Articles by Jess Zimmerman

Jess Zimmerman was the editor of Grist List.

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  • Global warming could wipe out the goth population

    As a former goth, I had to love this article from British satire site NewsBiscuit about the latest species to be threatened by climate change: the normally nocturnal, tree-dwelling Common Goth. Britain’s Goth population, identifiable by its distinctive eye markings, peaked at around 90,000 in the 1970s, but since then has been driven out of […]

    Jess Zimmerman Culture

  • Old photographs found in basement help scientists unravel warming patterns

    While cleaning out a basement at the National Survey and Cadastre of Denmark, researchers found a box full of glass photo plates from a 1930s expedition to Greenland. The forgotten photos showed detailed aerial and ground-level pictures of 132 Greenland glaciers — which allowed scientists to study how the glaciers changed over a much longer period […]

    Jess Zimmerman Science

  • Tyrion Lannister loves farm animals

    Tyrion Lannister is my favorite character in Game of Thrones (both the HBO series and the book series, which I refuse to call by its goofy official name), and Peter Dinklage is super-handsome and deserves 300 Emmys. So it’s nice to know that, unlike Tyrion, Dinklage wears his good-heartedness openly — he’s the new national […]

    Jess Zimmerman Agriculture

  • Stray dog follows bikes for 1,000 miles (and beats most of the cyclists)

    This adorable terrier-looking pup was hanging around a group of cyclists when they took a break, so one of them gave her chicken. Well, you know what happens when you give a dog chicken: She never leaves your side again, even if you’re riding your bike from China to Tibet, covering nearly 40 miles a […]

    Jess Zimmerman Transportation