Articles by Grist staff

Feel the Burn

Wildfires Likely to Worsen as Planet Warms From Southern California to the French Riviera and beyond, big wildfires have dominated headlines this year — but you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Out-of-control blazes are likely to become an even more vexing problem as climate change intensifies, say a number of scientists. Warmer weather, stronger winds, and […]

Zoo Doo Voodoo

Zoo Doo in Tokyo Will Be Used to Produce Energy A Tokyo-area zoo, weary of spending more than $275,000 a year to dispose of 1,060 tons of animal waste, has a new plan: It will ferment the droppings to create biogas that can be used as fuel. An experimental processing plant at the zoo should […]

Butterfly Flutter: Bye!

Climate Change Could Wipe Out Monarch Butterflies Monarch butterflies could find themselves in serious trouble within 50 years because of climate change, according to new research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Monarchs make an annual migration of more than 2,000 miles from spots as far north as the U.S.-Canada […]

Winged Victory

Endangered U.K. Bird Coming Back from the Brink of Extinction Now, for a bit of good species news: One of the rarest birds in Britain, the cirl bunting, has made an impressive comeback from the brink of extinction, thanks to a proactive government plan that pays farmers to maintain their fields in cirl bunting-friendly ways. […]