Why is less snow falling on the mountains of the world and what does this mean for cities like Las Vegas? The answers are alarming.
Clarissa Wright holds a BSc Geology & Petroleum from the University of Aberdeen in 2013, and an MSc Applied & Petroleum Micropalaeontology from the University of Birmingham. She began her career in scientific publishing as an Assistant Editor at Springer Nature in London, where she was later promoted to Senior Assistant Editor. During her time there, she supported various academic journals and contributed to the BMC Blog, earning a blog writing award. She later transitioned to Frontiers serving as an Editor Outreach Specialist.
Following her tenure in academic publishing, Clarissa pursued a career as a full-time science writer and editor, working on a range of communication projects, including NatureVolve magazine (now part of FreeScienceNews). Her work has been featured in Eos magazine (American Geophysical Union), the UK’s Institute for Marine Engineering (IMarEST) and AZoCleanTech.
She furthered her expertise by completing a Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainability Transitions at the University of Aberdeen (2024) and the Creative Entrepreneurship course at the University of the West of Scotland. Currently, she serves as a QA Editor for Mother Tongue and an Editor at YourWeather. Passionate about nature, she enjoys expressing her connection to the outdoors through art, gardening, and restoring her cottage.
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Norway in general is a very festive and wintry place to visit this time of year, but the small city of Bergen offers so much festive cheer packed into a relatively small space.
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Can shipping sail its way to sustainability through a specific alternative fuel?
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The prizewinners for the Nobel Prize in Economics were announced today for contributions to understand what we are currently experiencing in the world - sustained economic growth. But what does this mean?
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What could be within the potential cave openings that an AI model has identified through publicly available NASA images?
László Krasznahorkai, a Hungarian author known for his dystopian and melancholic works, has won the Nobel Prize in Literature today.
Windfall fruits are a free treat not just for animals in your garden, but for you too. Find out what these are and what you can do with them this autumn!
Plastic can pose life-threatening problems for our beloved dogs. A campaign that started in Aberdeen encourages dog walkers to pick up some litter on dog walks, after a tragedy this year. Campaigners urge us to pick up plastic to save dogs’ lives when coming across bottle caps or hard plastic bits on the ground.
Four new wildcat kittens born in Scotland are being celebrated online, shown in very rare video footage.
The season is shifting and small birds need our help. This autumn, you can leave out this fruit from your cupboard, to let robins and blackbirds have a lifeline - and a scrumptious treat.
Rumours have been spreading online that fridge magnets could be affecting electricity bills, at a time when it just seems that bills keep going up. But how true is it that magnets could be directly affecting energy use?