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A state of emergency. Hello, and welcome to the last issue of Grist’s special series on how climate disasters are shaping elections. I’m Zoya Teirstein.
The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is melting faster than scientists thought
May 24, 2024 · Thwaites Glacier, often dubbed the “ Doomsday Glacier, ” already accounts for 4 percent of the planet’s sea level rise and loses 50 billion tons of ice annually. When it collapses, it could ...
After battering coastal towns, Hurricane Helene causes deadly
Sep 27, 2024 · At least 42 people have died from the storm. As of Friday, Florida reported seven deaths. Georgia, meanwhile, reported 15, and South Carolina, 17. In both of the latter states, most of the known ...
Category 6-level hurricanes are already here, a new study says
Feb 6, 2024 · According to the study, the world has already seen storms that would qualify as Category 6s. “We expected that climate change was going to make the winds of the most intense storms stronger ...
Landfills bake the planet even more than we realized | Grist
Mar 28, 2024 · Amid the commotion, an invisible gas often escapes unnoticed, warming the planet and harming our health: methane. On Thursday, the climate-data sleuths at Carbon Mapper published a study in ...
What is the Indigenous landback movement — and can it help the …
Nov 25, 2020 · The past, present, and future of the landback movement. Nickita Longman is a Saulteaux* woman from George Gordon First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada. Longman is a writer and community organizer ...
What is a green job? - Grist
Dec 12, 2008 · Joseph Romm. Green jobs are living-wage, career-track jobs that contribute to preserving or enhancing environmental quality. They have some important characteristics: Green jobs are today’s jobs ...
What’s next for Indigenous groups working to reclaim the ... - Grist
Jan 13, 2022 · The Black Hills — Paha Sapa in Lakota — is the geographical heart of the United States and also the site of one of the nation’s oldest land disputes. The federal government granted the land ...
Fallowing fields saves water, but there’s a cost - Grist | Grist
Medellín-Azuara estimates that farmers in California decommissioned around 400,000 acres last year due to drought, leading to the loss of around 8,500 jobs and a $1.2 billion decrease in economic ...
Here are 17 things we need to do to fix the world | Grist
Sep 25, 2015 · Here are the 17 goals: End poverty in all its forms everywhere. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture. Ensure healthy lives and promote well ...