Jake Bittle

Jake Bittle is a staff writer at Grist covering climate impacts. His book "The Great Displacement" from Simon & Schuster looks at communities affected by climate change, and how the lives of their residents — those who have survived — have been altered by extreme weather.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Jake Bittle

Environment

As Louisiana’s coast erodes, its historic communities are disappearing too
February 24, 2023 By Jake Bittle
New levees are too late to stop the exodus for bayou villages like Pointe-aux-Chenes.
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Environment

How a megadrought is leaving one Arizona neighborhood with no water
March 10, 2022 By Jake Bittle
Thanks to Colorado River cuts, hundreds of residents on the outskirts of Phoenix are “the canary in the coal mine.”
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Jake Bittle

LATEST ARTICLES BY Jake Bittle

As Louisiana’s coast erodes, its historic communities are disappearing too

How a megadrought is leaving one Arizona neighborhood with no water