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Olga Loginova

  • One of the largest hotspots for nitrogen pollution in the world is the Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico. But nitrogen pollution is a problem facing many coastal areas. Cape Cod is defined by water — it is a peninsula with 560 miles of coastline and also about 900 freshwater ponds. Most of its bodies of water are severely affected by nitrogen pollution. To test for pollution and to determine its source, groundwater is first sampled.
    Coastal Desk
    It's All Elemental: Part 1–Nitrogen
    Carlyle Calhoun, Olga Loginova
    In this three-part series, we’re giving some of the most misunderstood characters on the periodic table a fuller story. We dive into the fascinating double lives of these elements that are both the makers and unmakers of our world.In part one, reporter Olga Loginova travels to Cape Cod to meet nitrogen. In this episode: we trudge through the marsh, avoid great white sharks, and find out how we harnessed the power of nitrogen, why that power turned against us, and what we can do about it.
  • Isle de Jean Charles is now a sliver of an island in Southeast Louisiana. Over the last 7 decades, the island has lost 98% of its land.
    Leaving the Island
    Carlyle Calhoun, Olga Loginova
    Isle de Jean Charles has lost 98% of its land over the last 7 decades. Leaving the Island investigates the first-ever federal attempt to relocate an entire community - the mostly Indigenous residents of Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana - because of climate change.