News in Brief Will Donald Trump’s Climate Team Accept Any Social Cost of Carbon? The nation’s top science panel has just sketched a clearer way to set a fair price today for… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Trump’s Attacks on Science Represent a National Security Threat The president’s attacks on science demand an urgent response. By Eric Holthaus President Donald Trump displays one of… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Can Curbing Gentrification Help Stop Climate Change? Experts agree: Creating affordable housing to combat the effects of gentrification is a key factor in tackling climate change. But is it enough? DeAndrea Salvador
News in Brief The Top 10 Developments for the World’s Oceans of the Past Year From cruising the Northwest Passage to a new treaty to stop illegal fishing, here are the major developments… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Here’s How Trump Plans to Gut the EPA Trump’s team appears poised to carry out his campaign promises to gut the Environmental Protection Agency. By Kate… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief What’s Behind the Impending Primate Mass Extinction Apes and monkeys are in trouble—and that means we are too, researchers argue. By Nathan Collins (Photo: Desirey… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How to Weaken the Persuasive Power of Climate Change Disinformation Point out that special interests have a stake in manipulating your thinking. By Tom Jacobs Los Angeles. (Photo:… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How One Conservationist Is Sparking a Revolution Among the Youth of Indonesia On the border of Indonesia’s Kerinci Seblat National Park, conservationist Pungky Nanda Pratama is training the next generation… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief ‘The Last Frontiers of Wilderness’: Intact Forest Plummets Around the World Intact forest landscapes — large mosaics of ecosystems anchored by forests and unaffected by humans — are on the decline worldwide, according… Pacific Standard Staff
Field Notes Issue #54: January/February 2017 Magazine Previous Issues Letter From Berkeley, California: The Tsar Bell The largest bell in the world sits in a courtyard at the Kremlin as a 200-ton tourist attraction. It has never been heard—until now, using digital tools. Zachary Slobig