Amanda Heidt is a freelancing science and environmental journalist based in Moab, Utah. She has a master’s degree in marine science from Moss Landing Marine Laboratories and a master’s degree in science communication from UC Santa Cruz. Her work has appeared online on Science, The Scientist, KQED Science, Deep Look, Inside Science, Discover Magazine, Eos, Geospace and Mongabay and in print in The Scientist, The San Jose Mercury News, Eos, The Santa Cruz Sentinel, The Monterey Herald, The East Bay Times and The Good Times.