When I was growing up, I hated April fool’s day. I was the youngest of three, which meant that every joke would be at my expense and I was never quite old enough to exact [...]
About Minda Berbeco
Minda received her PhD in Biology from Tufts University in 2011 studying climate change effects on forest systems. She spent a year working as a postdoctoral research scholar looking at the effects of vineyard management on climate change. She is now devoting her time to science outreach and traveling the world. Find out more at mindaberbeco.com.Author Archive | Minda Berbeco
Climate change, allergies and mucus: Achoo!
When I was in my mid-twenties, my brother had a crazy idea to ditch out on work for a month to walk the Camino de Santiago. For those not familiar, the Camino is an ancient [...]
Hot cheeeeze: climate change and the future of deliciousness
As I’ve written many times before, being married to a food writer has exposed me to unusual, delicious, disturbing and most of all, abundant amounts of food. I’ve found myself in numerous gluttonous situations where [...]
Earthworm of the Apocalypse
Being a Bostonian in the Bay area is a weird experience. The summers are freezing, the winters mild and the spring and fall are the warmest part of the year. When leaving the house yesterday [...]
Climate Change and Great Tits
When I started writing my blog, I noticed a direct relationship between titles and clicks. Fart in the title? That was pretty popular. Sex? Loads of clicks. Sexual dysfunction? Even more. Clown fish incest? Wow, [...]
The future tastes bitter: climate change and the flavors ahead
This past December, my husband and I were invited to participate in an Iron Chef cook-off, where contestants were given an ingredient and had to create the most interesting, delicious and unusual dish possible. This [...]
Dieting: one more thing for climate change to ruin
It is a rite of passage after moving to Northern California to take on your first diet. I’m not talking about dieting to lose weight, nor am I talking about those boring diets that are [...]
The Future is Queasy: climate change and foodborne illness
When traveling the world, you find yourself taking a lot of risks. Often you’ll reflect back on these travels and think: “I can’t believe I got into that car” or “My god! That man was [...]
Feelin’ Hot, Hot, Hot: Climate Change and Spicy Food
It is tough being a freelance writer. You have to be pitching stories left and right, grabbing interviews whenever you can and literally dance for every drink, every lunch and every story. Meanwhile, any jerk [...]
Climate change and seaweed sex: Facebook was right, it’s complicated
One of the greatest challenges of writing a science blog is that I generally have 800 words to describe something extremely complex. Take my blog on Lyme Disease. Lyme disease has many hosts, from ticks [...]
