
Anika Jane Beamer
Reporter, Iowa
Anika Jane Beamer covers the environment and climate change in Iowa, with a particular focus on water, soil and CAFOs. A lifelong Midwesterner, she writes about changing ecosystems from one of the most transformed landscapes on the continent. She holds a master’s degree in science writing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as well as a bachelor’s degree in biology and Spanish from Grinnell College. She is a former Outrider Fellow at Inside Climate News and was named a Taylor-Blakeslee Graduate Fellow by the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing.
Global Warming Is Fueling Dengue Fever Outbreaks
By Anika Jane Beamer
Trump Administration Moves to Dismantle Conservation as an Official Use of Public Lands
By Anika Jane Beamer
House Bill Amending the Clean Water Act Could Mean Dirtier Water Nationwide—And Especially in Iowa
By Anika Jane Beamer

The Battle Over Polluted Water Beneath an Iowa Coal Ash Landfill
By Anika Jane Beamer

RAGBRAI, the World’s Largest Recreational Bike Ride, Is Getting Hotter and Harder
By Anika Jane Beamer
