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September 9, 2020 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have had massive ramifications on ecosystems and the atmosphere, businesses and social norms, explained Chris... Read More
September 4, 2020 | Resources for the Future
A new survey conducted by Jon Krosnick and Bo MacInnis reveals how Americans feel about adaptation and prevention policies to combat wildfires and... Read More
September 2, 2020 | Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
A better understanding of how gravity waves in the upper atmosphere interact with the jet stream, polar vortex and other phenomena could be key to... Read More
August 31, 2020 | Stanford Water in the West
As California works to sustainably manage groundwater resources, new research identifies how scientifically informed coordination between... Read More
August 27, 2020 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Something unfamiliar to many Californians – an intense thunderstorm with widespread lightning strikes – spawned the all-too-familiar wildfires that... Read More
August 27, 2020 | Stanford Law School
Deborah Sivas discusses the effects of climate on fires and policy changes that might lessen their danger.
August 26, 2020 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
The cloak of wildfire smoke that has descended across huge swaths of Northern California is a visible reminder of air pollution’s health threats. For... Read More
August 19, 2020 | Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions
A new paper finds if wild fisheries and mariculture are sustainable managed, they could help meet the rising demand for food in the long term.
August 17, 2020 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Like spirits passing between worlds, billions of invisible beings rise to meet the starlight, then descend into darkness at sunrise. Microscopic... Read More
