Rachel Berkowitz

Rachel Berkowitz is a freelance science writer who splits her time between Eastsound, Wash., Burnaby, British Columbia, and the waterways off Vancouver Island aboard SV Hooligan. She has a Ph.D. in geophysics from the University of Cambridge and is a corresponding editor for the American Physical Society’s Physics Magazine. Her work has appeared in Physics Today, Scientific American, Physics World and the newsrooms of several U.S. national laboratories. 

All Stories by Rachel Berkowitz

  1. Physics

    Ice is more flexible than you think, a new nano-movie shows

    Scientists have filmed nanoscale ice crystals adapting to trapped air bubbles without losing structural integrity.

  2. Earth

    Wildfires and farm fertilizer use are fueling ozone pollution

    Fires and agricultural soils can rival cars and factories in emitting chemicals that lead to ozone, making it hard to meet air quality standards.

  3. Earth

    Scientists predict an undersea volcano eruption near Oregon in 2025

    Real-time data from Axial Seamount off the Oregon coast is providing researchers with a good eruption forecasting test.

  4. Ecosystems

    Flowers may be big antennas for bees’ electrical signals

    The finding suggests a way for plants to share information about nearby pollinators and communicate when to trigger nectar production.