Rebecca Boyle

Author bio

Rebecca Boyle is an award-winning freelance journalist who writes about astronomy, zoonoses, and everything in between. She is a contributing writer for the Atlantic and her work regularly appears in Popular Science, New Scientist, FiveThirtyEight, Wired, and many other publications for adults and children. Rebecca lives in St. Louis, Missouri.

Articles by Rebecca Boyle

One Tree Island and reef, Capricorn-Bunker group, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia

A Scheme to End the World’s Worst Acid Trip

This geoengineering idea is potentially risky and largely untested, but it does work—theoretically.

March 28th, 2018 | 850 words, about 4 minutes

Did Ancient Greeks Sail to Canada?

Researchers think Plutarch’s De Facie tells the tale of Greek sailors making the treacherous transatlantic crossing. They dug into the science to show how it could have happened.

February 1st, 2018 | 1,800 words, about 9 minutes

Greenland Ice Melt Could Push Atlantic Circulation to Collapse

New research gives a glimpse of the potential long-term consequences of anthropogenic warming.

January 3rd, 2017 | 950 words, about 4 minutes

Biased Tide Gauges Mean We’ve Been Systematically Underestimating Sea Level Rise

Most historical tide gauges were installed in the northern hemisphere, a legacy that has been skewing scientists’ modern interpretations of sea level rise.

November 1st, 2016 | 900 words, about 4 minutes

For the Melting Arctic, Fuzzy Forecasts Are the Best We Can Do

People keep claiming to know when the Arctic will become ice-free. They don’t.

September 15th, 2016 | 750 words, about 3 minutes

Hakai Magazine

Coastal science and societies