Brett Simpson

Fulbright journalism fellow, Germany. Climate, environment, human rights. Words: @theatlantic @nytimes @natgeo @thenation @foreignpolicy @theworld @reveal @kqed

[Brett Simpson @brettvsimpson]

My latest for @TheAtlantic, reported from my own Arctic city of Tromsø, Norway—a region changing four times faster than global averages. Thank you to @akr4sci, @MorvenMuilwijk, and @rolfrodven for explaining how threats to Arctic climate research threaten us all.

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

The U.S. has slashed Arctic climate science, despite taking a greater geopolitical interest in the region, Brett Simpson reports—a move that will limit how clearly the U.S. can understand a place that is key to the world’s future: https://t.co/vhCb8O1Skg

[Ruslan Trad @ruslantrad]

Intriguing—in the most serious and timely sense—article from the researcher @brettvsimpson. https://t.co/oEvMIylBKN There are numerous unresolved issues regarding maritime law, making it dizzying. What do we do with the ice and the Arctic? There is no clear answer, and the region is already the scene of intense geopolitical competition.

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Some polar-law scholars argue that curbing climate catastrophe may require a radical reimagining of sea ice, @brettvsimpson reports: https://t.co/Zuuzf3FEH9

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

The Trump administration doesn't want to talk about climate change. But it is a military reality in the Arctic, @brettvsimpson reports: https://t.co/IHkkTzM6qj

[Brett Simpson @brettvsimpson]

This one changed the way I work as a climate writer. Honored to be included among such a fascinating, harrowing, moving set of stories.

[Covering Climate Now 🦋 @coveringclimate.org @CoveringClimate]

@Tahtone @grist @audreycerdan @Francetele @rachjuramirez @CNN @Sammy_Roth @rgaut999 @jessicaqchen @maggiebeidelman @jjluna17 @CartoonKahuna @latimes @WWNO @WRKF @carly_berlin @_thehalparker @Meeratweets @NewYorker @NatObserver @ChBaars @LambrechtO @ndr @Sushmitav1 @IndiaSpend @marlowehood @rolanddlp @AFP @SValentinoMR @Voxeurop @Journo_TomBrown @last_christina @StellaMartany @AlannahTravers @RudawEnglish @AJEnglish @erc_earth @FrederickJC1 @YaleE360 @tristanbaurick @jadelson @NOLAnews @LeonieJoubert @LauraJGrant @RichGemma @giovanagirardi @daisychungart @ErnestScheyder A company wants to mine water that lies deep beneath the Mojave Desert and sell it to wealthy Californians. It’s legal. But is it right? @brettvsimpson examines the arguments of industry, ethicists, and the local ​​Chemehuevi tribe. For @TheAtlantic: https://t.co/BYc7Oyoue7

[Erica Gies / SlowWater.World @egies]

ETHICS is what's missing in much conversation about #water. Congratulations to @brettvsimpson for winning a Covering Climate Now award for this fantastic story about water ethics in California.

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Something unexpected lies deep beneath California’s Mojave Desert: an enormous amount of water. But whether the state should draw from this untapped ancient resource is a matter of intense debate, @brettvsimpson wrote last year: https://t.co/ZZ8gvLYr1y

[Brett Simpson @brettvsimpson]

Covering the Arctic as a climate writer has (perhaps inevitably) led me to write about security.
The high North is Russia's most militarized zone. Soon, Arctic NATO states will outnumber Russia 7:1. In the world's fastest changing region, tensions are rising with temperatures.

[Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy]

For Russia’s Scandinavian neighbors, the full-scale invasion of Ukraine disrupted a cool calculus of neutrality, Brett Simpson writes. https://t.co/pPbrJXuuZo

[The World @TheWorld]

The war in Ukraine pushed Germany, which was falling behind on renewable energy goals, to enact some ambitious new policies. Some of those changes are going well, but they face headwinds elsewhere.

By @brettvsimpson

https://t.co/QFybWgdu3o

[International Women's Media Foundation @IWMF]

Russia’s exclusion from the Arctic Council seemed an appropriate response to its war of aggression but the group has fractured along territorial lines, awaiting a return to a status quo that seems increasingly impossible.

By #IWMFgrantee @brettvsimpson: https://t.co/kQtYgEBmyU

[Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy]

Russia’s exclusion from the Arctic Council seemed an appropriate response to its invasion of Ukraine, but it may have made the group obsolete, writes @brettvsimpson.

https://t.co/YD0OXJZOZq

[Brett Simpson @brettvsimpson]

In my latest analysis for @ForeignPolicy: what does Russia's war of aggression mean for the future circumpolar cooperation?

Abundant thanks to @IWMF and @boell_us for the support!

https://t.co/5i3E6jNIRw

[Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy]

Norway is laying the groundwork to become a renewable energy superpower. But one major obstacle still stands in its way: ordinary Norwegians, writes @brettvsimpson. https://t.co/urtuUjLy8X

[Brett Simpson @brettvsimpson]

Last year, Norway won big off of the European energy crisis. Now this oil-rich nation is laying the groundwork to become a renewable energy superpower.

In my latest for @ForeignPolicy: Nordic energy opportunism and a few contradictions.

[Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy]

Norway has the potential to emerge as the world’s next clean energy superpower.
https://t.co/urtuUjLy8X

[Michael Pollan @michaelpollan]

Terrific piece by former Berkeley student @brettvsimpson

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Something unexpected lies deep beneath California’s Mojave Desert: an enormous amount of water. But whether the state should draw from this untapped ancient resource is a matter of intense debate, writes @brettvsimpson: https://t.co/fPeWy7t7TL

[Brett Simpson @brettvsimpson]

Fossil water, or paleowater, is the largest freshwater resource on the planet. But it's buried deep—for most of human history, most didn't know it was there.

CA's Mojave hides a massive supply from the last Ice Age. So should we tap it?

My latest (& biggest) for @TheAtlantic:

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Something unexpected lies deep beneath California’s Mojave Desert: an enormous amount of water. But whether the state should draw from this untapped ancient resource is a matter of intense debate, writes @brettvsimpson: https://t.co/fPeWy7t7TL

[Bob Berwyn @bberwyn]

An area of sea ice bigger than Texas is 'missing' around Antarctica, and that has consequences. The steady global decline of sea is a clear signal of the #ClimateEmergency
https://t.co/TdVZKvmdMl

[Brett Simpson @brettvsimpson]

As the year comes to a close, I am feeling especially grateful to @pulitzercenter. In 2021, they helped get me to the Norwegian Arctic. In 2022, they were the first to support reporting on the herring harvest in Sitka, AK, long before the story had a home: https://t.co/95A08wMYwc

[Dan Schwartz @coDanSchwartz]

The soldiers we lost in the 18 years after 9/11: 7,014.

The people not in cars killed by people driving cars in the US in the same timeframe: 112,519.

Here is a story about a boy on a bike. It shouldn't have been a sad story but it is. (@BicyclingMag)

https://t.co/y1Z0ypuAiL