Margherita Bassi

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Trilingual freelance journalist and daily correspondent for Smithsonian Magazine. Regular contributor to Gizmodo and Popular Science, specializing in ancient history, paleontology, anthropology, and astronomy.

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Margherita Bassi covers scientific and environmental discoveries, recently reporting on Arctic sea ice history from space dust, climate engineering for El Niños, the origins of the Euphrates River, and unusual tissue from sea cucumbers.

Recent articles

• Researchers Used Space Dust to Build a Timeline of 30,000 Years of Arctic Sea IceSmithsonian Magazine · Nov 10, 2025
• Could We Mitigate Super El Niños by Artificially Changing the Climate? A New Study Indicates YesSmithsonian Magazine · Jul 9, 2026
• Scientists May Have Discovered the Origins of the Euphrates River, Which Helped Nurture Some of the Earliest Known CivilizationsSmithsonian Magazine · Jun 22, 2026

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