Articles by Grist staff

Below the Melt

Greenland ice sheet melting speedily, making seas rise faster New research indicates that the Greenland ice sheet is melting faster than we thought, will be gone sooner than we thought, and may raise sea levels more than we thought. Whee! The new study, published in Science, says Greenland’s glaciers — among the earth’s largest freshwater […]

Oh My Gnarly Clemenceau

French prez orders asbestos-laden ship returned to France You thought disposing of your old computer was a hassle? Just wait ’til you try to get rid of your old warship. French President Jacques Chirac was lauded by green groups yesterday when he ordered the 50-year-old warship Clemenceau to return to France from India, where it […]

What the Bleep Do They Know!?

NOAA scientists join NASA’s with accounts of global-warming censorship Government censorship: It’s what’s for dinner. Some climate scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration whose views on global warming contradict Bush administration policy say they’re being prevented from giving particular interviews or being closely monitored by press handlers. A recent NOAA press release claiming […]

Rocky Amountin’ High

Landowners awarded $554 million for nuke contamination from Rocky Flats Thousands of Colorado downwinders got some vindication on Tuesday, when a jury ordered Dow Chemical and the former Rockwell International to pay $554 million in damages for plutonium contamination from Rocky Flats, a former nuclear weapons plant. It’s the largest civil verdict ever awarded in […]