Articles by Grist staff

Shite!

Storms Send Tons of Sewage into London’s Thames River Up to a million tons of raw sewage were pumped into the Thames River this week as London’s aged sewer system was overcome by torrential rain. We’ll pause a moment here while you try to wipe the image of a million tons of sewage from your […]

Are You My Mother?

Scientists Enable Salmon to Birth Trout Scientists in Japan have succeeded in causing salmon to give birth to trout. Yep, you read that correctly: By transplanting the “primordial germ cells” — specialized tissue in embryonic fish that will eventually develop into sexual organs — of a North American rainbow trout into the embryos of young […]

A Real Kick in the Asthma

Global Warming Expected to Increase Smog Enviros sometimes struggle to connect distant, abstract issues like global warming to kitchen-table issues like dirty air and asthma. Well, here you go: By 2050, global warming is likely to increase the number of smog-alert days (in which air quality violates federal standards) by some 60 percent in 15 […]

It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World Bank

World Bank to Continue Investing in Oil and Mining Sigh. The World Bank announced this week that it will continue to invest in oil, gas, and mining projects. Concern that such investments encourage the enrichment of corrupt elites and exacerbate rather than alleviate poverty led the bank to commission an independent review of extractive investments […]