News in Brief A Two-Million-Year History of the Temperature of the Earth Core samples from the bottom of the world’s oceans suggest a new take on ice ages of the… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Could the United States Fall Short of Its Emissions Reduction Pledges? The United States has acceded to the Paris Agreement, but the country’s current climate policies may not be… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Zika Reminds Us That Climate Change Is a Women’s Rights Issue The swift spread of the Zika virus has thrown into sharp relief women’s vulnerability to ecological crisis. By… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief From Muir to Matriarchs: The New, Female-Penned Nature Novel As apocalyptic weather events grow ever more frequent, a group of women nature writers is urging readers to… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief California’s Soberanes Fire Is the Most Expensive in America — Ever Costs to combat the fire have now exceeded $200 million. By Madeleine Thomas (Photo: David McNew/Getty Images) The… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Where Will Climate Change Create New Ecosystems? And yes—climate change is definitely going to re-shape the planet’s plant and animal communities. By Nathan Collins View… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief California Just Passed the Most Stringent Pollutant Laws in the Nation On Monday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed the most stringent law in the country to combat “super pollutants” — a… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Monitoring Tropical Rainforests’ Health From Space Researchers use satellite data to uncover signs if a forest might be in trouble. By Nathan Collins Monteverde,… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Are Humans to Blame for Marine Extinctions? Human hunting and fishing practices are ushering in an extinction event unlike anything our planet has ever experienced.… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief This Year’s Surge in Global Warming Is So Off the Charts, a Comic Is the Best Way to Explain It A new webcomic looks at recent climate change through the history of civilization. The result is pretty grim.… Pacific Standard Staff