News in Brief The Economic Impact of Climate Change on Global Fisheries Could Be Even Worse Than We Thought Global fisheries could lose approximately $10 billion in annual revenue by 2050 if climate change continues unchecked. By… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Delightful and Doomed Mollusks Among Us In the American West, freshwater mussels are in broad decline. These species are silent and strange, unseen and… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Major Climate Deal Will Curb ‘Super Greenhouse Gases’ The legally binding agreement reached in Kigali last week promises to drastically cut the use of hydrofluorocarbons in… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Could Volcanoes Have Shaped Human Evolution? If nothing else, the timing is right, according to a new study of volcanoes in the East African… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief For the First Time Ever, Bees Are Added to the Endangered Species List Hawaii’s native yellow-faced bees have become the first bees in the U.S. to be protected under the Endangered… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief A Trek to the Giant Mongolian Glacier That Holds the Secrets to Global Warming Deep in the Altai mountains, American scholars are using drones to study glacier-formed ridges that could unlock the mysteries of abrupt climate change. Kevin Stark
News in Brief Can We Alter Endangered Species to Be More Adaptable? Stephanie Courtney Jones suggests that “pesty” traits that help invasive species spread could also help endangered species adapt.… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Hurricane Matthew Brought 1,000-Year Record Rainstorms to North Carolina The record rainfalls intensified thanks to a warming climate, experts say. By Elena Gooray Vance Barden, right, and… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Commercial Fishing Is Destroying Key Nutrients in Coral Reefs In coral reef ecosystems, fish typically constitute a substantial portion of living biomass and thus represent an important… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Climate Change Has Doubled the Area Burned by Western Fires Since the late 1970s, global warming has been responsible for about half of the drying that leads to… Pacific Standard Staff