Chris McDermott is a Staff Writer at The Atlanta Journal and Constitution. With a Ph.D. in English and a background in human development and environmental analysis, he focuses on a variety of topics including environmental issues, culture, and the arts. Chris has also been featured in Patch.com, Adelaide Football Club, IFLR, and EcoWatch.
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Chris McDermott's coverage primarily focuses on scientific and environmental topics, with an emphasis on climate change, natural disasters, and environmental conservation. His articles often cite data and government announcements.
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By: Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, Chris McDermott
Firefighters and Prescribed Burn Association members prepare at Pacific Union College Forest in Angwin, California on May 15, 2025. State agency CAL FIRE has commonly received federal help in the past from USFS. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images
By: Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, Chris McDermott
In a landmark finding, the United Nations’ top court on Wednesday issued an advisory opinion stating that a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a human right.
Coal mining trucks at an opencast coal mine in Kalimantan, Indonesia on Dec. 8, 2024. Afriadi Hikmal / NurPhoto via Getty Images
By: Paige Bennett, Chris McDermott
Probiotic treatment of Montastraea cavernosa colonies using a whole-colony bagging technique. Frontiers in Marine Science
By: Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, Chris McDermott
Researchers created this composite image of their submersible deep in the Mariana Trench. Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering / Chinese Academy of Sciences
By: Paige Bennett, Chris McDermott
A monarch butterfly in the butterfly pavilion at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in Los Angeles, California on June 1, 2022. David Crane / MediaNews Group / Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images
By: Paige Bennett, Chris McDermott
Dozens of large housing construction projects along the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, New York City on Dec. 24, 2024. Andrew Lichtenstein / Corbis via Getty Images
White thick smoke with methane gas seeps up between layers of garbage and waste at the dumping zone of Belgharia in Jharia, Kolkata, West Bengal, India on Jan. 24, 2020. Jonas Gratzer / LightRocket via Getty Images
By: Chris Mcdermott
What if Canadian consumers and businesses finally stood up and shouted: “For once, please make your climate policy about us”?
By: Chris McDermott
Delivering fast, digital services is no longer enough. Agencies must also ensure accuracy, security and accessibility.
