Published on SEJ (https://www.sej.org)

Home > International
October 6, 2025

Webinar: How Can Open Science Practices Increase Trust In Research? [1]

Join The Journalist's Resource for this panel which will bring together representatives from each stage of open science, from active researchers to open publishing platform developers and journalists for a frank discussion. 12:30 p.m. ET.

Other Events [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [4]
Science [5]
Region: 
International [6]

Trump Administration Icing Out NSIDC Data [7]

An important federal database that tracks Arctic ice and snowmelt — which help address concerns like sea level rise and fresh water resources — is facing funding cuts and reductions in services. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox looks at the kind of high-quality information the National Snow and Ice Data Center can provide environmental reporters, including for local stories. That is, while it lasts.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [8]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [9]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Studies [11]
Journalism & Media [4]
Natural Resources [12]
Science [5]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
California [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [16]
International [6]
Antarctica & Arctic [17]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

A Guide to Legal Resources [18]

Freelance journalists, including environmental reporters, need not brave legal woes alone, counsels Freelance Files co-editor Elyse Hauser. A wide variety of groups offers aid for everything from denials of access to assaults or arrests, and her latest entry IDs more than a dozen resources, including legal assistance, emergency financial help and more. Plus, how to prevent problems to begin with.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Freelance Files [19]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
International [6]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

‘Female Fairywrens Sing To Their Eggs’ And Eight More Facts About Birdsong [21]

"From carolling magpies to the lullaby of fairywrens, the nature and purpose of birdsong is more varied than you might think"

Biodiversity [22]
Environmental Studies [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Wildlife [23]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [6]
Source: Guardian [24], 09/22/2025

"UN Treaty To Protect Oceans To Take Effect After Clinching Ratification [25]

"A UN treaty to protect marine diversity in the high seas was struck Friday after Morocco and Sierra Leone ratified the agreement, clinching the threshold of at least 60 ratifications needed to enact it as international law." 

Biodiversity [22]
Environmental Politics [26]
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Government [28]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [3]
International [6]
Source: France 24 [29], 09/22/2025
October 10, 2025

DEADLINE: U.S. Health System Reporting Fellowship and International Health Study Fellowship [30]

Apply by Oct 10, 2025 for one of two of the Association of Health Care Journalists most competitive and career-changing reporting fellowships. Join an informational webinar on Sept. 24, 2025 at 2-3 p.m. ET.

Workshops and Fellowships [31]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Health [32]
Journalism & Media [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
International [6]

"Communities Around the World Find Plastic Pellets in Their Local Waterways" [33]

"This spring, citizen scientists across the country and the globe participated in the International Plastic Pellet Count, collecting small, usually round so-called “nurdles” on the shores of their local waterways."

Activism [34]
Chemicals [35]
Consumer [36]
Pollution [37]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [6]
Source: Inside Climate News [38], 09/19/2025

Wildfire Smoke Will Fuel Many More Premature Deaths in US, New Study Warns [39]

"Smoke from wildfires exacerbated by climate change may cause as many as 71,000 additional deaths per year in the United States by 2050, a study published Thursday in the journal Nature found."

Air [40]
Climate Change [9]
Consumer [36]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Studies [11]
Forests [41]
Pollution [37]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [14]
International [6]
Canada [42]
Source: Inside Climate News [43], 09/19/2025
October 7, 2025

Balancing Hope With Hurdles: How To Cover Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal [44]

Join Metcalf Institute and Solutions Journalism Network for this virtual training session on how to tell stories that help the public understand both the potential and the obstacles of ocean-based climate solutions. 1 p.m. ET.

Other Events [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [4]
Technology [45]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [14]
International [6]

120 Environmental Defenders Killed Or Disappeared In Latin America Last Year [46]

"At least 146 land and environmental defenders were killed or have gone missing around the world in 2024, with more than 80% of those cases in Latin America, according to a report released Wednesday by watchdog group Global Witness."

Activism [34]
Disasters [47]
Environmental Health [10]
Environmental Justice [48]
Environmental Politics [26]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Military [49]
Natural Resources [12]
People & Population [50]
Public [3]
International [6]
Central America & the Caribbean [51]
South America [52]
Source: AP [53], 09/18/2025

Pages

The Society of Environmental Journalists
1629 K Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: (202) 558-2055
Email: sej@sej.org
© 2026 The Society of Environmental Journalists. All Rights Reserved.
All graphics © SEJ, unless otherwise stated.
Source URL:https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/44/all/feed?page=34

Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/calendar/webinar-how-can-open-science-practices-increase-trust-research [2] https://www.sej.org/category/event-type/other-events [3] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science [6] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [7] https://www.sej.org/publications/reporters-toolbox/trump-administration-icing-out-nsidc-data [8] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/reporter%E2%80%99s-toolbox [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists [12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [14] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [15] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california [16] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mountain-west [17] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/antarctica-arctic [18] https://www.sej.org/publications/freelance-files/guide-legal-resources [19] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/freelance-files [20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [21] https://www.sej.org/headlines/female-fairywrens-sing-their-eggs-and-eight-more-facts-about-birdsong [22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1 [23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife [24] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/21/australian-bird-of-the-year-birdsong-female-fairywrens-sing-to-their-eggs-carolling-magpies [25] https://www.sej.org/headlines/un-treaty-protect-oceans-take-effect-after-clinching-ratification [26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries [28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government [29] https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250919-international-treaty-protecting-world-s-oceans-to-take-effect [30] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-us-health-system-reporting-fellowship-and-international-health-study-fellowship [31] https://www.sej.org/category/event-type/workshops/fellowships [32] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health [33] https://www.sej.org/headlines/communities-around-world-find-plastic-pellets-their-local-waterways [34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism [35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/consumer [37] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [38] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17092025/plastic-pellets-pollute-waterways-around-the-world/ [39] https://www.sej.org/headlines/wildfire-smoke-will-fuel-many-more-premature-deaths-us-new-study-warns [40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air [41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests [42] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/canada [43] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18092025/wildfire-smoke-premature-deaths/ [44] https://www.sej.org/calendar/balancing-hope-hurdles-how-cover-marine-carbon-dioxide-removal [45] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/technology [46] https://www.sej.org/headlines/120-environmental-defenders-killed-or-disappeared-latin-america-last-year [47] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [48] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice [49] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/military [50] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [51] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/central-america-caribbean [52] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/south-america [53] https://apnews.com/article/environmental-defenders-report-global-witness-latin-america-a1852340a1e5cb0b21da155eb3469981 [54] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/44/all/feed [55] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/44/all/feed?page=33 [56] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/44/all/feed?page=30 [57] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/44/all/feed?page=31 [58] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/44/all/feed?page=32 [59] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/44/all/feed?page=35 [60] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/44/all/feed?page=36 [61] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/44/all/feed?page=37 [62] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/44/all/feed?page=38 [63] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/44/all/feed?page=737