Woods Institute awards nearly $5 million in grants aimed at environmental solutions
Negotiators met last week for a U.N. climate change conference marked by severe disagreement over how much wealthy nations owe developing nations to help decrease emissions and build climate resilience. Stanford experts discuss the conference’s outcome, how a potential Trump administration withdrawal from global climate talks might affect the U.S., and more.
A collaboration between Stanford researchers and Albert Einstein Hospital in São Paulo, Brazil is turning tons of hospital textile waste into new products through upcycling. This innovative initiative not only reduces environmental impact but also empowers local seamstresses, creating economic opportunity for vulnerable communities.
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Woods' Rosemary Knight and former Stanford researcher Matthew Lees co-authored the first study to quantify subsidence in the San Joaquin Valley.
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Rob Jackson expresses his shock that the world is "blow[ing] past the 1.5°C threshold so casually."
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A new Stanford study is "the first to quantify the full extent of land subsidence in the San Joaquin Valley" but Woods' scholar Rosemary Knight says this information can help inform mitigation efforts.
