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Daniel Grossman

Daniel is a science journalist focused on climate change.

Daniel is a science journalist focused on climate change.

Flying over Alberta’s tar sands, evidence of wealth and destruction (PHOTOS)

Politics

Part One: A trillion dollars’ worth of heavy crude has attracted the world’s oil titans to western Canada. They’re making a mess.

Environmental impact of Alberta tar sands ‘horrible,’ expert says (PHOTOS)

Politics

Alberta tar sands pollution suspected in rare cancer cases

Politics
Gas flares at the Suncor Oil Sands Mining Site.

The view over Alberta’s tar sands shows booming wealth — and environmental destruction

Environment

With Sawdust and Paint, Locals Fight to Save Peru’s Glaciers

Environment

Video: Climate Change Threatens to Transform Mongolia

Lifestyle & Belief

Mongolia’s nomadic herders make up more than half the country’s population, but their traditional lifestyle is seriously threatened by climate change.

To Fight Noxious Dust Storms at Home, Koreans Plant Trees in Mongolia

Environment

Noxious dust storms rising up from Mongolia have plagued Korea. Now a small group of Korean and Mongolian activists are working together to attack the problem by planting trees in the Gobi desert. The World’s Daniel Grossman has the story.

The World

Blog: Rains That Don’t Wet

If you visit a Mongolian ger, be prepared for a few things. First, you’ll be served a thin-walled bowl of weak tea.

The World

Global Warming Makes a Splash

I’m traveling the world in search of the human face of the impacts of climate change. I encountered a sobering example yesterday, in Carhuaz, Peru. There, I met Juana, a middle-aged woman dressed in a white embroidered shirt, orange skirt and a grey felt hat. One Sunday morning in April 2010 Juana puttered around the […]

The World

Blog: An Optimist

I’ve never before met anyone as thoroughly optimistic as Peruvian glaciologist Benjamin Morales. I asked him today if his rosy take on life began when he narrowly missed death in 1970. On May 31st 41 years ago Morales lunched near his home in the town of Yunguay. Despite protestations of friends who had joined him […]