharing their insights.
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Long COVID clinics are quietly closing, leaving thousands of patients without specialized care - Scienceline
Long COVID clinics began opening in swaths across the country in 2020 to provide specialty care for patients living with this chronic condition, which occurs following a COVID infection. As of March 2...
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Thank you. I am also looking to speak with patients who have lost access!
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
@longcovidsupport.bsky.social @longcovidsos.bsky.social #LongCOVIDUK #LongCOVID #ME/CFS #oneoftwo
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Emma Smith @3mm4sm1th.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
I'm reporting on Long COVID clinics closing across the UK and looking to understand what's driving this. I am also examining the state of care for ME/CFS. If you're a patient (who has lost access to care/faced barriers accessing it), clinician, or advocate, DM for my WhatsApp.
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