Environment
Human Elements: Cutting edge science via video game adventures
A UW computer scientist wants to change the way we learn — and contribute to science.
Beatriz Costa Lima
Beatriz Costa Lima is a former video producer at Crosscut and KCTS 9 focusing on science and the environment. She came to Seattle from Portland, Oregon, where she was an assistant editor for Blue Chal
Latest work
Environment
Human Elements: How a biologist uses data to help salmon and humans
Kwasi Addae wants to make sure everyone gets food on the dinner table — including southern resident killer whales.
Inside Cascade PBS
Why equity and diversity matter in the great outdoors
Video producer Beatriz Costa Lima talks about her own venture into environmental work, and how it helped inspire episodes of Deeply Rooted, a new video series by Crosscut.
Focus
The New Normal: When checkout lines become the front lines
In the first episode of our new series, grocery store employee Erin Simmons adapts to the risks of being an essential worker.
Environment
How to thrive in isolation, according to one of WA's last fire lookouts
For ‘Lightning’ Bill Austin, life in a Methow Valley lookout tower isn’t too different from life under social distancing.