Articles by Grist staff

Contempt of Corps

A federal judge held the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in contempt of court yesterday for failing to lower water levels in the Missouri River to protect endangered species. Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler ordered the Corps and the secretary of the Army to reduce water levels in the river as part […]

Seasick

Once the fourth largest inland sea in the world, Central Asia’s Aral Sea is drying up rapidly and is likely to all but disappear in as few as 15 years, according to a new study by Moscow’s Shirshov Institute of Oceanology. Since the 1960s, the sea has been depleted by the damming of the main […]

Apply Yourself

Grist Resumes Publishing, Modifies Headlines, Seeks Development Associate Here at Grist, we spend all year slaving away on behalf of Mother Nature, so it’s only appropriate that we take an occasional break to get outside. But never fear; Grist is now back from vacation, tanner and sassier than ever and rarin’ to bring you your […]

You Don’t Need a Weatherman …

In a startling break from its usual dry delivery of statistics and scientific reports, the World Meteorological Organization warned last night that climate change is causing the planet’s weather to rum amok and taking a significant human and economic toll. The organization found that erratic weather induced by global warming is no longer a prediction: […]