
Ali Dickson
Student ReporterAli Dickson is a graduate student reporter for KUNR and the Hitchcock Project for Visualizing Science, which is part of the University of Nevada, Reno’s Reynolds School of Journalism.
With a passion for sustainability, Ali has worked as a journalist, marketer, and communicator as an advocate for science and the outdoor world. She is eager to report on the climate and environmental news that shape the ways in which we grow across the Reno-Tahoe area.
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From Mt. Rose Summit, the latest snow measurements reveal good news for this summer’s water outlook.
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A new study found that Reno’s spring season has the fastest-warming temperatures compared to cities across the country.
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Federal funding cuts affected science departments at UNR, and professors have concerns over the future of their work.
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High school students from the Academy of Arts, Careers & Technology got firsthand experience in wildland fire training with the Bureau of Land Management.
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President Trump ended the forced use of paper straws, but reducing plastic straw use helped Lake Tahoe.
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Nevada’s population of monarch butterflies has declined significantly in recent decades. One way to help them next summer is by planting milkweed this winter.