Kasha Patel
Washington, D.C.
Covers weather, climate change and the environment and writes the weekly Hidden Planet column
Education: Wake Forest University, BS in Chemistry; Boston University, MS in Science Journalism
Kasha Patel is the deputy weather editor for the Capital Weather Gang at The Washington Post, covering weather, climate change and the environment.
Before joining The Post, she produced news stories, videos and features about the Earth sciences, climate change and satellite research for NASA. She specialized in topics at the intersection of the environment and public health, such as tracking infectious diseases from space.
Patel also has significant on-screen experience, appearing on the Weather Channel and BBC, among others. She hosted an award-winning miniseries on NASA TV highlighting Ear
