Justine Calma Profile and Activity

Senior Science Reporter

Justine Calma is a senior science reporter at The Verge, where she covers energy and the environment. She’s also the host of Hell or High Water: When a Disaster Hits Home, a podcast from Vox Media and Audible Originals. Since reporting on the adoption of the Paris agreement in 2015, Justine has covered climate change on the ground in four continents. "Power Shift" her story about one neighborhood’s fight for renewable energy in New Orleans was published in the 2022 edition of The Best American Science and Nature Writing.

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Justine Calma Oct 15

The San Diego Zoo has a new giant panda camera.

The live camera shows four-year-old female Xin Bao and five-year-old male Yun Chuan. Xin Bao can be “easily recognized by her large, round face and big ears” and Yun Chuan has a recognizable “long, slightly pointed nose,” according to the zoo.

A closeup of a panda’s face looking into a camera.

Screenshot: San Diego Zoo

Climate

Google inks nuclear deal for next-generation reactors

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Climate

Violent threats against FEMA swirl on social media

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Justine Calma Oct 10

Hurricane Milton knocked out power for millions of people.

Power outages affect more than 3.3 million customers in Florida, out of the 11.5 million customers tracked by poweroutage.us (which collects data from utilities). Milton made landfall as an “extremely dangerous category 3 hurricane” Wednesday night.

Correction: It is 11.5 million customers, not 11.5.

Florida Power Outages Map

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Justine Calma Oct 9

Hurricane Milton hits tonight, and it’s past the point of evacuation. Creators are still there.

We might not hear from them for a while if Milton knocks out power and communicates like Hurricane Helene did. “Life-threatening” hurricane-force winds and flash floods are on the way, the National Hurricane Center warns.