News in Brief A Return to Common Conservation Ground How did the Grand Canyon become a partisan issue? By Emily Gallagher Visitors are seen at the Grand… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Field Notes: Kokkrebellur, India A flock of birds takes morning flight over a wheat field in the Indian state of Karnataka. Photograph… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief President Obama Is Creating the First U.S. Atlantic Marine Monument Obama has protected more land and water than any other president in history. By Madeleine Thomas A sei… 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
News in Brief Is It a GMO or Not? A new generation of genetically modified organisms will be genetically indistinguishable from non-GMOs. By Michael White A horned… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Hawaii’s Honeycreepers Are in Serious Trouble Climate change is helping avian disease advance on some of the world’s most remarkable birds. By Nathan Collins… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief A Tenth of the Earth’s Wilderness Is Officially Gone And—not surprisingly—humans are mostly to blame. By Madeleine Thomas (Photo: Kurt Thomas Hunt/Flickr) In just 20 years, a… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Poisoning of California’s Drinking Water A little-known program under federal environment law is being used to permit oil and gas companies to inject… Pacific Standard Staff