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name: Kristy Hamilton
about: Kristy Hamilton is a science journalist who has written for WIRED, Science Magazine, Hakai Magazine, Mongabay and other publications. Her WIRED article was featured on the website's front page as a "Today's Picks," and The New York Times gave a shoutout to her article about a DNA test that helps law enforcement catch precious red coral smugglers in their Climate Forward weekly email newsletter. Previously, she was a podcast host and video editor for Science Magazine. She has covered all-female expeditions to Antarctica, hitchhiked and ice-climbed in Hyalite Canyon, lived in the desert in an RV, frequently slept in the back of a van, moderated a conference on the sustainability of cell-based seafood, climbed in Yosemite and the Dolomites, ro Kristy Hamilton is a science journalist who has written for WIRED, Science Magazine, Hakai Magazine, Mongabay and other publications. Her WIRED article was featured on the website's front page as a "Today's Picks," and The New York Times gave a shoutout to her article about a DNA test that helps law enforcement catch precious red coral smugglers in their Climate Forward weekly email newsletter. Previously, she was a podcast host and video editor for Science Magazine. She has covered all-female expeditions to Antarctica, hitchhiked and ice-climbed in Hyalite Canyon, lived in the desert in an RV, frequently slept in the back of a van, moderated a conference on the sustainability of cell-based seafood, climbed in Yosemite and the Dolomites, road tripped across the United States, lived in Ukraine for two months, trekked forests in search of albino redwood trees, was invited as a journalism fellow to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute during a storm that ripped through town… and now she’s writing two books! When she's not on the road, she lives in San Francisco, CA. ...more