Kasha Patel

Washington Post editor and writer who focuses on weather, climate change, and the environment

Kasha Patel on KCRW

Cities are adopting LED bulbs for streetlights, billboards, and stadiums. But they create a lot of light pollution, obscuring stars and disrupting our sleep patterns.

LED light bulbs: Less energy usage, but less sleep

Cities are adopting LED bulbs for streetlights, billboards, and stadiums. But they create a lot of light pollution, obscuring stars and disrupting our sleep patterns.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Comedy can be a useful way to understand and maybe cope with Earth’s bleak future, says Kasha Patel, who writes the Washington Post’s “Hidden Planet” column.

How to normalize talking about climate change? Through humor, says columnist

Comedy can be a useful way to understand and maybe cope with Earth’s bleak future, says Kasha Patel, who writes the Washington Post’s “Hidden Planet” column.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Traits and attributes that animals find appealing may not make sense in a warming world, such as a lion’s dark and bushy mane or a peacock’s picturesque plumage.

Lions, dragonflies, fruit flies: Climate change is altering their mating behavior

Traits and attributes that animals find appealing may not make sense in a warming world, such as a lion’s dark and bushy mane or a peacock’s picturesque plumage.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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