Peruse Ashley Braun’s selected clips below, and find more  at green news sites Grist.org and DeSmogBlog.com.

Science

Great Extirpations | Natural History Magazine, between 10,000 and 4,000 years ago, intertwining stressors led to the extinction of the woolly mammoth. September/October 2012
Plant-Friendly Fungus | Natural History Magazine, a widespread, bug-killing soil fungus shares insect-derived nitrogen with plant hosts. September/October 2012
Long-Distance Tweets | Natural History Magazine, a tiny songbird has the stamina to make one of the farthest recorded migrations—scaled for body size—of any bird. March 2012
Snug as a Bug in a Bug in a Bug | Natural History Magazine [PDF], two bacterial symbionts nested inside each other—inside mealybugs—result in dramatically reduced and complementary genomes. November 2011
Growing out on a Limb | Natural History Magazine [PDF], tracking the evolution of limb muscles in fish which may have allowed predecessors to transition from sea to land. November 2011
Flash News | Natural History Magazine [PDF], molecular mechanisms of bioluminescence confirmed in marine plankton. December 2011/January 2012
A Man of New Words | Natural History Magazine [PDF], earliest record of the development of the Cherokee written language discovered in Kentucky cave. December 2011/January 2012
Gather Ye Peat Moss While Ye May | Natural History Magazine [PDF], peatlands’ carbon-storing capacity threatened by climate change and air pollution. September 2011
Not So Anomalous | Natural History Magazine [PDF], giant marine invertebrate predators discovered to have died out 30 million years later than thought. July/August 2011
Saving the world’s future food supply is key to climate adaptation, says Cary ‘Dr. Doom’ Fowler | Grist
Please eat this fish to extinction | Grist

Sustainable Cities

Can a Tree Make You Happy? Q&A with social scientist Kathleen Wolf | OnEarth
Guerrilla art takes bike activism to the streets [SLIDESHOW] | Grist

Food and Agriculture

Americans need to stop multitasking while eating alone, argues French sociologist Claude Fischler | Grist
Nutritionist Marion Nestle fingers the missing calories in America’s big binge | Grist
Farm City author cuts the foodie-elite snobbery from urban farming | Grist
A bee wrangler shows you how to mind your own beeswax | Grist
Garden to Table: Asparagus Leek Frittata | Seattle Tilth “Way to Grow” April/May 2011 Newsletter

Climate and Energy Politics

Industry Already Protesting EPA’s First-Ever Limits on Mercury Pollution | DeSmogBlog
Coal Power Plants Are Number One … Source of Toxic Air Pollutants in U.S. | DeSmogBlog
The people speak at the world people’s climate summit in Bolivia | Grist
Climate doomsday film ‘The Age of Stupid’ still hopeful, says director in video interview | Grist

Green Business and Consumption

A pedestrian test-drives Audi’s ‘clean-diesel’ luxury ride | Grist
Ford Fusion Hybrid wins 2010 Car of the Year, no green spin needed | Grist
Whiskey biofuels getting tanked | Grist
Would you trade a bigger house for more happiness? | Grist