Carolyn Gramling

Carolyn Gramling

Earth & Climate Writer, Science News

Carolyn is the Earth & Climate writer at Science News. Previously she worked at Science magazine for six years, both as a reporter covering paleontology and polar science and as the editor of the news in brief section. Before that she was a reporter and editor at EARTH magazine. She has bachelor’s degrees in Geology and European History and a Ph.D. in marine geochemistry from MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. She’s also a former Science News intern.

All Stories by Carolyn Gramling

  1. Earth

    Microplastics are blowing in the wind

    Tiny pieces of plastic are traveling through the air, a new study shows. A remote mountaintop saw just as much plastic deposited per day as falls on downtown Paris.

  2. Animals

    Paleontologists find the first fossilized egg inside an ancient bird

    For the first time, paleontologists have found an unlaid egg inside an ancient bird fossil. That egg may have caused its mother’s death.

  3. Climate

    Oceans’ fever means fewer fish

    Warming oceans have caused fish populations to plummet since 1930. In some regions, the number of fish that can be caught without depleting populations has dropped by more than one-third.

  4. Climate

    Disappearing sea ice could disrupt Arctic’s food web

    When sea ice goes missing in the Arctic, every part of the ecosystem feels the effects.

  5. Earth

    Earth’s core may have hardened just in time to save planet’s magnetic field

    Earth’s inner core began to solidify within the past 565 million years, a study finds. That could explain why the planet’s magnetic field did not collapse.

  6. Fossils

    This robot shows how an ancient creature might have walked

    Scientists used fossils, footprints, a computer models and a life-sized walking robot to find out how an ancient creature moved.

  7. Climate

    New research may alter what we know about how tornadoes form

    New data suggest that the twisters don’t form from the top down.

  8. Climate

    Climate change greatly intensified many 2017 weather events

    Climate change increased the likelihood of 16 extreme weather events in 2017 — including one that couldn’t have happened without it.

  9. Climate

    Explainer: Why sea levels aren’t rising at the same rate globally

    The ocean is rising all over the world. The rise seems speedier in some places. What gives? Many factors, it turns out, affect where — and why — the tide gets high.

  10. Earth

    A massive crater hides under Greenland’s ice

    Radar images point to a crater buried deep under ice in Greenland. Meltwater from the site suggest an asteroid created it. Did this collision trigger a thousand-year global cooling?

  11. Fossils

    T. rex pulverized bones with an incredible amount of force

    Tyrannosaurus rex’s powerful bite and remarkably strong teeth helped the dinosaur crush bones.

  12. Climate

    Half a degree can make a world of difference

    Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius versus 2 has big benefits, says a new report from the IPCC.