Sascha Pare

Sascha Pare

Trainee staff writer

Sascha is a U.K.-based trainee staff writer at Live Science. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Southampton in England and a master’s degree in science communication from Imperial College London. Her work has appeared in The Guardian and the health website Zoe. Besides writing, she enjoys playing tennis, bread-making and browsing second-hand shops for hidden gems.

Articles by: Sascha Pare

Hurricane Idalia hits Florida's Big Bend region.

A blue supermoon and soaring ocean temperatures created a perfect storm for Hurricane Idalia

By Sascha Pare published

The storm intensified overnight and made landfall near Keaton Beach, Florida, on the morning of Aug. 30.

A picture of the ocean on the Pacific coast in San Diego.

Odds of 'strong' El Niño now over 95%, with ocean temperatures to 'substantially exceed' last big warming event

By Sascha Pare published

Sizzling ocean temperatures in the east-central tropical Pacific throughout July indicate there is a good chance El Niño conditions will remain strong for the next six months.

Layers of ice hanging off a glacier melt and drip water.

We could be 16 years into a methane-fueled 'termination' event significant enough to end an ice age

By Sascha Pare published

Methane emissions from tropical wetlands have been soaring since 2006 and accelerating at the same breakneck speed as they have when Earth's climate flipped from a glacial to an interglacial period.

A nuclear explosion mushrooms in the sky, casting orange light.

Nuclear bombs set off new geological epoch in the 1950s, scientists say

By Sascha Pare published

Nuclear testing in the 1950s marked sediments at the bottom of a lake in Canada to such an extent that scientists are calling for it to become the symbol of a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene.

Earth, with South America and the Pacific Ocean. The northern hemisphere is covered in swirls of a dusty sand color, with darker wisps reaching down into the southern half of the globe.

Watch the world choke on CO2 in eerie NASA videos of manmade emissions

By Sascha Pare published

The animations highlight emissions from different human and natural sources, with the main contribution coming from the burning of fossil fuels.

King Tides and El Nino storm combine for monster waves battering Santa Cruz Lighthouse Point.

El Niño is officially here, scientists say

By Sascha Pare published

After months of warning, experts have confirmed that the ocean-warming event El Niño is here and will gradually strengthen into the winter, with a potential worldwide climate impact.

A picture of the small mud volcano spewing a muddy liquid.

Scientists discover giant crater from ice age explosion that has methane-spewing mud volcano inside it

By Sascha Pare published

The Borealis Mud Volcano is only the second found in Norwegian waters and releases a continuous stream of methane-rich, muddy liquid from deep below Earth's crust.

An aerial picture of pack ice melting into the ocean in spring time in Antarctica.

Antarctic currents supplying 40% of world's deep ocean with nutrients and oxygen slowing dramatically

By Sascha Pare published

Deep ocean currents around Antarctica that are vital to marine life have slowed by 30% since the 1990s and could soon grind to a complete halt, a new study finds.

A fiery meteor flies through space towards planet Earth.

Scientists may have uncovered the oldest evidence of a meteoroid hitting Earth ever

By Sascha Pare published

Geologists have discovered the earliest evidence of a meteoroid collision with Earth: tiny fragments of melted rock that showered down on our planet 3.48 billion years ago.

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