Articles by Grist staff

Hannah Stewart, Aquarius Underwater Laboratory

Hannah Stewart is the controlled flow environment specialist on the mission at Aquarius, where a team of six aquanauts will spend nine days in the underwater laboratory 63 feet below the ocean’s surface in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Friday, 16 Jun 2000 CONCH REEF, Fla CONCH REEF, Fla. We got a bit of a […]

The Hansen Bothers

The House yesterday decisively voted down a conservative attempt to curb President Clinton’s ability to create and manage new national monuments. Forty-six Republicans joined Democrats in voting to kill an amendment sponsored by Rep. Jim Hansen (R-Utah) that would have prohibited the Interior Department from spending money to design or manage the eight national monuments […]

Blue Birds

If climate change increases El Nino activity, as some scientists believe, the number of migratory songbirds that spend their summers in North American forests could decline significantly, suggests a study published today in the journal Science. Researchers from Dartmouth College and Tulane University found that El Nino climate cycles reduce the insect and caterpillar food […]

Study Buddies

Led by the unusual duo of Sens. Slade Gorton (R-Wash.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the Senate yesterday approved a transportation spending bill recommending that the federal government be allowed to study current corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for automobiles and determine if they should be boosted. For five years, the Clinton administration has been […]