Articles by Grist staff

Advances With Wolves

Bush Administration to Remove Gray Wolf Protections Today the Interior Department announced a proposal to lift endangered-species protections from gray wolves across some two-thirds of the U.S., citing what Interior Secretary Gale Norton called a “dramatic” recovery. The gray wolf was almost extinct in the lower 48 states in the 1950s; two years ago, everywhere […]

‘N Sink

Oceans Absorbing Half of CO2 Emissions; Effects Uncertain According to studies published today in the journal Science, the world’s oceans have absorbed almost half of all the carbon dioxide emissions created by humankind since the beginning of the industrial era — some 118 billion metric tons. Yowza! The good news is that by serving as […]

In the Navy, You Can Wail the Seven Seas

Enviro Groups Claim Navy Sonar Harms Whales Speaking of oceans: Four enviro groups sent a letter to the U.S. Navy this week urging it to change the way it uses sonar so as to avoid harming charismatic sea-dwelling megafauna (that’s our pet name for whales around here). According to the groups, the Navy’s failure to […]

Hey, You, Get Off of My Cloud

Chinese Provinces Fight Over Cloud Seeding Hey, speaking of water debates, how’s this one for weirditude? In China — large sections of which are parched by persistent drought — the practice of cloud “seeding” is causing some truly 21st century water disputes. Cloud seeding involves using planes, special guns, and rockets (!) to spur the […]