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
July 25, 2023 | Stanford Doerr School for Sustainability
Senior Fellows Manu Prakash and Kevin Arrigo are leading a Stanford expedition in the Arctic to explore how an ice-free Arctic may transform the... Read More
Switching from hydropower to fossil fuels during droughts has led to higher carbon emissions and cost 11 Western states tens of billions of dollars... Read More
Scientists are tracking the epic migration of 100 endangered North Pacific loggerhead turtles from Japan to test a hypothesis that warm water events... Read More
Implementing “climate-smart” forestry practices—such as expanding urban forests, integrating trees into pasture lands, and accelerating reforestation... Read More
July 6, 2023 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
As an environmental trailblazer with the fifth largest economy in the world, California’s energy decisions are sure to make big waves. Policymakers... Read More
July 5, 2023 | Stanford Doerr School for Sustainability
New study reveals how people in low-income communities of color are inequitably vulnerable to wildfire smoke, extreme heat, and other hazards fueled... Read More