Stories by Sofia Moutinho

Sofia Moutinho is an award-winning Brazilian journalist covering health and the environment, appearing in Science, Nature, NPR, and elsewhere.

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Climate ChangeJune 28, 2024

Life for Researchers on This Icebreaker Is Cold and Fulfilling

Get a behind-the-scenes look at how researchers live and work on a U.S. icebreaker making its way through the waters of West Antarctica.

Sofia Moutinho, Rachel Feltman, Madison Goldberg, Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, Jeffery DelViscio

Climate ChangeJune 21, 2024

Penguins and Ice Samples Make This Research Vessel Paradice

To unravel the effects of melting sea ice, researchers drill the frozen waters around Antarctica and receive a surprise visit from a group of penguins.

Sofia Moutinho, Rachel Feltman, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg, Anaissa Ruiz Tejada, Jeffery DelViscio

Climate ChangeJune 14, 2024

Glacial Melting Could Change the Chemistry of Antarctic Seawater

Researchers are investigating how an iron infusion from glacial meltwater might change Antarctica’s seas and the climate.

Sofia Moutinho, Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Madison Goldberg, Jeffery DelViscio

Public HealthJune 1, 2022

Tuberculosis Is the Oldest Pandemic, and Poverty Makes It Continue

Tuberculosis is preventable and curable, yet it afflicts one quarter of the world’s population—mostly because of poverty

Sofia Moutinho