From “Hotumn” to “Meatmares”: A New Vocabulary for a Year of Environmental Chaos
Grist / Amelia Bates Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Every December, dictionary editors declare their picks for “Word of the Year,” expressions that encapsulate the year’s defining spirit, its zeitgeist. The choices so far reflect 2017’s…
Here Is the Worst Anti-Science BS of 2017
Mother Jones Illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On a rainy day in April, 100,000 demonstrators—led by some of the nation’s most prominent scientists—converged on the National Mall for the first ever March for Science. It was Earth Day, and many of them were there to protest the environmental policies…
This Should Freak Everyone Out: The Arctic Will Never Be Frozen Again
VW Pics/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last week, at a New Orleans conference center that once doubled as a storm shelter for thousands during Hurricane Katrina, a group of polar scientists made…
A Quick Guide to Legal Pot in California
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For Californians, legal cannabis is right around the corner. But we have questions. And as it turns out, many of you do, too. A couple weeks ago we wanted to know what questions you had about pot, and the responses were overwhelming.…
Dreaming of a White Christmas? America’s 6 Craziest Holiday Snowstorms.
Larry Levine/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Newsweek and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Snow can turn Christmastime into the magical, winter holiday you might be hoping for. But so far this week, it appears much of the country will miss a white…
Thinking About Investing in Bitcoin? Take a Look at How It’s Ruining the Planet in Real Time.
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Let me freak you out for a second. You know what bitcoinis, right? I mean, no, but quickly, it’s a “cryptocurrency” that’s basically secret computer money. One bitcoin, which doesn’t actually have a real, physical form, is worth at this moment upward…