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
Students are seeking solutions to complex climate and sustainability challenges through deep analysis, innovative thinking, and careful collaboration... Read More
Stanford engineers have designed a method of 3D printing that is 5 to 10 times faster than the quickest high-resolution printer currently available... Read More
September 26, 2022 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Hurricanes are the costliest extreme disasters in the U.S., racking up billions of dollars in flood damages in the last few decades. Climate change... Read More
September 22, 2022 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Ironically, after California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire season ever – in 2018 – insurance companies stopped providing coverage for one... Read More
Stanford researchers have developed an AI model for predicting dangerous particle pollution to help track the American West’s rapidly worsening... Read More
September 19, 2022 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
(See video and recap from related September 21 webinar here.)
Storms exacerbate inequalities. Increasingly frequent hurricanes and intense... Read More
In this episode of Stanford Engineering’s The Future of Everything, Stanford radio glaciologist Dustin (Dusty) Schroeder explains how this technique... Read More
Across Antarctica, some parts of the base of the ice sheet are frozen, while others are thawed. Scientists show that if some currently frozen areas... Read More