News in Brief How Innovative New Dehumidifiers Would Make the Marijuana Business Greener Energy efficient dehumidifiers could cut energy use in grow houses by up to 60 percent. Kate Wheeling
News in Brief The Ancient Hunter-Gatherer Tribe Protecting Traditional Forests With the Help of Carbon Trading Yaeda Valley in Tanzania is home to the Hadzabe, one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer tribes in the… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Why More Frequent Hurricanes May Also Be Less Damaging What makes North Atlantic hurricanes more frequent may also soften the blow once they reach land. By Nathan… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Mexico Moves to Protect a Huge Swath of Coastal Areas, Wetlands, and More The new Mexican Caribbean Biosphere Reserve will cover more than 5.7 million hectares. By Shreya Dasgupta The new… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Which Tropical Forest Conservation Strategies Are Proving Most Effective? A collection of studies published by the journal PLoS One last month evaluates the effectiveness of numerous tropical… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Brazil Pledges the ‘Largest Restoration Commitment Ever Made by a Single Nation’ In the next decade and a half, Brazil has pledged to rehabilitate 22 million hectares of forests, cropland,… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Will Donald Trump Put an End to NASA’s Climate Research Mission? NASA does more than explore other planets; it studies our own. Agency scientists worry Donald Trump will abort… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Our Best Environment Stories From This Past Year Stories not to miss from our environmental coverage over the past year. By Kate Wheeling A chinstrap penguin… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Dreaming of a Climate-Changed Christmas Climate change is expected to increase snowfall in some places, and slash it in others. By Francie Diep… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Nearly a Century After Extirpation, California Welcomes Its Wolves Home Despite the ceaseless march of mass extinction, some species are still making a comeback. By Jimmy Tobias Grey… Pacific Standard Staff