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Eli Chen is the science and environment reporter at St. Louis Public Radio. She comes to St. Louis after covering the eroding Delaware coast, bat-friendly wind turbine technology, mouse love songs and various science stories for Delaware Public Media/WDDE-FM. Before that, she corralled robots and citizen scientists for the World Science Festival in New York City and spent a brief stint booking guests for Science Friday’s live events in 2013. Eli grew up in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, where a mixture of teen angst, a love for Ray Bradbury novels and the growing awareness about climate change propelled her to become the science storyteller she is today. When not working, Eli enjoys a solid bike ride, collects classic disco, watches standup comedy and is often found cuddling other people’s dogs. She has a bachelor’s in environmental sustainability and creative writing at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and has a master’s degree in journalism, with a focus on science reporting, from the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism.

By Judith Weis, Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University Newark Many invasive species are found along U.S. coasts, including fishes,…

The U.S. plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions dramatically in the next decade. Scientists say it's crucial that the U.S. succeed. Still, many of the positive effects won't arrive for decades.

Two electric vehicle shoppers feel conflicted about how China's more affordable EVs would affect drivers, jobs and the climate if they were sold in the U.S.

Al Gore made waves for his work raising awareness on climate-change issues. Another poisonous environment has captured his attention as well: a climate that threatens reasonable public discourse.

Climate activists, loggers and wildlife biologists want to know whether Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey will fulfill her campaign pledge to pause logging on public land while the state develops a climate-focused forest plan. Although there is no official moratorium yet on commercial cutting in Massachusetts state forests, loggers say no new state contracts for timber harvesting have gone out to bid this year.

When two Colorado mountain towns considered steps to transition local homes and businesses away from fossil fuels, they ran into a powerful opponent: their local gas utility.

2023 was the hottest year ever recorded. That might make you feel sad, or angry. Or perhaps anxious, or guilty. Those feelings are normal, and you have a few options for how to react to them.

Sweeping global trends are changing the world. As climate change heats up the planet and pushes people to migrate, far-right politicians see both a threat and an opportunity.

Because of a change in the climate, giant sequoias have become more vulnerable to insects, disease and wildfire.