Oscar Fock

I’m a New York-based freelance journalist from Sweden. I write about the environment, how climate change impacts us humans, and how we are responding.

In the past, I have also written about education and dinosaurs. My work has been featured in The Architect’s Newspaper, The Red Hook Star-Revue, Brooklyn Paper, Port Washington Times, and Scandinavian popular science magazine Science Illustrated.

Selected stories

The city now wants blue highways. Jim Tampakis has advocated for it for yearsThe Red Hook Star-Revue, October 11, 2024

Smarter Start-UpsThe Architect’s Newspaper, September 13, 2024

Smelly NYC Superfund construction a Gowanus headacheThe Red Hook Star-Revue, September 10, 2024

Findings of toxic fumes in Gowanus prompt calls for moratorium on new constructionThe Red Hook Star-Revue, July 12, 2024

Raw Earth RevolutionThe Architect’s Newspaper, May 30, 2024

Frustrated by lack of water quality data, citizen scientist Gary Francis monitors the Gowanus Canal himselfBrooklyn Paper, March 13, 2024

Facing a future shaped by climate change, Brooklyn prepares for hotter summers and more intense stormsBrooklyn Paper, December 4, 2023

Tracking the T. rex of Europe” [in Swedish] Science Illustrated, April 9, 2023