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May 22, 2019 | Water in the West
New research finds one drought can amplify or cause another. Decreased moisture recycling and transport impacts how droughts form and move across... Read More
May 21, 2019
Common business practices, including enticing rebates, improves adoption of new cookstoves in rural India.
May 20, 2019
This Thursday, May 23, Stanford climate change scientist Noah Diffenbaugh will testify before a new legislative committee charged with delivering... Read More
May 20, 2019
Julia Marton-Lefèvre, former director general of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, reflected on her work to ameliorate the world's... Read More
May 20, 2019
A seemingly counterintuitive approach – converting one greenhouse gas into another – holds promise for returning the atmosphere to pre-industrial... Read More
May 15, 2019 | Stanford News Service
Data collected from over 1 million forest plots reveals patterns of where plant roots form symbiotic relationships with fungi and bacteria.
May 14, 2019 | Natural Capital Project
Stanford hydrologist and colleagues argue that investing in renewable technologies could be safer and cheaper than building large dams.
May 10, 2019
California struggles to deliver safe drinking water to millions of residents. The challenges – often complex issues at the interface of human,... Read More
May 9, 2019
The deadly Nipah virus, which is carried by bats and occasionally infects people, is more likely to be transmitted from person to person when the... Read More
