News in Brief Where People Don’t Believe in Global Warming Americans seem to conflate local temperatures with global trends, researchers find. By Nathan Collins (Photo: Khuroshvili Ilya/Flickr) The… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Preparing Texas for the Next Big Hurricane Scientists believe extreme weather events in and around Houston could cripple the nation’s economy. On Monday, new legislation… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Great Barrier Reef Just Suffered Its Worst Coral Die-Off on Record In the northern region of the Great Barrier Reef, about 67 percent of the corals have died over… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Warm Ocean Water Is Melting East Antarctica From Below A new study confirms the existence of deep sea channels that help eat away at the Totten Ice… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Wind Energy Picking Up Steam Onshore and Off Government approval of power lines to carry wind energy to the coasts is a sign that momentum is… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Up in the Air: NASA’s Uncertain Future Under Donald Trump As NASA grapples with finding funding for research in addition to exploration, the agency faces its biggest hurdle yet: a president who denies climate change. Rita Florez
News in Brief Are Cows Behind the Uptick in Methane Emissions? Scientists highlight a worrying—and not well understood—spike in atmospheric methane. By Nathan Collins (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images) Though… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Climate Change Is Killing Some Species Before They Even Have a Chance to Adapt Climate change has already led to local extinctions in half of species surveyed in a new study — and global… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Do Clean Cookstoves Really Save Lives? A large-scale study shows cookstoves make no difference on a child’s likelihood of contracting pneumonia—a surprising and disappointing… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Dear Skiers: It’s Time to Turn Words Into Action on Climate Change Winter sports enthusiasts can help lower emissions—if they’re smart about how they hit the slopes. By Bob Berwyn… Pacific Standard Staff