Tom Howarth

Tom Howarth

Live Science Contributor

Tom Howarth is a science and climate journalist based in Bristol, U.K. He holds a master's degree in advanced chemical engineering from the University of Cambridge. His reporting has appeared in Newsweek, BBC Science Focus, GreenBiz, Geographical Magazine, and other outlets. He also edits The Climate, his own media platform dedicated to climate journalism. Before transitioning to full-time journalism, Tom worked in science communication at the European Southern Observatory in Germany, helping to bring groundbreaking astronomical discoveries to the public.

Latest articles by Tom Howarth

52-foot-high 'megaripples' from asteroid that killed the dinosaurs mapped deep beneath Louisiana in 3D

By Tom Howarth published

Buried "megaripples" — some the size of five-story buildings — are helping scientists piece together the devastation following the impact that wiped out the nonavian dinosaurs.

Geology

This ‘glow in the dark’ battery runs on nuclear waste

By Tom Howarth published

Researchers have created a battery that transforms nuclear waste into a power source for microelectronics.

Nuclear Energy

Divers discover 500,000-year-old treasure trove of fossils in Florida sinkhole

By Tom Howarth published

Divers in Florida’s Steinhatchee River stumbled upon hundreds of pristine fossils from an obscure Ice Age period, including giant armadillos, ancient horses and possibly a new species of tapir.

Extinct species