@corinnepurtill

Science & medicine reporter, @latimes. Previously writing for @nytimes @NewYorker @TIME and elsewhere. She/her.

 Los Angeles, CA
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Joined March 2011
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Here I once again pin the record of the greatest Twitter interaction I have ever and will ever have
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Motivating read from @corinnepurtill. A woman trying to balance the craziness of life. Glad I can help a little 😉👊🏾 work.qz.com/1094135/dwayne-j…
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Lila Seidman@lila_seidman26 Oct 2023
This is the story we all needed today: After terrorizing surfers, California's angriest otter finds peace as new mother. Via @susrust. latimes.com/environment/stor…

After terrorizing surfers, California's angriest otter finds peace as new mother

Santa Cruz's sea otter, 841, has given birth to a wee pup — suggesting that her erratic behavior could have been hormonally driven.

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Rubaina Azhar@rubainaazhar16 Oct 2023
Attention word nerds: Applications for the paid 2024 Henry Fuhrmann copy editing internship at the Los Angeles Times are being accepted. The deadline to apply is Nov. 15. Details here: latimes.com/internships Application here: latimes.submittable.com/subm…

Los Angeles Times Internships

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Alexandra Petri@petridishes4 Oct 2023
is the head of lettuce who briefly served as prime minister available
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Thomas Curwen@tcurwen3 Oct 2023
Midweek storytime: Take a trip to Mt Wilson w/ @corinnepurtill: 100 years since Hubble blew our minds & the "observatory discovered what so many aging luminaries in L.A. have: Once your star light fades, no one is quite sure what to do with you." @latimes latimes.com/science/story/20…

The battle to save Mt. Wilson Observatory, where we found our place in the universe

The most important things we know about the cosmos were discovered in the mountains above Los Angeles. 'You don’t just throw away a historic place,' says one of the volunteers trying to save it.

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“In most parts…the idea that the govt would largely cede to private companies management of a natural disaster that could decimate multiple towns, displace thousands of farmworkers & wreak destruction across 100s of square miles would be unfathomable.” 👀 latimes.com/environment/stor…

How powerful land barons shaped the epic floods in California's heartland

Land barons seized control of the Tulare Lake Basin generations ago. This year's destructive flooding left troubling questions about the power they wield.

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CA residents without safe drinking water "drive multiple times a month...to purchase potable water at a cost of hundreds of dollars, while paying monthly bills for water they can’t consume." Important, infuriating work from the @latimes: latimes.com/environment/stor…

'A ticking time bomb': Why California can't provide safe drinking water to all its residents

More than a decade after California passed the Human Right to Water Act, about 1 million residents still lack access to clean, safe, affordable water.

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Very excited to be part of this amazing team! Hope you are expecting aggressive and impactful reporting on climate change, the natural world, health and science because that is what is on the menu latimes.com/environment/stor…

Times launches Climate California

The Los Angeles Times is expanding its coverage of the environment with the debut of Climate California.

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Rosanna Xia@RosannaXia26 Sep 2023
More exciting news today! The @latimes just announced our new and expanded environment team, led by the great Monte Morin!!! 🌍🌲🤩 latimes.com/environment/stor…
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I got to write about my thing for rocks and time in the LA Times Wild newsletter (and thanks to @gregbrosnan for the book that changed my life for the better) latimes.com/travel/newslette…

How becoming a geology nerd gave me a new appreciation of the outdoors

I used to think rocks were boring. Now I seek them out everywhere I go because of the stories they tell about our place in the universe.

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Sammy Roth@Sammy_Roth25 Aug 2023
Global warming getting worse and worse in the Antarctic, with mass penguin chick die-offs this past winter. Details from @corinnepurtill: latimes.com/environment/stor…

Record sea ice melt in Antarctica doomed thousands of penguin chicks to a watery grave

An unprecedented loss of Antarctic sea ice prevented four colonies of emperor penguins from seeing any chicks survive in 2022, scientists report in a new study.

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Sammy Roth@Sammy_Roth17 Aug 2023
Groundbreaking new study suggests wildfires caused by early humans fueled mass extinctions in Southern California starting 13,000 years ago. Does not portend well for modern-day climate crisis, ⁦@corinnepurtill⁩ writes: latimes.com/environment/stor…

Wildfires once fueled extinctions in Southern California. Will it happen again?

Large-scale fires helped wipe out saber-toothed cats, dire wolves and other large mammals in Southern California, according to La Brea Tar Pits researchers.

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Steve Padilla@StevePadilla23 Aug 2023
After losing contact with the craft, NASA says it has detected a faint signal from Voyager 2. The spacecraft plays a role in this beautifully written Column One by @corinnepurtill about an artist whose work helps us understand space--and ourselves. latimes.com/science/story/20…

This space artist changed the way we see the universe

Space artist Jon Lomberg has produced work that attempts to visualize what we can’t truly see, and to communicate with creatures we can’t yet imagine.

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Ian James@ByIanJames1 Aug 2023
The height and power of ocean waves are increasing along California’s coast — and elsewhere, @corinnepurtill writes: latimes.com/environment/stor…

Global warming is making big(ger) waves off the California coast, scientists say

A hotter planet is generating more winter storms in the North Pacific Ocean, which in turn is producing taller waves, according to a new study. That could make coastal flooding and erosion even worse.

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Steve Padilla@StevePadilla226 Jul 2023
It may not look like it at first glance, but this beautifully written @latimes Column One by @corinnepurtill is a journey story. While studying the vast universe a man comes to understand the small things too. And, oh, the last few paragraphs: latimes.com/science/story/20…

This space artist changed the way we see the universe

Space artist Jon Lomberg has produced work that attempts to visualize what we can’t truly see, and to communicate with creatures we can’t yet imagine.

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A look at my transcript shows that when @tab_delete told me the academic courseload he took while reporting these stories I said a very rude word out loud and then immediately apologized that it was not directed at him specifically, I was just stunned latimes.com/science/story/20…

Q&A: How this Stanford freshman brought down the president of the university

Meet Theo Baker, the freshman reporter whose stories about suspect research kicked off a chain of events that led the president of Stanford to resign.

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Sammy Roth@Sammy_Roth13 Jul 2023
Some naturalists hiking in an Orange County park discovered an entirely new species of millipede. "This really drives home the point that it’s important to preserve these open green spaces and natural habitats as much as we can." latimes.com/science/story/20… via @corinnepurtill

Meet the 486-legged creature found in an L.A. area park

A previously unknown millipede species has been discovered in Los Angeles and Orange counties. It joins roughly 12,000 other named millipede species worldwide.

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Annalisa Merelli@missanabeem11 Jul 2023
(please share) Are you an ovarian cancer patient or a doctor who has been impacted by shortages of chemotherapy drugs? I would like to talk to you. DM me or [email protected]
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