Articles by Grist staff

In Case You Still Haven't Reached for the Prozac

Costa Rica’s golden toad has gone extinct because its natural habitat has dried up, sending a warning that freshwater species and habitats around the world are in serious trouble, according to the World Wildlife Fund’s new 1999 Living Planet Report. It found that climate change, pollution, and heavy fishing threaten frogs, alligators, flamingos, and river […]

Today's Financial Advice: Avoid Long-Term Investments

Emissions of greenhouse gases could rise enormously over the next 100 years, according to a draft report by leading climatologists on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The IPCC researchers developed four general potential scenarios for how the climate system could develop over the coming century. Many scientists say that to avert a climatic disaster, […]

An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor in Business

A U.K. government report to be released next week will name and shame supermarkets that sell produce tainted with pesticides. Thirty percent of the food samples tested for the report contained pesticide residues; most were within allowable limits, but a small percentage exceeded lawful levels. While pesticide residue levels in the nation’s food are declining, […]

Dumbo Cancels Appearance at Bangkok Film Festival

The World Wildlife Fund in Thailand has launched a year-long campaign to end the rampant ivory trade in the nation, whose national symbol, ironically, is the elephant. Traders exploit legal loopholes, contributing to a rapid decline in the elephant population in Thailand and neighboring Myanmar and Cambodia. WWF estimates that only some 2,000 wild elephants […]