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Corinne Purtill

@corinnepurtill

Science & medicine reporter, @latimes. Previously writing for @nytimes @NewYorker @TIME and elsewhere. She/her.

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Some naturalists hiking in an Orange County park discovered an entirely new species of millipede. "This really drives home the point that it’s important to preserve these open green spaces and natural habitats as much as we can." latimes.com/science/story/… via Corinne Purtill

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A look at my transcript shows that when Theo Baker told me the academic courseload he took while reporting these stories I said a very rude word out loud and then immediately apologized that it was not directed at him specifically, I was just stunned latimes.com/science/story/…

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It may not look like it at first glance, but this beautifully written Los Angeles Times Column One by Corinne Purtill is a journey story. While studying the vast universe a man comes to understand the small things too. And, oh, the last few paragraphs: latimes.com/science/story/…

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The height and power of ocean waves are increasing along California’s coast — and elsewhere, Corinne Purtill writes: latimes.com/environment/st…

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After losing contact with the craft, NASA says it has detected a faint signal from Voyager 2. The spacecraft plays a role in this beautifully written Column One by Corinne Purtill about an artist whose work helps us understand space--and ourselves. latimes.com/science/story/…

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Groundbreaking new study suggests wildfires caused by early humans fueled mass extinctions in Southern California starting 13,000 years ago. Does not portend well for modern-day climate crisis, ⁦Corinne Purtill⁩ writes: latimes.com/environment/st…

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“I used to think, ‘I’m concerned for my children and grandchildren.’ Now it’s to the point where I’m concerned about myself”—Mike Flannigan bit.ly/3P44C8f Corinne Purtill #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateScience #ClimateScientists #ClimateDisasters #ClimateResearch

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Global warming getting worse and worse in the Antarctic, with mass penguin chick die-offs this past winter. Details from Corinne Purtill: latimes.com/environment/st…

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I got to write about my thing for rocks and time in the LA Times Wild newsletter (and thanks to Greg Brosnan for the book that changed my life for the better) latimes.com/travel/newslet…

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More exciting news today! The Los Angeles Times just announced our new and expanded environment team, led by the great Monte Morin!!! 🌍🌲🤩 latimes.com/environment/st…

More exciting news today! The <a href="/latimes/">Los Angeles Times</a> just announced our new and expanded environment team, led by the great Monte Morin!!! 🌍🌲🤩
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Very excited to be part of this amazing team! Hope you are expecting aggressive and impactful reporting on climate change, the natural world, health and science because that is what is on the menu latimes.com/environment/st…

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CA residents without safe drinking water "drive multiple times a month...to purchase potable water at a cost of hundreds of dollars, while paying monthly bills for water they can’t consume." Important, infuriating work from the Los Angeles Times: latimes.com/environment/st…

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“In most parts…the idea that the govt would largely cede to private companies management of a natural disaster that could decimate multiple towns, displace thousands of farmworkers & wreak destruction across 100s of square miles would be unfathomable.” 👀 latimes.com/environment/st…

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Midweek storytime: Take a trip to Mt Wilson w/ Corinne Purtill: 100 years since Hubble blew our minds & the "observatory discovered what so many aging luminaries in L.A. have: Once your star light fades, no one is quite sure what to do with you." Los Angeles Times latimes.com/science/story/…

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Attention word nerds: Applications for the paid 2024 Henry Fuhrmann copy editing internship at the Los Angeles Times are being accepted. The deadline to apply is Nov. 15. Details here: latimes.com/internships Application here: latimes.submittable.com/submit/266989/…

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This is the story we all needed today: After terrorizing surfers, California's angriest otter finds peace as new mother. Via Susanne Rust. latimes.com/environment/st…

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Incredibly honored to share that I’ve been selected as a winner of the Awards for Excellence in Science Communications (SciComm Excellence), given by National Academies in partnership with Schmidt Futures, for my Los Angeles Times AAAS Mass Media Fellowship stories. Learn more: nationalacademies.org/news/2023/11/n… #scicomm