Guest Contributor
Ryan Green
Ryan Green is a Pulitzer Center grantee, surfer, diver, photographer and science journalist currently based in the U.K. She earned her master of science degree in journalism from Columbia University, and her work focuses on the untold stories of the oceans and the changes they’re enduring.
Ryan Green/Civil Beat/2026
Colonial-Era Coconut Farms Pose Risks To The Survival Of Pacific Atolls
The copra industry keeps remote economies afloat while also threatening to undermine the land it depends on.