Grace van Deelen

Grace van Deelen

Journalist

​Grace is a journalist who writes about climate, agriculture, wildlife and science. She has published work for Sierra Magazine, Inside Climate News, Scientific American, Audubon and Environmental Health News, among other publications. She is currently a reporter at Eos. She is particularly interested in stories that illuminate the relationship between new research, human culture, animals and the environment. Grace is a graduate of MIT's Graduate Program in Science Writing and holds bachelor's degrees in biology and anthropology from Tufts University.

Latest articles by Grace van Deelen

A pair of researchers standing on sea ice surrounded by multiple melt ponds

Antarctica hides huge caches of gold, silver, copper and iron. As the ice melts, countries may race to harvest them.

By Grace van Deelen, Eos.org published

Melting ice, rebounding land, and rising seas will change what resources are available in Antarctica, a new analysis finds.

Climate change

Brazil's underprotected Cerrado savanna stores a staggering amount of carbon, study finds

By Grace van Deelen published

The Cerrado, largely overlooked in climate science and policy, is a critical carbon sink, according to new research.

Climate change
Photograph of the horizon out at sea.

Last year, the oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat — equivalent to 12 Hiroshima bombs exploding every second

By Eos.org, Grace van Deelen published

In 2025, the ocean absorbed an extra 23 zettajoules of heat energy in 2025, breaking the ocean heat content record for the ninth consecutive year.

Rivers & Oceans
an illustration of a meteor crashing into earth

Mass extinctions make life 'bounce back stronger,' controversial study suggests

By Grace van Deelen, Eos.org published

Large-scale disruptions to life may ultimately increase ecological complexity over geologic timescales, though the risk of extinction always looms.

Planet Earth