On the second day of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, or UNPFII, experts called attention to the ways Indigenous health is deeply tied to nature and highlighted how health inequalities are compounded by environmental degradation, extractive activities, and climate change. The forum’s focus on Indigenous health comes...
Why millions of adorable bees are emerging from this cemetery
A miner haunts the East Lawn Cemetery in Ithaca, New York. It’s not the spirit of an interred workman, but Andrena regularis, also known as the regular miner bee. It’s black and tan and fuzzy, sometimes sporting patches of yellow as it collects pollen. The critter is at once peculiar...
Know the facts about Vibrio, a bacteria found in coastal waters and raw shellfish
What is Vibrio? Vibrio is a type of bacteria that has been around for hundreds of millions of years; researchers have identified more than 70 species. These species are mostly harmless, but some can cause infection. The bacteria thrive in warm, brackish (slightly salty) water such as estuaries and bays,...
A deadly bacteria is creeping up the Atlantic Coast. How worried should you be?
Bailey Magers and Sunil Kumar cut strange figures on Pensacola Beach. Bags of disinfectant solution surrounded them on the white sand; their gloved hands juggled test tubes while layers of rubber and plastic shielded their skin from the elements. As the two organized their seawater samples on the popular Florida...
What’s driving the catastrophic wildfires in Georgia
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station. Wildfires are burning across more than 27,000 acres in south Georgia, according to the Georgia Forestry Association. Governor Brian Kemp has declared a state of emergency in 91 counties. One fire, the Brantley Highway 82...
Indigenous land defenders are being killed, AI is scraping their knowledge
Indigenous land defenders are being killed and criminalized at alarming rates, AI systems scrape traditional knowledge without consent, while Indigenous women face escalating rates of violence — crises that Indigenous leaders confronted this week at the United Nations, where they warned that the fight for health and sovereignty now extends...
The ‘age of electricity’ is here. No one knows what comes next.
The war launched by the United States and Israel on Iran has caused an unprecedented disruption in global energy markets, bottlenecking 20 percent of the world’s supply of oil and liquefied natural gas. We don’t yet know exactly what this means for the fight against climate change. But, thanks to...
Lewis Moody ‘picking up baton’ left by Doddie Weir with MND fundraising cycle ride
Former England captain plans to ride 500 miles in seven days 2003 World Cup winners among the fundraisers The former England captain Lewis Moody has said he is “picking up the baton” left by Doddie Weir after announcing plans to lead a 500-mile, seven-day cycling challenge this summer to raise...
‘Tennis is about being fluid’: how Iga Swiatek is drawing on her time with Rafael Nadal to regain No 1 spot
Winner of six grand slams is changing her strategy after a run of poor results, helped by time in Spain with 39-year-old legend Iga Swiatek had little interest in tennis as a teenager, but the one exception was Rafael Nadal. She spent her formative years idolising the Spaniard, who won...
Ronnie O’Sullivan dusts off old cue from under his bed and rockets into second round
Seven-times champion wraps up 10-2 win over He Guoqiang Cue was ‘stuck under my bed in Ireland’ Ronnie O’Sullivan dusted off an old cue from under his bed in Ireland and duly rocketed into the second round of the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield after wrapping up a 10-2 win...