Did Mayan deforestation change the climate?
5:07pm By Clayton Aldern
The pre-Columbian Mayans are known for many things: El Castillo at Chichen Itza, stucco masks and…Egg producers caught conspiring to shut down a vegan mayo startup
4:25pm By Katie Herzog
The mayos wars are heating up. On the battlefield: the American Egg Board versus Just Mayo. Just…Republican candidates are obsessed with bacon
3:21pm By Clayton Aldern
Here at Grist, we like to consider ourselves trendspotters. In case you missed it, the color of the…Earth has way more trees than we thought, but not nearly as many as it used to
3:15pm By Suzanne JacobsAs of yesterday, we now know (roughly) how many trees there are on Earth — about 3.04 TRILLION! If…H&M offers over a million bucks for your recycling ideas
2:35pm By Katie Herzog
As I was buying a pair of pants at H&M not long ago, the cashier ringing me up said, “Oh, I love…Here’s how India can increase the chances of a successful climate deal in Paris
12:20pm By Tim Kovach
You can do a lot in 100 days. Fitness programs promise that you can go from couch potato to distance…States crack down on food waste, starting with cafeterias and cafes
7:05am By John Light
By 8 a.m. most days, brothers Adam and Don Collins are piloting a truck full of unwanted food…I’m off the water grid, so do I still need to take short showers?
6:01am By Ask Umbra®
Q. We live in a drought-stricken part of California (i.e., we live in California), but we get our…Climate change will cause the death of one Earth and the birth of another
Wed 7:25pm By Lizzie Wade
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…How our screwed-up CEO pay system makes climate change worse
Wed 7:20pm By Chuck Collins
Runaway CEO pay at the 30 largest U.S. public fossil fuel corporations rewards short-term actions,…Denmark wages war on food waste
Wed 6:47pm By Suzanne Jacobs
You know what’s better than a fresh danish? An old danish on its way to the trash. According to…Google-powered map shows that deforestation isn’t just about the Amazon
Wed 6:11pm By Clayton Aldern
When you hear deforestation, you might think Brazil. It’s a fair association: Over the past four…Dear architects: Stop trying to make shipping container buildings happen
Wed 6:00pm By Heather Smith
There are about 120 million shipping containers around the world at any given moment, doing what…Hungry polar bears trap Arctic researchers
Wed 4:27pm By Suzanne Jacobs
Earlier this summer, we found out that some polar bears like to skip hibernation in order…Grey swans are extremely rare, damaging storms. How will climate change affect them?
Wed 2:14pm By Andrea Thompson
Black swans are catastrophic events that no one sees coming, while “grey swans,” as they are…U.S. restaurants are terrible at getting wasted food to the hungry. Can we change that?
Wed 12:58pm By John Light
There’s a bagel place two blocks north of my apartment. During the day, it serves hundreds of…What can a president do to boost renewable energy? A lot
Sep 1, 2015, 8:13 pm By Ben Adler
When Hillary Clinton was asked in July whether she would ban fossil fuel extraction on public lands,…Bees and flowers have a special relationship, and climate change is screwing it up
Sep 1, 2015, 7:51 pm By Clayton AldernClimate change — as it is for pretty much all life forms — is a huge bummer for bees. If…Gamers guzzle a crazy amount of energy
Sep 1, 2015, 7:23 pm By Suzanne Jacobs
The average gaming computer guzzles as much energy as three refrigerators — three…Marijuana industry struggles with devastating wildfire season
Sep 1, 2015, 4:33 pm By Clayton Aldern
The burners may have left for Black Rock City, but there’s still a lot burning on the West Coast.…
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