Meet the peach that traveled the Trail of Tears and the elders …
Nov 20, 2024 · Brown’s peaches aren’t your everyday peaches, they’re heirlooms: direct descendants of peach seeds brought across the continent on the Trail of Tears.
The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is melting faster than scientists thought
May 24, 2024 · The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is melting faster than scientists thought Miles of seawater are flowing under Thwaites Glacier, undermining an Antarctic ice sheet and threatening rapid sea level rise.
The Panama Canal needs more water. The solution could displace ...
Oct 2, 2024 · The lives of people nearby are often disrupted, too. As the diverted water upsets the ecosystem, neighboring areas might have trouble finding food, or see diseases spread more quickly.
The climate stakes of the Harris-Trump election | Grist
Oct 23, 2024 · The next administration will be decisive for the country’s progress on critical climate goals. By 2030, just a year after the next president would leave office, the U.S. has committed to reduce ...
Fact-checking the viral conspiracies in the wake of Hurricane …
Oct 4, 2024 · This story is part of State of Emergency, a Grist series exploring how climate disasters are impacting voting and politics.. The conspiracy theories started swirling even as the floodwaters were ...
Grist.org: Climate. Justice. Solutions. | Grist
Saving the surf is a climate solution. The surf breaks that create epic waves store millions of tons of carbon. Protecting them from climate change protects a sport and the planet.
Deanne Criswell set out to change FEMA. Did she succeed? | Grist
Sep 4, 2024 · When President Joe Biden nominated Deanne Criswell to serve as the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in 2021, she received a unanimous confirmation, a rare gesture of bipartisan ...
As a COP29 deal on fossil fuels falters, the blame game begins
Nov 21, 2024 · Editor’s note: Grist is hosting a free virtual event on January 9, 2025, at 2 pm EST / 11 am PST to analyze the progress and challenges seen at the U.N. climate conference known as COP29. Join ...
What a second Trump presidency could mean for Indigenous …
Oct 3, 2024 · She was right. On January 24, 2017, just four days after his presidential inauguration, Donald Trump signed an executive order to speed up the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline and pave ...
How do you save a rainforest? Leave it alone. | Grist
Nov 6, 2024 · Secondly, it helps for tropical soil to have a high carbon content to nourish plants. “Organic carbon, as any person who loves composting knows, really helps the soil to be nutritious and bulk ...