Articles by Climate Solutions Fellow Syris Valentine
Syris Valentine is the 2024-2025 Grist climate solutions reporting fellow.
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![digital collage of 3 satellites on circular cutouts of black star filled space]()
![digital collage of 3 satellites on circular cutouts of black star filled space]()
Spying from space: How satellites can help identify and rein in a potent climate pollutant
Methane levels in the atmosphere are rising. An armada of satellites could help identify leaks from oil fields, landfills, and animal feed operations.
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![digital collage of a hand dropping seeds with palm trees on each side and cutouts of the Earth and green wheat stalks]()
![digital collage of a hand dropping seeds with palm trees on each side and cutouts of the Earth and green wheat stalks]()
How Octavia Butler’s 1993 book ‘Parable of the Sower’ predicted our climate reality
Set in 2024, the sci-fi classic shows an America ravaged by climate change. Here's what the book got right — and what we can learn from it.
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![Wind turbine blades awaiting installation at an offshore wind farm are seen stacked on racks in a harbor in New Bedford, Massachusetts.]()
![Wind turbine blades awaiting installation at an offshore wind farm are seen stacked on racks in a harbor in New Bedford, Massachusetts.]()
Wind turbines rarely fail. So why did Vineyard Wind’s fall apart?
GE Vernova’s initial analysis found that the fundamental design is sound and the failure of a turbine off the coast of Nantucket originated in the factory that built the blade.
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![Two men have a conversation as Royal Caribbean International's Spectrum of the Seas docked across the harbour at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in Hong Kong.]()
![Two men have a conversation as Royal Caribbean International's Spectrum of the Seas docked across the harbour at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in Hong Kong.]()
How cleaning up shipping cut pollution — and warmed the planet
When the maritime sector slashed sulfur emissions, it became an accidental experiment in geoengineering.
