Selected articles and essays
Ongoing Los Angeles Times investigation on the legacy of chemical dumping off the Southern California coast:
Although DDT, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, was banned 50 years ago, its toxic — and insidious — legacy continues to haunt the marine ecosystem off the California coast.
Public calls for action have intensified since the Los Angeles Times reported that the nation’s largest manufacturer of DDT once dumped its waste into the deep ocean near Catalina Island. This pollution bubbling 3,000 feet under the sea remained out of sight, out of mind until a new generation of scientists discovered the evidence.
Catch up on Rosanna’s coverage here.
Podcast: Can music inspire more people to care about climate change?
Lucy Jones, California’s beloved earthquake expert, sits down with environment reporter Rosanna Xia to discuss music’s power to inspire climate action.
- Special project for the Los Angeles Times
Why I Write: A Daily Practice of Empathy
Rosanna Xia shares how a moment of connection shaped her writing — and why empathy, responsibility, and listening drive her climate reporting.
-Alta Journal
Essay: To fix climate anxiety (and also climate change), we first have to fix individualism
What, exactly, is climate anxiety? And how should we cope? Environmental reporter Rosanna Xia explores the many dimensions to our existential dread.
— Los Angeles Times special assignment
