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Stanford Study Shows Mealworms Consume Toxic Additive-Containing Plastic
December 19, 2019
Issue: December 2019 - January 2020
1/9/2020 - “A previous version of this story inaccurately described the plastic studied as STYROFOAMTM, and mistakenly stated that STYROFOAMTM ... Read More
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Stanford Experts Help Island Nation Revolutionize Ocean Conservation
December 18, 2019 | Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions
Issue: December 2019 - January 2020
Wildfire's Impact on Water Quality
December 17, 2019
Issue: December 2019 - January 2020
A wildfire’s path of destruction is not limited to things that burn – water is at risk too. When fires jump from forests and grasslands to urban... Read More
Reduced Soil Tilling Helps Both Soils and Yields, Stanford Researchers Find
December 6, 2019 | Center on Food Security and the Environment
Issue: December 2019 - January 2020
Global Carbon Emissions Growth Slows, but Hits Record High
December 3, 2019
Issue: December 2019 - January 2020
The runaway train that is climate change is about to blow past another milestone: global fossil-fuel carbon dioxide emissions will reach yet another... Read More