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Field Notes: Harvesting Tomatoes in Iran Before It’s Too Late

Lake Urmia, Iran: Men harvest tomatoes in the countryside near Lake Urmia, a large salt lake that is rapidly drying out. Scientists believe resulting salt storms will ravage the region's agriculture.

Pacific Standard Staff

Anatomy of a Fact: A Note on Uncertainty

Deciphering what counts as true in our post-truth era.

Ben Rowen

Could California Become a Zero-Extinction State?

California plant lovers are finding—and nurturing—species once presumed to be extinct in the wild.

Jimmy Tobias

A handmade sign requesting militia go home is posted at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on January 28th, 2016, near Burns, Oregon.

Keeping Up With the Bundys: What Really Happened at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge

A new book with an imperfect narrator demonstrates the benefits—and limits—of taking right-wing extremists at their word.

Peter C. Baker

Objects That Matter: Bears Ears

No other president in the last 50 years has attempted to shrink the national monuments designated by his predecessors.

Morgan Baskin

The Great, Chaotic Biochar Experiment

Australian plant ecologist Brenton Ladd wants to reengineer the notoriously nutrient-poor soils in the Amazon, and, in the process, save the world's trees. But first, he has to convince Peruvian farmers and non-profits—and occasionally, his own research team—that he's not just another gringo with a strange idea.

Kate Wheeling

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Field Notes: Harvesting Tomatoes in Iran Before It’s Too Late

Anatomy of a Fact: A Note on Uncertainty

Could California Become a Zero-Extinction State?

Keeping Up With the Bundys: What Really Happened at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge

Objects That Matter: Bears Ears

The Great, Chaotic Biochar Experiment

How Women’s Studies Is Helping Rural Teens Fix Their Social Culture

Letter From Asbestos, Quebec: Welcome to Asbestos

The Poison in Our Water

Field Notes: Tigers Cool Off at a Buddhist Temple in Thailand