Ayurella Horn-Muller
@ayurellahm
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staff writer @Grist . prev. @Axios , @ClimateCentral . Devoured: The Extraordinary Story of Kudzu, the Vine That Ate the South out now! (opinions my own.)
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absolutely wild that
@Wendigoon8
gave so much love to my book in his newest video, which dives into the history of kudzu (and the many misconceptions surrounding it) 🙏
A new vid is live on the channel about a thing you probably don't care about but should (if you want to i guess idk). Link below
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kicking off 2023 with the news that for the next leg of my fellowship journey at
@axios
I'll be covering the (v important) intersection of climate justice and food systems
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This is Nathan Chen’s world now and we’re all just living in it
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name an environmental fiction book that you just couldn't put down (looking for recs!)
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Not really sure if members of the media are supposed to cry at events or not (I mean, are there rules?) but by god
@fred_guttenberg
&
@manueloliver00
had me sobbing. Powerful and eloquent in their messages tonight at
@CoralSpringsMOA
urging voters to
#EndGunViolence
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"hustle porn" is
@alexisohanian
's name for the toxicity in tech's work ethos. it's crazy how spot on he is. wasn't long ago that I myself was in a startup that hadn't yet figured out that "working smart" and "overworking" are two v different things.
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"We live in a deeply interconnected world, where changes to one system, impact others," says
@RepDebHaaland
. "Climate change is an unprecedented challenge that will require big and bold solutions." And so the
#ActOnClimate
meeting begins.
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On the island of Moloka‘i, a group of volunteers is working toward 100% locally owned clean energy.
Why it matters: They are reclaiming energy sovereignty for the area's largely Native Hawaiian population.
New for
@axios
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“I find it odd that millions of people will march against a president with whom they disagree, but there’s no march against the awful voting systems used to elect that same president. Why?”
The director of
@ivotedmovie
& I discuss U.S. election integrity.
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One big thing: I’m joining the energy and climate team at Axios!
Today I'm thrilled to share our first ever Axios Fellows:
@KeldyOrtiz
,
@sabrinaamorenoo
,
@ayurellahm
&
@HarryChen93
. Welcome to the team!
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I couldn't be more honored to have my reporting on immigrant farmworkers in Florida at the heart of
@grist
's newest community engagement project, led by the inimitable
@lyndseygilpin
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For
@guardian
(!!!) I traveled to the wetlands of North Carolina to investigate how the climate crisis is impacting the South’s oldest-known living tree — and the community rooted around it.
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my first book is out in the world!!!
“Devoured: The Extraordinary Story of Kudzu, the Vine That Ate the South” is now available everywhere books are sold!
@lsupress
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some news!! very excited (and a little dumbfounded) to be one of 15 journalists selected for this year’s
@OregonState
media fellowship
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latest, written on assignment for
@NatGeo
:
A 1,200-year record of cherry blossoms shows our current climate is historically unprecedented. “We haven't experienced anything like this...it's a new world that we are heading into.”
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If you're a freelancer, and you haven't yet pitched to
@southerlymag
, you're seriously missing out. Working with
@lyndseygilpin
is a dream + I endorse her for best editor of the decade (ok, century)
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“It ended up being a pivotal moment for me. Especially being the first time I performed at an awards show by myself.”
@Normani
on her VMA’s performance.
#Under30Summit
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‘write like jazz’ is the most underrated, immediately applicable journalism advice there is
(courtesy of
@yessfun
via the
@uproot_project
newsletter)
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new for
@grist
: Economists are finding that the mere prediction of an extreme event — like the record temperatures forecasters are bracing for — can prompt a spike in food prices.
"Because of climate change, we are seeing this issue more frequently."
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for
@NatGeo
, a story about the carbon footprint of bottom trawling — a destructive fishing technique that provides over a quarter of marine fishery catches worldwide.
"Global warming is like death by a thousand cuts...everything, everything counts."
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A step forward for New York and sexual assault survivors everywhere. My latest for
@Forbes
.
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Indigenous cultural burning curtailed wildfire patterns for centuries in the southwestern US, according to a new study.
latest for
@axios
:
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NEW for
@axios
: meet the team elevating Black girls, women and non-binary peoples in climate action
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beyond honored that a story I wrote for
@TheAtlantic
last year won a Green Eyeshade Award! second place in magazine feature writing 🥲
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Swedish developers are getting ready to build the world’s largest wooden city, setting the stage for a possible domino effect of similar projects across the globe.
For
@axios
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Missed jump or not, no one can skate quite like Yuzuru Hanyu
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NEW: How whalers like William A. Martin, a 19th-century Black sea captain, are helping today’s scientists better understand climate change.
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for
@axios
: a new study puts a billion-dollar price tag on one of the human costs of domestic oil and gas activity
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for
@axios
:
@chefjoseandres
, celebrity chef and founder of
@WCKitchen
, is teaming up with
@GWtweets
to launch a new research institute focused on the intersection of food production and climate change
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this story has been living in my brain for a long time now. wild to see it become something tangible, finally emerging into the world!
my latest for
@grist
:
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“And often, women of color find their quotes on the chopping block, even when their ideas remain.”
Extremely important piece by
@toftdjanegara
that underscores the importance of finding diverse sources and rewriting the journalism narrative
“Journalists perpetuate this structure … Whiteness signifies legitimacy and authority, Blackness and Brownness do not.”
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thrilled to share I’ve been selected as a 2022
@MetcalfURI
Fellow! honored to be included in this cohort of exceptional journalists (many whose work I’ve long admired)
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NEW: Undocumented farmworkers in the U.S. face critical barriers to emergency health care during and after disasters.
An
@axios
collaboration with
@sabrinaamorenoo
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NEW for
@axios
:
1 in 100 heart disease deaths are linked to days with extremely hot or cold temperatures, per a new study.
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🌱🌿🌳🌲🍃🌴🌾
I’m writing a book!
SAVIOR OF THE SOUTH is about our cultural relationship with kudzu — the landscapes and communities it entangles together — and the ways climate change impacts invasive species.
Big thanks to my publisher
@lsupress
and editor
@jennyckeegan
!
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for dozens of tribal communities in western Alaska, damage from last weekend’s storm deepens food insecurity. new from me for
@axios
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NEW for
@axios
: as climate change drives risk of declines in US food production, policymakers and private investors alike are turning to natural climate solutions
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for
@axios
: nonprofit grocery stores are increasingly filling food access gaps for American households nationwide — but some are struggling to keep their doors open
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it is surreal that while I reported this story, my family in South FL faced floods that ruined their homes, submerged their cars, wrecked everything they own.
"Disasters don't discriminate. But many of the systems that we have in place do."
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Racial disparities in food insecurity persist among low-income households that don't participate in SNAP, but not among those that do, a new study finds.
For
@axios
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“For us, this is about our Indigenous way of life...this is about our ability to remain Indigenous as we move into the future in our traditional homeland," Alannah Hurley, Executive Director of United Tribes of Bristol Bay, tells
@grist
.
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For
@axios
: A global network of volunteers is using AI to translate hundreds of thousands of words from official climate reports and studies to dozens of languages.
Why it matters: They're aiming to make vital climate change resources more accessible.
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50,000 words done. holy smokes.
a year ago, this was just an impossible idea. one that required all the bravery I could muster to begin
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In January, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Rep. Alma Adams (D-N.C.) reintroduced the Justice for Black Farmers Act.
"Remedying these historic wrongs should not be a partisan issue,"
@CoryBooker
tells
@axios
.
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First place in multimedia feature! Really honored to have worked with
@jenstaletovich
on this
@ClimateCentral
,
@WLRN
and
@southerlymag
story. (My very first journalism award 😭)
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new for
@grist
: Scientists have discovered that an ancient Maya farming technique could be used by future colonies on Mars. Turns out growing crops on the Red Planet is a lot like growing food on a climate-ravaged Earth.
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NEW for
@axios
: declining plant health could mean increased food prices for already constrained American consumers
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really thrilled to be at
#SEJ2023
! all the thanks to
@sejorg
&
@uproot_project
for the opportunity. boise is a beauty 🏞️
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scientists have discovered a new tool for treating and preventing a fast-acting, plague-like affliction that is decimating corals throughout the Florida Keys and wider Caribbean
for
@axios
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first look for
@axios
: FarmboxRx is launching a program that will supply free monthly food deliveries to up to 200 eligible U.S. households.
The big picture: It was designed to help people affected by cuts to SNAP expanded benefits.
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every single time I question myself as a journalist, something lovely and significant happens that reaffirms this is my path 😭
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admin barriers are holding up SNAP and WIC from reaching low-income Americans, as expiring benefits threaten to send them over a nationwide "hunger cliff"
NEW for
@axios
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“I have an emotional attachment to it all. The Earth. The sky. I've studied it all my life,” he said. “And it hurts me whenever somebody hurts this, out here. My home.”
Another
#1linewed
snippet from yours truly
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Extreme weather events and our warming planet are primed to strike commodities and the food supply like never before.
“We should be anticipating some drastic supply shocks.”
For
@axios
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A big new one from me: introducing ‘Faith for Earth,’ a three-part
@ClimateCentral
,
@Newsy
and
@southerlymag
multimedia series with
@AmberCStrong
. We investigate ways local religious leaders across the U.S. are responding to climate change.
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NEW for
@axios
: rounds of atmospheric river events have decimated crops and reduced work opportunities for California farmworkers, who lack access to social safety nets
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affordable housing is already hard to come by in southwest Florida. what will Ian mean for it?
new from me for
@axios
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Scientists at the
@USDA_ARS
have laid out a 30-year roadmap for mitigating some of the leading issues imperiling water sustainability and the future of food production.
"We don't want to lose a drop of water in the future. Every drop matters."
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83% of U.S. refineries violated regulations on water pollutants at least once between 2019 and 2021, and less than a quarter of the refineries received any penalty from the
@EPA
, a new
@EnviroIntegrity
report finds.
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NEW: a first look for
@axios
at a solar-powered tech initiative bringing clean drinking water to Texas colonias
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Nocturnal insects swarm like ghosts concealed by layers of inky black darkness. Time doesn’t fly here, it trickles by slowly. As if it were a dying vine, creeping towards its final resting place.
(Sneak peek of SAVIOR OF THE SOUTH for
#1linewed
)
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As a record heat wave continues to bake swaths of the country, food-insecure Americans are grappling with unique health impacts and costly relief.
"We're no stranger to heat here in Arizona. But ... I've never seen anything like this."
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@axios
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U.S. Special Envoy for Global Food Security Cary Fowler tells me a "historically strong El Niño" would create major problems for crop production and global food security.
New for
@axios
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“If something doesn’t have a use for humans, it’s not meaningful,” she said. “I see usefulness in something existing. Even if I don’t directly understand it.”
Been speaking to some fascinating people while researching for my nonfiction WIP, so here’s a quote I love for
#1linewed
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NEW for
@axios
: food insecurity late in life is associated with unusually rapid declines in brain functions that are necessary for everyday activities, according to a new study.
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NEW for
@axios
: climate change is contributing to an increase in heavier rainfall and has been linked to more intense flood events, creating "hotspots" in regions of Africa where flooding and rising food insecurity collide.
Millions of Africans face a post-flood food crisis
The toll is a major topic at COP27.
www.axios.com
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a chef falls under the bewitching spell of kudzu for this
#1linewed
🌿
“I was in love. I was just in love,” she said. “It became this magic trick that I started doing in the kitchen. And that was the beginning.”
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from reducing extreme heat impacts to stormwater runoff prevention, urban trees offer many benefits. but not all tree canopies are distributed equally.
for
@axios
, a look at which U.S. cities gain the most from urban tree cover.
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From a reserve buried deep within a Norwegian mountain to a trove in southwestern Colombia, "doomsday" seed vaults are becoming an increasingly popular tool in the race to insure global crop and agricultural production against climate change.
For
@axios
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in my first for
@TheAtlantic
, a story about the 1,000-year storm that displaced my family this year, and how that changed how I think about disaster prep (and recovery)
In a disaster, grabbing survival necessities comes first. But consider planning ahead in order to save some of your most meaningful personal possessions too, writes
@ayurellahm
.
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New for
@axios
:
A rapidly developing El Niño could result in a worldwide economic loss of upwards of $3 trillion through the end of the decade — costing some nations more than others.
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@bobclendenin
@ENBrown
@chrislhayes
Aaaaaand we’ve got a clear winner for tweet of the day, folks 👏😂
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nice to see my
@grist
coverage in
@FastCompany
! 👀
Climate change is affecting food prices, but there doesn't have to be a drought to cause prices to spike. Just the fear of one makes things more expensive.
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"You've got to pick if you can pay rent, or do you buy food? Do you buy food, or do you buy your heart medication, or your insulin?"
my latest for
@axios
looks at which states are next in line to tap Medicaid funds for food and what it signals
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NEW for
@axios
: farmers of color are calling on lawmakers to invest in equitable land access this Congress.
they're looking to the farm bill as a gateway to mitigate the government's role in fueling racial disparities in farming and food sovereignty.
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as extreme weather exacerbated by climate change hurts crop yields, some small U.S. farmers are turning to formerly out-of-reach ag-tech solutions.
NEW from me for
@axios
:
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Thrilled to share that the
@ClimateCentral
,
@southerlymag
and
@WLRN
story I worked on with
@jenstaletovich
is up for
@SPJFla
's Multimedia Feature award! 🤯
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The sun is falling asleep in its bed of clouds, sending a dimming kiss of evening rays that flicker in a mosaic across a network of trees; the forest’s very lifeblood and livelihood.
#1linewed
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NEW for
@axios
:
a study published today finds that drought and flood-causing rains are linked to increases in deadly diarrhea-related illnesses among children in developing countries.
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The long battle wrought by workers and advocates to get a national heat standard faces a looming hurdle: the forthcoming presidential election.
from
@fffffrida
and me
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Thinking critically about who we’re interviewing is crucial to diversifying stories. This
@Open_Notebook
piece has a fantastic list of resources journalists can use to find nontraditional experts.
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We owe it to Khashoggi, the staff of the Capital Gazette, Maria Ressa, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo to keep sharing their stories as: “heroic victims in the war on truth.” We owe it to the 52 journalists murdered and the more than 250 reporters imprisoned worldwide this year.
The
#US
is now the 4th deadliest country for journalists--tied with
#Mexico
and in league w/
#Afghanistan
,
#Syria
,
#Yemen
.
#TimePersonOfTheYear
honors
#media
--"The Guardians" in the "war on truth." My
@newyorker
analysis.
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Forbes
#30under30
Nasrin Mostafazadeh is a research scientist contributing to the evolution of AI. She's teaching machines cognitive ability, i.e., how to better interact with humans by collecting and making assumptions.
New from me for
@Forbes
.
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in my latest for
@CNN
, a story about a newly discovered 350 million-year-old tree species that looks like it could be from the mind of Dr. Seuss.
"They are time capsules...literally little windows into deep-time landscapes and ecosystems.”
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