Articles by Senior Staff Writer Matt Simon
Matt Simon is a senior writer at Grist, covering climate solutions. Prior to that, he spent over a decade at Wired magazine. He’s the author of three books, most recently A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies.
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While Zach Galifianakis finds peace in gardening, I’m at war with raccoons
Take it from the comedian and actor: “We should all know how to garden. It’s a better hobby than jetskiing.”
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The huge, untapped potential of planting rooftop gardens in cities
To adapt to a rapidly warming world, metropolises are looking to green roofs, which boost biodiversity and reduce temperatures and flooding.
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Why millions of adorable bees are emerging from this cemetery
A growing body of evidence shows that cemeteries host much more life — including insects, birds, mammals, and rare plants — than death.
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Deep-diving robots help crack the mystery of Antarctica’s vanishing sea ice
A decade ago, southern sea ice suddenly and dramatically declined. Scientists say the culprit was a "very violent release" of deep, pent-up heat.
