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Nina Dietz

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Nina Dietz is a freelance journalist covering climate change, the environment, and both human and planetary health. Her work has appeared in New Lines Magazine, City Limits, and Science Friday among others.
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Winter Reign (center) and Brendan Armm (right) regroup with their children, River and Leaf, as they clean their Pacific Palisades home on April 6 after it sustained smoke and soot damage from the Los Angeles wildfires.

A Neighborhood Burned, a Home Saved, a Future in Question

Story and photos by Nina Dietz

Parham Azimi, a Harvard University researcher, checks an outdoor air monitor which has been collecting samples for the last week outside Nicole Bryne’s house on April 1 in Pasadena, Calif. Credit: Nina Dietz/Inside Climate News

After the LA Fires, Scientists Study the Toxic Hazards Left Behind

Story and photos by Nina Dietz

A person walks through a flooded street from the rising Anclote River as the region tries to recover from Hurricane Milton on Oct. 11, 2024, in New Port Richey, Fla. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

How Climate Change Exacerbates ‘Weathering,’ the Physical Toll of Racism

By Nina Dietz

Khaled Fouad (left) and Mimi Laine embrace as they inspect a family member’s property that was destroyed by the Eaton Fire on Jan. 9 in Altadena, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

LA Fire Victims Have Become ‘Dysregulated,’ Making it Hard to Focus and Make Decisions 

By Nina Dietz

Demonstrators with GreenFaith gather as part of a global, multi-faith action called Faiths 4 Climate Justice outside of JPMorgan Chase headquarters in Manhattan on Sept. 14, 2023. Credit: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images

Grief, Hope, Joy: Faith in the Time of Climate Change

By Nina Dietz

Heather McTeer Toney, executive director of Beyond Petrochemicals, has spent her career working to protect Mississippi from industrial pollution. Credit: Timothy Ivy

Climate Change ‘Burnout’ Is Taking Its Toll

By Nina Dietz

A pharmacist retrieves a package of antidepressant medication from a pharmacy drawer in Berlin. Credit: Monika Skolimowska/picture alliance via Getty Images

Psychotropic Medications and High Heat Don’t Mix

By Nina Dietz

Activists from the youth-led Sunrise Movement rally outside the Democratic National Committee’s office to urge Kamala Harris to make bold climate policy central to her campaign on July 29. Credit: Rachael Warriner/Sunrise Movement

The Depths of Their Discontent: Young Americans Are Distraught Over Climate Change

By Nina Dietz

Terry Wilson stands in the hallway of his home while he and family members work to remove valuables from the flooded house in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Sept. 29 in Old Fort, N.C. Credit: Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images

After Hurricane Helene, Therapists Dispense ‘Psychological First Aid’

By Nina Dietz

Olivia Vesovich, one of 16 youth plaintiffs in Held v. Montana, on her favorite hiking trail in Missoula, Montana in July 2023. Credit: Tailyr Irvine/The Washington Post via Getty Images.

How to Talk to Anxious Children About Climate Change

By Nina Dietz

A group gathers for an in-person session of the Good Grief Network facilitated by LaUra Schmidt (center left) in Salt Lake City. Credit: Leah Hogsten

Group Therapy Sessions Proliferate for People Afflicted With ‘Eco-Distress’

By Nina Dietz

Psychiatrist Lise van Susteren is a co-founder of the Climate Psychiatry Alliance and the Climate Psychology Alliance-North America. Credit: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

Almost 20 Years Ago, a Mid-Career Psychiatrist Started Thinking About Climate Anxiety and Mental Health

By Nina Dietz

Rural Fire Service firefighters are seen by containment lines at the Three Mile Fire during “Black Summer” on the Central Coast of Australia in December 2019. Studies have examined the psychological impacts of the unprecedented bushfire season. Credit: Sam Mooy/Getty Images

In the Developing Field of Climate Psychology, ‘Eco-Anxiety’ Is a Rational Response

By Nina Dietz

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