Teresa Tomassoni
Oceans Correspondent
Teresa Tomassoni is an environmental journalist covering the intersections between oceans, climate change, coastal communities and wildlife for Inside Climate News. Her previous work has appeared in The Washington Post, NPR, NBC Latino and the Smithsonian American Indian Magazine. Teresa holds a master’s degree in Journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism. She is also a recipient of the Stone & Holt Weeks Social Justice Reporting Fellowship. She has taught journalism for Long Island University and the School of the New York Times. She is an avid scuba diver and spends much of her free time underwater.
Whale and Dolphin Migrations are Being Disrupted by Climate Change
By Teresa Tomassoni
Defending Stingless Bees in the Peruvian Amazon
By Teresa Tomassoni
Shuttered Canadian Marine Park Warns It May Euthanize 30 Beluga Whales, Prompting a Global Outcry
By Teresa Tomassoni
A Turning Point for the Ocean: What the High Seas Treaty Means
By Teresa Tomassoni
Human Impacts on Ocean Could Double or Triple by 2050, a New UC Santa Barbara Study Warns
By Teresa Tomassoni
At Climate Week, Chile and the UK Commit to Ocean-Based Action Plans Ahead of COP30
By Teresa Tomassoni
In the Philippines, a New Protected Seascape Safeguards ‘Super Reefs’
By Teresa Tomassoni
Charting Whale ‘Superhighways’ for Conservation
By Teresa Tomassoni
Can We Alter the Ocean to Counter Climate Change Faster? This Experiment Aims to Find Out
By Teresa Tomassoni
Record Krill Catch Prompts Early End to Fishing Season in Antarctica and Growing Calls to Protect its Fragile Ecosystems
By Teresa Tomassoni
Nations Denounce Deep Sea Mining Company’s Bid to Exploit Metals in the Pacific Under US Law
By Teresa Tomassoni
Deep Sea Mining Negotiations Resume Amid Industry Pushback and Environmental Alarm
By Teresa Tomassoni
At UN Ocean Conference, Nations and Funders Seek to Create and Expand Large-Scale Marine Protected Areas
By Teresa Tomassoni
‘We’ve Treated it as a Global Waste Dump’: Costa Rica’s President Calls for Action on the Ocean
By Teresa Tomassoni
UN Ocean Conference Opens With a Call to Defend the Deep Sea
By Teresa Tomassoni
The Race to Engineer Coral Reef Solutions in the U.S. Virgin Islands
By Teresa Tomassoni