Molly Peterson is an independent reporter based in Los Angeles who covers climate change, disaster risk, water, and other environment issues. Most recently, she worked with ISeeChange, a NASA-funded crowdsourced climate journal, reporting on observations from the world over, connecting them to current science. For eight years she was the environment correspondent at Southern California Public Radio. Before that, she lived and worked in New Orleans, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina. She has worked for NPR in Culver City and in Washington, DC. on programs including Morning Edition and Day to Day. Current projects will appear in High Country News, on PRI, on WWNO in New Orleans and WRKF in Baton Rouge, and throughout California.