Articles by Grist staff

New Marine Motto: Semper Die

Marine life is severely threatened by climate change, according to a new report from the Marine Conservation Biology Institute and the World Wildlife Fund. Among other problems, warming oceans seem to be causing declines in sea critters low on the food chain, which harms fish, whales, and other animals high on the food chain. The […]

For Fish, a Key Reserve

A remarkable consensus in Florida is pushing to set aside 185 square nautical miles near the Florida Keys to create the largest marine reserve in the U.S. and one of the largest in the world. A proposal for the reserve emerged last month from an advisory committee representing a broad range of interests in the […]

Crowded Today, Hot Tamale

Dramatic demographic changes are underway in Mexico, which has seen a massive reduction in fertility, from seven children per woman in 1965 to 2.5 per woman today. Still, the population is projected to reach 100 million next year and to continue to add about 1 million people a year over the next three decades. For […]

Star Warnings

The Brits are spearheading the biggest investigation into the Earth’s climate, a $640 million Living Planet program under the European Space Agency that will use satellites to study weather systems. The first project under the program will study the effects of global warming on polar ice caps, to be started in 2002.