“This story was originally published by Grist.” This story is part of Record High, a Grist series examining extreme heat and its impact on how — and where — we live. In late June 2021, a high-pressure atmospheric system settled over Seattle to create an inescapable heat dome. Jean-Paul Yafali, a resident of nearby
We may soon remember this week’s record-shattering heat as an historic low temperature mark. But that hasn’t slowed down the oil and gas spin machine. What if this week’s series of record-shattering high temperatures turned out to be tomorrow’s record low, the benchmark against which future years and decades of global warming will
Blistering temperatures are spreading across southern and eastern Europe. Massimo Todaro/Shutterstock Emma Hill, Coventry University and Ben Vivian, Coventry University Europe is currently in the midst of a heatwave. Italy, in particular, is expected to face blistering heat, with temperatures projected to reach 40℃ to 45℃. There’s even a chance that the current
by Umar Farooq ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. In September 2020, the Hopi Tribe’s four-decade effort to secure its right to water culminated in a court proceeding. The outcome would determine how much water the arid reservation would receive over the next century and whether that amount would be enough for
ph. Northern fulmar. Beth Clark, Author provided Elizabeth Pearmain, University of Cambridge and Bethany Clark, BirdLife International Seabirds are one of the world’s most threatened animal groups. They already contend with multiple issues, including climate change, accidental capture in fishing gear and being eaten by invasive species like cats and some rodents. But
“This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.” Across the country, fleets of aging, groaning, gas-guzzling buses are being replaced with new electric models. On Monday, the Biden administration announced nearly $1.7 billion in grants for municipal transportation departments serving cities, rural areas, and Native American reservations.
The current head of Argentina’s National Meteorological Service (SMN, for its acronym in Spanish) has been appointed the new Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization. For the first time in its 150-year history, the top agency for weather, climate and water will be run by a woman. The professional career of Celeste Saulo
The International Seabed Authority had until this weekend to finish drafting exploitation regulations for deep-sea mining. They’re not done. So now what happens? Two years ago, the Republic of Nauru, a small island nation in the South Pacific, put the world on course for the beginning of a new industry: deep-sea mining in
Lab grown meat is back in the news as two companies announce they’ve cleared the final regulatory hurdle to sell cultivated chicken to U.S. consumers. Grown from cells and brewed in reactors, cultivated meat is still expensive but what it offers is unparalleled — actual meat without the massive climate pollution caused by
The Dutch startup “Urban Reef” uses 3D printers with renewable materials to create sculptures that are planted with a variety of mosses, mushrooms, and other plants. These help clean the polluted air of big cities with their natural processes like photosynthesis. As of now the project is still in development but already shows