Environment On the Hunt for San Francisco’s Official Bird An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers. Pacific Standard Staff
Environment The Frightening Link Between Climate Change and Malnutrition In fewer than 40 years, the average person will have 3.2 percent less food available to him/her, according to a new study. Madeleine Thomas
Environment Deniers Have Launched a Losing Debate Over a ‘Hiatus’ in Global Warming When a study last month found evidence of a slowdown in global warming, climate science skeptics gloated. Here's why they're wrong. Ben DeJarnette
Environment Is There a Downside to Human Connection? Overly-connected groups may stifle innovation, new experiments suggest. Nathan Collins
Environment A Look at What’s Coming Up: Our First-Ever Special Issue on Water A preview of the next print issue of Pacific Standard. Pacific Standard Staff
Environment Yes, Mind-Controlled Wheelchairs Are a Thing Building on past work, scientists create wheelchairs controlled directly by electrical signals inside monkeys' brains. Nathan Collins
Environment The Future of Biomass After Paris Amid conflicting assessments of the Paris Agreement, two things are clear: World governments still love carbon markets, and COP21 went a long way toward simply giving slash-and-burn agriculture a makeover. Ian Graber-Stiehl
Environment ‘This Didn’t Use to Happen’: Peruvian Communities Reel From Stronger El Niño Talking to the locals in Lurigancho-Chosica, Peru, after a devastating season of landslides Kary Stewart
Environment What This Year’s El Niño Means for California’s Drought Plus, what will happen once El Niño goes away? Francie Diep
Environment Fair Chase and the Fight Against Drones A scrappy group of backcountry hunters wants to keep drones away from wildlife—and they're winning. Jimmy Tobias