Writer, biologist, big fan of planet earth. Work has appeared in @theatlantic @outsidemagazine @orion_magazine @hakaimagazine @longreads @popsci @terrainorg
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Thank you to @TheAtlantic for republishing my article on milky seas — hands down the wildest thing I’ve ever witnessed.
In 2010, @samkeckscott sailed into a milky sea, becoming one of the few living people known to have seen one. For @hakaimagazine, he explores one of the ocean's most mysterious phenomena: theatlantic.com/science/arch…
Very grateful to @Orion_Magazine for publishing this short essay in which I attempt to prove the word “marsh” is an onomatopoeia: orionmagazine.org/article/sa…
I couldn’t be more thrilled (or stunned) to announce that my essay, “Dreaming of Water with Tiger Salamanders,” has won a 2024 Pushcart Prize. Thank you to the wonderful team at @Longreads for publishing and nominating it, and to the Pushcart judges for seeing value in my work.
We’re delighted to announce that @samkeckscott’s beautiful Longreads essay “Dreaming of Water with Tiger Salamanders” has won a 2024 Pushcart Prize! Congratulations, Sam! #longreads #PushcartPrize longreads.com/2022/03/22/dre…
Fire Weather is a must-read for anyone who, for better or worse, happens to be alive right now. @JohnVaillant is a writer hero of mine, and I’m grateful he chose this subject to apply his powers towards.
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An excellent Earth Day reading list from @Longreads that I’m grateful to be included in:
“There is no more urgent form of communication than going extinct.” @samkeckscott on the shrinking habitat of the Tiger Salamander, just one of the featured reads in our #EarthDay collection: longreads.com/2023/04/18/ear…
The biggest honor. Thank you, @Longreads!
Announcing our incredible 🌟Pushcart Nominees!🌟 Congratulations and best of luck to all! @samkeckscott @MarilynKriete @yuximerollin @LesleyFinn
ALT Longreads Pushcart Nominations 2022
ALT "Children in the Garden" - Devin Kelly "Bones, Bones" - Peter Wayne Moe "Dreaming of Water with Tiger Salamanders" - Sam Keck Scott "The Emptying" - Marilyn Kriete "Love Song to Costco" - Yuxi Lin "Final Girl, Terrible Place" - Lesley Finn
Couldn’t be more excited about this! With @lmillernpr at the helm, prepare to be gobsmacked upside the head.
CAT. OUTTA. Da.... BAG!
TERRESTRIALS.. is coming!
This fall, I'm releasing a brand new podcast series for kids all about NATURE - and hows it's stranger than you think. First ep drops 9/22. Trailer's out next week.
Subscribe here: bit.ly/3Qyl1ip
#TerrestrialsPodcast
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A whale shark gliding through bioluminescent algae appears to be swimming in space.
Credit: Mike Nulty
If you want to learn more about milky seas, I can’t recommend this article by @nijhuism enough. It is so well-written and reported, and is the deepest dive into this glowing subject I’ve yet read. Also, I was fortunate enough to be interviewed for it.
If you're in the mood for some wonder, try my new story @sciam, part of the magazine's special #Oceans issue. Milky seas—long rumored, rarely witnessed, now visible from space! scientificamerican.com/artic…
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@samkeckscott is one of the few known people alive today to have witnessed a #milkysea. He’s teamed up with researchers at @CIRA_CSU to help demystify the rare ocean phenomenon. 🥛✨🌊
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Bioluminescent bacteria can make the ocean glow. Sailors have noticed it for centuries, but now some are joining forces with scientists to study the science behind this “milky sea,” writes @samkeckscott for @hakaimagazine.
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A chance encounter with a rare phenomenon called a milky sea connects a sailor and a scientist to explain the ocean’s ghostly glow (via @hakaimagazine) popsci.com/environment/were-…
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@samkeckscott is one of the few known people alive today to have witnessed the #milkyseas. He’s teamed up with researchers at @CIRA_CSU to help demystify the rare ocean phenomenon. 🥛✨🌊
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In 2010, @samkeckscott sailed into a milky sea, becoming one of the few living people known to have seen one. For @hakaimagazine, he explores one of the ocean's most mysterious phenomena: theatlantic.com/science/arch…
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"This trailer was only meant to be a home base for my life on the move as a field biologist. A way to hack the Bay Area’s obscene rental market—one of the highest in the nation. Not a place to weather a global pandemic. Alone." @samkeckscott longreads.com/2022/03/22/dre… #longreads
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"Shifting baseline syndrome may have helped to bring the Big Bad Wolf to our door, but climate change, habitat loss, and pollution have blown the house down." @samkeckscott on California tiger salamanders and the dream of a cooler, wetter future: longreads.com/2022/03/22/dre…
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"I thought a lot about tiger salamanders during the early weeks of the pandemic, drawing inspiration from these masters of sheltering-in-place." New on @longreads: @samkeckscott on the disappearing tiger salamander population in California's Sonoma County: longreads.com/2022/03/22/dre…
I have a feature out today in @Longreads about tiger salamanders and shifting baseline syndrome and the dream of a cooler, wetter future. Thanks for reading!
longreads.com/2022/03/22/dre…
Excited to have my poem "Mine" published in @assignmentmag along with a short write-up about how the poem came to be. You can read it here:
"The yellow trucks, obedient soldiers
Driving in and out
into the maw
Day and night
of that silent scream"
A poetry "assignment," by @samkeckscott assignmentmag.com/onlineonly…
It’s the honor of a lifetime to have an essay published in @outsidemagazine. Thank you for reading and sharing!
Above the surface of the Red Sea, the crew of the Persephone battled crashing waves, a quick-tempered captain, and an ever-present fear of pirates. Below it, @samkeckscott fought his childhood demons, one breath at a time. [⭐️] trib.al/asn1liC