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July 29, 2020 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
The researchers hypothesize outcomes of the pandemic’s unprecedented socioeconomic disruption and outline research priorities for advancing our... Read More
June 29, 2020 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Dust sweeping across the Southeast U.S. in recent days warns of a growing risk to infants and children in many parts of the world. A Stanford-led... Read More
October 9, 2019 | Stanford School of Engineering
A model that processes satellite imagery can accurately predict whether homes have access to piped water and sanitation, what crop yields will look... Read More
June 13, 2019
Stanford study estimates how much climate has influenced armed conflict risk over the last century.
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Climate as a risk factor for... Read More
June 12, 2019
Intensifying climate change will increase the future risk of violent armed conflict within countries, according to a study published today in the... Read More
May 7, 2019 | NASA
Using satellite imagery and Google Earth Engine, researchers build high-resolution maps of smallholder maize systems in East Africa.
April 23, 2019 | Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
The gap between the economic output of the world’s richest and poorest countries is 25 percent larger today than it would have been without global... Read More
March 19, 2019
As more of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide enters the atmosphere, leading to climate change, crops might carry fewer nutrients, like zinc and iron... Read More
November 20, 2018 | Stanford News Service
Polluted air caused by drifting wildfire smoke is choking the Bay Area. It’s the norm for many people around the world. Globally, long-term exposure... Read More
