Articles by Senior Staff Writer Matt Simon
Matt Simon is a senior staff writer at Grist.
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![An overhead shot of a grain silo set on a farm with rolling fields.]()
![An overhead shot of a grain silo set on a farm with rolling fields.]()
Why humans are putting ‘coal’ and ‘oil’ back in the ground
Startups are processing plant waste into concentrated carbon to be buried or injected underground. It’s like fossil fuels, but in reverse.
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The long, leguminous quest to give crops nitrogen superpowers
Farmers have to apply heaps of emissions-heavy fertilizer to provide crops with enough nitrogen. Scientists are looking to legumes for help.
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![Sea ice (R) is seen from NASA's Operation IceBridge research aircraft on March 29, 2017 above Ellesmere Island, Canada.]()
![Sea ice (R) is seen from NASA's Operation IceBridge research aircraft on March 29, 2017 above Ellesmere Island, Canada.]()
Underwater permafrost is a big, gassy wild card for the climate
You’ve probably heard of permafrost, the frozen carbon-rich land. But it’s also thawing under the sea, burping up planet-warming gases.
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Maybe green energy needs ‘information batteries’ too
Researchers are exploring whether new strategies can get tech giants to use clean power when it’s plentiful, so utilities can avoid burning fossil fuels when it’s not.
