Melba Newsome

United States

An award-winning freelance writer who covers the environment and climate change. She also directs the Environmental and Epistemic Justice journalism fellowship at Wake Forest University.

Oct

Climate change displaces Gullah Geechee Blacks in the US

On the East Coast of the US, Gullah Geechee Blacks grapple with a dual threat: climate change-induced disasters and gentrification.

31 Oct 2023

12 min read

Sep

Rising seas threaten the Gullah Geechee culture

In the face of rising sea levels threatening the Gullah Geechee people of the United States, Mosquito Beach residents and

26 Sep 2023

10 min read