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Stanford study reveals why the world's largest whales needed to be so big
March 13, 2023 | Stanford News Service
Scientists studied a unique group of Antarctic minke whales and found that these gigantic mammals actually represent the smallest possible body size... Read More
How Human Environmental Pressures Exacerbate Disease: Five Questions with Stanford’s Eloise Skinner, Caroline Glidden, and Erin Mordecai
March 13, 2023 | Center for Innovation in Global Health
Stanford biologists discuss critical new findings and their implications for global health.
A Burning Issue: Stanford scholar testifies on rising costs of wildfire
March 8, 2023 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Woods Senior Research Scholar Michael Wara addresses U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget about the economic risks of climate-fueled wildfire While... Read More
Testing the winds
March 6, 2023 | Stanford King Center on Global Development
Anna-Katharina von Krauland’s research on potential wind farm development in the US and India could help ease the transition to renewable energy.
Q&A: Paul R. Ehrlich on his life's work
March 2, 2023 | Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences
Stanford population ecologist and environmental activist Paul R. Ehrlich discusses his new autobiography, Life: A Journey Through Science and... Read More
New report calls for investment in climate-resilient California school infrastructure
March 2, 2023 | Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health
Sustained investment over ten years will help ensure health & educational equity on a warming planet
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Stanford-led study reveals a fifth of California’s Sierra Nevada conifer forests are stranded in habitats that have grown too warm for them
February 28, 2023 | Stanford News Service
The researchers created maps showing where warmer weather has left trees in conditions that don’t suit them, making them more prone to being replaced... Read More
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“Substitution, not subtraction”: How to incorporate meaningful climate actions into your life
February 27, 2023 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
When Kim Nicholas was planning her wedding, she dreaded having the same brief conversation with dozens of guests vying for her attention – something... Read More
Climate patterns shape sand deposits in the deep sea
February 23, 2023 | Stanford Earth Matters
New findings about how sand deposits form in the deep sea during different climate eras reveal mysterious processes miles beneath the ocean’s surface...

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