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Stanford researchers investigate squid found far from home
March 7, 2022 | Stanford News Service
Researchers examine the implications of squid found over 1,200 kilometers north of their usual territory.
Sewer Treasure: Stanford engineers reveal how to optimize processes for transforming sulfur in wastewater to valuable materials
March 2, 2022 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
One person’s wastewater is another person’s treasure. A new Stanford University study paves the way to mining sewage for valuable materials used in... Read More
It’s personal: Stanford-led research reveals how people’s experience with climate-related disasters affects their willingness to take and accept protective actions
March 1, 2022 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Two new studies – a survey of residents in hurricane-battered Florida and Texas and a survey of people in wildfire-scarred California – reveal that... Read More
Investing in tourism through wildlife and roads
February 28, 2022 | Natural Capital Project
To keep tourism revenue flowing, a new method uses NASA satellites and social media to show the benefits of investing in nature — and some roads to... Read More
Crisis and Change: Conversations With Leaders—Climate Solutions
February 11, 2022 | Stanford Social Innovation Review
Tonya Allen of the McKnight Foundation and John Palfrey of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation discuss how they’re answering the global... Read More
Rethinking how to measure methane’s climate impact
February 9, 2022 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Like boxers whose punching power declines over their careers, greenhouse gasses lose their warming impact at different rates. So, to compare gasses’... Read More
A Stanford arbovirologist's quest to eradicate mosquito-borne diseases led to an unlikely culprit: plastic trash
February 9, 2022 | Stanford News Service
In 2021, Stanford pediatrician and arbovirologist Desiree LaBeaud and her colleagues launched the nonprofit organization HERI-Kenya to reduce the... Read More
Replacing animal agriculture and shifting to a plant-based diet could drastically curb greenhouse gas emissions, according to new model
February 1, 2022 | Stanford News Service
Phasing out animal agriculture represents “our best and most immediate chance to reverse the trajectory of climate change,” according to a new model... Read More
Can we engineer crops to withstand climate change?
January 28, 2022 | Stanford School of Engineering
A bioengineer is working on methods she hopes will help enable plants to survive increasingly harsh conditions.

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