Melissa Sevigny
Science & Technology ReporterMelissa joined KNAU's team in 2015 to report on science, health, and the environment. Her work has appeared nationally on NPR and has been featured on Science Friday.
Before joining KNAU, Melissa worked as a science communicator in the fields of space exploration, western water policy, and sustainable agriculture. She was the education and public outreach specialist for the Phoenix Mars Mission, which landed on Mars in 2008. She has a bachelor's degree in environmental science from the University of Arizona and a master of fine arts in environmental writing from Iowa State University.
She grew up in Tucson, Arizona, where she fell in love with the ecology and geology of the Sonoran desert. She enjoys hiking, reading, and gardening.
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Flagstaff City Council members debated a citizen petition Wednesday that requested the city add wildfire, flooding, and drought to the priorities in its Carbon Neutrality Plan.
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A paper published Thursday gives, for the first time, a full accounting of where the Colorado River’s water goes. Lead author Brian Richter says the information can help guide ongoing negotiations on how to manage the river’s diminished water supplies in a future of drought and climate change.
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A startup biotech company in Flagstaff is working to make the idea of birth control for men a reality.
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The National Park Service released a report on climate change in the Grand Canyon that projects a warmer, drier future for the iconic national park.
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Coconino County has one confirmed case of measles and another probable case. Health officials urge residents to be alert for symptoms of the highly contagious illness, which has no treatment but can be prevented by a vaccine.
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The federal government indicated its support on Tuesday for a plan hammered out by the Lower Basin states to conserve water in the Colorado River over the next three years. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports.
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The Coconino County Board of Supervisors heard plans Tuesday for forest restoration work west of the San Francisco Peaks to lessen the risk of catastrophic wildfires. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports.
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The deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy met Wednesday in Flagstaff with Navajo and Hopi leaders to discuss an unprecedented federal investment in solar energy for tribal homes.
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The Coconino County Flood Control District will present a pair of studies to its Board of Directors Tuesday that forecast the risks of post-wildfire floods in the Rio de Flag watershed in Flagstaff.
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The Arizona Department of Housing awarded $2 million to an Indigenous-led, Utah-based nonprofit to address housing needs on the Navajo Nation. It’s the first time money from the state’s housing trust fund has been allocated to a nonprofit group.