The Woods Institute is now part of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
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September 26, 2018
Engineers carted their extremely sensitive lab equipment to the forests of Costa Rica, where they teamed up with ecologists to meticulously record... Read More
September 24, 2018
An idea hatched by two Stanford graduate students in an engineering and entrepreneurship class won a global competition for climate change-focused... Read More
September 20, 2018 | Diverse Forests are Stronger Against Drought
Diversity reigns when water gets scarce. New research suggests the most resilient forests are made up of trees that have a wider variety of rates for... Read More
September 18, 2018
Driven by public pressure, governments and corporations are considering eliminating or phasing out single-use plastics such as straws. Stanford... Read More
September 17, 2018
During an event at the Global Climate Action Summit, experts from Stanford and the Woodrow Wilson International Center discussed new evidence to... Read More
September 14, 2018
Atmospheric scientist Morgan O’Neill discusses what’s driving Florence, why it’s unusual, and how it could be connected to climate change and other... Read More
September 11, 2018
New research finds government buyouts of homes in floodplains have often lacked transparency. This could deter residents from participating in... Read More
September 11, 2018
Stanford experts discuss the linkages between climate change and health, an area that will be a focus of Stanford-led events at the Global Climate... Read More
September 10, 2018
A newly developed model looks at how updated regulations and financing options could help renew our aging water infrastructure.
