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 29, 2020 | Program on Water, Health & Development
PhD student Anna Kogler outlines her research in Dakar, Senegal converting fecal waste to disinfectants and fertilizers, reducing environmental and... Read More
July 27, 2020 | SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
In a new perspective, SLAC and University of Paderborn scientists argue that research at synchrotrons could help improve water-purifying materials in... Read More
July 24, 2020 | Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Q&A with Stanford scientists discussing obstacles for large-scale green initiatives and what it takes for sustainability efforts to deliver... Read More
Researchers combined avalanche physics with ecosystem data to create a computational method for predicting extreme ecological events. The method may... Read More
July 15, 2020 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
It didn’t grab headlines, but the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision last month to back away from regulating a rocket fuel... Read More
With innovative tools and access to some of the most whale-friendly waters in the world, Stanford researchers aim to demystify the lives, biology and... Read More
A new study finds that in order to mitigate both climate change and air pollution, electric vehicle use needs to increase along with the development... Read More
July 14, 2020 | Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
The pandemic has tugged carbon emissions down, temporarily. But levels of the powerful heat-trapping gas methane continue to climb, dragging the... Read More