Jessica McKenzie

Jessica McKenzie is an associate editor at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, where she writes and edits stories about climate change and the environment. Her work has been published in The New York Times, National Geographic, Audubon Magazine, Backpacker, Adirondack Life, and Grist. In 2021, Outside Magazine named her monthly newsletter, Pinch of Dirt, one of the “Best Outdoorsy Email Newsletters.”

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