Evan Thomas

Evan Thomas

Evan Thomas

Digital Content Manager

Evan Thomas manages Scripps News content on the web and on mobile and streaming apps. He graduated from the University of Missouri with a journalism degree and has now spent more than a decade writing and editing news and managing teams under the Scripps News umbrella. Evan contributes climate and energy reporting, dabbles in photography and is a lifelong cyclist and outdoorsman. He lives in Colorado.

Recent Work
Floodwater after Hurricane Florence in South Carolina

The Slow, Careful Rise Of Climate Change Attribution

A coal-fired power plant in Utah

EPA Could Loosen CO2 Rules For Coal Plants That Nobody's Building

Satellite images of Hurricane Michael

Every Hurricane Season Ends With A Single Number

MarCO CubeSats over Mars

Tiny CubeSats Sent Word Of InSight's Landing All The Way From Mars

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai

Proposed Text Message Rules Echo The Fight Over Net Neutrality

Spinach

Why Leafy Greens Are So Often Responsible For Foodborne Illness

Debris from Lion Air flight 610 in Indonesia

Boeing's Fleet Of At-Risk 737 MAX Planes Is Growing

A bucket of soybeans

Soybeans Are A Huge Casualty In The US-China Trade War

The Kepler space telescope

NASA's Kepler Space Telescope Is Finally Shutting Down

Hurricane Willa in the Pacific Ocean on Oct. 22

Why Are So Many Hurricanes Getting So Strong, So Quickly?

The Santa Ana winds blow wildfire smoke out of California into the Pacific Ocean

What Makes California's Santa Ana Winds So Fierce?

The Hubble Space Telescope

NASA Is Getting Pretty Good At Fixing Space Telescopes From The Ground

Flood risk areas on the Florida coast ahead of Hurricane Michael

The Shape Of Florida's Gulf Coastline Can Make Storm Flooding Worse

A coal-fired power plant in Germany

Addressing The Dire Climate Straits Could Mean Leaving Coal Behind

A smartphone displays a test alert message

Why We Need A Nationwide Cell Phone Alert Test

El Capitan, in Yosemite National Park

Climate Change Hits National Parks Harder Than Anywhere Else In The US

Floodwaters from Hurricane Florence

How Rising Seas Made Florence's Flooding Worse

Hurricane Michael approaches the Florida coast

Hurricane Categories Don't Tell You Anything About The Water

Rainfall measurements in Hurricane Florence

What Happens When A Hurricane Stalls

A European corn borer

To Survive In A Warmer World, Insects Will Eat More Of Our Crops

Rainfall measurements in Hurricane Lane

Why Hawaii Doesn't Usually Endure Many Hurricanes

Methamphetamine

Sewers Show The Unexpected Scope Of The US' Illegal Drug Problem

A man next to a dead whale shark on a Florida beach

Red Tides Can Be Dangerous For Humans, Too

An elephant with a calf

Elephants Have Special Genes That Keep Them From Getting Cancer

Artist's rendering of the Parker Solar Probe

To Get To The Sun, NASA's Probe Will Have To Hit The Brakes

A firefighter attacks wildfire flames near a home.

The More We Expand Into Wild Spaces, The Worse Wildfires Can Get

The Curiosity mission approaches Mars

For Future Astronauts, It's A Good Thing Mars Gets This Close

A coral reef

Human Influence Has Reached Almost Every Remote Corner Of The Ocean

Aid workers distribute supplies in Puerto Rico

Smarter Rebuilding Will Make Future Natural Disasters Less Expensive

The IceCube Lab and a readout of a neutrino event

For The First Time, We Know Exactly Where A Neutrino Came From