Latest Articles
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![In an illustration, two people stand next to a body of water. A ship is beached in the background.]()
![In an illustration, two people stand next to a body of water. A ship is beached in the background.]()
Gifts We Give to the Sea
A mother must come to terms with her child's identity, her husband's passing, and the changing landscape of their community.
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![Abstract illustration of two hands made of swirling blue and pink colors, with a small blue and white marble suspended above them]()
![Abstract illustration of two hands made of swirling blue and pink colors, with a small blue and white marble suspended above them]()
The Imperfect Blue Marble
In a culture where a child's first word takes on great meaning, a nonverbal child shows his compassion beyond words.
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![An illustration depicts a small house sitting on the edge of a pond in an overgrown forest at sunset. The abstract shape of a young girl's face is visible in the sky.]()
![An illustration depicts a small house sitting on the edge of a pond in an overgrown forest at sunset. The abstract shape of a young girl's face is visible in the sky.]()
The Long In-Between
A father's effort to honor his daughter’s memory through a rewilding project collides with his neighbor’s conventional farming practices.
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![Abstract illustration of a woman with water swirling around her]()
La Sirène
On a submarine housing children born with a genetic mutation, people of faith wrestle with the sin of causing an ecological disaster.
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![Illustration of a person with curly hair surrounded by a halo of swirling colors, looking out over a desert-scape]()
![Illustration of a person with curly hair surrounded by a halo of swirling colors, looking out over a desert-scape]()
Stasis
A desert dweller undergoes a rapid and enlightening metamorphosis to survive the seasonal migration.
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![Abstract illustration of a person looking up amidst underwater plants, with whales in the background]()
![Abstract illustration of a person looking up amidst underwater plants, with whales in the background]()
The power of climate fiction and the ethos of Imagine 2200
A note from Grist's Imagine 2200 creative manager on the importance of hopeful, authentic climate fiction storytelling.
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![An oil well sits idle surrounded by pine trees and blue sky in rural Arkansas.]()
![An oil well sits idle surrounded by pine trees and blue sky in rural Arkansas.]()
Oil companies used to run this town. Now they’re back — to mine for lithium.
Fossil fuel companies are turning to rural communities for critical minerals, raising familiar hopes and fears.
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![Trawl fishermen empty a net full of fish onto the deck of a boat]()
![Trawl fishermen empty a net full of fish onto the deck of a boat]()
Bottom trawling shreds the seafloor. It may also be a huge source of carbon emissions.
Dragging nets along the ocean bed wrecks marine life, but researchers can’t agree on how bad it is for the climate.
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![Smoke billows from a large power plant with two huge cooling towers set next to a pond.]()
![Smoke billows from a large power plant with two huge cooling towers set next to a pond.]()
‘Control the narrative’: How an Alabama utility wields influence by financing news
A Floodlight investigation found Alabama Power runs a news service and its foundation bought a Black newspaper. Neither publishes critical stories about the utility.
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![An overhead shot of a grain silo set on a farm with rolling fields.]()
![An overhead shot of a grain silo set on a farm with rolling fields.]()
Why humans are putting ‘coal’ and ‘oil’ back in the ground
Startups are processing plant waste into concentrated carbon to be buried or injected underground. It’s like fossil fuels, but in reverse.
