Articles by Grist staff

President’s Day Sail

In honor of Presidents’ Day (uh, that’s celebrating presidents past, not present), Grist will not be publishing on Monday. Have a great long weekend; we’ll be back Tuesday.

Nuts!

For the first time, scientists believe they have found an instance of climate change causing a species to alter its genetic makeup — not just its behavior. To date, species changes stemming from climate change have all been behavioral, such as animals shifting their migration patterns. But after studying the DNA and mating habits of […]

Kodak Moments

Environmentalists have many tools for looking after Momma Earth — and now, in remote villages in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan, one of them is a Kodak camera. Through a project designed and funded by the Nature Conservancy, about 100 people in the region have been given cameras and training to help them take […]

Wooda, Coulda, Shouldn’t

The U.S. Congress is readying to pass its catch-all domestic spending bill this week — and with it, a provision that would give the timber industry responsibility for managing millions of acres of national forests throughout the West. Under the provision, which was added at the last minute by Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), the U.S. […]