Articles by Senior Staff Writer Matt Simon
Matt Simon is a senior staff writer at Grist.
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These rare seeds escaped Syria’s war — to help feed the world
Conflict forced scientists to abandon a gene bank, but not before duplicating their last remnants of essential crops in the Svalbard vault on a remote Arctic island.
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FDR’s Civilian Conservation Corps helped repair the country. Is it time to revive it?
If the U.S. brought back the Great Depression’s massive worker program, it could put millions of Americans back to work — and help stave off disasters like wildfires.
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Why massive Saharan dust plumes are blowing into the US
Every summer, an atmospheric event propels desert dust thousands of miles across the Atlantic. This year is particularly bad, and timed terribly with Covid-19.
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Coronavirus is accelerating the rise of alternative meat
The supply chain for traditional meat is buckling. Plant-based alternatives are filling the void.
