EartherClimate Change Shark Eggs May Simply Stop Hatching Under Climate Change New research finds that eggs belonging to the small-spotted catshark will have a much harder time surviving under the worst case climate scenario by 2100. By Ed Cara Updated July 3, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherExtreme Weather Not Good: Hurricane Beryl Is the Earliest Category 5 Storm in Recorded History The hurricane already hit Grenada, St. Vincent, and the Grenadines with venom, and now encroaches on Jamaica. By Isaac Schultz Updated July 2, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherGarbage Here’s How the Plastic Industry Thinks We Can Solve the Waste Crisis A deep dive into the petrochemical industry's proposals for the global plastics treaty. Joseph Winters, Grist Published July 2, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherEnvironmental Policy Engineers Can Build a Site to Secure Nuclear Waste for 100,000 Years. Who Will Live Nearby? The material left behind by nuclear fission remains radioactive for millennia. Safely disposing of it requires stashing it for, essentially, eternity. Austyn Gaffney, Grist Published June 27, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherClimate Change Abe Lincoln Looked, Uh, a Bit Awkward as His Wax Statue Melts in D.C. Heat Just in case you needed a more obvious symbol of a nation in trouble. By Matt Novak Published June 25, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherEnvironmental Justice Pollution From Epic Ohio Train Wreck Put 110 Million Americans at Risk A new study found traces of hazardous chemicals from the East Palestine disaster in 16 U.S. states. Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Grist Published June 25, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherClimate Change Thousands of American Climate Corps Workers Will Deploy This Month This month, some 9,000 people will get to work guiding the country toward a cleaner future. Kate Yoder, Grist Published June 19, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherClimate Change The Hotter It Gets, the Harder It Is to Find Your Words A new study finds that politicians tend to use shorter words in speeches on hot days. Kate Yoder, Grist Published June 17, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherGarbage How the Recycling Symbol Became Meaningless Corporations sold Americans on the chasing arrows — while stripping the logo of its worth. Kate Yoder, Grist Published June 12, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherEnvironmental Policy Disturbing ‘Light Paintings’ Show All That Crap We’re Breathing In From England to India, particulate matter in the air runs risks to human health. By Isaac Schultz Published June 11, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherEnvironmental Justice America’s Notorious ‘Cancer Alley’ Is Even More Toxic Than We Thought A new study finds levels of the carcinogen ethylene oxide that are nine times higher than those estimated by the EPA’s models. Naveena Sadasivam, Grist Published June 11, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherClimate Change The Mysterious X Factor Behind 2023’s Unbelievable Heat Was this extra warming a blip, or a sign that climate change is veering off predictable tracks? Kate Yoder & Sachi Kitajima Mulkey, Grist Published June 6, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherExtreme Weather A Homeowner Mutiny in Florida Is Leaving the State More Vulnerable to Hurricanes The federal government is refusing to restore eroded beaches in Pinellas County unless homeowners agree to one condition: public access. Jake Bittle, Grist Published June 4, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherExtreme Weather This Summer Could Bring Some of the Wildest Weather Yet El Niño has been rough. Its departure could be even rougher. Sachi Kitajima Mulkey, Grist Published June 3, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherClimate Change Why Turbulence Is Getting Worse While the recent death aboard a Singapore Airlines flight is probably an outlier, we're in for a bumpy future. Collin Woodard, Jalopnik Published May 30, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherGarbage The Most Disturbing Places We’ve Found Microplastics So Far From human testicles to clouds, microplastics have infiltrated seemingly everything. By Matt Novak Published May 27, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherEnergy John Oliver Explains Why Ethanol Fuel Is a Lie The disastrous financial and environmental effects of corn ethanol subsidies, broken down by the late-night Brit. Bradley Brownell, Jalopnik Published May 23, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherEarth Science This Hurricane Season Could Be a Doozy Several factors are contributing to what could be a record season for the ocean-borne storms. By Isaac Schultz Published May 23, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherCities Cities Stare Down ‘Day Zero’ as Reservoirs Go Dry Cape Town, which beat a water crisis in 2018, holds lessons for cities grappling with an El Niño-fueled drought. Jake Bittle, Grist Published May 23, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherExtreme Weather How ‘Kitty Cats’ Are Wrecking the Home Insurance Industry Supercharged thunderstorms and tornadoes are ravaging the Midwest, driving insurance costs to record highs. Jake Bittle, Grist Published May 16, 2024 | Comments (0)
