This new whistleblowing site wants to be the WikiLeaks of poaching
Feb 24, 2014, 4:22 pm By hrichmond
Poaching is incredibly frustrating. But other than ponying up $350,000 to save an endangered rhino,…Ocean bottomliner: Why Mike Bloomberg is investing in fish
Feb 24, 2014, 3:30 pm By ameliaurry
Last month, Michael Bloomberg did a lot of things. He stopped being mayor of New York and started…This nifty box can (illegally) turbo-charge your bikeshare cycle
Feb 24, 2014, 2:56 pm By slaskow
Jeff Guida’s soon-to-be-Kickstarted ShareRoller is a hack for your local bikeshare — a…Florida judge rules it’s illegal to unhook from the city’s water system
Feb 24, 2014, 2:21 pm By slaskow
Near the end of 2013, a Florida official decided Robin Speronis was doing something too strange to…Watch the Arctic’s oldest ice melt away
Feb 24, 2014, 1:51 pm By slaskow
The Arctic’s “old ice” — ice that had been around for at least 4 years — used to make up…It takes how much water to grow an almond?!
Feb 24, 2014, 1:48 pm By darbyminow
Click to embiggen. California, supplier of nearly half of all U.S. fruits, veggies, and nuts, is on…Vanilla Ice became an Amish farmer when no one was paying attention
Feb 24, 2014, 10:56 am By hrichmond
Here’s a reality show without any backstabbing, pregnancy scares, or limo hookups: Vanilla Ice…Extreme weather means we have traffic-related musical numbers now
Feb 24, 2014, 9:34 am By hrichmond
You know all those covers of Frozen’s “Let It Go” floating around the internet? Blame severe…Father of the ride: One dad’s bike quest ends expensively on eBay
Feb 24, 2014, 8:03 am By nathanael47
For the past couple months I’ve been trying out cargo bikes, city bikes, and electric bikes, in an…Ask Umbra: What’s better than butter? Spreads will roll
Feb 24, 2014, 6:20 am By Scott Rosenberg
Send your question to Umbra! Q. I follow a largely vegan diet, but I often make exceptions for…Move over, baking soda: Surprising pantry items that double as cleaning supplies
Feb 23, 2014, 8:10 am By ameliaurry
This article originally appeared on Food52.com: Pantry items that double as cleaning tools, part II.…This artist creates tiny anti-fracking scenes with vintage figurines and postcards
Feb 22, 2014, 9:36 am By Grist Staff
New York state-based photographer Brandi Merolla was trying to figure out her next project when she…What can John Kerry accomplish with his climate talk?
Feb 21, 2014, 5:42 pm By benadler
It was an exciting moment for environmentalists Sunday when Secretary of State John Kerry gave a…Fracking infrastructure? Not in my backyard, says Exxon CEO
Feb 21, 2014, 5:22 pm By andrewseve
Woe is Rex Tillerson, CEO of ExxonMobil. Public utility Cross Timbers Water Supply Corp. has had the…This glowing sea shrimp is so bright you might think you’re hallucinating
Feb 21, 2014, 4:05 pm By hrichmond
When she saw a bright blue flash in a jar of water she’d collected off the coast of South Africa,…Believe it or not, January was full of big, warm climate anomalies
Feb 21, 2014, 2:48 pm By darbyminow
NCDC/NOAAClick to embiggen. Much of America is about to be overrun by another miserable…Buy this gizmo, and you’ll only ever need one candle for the rest of your life
Feb 21, 2014, 2:29 pm By slaskow
This very clever gizmo solves a problem that humans have struggled with for hundreds of years: the…Is the Arctic really drunk, or does it just act like this sometimes?
Feb 21, 2014, 2:20 pm By darbyminow
NASA/GSFCThe jet stream in a particularly wavy state. This episode of Inquiring Minds, a podcast…The city should shovel your sidewalk
Feb 21, 2014, 1:52 pm By benadler
It’s an odd fact of life in New York City that after a snowstorm the streets are nicely plowed but…This new IKEA bookshelf system could save forests of trees
Feb 21, 2014, 1:32 pm By slaskow
IKEA is, functionally, in the business of selling ground up trees, sometimes covered in very, very…
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