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Leslie Willoughby
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Leslie Willoughby

Leslie Willoughby

Science Writer

Global Ecology
Carnegie Institution for Science
  • lwilloughby@carnegiescience.edu
  • (760) 709-6599
  • Office:  
  • 260 Panama Street
    Stanford, CA 94305, US

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Leslie's first love was a horned toad that lived in her backyard in Albuquerque. It disappeared over winter, emerged in spring, and showed her that nature changes over time. Throughout childhood, she yearned to share that lizard's world with others.

In college she studied environmental interpretation. Afterward, at the newly created Ohio EPA, she funded programs that regulated scrubbers in coal-fired power plants and improved sewage treatment facilities. Later, as a science teacher, she set the lab tables with a new narrative each morning. Monday’s tale might compare skeletons; Tuesday’s could mimic a lunar eclipse.

When climate change became the biggest nature story, Leslie signed on as a reporter in the Eastern Sierra. While forest fires rage and drought starves California's snowpack and water supply, Leslie heeds the call for epic writing muscle. She works out every day.

Affiliation
Affiliation: 
DGE Support Staff
DGE Employees
Labs: 
Caldeira Lab
Scientific Interests
Atmosphere
Biodiversity
Climate
Forest ecology
Freshwater
Ocean acidification
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