I’m a science journalist and researcher at The Watchers, contributing to the Epicenter edition, where I cover peer-reviewed scientific research and emerging discoveries across Earth and space sciences. With a background in astronomy and a passion for environmental science, I’ve worked in shark and coral conservation in Fiji, conducting reef and shark-behavior research, contributing to mangrove restoration, and earning PADI Open Water and Coral Reef Certifications. I bring a blend of scientific rigor and storytelling to illuminate the discoveries shaping our planet and beyond.

  • Ground collapses across Arizona’s Willcox Basin as decades of groundwater pumping take their toll

    Satellite data show the ground is sinking by as much as 15 cm (6 inches) per year in Arizona’s Willcox Basin, the fastest rate in the state. Scientists say decades of groundwater extraction for irrigation have permanently compacted the land.

  • Universe’s expansion may already be slowing, new study suggests

    A new analysis of more than 300 Type Ia supernovae by astronomers at Yonsei University, published on November 6, 2025 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, finds evidence that the Universe’s expansion has already begun to slow — challenging the long-standing idea of an accelerating cosmos driven by dark energy.

  • Magnetic flows surge at the Sun’s south pole, defying solar physics models

    Data from ESA’s Solar Orbiter, published on November 5, 2025 in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, show magnetic fields at the Sun’s south pole flowing toward the pole at 10–20 m/s (33–66 ft/s). The discovery overturns decades of theory about how the Sun’s magnetic field circulates.

  • Hidden magma body beneath Mayotte revealed by electromagnetic imaging

    A new Nature study reveals a massive, melt-rich magma body beneath Mayotte at 23 ±1 km (14 ±0.6 miles) below sea level, estimated to hold over 200 km³ (48 miles³) of material containing 22–42% melt. This reservoir is possibly connected to the system that fed the large submarine eruption of Fani Maoré in 2018–2019.

  • First October tornado on record in Wyoming confirmed near Alta

    An EF1 tornado confirmed near Alta, Wyoming, in the Teton Canyon area of the Caribou–Targhee National Forest on October 15, 2025, was officially verified on October 28. It is the third tornado ever recorded in Teton County and the first October tornado on record in Wyoming.

  • X45 superflare of 2003 rivaled Carrington Event and carried potential to trigger a planetary-scale power-grid collapse

    A solar flare of extraordinary intensity erupted from Active Region 10486 at 19:29 UTC on November 4, 2003, overwhelming every X-ray detector in orbit and leaving scientists temporarily blind to its true scale. Only later would they learn it reached about X45 — the most powerful ever measured in the Space Age. Its radiative power rivaled that of the 1859 Carrington Event, yet most of its debris was ejected harmlessly sideways into space. Had Active Region 10486 faced Earth, researchers estimate the geomagnetic index Dst could have dropped below –850 nanoteslas — enough to trigger a planetary-scale power-grid collapse.