Miranda Weiss

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Best-Selling Alaska Author of Tide, Feather, Snow

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Trouble at Sea for Salmon

February 08, 2023 by Miranda Weiss

Shrinking salmon mean there are likely too many mouths to feed in the ocean.

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February 08, 2023 /Miranda Weiss

Native Fishermen Square Off Against Industrial Fleets

April 13, 2022 by Miranda Weiss

Why should an industrial fishing fleet be allowed to waste millions of pounds of Bering Sea halibut each year?

National Geographic

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April 13, 2022 /Miranda Weiss

In One Place, For One Fish, Climate Change May Be a Boon

April 13, 2022 by Miranda Weiss

Why are there millions of salmon in one place and none in another? Climate change might might be the answer.

The Atlantic

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April 13, 2022 /Miranda Weiss

Thanks for all the fish: A wild salmon story

April 13, 2022 by Miranda Weiss

A love letter to wild Pacific salmon, which embody our complicated relationship to the natural world.

1843

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April 13, 2022 /Miranda Weiss

Killer Blooms of Climate Change

May 01, 2020 by Miranda Weiss

Climate change is luring deadly marine algae northward. I went to the eastern Aleutians to check it out.

The Atlantic

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May 01, 2020 /Miranda Weiss

Diving Into The Deep

March 21, 2019 by Miranda Weiss

The women of team Sail Like a Girl won the Iditarod of the sea and made history.

Arches

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March 21, 2019 /Miranda Weiss

Courage Before the Thaw

March 25, 2018 by Miranda Weiss

In Alaska, climate change is personal. It transforms how women live and think about their lives.

The American Scholar

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March 25, 2018 /Miranda Weiss /Source

A Fleeting Resource: In Praise of the Deep Cold →

March 25, 2018 by Miranda Weiss

What is it like to live in a frigid—but warming—place?

LitHub and a Best American Essays Notable Essay of the year.

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March 25, 2018 /Miranda Weiss

Raising Girls of the Natural World →

March 24, 2018 by Miranda Weiss

Children are our field guides to curiosity. They hold the maps of the imagined world.

REI Co-Op Journal

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March 24, 2018 /Miranda Weiss

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