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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
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Electrification of the Building Sector
February 3, 2022 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Residential and commercial buildings account for about 30% of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the U.S. Electrification of the sector will be... 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.
Stanford scientists find the climate and health impacts of natural gas stoves are greater than previously thought
January 27, 2022 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Read about and watch video of a Woods Webinar  on electrification of the building sector . Humans have cooked with fire for millennia, but it may be... Read More
Woods director Chris Field awarded the 2022 Japan Prize
January 27, 2022 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Stanford University ecologist Chris Field has won the 2022 Japan Prize, one of the world’s foremost awards for contributions to progress in science... Read More
Provisioning during the COVID-19 pandemic: How rural Pacific Island communities maintained food security
January 25, 2022 | Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions
A Stanford-led study highlights how local food production and traditional practices are key to resilience.

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