Tiny sea creatures are saving us from hell on earth. So why are we endangering them?
Jun 6, 2016, 1:19 pm By Samantha Lee
Deep in the ocean where the sun don’t shine, fissures in the earth’s crust spew super-heated…We don’t mean to be rude, cities, but get your gas under control
Jun 6, 2016, 12:26 pm By Heather Smith
Over half of the world’s humans live in cities. I am one of them. As a city-dweller, I use less…These simple steps will make your refrigerator work better
Jun 6, 2016, 6:00 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, My refrigerator died suddenly at the tender age of 25. I bought an energy-saving one…We need to find a better way to measure methane
Jun 5, 2016, 8:07 am By Bobby Magill
There may be a significant problem with the measuring stick scientists use to account for how much…Satellites help track down sulfur dioxide we didn’t know existed
Jun 4, 2016, 7:06 am By Aura Bogado
Emissions of sulfur dioxide — a toxic gas with a nasty smell — are regulated and monitored in…Oil train derails, erupts in flames in Oregon
Jun 3, 2016, 6:26 pm By Katie HerzogAnother day, another exploding oil train. On Friday, a flimsy metal can carrying crude oil…Record-breaking floods hit Paris. Get used to it.
Jun 3, 2016, 5:41 pm By Katie HerzogRecord-breaking rains and flooding have inundated western Europe this week, killing at least…Antarctica is melting and shows no sign of slowing down
Jun 3, 2016, 3:58 pm By Andrea Thompson
Over the past few years, the evidence has piled up that glaciers in parts of Antarctica have been…Everyone thinks trump’s plan is nuts, including John Kerry
Jun 3, 2016, 2:54 pm By Katie Herzoghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2TeOcKQVxQ Secretary of State John Kerry sat down with MSNBC’s…Here’s what Trump just doesn’t understand about clean air and dirty energy
Jun 3, 2016, 1:07 pm By Ben Adler
When Donald Trump gave his big energy speech in North Dakota last week, he recited a…What’s headed our way this hurricane season? Let us explain.
Jun 3, 2016, 5:47 am By Grist staffIn case you didn’t remember to mark the occasion, June 1 marked the opening day of hurricane…Meet the man who changed the way the U.S. fights poverty abroad
Jun 3, 2016, 5:07 am By Nathanael Johnson
What should we pay for with our foreign aid? In recent history, the American answer to that question…Activists wanted to clean up a coal ash dump. Dump sued activists for complaining.
Jun 2, 2016, 8:21 pm By Aura Bogado
Four residents of a tiny Alabama town are fighting back against a giant landfill operator after the…The zombie wildfires have awakened in Alaska
Jun 2, 2016, 7:29 pm By Kate YoderAs if we didn’t have enough to worry about with the start of wildfire season, we now have to face…Ohio purges thousands of black voters from voting rolls
Jun 2, 2016, 4:58 pm By Katie Herzog
Reuters reports that Ohio officials have purged tens of thousands of voters who haven’t cast…The science is in and this popular weedkiller really might be harmful
Jun 2, 2016, 4:46 pm By Nathanael JohnsonThe amount of a popular herbicide farmers regularly apply to their fields poses a risk to plants,…We’re facing down drug-resistant infections. What happens next?
Jun 2, 2016, 4:35 pm By Xian Chiang-Waren
Last week, news broke that researchers had discovered antibiotic-resistant E. coli bacteria in a…McCain’s reelection campaign focuses on … chemtrails
Jun 2, 2016, 3:19 pm By Katie Herzog
It’s been quite a year for political nicknames. There’s Lil’ Marco, Crooked Hillary, Lyin’…Is it safe to eat veggies grown near a busy city street?
Jun 2, 2016, 6:00 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, I was getting all excited to plant some herbs and maybe veggies in containers on the…Are plastic-bag bans good for the climate?
Jun 2, 2016, 5:54 am By Ben Adler
Like cigarettes, plastic bags have recently gone from a tolerated nuisance to a widely despised and…
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