Katarina Samurović

Katarina Samurović is an environmental analyst and a freelance science writer. She has a special interest in biodiversity, ecoclimatology, biogeography, trees, and insects.
Source: Watson et al., 2018

Mapping the Last Wilderness

Katarina Samurović

An international group of scientists led by James E. M. Watson and James R. Allan mapped the world’s remaining terrestrial wilderness in 2016.

Analysis of U.S. Climate in August 2018

Katarina Samurović

For the summer of 2018, the contiguous United States lived through its 4th warmest summer on record, tying with the summer of 1934.

What is the Environmental Insights Explorer (EIE) Tool?

Katarina Samurović

Google has launched a new tool, Environmental Insights Explorer (EIE), with the main purpose of making new climate-relevant datasets easier for cities to access.

Brought to the Carribean by enslaved Africans, this is the only baobab tree on St. John. Photo: Carrie Stengel, NPS, Virgin Islands National Park, public domain.

Study Shows Southern African Ancient Baobabs Are Dying

Katarina Samurović

A study published in the journal Nature Plants found that 9 of out of 13 oldest, and 5 of 6 most massive baobab trees died during the study, many of them suddenly.

Florida’s Growing Red Tide

Katarina Samurović

This year’s red tide is so severe that it has forced Florida to declare a state of emergency.