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
Air conditioning units for sale

Our Air Conditioning Appetite Could Lead To More Air Quality Deaths

A wind turbine and cooling towers from a coal power plant

Some Of Our Worst-Polluting Industries Could Get Greener With One Fix

A woman uses a smartphone outside the Supreme Court building

Supreme Court Smartphone Ruling Is A Privacy Law For The Modern Age

A facial recognition camera

There Aren't Many Laws Governing Facial Recognition At US Airports

A drone in New York City

Drones Endanger Other Aircraft, But Finding Culprit Pilots Is Tricky

A loot box

Video Game Loot Boxes Hook Players The Same Way Gambling Does

construction in Miami

Coastal Real Estate Is Already Feeling The Costs Of Sea Level Rise

A tractor in a field of crops

Just 100 Nuke Detonations Could Cause Worldwide Food Shortages

A map of Earth with ocean floor features

Making A Detailed Map Of Earth's Oceans Is Harder Than It Looks

The Curiosity rover

There's Still No Life On Mars — But The Odds Are Getting Better

Hurricane Harvey

Hurricanes May Be Getting Slower, Making Them Even More Destructive

Offshore wind turbine in a storm

How Wind Turbines Could Guard The Coast Against Strong Hurricanes

A sea turtle tangled in a fishing net

Sea Turtles Have To Deal With Plastic Threats On Two Fronts

A runner in the snow

For A Healthy Brain, Exercise Your Legs

polar bears

Some Animals Are So Famous, People Don't Realize They're Endangered

A cartoon brain with the words "Laurel" and "Yanny"

How The Laurel-Yanny Clip — Like 'The Dress' — Tricks Our Brains

Bitcoin tokens

Bitcoin Mining Eats Enough Energy To Power Ireland

C-3PO

How The Droids Of 'Star Wars' Could Inspire Artificial Intelligence

Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica

A Huge International Mission Investigates Glaciers' Melting Problem

A coronal mass ejection

Why Experts Say We Should All Pay More Attention To Space Weather

Artist's impression of an asteroid

Asteroids May Have Delivered More Of Earth's Water Than We Thought

network cables

Net Neutrality Was Repealed, But It's Not Dead Yet

Marijuana plants grow under lights

Legal Weed Growers Use Ridiculous Amounts Of Electricity

Marijuana plants in a greenhouse

The Government Considers Marijuana Illegal And Taxes It Anyway

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

NASA's New Exoplanet Telescope Could Help Us Find Another Earth

A semiautonomous aircraft undergoes military testing

The Future Of Warfare Is Autonomous, But How Close Are We?

Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a Senate hearing

Zuckerberg And Congress Agree: People Don't Read Terms Of Service

Mark Zuckerberg on Capitol Hill

After Months Of Defending Its Image, Where Does Facebook Stand?

Plasma on the surface of the sun takes the shape of a tornado

Are There Giant Tornadoes On The Sun's Surface?

A Tesla Roadster in Earth orbit

Those Pictures Of The Tesla In Space Might Have Been Illegal