We hand-package the week’s best Grist stories. Delivered free every Saturday morning.
Δ
A nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future.
This year's unusually small Gulf dead zone bucks the upward trend and will give aquatic life a chance to rebound. But it's no reason to breathe easy about nutrient runoff from agriculture.
A research team recently discovered previously unknown life under young Arctic sea ice. Could it have anything to do with climate change?
These are maybe the most attractive “green” clothes we have ever seen: They’re trendy, they make your ass look good...
Science: Harder for people who aren't scientists.
The veteran science writer isn't worried about earthquakes -- he's talking about diseases that come from wild animals as we tear into the Earth's last wild places.
Climate change brings so many uncertainties that it's hard to know how to make decisions and plan for the future. The trick is not to aim for the most efficient solution, but the most robust, resilient one.
Damn the deniers, the doubters, and the do-nothing Congress. The Pentagon is moving full green ahead.
Check out photos and videos of San Diego accidentally setting off 20 minutes worth of fireworks simultaneously.
Plucking seemingly random weeds out of the dirt and sticking them in your mouth may be disconcerting to most city dwellers, but that’s exactly what a group of New Yorkers traveled to New Jersey to do recently.