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.
The magnetosphere, or magnetic field encircling Earth, is seen in this image.

The Adams Event – Did Polar Drift Cause Climate Change 42,000 Years Ago?

Katarina Samurović

Some 42,000 years ago, Earth went through several centuries of dramatic climate change and environmental chaos.

View southwest of Garfield Peak and Eagle Crags above Chaski Bay, Crater Lake. Photo: Charles Bacon, USGS, public domain.

NASA Completes the First Global Survey of Fluctuations in Lakes and Reservoirs

Katarina Samurović

ICESat-2 launched in September 2018) with its satellite laser altimeter, allowing NASA to perform the first global survey of freshwater fluctuations.

A black Eastern gray squirrel looks in a trash container. Photo: Caitlin Dempsey, CC BY 4.0

Anthropause: The Impact of Covid-19 Related Slowdowns on Wildlife

Katarina Samurović

Human-animal relations are extremely complex, and our presence - or absence - has greater power over the population dynamics than we commonly think

A herd of caribou swims across the Noatak River in Alaska, heading south for the winter. Photo: NPS, Noatak National Preserve, Alaska, public domain.

New Maps For Ungulate Migration Routes Across the Western U.S.

Katarina Samurović

Federal and state wildlife biologists have come together to create a unique map of ungulate migrations across the American West.

Urban trees provide many benefits such as absorbing heat, filtering pollution, and absorbing carbon dioxide from the air. Photo: Willow Oak in City Park, USGS, public domain.

Google Launches AI powered Tree Canopy Lab

Katarina Samurović

Google is using artificial intelligence to develop maps of tree canopy from its aerial imagery.