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Voyagers sail on a traditional Hawaiian vessel
April 28, 2023 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Issue: May 2023
First Nation Futures Program leaders discuss what Pacific island cultures can teach us about surviving and thriving.
Sea ice floes in the Northwest Passage in the Arctic (Image Credit: Rob Dunbar)
April 25, 2023 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Issue: May 2023
The inaugural awards will enable research teams to pursue interdisciplinary ocean and coastal projects that address impacts of environmental change... Read More
People drawing at a table
April 19, 2023 | Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
Issue: May 2023
Artists Kim Anno and Gao Ling discuss the role of the humanities in environmental justice work during an evening of conversation and community art-... Read More
boat in water
March 24, 2023 | Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
Issue: April 2023
A new research partnership will combine Indigenous and scientific knowledge to monitor marine life in a sacred tribal region that may be a bellwether... Read More
March 17, 2023 | Stanford Natural Capital Project
Issue: April 2023
It is often not rising seas, but sinking land due to human activities that puts coastal populations most at risk, according to new study.
burned forest area
February 28, 2023 | Stanford News Service
Issue: March 2023
The researchers created maps showing where warmer weather has left trees in conditions that don’t suit them, making them more prone to being replaced... Read More
A small community in the study’s focus region of Ifanadiana, Madagascar. (Image credit: Getty Images)
February 22, 2023 | Stanford News Service
Issue: March 2023
Study integrates climate, land use, and socioeconomic data to explain and predict malaria dynamics.
A peatland site at Linnunsuo in North Karelia, Finland.
February 8, 2023 | Stanford News Service
Issue: March 2023
New analysis shows the U.S. has accounted for more wetland conversion and degradation than any other country. Its findings help better explain the... Read More

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