People&Planet is the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment’s monthly newsletter, sharing Stanford research, people in the news, programs and events related to the environment. Read past issues
Around the world, birds are deeply embedded in human culture. New research finds the birds people value most are under the greatest threat from... Read More
October 6, 2020 | UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation
Extreme heat may deepen educational inequities for students around the world, according to new research coauthored by Patrick Behrer, a postdoctdoral... Read More
Through the use of two advanced audio recording technologies, a collaboration of Monterey Bay researchers has found that blue whales switch from... Read More
Maria Azhunova, winner of the 2020 Bright Award, supports the intergenerational transfer of traditional knowledge and biocultural approaches to... Read More
September 25, 2020 | Bill Lane Center for the American West
New survey findings suggest that wildfires tearing through the state may bring Democrats and Republicans closer together in support of climate... Read More
September 24, 2020 | Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Researchers have identified a new type of “landfalling drought” that originates over the ocean before traveling onto land, and which can cause larger... Read More
September 22, 2020 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Land stewardship alone could provide an estimated 30% of the global cost-effective solution to climate change, Bronson Griscom, senior director for... Read More