Articles by Grist staff

Penguins in peril, Navy allowed to test underwater sonar, and more

Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: Whale Meets Its Makah Play It Again, Uncle Sam Put Some More Lead on the Barbie Ursine of the Times All Dressed Up and No Place to Go Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: A Summer Send-Off Nothing to Sneeze At […]

Danish model plans to go (quite literally) green

Well, this certainly is an interesting way to show how green you are.

Bush administration begins plotting its legacy

Presidents traditionally wind up their tenure by pushing through as many executive regulations as possible. Bill Clinton was no exception: he instituted the famous roadless rule in the last days of his presidency, as well as other enviro-friendly measures. “Starting in early 1999 we had people down in the White House basement with word processors […]

Greenland glaciers melting at an alarming rate

Depressing climate news, version 17,354: Greenland’s two-mile-thick ice sheet is melting at a rate unforeseen to scientists and climate models. Chunks of ice breaking off are so huge that they’re triggering earthquakes; the glaciers are adding some 58 trillion gallons of water annually to the oceans, more than twice as much as they were 10 […]