Evan Lubofsky

Author bio

Evan Lubofsky is a freelance science writer based on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. He was a 2015 Ocean Science Journalism Fellow at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and is a regular contributor to Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Oceanus, and a range of other publications.

Articles by Evan Lubofsky

As Offshore Wind Power Picks Up, Do Seabirds Need to Suffer?

By tracking birds off the east coast of the United States, scientists identified hotspots of bird activity.

March 1st, 2018 | 750 words, about 3 minutes

Seagrass Meadows, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia

Slinging Sediment

Scientists may have been systematically overestimating seagrass as a carbon sink wonder.

February 7th, 2018 | 700 words, about 3 minutes

An oil painting by Conrad Wise Chapman, circa 1898, depicts the inventor of the ill-fated H. L. Hunley, along with a sentinel.

Blasting Through the Hunley Mystery

A maverick scientist claims she has done what scores of researchers before her failed to do: solve the century-old mystery of why a legendary Civil War submarine sank.

August 1st, 2017 | 2,900 words, about 15 minutes

Huge amounts of fresh groundwater exist beneath continental shelves worldwide. Accessing it could be a valuable buffer against drought, but big challenges stand in the way. YAY Media AS/Alamy Stock Photo

Tapping the Freshwater Ocean Under the Sea

Vast stores of fresh water exist deep beneath the seafloor—but who gets to decide how they’re used?

January 11th, 2017 | 850 words, about 4 minutes

Commercial Ships Could Be Quieter, but They Aren’t

Shipbuilding economics and lack of regulations are getting in the way of a quieter ocean.

November 10th, 2016 | 750 words, about 3 minutes

Ocean Acidification: More Gloom than Doom?

Scientists’ emphasis on laboratory trials can give a distorted view of the threat of ocean acidification.

September 14th, 2016 | 850 words, about 4 minutes

Do Ancient Shipwrecks Stand a Chance?

Fishing trawlers are destroying ancient shipwreck sites.

August 24th, 2016 | 800 words, about 4 minutes

People on North America’s east coast don’t often worry about tsunamis, but instabilities in the Atlantic seafloor have set them off before—and could again. Photo by North Wind Picture Archives/Alamy Stock Photo

Sizing Up the Tsunami Threat

Scientists are surveying the East Coast for signs of tsunami-generating submarine landslides.

August 10th, 2016 | 1,000 words, about 5 minutes

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