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November 19, 2025

Stanford research and expertise help establish first-of-its-kind marine protected area

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
November 18, 2025

A guerrilla gardener installed a pop-up wetland in the LA River. Here's how — and why

NPR

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/17/nx-s1-5589228/garden-environment-restoration-ecology-la-river-guerrilla
November 18, 2025

Weather behind past heat waves could return far deadlier

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

https://sustainability.stanford.edu/news/weather-behind-past-heat-waves-could-return-far-deadlier
November 17, 2025

Stanford initiative champions nature as a vital asset

Stanford Report

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/11/natural-capital-project-people-planet-prosperity?utm_content=httpsnewsstanfordedustories202511naturalcapitalprojectpeopleplanetprosperity&utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=int-12-07-2025&mkt_tok=NjYwLVRKQy05ODQAAAGenT6PAlM4HMqyUF34C3jbYhwmcAkzW67mO4NGqr7XtLf_wJATk6dxhWxLkkaowiAA2z4lhqV3jOpJ29cu5wV8zWw00gGqXfsQKI5pJaw
November 14, 2025

Weeklong floods are killing rice crops worldwide

Stanford Report

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/11/severe-floods-global-rice-yields-study?utm_content=httpsnewsstanfordedustories202511severefloodsglobalriceyieldsstudy&utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=int-11-19-2025&mkt_tok=NjYwLVRKQy05ODQAAAGeQI2wp29GIaJPiJB9zieAYvoAE4XgWKqtopma_FuQpVPYMucUGC_Ix0Dyfqhw1UL9iAJNtW9pGBcmYba-ZiuonNpl0d44asias_Ve7Ck
November 12, 2025

Student spotlight: Evan Ludington on fortifying communities with hazard mitigation

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
November 08, 2025

New study raises alarms about ecosystems that may be on verge of irreversible collapse

ABC 7 News

https://abc7news.com/post/university-exeter-study-is-raising-alarms-ecosystems-may-already-verge-collapse/18113379/
November 07, 2025

Exploring renewable energy solutions with Taiwan and Stanford

Stanford Report

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/11/taiwan-net-zero-emissions-sustainable-energy-strategies?utm_content=httpsnewsstanfordedustories202511taiwannetzeroemissionssustainableenergystrategies&utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=int-11-11-2025&mkt_tok=NjYwLVRKQy05ODQAAAGeF1qTWpPt3hRZldjjtawy9RGqCPK39wCI2dLvjDXXDZNnRGLKjWAHLFa-VvhEwP7oUIB_aPIkIqLlpy0hvARdmx9FPriu41G1b6CfIRc
November 07, 2025

Financing nature to support people – and making sure it works

Natural Capital Alliance

https://naturalcapitalproject.stanford.edu/news/financing-nature-support-people-and-making-sure-it-works
November 05, 2025

Using AI and satellites to verify climate benefits of forests and other ecosystems

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
November 04, 2025

Who leads on climate when the U.S. steps back? Stanford experts point to surprising sources of global momentum

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
November 03, 2025

Is there a limit to indoor nature’s benefits?

Stanford Report

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/11/indoor-nature-greenery-well-being-stress-research?utm_content=httpsnewsstanfordedustories202511indoornaturegreenerywellbeingstressresearch&utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=int-11-04-2025&mkt_tok=NjYwLVRKQy05ODQAAAGd803T4TTAlcY1_YyneKZvgU5iSOxn-_ZtnG7ivXpfmBAFGD4zyPgr63288o32vaxk-aJCIa4qHlLilxjVyx0iacbJQwiYUY7WLtz3QNM
November 03, 2025

Rainfall tipping point predicts drought risk for crops

Center on Food Security and the Environment

https://fse.fsi.stanford.edu/news/rainfall-tipping-point-predicts-drought-risk-crops
November 02, 2025

Rare sharks are vanishing fast - can they still be saved?

Earth.com

https://www.earth.com/news/rare-sharks-are-vanishing-fast-can-they-still-be-saved/
October 30, 2025

Cleaner, greener floors: Stanford study finds low-carbon concrete can help curb parasitic infections

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
October 29, 2025

Extinction of unusual sharks threatens species diversity

Stanford Report

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/10/unusual-sharks-extinction-risk-diversity-research?utm_content=httpsnewsstanfordedustories202510unusualsharksextinctionriskdiversityresearch&utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=int-10-30-2025&mkt_tok=NjYwLVRKQy05ODQAAAGd2VV_T6Mt54tTcPWazL71wjAfWz86AoIdz7UED8Gbyb1x5U7-7x_QKCdEcOy2YesnPjMxVdPHyU9L1BcAi84kTspoU01YFiGn1I0S_kI
October 24, 2025

Richard Luthy, environmental engineer and water quality expert, has died

Stanford Report

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/10/richard-luthy-environmental-engineer-obituary?utm_content=httpsnewsstanfordedustories202510richardluthyenvironmentalengineerobituary&utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=int-10-27-2025&mkt_tok=NjYwLVRKQy05ODQAAAGdyeWErIvChowPUV3-8RC_V3CURMd3cRbIPOIDb7vyauJ-iBdJDNpvFl8gg9C9iOFkfmcTSCTggov4ctoEa0WIeKSihvdKB3I8ZS1ccTM
October 24, 2025

Virtual reality helps people understand and care about distant communities

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
October 23, 2025

People&Planet | October 2025

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

https://mailchi.mp/stanford.edu/peopleplanet-tackling-wildfires-and-tracking-microplastics?e=df116abe39
October 22, 2025

Student spotlight: Aria Grossman on turning research into real-world impact

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
October 21, 2025

Five countries, five ways nature supports people

Stanford Natural Capital Project

https://naturalcapitalproject.stanford.edu/news/five-countries-five-ways-nature-supports-people
October 20, 2025

Stanford teams tracking the path of microplastics from source to sea

ABC 7 News

https://abc7news.com/post/ocean-pollution-research-stanford-teams-hospkins-marine-station-tracking-path-devastating-microplastics/18026420/
October 16, 2025

Strategies to bring sustainability-related education to all undergraduates

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

https://sustainability.stanford.edu/news/strategies-bring-sustainability-related-education-all-undergraduates
October 15, 2025

‘What Can Burn Will Burn’

The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/opinion/los-angeles-zombie-fire.html