This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region. The American prairie was so vast, so alien, it shattered comprehension.  Newcomers…

From BBC 2 days ago ShareSave Justin Rowlatt ShareSave Getty Images England faces huge future water shortages and needs a “continued and sustained effort” to reduce demand, including more hosepipe…

From BBC A chemical that scientists worry might have an impact on human reproduction has been found in rivers across the UK. Researchers from York University analysed samples from 32…

Early voting is underway in the primary election for two seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission, the powerful panel of regulators with final say over the rates and energy…

The day I was supposed to join a group of young women to map Gros Islet, an old fishing village on the Caribbean Island of St. Lucia, I got lost.…

From BBC 10 June 2025 ShareSave Jonah Fisher Environment correspondent ShareSave Getty Images Successive governments have failed to deal with the threat posed by spreading sewage sludge containing toxic chemicals…

From BBC 9 June 2025 ShareSave Esme Stallard Climate and science correspondent Reporting fromUN Oceans Conference, Nice, France ShareSave Getty Images Unregulated mining in the deep sea should not be…

From BBC The Prince of Wales has described the challenge of protecting the world’s oceans as “like none that we have ever faced before.” In a speech delivered to the…