Articles by Grist staff

Who Can Plame Them?

U.S. leaks IPCC report confirming climate change is happening A confidential draft of the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has been posted on the internet by U.S. officials, months before its scheduled publish date. The posting of the draft, which expresses increased confidence that global warming is human-caused and likely to […]

A dispatch from China’s Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve

Eric Wagner is a graduate student in biology at the University of Washington. He reports from China, where a group of students and faculty from UW and Sichuan University is working to help create a management plan for a popular national park. Saturday, 22 Apr 2006 On the road, Sichuan Province, China “It’s weird,” Yuh-Chi […]

Warmer waters, disease causing major reef die-off

Ahoy there, buccaneers. 'Tis I, returned from the briny depths for another fishy update. And this one's a sad tale, me hearties, for anyone who's ever appreciated the beauty of a coral reef. Even ye landlubbers out there may know what I mean, what with all your fancy "snorkel gear" -- me, I wouldn't be caught dead in a get-up involving the word snork, but you lot seem to enjoy it. And I enjoy the pointin' and laughin' from atop me crow's nest. Arrrr!

But I digress. Today, I share news of what some researchers are calling an "underwater Holocaust." They say record hot water temperatures followed by disease have caused the biggest loss of Caribbean reefs in history.

So Much for Our Plans to Get Chip on Rushmore

NPS won’t loosen ad guidelines; Yellowstone contemplates wireless A National Park Service proposal to accept money from tobacco and alcohol companies and engrave donor names on benches and bricks was shot down when new marketing guidelines were issued Monday. Public comment had been highly critical of the proposal. “We give the Park Service significant credit […]